Welcome to FAN 2009 in Aizu-Wakamatsu

Symposium Date

Sept. 17 (Thu.) and Sept. 18 (Fri.), 2009

Symposium Site

The University of Aizu
Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima-ken 965-8580 Japan

Sponsor Society

Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics (SOFT)

Supporting Societies

• The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)
• The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ)
• The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers (ISCIE)
• The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
• The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI)
• Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)
• Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS)
• The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)
• The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
• Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (JSMBE)
• The Japan Society of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (JSAEM)
• Society of Signal Processing Applications and Technology of Japan (SSPATJ)

Schedule

• May 29, 2009 (Fri):
  Deadline for submission of papers
  
• May 29, 2009 (Fri):
  Deadline for submission of proposals for organized sessions
  
• June 15, 2009 (Mon) :
  Deadline for submission of non-refereed papers
  
• June 26, 2009 (Fri) :
  Notification of acceptance
  
• July 31, 2009 (Fri)(Extented!):
  Submission of final camera-ready papers

Paper Submission

■Papers for regular sessions

Please submit a 200 word abstract at the following web site by May 29, 2009:

Submission system for FAN2009

Note that revised and extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in some journal special issues. Authors considering to publish their work in the special issues have to submit the extended summary of approximately 1,000 words (or a 6 page manuscript) . Detailed information related to paper submission can be found in the instructions for authors.

Deadline for submission of papers:　　May 29, 2009（Fri）

■Proposals for organized session (OS)

We welcome as many proposals as possible for OS in this symposium. Please submit your proposal to FAN09 Organizing Committee with the following data:

1. Name of the OS
2. Information of the organizer (name, affiliation, and contact addresses)
3. A list of papers to be included in the OS (Each session contains about 4 or 5 papers. If there are many papers, please consider dividing the papers into 2 or more sessions)
4. For each paper, a tentative title and the author information (name and affiliation) should be provided

Deadline for submission of proposals of OS:
　　May 29, 2009（Fri）

We will contact the organizer after the OS is registered by the organizing committee. Each paper should be submitted at the following web site by June 5, 2009:

Submission system for FAN2009

Awards

■Best Paper Awards

The Best Paper Awards will be given to 5 well-written papers selected from all refereed papers published at FAN2009. The first author of the paper must be 40 years old or younger. Please declare your eligibility of receiving the Best Paper Award when you submit your paper. Selection of the candidates for the Best Paper Awards will be performed by the Award Evaluation Committee based on the review reports of the program committee members.

■Best Presentation Awards

The Best Presentation Awards will be given to 10 papers well presented at the symposium. The winners must be 35 years old or younger. The top award will be named the Wada Award, which is a special award of the FAN symposium. Please declare your eligibility of receiving the Best Presentation Award when you submit your paper. Selection of the candidates for the best presentation awards will be performed by the Steering Committee of the FAN Symposium based on the evaluation reports collected during the symposium.

Registration Fee

• Regular presenter : 15,000 yen
• Student presenter : 12,000 yen
• Member participant : 12,000 yen
• Nonmember participant : 15,000 yen
• Student participant : 7,000 yen

The registration fee includes a free copy of the symposium proceedings. Banquet should be paid for separately. In addition, "member" means membership in SOFT or in any supporting societies.

Information and Links

• Call for Papers
• International Workshop
• Special Issues
• Instructions for authors
• Style Files
  （日本語 ／ English）
• Paper Submission
• Committees
• Instructions for PC members
• Keynote Speeches(Updated!)
• One-day-tour(Updated!)
• Final Program (New!)
• On-line registration (New!)
• Visa Application (New!)
• Registration Policy
• Time Table of City Bus (New!)

Theme

• Neural Network
  
• Fuzzy Logic
  
• Artificial Intelligence
  
• Genetic Algorithm
  
• Artificial Life
  
• Evolutionary Computation
  
• Chaos
  
• Mobiligence
  
• Intelligent by Wavelet
  
• System Basic
  
• Machine Learning
  
• Soft Computing
  
• Computational Intelligence
  
• Complex System
  
• Self-organization System
  
• Distributed Autonomous System
  
• Multi-Agent System
  
• Co-creation System
  
• Intelligent Robot
  
• Distributed Robot
  
• Multi-Robot
  
• Intelligence System
  
• Intelligent Control
  
• Optimization
  
• Scheduling
  
• Sensing and Control
  
• Computer Vision
  
• Electric Power Network and Utility System
  
• Plant
  
• BioProcess
  
• Human Interface
  
• Financial System
  
• Simulation and Gaming
  
• Approach of Large-scale System for Medical Diagnostics, Monitoring System, and so on
  
• Industrial Application

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Qiangfu Zhao
System Intelligence Laboratory,
The University of Aizu,
TEL: +81-242-37-2519
FAX: +81-242-37-2743
Email: fan09@u-aizu.ac.jp