Deadlines:
Paper submission: May 20, 2004
Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2004
Final manuscript due: July 20, 2004
Advisory Committee
M.DURMAN (SAU-Rector) (TR), L.A.ZADEH (US), I.B.TURKSEN (CA), M.SUGENO
(JP), A.KANDEL (US), P.P.WANG (US), M.MUKAIDONO (JP), O.SAATCIOGLU
(TR), G.ULUSOY (TR), R.ALIEV (AZ), A.KUSIAK (US), D.T.PHAM (UK), Z.SEN
(TR), G.RESCONI (IT), W.PEDRYCZ (US), A.W.GRUVER (CA), M.GUPTA (CA),
H.ZIMMERMANN (GE), D. BENNETT (UK), M.A.YALCIN (TR), H.TASKIN (TR),
E.OZTEMEL (TR)
Conference Chairman: I.B.TURKSEN (CA)
Co-Chairman: H.TASKIN (TR), E.OZTEMEL (TR)
Program Chair: C.KUBAT (TR)
Co-Chair: G.CAGIL (TR)
Local Organizer: M.IPEK (TR)
International Program Committee
M.S.AKSOY (TR), R.ALIEV (AZ), M.E.AYDIN (TR), A.BAYKASOGLU (TR), D.
BENNETT (UK), T.BILGIC (TR), G.CAGIL (TR), T.CAKAR (TR), B.CAN (TR),
G.CANSEVER (TR), I.H.CEDIMOGLU (TR), T.DERELI (TR), B.ENGIN (TR),
I.M.DOGRUER (TR), G.GENCYILMAZ (TR), S.GUCLU (TR), D.GUNAY (TR),
O.INAN (TR), B.KAFTANOGLU (TR), A.KANDEL (US), S.KAYALIGIL (TR),
O.KAYNAK (TR), R.KELES (TR), K.KILIÇ (TR), A.S.KIRAN (US), O.KIRCA
(TR), C.KUBAT (TR), S.KUNDU (US), A.KUSIAK (CA), M.MUKAIDONO (JP),
O.OGUZ (TR), I.OR (TR), M.ORAL (CA), M.OZBAYRAK (UK), A.F.OZOK (TR),
E.OZTEMEL (TR), D.T..PHAM (UK), O.SAATCIOGLU (TR), M.SAVSAR (KW),
Z.SEN (TR), F.S.SERIFOGLU (TR), M.SUGENO (JP), H.TASKIN (TR),
M.TEKELIOGLU (TR), B.TOPAL (TR), O.TORKUL (TR), A.K.TURKER (TR),
I.B.TURKSEN (CA), G.ULUSOY (TR), M.A.YALCIN (TR), A.YIGIT (KW),
P.P.WANG (US), L.A. ZADEH (US), H.ZIMMERMANN (GE)
Organized by: Sakarya University, Department of Industrial Engineering
Sponsors: IFSA (International Fuzzy System Association), University of
Toronto
Conference topics include but not limited to:
Agile manufacturing, Knowledge-based Systems, Hypermedia
Business process reengineering, Enterprise modeling
Artificial intelligence technologies, total product life cycle
Automation, CNC & robot programming languages, Computational
Intelligence, Computer vision, Decision support systems, Data mining,
Expert systems, Fuzzy sets and logic, Fuzzy chaotic systems, Genetic
algor ithms, Intelligent agents in manufacturing, Intelligent systems
perspectives, Systems modeling & simulation, Neural networks, Process
technologies, Robotics, Semiotics, Post-modernism
Information systems, Database design, Distributed information system
design, Decision support systems, Management information systems,
Executive support systems
Information technologies, Virtual factory, Cyber factory
Inspection and testing, Lean production, Manufacturing systems
engineering, Maintenance Management Systems
Intelligent systems design strategies
Forecasting, Prediction consumer preference, Market share
Manufacturing for defense industries, Human sensory factors
Project Management
Product design strategies
CAE/CAD/CAM, Group Technologies, Work Planning
Production planning / scheduling / control
CIM - Computer integrated manufacturing, FMS - Flexible manufacturing
systems
Rapid prototyping, Simultaneous engineering / Concurrent engineering,
Storage & retrieval systems, System design & integration, Quality
control
Keynote Speaker: L.A.Zadeh
Invited Speakers: I.B. Turksen, M. Sugeno, A. Kandel, P.P. Wang, M.
Mukaidono, R. Aliev, A. Kusiak, D.T. Pham, Z. Sen, G. Resconi, W.
Pedrycz, A.W. Gruver, M. Gupta, H. Zimmermann, D. Bennett
Special session: Proposals will be evaluated by organization
committee. Last date: May 1, 2004
Panel discussions: Decision Support Systems: Computing with Words
(CWW) and Computing with Perceptions (CWP)
Venue: The symposium will be held in Esentepe Campus, Sakarya
University, Adapazari/Turkey. Note that the conference will be
broadcasted alive in internet. Selected papers will also be published
in the some Journals (as done with IMS'2001).
Exhibition: Intelligent hardware and software
Additional Special Sessions: The conference will feature several
special sessions, tutorials and invited sessions. If you are
interested in organizing any of these please contact Prof.Dr. I.Burhan
Turksen
Submission Format: Submission of papers are welcomed on the topics
outlined above. Electronic copy of full papers in English should be
received by the symposium secreteriat by 20th of May, 2004. The paper
should be structured as follows:
• First page: title, authors, mailing address of each author,
telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address
• Second page: title authors, 200 word abstract, and the submission
area
• Third and succeeding pages: title, and text including tables,
figures and references (max. 8 pages)
Paper acceptance: The papers will be evaluated by the International
Programme Committee. Each accepted paper must be presented within a
20 minutes period and the manuscript must be accompanied by a paid
registration. All conference participant, excluding invited persons,
must pay the conference registration fee and their own travel
expenses.
Submission Addresses
Prof.Dr. I.Burhan Turksen
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of
Toronto,
Toronto/Canada
Tel: +01 416/978 8214
Fax: +01 416/978 3453
E-mail: tur...@mie.utoronto.ca
Prof.Dr.Harun Taskin
Sakarya University, Department of Industrial Engineering, Esentepe
Campus, Adapazari/Turkey
Tel: +90 264 3460353 - 57 / 265
Fax: +90 264 3460351
E-mail: tas...@sakarya.edu.tr
Prof.Dr.Ercan Oztemel
Sakarya University, Department of Industrial Engineering, Esentepe
Campus, Adapazari/Turkey
E-mail: eo...@btae.mam.gov.tr
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Cemalettin Kubat
Sakarya University, Department of Industrial Engineering, Esentepe
Campus, Adapazari/Turkey
E-mail: ku...@sakarya.edu.tr
For Further information contact
tur...@mie.utoronto.ca (I.Burhan Turksen, Conference Chairman)
tas...@sakarya.edu.tr (Harun Taskin, Conference Co-Chairman)
eo...@btae.mam.gov.tr (Ercan Oztemel, Conference Co-Chairman)
kubat@ sakarya.edu.tr (Cemalettin Kubat, Conference Program Chair)
i...@sakarya.edu.tr (Symposium Address)
IMS'2004 Web Page: http://www.ims.sakarya.edu.tr
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