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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">*** SoCPaR - Call for Papers ***<br>
<br>
--- The 6th International Conference of Soft Computing and Pattern
Recognition (SoCPaR 2014) ---<br>
<br>
*** Tunis, Tunisia ***<br>
11-14, August 2014<br>
<br>
</span><a href="http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar14/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar14/</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<br>
SoCPaR 2014 Publication: IEEE<br>
<br>
<b>Invited Speakers:</b><br>
</span><a href="http://home.deib.polimi.it/alippi/" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cesare Alippi</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, IEEE Fellow, Politecnico di Milano, Italy<br>
</span><a href="http://mecha.ee.boun.edu.tr/kaynak.html" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Okyay Kaynak</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, IEEE Fellow, Bogazici University, Turkey<br>
</span><a href="http://pami.uwaterloo.ca/~karray/" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Fakhri Karray</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, University of Waterloo, Canada<br>
</span><a href="http://web-ext.u-aizu.ac.jp/~benab/" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Abderazek Ben Abdallah</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, University of Aizu, Japan<br>
</span><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/computerscience/people/robert.john" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Robert
John</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, University of
Nottingham, United Kingdom<br>
</span><a href="http://www.cs.rug.nl/~petkov/" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Nicolai Petkov</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, University of Groningen, Netherlands<br>
</span><a href="http://www.ifn.ing.tu-bs.de/en/ifn/sp/maergner/" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Volker
Märgner</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, Technische
Universität Braunschweig, Germany<br>
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</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">After
the success of the 5th International Conference of Soft Computing and
Pattern Recognition, SoCPaR 2014 is organized to bring
together worldwide leading researchers and practitioners interested in
advancing the state of the art in Soft Computing and Pattern
Recognition, for exchanging knowledge that encompasses a broad range of
disciplines among various distinct communities. It is hoped that
researchers and practitioners will bring new prospects for
collaboration across disciplines and gain inspiration to facilitate
novel breakthroughs. The themes for this conference are thus focused on
"Innovating and Inspiring Soft Computing and Intelligent Pattern
Recognition".</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
conference is expected to provide an opportunity for the researchers to
meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results and methods
in solving intriguing problems in the fields of soft Computing and
Pattern Recognition. The conference program will include workshops,
special sessions and tutorials, along with prominent keynote speakers
and regular paper presentations in parallel tracks. Like previous
years, we expect the SoCPaR 2014 proceedings to be published by
IEEE subject to fulfilling of all quality requirements of IEEE. The
General Chairs, along with the entire team cordially invite you to
submit your latest research results in the fields of Soft Computing and
Intelligent Pattern Recognition, and to take part in the upcoming
conference, to be held on August 11-14 in Ramada Plaza Tunis Hotel,
Tunisia.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Like
previous editions, all accepted papers presented at SoCPaR2014
will be selected and recommended for possible publication in Journal
Special Issues and Edited Volumes (indexed by SCI, EI Compendex, etc.).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">~~~TOPICS~~~</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
Soft Computing and Applications (but not limited to):<br>
Evolutionary computing<br>
Swarm intelligence<br>
Artificial immune systems<br>
Fuzzy Sets<br>
Uncertainty analysis<br>
Fractals<br>
Rough Sets<br>
Support vector machines<br>
Artificial neural networks<br>
Case Based Reasoning<br>
Wavelets<br>
Hybrid intelligent systems<br>
Nature inspired computing techniques<br>
Machine learning<br>
Ambient intelligence<br>
Hardware implementations<br>
<br>
Pattern Recognition and Applications (but not limited to):<br>
Information retrieval<br>
Data Mining<br>
Web Mining<br>
Image Processing<br>
Computer Vision<br>
Bio-informatics<br>
Information security<br>
Network security<br>
Steganography<br>
Biometry<br>
Remote sensing<br>
Medical Informatics<br>
E-commerce<br>
Signal Processing<br>
Control systems<br>
<b>Author Guidelines:</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Submission
of paper should be made through the submission link:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socpar2014" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socpar2014</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">All
submissions should be in the IEEE 8.5 two-column format. The page limit
for a full-length paper is 6 pages. Short papers describing
novel research visions, work-in-progress or less mature results are also
welcome, with the limit of 4 pages. Please refer to the conference
website for guidelines to prepare your manuscript.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">All
accepted papers will be compiled in conference proceedings published
by the IEEE. It is mandatory at least an author registers for
every paper that is included in the conference proceedings. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Proceedings
will be made available during the conference. Accepted papers must
be presented by author(s) personally to be published in the conference
proceedings.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Expanded
versions of SoCPaR 2014 selected papers will
be published in special issues of internationally referred journals
(indexed by SCI) and edited volumes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">SoCPaR 2014 Organizing
team:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
---------------------------------------------<br>
<b>Honorary Chairs</b><br>
Abderazek Ben Abdallah, University of Aizu, Japan<br>
Volker Märgner, University of Braunschweig, Germany<br>
<br>
<b>General Chairs</b><br>
Ajith Abraham, MIR Labs, USA<br>
Adel M. Alimi, University of Sfax, Tunisia<br>
<br>
<b>Technical Program Committee Chairs</b><br>
Haikal El Abed, University of Braunschweig, Germany<br>
Mohamed Ben Halima, University of Gabes, Tunisia<br>
<br>
<b>Organizing Chairs</b><br>
Habib M. Kammoun, University of Sfax, Tunisia<br>
Ali Wali, University of Kairouan, Tunisia<br>
<br>
<b>Publication Chair</b><br>
Yun-Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia<br>
<br>
<b>Publicity Chair</b><br>
Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia<br>
<br>
<b>Local information contact</b>:<br>
Adel M. Alimi<br>
REGIM, University of Sfax,<br>
ENIS, BP 1173, Sfax 3038,<br>
Tunisia<br>
Phone: </span><a href="tel:%2B216-98-66-76-82" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">+216-98-66-76-82</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (mobile) / </span><a href="tel:%2B216-74-677-545" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">+216-74-677-545</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (office)<br>
e-mail : </span><a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','adel.alimi@ieee.org');" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">adel.alimi@ieee.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards.<br><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mohamed Ben Halima</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:28.799999237060547px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Technical Program Committee Chair of the </font></span><font color="#000000" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:28.799999237060547px">6th </span></font><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition, SoCPaR 2014</span></div>
<div><a href="http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar14/" target="_blank">http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar14/</a><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.2em;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(42,42,42)">
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)">National School of Engineers of Sfax , University of Sfax</span></h3><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div><div>IEEE Member,<br></div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px">IEEE Sfax Subsection </span><span style="text-align:-webkit-center"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Treasurer </font></span><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px"><a value="+21620132014" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(2013-2014</a>) </span><a href="http://www.ieee-sfax.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.ieee-sfax.org</a></span></div>
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<br><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards.<br><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mohamed Ben Halima</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:28.799999237060547px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Technical Program Committee Chair of the </font></span><font color="#000000" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:28.799999237060547px">6th </span></font><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition, SoCPaR 2014</span></div>
<div><a href="http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar14/" target="_blank">http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar14/</a><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.2em;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(42,42,42)">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></h3><div><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Assistant Professor at </font><span style="font-size:small">National School of Engineers of Gabes, University of Gabes</span></font></div>
<div><span style="font-size:small"><font color="#000000">Department of Communications and Networks Engineering</font></span><font color="#000000"><br></font><div><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.2em;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(42,42,42)">
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)">National School of Engineers of Sfax , University of Sfax</span></h3><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div><div>IEEE Member,<br></div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px">IEEE Sfax Subsection </span><span style="text-align:-webkit-center"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Treasurer </font></span><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px"><a value="+21620132014" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(2013-2014</a>) </span><a href="http://www.ieee-sfax.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.ieee-sfax.org</a></span></div>
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<div><div>REGIM Lab. Leading Innovative Research.</div><div>IEEE Fosters Technological Innovation and Excellence for the Benefit of Humanity.</div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><br>