text_combined: christian borgelt wrzsybajockpehumsoftcomputinges apologies receive announcement several times future directions soft computing first summer course first summer course future directions soft computing take place mieres asturias spain july 9 13 2007 organized european centre soft computing httpwwwsoftcomputinges objective soft computing discipline deals design hybrid intelligent systems contrast classical hard computing techniques tolerant imprecision uncertainty partial truth approximation thus tractable robust low cost solutions realworld problems achieved main constituents soft computing fuzzy logic neural networks evolutionary computation probabilistic reasoning since term soft computing coined beginning 90s area experienced rapid development fundamentals well applications summer course reviews fundamentals discipline describes many realworld applications particular treats new trends future directions field participants gain insight potential soft computing techniques state art area achieve lecturers selected leaders different branches soft computing topics course cover following topics 1 fundamentals new trends fuzzy set theory fuzzy systems 2 fundamentals new trends evolutionary computation 3 fundamentals new trends neural networks 4 computing words linguistic data mining 5 fusion soft computing tools 6 applications soft computing lecturers piero bonissone general electric rd christian borgelt ecsc oscar cordón ecsc francisco herrera university granada bob john monfort university janusz kacprzyk polish academy sciences frank klawonn university applied sciences braunschweigwolfenbüttel rudolph kruse university magdeburg pedro larrañaga university basque country claudio moraga ecsc enric trillas ecsc schedule course held monday july 9 friday july 13 2007 offers 30 hours instruction including theoretical classes practical classes given computer labs round table discussion different experts field lectures held 9 130 pm practical classes 3 pm 5 pm except wednesday afternoon reserved social activities additional social activities scheduled monday friday evenings fees course fee 600 euro nonstudent participants 325 euro undergraduate phd students able certify situation covers registration fee plus lunch coffee breaks social activities several institutions offer different scholarships european centre soft computing offers registration grants mieres city council offers accommodation grants eusflat offers registration accommodation grants eusflat members ieee computational intelligence society offers travel grants ieee members registration please visit httpwwwsoftcomputingessummercourseregistrationhtml information registration procedure venue summer course held facilities european centre soft computing located scientifictechnological building university oviedo calle de gonzalo gutierrez quiros sn 33600 mieres asturias spain accomodation limited number rooms arranged hotel mieres del camino mieres double rooms including breakfast six days check sunday july 8 check saturday july 14 2007 3750 euro per night per person double room 225 euro per person six nights price single room hotel 57 euro per night per person 342 six nights additional information accomodation please visit httpwwwsoftcomputingessummercourseaccomodationhtml information information please visit httpwwwsoftcomputingessummercourse thu 07 aug 2008 212846 0100 uai future directions soft computing first summer course