ICIST 2011 - The International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2011)

The International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2011) will be held in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China during March 26-28, 2011. Nanjing was an old capital of China for six dynasties with 2470-year history and rich cultural heritage. She is now a modern metropolis featuring numerous historic and scenery sites. The recently opened high-speed trains can reach Nanjing from Shanghai in an hour at the speed of as high as 350 KM/hour.

ICIST 2011 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present the state of the art of research and applications of information science and technology. The conference will feature plenary speeches given by world renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, and special sessions focusing on popular topics. The proceedings of ICIST 2011 will be published by the IEEE with EI indexing. In addition, selected high-quality papers will be published in special issues of SCI-journals.

Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to ICIST 2011. In addition, proposals for special sessions within the technical scopes of the conference are solicited. Special sessions, to be organized by internationally recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the contributed papers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposals to ICIST 2011. A special session proposal should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, names, contact information and brief biographical information on the organizers.

Papers of all topics related computational intelligence and its applications are welcome.
The topics to be covered at the workshop include, but are not limited to, the followings:

Computational neuroscience
Connectionist theory and cognitive science
Mathematical modeling of neural systems
Neurodynamic analysis
Associative memories
Neurodynamic optimization
Adaptive dynamic programming
Fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory
Fuzzy-neuro-evolutionary -rough hybrids
Fuzzy and rough data analysis
Fuzzy optimization and design
Fuzzy decision making
Fuzzy systems modeling and identification
Fuzzy mathematics
Ant colony optimization
Artificial immune systems
Artificial ecology
Swarm-based optimization techniques
Swarm computing
Particle swarm optimization
Fish school search
Stochastic Diffusion Search (SDS)
Swarm robotics
Artificial life
Cognitive science
Social evolution
Grammatical Swarm
Genetic algorithms
Evolutionary computation
Grammatical Evolution (GE)
Natural Computing
Differential evolution
Estimation of Distribution Algorithms
Evolving neural networks and fuzzy systems
Hybrid optimization algorithms
Memetic and hybrid algorithms
Nature-inspired computing and optimization
Embedded neural systems
Probabilistic and information-theoretic methods
Principal and independent component analysis
Hybrid intelligent systems
Supervised & semi-supervised learning
Unsupervised and reinforcement learning
Neuroinformatics
Support vector machines and kernel methods
Fuzzy systems architectures and hardware
Fuzzy pattern recognition
Fuzzy image processing
Fuzzy logic control and systems
Data mining and forecasting
Fuzzy information processing
Fuzzy human interface
Autonomous mental and behavio r development
Classifier systems
Coevolution and collective behaviors
Cognitive systems and applications
Combinatorial and numerical optimization

Constraint and uncertainty handling
Cultural algorithms
Computational intelligence in bioinformatics
Computational intelligence in dynamic and uncertain environments
Computational intelligence in economics, finance and marketing
Computational intelligence in bioengineering
Computational intelligence in systems biology
Computational intelligence in computational biology and drug design
Evolutionary computer vision
Time series analysis
Evolutionary learning
Rough sets
Soft computing
Niche technology
Blind source separation
Knowledge discovery
Ensemble methods
Machine learning theory and methods
Expert systemsAutonomous mental development
Pattern recognition
Image and signal processing
Robotic and control
Telecommunications
Computer networks
Sensor networks
Social networks
Routing optimization
Scheduling
Circuits and power electronics
Transportation systems
Intrusion detection and fault diagnosis
Hardware implementation
Fuzzy internet and multimedia
Fuzzy computing with words
Granular computing
Evolutionary design
Evolutionary games
Evolutionary intelligent agents
Evolutionary learning systems
Evolutionary robotics
Evolvable hardware and software
Evolved art and music
Multi-objective optimization
Brain Imaging and neural information processing
Brain computer interface
Web applications
Data fusion
Information security
Natural language processing
Intelligent image/document retrievals
Real-world applications
Representation and operators
Self-adaptation in evolutionary algorithms
Molecular and quantum computing
Quantum computing
Computing with words
Computing with natural materials