paul snow jcmbqxtxtgmailcom call papers special issue _information fusion_ information fusion public health informatics surveillance submission deadline may 30 2008 submission procedures httpdccwwwbumcbueduimpifjcfpphifinalpdf special issue consider submissions concerning novel applications information fusion data integration fields public health informatics biosurveillance realtime monitoring health outcomes coordinated response emergency management related problems public health fields public health informatics medical informatics biosurveillance developed last decade methods integrating multiple data streams become increasingly important early detection continuous monitoring timely formulation effective action public health agencies realtime nearrealtime data originating syndromic surveillance systems offer prototypical example typical data sources applications shown potential special issue seeks encourage adoption wider variety information fusion techniques full range public health information integration challenges machine learning methods artificial neural networks bayesian networks multivariate statistical methods aberration detection examples techniques methods originating engineering sciences like kalman filters approaches based optimal detection theory may also find application domains interest special issue methods popular artificial intelligence community eg fuzzy logic nonmonotonic formalisms principled heuristics also welcome contributions described sufficient detail reproducible basis material presented paper invite manuscripts original previously published presented even less similar form forum topics suited special issue include limited applications information fusion demonstrations utility purposes biosurveillance novel methods integrate multiple data streams biosurveillance systems inference interagencymultiple modality sources early warning incident management evaluation metrics competing comparable methods theoretical considerations may impact future public health informatics developments _information fusion_ international journal multisensor multisource information fusion published elsevier editorinchief belur v dasarathy ph fieee dwzspdgmailcom httpbelurnoipcom guest editors special issue al ozonoff boston university school public health cxketghkbuedu paul snow jcmbqxtxtgmailcom fri 08 aug 2008 075821 0500 uai cfp _information fusion_ elsevier special issue