World Conference on Soft Computing

Berkeley, May 22-25 2016

dedicated to
50th Anniversary of Fuzzy Logic and Its Applications
and 95th Birthday Anniversary of LOTFI A. ZADEH
organized by
Ministry of Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Please, mark your calendars

NEWS!!!


Welcome Reception

6 PM - 8 PM, Sunday May 22nd, 2016
International House UC Berkeley
2299 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720

Banquet

7 PM - 10 PM, Tuesday May 24th, 2016
Double Tree by Hilton, Berkeley Marina
200 Marina Blvd, Berkeley, CA 94710

Tentative Program

Full version: ( pdf)
At glance:
Monday, May 23rd - International House UC Berkeley
Tuesday, May 24th - International House UC Berkeley
Wednesday, May 25th - International House UC Berkeley

Call for Papers


Aims and Scope

6th World Conference on Soft Computing, Berkeley 2016, aims to bring togĻ€ether researchers, engineers and practitioners to present the latest achievements and innovations in the multiple areas of soft computing, to discuss thought-provoking developments and challenges, to consider potential future directions. One of the objectives of the conference is to encourage participation by young researchers; to this end student papers will be given special consideration.

Important Dates

Regular Paper Submission                                     
Notification of Acceptance
Final Paper Submission
Early Registration

Special Session Proposals
Special Session Final Paper Submission (by organizer)
March 14, 2016
April 4, 2016
April 18, 2016
April 20, 2016

March 14, 2016
April 20, 2016

The conference proceedings will be published after the conference as a Springer Verlag edited book.

Topics

Theories and Methods:
Information Theory, Uncertainty, Bayesian and Probabilistic Methods, Evidence and Possibility Theory, Utility Theory, Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic, Approximate Reasoning, Non-classical Logics, Default Reasoning, Belief Revision, Argumentation, Uncertainty in Cognition, Graphical Models, Knowledge Acquisition, Information Fusion and Aggregation, Knowledge Representation, Ontologies, Decision Support, Cognitive Modeling, Game Theory, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Granular Computing, Computing with Words, Human-Centric Computing, Rough Sets, Evolutionary Computation, Neural Networks, Hybrid Architectures
Applications and Tools: Intelligent and Multi-agent Systems, Information Processing and Retrieval, Intelligent Data Analysis, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Database and Information Systems, Intelligent Search, Internet and Semantic Web, Social Networks and Trust, Multi-Media, Control and Robotics, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Medicine and Bioinformatics, Finance, Software Engineering, Industrial Engineering, e-Commerce, Security

Special Sessions

Proposals for special sessions focusing on fundamental theories and innovative applications of soft computing are welcome. Submission of proposals should include a short description of the session, its relevance to the conference, and a list of potential contributors. Special sessions will be open to all participants. Organizers of Special Sessions will be responsible for a reviewing process.

Student Participation

Student participation is highly encouraged, be it submitting and presenting a paper, attending the conference, or volunteering at the conference. The Program Committee will select the best student papers prior to the conference. These papers will be presented at a special session during the conference. The student author of the best paper (based on both the written submission and the oral presentation, to be selected during this session) will receive an award.