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lang=EN-SG>We cordially invite you to submit a paper to the <B
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Technology track</SPAN></B> in <SPAN
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lang=EN-SG>the upcoming </SPAN><SPAN
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International Conference on Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge
Discovery (ICNC-FSKD 2016), to be held from 13-15 August 2016 in </SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-SG>Changsha</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>, China.
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"
lang=EN-SG>The submission deadline is </SPAN><B><SPAN
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lang=EN-SG>. </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Topics </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>include (but are
not limited to): <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">Communications and Networking, Automation and Control,
Software Engineering, Information Security,
etc..</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-GB>Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, is a historic and cultural
city in southern China and a busy port on the Xiangjiang River, with a
population over 6 million. Founded over 3000 years ago, the city became the
capital of the Zhou state (951-960 AD) and a leading commercial center during
the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD). Changsha International Airport is easily
accessible with direct flights to all major domestic and some international
destinations. Other famous tourist destinations in Hunan include the Zhangjiajie
National Park (natural heritage listed by the UN) and Fenghuang (Phoenix)
Ancient City.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-GB>As with the past ICNC-FSKD conferences</SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-GB>,</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB> all papers in conference proceedings will be submitted to both EI
Compendex and ISTP (ISI Proceedings), as well as IEEE Xplore</SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-GB> (<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: red">all previous ICNC-FSKD conferences from 2005 to 2014 have
been indexed in Ei Compendex</SPAN></B>)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: red">Extended versions
of selected best papers will appear in SCIE-indexed international journals, such
as <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Swarm and Evolutionary Computation</I>
(Elsevier, SJR: 4.638<STRONG>), </STRONG><EM><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Applied Soft Computing</SPAN></EM><STRONG>
(SCI/Elsevier, Impact Factor: 2.810)</STRONG> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Journal of Computer and System Science
</I>(CCF B</SPAN></B></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">，</SPAN></B><B
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style="COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>IF:
1.2), as well as EI-indexed international journals with 100+
papers</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB> (5 SCI-indexed and 3 Ei-index journal special issues for ICNC-FSKD
2015 invited more than 120 extended papers. The reviews are expected to complete
in June 2016). ICNC-FSKD 2016 is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Circuits
and Systems Society (pending).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-GB>ICNC-FSKD is a premier international forum for scientists and
researchers to present the state of the art of data mining and intelligent
methods inspired from nature, particularly biological, linguistic, and physical
systems, with applications to computers, circuits, systems, control, robotics,
communications, and more. This is an exciting and emerging interdisciplinary
area in which a wide range of theory and methodologies are being investigated
and developed to tackle complex and challenging problems. </SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-SG>The registration fee of US-D</SPAN><SPAN
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includes proceedings, lunches, dinners, banquet, coffee breaks, and all
technical sessions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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international participation of researchers from outside the country/region where
the conference is held (i.e., China’s mainland), researchers outside of China’s
mainland are encouraged to propose <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">invited sessions</SPAN></B>. An honorarium of US-D400 will
be enjoyed by the organizer(s) for each completed (with at least 6 registered
papers) invited session. The first author of each paper in an invited session
must not be affiliated with an organization in China’s mainland. "(Invited
Paper)" may be added below the title of each paper in the invited sessions.
Invited session organizers will solicit submissions, conduct reviews and
recommend accept/reject decisions on the submitted papers. Invited session
organizers will be able to set their own submission and review schedules, as
long as a set of recommended papers is determined by 3 June 2016. Each invited
session proposal should include: (1) the name, bio, and contact information of
each organizer of the invited session; (2) the title and a short synopsis of the
invited session. Please send your proposal to </SPAN><SPAN
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