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                         CALL FOR PAPERS
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                            ETFA'2003
               9th IEEE International Conference on
           Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
             September 16-19, 2003, Lisbon, Portugal
                 http://www.uninova.pt/etfa2003/

                            Track on
    Computational Intelligence in Industrial and Factory Automation

This track focuses on Computational Intelligence technologies and their
application, in particular to industrial and factory automation
systems.  AI techniques have proved to be a major asset in increasing
efficiency and productivity of industrial and other computer supported
businesses.  Traditional AI tools such as expert systems have been
enriched with more recent techniques, such as evolutionary algorithms,
fuzzy systems or neural networks to mention only a few.  Authors
submitting to this track are encouraged to present work using emerging
AI techniques, but not excluding traditional approaches.  A blend of
these seemingly different views is sought in this track and we feel
that interesting ideas and debates will result from discussion.
Applications in industry in general and in particular in factory
automation are encouraged.

Some suggested topics (other relevant ones are welcome):
- Expert Systems
- Fuzzy Systems
- Neural Networks
- Genetic Algorithms
- Chaos
- Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
- Industrial Applications of Intelligent Systems

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SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Papers are to be submitted electronically. For further details,
please consult the conference web pages.

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AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE
Deadline for submission of full papers:                  April 30, 2003
Notification of papers acceptance:                         June 8, 2003
Final manuscripts due:                                     July 8, 2003

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TRACK CHAIRS
Luís Correia, New University of Lisbon (Luis.Correia@di.fct.unl.pt)
Imre Rudas, Budapest Polytechnic (Rudas@bmf.hu)