IMS 2009

The Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences (IMS2009), which is the annual conference for the International Association for Information and Management Sciences, will be held in Kunming & Banna, Yunnan Province, China from July 20-28, 2009. The goals of the conference are to enhance the global competitiveness of the business enterprises through the application of information and management sciences, and to foster the international collaborations between Asian scholars and scholars from North America, Europe and other parts of the world. Research discussions among participants will also be held during the tour.

The program committee and organizing committee of IMS2009 cordially invite you to submit your paper to this conference. All papers related to theoretical developments and applications of information and management sciences are welcome. Relevant topics include, but not limited to:


 * Approximate Reasoning
 * Artificial Intelligence
 * Chance Theory
 * Computer Science
 * Credibility Theory
 * Data Mining
 * Decision Science
 * Decision Support Systems
 * Economics
 * Enterprise Management
 * Financial Engineering
 * Fuzzy Calculus
 * Fuzzy Control
 * Industrial Engineering
 * Information Fusion
 * Information Systems
 * Internet & E-Business
 * Knowledge Representation
 * Logistics
 * Machine Learning
 * Multivalued Logic
 * Optimization
 * Operations Management
 * Operations Research
 * Soft Computing
 * Supply Chain Management
 * Uncertain Calculus
 * Uncertain Logic
 * Uncertain Process
 * Uncertain Programming
 * Uncertainty Theory

All abstracts and final papers will be published in the proceedings (ISTP indexed) before the conference. Two best paper awards for students and two best paper awards for faculty members will be presented during the conference.

Organizers
International Association for Information and Management Sciences (IMS)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tsinghua University, China

Waseda University, Japan

KAIST, Korea

GENERAL Chair Hsiao-Fan Wang, National Tsing Hua University

Program Area Chairs Myron Bill Neace, Mercer University, USA

Wlodzislaw Duch, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Poland

Organizing Committee Chairs Kakuzo Iwamura, Josai University, Japan

Ming-Jong Yao, National Chiao Tung University

BEST PAPER AWARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Xiande Zhao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hung T. Nguyen, New Mexico State University, USA

Local Arrangements Chair

Guorui Miao, Xi�??An Investment Company, China

Publication Chair

Jin Peng, Huanggang Normal University, China

Publicity Chair

Jinwu Gao, Renmin University of China

International Program Committee
 * has PC member::Guenter Bärwolff, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
 * has PC member::Charles Sidney Burrus, Rice University, USA
 * has PC member::Amaury A. Caballero, Florida International University, USA
 * has PC member::Xiaoqing Chai, China University of Political Science, China
 * has PC member::Rong-Chang Chen, National Taichung Institute of Technology
 * has PC member::Tung-Shou Chen, National Taichung Institute of Technology
 * has PC member::Wai Man Cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 * has PC member::Russell Ching, California State University, USA
 * has PC member::Tommy Lee Coleman, Alabama A&M University, USA
 * has PC member::Hepu Deng, RMIT University, Australia
 * has PC member::Fangyan Dong, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Shu-Cherng Fang, North Carolina State University, USA
 * has PC member::Chek Teck Foo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
 * has PC member::Mitsuo Gen, Waseda University, Japan
 * has PC member::Renkuan Guo, University of Cape Town, South Africa
 * has PC member::Kaoru Hirota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Tien-Cheng Hsu, Tunghai University
 * has PC member::Heung Suk Hwang, Dongmyung University, Korea
 * has PC member::Chih-Cheng Hung, Southern Polytechnic State University, USA
 * has PC member::Tak Kee Hui, National University of Singapore
 * has PC member::Hark Hwang, KAIST, Korea
 * has PC member::Ji-Han Jiang, National Formosa University
 * has PC member::Ranzhe Jing, Tsinghua University, China
 * has PC member::Radim Jirousek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech
 * has PC member::Hiroshi Katayama, Waseda University, Japan
 * has PC member::PohWah Khong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
 * has PC member::Wonkyung Kim, Kyungnam University, Korea
 * has PC member::Wen-Chung Kuo, National Formosa University
 * has PC member::Vincent Lai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 * has PC member::Kokin Lam, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 * has PC member::Ronald Lau, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
 * has PC member::Claude Langrand, University of Sciences and Technology of Lille, France
 * has PC member::Kwang Hyung Lee, KAIST, Korea
 * has PC member::T.S. Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 * has PC member::Eldon Y. Li, Cal Poly State University, USA
 * has PC member::Hongyi Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 * has PC member::Chengji Liang, Shanghai Maritime University, China
 * has PC member::Baoding Liu, Tsinghua University, China
 * has PC member::Wei Liu, Chengdu Sports University, China
 * has PC member::Yankui Liu, Hebei University, China
 * has PC member::Zhi-Qiang Liu, City University of Hong Kong
 * has PC member::Chi-Chun Lo, National Chiao Tung University
 * has PC member::M.K. Luhandjula, University of South Africa
 * has PC member::Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, University of Paris 6, France
 * has PC member::Takashi Oyabu, Kanazawa Seiryo University, Japan
 * has PC member::Dan Ralescu, University of Cincinnati, USA
 * has PC member::Hartmut Schwandt, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
 * has PC member::Romano Scozzafava, University of La Sapienza, Italy
 * has PC member::Chwen Sheu, Kansas State University, USA
 * has PC member::Andrzej Sluzek, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
 * has PC member::Francois L.S. Soh, Yuan Ze University
 * has PC member::Xijin Tang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
 * has PC member::Yingchan Tang, National Chiao Tung University
 * has PC member::Jerry C. Wei, University of Notre Dame, USA
 * has PC member::Yan-Kuen Wu, Yuan Ze University
 * has PC member::Kang Yen, Florida International University, USA
 * has PC member::Jeff Yeung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 * has PC member::Jianwei Yu, Suzhou Vocational University, China
 * has PC member::Jian Zhou, Tsinghua University, China
 * has PC member::Yuanguo Zhu, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China

Conference Secretary Mr. Zhongfeng Qin Uncertainty Theory Laboratory

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Email: ims@math.tsinghua.edu.cn

Instructions for Submission
Papers or abstracts will be accepted in electronic format. Please send electronic submissions to Mr. Zhongfeng Qin at ims@math.tsinghua.edu.cn. All submissions will be acknowledged within 10 days. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your submission, please contact the conference secretary.

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Important dates
Contributed Papers or Proposals: March 20, 2009

Notification of Acceptance: April 20, 2009

Final Manuscripts Due: May 20, 2009

Early Registration: May 20, 2009

IMS Awards Nomination: May 20, 2009