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                   CALL FOR PAPERS: RSFDGrC'99
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              The Seventh International Workshop on
         
     Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining, and Granular-Soft Computing
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         Yamaguchi Resort Center, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan 
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                      November 9-11, 1999

     Home Page: http://ain2.ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/rsfdgrc99

                    Papers Due: May 20, 1999

                          Organized by
                International Rough Set Society
        BISC Special Interest Group on Granular Computing (GrC)
            Polish-Japanese Institute of Computer Techniques
                       Yamaguchi University
                           ACM SIGKDD 

                         Invited Speakers
          Zdzislaw Pawlak (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
          L.A. Zadeh      (UC Berkeley, USA)
          Philip Yu       (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA) 
          Setsuo Arikawa  (Kyushu University, Japan)

The Seventh International Workshop on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data
Mining, and Granular-Soft Computing (RSFDGrC'99) will provide an
international forum for the sharing of original research results and
practical development experiences among experts in these emerging
fields.  An important feature of the workshop is to stress the
integration of intelligent information techniques. That is, promoting
deep fusion of these emerging techniques in AI, Soft Computing, and
Database communities for solving real world, large, complex problems
with uncertainty and fuzziness. In particular, fuzzy and rough set
methods in data mining and granular computing.  We also look for
contributions in related fields that include, but are not limited to,
the following areas:

        - Rough Set Theory and Its Applications
        - Fuzzy Set Theory and Its Applications
        - Data Mining and Data Warehousing
        - Knowledge Creation and Discovery
        - Information Granulation and Granular Computing
        - Computing with Words
        - Machine Learning
        - Neural Networks
        - Evolutionary Computing
        - Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning
        - Approximate Reasoning 
        - Uncertainty Management 
        - Non-Classical Logic and Set Theories
        - Database Reverse Engineering
        - Data and Dimensionality Reduction 
        - Deep Fusion of Computational and Symbolic Processing
        - Intelligent Information Retrieval
        - Information Discovery on the Internet
        - Decision Support Systems
        - Hybrid and Integrated Intelligent Systems
        - Intelligent Agent and Multi-Agent Systems
        - Soft Computing and Its Applications
        
Both research and application papers are solicited. All submitted
papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance,
significance, and clarity. Accepted papers will be published in the
conference proceedings by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in 
Artificial Intelligence series.
A selected number of RSFDGrC'99 accepted papers will be expanded and
revised for inclusion in ``Knowledge and Information Systems: An
International Journal'' (Springer-Verlag,
http://kais.mines.edu/~kais/), or ``Fundamenta Informaticae'' (IOS
Press, http://alfa.mimuw.edu.pl/FI/).

All submissions should be limited to a maximum of 5000 words. Four
hardcopies should be forwarded to the following address.  Please
include a cover page containing the title, authors (names, postal and
email addresses), a 200-word abstract and up to 5 keywords.  This
cover page must accompany the paper.

       Prof. Ning Zhong (RSFDGrC'99) 
       Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering 
       Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University 
       Tokiwa-Dai, 2557, Ube 755, Japan 
       Telephone & Fax: +81-836-35-9949 
       Email: zhong@ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Please include a cover page containing the title, authors (names,
postal and email addresses), a 200-word abstract and up to 5 keywords.
This cover page must accompany the paper.

     *************** I m p o r t a n t   D a t e s *****************
     * 4 copies of full papers received by:       May 20, 1999     *
     * Acceptance notices:                        July 1, 1999     *
     * Camera-readies due by:                     August 5, 1999   *
     * Conference:                             November 8-10, 1999 *
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                CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
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Honorary Chairs: 
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Zdzislaw Pawlak (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) 
L.A. Zadeh (UC Berkeley, USA)

General Chairs:
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Setsuo Ohsuga (Waseda U., Japan) 
T.Y. Lin (San Jose State U., USA)

Program Chairs:
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Andrzej Skowron (Warsaw U., Poland) 
Ning Zhong (Yamaguchi U., Japan)

Advisory Board:
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Setsuo Arikawa (Kyushu U., Japan)   
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse (U. Kansas, USA)
T.Y. Lin (San Jose State U., USA)
Masao Mukaidono (Meiji U., Japan) 
Setsuo Ohsuga (Waseda U., Japan) 
Zdzislaw Pawlak (Polish Academy of Sci.) 
Lech Polkowski (Warsaw U. Tech., Poland) 
Zbigniew W. Ras (U. North Carolina, USA)
Andrzej Skowron (Warsaw U., Poland) 
Roman Slowinski (Poznan U. Tech., Poland)
Hideo Tanaka (Osaka Prefecture U., Japan) 
Shusaku Tsumoto (Tokyo Medical & Dental U., Japan) 
Yiyu Yao (U. Regina, Canada)
L.A. Zadeh (UC Berkeley, USA)
Wojciech Ziarko (U. Regina, Canada) 
Ning Zhong (Yamaguchi U., Japan)  

Program Committee:
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Rakesh Agrawal (IBM Almaden Research Center, USA)
Shunichi Amari (RIKEN, Japan)
Mohua Banerjee (Indian Inst. of Tech. Kanpur, India)
Nick Cercone (U. Waterloo, Canada)  
David Cheung (Hong Kong U., China)
Andrzej Czyzewski (Tech. U. Gdansk, Poland)
Honghua Dai (U. New England, Australia) 
Liya Ding (National U. Singapore)
Micheal Hajismichael (Naval Research Lab., USA)
Koichi Hori (U. Tokyo, Japan)
Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Willi Klosgen (GMD, Germany)
Wojciech Kowalczyk (Vrije U., The Netherlands)
Bing Liu (National U. Singapore)
Chunnian Liu (Beijing Poly. U., China) 
Jiming Liu  (Hong Kong Baptist U., China)
Qing Liu (Nan Chang U., China)
Hongjun Lu (National U. Singapore)
Zbigniew Michalewicz (U. North Carolina, USA)
Hiroshi Motoda (Osaka U., Japan) 
Shinichi Nakasuka (U. Tokyo, Japan) 
Hung Son Nguyen (Warsaw U., Poland)
Sankar K. Pal (Indian Statistical Inst., India)
Zdzislaw Piasta (Kielce U. Tech., Poland) 
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro (Kowlegde Stream, USA)
Mohamed Quafafou (U. Nantes, France)
Vijay Raghavan (U. Southwestern, USA)
Zhongzhi Shi (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)  
Jaroslaw Stepaniuk (Bialystok U. Tech., Poland)
Einoshin Suzuki (Yokohama National U., Japan)
Shun'ichi Tano (U. Electro-Communications, Japan)
Takao Terano (U. Tsukuba, Japan)
Hiroshi Tsukimoto (Toshiba Corp., Japan)
Lipo Wang (Nanyang Tech. U., Singapore)
Paul P. Wang (Duke U., USA)
Anita Wasilewska (State U. New York, USA)  
Takashi Washio (Osaka U., Japan)
S.K. Michael Wong (U. Regina, Canada) 
Xindong Wu (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
Philip Yu (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA)
Lizhu Zhou (Tsinghua U., China) 
Xiaoling Zuo (ShangHai XiaoTong U., China) 
Jan Zytkow (U. North Carolina, USA) 


WORKING PRINCIPLES OF THE CONFERENCE:
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The total number of participants is limited to 60. 

CONFERENCE SITE: The workshop will take place at Yamaguchi Resort
Center (Yamaguchi Kousei Nenkin Kyuka Center), Ube, Yamaguchi,
Japan. Yamaguchi which is noted for its natural beauty, is the seat of
the prefectural administration and is a center of education as well
with many historic sites and cultural facilities.  Yamaguchi can be
reached by train in six hours from Tokyo, in three hours from Osaka
(Kansai International Airport) and in one hour from Fukuoka. Ube,
which lies 40 km to the southwest of Yamaguchi, is a coastal city with
much industry. It can be reached in 90 minutes by air from Tokyo
(Haneda Airport). Ube and the neighboring areas are expected to
further develop into an industrial conurbation with highly advanced
technology.

CONFERENCE FEE: The early registration fee of 50,000 JYN and 35,000
JYN for students, will include the hotel room charge, breakfasts,
lunches and dinners during the workshop (three days), refreshments in
coffee breaks, and the proceedings.

Further Information:
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       Prof. Ning Zhong (RSFDGrC'99) 
       Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering 
       Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University 
       Tokiwa-Dai, 2557, Ube 755, Japan 
       Telephone & Fax: +81-836-35-9949 
       Email: zhong@ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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