Future Directions in Soft Computing - First Summer Course
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FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN SOFT COMPUTING
First Summer Course
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The first summer course on Future Directions in Soft Computing
will take place in
Mieres, Asturias, Spain,
July 9 - 13, 2007,
and is organized by the
European Centre for Soft Computing.
http://www.softcomputing.es/
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OBJECTIVE
Soft Computing is a discipline that deals with the design of hybrid
intelligent systems which, in contrast to classical hard computing
techniques, are tolerant to imprecision, uncertainty, partial truth,
and approximation. Thus tractable, robust, and low cost solutions
to real-world problems are achieved. The main constituents of Soft
Computing are fuzzy logic, neural networks, evolutionary computation,
and probabilistic reasoning.
Since the term Soft Computing was coined at the beginning of the 90s,
this area has experienced a rapid development of its fundamentals as
well as its applications. The summer course reviews the fundamentals
of this discipline, describes many real-world applications, and, in
particular, treats new trends and future directions of the field.
Participants will gain insight into the potential of soft computing
techniques and the state of the art in the area. To achieve this,
the lecturers have been selected from the leaders of the different
branches of Soft Computing.
The summer course is supported by the "Future Directions in Fuzzy
Sets and Systems" Task Force, Fuzzy Systems Technical Committee,
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, several members of which
participate in the course.
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TOPICS
The course will cover the following topics:
1. Fundamentals and New Trends on Fuzzy Set Theory - Fuzzy Systems
2. Fundamentals and New Trends on Evolutionary Computation
3. Fundamentals and New Trends on Neural Networks
4. Computing with Words and Linguistic Data Mining
5. Fusion of Soft Computing Tools
6. Applications of Soft Computing
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LECTURERS
* Christian Borgelt (ECSC)
* Piero Bonissone (General Electric R&D)
* Oscar Cordón (ECSC)
* Francisco Herrera (University of Granada)
* Pedro Larrañaga (University of the Basque Country)
* Bob John (Monfort University)
* Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences)
* Rudolph Kruse (University of Magdeburg)
* Claudio Moraga (ECSC)
* Enrique Trillas (ECSC)
(list may still be subject to changes)
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SCHEDULE
The course offers 30 hours of instruction, including theoretical
classes, practical classes given in computer labs, and a round table
discussion with different experts in the field. It will be held from
Monday, July 9, to Friday, July 13, 2007, with lectures from 9 am to
1:30 pm and practical classes from 3 pm to 5 pm, except Wednesday
afternoon, which is reserved for social activities. The social
programme will be complemented with social activities on the evenings
of Monday and Friday.
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VENUE
The summer course will be held in the facilities of the European
Centre for Soft Computing, located in the
Scientific-Technological Building of the University of Oviedo,
Calle de Gonzalo Gutierrez Quiros s/n,
33600 Mieres, Asturias, Spain.
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TUITION
The course fee is 600 Euro for senior participants and 325 Euro for
undergraduate or Ph.D. students able to certify this situation. This
covers tuition plus meals, coffee breaks, and social activities.
There will likely be some full scholarships and travel grants
for students who are members of organizations such as Eusflat
(http://www.eusflat.org) and IEEE CIS (http://ieee-cis.org/edu/).
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ACCOMODATION
A limited number of rooms has been arranged in a hotel in Mieres
(double rooms including breakfast for six days, in: Sunday, July 8,
out: Saturday, July 14, 2007) for an additional fee of 175 Euro.
Some accommodation grants will likely be offered by the City Council
of Mieres and for students who are members of organizations such as
(http://www.eusflat.org) and IEEE CIS (http://ieee-cis.org/edu/).
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FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information, please visit
http://www.softcomputing.es/