WILF 2009

Conference background and goals The 8th International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications will take place in Palermo  (Italy),  June 9-12  2009,  and it  intends to  provide  the state of the  art in  theoretical  and experimental areas of fuzzy sets and systems  with emphasis to  related  applications. From this perspective, one of the main goal of WILF workshops  is to bring together  researchers  and developers from both Academia and High-Tech companies. WILF2009 aims to highlight  connections  and  synergies of  Fuzzy  Sets Theory with Non-Conventional Computing  (e.g. Neural Networks,  Evolutionary Computation, Fuzzy Sets,  Support Vector Machines,  Molecular Computing,  Quantum Computing) and  Cognitive Science (e.g. Psychology, Philosophy,  Neuroscience,  Linguistics)  in  order  to reach  a better  understanding  of both  natural  and artificial complex  systems  as  well  as  computing  systems, inspired by nature, which are able to solve complex problems.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Methods and Algorithms - Fuzzy Sets - Rough Sets - Possibility Theory - Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets - Fuzzy Logic - Fuzzy Systems - Neuro-Fuzzy Systems - Representation of Vague and Imprecise Knowledge - Fuzzy Evolutionary Algorithms - Fuzzy Pattern Recognition - Fuzzy Information Fusion Applications - Artificial Vision - Bioinformatics - Broadcasting - Cognitive Perception - Control - Communications - Information Retrieval - Intelligent Resource Management - Knowledge Management - Medical - Remote Sensing - Robotics - Semantic Web - Speech Analysis - Virtual Reality Implementations - Analog and Digital Circuits and Systems - Architectures and VLSI Hardware - Soft Grid Computing - Programmable Processors - Commercial Software

Important dates: - Paper submission: September 15, 2008 - Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2008 - Final submission: 31 January, 2009 - Tutorial Submission: October 15, 2008 - Tutorial notification of acceptance: December 15, 2008

Paper submission: Prospective authors are solicited to submit their contribution electronically (preferably in pdf format) to wilf2009@unipa.it  with  the  full information   about  the  corresponding  author (email, phone,  fax). Contributions must not exceed  8 pages (2500 words). Submitted papers  will  be  peer  reviewed  for originality, technical contents and relevance. The Workshop, in English, will be a single track and highly selective. Accepted papers will be published by an international publisher. Please, have a look at http://www.math.unipa.it/~wilf2009  for further information.

Chairs: Vito Di Gesù, University of Palermo, Italy Sankar Kumar Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Alfredo Petrosino, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy

Scientific Program Committe: S. Bandyopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Jim Bezdek, University of West Florida, Pensacola, USA Isabelle Bloch, ENST-CNRS, Paris, France Piero Bonissone, GE CRD, Schenectady, USA Gianpiero Cattaneo, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy Mario Enea, University of Palermo, Italy Ashish Ghosh, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Ugur Halici, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Katsuhiro Honda, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Etienne Kerre, University of Gent, Belgium Erich Peter Klement, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria Malay Kumar Kundu, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Sushmita Mitra, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada Elie Sanchez, University of Aix-Marseille, France Michio Sugeno, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan Roberto Tagliaferri, University of Salerno, Italy Domenico Tegolo, University of Palermo, Italy Settimo Termini, University of Palermo and CNR, Italy Ioannis Vlachos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Ronald Yager, Iona College, New Rochelle, USA Bertrand Zavidovique, University of Paris-Sud, France

Steering Committe: Andrea Bonarini, Politecnico of Milan, Italy Vito Di Gesù, University of Palermo, Italy Antonio Di Nola, University of Salerno, Italy Francesco Masulli, University of Genova, Italy Gabriella Pasi, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy Alfredo Petrosino, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy

Scientific Secretary: Giosuè Lo Bosco, University of Palermo, Italy Filippo Millonzi, University of Palermo, Italy Cesare Valenti, University of Palermo, Italy

Contacts: Università degli Studi di Palermo Dipartimento di Matematica ed Applicazioni Via Archirafi, 34 90123 Palermo - Italy Phone: +39 091 6040416 Fax: +39 091 6040311 Web: www.math.unipa.it/~wilf2009 e-mail: wilf2009@unipa.it	 This CfP was obtained from WikiCFP