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                   FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: RSFDGrC'99
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              The Seventh International Workshop on
         
     Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining, and Granular-Soft Computing
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          Yamaguchi Resort Center, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan 
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                       November 9-11, 1999

      Home Page: http://ain2.ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/rsfdgrc99

                     Papers Due: May 20, 1999

                          Organized by
                International Rough Set Society
        BISC Special Interest Group on Granular Computing (GrC)
            Polish-Japanese Institute of Computer Techniques
                       Yamaguchi University

                         Invited Speakers
          Zdzislaw Pawlak (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
          L.A. Zadeh      (UC Berkeley, USA)
          Philip Yu       (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA) 
          Setsuo Arikawa  (Kyushu University, Japan)

The Seventh International Workshop on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data
Mining, and Granular-Soft Computing (RSFDGrC'99) will provide an
international forum for the sharing of original research results and
practical development experiences among experts in these emerging
fields.  An important feature of the workshop is to stress the
integration of intelligent information techniques. That is, promoting
deep fusion of these emerging techniques in AI, Soft Computing, and
Database communities for solving real world, large, complex problems
with uncertainty and fuzziness. In particular, fuzzy and rough set
methods in data mining and granular computing.  We also look for
contributions in related fields that include, but are not limited to,
the following areas:

        - Rough Set Theory and Its Applications
        - Fuzzy Set Theory and Its Applications
        - Data Mining and Data Warehousing
        - Knowledge Creation and Discovery
        - Information Granulation and Granular Computing
        - Computing with Words
        - Machine Learning
        - Neural Networks
        - Evolutionary Computing
        - Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning
        - Approximate Reasoning 
        - Uncertainty Management 
        - Non-Classical Logic and Set Theories
        - Database Reverse Engineering
        - Data and Dimensionality Reduction 
        - Deep Fusion of Computational and Symbolic Processing
        - Intelligent Information Retrieval
        - Information Discovery on the Internet
        - Decision Support Systems
        - Hybrid and Integrated Intelligent Systems
        - Intelligent Agent and Multi-Agent Systems
        - Soft Computing and Its Applications
        
Both research and application papers are solicited. All submitted
papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance,
significance, and clarity. Accepted papers will be published in the
conference proceedings by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in
Artificial Intelligence series
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/index.html).  A selected number of
RSFDGrC'99 accepted papers will be expanded and revised for inclusion
in ``Knowledge and Information Systems: An International Journal''
(Springer-Verlag, http://kais.mines.edu/~kais/), or ``Fundamenta
Informaticae'' (IOS Press, http://alfa.mimuw.edu.pl/FI/).

Please submit Four (4) hardcopies of a paper (a maximum of ten (10)
single-spaced, single-column pages including all figures, tables, and
bibliography) to be received by May 20, 1999. A cover page must
include author(s) full address, email, paper title and a 200 word
abstract, and up to 5 keywords. This cover page must accompany the
paper. In addition, an ASCII version of the cover page must be
submitted electronically to ``zhong@ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp'' by May
20, 1999.

Please follow the instructions supplied by Springer-Verlag when
preparing your manuscript
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/Authors.html).  LaTeX2e, LaTeX, TeX,
and Microsoft Word Macros for preparing your manuscript are 
available. 
Please use the style files provided by Springer-Verlag for Proceedings
and Other Multi-Author Volumes in preparing your manuscripts
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/Authors.html#Proceedings).

Please mail the Four (4) hardcopies of the full papers to:

       Prof. Ning Zhong (RSFDGrC'99) 
       Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering 
       Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University 
       Tokiwa-Dai 2-16-1, Ube 755-8611, Japan
       Telephone & Fax: +81-836-35-9949 
       Email: zhong@ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp


     *************** I m p o r t a n t   D a t e s *****************
     * 4 copies of full papers received by:       May 20, 1999     *
     * Acceptance notices:                        July 1, 1999     *
     * Camera-readies due by:                     August 5, 1999   *
     * Conference:                             November 8-10, 1999 *
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                CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
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Honorary Chairs: 
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Zdzislaw Pawlak (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) 
L.A. Zadeh (UC Berkeley, USA)

General Chairs:
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Setsuo Ohsuga (Waseda U., Japan) 
T.Y. Lin (San Jose State U., USA)

Program Chairs:
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Andrzej Skowron (Warsaw U., Poland) 
Ning Zhong (Yamaguchi U., Japan)

Advisory Board:
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Setsuo Arikawa (Kyushu U., Japan)   
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse (U. Kansas, USA)
Katsushi Inoue (Yamaguchi U., Japan)
T.Y. Lin (San Jose State U., USA)
Masao Mukaidono (Meiji U., Japan) 
Setsuo Ohsuga (Waseda U., Japan) 
Zdzislaw Pawlak (Polish Academy of Sciences) 
Lech Polkowski (Warsaw U. Tech., Poland) 
Zbigniew W. Ras (U. North Carolina, USA)
Andrzej Skowron (Warsaw U., Poland) 
Roman Slowinski (Poznan U. Tech., Poland)
Hideo Tanaka (Osaka Prefecture U., Japan) 
Shusaku Tsumoto (Tokyo Medical & Dental U., Japan) 
Yiyu Yao (U. Regina, Canada)
L.A. Zadeh (UC Berkeley, USA)
Wojciech Ziarko (U. Regina, Canada) 
Ning Zhong (Yamaguchi U., Japan)  

Program Committee:
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Rakesh Agrawal (IBM Almaden Research Center, USA)
Shunichi Amari (RIKEN, Japan)
Mohua Banerjee (Indian Inst. of Tech. Kanpur, India)
Nick Cercone (U. Waterloo, Canada)  
David Cheung (Hong Kong U., China)
Andrzej Czyzewski (Tech. U. Gdansk, Poland)
Honghua Dai (Deakin U., Australia) 
Liya Ding (National U. Singapore)
Micheal Hajismichael (Naval Research Lab., USA)
Koichi Hori (U. Tokyo, Japan)
Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Willi Klosgen (GMD, Germany)
Wojciech Kowalczyk (Vrije U., The Netherlands)
Bing Liu (National U. Singapore)
Chunnian Liu (Beijing Poly. U., China) 
Jiming Liu  (Hong Kong Baptist U., China)
Qing Liu (Nan Chang U., China)
Hongjun Lu (Hong Kong U. Science and Tech.)
Zbigniew Michalewicz (U. North Carolina, USA)
Masoud Mohammadian (U. Canberra, Australia)
Hiroshi Motoda (Osaka U., Japan) 
Shinichi Nakasuka (U. Tokyo, Japan) 
Hung Son Nguyen (Warsaw U., Poland)
Sankar K. Pal (Indian Statistical Inst., India)
Zdzislaw Piasta (Kielce U. Tech., Poland) 
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro (Kowlegde Stream, USA)
Mohamed Quafafou (U. Nantes, France)
Vijay Raghavan (U. Southwestern, USA)
Zhongzhi Shi (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)  
Jaroslaw Stepaniuk (Bialystok U. Tech., Poland)
Einoshin Suzuki (Yokohama National U., Japan)
Shun'ichi Tano (U. Electro-Communications, Japan)
Takao Terano (U. Tsukuba, Japan)
Hiroshi Tsukimoto (Toshiba Corp., Japan)
Lipo Wang (Nanyang Tech. U., Singapore)
Paul P. Wang (Duke U., USA)
Anita Wasilewska (State U. New York, USA)  
Takashi Washio (Osaka U., Japan)
S.K. Michael Wong (U. Regina, Canada) 
Xindong Wu (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
Philip Yu (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA)
Lizhu Zhou (Tsinghua U., China) 
Xiaoling Zuo (ShangHai XiaoTong U., China) 
Jan Zytkow (U. North Carolina, USA) 


CONFERENCE SITE
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The workshop will take place at Yamaguchi Resort Center (Yamaguchi
Kousei Nenkin Kyuka Center), Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. Yamaguchi which is
noted for its natural beauty, is the seat of the prefectural
administration and is a center of education as well with many historic
sites and cultural facilities.  Yamaguchi can be reached by train in
six hours from Tokyo, in three hours from Osaka (Kansai International
Airport) and in one hour from Fukuoka. Ube, which lies 40 km to the
southwest of Yamaguchi, is a coastal city with much industry. It can
be reached in 90 minutes by air from Tokyo (Haneda Airport). Ube and
the neighboring areas are expected to further develop into an
industrial conurbation with highly advanced technology.

CONFERENCE FEE 
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The early registration fee of 50,000 JPY and 40,000 JPY for students,
will include the hotel room charge, breakfasts, lunches and dinners
during the workshop (three days), refreshments in coffee breaks, and
the proceedings.


HOW TO GET TO YAMAGUCHI-UBE
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Basically there are five ways to Yamaguchi-Ube: 

(1) Kansei Int. Airport (Osaka) --> Shin Osaka Station (by airport
    express (Haruka) about one hour) --> Ogori Station (by high speed
    train (Shinkansen) about 2.5 hours) (the hotel bus picks up you 
at 
    Ogori Station) --> Yamaguchi-Ube (Yamaguchi Resort Center) (about 
    30 minutes). 

The cost of Kansei Int. Airport to Ogori Station is about 13,000
Japanese yen. 

(2) Fukuoka Int. Airport (Fukuoka) --> Ogori Station (by high speed
    train about 40 minutes) (the hotel bus picks up you at Ogori 
Station)
    --> Yamaguchi-Ube (Yamaguchi Resort Center) (about 30 minutes). 

The cost of Fukuoka Int. Airport to Ogori Station is about 5,000
Japanese yen. 

(3) Tokyo-Narita --> Haneda Airport (by Airport Limousine about
    1.5 hours) --> Yamaguchi-Ube (by ANA Airline about 1.5 hours) 

The standard cost is about 30,000 Japanese yen. 

(4) Tokyo-Narita --> Tokyo Station (by Narita Express about one
    hour) --> Ogori Station (by high speed train (Shinkansen) about
    5 hours) (the hotel bus picks up you in Ogori) --> Yamaguchi-Ube
    (about 30 minutes). 

The standard cost is about 30,000 Japanese yen. 

(5) Tokyo-Narita --> Tokyo Station (by Narita Express about one
    hour) --> Yamaguchi-Ube (by night high speed bus about 12 hours). 


Further Information:
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       Prof. Ning Zhong (RSFDGrC'99) 
       Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering 
       Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University 
       Tokiwa-Dai 2-16-1, Ube 755-8611, Japan 
       Telephone & Fax: +81-836-35-9949 
       Email: zhong@ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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