2008 IEEE International …

                              2008 IEEE International
                                  Conference on
                        Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
                                    October 12-15, 2008
                         Suntec Singapore, International Convention
Honorary General
                                   and Exhibition Centre
Chairs

                                                             Call for Papers
William A GRUVER
Lawrence O HALL
Daniel YEUNG
                       The 2008 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2008) provides an international fo-
General Chair          rum that brings together those actively involved in areas of interest to the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Soci-
Aun-Neow (Jim) POO     ety, to report on up-to-the-minute innovations and developments, to summarize the state-of-the-art, and to exchange
General Co-Chairs      ideas and advances in all aspects of systems engineering, human machine interface, and emerging cybernetics.
Tsu-Tian LEE
Ser-Yong LIM
                                  Intelligent Sensor and Actuator Networks in Human Environments
Pao-Chuen LUI          Advances in Systems Science and Engineering, Cybernetics and Human-Machine Systems continually play increasing
Program Chair          roles in creating intelligent spaces involving sensor and actuator networks interacting with humans to provide an en-
Marcelo H ANG Jr       riching experience and thereby improving the quality of our lives. Papers related to this conference theme are espe-
                       cially solicited, including theories, methodologies, and emerging applications such as recognition of activities of daily
Program Co-Chairs      living. Contributions covering theoretical developments and practical applications, including but not limited to the fol-
Michael BERTHOLD       lowing technical areas, are invited:
Clarence de SILVA
Tong-Heng LEE
                       Systems Science & Engineering:                   Human-Machine Systems:                       Cybernetics:
                       Communications                                   Applications of Interaction                  Agent-Based Modeling
Michael SMITH          Conflict Resolution                              Brain-based Information Communications       Artificial Immune Systems
                       Consumer and Industrial Applications             Data Mining & Management                     Artificial Life
Special Session Co-    Control of Uncertain Systems                     Edutainment                                  Biomemetic systems
Chairs                 Cooperative Systems and Control                  Games and Entertainment                      Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing
                       Decision Support Systems                         Human Communication Science                  Computational Life Science
Hideyuki TAKAGI        Discrete Event Systems and Petri Nets            Human Information Processing                 Cybernetics for Informatics
Shuzhi Sam GE          Distributed Intelligent Systems                  Human-Computer Interaction                   Evolutionary Computation
                       Enterprise Information Systems                   Human-Machine Cooperation and Systems        Expert & Knowledge-based Systems
Finance Chair          Fault Monitoring and Diagnosis                   Human-Machine Interface & Communications     Fuzzy Systems
Peter CHEN             Homeland Security                                Informatics on Embodiment                    Heuristic Algorithms
                       Infrastructure Systems and Services              Information Systems for Design & Marketing   Hybrid models of NN, Fuzzy Sys & Evol Comp
Finance Co-Chair       Intelligent Green Production Systems             Interactive and Digital Media                Image Processing/Pattern Recognition
Guilin YANG            Intelligent Transportation Systems               Interactive Design                           Info. Assurance & Intelligent Multimedia-Mobile
                       Large-Scale/Complex Systems, System of Systems   Interactive Science & Engineering            Intelligent Internet Systems
Publication Chair      Manufacturing Systems & Automation               Kansei (sense/emotion) Engineering           Knowledge Acquisition in Intelligent Systems
Geok-Soon HONG         Mechatronics                                     Multimedia Systems                           Machine Learning
                       Micro and/or Nano Systems                        Multi-user Interaction                       Machine Vision
Poster Session Chair   Quality/Reliability Engineering                  Risk Management                              Media Computing
V Subramaniam          Robotic Systems                                  Systems Safety and Security                  Medical Informatics
                       Service Systems and Organizations                Verbal/Non-Verbal Communication              Neural Networks
Publicity Co-Chairs    Smart Sensor Networks                            Virtual and Augmented Reality Systems        Optimization
Kay-Chen TAN           System Modeling & Control                        Web Intelligence and Interaction             Self-Organization
                       Technology Assessment                            Welfare Information Technology               Swarm Intelligence
Xuelong LI
Tutorials and Work-    Call for Contributed Papers
shops Chair
Chee-Meng CHEW         Prospective authors are invited to submit their full paper(s) electronically through the conference website. Papers will
                       be reviewed by the Program Committee for technical merit and content. Accepted papers will appear in the conference
Exhibition Chair       proceedings only if one of the authors is registered for the conference and is presenting the work.
John HENG
Student Activities     Call for Special Sessions
Co-Chairs
Emmanuel SABU          Special Sessions (SSs) are especially encouraged. Each SS consists of five papers that provide a focused discussion of
Patrick CHAN           topic of interest. Each proposal must include the SS title, and names, affiliations, countries and e-mail addresses of SS
                       organizers. Papers in SSs will undergo the same review process as regular conference submissions. We will help you
Awards Committee
                       solicit papers for your SS through the website. Please check website for submission process and other details.
Chair
Chong-Jin ONG
Registration Chair     Important Dates
Hai LIN
                       March 2, 2008 (Sunday):                   Deadline for submission of proposals for special sessions
Social Programs        March 16, 2008 (Sunday):                  Deadline for submission of papers (full-length papers only)
Chair                  May 15, 2008 (Thursday):                  Notification of acceptance
Wei-ya XI              June 30, 2008 (Monday):                   Submission of final camera-ready papers
Local Arrangements
Chair                  Conference Website:                       http://www.smc2008.org
Daming SHI
Kok-Keong CHEAH        Secretariat: Mr Kok-Keong CHEAH, Professional Activities Centre, pacreg@nus.edu.sg