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	13th International Symposium on	Methodologies for Intelligent Systems
	Lyon, France, June 27-29, 2002
http://lisi.insa-lyon.fr/~ismis2002

Introduction
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The ISMIS series of conferences is an
established and prestigeous forum for the exchange of the latest
research results in building intelligent systems. Held every year
and half in an attractive location, the conference provides a
medium for exchanging scientific research and technological
achievements accomplished by the international community. The
previous events were held in Knoxville, Charlotte, Turin,
Trondheim, Zakopane, and Warsaw. ISMIS 2002 will be held in Lyon,
one of Europe's cultural perls.

Important Dates
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Abstract Submission: November 8, 2001

Research and Industry  &
application paper submission: November 15, 2001

Demo, panel, and
Workshop submission: November 22, 2001

Notification: January 15, 2002

Camera-ready copy due: March 1, 2002

Conference Theme
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The scope of ISMIS is intended to represent a wide range of
topics of concern to scholars applying advanced
techniques to areas as diverse as decision support, automated
deduction, reasoning, knowledge based systems, machine learning,
computer vision, robotics, planning, databases, information
retrieval, etc. ISMIS provides a medium for exchanging scientific
research and technological achievements accomplished by the
international community. The focus of the work is on research in
Intelligent systems. The conference addresses issues involving
solutions of problems which are complex to be solved through
conventional approaches and which require the simulation of
intelligent thought processes, heuristics and applications of
knowledge. The integration of these multiple approaches in solving
complex problems is of particular importance. ISMIS provides a
forum and a means for exchanging information for those interested
purely in theory, those interested primarily in implementation,
and those interested in specific research and industrial
applications.

Topics of Interest
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ISMIS 2002 invites submissions of
original research contributions, as well as proposals for panels
and workshops. Contributions for industry and applications
sessions and software demonstrations also are solicited. The
conference covers a broad range of topics, including the use of
conventional approaches, as well as new challenges for advanced
techniques for intelligent systems in any possible domain. This
Symposium is intended to attract individuals who are actively
engaged both in theoretical and practical aspects of intelligent
systems. The goal is to provide a platform for a useful exchange
between theoreticians and practitioners, and to foster the
cross-fertilization of ideas in the following areas:

Intelligent Multimedia
Intelligent Information Retrieval
Intelligent Information Systems
Knowledge Representation and Integration
Learning and Knowledge Discovery
Logic for Artificial Intelligence
Methodologies (modeling, design, validation, performance evaluation).
Soft Computing

In addition, we solicit papers dealing with Applications of
Intelligent Systems in complex/novel domains, e.g. human genome,
global change, manufacturing, health care, etc.

Further Details, including submission guidelines
are available on the ISMIS 2002 web site:
http://lisi.insa-lyon.fr/~ismis2002