ismis 2006 xogss1342diunibait apologies receive ismis 2006 preliminary call paper 16th international symposium methodologies intelligent systems bari italy september 2729 2006 httpwwwdiunibaitismis2006 svvjg6974diunibait ismis established prestigious tradition organizing leading international conference intelligent systems conference provides unique opportunity exchanging scientific research technological achievements accomplished international community previous events held knoxville tennessee 1986 1990 charlotte north carolina 1987 1989 1991 1994 1997 2000 turin 1988 trondheim 1993 zakopane 1996 warsaw 1999 lyon 2002 maebashi city 2003 saratoga springs 2005 important dates paper submission march 18 notification acceptance may 15 cameraready copy due june 30 conference theme ismis intended represent wide range topics concern scholars applying advanced techniques areas diverse decision support automated deduction reasoning knowledge based systems machine learning computer vision robotics planning databases information retrieval etc ismis provides medium exchanging scientific research technological achievements accomplished international community focus work research intelligent systems conference addresses issues involving solutions problems complex solved conventional approaches require simulation intelligent thought processes heuristics applications knowledge integration multiple approaches solving complex problems particular importance ismis provides forum means exchanging information interested purely theory interested primarily implementation interested specific research industrial applications topics interest ismis 2006 invites submissions original research contributions well proposals panels workshops contributions industry applications sessions software demonstrations also solicited conference covers broad range topics including use conventional approaches well new challenges advanced techniques intelligent systems possible domain symposium intended attract individuals actively engaged theoretical practical aspects intelligent systems goal provide platform useful exchange theoreticians practitioners foster crossfertilization ideas following areas active media humancomputer interaction autonomic evolutionary computation intelligent agent technology intelligent information retrieval intelligent information systems intelligent interfaces knowledge representation integration knowledge discovery data mining logic ai logic programming machine learning soft computing text mining web intelligence addition solicit papers dealing applications intelligent systems complexnovel domains eg bioinformatics global change manufacturing health care etc submission proceedings published springerverlag lncslnai lecture notes artificial intelligence available symposium necessary information concerning typesetting obtained directly springerverlag page httpwwwspringerdecomplncsauthorshtml authors invited submit manuscript lncslnai style maximum 10 pages paper submissions handled electronically detailed instructions provided conference homepage httpwwwdiunibaitismis2006 selected number ismis 2006 accepted papers expanded revised possible inclusion journal intelligent information systems httpwwwwkapnljournal springer knowledge information systems journal httpwwwcsuvmeduxwukaishtml springerverlag web intelligence agent systems journal httpwiconsortiumorg ios press annual review intelligent informatics httpwiconsortiumorg world scientific journal experimental theoretical artificial intelligence taylor francis httpwwwtandfcoukjournalstitles0952813xasp conference officers general chair zbigniew w ras university north carolina usa program chair floriana esposito university bari italy program cochairs donato malerba university bari italy giovanni semeraro university bari italy steering committee floriana esposito univ bari italy mohandsaid hacid univ lyon 1 france david hislop arlaro usa setsuo ohsuga waseda univ japan zbigniew w ras unccharlotte chair robert meersman vrije univ brussels belgium neil murray suny albany usa lorenza saitta univ piemonte orientale italy shusaku tsumoto shimane medical univ japan maria zemankova nsf usa djamel zighed univ lyon 2 france ning zhong maebashi institute tech japan program committee luigia carlucci aiello univ roma italy troels andreasen roskilde univ denmark stefania bandini university milanobicocca italy salima benbernou university lyon 1 france petr berka univ economics prague czech republic elisa bertino purdue univ usa alan biermann duke univ usa jacques calmet univ karlsruhe germany sandra carberry univ delaware usa juan carlos cubero univ de granada spain agnieszka dardzinska bialystok technical univ poland ian davidson suny albany usa robert demolombe oneracert france eric dietrich suny binghamton usa tapio elomaa tampere univ technology finland attilio giordana univ piemonte orientale italy marco gori university siena italy jerzy grzymalabusse univ kansas usa mirsad hadzikadic univ north carolina charlotte usa janusz kacprzyk polish academy sciences poland joost n kok leiden university netherlands jacek koronacki polish acad sci poland ty lin san jose state univ usa david maluf nasa ames simone marinai university florence italy stan matwin univ ottawa canada paola mello university bologna italy maria teresa pazienza università degli studi di roma italy witold pedrycz univ alberta canada luís moniz pereira universidade nova de lisboa portugal james peters univ manitoba canada enric plaza csic spanish scientific research council spain vijay raghavan univ louisiana usa jan rauch univ economics prague czech rep gilbert ritschard univ geneva switzerland mariechristine rousset university parissud france nahid shahmehri linkoping univ sweden andrzej skowron univ warsaw poland dominik slezak univ regina canada steffen staab university koblenzlandau germany vs subrahmanian univ maryland usa einoshin suzuki yokohama national univ japan piero torasso university turin italy lishiang tsay hampton univ usa athena vakali thessaloniki university greece christel vrain orleans univ france alicja wieczorkowska polishjapanese institute poland xindong wu univ vermont usa xintao wu univ north carolina yiyu yao univ regina canada additional information contact professor zbigniew w ras ismis 2006 university north carolina dept computer science charlotte nc 28226 fax 7045473516 email cogunccedu professor floriana esposito ismis 2006 department computer science university bari via orabona 4 70125 bari italy telephone fax 39 080 544 32 64 email xulupmoediunibait ismis 2006 staff wed 06 aug 2008 202309 0200 uai ismis 2006 preliminary call paper