August 4-7, 2008 Montreal,
Quebec, Canada Hyatt Regency
Montreal
Description The life
sciences have
become increasingly quantitative as new technologies facilitate
collection and analysis of vast amounts of data ranging from complete
genomic sequences of organisms to satellite imagery of forest
landscapes on continental scales. As a consequence, mathematics and
computational science have become crucial technologies for the study of
complex models of biological processes.
The SIAM Activity Group on Life Sciences brings together researchers
who seek to develop and apply mathematical and computational methods in
all areas of the life sciences. This conference of the activity group
will provide a cross-disciplinary forum for catalyzing mathematical
research relevant to the life sciences. It will facilitate rapid
diffusion of new mathematical and computational methods in the life
sciences, and may stimulate more researchers to work in these important
areas. Mathematicians, life scientists, computational biologists,
bioengineers and others interested in mathematical and computational
analysis of biological systems are encouraged to attend.
Themes
Biomechanics
Cell Signaling
Evolutionary Dynamics
Imaging
Neuroscience
Regulatory Networks
Systems Biology
Important
Deadlines
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
January 4, 2008: Minisymposium proposals
February 4, 2008: Abstracts for contributed and minisymposium
speakers
KDD-2008, 14th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
Aug. 24-27, 2008, Las Vegas, NV.
The annual ACM SIGKDD conference is the premier international forum for
data mining researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and
government to share their ideas, research results and experiences.
KDD-08 will feature keynote presentations, oral paper presentations,
poster sessions, workshops, tutorials, panels, exhibits,
demonstrations, and the KDD Cup competition. >> more
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IEEE
International Conference on Automation and Logistics (ICAL08)
IEEE
ICAL 2008 Submission Deadline: May 1st 2008
Shangri-La Hotel, Qingdao, China. September 1-3, 2008
The theme of IEEE ICAL 2008 is “Automation and Logistics for
the
Advancement of Humanity”, reflecting the fast growing
interests
in research, development and applications in the dynamic and exciting
areas of advanced intelligent automation and logistics. IEEE ICAL 2008
promises to be a great event, bringing together a distinguished group
of electrical, mechanical, industrial, systems, logistics, and computer
engineers, and offering a rich technical program emphasizing effective
use of the synergy in the areas of automation and logistics. IEEE ICAL
2008 conference invites high quality original research papers in all
areas related to automation, logisticsd, and their applications.
Plan to Attend Cincinnati's First Six Sigma User Group!
August 18, registration begins at 5:30 PM, meeting starts at 6:00 PM
Meet other Six Sigma
professionals in Cincinnati and share ideas, tips and techniques to
help everyone become better Six Sigma professionals!
ISSSC is proud to
announce the formation of Cincinnati's first Six Sigma User Group. In
our first meeting we will be covering a hot issue in today's market:
How to move past Analyze to Action -- an actual example of an applied Six Sigma project
13th
Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, September 9th
to 12th, 2008, in Havana, Cuba.
CIARP'2008
is the 13th
Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition and as it is already a
tradition this conference will be a forum for the exchange of
scientific results and experiences, as well as the sharing of new
knowledge, and the increase of the co-operation between research groups
in pattern recognition and related areas.
CIARP'2008
(http://wwww.ciarp.org) will be held in Havana, Cuba, from September
9th to 12th, 2008. This conference is organized by the Cuban
Association for Pattern Recognition (ACRP), the Advanced Technologies
Applications Center (CENATAV) of Cuba; and will be sponsored by the
International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), the Mexican
Association for Computer Vision, Neural Computing and Robotics
(MACVNR), the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition (APRP),
the Spanish Association for Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis
(AERFAI), the Special Interest Group on Pattern Recognition of the
Brazilian Computer Society (SIGPR-SBC), and the Chilean Association for
Pattern Recognition (AchiRP).
7th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetic
Intelligent Systems 2008, September 9-10, 2008, Middlesex University,
London, UK
Aims and
Objectives
This is the 7th in a series of successful international conferences
organised by the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Chapter of the
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society. These conferences provide an
interdisciplinary forum for research and application of various aspects
of cybernetics and systems. The theme of the 2008 conference is
Cybernetic Intelligent Systems.
Scope
The programme committee solicits high quality papers containing
original contributions in all areas of experimental, theoretical and
application-oriented aspects of cybernetic intelligent systems. This
will include papers describing 1) Relevant techniques for intelligent
systems including, but not limited to, neural networks, evolutionary
methods, fuzzy systems, knowledge and agent based approaches. 2)
Systems using cybernetic intelligent approaches, such as robotics,
control, modelling, instrumentation, communications, machine vision,
audio logical systems, safety systems. 3) Industrial applications of
cybernetic intelligent systems.
Following on from the hugely successful 2007 events, the Forecaster delivers
the Business Forecasting & Planning congress in Las Vegas!
With over 400 delegates, 30 exclusive case studies and unparalleled
networking opportunities in Monaco, London & Boston in 2007, theForecaster
launches the biggest and best business forecasting and planning congress in Las
Vegas MGM Grand.
Business Forecasting and Planning is a major part of
all corporation’s stratagies and most are looking at ways in which they can
improve.. Are you? If so, make space in your calendar and prepare to spend
September 8 – 10 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand. The Business Forecasting &
Planning Excellence 2008 is the flagship event run by theForecaster, following
on most recently from events held in Boston and Monaco in 2007 and Barcelona
earlier in the year..
If you’ve attended our meetings and networking events before, you’ll know
that when it comes to format and content, we are always directed by industry –
and spend many months researching the planning & forecasting landscape, to
ensure we zone in on the topics and issues that are highest on your professional
agenda right now.
Accurate Forecasting & Planning is very difficult
to achieve in any industry. Unless you get in-depth, focused and hard-hitting
information on it, you're going to be left behind. The Business Forecasting
& Planning Excellence 2008 is your most effective one stop shop – and there
are plenty of other reasons to attend as well.
At this important event, you’ll gain the know-how and the tools you need to
keep up with – or even overtake – your competitors – delivered and discussed
with you by internationally renowned leaders in best practice. No convoluted
jargon. Or meaningless classroom theory. That’s a guarantee. Instead, you’ll
hear it like it really is from people who DO know: DELL, for instance, will
discuss how they developed strategies and approaches for forecasting new sales
channel opportunities. Unilever will go into depth discussing Innovation
Forecasting, and how you can implement this successfully in your company. 20th
Century FOX will discuss the keys to understand the best forecasting technique
for your needs.
When you come to examine the Agenda, you’ll see we’re also putting together
several pre-event workshop sessions, offering hands on examples and models to
develop more accurate forecasting and strategies to boost your bottom line.
Highlights at our Workshop Sessions include New Product Forecasting, Revenue
Forecasting, Sales & Operations Planning.
If you work with forecasts, or if you're in charge of a forecasting team in
your company, this is a must-attend event. Business is beginning to buy in to
the importance of accurate forecasting and nowhere does this become a greater
reality than at this event.
The conference will equip you with the tools, the
knowledge and the benchmarks to ensure you are properly prepared to meet the
challenges you face.
The Forecaster is recognized worldwide as the premier full-service provider of
forecasting & demand planning education, training, and certification.
EVENT OVERVIEW
Discover how forecasters and demand planners can optimize the Demand
Management process to increase profitability
Learn how you can optimize the role of New Product Forecasting &
Planning in your company
Create Business Forecasting Excellence with optimal Communication,
Collaboration, and Coordination
Understand how to develop and implement an S & OP process, and gain
support and involvement of senior management
Evaluate how business forecasting, demand planning and S & OP operate on
a global basis and in mature and emerging markets
To ensure that these issues are covered in the
most effective manner, theforecaster has determined a speaker short list in
collaboration with leading industry executives and will recruit from this list
alone. For further details on the working agenda or confirmed speakers to date,
please contact Richard Bracchi by e-mailing rbracchi@theforecaster.com
13th
Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, September 9th
to 12th, 2008, in Havana, Cuba.
CIARP'2008 is the 13th
Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition and as it is already a
tradition this conference will be a forum for the exchange of
scientific results and experiences, as well as the sharing of new
knowledge, and the increase of the co-operation between research groups
in pattern recognition and related areas.
CIARP'2008
(http://wwww.ciarp.org) will be held in Havana, Cuba, from September
9th to 12th, 2008. This conference is organized by the Cuban
Association for Pattern Recognition (ACRP), the Advanced Technologies
Applications Center (CENATAV) of Cuba; and will be sponsored by the
International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), the Mexican
Association for Computer Vision, Neural Computing and Robotics
(MACVNR), the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition (APRP),
the Spanish Association for Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis
(AERFAI), the Special Interest Group on Pattern Recognition of the
Brazilian Computer Society (SIGPR-SBC), and the Chilean Association for
Pattern Recognition (AchiRP).
10th
International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
PPSN 2008 September
13-17, 2008 Technische
Universitaet Dortmund, Germany
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ECML PKDD 2008 - European Conference on Machine
Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in
Databases,15 - 19 September 2008, Antwerp, Belgium
The European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice
of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD) will be located in
Antwerp, Belgium, from September 15th to 19th, 2008. This event builds
upon a very successful series of 18 ECML and 11 PKDD conferences, which
have been jointly organized for the past seven years. It has become the
major European scientific event in these fields and in 2008 it will
comprise presentations of contributed papers and invited speakers, a
wide program of workshops and tutorials, a discovery challenge, a
panel, a demo track and an industrial track.
2008 Mayo Clinic Conference on Systems Engineering & Operations Research in Health Care
September 22-23, 2008, Rochester, Minnesota
Abstracts are invited for poster presentation at the 2008 Mayo Clinic
Conference on Systems Engineering & Operations Research in Health
Care, to be held September 22-23, 2008 in Rochester, Minnesota. Any
projects that pertain to the training and practice of systems
engineering & operations research are welcome.
Full details on abstract submission and the conference, including
program, faculty, and registration, can be found on the conference
website: http://www.mayo.edu/cme/seor/index.html. Questions may be directed to seor@mayo.edu.
John Osborn
Systems & Procedures
Mayo Clinic
200 1st St SW
Centerplace 813
Rochester, MN 55905
Tel (507) 284-8798
Ass't: Sara Tighe, (507) 284-1244
October 13-14, 2008 9:00AM to 5:00 PM. Congress Center Basel Basel, Switzerland (co-located with MipTec)
Please join us in Basel for Spotfire's Life Sciences Industry Forum
2008. This year's forum will be filled with opportunities to network
with your peers, learn best practices and explore the latest
innovations in Spotfire.
The preliminary agenda promises two days of presentations and
discussions on harnessing the power of Spotfire to meet the unique
challenges of analyzing life science data. Get valuable training, learn
from customer case studies, and participate in application specific
breakouts for Drug Discovery, Clinical Trials and Pharma Sales &
Marketing.
SAS' 11th Annual Data Mining Conference,
M2008, Las Vegas, NV. Oct. 27-28
WBCF: 3rd Annual Global Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement Summit 2008
Date: 14-17 Oct 2008 | Location: Ramada Orlando Celebration Hotel and Convention Center, Orlando FL
WCBF’s 3rd Annual Global Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement
Summit 2008 presents an unrivalled speaker panel headlined by top
business authors Matthew E. May, Kerry Patterson, Dr Mikel J. Harry and
Steven J Spear, complimented by an array of industry leaders, CEOs and
first-class deployment practitioners addressing Lean, Six Sigma and
process excellence for innovation and outstanding performance. Includes
the Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards 2008. To save up to $600 register by Friday July 25th, 2008.
Call for Papers: International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Control (ICMSC 2008)
From: International Association of Engineers (IAENG) San Francisco, USA, 22-24 October, 2008
The conference ICMSC'08 is held under the World Congress on Engineering 2008. The WCECS 2008 is organized by the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), a non-profit international association for the engineers and the computer scientists. The conference has the focus on the frontier topics in the theoretical and applied engineering and computer science subjects. Our last IAENG conference has attracted more than one thousand participants from over 50 countries, and our IAENG conference committees have been formed with over two hundred committee members who are mainly research center heads, faculty deans, department heads, professors, and research scientists from universities like Harvard, MIT, Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley and Yale etc.
All submitted papers will be under peer review and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceeding (ISBN: 978-988-98671-0-2). The abstracts will be indexed and available at major academic databases. The accepted papers will also be considered for publication in the special issues of the journal Engineering Letters, in IAENG journals and in edited books. Revised and expanded version of the selected papers may also be included as book chapters in the standalone edited books under the framework of cooperation between IAENG and Springer, and between IAENG and America Institute of Physics. For reference, the following post conference edited books of our recent IAENG 2007 conferences: Trends in Intelligent Systems and Computer Engineering, Advances in Communication Systems and Electrical Engineering, Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, and Advances in Computational Algorithms and Data Analysis, have been published by Springer.
Important Dates: Draft Paper Submission Deadline: 2 July, 2008 Camera-Ready Papers Due & Registration Deadline: 30 July, 2008 WCECS 2008: 22-24 October, 2008
The topics of the ICMSC'08 include, but not limited to, the following: Systems Modeling and Automatic Control:
System identification Optimization in control systems Optimal control Adaptive control Non-linear control Model Development Bond Graph Modelling Statistical and Probabilistic Modelling Numerical Methods Mathematical Modelling System Theory Dynamic Modelling 3-Dimensional Modelling Continuous and Discrete Methodology Simulation Times Series Analysis Multi-Paradigm Modelling Environmental Modelling Energy and Power Systems Modelling Biomedical Modelling Performance Modelling Hybrid dynamical systems Petri nets Hierarchical control Discrete event systems Information-based models for control Distributed control systems System modeling, simulation and architectures Cybernetics Computer and microprocessor-based control Hierarchical control Instrumentation networks and software Field-buses Real-time systems control Environmental monitoring and control Time series and system modeling Time-frequency analysis Feature extraction Information-based models for control Discrete event systems Hybrid dynamical systems System identification Change detection problems Control Theory and Applications: Control Theory Linear Control Non-Linear Control Optimization Intelligent Control Adaptive Control Predictive Control Fuzzy Control Stochastic Control Process Control PID Control Robust Control Variable Structure Control Discrete Events Stability Control using Neural Networks Computer Control Distributed Parameter Control Systems
Intelligent Control Structures and Methods: Next generation intelligent control architectures and methods Multiagent based planning, control and intelligence Distributed/decentralized intelligent control Neural networks, fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms Swarm intelligence, learning and control Intelligent control of networked dynamic systems Intelligent control of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks Embedded intelligent control Biological learning control systems Machine learning Hybrid dynamical systems control, pattern discovery Distributed or decentralized control methods Probabilistic approaches, knowledge-based sensor fusion Distributed and embedded systems, large scale systems AI and expert systems, distributed intelligence >> more
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The Seventh IEEE International
Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2007),
Omaha, NE. Oct. 28-31
This
course may also be offered by arrangement at customer sites. E-mail
course-info@sei.cmu.edu or call +1 412-268-7622 for details.
Course
Description
Please note the prerequisites below: you must bring a laptop
computer, and you must install and test a number of software tools before the
course, as specified in the pre-course letter.
This five-day course takes
a hands-on, measurement-oriented approach to product development, providing
participants with a toolkit of analysis methods and leveraging industry best
practices, such as the Design-for-Six-Sigma methodology of DMADV (Define,
Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify) and CMMI High Maturity. This course builds
upon basic statistical concepts from the Improving Process Performance Using Six
Sigma course. More advanced and powerful analytical methods are introduced
through short lectures and extensive hands-on practice sessions using problems
traditionally faced by new product development teams. Participants learn a
framework in the form of tools, methods, and practices for analyzing data to
make more informed business decisions about project management (quality,
schedule, and cost) and process and product performance. The ways in which these
quality measurement practices relate to improvement models such as the
Capability Maturity Model, Integration, CMMI are also discussed.
8th
International Conference on Intelligent System Design and Applications
(ISDA08)
The Eighth International Conference on
Intelligent Systems Design and
Applications (ISDA 2008)
November 26-28, 2008
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
ICPR 2008 - The 19th Conference of the
International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), Dec.8-11,
Tempa, FL
The ICPR 2008 will be an international forum
for discussions on recent
advances in the fields of Computer vision, Pattern recognition (theory,
methods and algorithms), Image, speech and signal analysis, Multimedia
and video analysis, Biometrics, Document analysis, and Bioinformatics
and biomedical applications.
ICPR 2008 will be held at the Tampa Convention Center. With pristine
beaches, numerous parks, arts and science museums, and vibrant night
life, Tampa Bay is a popular destination for tourists .
The conference consists of 7 tracks :
1) Computer Vision (Sensor systems; Features and Image Descriptors;
Segmentation, Color and Texture; Image Modelling and Scene
Understanding; Motion, Tracking, Video Analysis; Object Description and
Recognition; Robotics and Visual Navigation; Applications)
2) Pattern Recognition (Statistical, Syntactic and Structural Pattern
Recognition; Machine Learning and Data Mining; Artificial Intelligence
and Symbolic Learning; Feature Reduction, Manifold Learning;
Classification and Clustering; Support Vector Machines and kernels;
Invariances in Recognition;
Applications)
3) Image, Speech and Signal Analysis (Image and Video Processing and
Understanding; Speech and Audio Processing and Analysis; Enhancement,
segmentation, filtering; Coding and compression; Separation and
Segmentation; Learning; Applications)
5) Document Analysis (Character and Text Recognition; Handwriting
Recognition; Graphics Recognition; Document Analysis and Recognition;
Document Databases and Data Mining; Applications)
6) Bioinformatics and Biomedical Applications (Data mining for
Biological Databases; Algorithms for Molecular Biology; Pattern
Recognition for Genomics and Proteomics; Microarray Data Analysis;
Computational Biology; Medical Image Analysis and Registration;
Computer-Aided Diagnosis; Applications)
IEEE International Conference on Industrial
Engineering & Engineering Management, Singapore, Dec.
8-11 2008
The International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering
Management (IEEM) aims to provide a forum to disseminate, to all
branches industries, information on the most recent and relevant
innovations, theories and practices in Industrial Engineering and
Engineering Management. Following the great success of IEEM2007, IEEE
Engineering Management Society Singapore Chapter decided to host this
conference for a second time to provide another opportunity for those
who missed the last conference and for those who wish to revisit us.
We hope to link researchers and practitioners in different
branches of industrial engineering and engineering management from
around the world.
We invite papers and proposals for special sessions/tracks related to
all areas in industrial engineering and engineering management.
Authors are invited to submit to paper for following topics:
Decision Analysis and Methods
E-Business and E-Commerce
Engineering Economy and Cost Analysis
Engineering Education and Training
Facilities Planning and Management
Global Manufacturing and Management
Human Factors
Information Processing and Engineering
Intelligent Systems
Manufacturing Systems
Operations Research
Production Planning and Control
Project Management
Quality Control and Management
Reliability and Maintenance Engineering
Safety, Security and Risk Management
Service Innovation and Management
Supply Chain Management
Systems Modeling and Simulation
Technology and Knowledge Management
Tentative Dates (please refer to www.ieeeieem.org for update)
Full paper submission: 1 June 2008
Notification of acceptance: 1 August 2008
Final camera-ready paper due: 1 September 2008
The Tenth Pacific Rim
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI-08), Dec
15-19, Hanoi, Vietnam
The Tenth
Pacific Rim
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI-08) will
provide an international forum for researchers and industry
practitioners to share their new ideas, original research results and
practical development experiences which concentrate on AI technologies
and their applications in areas of social and economic importance for
countries in the Pacific Rim.
PRICAI-08
will be held
in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Hanoi, with a millennium-long
history, has become one of the most beguiling cities in Asia where IT
technology and research activities are taking place in an unprecedented
speed.
SAC 2009 The 24th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
March 8 - 12, 2009, Waikiki Beach
<http://www.aloha.com/%7Elifeguards/waikiki.html> , Honolulu
<http://www.visit-oahu.com/> , Hawaii, USA
CALL FOR PAPERS
The ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) is a primary forum for
applied computer scientists and application developers from around the
world to interact and present their work. SAC 2009 is sponsored by the
ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP) and is
presented in cooperation with other ACM Special Interest Groups. For
more information on ACM SAC 2009, please visit:
http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2009/
Bioinformatics Track
A large part of the information to support biological and biomedical
research is available in an increasingly wide variety of rapidly-
growing decentralized databases. The challenge is to obtain information
and knowledge from these databases using innovative computational
approaches to support and promote biological and biomedical research.
One example of such a computational challenge is in identifying
biological pathways using data, information, and knowledge scattered
over heterogeneous databases. Computational tools using
system-theoretic approaches are needed to model metabolic pathways,
signal-transduction pathways, genetic regulatory circuits and
biological systems.
By comparing the genomes and pathways of several species at a high
level, we hope to understand how stable biological systems have
evolved. Over the last few years, microarray data have provided many
insights into the transcriptome and into cellular functions. These data
are now increasingly complemented by mass spectrometry data of the
proteome, whose analysis poses new computational challenges.
Track Topics:
* Algebraic Biology
* Bioinformatics for diseases
* Computational genomics and systems biology
* Data visualization and visual analytics
* Databases & Data Integration
* DNA assembly, clustering and mapping
* Errors and inconsistencies in biological databases
* Gene Expression/regulation & Microarrays
* Genomes and protein analysis
* High-performance bio-computing
* Integrative approaches for drug design
* Integrative data and text mining approaches
* Life sciences databases and ontologies
* Machine learning, data integration and data mining in the life sciences
* Molecular sequence analysis, modeling and simulation
* Parallel architectures and algorithms for biological applications
* Pathways, Networks, Systems Biology
* Prediction and integration of metabolic and regulatory networks
* Protein & RNA Structure and Function
* Protein-protein Interactions, prediction, and Molecular Networks
* Query processing and optimization for biological data
* Semantic web for the life sciences
* Sequence Analysis & Alignment, Assembly
* SNPs and Haplotyping
* Structural and functional bioinformatics
* System Biology and Modeling
* Virtual cell modeling
Call for Abstracts: PMSA (Pharmaceutical Management Science Association) 2009 Conference
April 26 - April 29, 2009. Westin Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, California
Submission deadline for abstracts: Friday October 17, 2008
Authors will be contacted by: Friday January 16, 2009
PMSA 2009 will invite speakers based on a competitive review process.
We invite submissions from members of the pharmaceutical industry on
any topic reflecting applications of management science in the
pharmaceutical industry.
The Call for Abstracts is available on the PMSA website at www.pmsa.net
IEEE
ICAL 2008 Submission Deadline: May 1st 2008
