Invited Sessions


Partial list of invited sessions:
1. Intelligent Systems
Prof. Shyi-Ming Chen
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2. Fuzzy Systems
Prof. Shyi-Ming Chen
(PDF)
3. Complex Systems Optimization and Application
Prof. Fachao Li and Chenxia Jin
(PDF)
4. Intelligent Systems: Methodologies and Applications
Prof. Chih-Min Lin and Prof. Yung-Sheng Chen
(PDF)
5. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Dr. Daming Shi, Dr. Dansong Cheng and Dr. Liying Zheng
(PDF)
6. Mathematical Modelling of Information Reduction with Data Mining
Yubo Yuan
(PDF)
7. Wavelet and Image Processing
Prof. Wenzhang He
(PDF)
8. Network and Information Security
Dr. Chuanlun Ren and Xianguo Zhang
(PDF)
9. Cybernetic, Machine Learning and Intelligent System Applications in Thailand
Dr. Lance Chun Che Fung and Dr. Thitipong Nandhabiwat
(PDF)
10. Intelligent Knowledge Discovery and Its Applications
Prof. Tzung-Pei Hong, Prof. Chu-Sing Yang,
Ming-Chao Chiang and Chun-Wei Tsai

(PDF)
11. Integration of Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches for Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Incompleteness
Dr. Jun Liu and Prof. Luis Martínez
(PDF)
12. Advances in Distributed Evolutionary Computation and Its Applications
Xiao-Min Hu, Prof. Jun Zhang,
Zhi-Hui Zhan and Wei-Neng Chen
(PDF)
13. Technology of Internet of Things and Cloud Computing Platform
Prof. FaGui Liu, Chao Qu and YueDong Lin
(PDF)
14. Intelligent Systems with Applications
Prof. Horng-Lin Shieh, Prof. Po-Hung Chen
and Prof. Cheng-Chien Kuo
(PDF)
15. Activity Recognition
Dr. George Okeyo, Dr. Liming Chen
Dr. Chunping Li and Prof. Hui Wang
(PDF)
16. Pattern Recognition
Yun Xue
(PDF)




1. Intelligent Systems

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Description:
The goal of this invited session is to bring together researchers interesting in intelligent systems. Researchers from these areas are encouraged to submit proposals to present their work related to intelligent systems. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their innovation, relevance, scientific contribution, and presentation.
Submission Topics:
- Neural nets and support vector machines
- Intelligent and knowledge based systems
- Intelligent agent
- Inductive learning
- Intelligent control
- Sample and feature selection
- Evolutionary computation
- Data mining
- Automated reasoning
- Knowledge-based systems
- Information retrieval and integration
- Machine learning
- Pattern recognition
- Robotics
- Speech recognition and synthesis
- Mobile intelligence
- Web intelligence
- AI applications
- Computer vision
- Image processing
- Intelligent e-learning/tutoring
- Semantic web
- Other related topics
Submission Method: Authors must submit an electronic copy (in word or pdf) of their complete manuscript directly to the Session Organizer (smchen@mail.ntust.edu.tw) on or before April 20, 2013
Organizer: Prof. Shyi-Ming Chen
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering,
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology,
43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
smchen@mail.ntust.edu.tw
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2. Fuzzy Systems

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Description:
The goal of this invited session is to bring together researchers interesting in fuzzy systems. Researchers from these areas are encouraged to submit proposals to present their work related to fuzzy systems. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their innovation, relevance, scientific contribution, and presentation.
Submission Topics:
- Fuzzy reasoning
- Fuzzy control and robotics
- Fuzzy image, speech and signal processing
- Vision and multimedia, and pattern recognition
- Fuzzy data mining
- Fuzzy time series
- Fuzzy forecasting
- Fuzzy expert systems
- Fuzzy neural networks
- Fuzzy information processing
- Fuzzy decision-making
- Computing with words
- Granular computing
- Rough set
- Grey systems
- Fuzzy data analysis
- Industrial, financial, and medical applications
- Applications of fuzzy systems
- Other related topics
Submission Method: Authors must submit an electronic copy (in word or pdf) of their complete manuscript directly to the Session Organizer (smchen@mail.ntust.edu.tw on or before April 20, 2013
Organizer: Prof. Shyi-Ming Chen
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering,
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology,
43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
smchen@mail.ntust.edu.tw
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3. Complex Systems Optimization and Application

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Description:
The session is focused on the optimization problems and application in complex manufacturing systems and economic systems. The complex system optimization is the frontier field of academic circles, with features such as large-scale, strong-coupling, non-linearity, multi-uncertainty, complex constraints, etc. The combination of intelligence computing methods, optimization theory, mathematical model and computer science can be used to solve some complex optimization problems. And the influence of optimization control theories and intelligence technology is becoming stronger and stronger. The above mentioned research simultaneously stimulates the interest on management engineering, information system, decision support system, economic system optimization and evaluation.
Submission Topics:
- System modelling and intelligence control 
- Information processing 
- Uncertain optimization 
- Comprehensive evaluation methods 
- Fuzzy multi-attribute decision 
Submission Method: Authors must submit an electronic copy (in word or pdf) of their complete manuscript directly to the Session Organizer (jinchenxia2005@126.com) on or before April 20, 2013
Organizer:

Prof. Fachao Li
School of Economics and Managemnet,
Hebei University of Science and Technology
lifachao@tsinghua.org.cn

Chenxia Jin (Corresponding organizer)
jinchenxia2005@126.com

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4. Intelligent Systems: Methodologies and Applications

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Description:
The goal of this invited session is to bring together researchers interesting in theoretic developments and applications of intelligent systems. Researchers from these areas are encouraged to submit a paper to present their works related to the following topics. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their innovation, relevance, scientific contribution, and presentation.
Submission Topics:
- Cerebellar model articulation controller 
- Cloud computing 
- Computer vision 
- Control system 
- Evolution algorithm 
- Fuzzy system 
- Genetic algorithm
- Grey theorem
- Image processing
- Immune algorithm
- Multimedia processing
- Neural network
- Particle swam optimization
- Pattern recognition
- Robotics
- Signal processing
- Smart grid
- Smart home system
- Wireless sensor network
- Software and hardware applications
Submission Method: Authors must submit an electronic copy (in word or pdf) of their complete manuscript directly to the Session Organizer (eeyschen@saturn.yzu.edu.tw ) on or before April 20, 2013
Organizer: Prof. Chih-Min Lin
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
cml@saturn.yzu.edu.tw

Prof. Yung-Sheng Chen
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
eeyschen@saturn.yzu.edu.tw
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5. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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Description:
This special session will provide an excellent international forum for sharing the state-of-the-art techniques and significant contributions on theory, methodology and applications of image processing and pattern recognition. The session aims to provide a platform to the researchers and practitioners across the world to share cutting-edge development in the fields of image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, computer graphics, gaming technology, etc
Submission Topics:
- Image processing
- Pattern recognition
- Machine learning
- Computer graphics
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (d.shi@mdx.ac.uk ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Dr. Daming Shi
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
d.shi@mdx.ac.uk

Dr. Dansong Cheng
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
cdsinhit@hit.edu.cn

Dr. Liying Zheng
Harbin Engineering University, China
zhengliying@hrbeu.edu.cn
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6. Mathematical Modelling of Information Reduction with Data Mining

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Description:
The aim of this session is the basic modelling theory, methods, applications of Information Reduction. The primal goal is to organize a special topic which covers the information reduction, data mining and mathematical modelling. Original papers in these fields are sincerely and warmly invited.
Submission Topics:
- Information Reduction methods in high dimension spaces
- Optimization modeling of Information Reduction
- Algorithms of Information Reduction
- Duality in Information Reduction
- Optimization models of support vector machine
- Information Retrieval
- Clustering and modeling
- Support vector regression
- Image Processing with Character Reduction
- Canonical Correlation Analysis in Big Data
- Software Intelligence and Reliability Modelling
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (ybyuan@uestc.edu ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Yubo Yuan
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
ybyuan@uestc.edu

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7. Wavelet and Image Processing

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Description:
Wavelet transform is widely used in computer vision and image processing. The key problems in the image processing are image enhancement, restoration, segmentation, registration, multispectral, colour and texture processing, morphological operations, motion detection and estimation, video and image sequence processing etc. Many new methods based on the wavelets and the multiresolution analysis are recently proposed in above fields. The ridgelet, curvelet are also used in these problems. New algorithms, such as the dictionary learning, sparse representation and the low rank representation can be seen as the development of the wavelet. All of these are included in the session of “Wavelet and Image Processing”.
Submission Topics:
- Multiresolution processing and wavelets
- Image enhancement, restoration, segmentation, registration, multispectral, colour and texture processing
- Morphological operations
- Motion detection and estimation
- Video and image sequence processing
- Ridgelet, curvelet, dictionary learning
- Sparse representation and the low rank representation
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (hewenzhang@sina.com ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Professor Wenzhang He
Tianjin University of technology and education
hewenzhang@sina.com

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8. Network and Information Security

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Description:
Our quality of life has increased rapidly in the past decades due to the development and application of network and information technology. However, network and information technology has also provided new opportunities for criminals and terrorists. Therefore, it is essential to enhance the security of current information technology and network systems, to prevent illegal or criminal activities or to detect them when they occur. In response, algorithms, protocols, architectures, and systems have been developed; biometrics research has improved the security of access control and authentication; digital information hiding techniques are used to protect copyright; Cloud and Internet of things security is the current focus of information security, etc. In this Invited Session, original research papers are solicited in all areas of network and information security. Papers must contain high-quality previously unpublished work.
Submission Topics:
- Network security
- Internet of things security
- Cloud security
- Authentication protocols
- Biometrics recognition and authentication
- Cryptography
- Data and system integrity
- Information hiding and digital watermarking
- Operating systems security
- Risk assessment
- Trusted computing
- Information security certification and accreditation
- Information security management
- Vulnerability, exploitation tools, and virus/worm analysis
- Other information security topics
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (renchuanlun@gmail.com ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Dr. Chuanlun Ren
North China Institute of Computing Technology, China
renchuanlun@gmail.com

Xianguo Zhang
North China Institute of Computing Technology, China
xianguocec@gmail.com

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9. Cybernetic, Machine Learning and Intelligent System Applications in Thailand

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Description:
Research in the areas of machine learning, cybernetics and intelligent systems are gaining momentum in Thailand, and development of applications for practical problems have become a key focus in many Thai universities. For example, Thai language poses many challenges in the processing and recognition of handwritten documents and spoken speeches in Thai. Another area of research is due to the complexity and potential security issues associated with modern telecommunication and networking systems, this calls for ML and intelligent techniques to offer appropriate solutions. One more example is the need to incorporate intelligent techniques to assist in the management of education institutes, due to the large number of enrolments and diverse backgrounds of the students. This special session invites authors from Thailand and the neighbouring regions to showcase, disseminate and share their research findings in these disciplines and problem domains.
Submission Topics:
- Web intelligence and technology
- Pattern Recognition
- Information Retrieval
- Cybersecurity, Intelligent systems
- Ancient document processing
- Education management
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (L.Fung@murdoch.edu.au ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Dr. Lance Chun Che Fung (Corresponding Organizer)
School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
L.Fung@murdoch.edu.au

Dr. Thitipong Nandhabiwat
Rangsit University, Thailand
thitipong.n@nbtc.go.th

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10. Intelligent Knowledge Discovery and Its Applications

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Description:
Knowledge discovery and data mining (KDD) technologies have attracted the attention of researchers from different disciplines since late 1980s. Generally speaking, the major concern of KDD includes data preprocessing, data extraction, data mining, and data evaluation. All of these may affect the end result of KDD, especially when the so-called big data is concerned. For this reason, how to handle such a large amount of data, how to find information hidden in the data, and how to display the end results have become three important issues. Recently, several soft computing technologies are used in this research domain, such as neural network, fuzzy, simulated annealing, tabu search, evolutionary computing, and swarm intelligence. This special session will focus on using soft computing to solve KDD problems. In addition, we also welcome researches on mining technologies for cloud computing, big data, internet of things (IoT), and other kinds of intelligent systems. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical articles to this special session.
Submission Topics:
- KDD for big data
- KDD for cloud computing, IoT, or smart grid
- Pre-processing technologies for KDD
- Soft computing for KDD
- KDD used in intelligent system and its applications
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (tphong@nuk.edu.tw ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Prof. Tzung-Pei Hong
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National University of Kaohsiung
tphong@nuk.edu.tw

Prof. Chu-Sing Yang
Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
csyang@ee.ncku.edu.tw

Ming-Chao Chiang
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University
mcchiang@cse.nsysu.edu.tw

Chun-Wei Tsai
Information Technology, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science
cwtsai0807@gmail.com

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11. Integration of Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches for Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Incompleteness

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Description:
Quantitative (also data-driven) and qualitative (also domain knowledge driven) techniques have been widely used in decision making, and they are still hot research topics due to their importance and effectiveness in addressing uncertainty and incompleteness. This invited special session will be focused on integration of both techniques for different decision making problems under uncertainty and incompleteness, and will aim at providing an opportunity for collecting some excellent work on the above common research areas including the state-of-the-art science and technologies, clarify the rationality and applicability of the approaches and their applications, review accomplishments, assess future directions, and share new ideas, original research results and practical experiences.

Accordingly, we would like to invite you to submit your contribution within the following three research domains, which can be theoretical formalisms, calculi and methodologies; algorithms investigation or practical applications:1)Contribution on development of algorithms and systems for modeling, designing, fusing and applying both qualitative and quantitative models to handle multiple and heterogonous information for decision making purpose. The approaches could be either numerical or symbolic, or both, could be based on probability theory, fuzzy/possibility theory, belief function theory, and different varieties of logic based approaches (classical logics or non-classical logics). 2)Contribution on investigating, reviewing and assessing the principles, explanation, and strategies on how humans represent and use incomplete and uncertain data and knowledge from a cognitive science perspective; 3)Contribution on practical applications of the integration of both quantitative and qualitative formalisms and modelling approaches in science, engineering, business and education.

We especially welcome submissions of papers with the focus on applications.

Submission Topics:
- Quantitative approaches
- Qualitative approaches
- Data-driven approaches
- Knowledge-driven approaches
- Hybrid approaches
- Decision making
- Uncertainty
- Incompleteness
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (j.liu@ulster.ac.uk ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Dr. Jun Liu
School of Computing and Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ulster
j.liu@ulster.ac.uk

Prof. Luis Martínez
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Jáen
luis.martinez@ujaen.es

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12. Advances in Distributed Evolutionary Computation and Its Applications

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Description:
Evolutionary computation (EC) algorithms include evolutionary algorithm, ant colony ptimization,particle swarm optimization, differential evolution, etc. They have been successfully applied in solving optimization problems in various areas, such as manufacturing, communication networks, transportation, economy, and bioinformatics, etc. However, many real world problems involve complex variable relationships and large scale of data. The computation time and efficiency issues in solving these complex and large-scale optimization problems are bottleneck restricting the development of the EC algorithms. Parallel and distributed realization of the EC algorithms is a promising way to tackle these issues. Furthermore, cloud computing is also a hot research field in distributed computing techniques and it can be adopted in enhancing the performance of EC algorithms. This session aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners to promote novel research works in distributed EC algorithms and their applications.
Submission Topics:
- Distributed EC algorithms for continuous, discrete, mixed continuous-discrete, single-objective, multi-objective, constrained, large-scale, multiple optima seeking, dynamic and uncertain optimization
- Review, comparison and analysis of distributed EC algorithms in different problem domains
- Study on initialization, reproduction and selection schemes in distributed EC algorithms
- Experimental design and analysis of distributed EC algorithms
- Self-adaptive and tuning-free distributed EC algorithms
- Parallel and co-evolution EC algorithms
- Distributed EC algorithms based on cloud computing
- Application of distributed EC algorithms in real-world applications
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (xmhu@ieee.org ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Xiao-Min Hu (Corresponding Organizer)
Sun Yat-sen University
xmhu@ieee.org

Prof. Jun Zhang (Corresponding Organizer)
Sun Yat-sen University
junzhang@ieee.org

Zhi-Hui Zhan
Sun Yat-sen University
zhanapollo@163.com

Wei-Neng Chen
Sun Yat-sen University
cwnraul634@gmail.com

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13. Technology of Internet of Things and Cloud Computing Platform

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Description:
The goal of this invited session is to bring together researchers interesting in technology of Internet of things and cloud computing platform. Researchers from these areas are encouraged to submit a paper to present their works related to the following topics. Especially, papers of intelligence of IoT and applications of cloud computing are welcome. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their innovation, relevance, scientific contribution, and presentation.
Submission Topics:
- Ontology theory
- Internet of Things security
- Internet of Thing Middleware
- Web service discovery
- Web service composition
- Clustering and classification
- Cloud security
- Cloud computing application
- Cloud platform management
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (Chaos7@126.com ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Prof. FaGui Liu
South China University of Technology, China
fgliu@scut.edu.cn

Chao Qu (Corresponding Organizer)
South China University of Technology, China
Chaos7@126.com

YueDong Lin
South China University of Technology, China
pandayuedong@163.com
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14. Intelligent Systems with Applications

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Description:
In recently years, the intelligent systems have been very successful in many areas, such as pattern recognition, robotic, and document analysis. In this session, some topics related intelligent systems will be discussed, including (1) the trends of the method in the intelligent systems, such as fuzzy clustering, neural networks and genetic algorithms (2) The new ideas for applications of intelligent systems, such as pattern recognition, robotic, power systems, and document analysis. (3) The challenges of intelligent systems and its further related applications.

Researchers from these areas are encouraged to submit papers to present their work related to intelligent systems with applications.

Submission Topics:
- Fuzzy Clustering in intelligent systems
- Neural Networks in intelligent systems
- Machine learning in intelligent systems
- Genetic Algorithms in intelligent systems
- Data mining in intelligent systems
- Intelligent control in intelligent systems
- CMAC in intelligent systems
- Pattern Recognition in intelligent systems
- Robotic in intelligent systems
- Document analysis in intelligent systems
- Other related applications of intelligent systems
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (shieh@mail.sju.edu.tw ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Prof. Horng-Lin Shieh
Department of Electrical Engineering,
St. John's University
shieh@mail.sju.edu.tw

Prof. Po-Hung Chen
Department of Electrical Engineering,
St. John's University
phchen@mail.sju.edu.tw

Cheng-Chien Kuo
Department of Electrical Engineering,
St. John's University
cckuo@mail.sju.edu.tw
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15. Activity Recognition

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Description:
Activity recognition aims to infer the activities performed by individuals so as to understand the individuals’ behaviours. Activity recognition consists of three core tasks, namely, activity sensing, activity modelling and activity inference. During activity sensing the user’s behaviour and their situated environments are monitored through multiple multi-modal sensors, e.g. video cameras or various types of wearable and miniaturised sensors. Activity sensing generates data streams. Activity modelling creates computational models of activities that can be used to support the analysis of activity data streams. Activity inference is to process activity data streams against computational models of activities to derive the ongoing activity. There are a number of approaches and methods which can be used for activity inference, for example, data mining and machine learning based methods like HMM and DBN, or knowledge based approaches like logical and ontological reasoning, Decision Tree. Activity inference is normally closely related to the activity models. Activity recognition can be utilized in various applications, e.g., assisted living, healthcare and smart hospitals, security and surveillance, sports performance monitoring, behaviour biometrics, etc.

This special session on activity recognition provides a forum for researchers from both industry and academia to exchange ideas on various aspects of activity recognition. The session will run as a special parallel track of the main conference at ICMLC’13, which will be held on 14-17th July, 2013 in Tianjin, China. Papers will be subject to the regular conference reviewing procedure, and accepted papers will be part of the regular conference proceedings and indexed by IEEE Xplore.

Submission Topics:
- Activity recognition in smart environments
- Context awareness in activity recognition
- Knowledge-driven activity modelling from domain knowledge
- Data-driven activity modelling from pre-existing activity data streams
- Activity recognition under uncertainty
- Pattern recognition methods, techniques, and algorithms for activity recognition
- Video and non-video based activity, event and scenario recognition
- Activity model transfer learning
- Activity model adaptation
- Applications of activity recognition
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (gokeyo@icsit.jkuat.ac.ke ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Dr. George Okeyo
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
gokeyo@icsit.jkuat.ac.ke

Dr. Liming Chen
University of Ulster, United Kingdom
l.chen@ulster.ac.uk

Dr. Chunping Li
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
cli@tsinghua.edu.cn

Prof. Hui Wang
University of Ulster, United Kingdom
h.wang@ulster.ac.uk
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16. Pattern Recognition

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Description:
Pattern recognition algorithms generally aim to classify some special objects. These objects are related to application areas, they may be images, signals, videos and other any measurable and needed classification objects. Thus pattern recognition is studied in many fields, including computer vision, biometrics, data mining, knowledge discovery, traffic flow, computer-aided diagnosis and so on. This special session mainly included two general topics: feature extraction and clustering, which are two crucial algorithms relative to pattern recognition. Feature selection algorithms attempt to directly prune out redundant or irrelevant features. Clustering algorithms attempt to predict categorical labels under unsupervised learning. In this session, we will discuss these algorithms with several specific applications: object tracking, medical text classification, face recognition and computer-aided diagnosis.

Submission Topics:
- A training sample selection method based on adaptive estimated threshold
- SURF feature detection method used in object tracking
- Feature Selection in Medical Text Classification Based on Differential Evolution Algorithm
- A novel parallel algorithm of biclustering based on the association rules
- A novel facial extraction method based on Empirical Mode Decomposition
- Molecular Modeling Research on Mechanism of the Interaction Between Celecoxib and COX-2
Submission Method: Authors should submit papers directly to the session organizer (995438712@qq.com ). The deadline of paper submission for invited session is 20th April, 2013.
Organizer: Yun Xue
The school of physics and telecommunication engineering, South China Normal University, China
995438712@qq.com
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