LINGUIST List 11.2684

Mon Dec 11 2000

Calls: Spanish/Portuguese, Computational Intelligence

Editor for this issue: Jody Huellmantel <jodylinguistlist.org>

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1. Silvina Montrul, Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese and Hispanic Ling Symposium
2. Conference, CIMCA, Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control & Automation - CIMCA'2001

4th Conference on the 
Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese
as First and Second Languages
together with the
5th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

October 11, 12, 13 and 14, 2001
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Invited Speakers
Jos� Igancio Hualde, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Susana L�pez-Ornat, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Conxita Lle�, Universit�t Hamburg
Diane Musumeci, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carmen Silva-Corval�n, University of Southern California
Juan Uriagereka, University of Maryland
Lydia White, McGill University

For the Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese All
topics in the field of first, second, bilingual and impaired
acquisition of Spanish, Portuguese or other Iberian languages
(Catalan, Gallego, Basque, etc.) will be fully considered.

For the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

All topics in Hispanic Linguistics from different theoretical
perspectives will be fully considered.

Submission Guidelines for the two Conferences

1. Authors can submit two abstracts-one individual and one joint.
These can be for one conference each or both for the same conference.

2. Five (5) copies of an anonymous, clearly titled one-page abstract
(single-spaced with 1 inch margin throughout, Times New Roman, 12 point font)
for review. There can be an additional page for references. 

3. One (1) copy of the same abstract with name and institutional
affiliation to include in the conference program.

4. For EACH author, an index card with the following information:
conference, title of paper, area or research, name, academic affiliation,
current/summer address, phone and fax number, e-mail, and audiovisual requests.


Abstracts submitted must represent original research. Presentations will be
minutes long, plus 10 minutes for questions. All authors who present papers at
the conference will be invited to contribute their papers to a refereed volume
of selected papers.

Deadline: All submissions must be received by May 1, 2001.
Send submissions to: Silvina Montrul (for the Acquisition conference) and
Francisco Ord��ez (for the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium), University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese,
4080 Foreign Languages Building, MC-176, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 
61801, USA. e-mail: montruluiuc.edu and fordonezuiuc.edu.

See our website http://www.sip.uiuc.edu/conf2001 for more details on topics
and other updates

Silvina Montrul
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Linguistics, and SLATE
Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4080 Foreign Languages Building, MC-176
707 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
USA

Phone: (217) 244-4090
Fax: (217) 244-8430
e-mail: montruluiuc.edu

 
 CALL FOR PAPERS
 DUE DATE: 16 MARCH 2001
 
 International Conference on Computational Intelligence for
 Modelling, Control and Automation - CIMCA'2001
 4-6 July 2001
 Las Vegas, USA
 http://beth.canberra.edu.au/conferences/CIMCA2001/index.htm
 
 In Conjunction with 
 International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies
 and Internet Commerce - iawtic'2001
 http://beth.canberra.edu.au/conferences/IAWTIC2001/index.htm
 
 
 CALL FOR PAPERS
 =======================
 16 March 2001 Deadline for submission of draft papers
 
 
 Honorary Chairs:
 Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, USA
 Stephen Grossberg, Boston University, USA
 
 	
The international conference on computational intelligence for
modelling, control and automation will be held in Las Vegas, USA on
4-6 July 2001. The conference provides a medium for the exchange of
ideas between theoreticians and practitioners o address the important
issues in computational intelligence, modelling, control and
automation.

The conference will consist of both plenary sessions and contributory
sessions, focusing on theory, implementation and applications of
computational intelligence techniques to modelling, control and
automation. For contributory sessions, draft papers (4 pages or more)
are being solicited. Several well-known keynote speakers will address
the conference.

Topics of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following
areas:
Modern and Advanced Control Strategies 
Neural Networks Control, 
Fuzzy Logic Control, 
Genetic Algorithms & Evolutionary Control, 
Model-Predictive Control, 
Adaptive and Optimal Control, 
Intelligent Control Systems, 
Robotics and Automation, 
Fault Diagnosis, 
Industrial Automations

Hybrid Systems 
Fuzzy Evolutionary Systems, 
Fuzzy Expert Systems, 
Fuzzy Neural Systems, 
Neural Genetic Systems, 
Neural-Fuzzy-Genetic Systems, 
Hybrid Systems for Optimisation

Data Analysis, Prediction and Model Identification 
Signal Processing, 
Prediction & Time Series Analysis, 
System Identification, 
Data Fusion and Mining, 
Knowledge Discovery, 
Intelligent Information Systems, 
Image Processing, 
Image Understanding, 
Parallel Computing applications in Identification & Control, 
Pattern Recognition, Clustering, 
Classification

Decision Making and Information Retrieval 
Case-Based Reasoning, 
Decision Analysis, 
Intelligent Databases & Information Retrieval, 
Dynamic Systems Modelling, 
Decision Support Systems, 
Multi-criteria Decision Making, 
Qualitative and Approximate-Reasoning
 
 
Paper Submission
================
Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance,
correctness, and clarity of presentation. Extended abstract (4 pages)
should be submitted to the following e-mail or the following address:

 CIMCA'2001 Secretariat
 School of Computing
 University of Canberra
 Canberra, 2601, ACT, Australia
 E-mail: cimcaise.canberra.edu.au
 
E-mail submission is preferred. Extended abstract should present original
work, which has not been published or being reviewed for other
conferences.
 
 
 Important Dates
 ===============
 
 16 March 2001 Deadline for submission of draft papers
 
 16 April 2001 Notification of acceptance
 
 1 May 2001 Deadline for camera-ready copies of accepted papers
 
 4-6 July 2001 Conference sessions 
 
 
Special Sessions and Tutorials
Special sessions and tutorials will be organised at the
conference. The conference is calling for special sessions and
tutorial proposals. All proposals should be sent to the conference
chair on or before April 9th, 2001. CIMCA'2001 will also include a
special poster session devoted to recent work and work-in-progress.
Abstracts are solicited for this session. Abstracts (3 pages limit)
may be submitted up to 30 days before the conference date.

Invited Sessions
Keynote speakers from academia and industry will be addressing the main
issues of the conference.

Visits and social events
Sightseeing visits will be arranged for the delegates and guests. A
separate program will be arranged for companions during the conference.

Further Information
For further information either contact cimcaise.canberra.edu.au or
see the conference homepage at:
http://beth.canberra.edu.au/conferences/ CIMCA2001/index.htm

 International Program Committee:
 B. Kosko, University of Southern California, USA
 A. Kandel, University of South Florida, USA
 T. Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan
 T. Baeck, Informatic Centrum Dortmund, Germany
 J. Bezdek, University of West Florida, USA
 K. Hirota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
 R. J. Stonier, Central Queensland University, Australia
 E. Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
 W. Pedrycz, University of Manitoba, Canada
 Henry Selvaraj, University of Las Vegas, USA
 X. Yao, The University of Bermingham, UK
 H. R. Berenji, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
 R. C. Eberhart, Purdue University, USA
 T. Shibata, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan
 H. Liljenstrom, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
 F. Herrera, University of Granada, Spain
 A. Bulsari, AB Nonlinear Solutions OY, Finland
 J. D. Pinter, Dalhousie University, Canada
 H. Adeli, The Ohio State University, USA
 V. Piuri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
 A. Aamodt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
 J. Fernandez de Ca�ete, University of Malaga, Spain
 W. Duch, Nicholas Copernicus,University, Poland
 E. Tulunay, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
 L. Guan, University of Sydney, Australia
 C. Kuroda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
 
 Organising Committee Chair:
 Masoud Mohammadian
 School of Computing
 University of Canberra
 Canberra, 2601, Australia
 
 International Liaison:
 
 Canada and USA Liaison:
 J. D. Pinter, Dalhousie University,
 Canada 
 
 Europe Liaison :
 Z. Pahlavani, AVIP, Austria
 
 Local Arrangements and
 Public Relation:
 Z. Pahlavani, AVIP, Austria
 P. Kazumi, VL-Pro, The Netherlands
 
 Publicity:
 P. Kazumi, VL-Pro, The Netherlands
 R. John, De Montfort University,UK
 
 Publication :
 M. Mohammadian, University of Canberra, Australia