text_combined: simone bassis lfsynwdsiunimiit dear colleagues apologies receive accommodate quite finished hoping submit enough time complete papers agreed extend deadline submission two weeks friday april 15 2005 depending content refereed extended versions selected paper published special issue either natural computing nonlinear analysis cseries kind regards organizing committee call papers international workshop natural artificial immune systems nais 2005 vietri sul mare salerno italy june 910 2005 httpsirendsiunimiitconferencesimmune05htmlindexhtml venue international institute advanced scientific studies iiass ercaianiello vietri sul mare sa italy httpwwwiiassvietriitindexhtml httpwwwiiassvietriitschool2004 important dates submission deadline april 15 2005 acceptancerejection notification may 2 2005 cameraready copy papers june 6 2005 workshop date june 910 2005 aims scope workshop aims catalyzing interaction modelers computer scientists mathematicians physicists immunologists biologists interested discussing information processing mechanisms emerging functionalities either natural artificial immune systems leading idea motivating event attention various forms intelligent thinking underlying many attackdefenseadaptation strategies discovered natural systems tumor virus escape mechanisms animals humans implemented artificial systems approach may reap several basic benefits original cybernetics paradigm emergence mind chemicalphysical reactions studied simulated use natural processing mechanisms solving artificial problems crossfertilization natural artificial research environments adoption comprehensive immune system models development new therapeutic approaches possible topics include limited computational immunology immunological computation immunoinformatics modelling simulation immune systems model testing game theory biological immersive learning network security artificial virus attacks comparisons artificial immune systems biologicallyinspired paradigms theory applications immunological computing immunocomputing invited speakers franco celada university genova italy vincenzo cutello university catania italy dipankar dasgupta university memphis usa doheon lee ibmkaist biocomputing research center korea jon timmis universityh kent uk conference proceedings conference feature introductory tutorials original refereed papers published international publisher see details electronic submission web page httpsirendsiunimiitconferencesimmune05htmlindexhtml depending content refereed extended versions selected paper published special issue either natural computing nonlinear analysis cseries conference chairs bruno apolloni university milano italy nvkuumubdsiunimiit alberto clivio university milano italy ooxwqfkcbjeamunimiit vincenzo cutello university catania italy cajdyhpdmiunictit giuseppe nicosia university catania italy xjnbvaddmiunictit programme committee franco celada university genova italy dipankar dasgupta university memphis usa marco gori university siena italy doheon lee ibmkaist biocomputing research center korea piero mussio university milano italy anastasia pagnoni unversity milano italy jon timmis universityh kent uk henry linger monash university melbourne australia fernando esponda university new mexico usa getting vietri sul mare httpwwwiiassvietriitschool2004getting_vietrihtm nais 2005 conference secretariats department mathematics computer science university catania city university vle doria 6 95125 catania italy email grxp65dmiunictit phone 390957383074 fax 39095330094 dip di scienze dellinformazione university milano via comelico 39 20125 milano italy email lfsynwdsiunimiit phone 390250316335 fax 390250316228 additional information questions contact alberto clivio university milano italy ooxwqfkcbjeamunimiit giuseppe nicosia university catania italy xjnbvaddmiunictit giuseppe nicosia phd computer science department mathematics computer science university catania vle doria 6 95125 catania italy email xjnbvaddmiunictit tel 39 095 738 30 80 fax 39 095 33 00 94 web wwwdmiunictitnicosia wed 06 aug 2008 093137 0200 uai nais05 int workshop extended deadline