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***************************************************************************<br><strong>6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF NATURAL COMPUTING</strong><br>
<br><strong>TPNC 2017</strong><br>
<br><strong>Prague, Czech Republic</strong><br>
<br><strong>December 18-20, 2017</strong><br>
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Organized by:<br>
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Institute of Computer Science<br>
Czech Academy of Sciences<br>
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Faculty of Mathematics and Physics<br>
Charles University<br>
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Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC)<br>
Rovira i Virgili University<br>
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http://grammars.grlmc.com/TPNC2017/<br>
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<br><strong>AIMS:</strong><br>
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TPNC is a conference series intending to cover the wide spectrum of computational principles, models and techniques inspired by information processing in nature. TPNC 2017 will reserve significant room for young scholars at the beginning of their career and particular focus will be put on methodology. The conference aims at attracting contributions to nature-inspired models of computation, synthesizing nature by means of computation, nature-inspired materials, and information processing in nature.<br>
<br><strong>VENUE:</strong><br>
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TPNC 2017 will take place in Prague, whose historic centre is UNESCO World Heritage Site and which is home to famous attractions like the Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, etc. The venue will be:<br>
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Faculty of Mathematics and Physics<br>
Charles University<br>
Ke Karlovu 3<br>
121 16 Praha 2<br>
<br><strong>SCOPE:</strong><br>
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Topics include, but are not limited to:<br>
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- Theoretical contributions to:<br>
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amorphous computing<br>
ant colonies<br>
artificial chemistry<br>
artificial immune systems<br>
artificial life<br>
bacterial foraging<br>
cellular automata<br>
chaos computing<br>
collision-based computing<br>
complex adaptive systems<br>
computing with DNA<br>
computing with words and perceptions<br>
developmental systems<br>
evolutionary computing<br>
fractal geometry<br>
fuzzy logic<br>
gene assembly in ciliates<br>
granular computing<br>
intelligent systems<br>
in-vivo computing<br>
membrane computing<br>
nanocomputing<br>
neural computing<br>
optical computing<br>
physarum machines<br>
quantum computing<br>
quantum information<br>
reaction-diffusion systems<br>
rough sets<br>
self-organizing systems<br>
swarm intelligence<br>
synthetic biology<br>
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- Applications of natural computing to:<br>
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algorithmics<br>
bioinformatics<br>
control<br>
cryptography<br>
design<br>
economics<br>
graphics<br>
hardware<br>
human-computer interaction<br>
knowledge discovery<br>
learning<br>
logistics<br>
medicine<br>
natural language processing<br>
optimization<br>
pattern recognition<br>
planning and scheduling<br>
programming<br>
robotics<br>
telecommunications<br>
web intelligence<br>
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A flexible "theory to/from practice" approach would be the perfect focus for the expected contributions.<br>
<br><strong>STRUCTURE:</strong><br>
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TPNC 2017 will consist of:<br>
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- invited talks<br>
- peer-reviewed contributions<br>
- posters<br>
<br><strong>INVITED SPEAKERS:</strong><br>
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Enrique Alba (University of Málaga), Natural Computing for Smart Cities<br>
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Carlos A. Coello Coello (CINVESTAV-IPN), tba<br>
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Thomas Stützle (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Automatic Generation of Swarm Intelligence Algorithms<br>
<br><strong>PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:</strong><br>
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Ajith Abraham (Machine Intelligence Research Labs, US)<br>
Uwe Aickelin (University of Nottingham, UK)<br>
Robert Babuska (Delft University of Technology, NL)<br>
Thomas Bäck (Leiden University, NL)<br>
Gilles Brassard (University of Montréal, CA)<br>
Erik Cambria (Nanyang Technological University, SG)<br>
Carlos Coello Coello (CINVESTAV-IPN, MX)<br>
David W. Corne (Heriot-Watt University, UK)<br>
Dipankar Dasgupta (University of Memphis, US)<br>
Kalyanmoy Deb (Michigan State University, US)<br>
Marco Dorigo (Université Libre de Bruxelles, BE)<br>
Andries Engelbrecht (University of Pretoria, ZA)<br>
Michel Gendreau (Polytechnique Montréal, CA)<br>
Deborah M. Gordon (Stanford University, US)<br>
Lawrence Hall (University of South Florida, US)<br>
Enrique Herrera-Viedma (University of Granada, ES)<br>
Licheng Jiao (Xidian University, CN)<br>
Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences, PL)<br>
Hamid Reza Karimi (Polytechnic University of Milan, IT)<br>
Joshua Knowles (University of Birmingham, UK)<br>
Andrew Kusiak (University of Iowa, US)<br>
Vittorio Maniezzo (University of Bologna, IT)<br>
Carlos Martín-Vide (Rovira i Virgili University, ES, chair)<br>
Luis Martínez López (University of Jaén, ES)<br>
José M. Merigó Lindahl (University of Chile, CL)<br>
Radko Mesiar (Slovak University of Technology, SK)<br>
Risto Miikkulainen (University of Texas, Austin, US)<br>
Christos Ouzounis (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, GR)<br>
Henri Prade (Paul Sabatier University, FR)<br>
Patrick Siarry (University of Paris-Est, FR)<br>
Andrzej Skowron (University of Warsaw, PL)<br>
John A. Smolin (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, US)<br>
Thomas Stützle (Université Libre de Bruxelles, BE)<br>
Ponnuthurai N. Suganthan (Nanyang Technological University, SG)<br>
Johan Suykens (KU Leuven, BE)<br>
Guy Theraulaz (Paul Sabatier University, FR)<br>
Jon Timmis (University of York, UK)<br>
Xin‐She Yang (Middlesex University, UK)<br>
Yiyu Yao (University of Regina, CA)<br>
Lotfi A. Zadeh (University of California, Berkeley, US)<br>
Anton Zeilinger (University of Vienna, AT)<br>
<br><strong>ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:</strong><br>
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Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, co-chair)<br>
Roman Neruda (Prague, co-chair)<br>
Manuel Jesús Parra Royón (Granada)<br>
David Silva (London)<br>
Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez (Cáceres)<br>
<br><strong>SUBMISSIONS:</strong><br>
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Authors are invited to submit non-anonymized papers in English presenting original and unpublished research. Papers should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages (including eventual appendices, references, proofs, graphics, etc.) and should be prepared according to the standard format for Springer Verlag's LNCS series (see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0).<br>
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Submissions have to be uploaded to:<br>
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https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tpnc2017<br>
<br><strong>PUBLICATIONS:</strong><br>
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A volume of proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series will be available by the time of the conference.<br>
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A special issue of a major journal will be later published containing peer-reviewed substantially extended versions of some of the papers contributed to the conference. Submissions to it will be by invitation.<br>
<br><strong>REGISTRATION:</strong><br>
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The registration form can be found at:<br>
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http://grammars.grlmc.com/TPNC2017/Registration.php<br>
<br><strong>DEADLINES </strong>(all at 23:59 CET)<strong>:</strong><br>
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Paper submission: August 6, 2017<br>
Notification of paper acceptance or rejection: September 6, 2017<br>
Final version of the paper for the LNCS proceedings: September 16, 2017<br>
Early registration: September 16, 2017<br>
Late registration: December 4, 2017<br>
Submission to the post-conference journal special issue: March 20, 2018<br>
<br><strong>QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:</strong><br>
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david.silva409 (at) yahoo.com<br>
<br><strong>POSTAL ADDRESS:</strong><br>
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TPNC 2017<br>
Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC)<br>
Rovira i Virgili University<br>
Av. Catalunya, 35<br>
43002 Tarragona, Spain<br>
<br><strong>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:</strong><br>
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Akademie věd České republiky<br>
Univerzita Karlova v Praze<br>
Universitat Rovira i Virgili</body></html>