FUZZY LOGIC AND THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEXITY
Four Days of Interactive Learning
Linking Humanity, Technology and the Environmrnt
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Program
Tutorials
Keynote Speakers
Invited Presentations
Fuzzy Festival
Conference Dinner
Self-organising Conversations
Podium Presentations
Fees
Further Information
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Keynote Speaker: Professor Lotfi Zadeh
Founder of Fuzzy Logic
January 15 - 18, 1996
Sydney, Australia
Graduate School of Management
University of Technology, Sydney
Sponsors: AUS INDUSTRY, Faculty of Business of the University of
Technology, Sydney, OMRON
Supported by: University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury and Symplectic
Communication
Program Coordinator: Dr Vladimir Dimitrov
Chair of the Management Committee: Judith Dimitrov
Management Committee: Prof. Graeme Sheather, Prof. Gyuri Jaros, John
Peperidis, Kalevi Kopra
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PROGRAM
Monday 15 January
9am - 4pm Tutorials
Conference Registration
5pm - 9 pm Fuzzy Festival
Tuesday 16 January
9:00 a.m. Official Opening
9:30 . Professor Lotfi Zadeh
11:00 Dr Michael Smithson
11:30 Dr Nikola Kasabov
12:00 Panel Discussion
2:00 p.m. International Discourse: Focus Groups
Wednesday 17 January
9:00 a.m. Invited Papers
Dr D. Driankov (Sweden), Dr D. Filev (USA),
Dr H. Guesgen (New Zealand), Dr G. Jaros (Australia),
Dr A. Patki (India), Dr L. Resnik (Australia)
2:00 p.m. International Discourse : Focus Groups
7:00 p.m. Conference Dinner and Cruise
Thursday 18 January
9:00 a.m. Podium Session - International Papers
2:00 p.m. International Discourse : Focus Groups
4:00 p.m Plenary Session - Close
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Details:
Pre Conference Tutorials
* Reasoning with Incomplete Knowledge - Dr S. Simoff(University of
Sydney, Australia)
* Advanced Industrial Fuzzy Logic Applications - Dr S. Halgamuge
(Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany)
* Managing Uncertainty (workshop) - Dr M. Smithson- (James Cook
University, Australia)
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Keynote Speakers
Professor Lotfi Zadeh (USA) - Computing with Words
The founder of Fuzzy Logic Lotfi Zadeh is Professor. Emeritus at the
University of California, Berkeley. He is the leading consultant on
theory and in practical applications of Soft Computing around the
world.
Dr Michael Smithson (Australia) - Managing Ignorance in Complex
Systems
Dr Smithson is Professor at James Cook University in Queensland and a
world known expert on problems ofUncertainty, Ignorance and Fuzzinesss
in Social Systems.
Dr Nikola Kasabov (New Zealand) - Advanced Neuro-Fuzzy Engineering:
Adaptation and Forgetting in Fuzzy Neural Nerworks
Dr Kasabov is Senior Lecturer on intelligent information systems at
the University of Otago and Chairman of ANNES (Artificial Neural
Networks and Expert Systems) Special Interest Group in New Zealand.
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Invited Presentations
Dr D. Driankov Applications of Principles of Ontological Control in
Fuzzy Controller
Design
Dr D. Filev Fuzzy Systems under Alternative Reasoning Methods
Dr H. Guesgen Attacking Complexity of Fuzzy Constraint Satisfaction
Problems
Dr G. Jaros Synergy of Complements in Living Systems
Dr L. Reznik Fuzzy Controler Design: Some Experience
Dr A. Patki Fuzzy Logic Based Hardware: Some Experience
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Fuzzy Festival
In the spirit of the Festival of Sydney, you are invited to commence
this conference with an evening of music and entertainment, Australian
wine tasting, and banquet of fruit and cheese. This is an opportunity
for you to meet other delegates and presenters in an informal and
social atmosphere.
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Conference Dinner
Enjoy a harbour cruise and dinner with fuzzy theorists and
practitioners from around the world.
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Self Organising Conversations
You can participate in focussed conversations on fuzzy logic and the
management of complex issues of international concern including:
social and environmental problems, economic forecasting, business,
management, engineering and technology.
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Podium Presentations
Papers from Australia, Brasil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany,
India, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, Spain, Turkey, USA will be
presented on Thursday, 18 January, The broad categories are:
Social Sciences, Approximate Reasoning and Education
Control Systems: Theory and Industrial Applications
Mathematics, Soft Computing and Hardware
Fees:
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Conference Registration $500
(Students $100)
Morning Sessions Only $100 pr day
Pre Conference Tutorials $50 each
(Students $50 for all tutorials)
Exhibition Space $250
Proceedings $50 (without charge for full registration)
Conference Dinner $100
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For Information and a Full Program contact:
FLAMOC'96 at PO Box 91, Richmond, NSW 2753
Fax: +61 (45)701 901 or +61(47)761 616
E-mail: V.Dimitrov@uws.edu.au
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