Call for papers: 10th International Conference on Cellular Automata for Research and Industry (ACRI 2012)

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Third Call for Papers
10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CELLULAR AUTOMATA FOR RESEARCH AND
INDUSTRY (ACRI 2012)
Santorini Island, Greece, September 24-27, 2012
http://acri2012.duth.gr
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Cellular automata (CA) present a very powerful approach to the study
of spatio-temporal systems where complex phenomena build up out of
many simple local interactions. They account often for real phenomena
or solutions of problems, whse high complexity could unlikely be
formalised in different contexts. Furthermore parallelism and locality
features of CA allow a straightforward and extremely easy
parallelisation, therefore an immediate implementation on parallel
computing resources. These characteristics of the CA research resulted
in the formation of interdisciplinary research teams. These teams
produce remarkable research results and attract scientists from
different fields. The main goal of the 10th edition of ACRI 2012
Conference (Cellular Automata for Research and Industry) is to offer
both scientists and engineers in academies and industries an
opportunity to express and discuss their views on current trends,
challenges, and state-of-the art solutions to various problems in the
fields of arts, biology, chemistry, communication, cultural heritage,
ecology, economy, geology, engineering, medicine, physics, sociology,
traffic control, etc.
Topics of either theoretical or applied interest about CA and CA-based
models and systems include but are not limited to:
- Algebraic properties and generalization
- Complex systems
- Computational complexity
- Dynamical systems
- Hardware circuits, architectures, systems and applications
- Modeling of biological systems
- Modeling of physical or chemical systems
- Modeling of ecological and environmental systems
- Image Processing and pattern recognition
- Natural Computing
- Quantum Cellular Automata
- Parallelism

WORKSHOPS:
This edition of the ACRI conference also hosts workshops on recent and
important research topics on theory and applications of Cellular
Automata like the following: Crowds and Cellular Automata (3rd
edition), Asynchronous Cellular Automata (2nd edition), Traffic and
Cellular Automata (2nd edition), and Cellular Automata Models of
Cancer Growth and Invasion (1st Edition). More information regarding
the aforementioned workshops, the corresponding important dates and
special issues can be found at http://acri2012.duth.gr/workshops.html

SUBMISSIONS:
Authors are invited to submit papers presenting their original and
unpublished research. Papers should not exceed 10 pages and should be
formatted according to the usual LNCS article style (http://
www.springer.com/computer/lncs). Formatting style files and further
guidelines for formatting can be found at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
as well as at http://acri2012.duth.gr/publication.html
The submission system is now open and early submissions are welcome.
Please prepare your submission in accordance with the rules described
above and submit a pdf file via

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acri2012

PUBLICATION:
A volume of proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science series and will be available by the
time of the conference. After the conference, refereed volumes of
selected proceedings containing extended papers will be organized as
special issues of ISI international journals like Journal of Cellular
Automata.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper submission: April 7, 2012
Notification of paper acceptance or rejection: May 7, 2012
Final version of the paper for the proceedings: May 31, 2012
Conference: September 24-27, 2012

CONFERENCE LOCATION:
ACRI2012 will be held at Petros M. Nomikos Conference Centre,
Santorini Island, Greece.
Santorini, in an ancient island that endured one of the largest
volcanic eruptions in history, feels definetely like no other place on
earth. In Santorini, 120 miles southwest of mainland Greece,
everything is brighter: the whitewashed cube-shaped houses, the lapis
lazuli sea and the sunsets that light up the caldera. Recently, was
elected by BBC Travel as the best island in the world, while Travel &
Leisure magazine ranked Santorini in the first place in the list of
World's Top Islands for the year 2011. Santorini as such a very
popular touristic destination is served by multiple connections via
both air and sea.

URL: http://acri2012.duth.gr
Contact: acri2...@duth.gr

Chairs
Georgios Sirakoulis (Democritus University of Thrace - Greece)
Stefania Bandini (University of Milano-Bicocca - Italy)

Steering Committee
Stefania Bandini (University of Milano-Bicocca - Italy)
Bastien Chopard (University of Geneva - Switzerland)
Giancarlo Mauri (University of Milano-Bicocca - Italy)
Hiroshi Umeo (University of Osaka Electro-Communication - Japan)
Thomas Worsch (University of Karlsruhe - Germany)

Committees and Workshop Chairs: http://acri2012.duth.gr/Committees.html