| I am orgainizing a special session on Petri Nets in the Arts.
This will be presented in the 1997 IEEE
Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, held in Orlando, Florida
in October, the Conference Announcement is appended. I would like to
invite you to submit a title and short abstract (<300 words) on
Petri nets and/or discrete event systems in the Arts. If you agree to do
this, please let me know by email. Should you decide to do this please let
me know by return email and send me an abstract by March 30.
I look forward to seeing you in Orlando in October.
Best regards,
Douglas Lyon
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CALL FOR PAPERS ANNOUNCEMENT
1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
Hyatt Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA October 12-15, 1997
COMPUTATIONAL CYBERNETICS AND SIMULATION
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LOCATION: The SMC'97 Conference will be held October 12-15, 1997 at the
Hyatt Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Located in the heart of Central Florida's
resort district, the Hyatt provides easy access to the Disney theme parks,
and the many other tourist attractions of Central Florida. The Hyatt has a
top rated golf course, a health club, tennis courts, swimming pools,
whirlpools, and restaurants. Plan on an unbeatable room rate of $105.00 per
night, single or double occupancy!
THEME: The conference theme, Computational Cybernetics and Simulation, has
been selected to emphasize the growing importance of computational methods
and modeling tools in the design, analysis and control of complex systems.
Presentations dealing with theoretical perspectives, new computational
tools, new paradigms in simulation, and innovative modeling applications are
encouraged.
PLENARY PRESENTATIONS:
"Toward A Theory of Fuzzy Information Granulation"
Dr. Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley
"Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: The New Frontier"
Dr. Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, GTE Laboratories Inc.
"Braindance: Simulating Patterns of Behavior"
Dr. John D. Salt, Brunel University
DAILY SCHEDULE: The following program format is planned for Monday
(10/13/97), Tuesday (10/14/97), and Wednesday (10/15/97):
08:45 am - 10:30 am Parallel Sessions
10:30 am - 11:00 am Morning Break
11:00 am - Noon Plenary Presentation
Noon - 01:30 pm Lunch Break
01:30 pm - 03:15 pm Parallel Sessions
03:15 pm - 03:45 pm Afternoon Break
03:45 pm - 05:30 pm Parallel Sessions
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Sunday (10/12/97):
Parallel Tutorials (09:00 am - Noon; 01:00 pm - 04:00 pm)
Early Bird Reception (05:00 pm - 07:00 pm)
SMC AdCom Meeting (07:00 pm - 11:00 pm)
Monday (10/13/97):
Evening at Medieval Times (06:45 pm - 10:45 pm)
Tuesday (10/14/97):
Technical Committee Meetings (05:30 pm - 06:30 pm)
SMC Awards Banquet (07:30 pm - 09:30 pm)
FAMILY EVENTS: Mindful of the fact that SMC'97 is occurring in the
entertainment capital of the world, the Organizing Committee has taken
several steps to make it a pleasure for the entire family to be at SMC'97.
Hyatt Orlando is a family-oriented facility. A child, aged 10 and under,
eats free at a Hyatt Orlando restaurant if accompanied by an adult. The
Medieval Times will be an unforgettable experience and feast for the entire
family. Other special and discounted family events will be organized in and
around Orlando.
STUDENT EVENTS: Special sessions will be organized for student papers. A
student paper is defined as one in which the primary author(s) of the paper
are degree-seeking students at the time the paper is submitted. An award
will be given to the Best Student Paper that is presented at a student
session. Please indicate on the submitted paper abstract if the paper is to
be presented at a student session and indicate which author(s) are
degree-seeking students. Other special events are also being planned to
accommodate and encourage student attendance.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: The Technical Programs Committee solicits
papers for presentation at the conference. All papers will be reviewed by up
to three referees for technical merit and content on the basis of an abstract
of no more than 300 words. Papers accepted for presentation will appear in
the Conference Proceedings. All abstracts must have a cover page containing
the title of the paper along with the names, affiliations, and complete
mailing addresses of all authors, as well as a rank-ordered list of the three
designated topic areas (see list) most closely related to the paper. The
cover sheet should list the two-digit number along with the name of each of
the three designated topic areas. All correspondence will be directed to the
first named author unless otherwise indicated. Six pages will be allocated
in the Proceedings for each accepted paper. Papers which exceed this length
will be charged on a $100.00 per page basis. Each paper presentation should
take no more than 20-25 minutes. While paper abstracts can be submitted by
e-mail (smc97@rpi.edu), the full length papers must be submitted in hard
copy, consistent with the guidelines which will be provided to those authors
whose paper abstracts are accepted.
CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS/TRACKS: Invited sessions (each comprised of 4-5
papers) and invited tracks (each comprised of at least 2 sessions) are
solicited in all topic areas. Survey papers, case studies, or panel
discussions could also form the basis of invited sessions. Each prospective
session/track organizer must submit a proposal, including the title of the
session/track, a rank-ordered list of the three topic areas most closely
related to the session/track, and a list of authors with paper titles and
abstracts.
CALL FOR EXHIBITORS: Leading publishers and vendors of computational
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