Announcement and Call for Papers FLINS 2002 FLINS, an acronym for Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent technologies in Nuclear Science, is a well-established international research forum to advance the theory and applications of computational intelligence for applied research in general and for nuclear science and engineering in particular. FLINS 2002 is the fifth in a series of conferences on computational intelligence for applied research and follows the successful FLINS'94 in Mol, FLINS'96 in Mol, FLINS'98 in Antwerp, and FLINS 2000 in Bruges, Belgium. FLINS 2002 aims at covering state-of-the-art research and development in computational intelligence for applied research and in particular for nuclear science and engineering. The major goals of this forum are to bridge the gap between theory and applications as well as to encourage interactions among scientists, researchers, and engineers from universities, research institutes, and industrial companies. Topics of Interest Fuzzy Logic Neural Networks Genetic Algorithms Probabilistic Computing Hybrid Methods Intelligent Agents and Agent Theory Causal Models Case-based Reasoning Chaos Theory Rough Set Theory Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set Theory Evidence Theory Interactive Computational Models And their applications to: Decision Support Systems Process and System Control, System Identification and Modelling, and Optimization Signal or Image Processing, Pattern Recognition Condition Monitoring, Fault Diagnosis, Systems Integration Internet Tools, Human-Machine Interface Time Series Prediction, Noise Analysis, Real Time Systems Robotics, Motion Control Virtual Reality, Telecommunications Consumer Electronics, Industrial Electronics, Power and Energy Data Mining, Data Visualisation, Intelligent Information Retrieval, and Autonomous Reasoning Risk Analysis and Safety Related Issues Submission Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract containing the paper title, the authors' names and affiliations, complete address (including e-mail, fax, and phone) of the corresponding author(s), up to five keywords and the abstract (1000-1500 words), before January 10, 2002 by mail, fax, or e-mail to the FLINS 2002 Conference Co-Managers (see below). E-mail submission is highly encouraged. The organizers intend to have the conference proceedings available at the conference to the delegates. All accepted papers reviewed by the scientific program committee of FLINS 2002 will be published as a book form by World Scientific Publishers. Proceedings styles for the final camera-ready copy are at http://www.wspc.com.sg/others/style_files/proceedings/proceedings_style_files.shtml (book size: 8.5" X 6"). The selected papers from the proceedings of FLINS 2002 will be further peer-reviewed and published as the special issue of FLINS 2002 in an International Journal. Conference fee Regular Early registration fee by April 15, 2002: 400 euro Later regular registration fee after April 15, 2002: 450 euro Students (Student ID card is required) Early registration fee by April 15, 2002: 300 euro Later regular registration fee after April 15, 2002: 350 euro All fees mentioned are inclusive 21 % VAT. Registration fee includes (for everyone): All conference sessions A copy of the final program and the proceedings (book form by World Scientific) Coffee breaks with refreshments 3-day lunches Conference reception (Monday, September 16, 2002) Conference dinner (Tuesday, September 17, 2002) Honorary Chairs: Lotfi Zadeh and Hans Zimmermann General Chair: Da Ruan Program Chair: Etienne Kerre SCK-CEN Advisors: Pierre D'hondt and Paul Govaerts Conference Co-Managers: Martine De Cock and Mike Nachtegael Conference Secretary: Sikkie Lenaerts International Scientific Program Committee (tentative): K. Atanassov (Bulgaria), Z. Bien (Korea), O. Castillo (USA), G. Chen (China), D. Dubois (France), P.F. Fantoni (Norway), E. Gregoire (France), P. Guo (Japan), M.M. Gupta (Canada), W. Halang (Germany), R. Hampel (Germany), C. Huang (China), J. Kacprzyk (Poland), C. Kahraman (Turkey), G.J. Klir (USA), D. Maravall (Spain), J. Montero (Spain), B.S. Moon (Korea), Y. Nishiwaki (Austria), M. Oussalah (UK), I. Pazsit (Sweden), H. Prade (France), I. Perfilieva (Czech Republic), G. Resconi (Italy), R.A. Ribeiro (Portugal), D. Roverso (Norway), P. Shi (China), R.E. Uhrig (USA), B. Van de Walle (USA), A.J. van der Wal (The Netherlands), J. Vandewalle (Belgium), P.P. Wang (USA), Y. Xu (China), R.R. Yager (USA), X. Zeng (France), J. Zhang (Germany), C. Zhou (Singapore) Conference venue The conference takes place in "Het Pand". "Het Pand" is located at Onderbergen 1 in Ghent, next to Saint-Michael church. Some interesting links: More information about "Het Pand" How to reach "Het Pand" A map of the city of Ghent. "Het Pand" is located at number 4. Another map of the city of Ghent. Onderbergen (the street where "Het Pand" is located) is at G7 (the grid on the 4th row and 7th column), near the blue sign "P7" (P7 is a parking place for cars) and near the "St-Michiels Kerk" (Saint Michaels Church). Hotel information The following hotels are loctated at walking distance from the conference venue. By clicking on the link, you will find more information about the selected hotel, and you will be able to book the hotel via the Tourist Office of the City of Ghent. Email addresses and links to individual webpages are provided as well. Sofitel Gent Belfort Novotel Gent Centrum Gravensteen Ibis Gent Centrum Sint-Baafs Poortackere St.-Jorishof - Court St.-Georges Erasmus Flandria Centrum It is also possible to rent a room in one of the university homes (during the academic year, these rooms are rent to students). The rate is fixed at 650 Belgian francs (16,11 euro) per night. Reservation is required: contact the Conference Co-Managers if you want to book a room in a university home. It should be noted that the university homes are not located within walking distance of the conference venue. However, public transport is available. Information about the city of Ghent The City of Ghent has an excellent webpage with touristic information. It is located here. We are convinced that, by browsing through the touristic information, you will soon appreciate this beautiful city. A selection of pictures: The Assembly Hall of the University of Ghent (top row, left) Saint Bavo's Cathedral (top row, right) The three towers as seen from Saint Michael's bridge (bottom row, left) The Castle of the Counts (bottom row, right) For correspondence and further information, please contact: FLINS 2002 Conference Co-Managers Martine De Cock and Mike Nachtegael Fuzziness and Uncertainty Modelling Research Unit Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Ghent University Krijgslaan 281-S9 9000 Gent Belgium Email: flins2002@rug.ac.be Phone: +32-9 264 47 72 Fax: +32-9 264 49 95 END_OF_FILE if test 7454 -ne `wc -c <'flins.orig'`; then echo shar: \"'flins.orig'\" unpacked with wrong size! fi # end of 'flins.orig' fi if test -f 'job_indiana.orig' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'job_indiana.orig'\" else echo shar: Extracting \"'job_indiana.orig'\" \(431 characters\) sed "s/^X//" >'job_indiana.orig' <<'END_OF_FILE' Indiana University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in applied logic. Please see www.informatics.indiana.edu/positions/logic.html for details. Applications received within the next few weeks are likely to still get full consideration. Applicants are welcome to email to foc@cs.indiana.edu to notify of their mailed application, and to provide pointers to any pertinent on-line documentation.