Organized by: Sakarya University- Department of Industrial Engineering , Fuzzy Systems Association (Turkey), TOBB Economics and Technology University-Department of Industrial Engineering
Sponsors: TUBITAK, IPROMS, IWARD, ADASU, Adapazarı Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Adapazarı Merkez Belediyesi
Academic Sponsors: IFSA (International Fuzzy System Association), University of Toronto, University of Iowa, Duke University, Manufacturing Engineering Centre of Cardiff University, University of California, University of South Florida ,University of Alberta
Conference topics include but not limited to :
· AI Philosophy and Technologies, Agent Based Systems
· Advanced Production and Machining Systems
· Computational Intelligence in Manufacturing and Production Systems
· Data Mining (Crisp and Fuzzy)
· Decision Support Systems and Applications
· Business Intelligence and Enterprise Systems
· Fuzzy Systems Developments and Applications, Fuzzy-Neural- Genetic Integration
· Ergonomics and Human Resources Management in Health Systems
· Innovative Design and Technologies, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Robotics
· Intelligent System Modeling for Economics and Finance
· Lean /Agile / Holistic Manufacturing
· Logistic Systems and Supply Chain Management
· Intelligent Information Systems and Knowledge Based Manufacturing Strategies
· Intelligent Management of Government and Municipal Systems
· Nano Technologies and Nano Manufacturing
· Novel Strategies for Natural Sciences and Technologies
· Philosophical Grounding of Fuzzy Theory
· Production/ Operation Management in Planning and Control
· Quality Control and Management, Systems Modeling and Simulation
· Reverse Engineering, Unmanned Factories
· Virtual Worlds of Production and Service Systems
Keynote Speakers: L.A.Zadeh , I.B.Turksen
Invited Speakers: R. Aliev, JG.Aluja, J. Bezdek , D. Dubois, A.Kandel, T.Khaniev, A. Kusiak, V.Niskanen, D.T. Pham, Z. Sen, W. Pedrycz, G.Ulusoy, Ö.Saatçioğlu, H.Zimmermann, P.P. Wang
Special Sessions: Proposals for Special Sessions are welcome by the Organization Committee. Last date: July 31, 2008. If you are interested in organizing a special session in the conference, please contact to I.Burhan Turksen, Harun Taşkın, Ercan Öztemel, Cemalettin Kubat, Vinesh Raja
Panel discussions: Intelligent and Manufacturing Systems : Features, Strategies and Innovation
Venue: The symposium will be held in Sakarya University Conference Center, Sakarya/Turkey.
Note that the conference will be broadcasted alive in internet.
Event: “Safranbolu Tour” ( for information on Safranbolu visit http://www.safranbolu.gov.tr)
Submission Format: Submission of papers is welcomed on the topics outlined above. Electronic copy of full papers in English should be received by the symposium secretariat by 30th of June, 2008. The paper should be structured as follows:
· First page: title, authors, mailing address of each author, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, 200 word abstract, and the keywords(max. 5)
· Second and succeeding pages: text including tables, figures and references
(max.10 pages, MS Word , Ariel , size of titles: 13, size of text : 10 )
Paper acceptance: The papers will be evaluated by the International Programme Committee. Each accepted paper must be presented within a 20 minutes period and the manuscript must be accompanied by a paid registration. All conference participants, excluding invited persons, must pay the conference registration fee and their own travel expenses.
P.S. Selected papers will also be published in selected International Journals (as it was at IMS’1998, IMS’2001, IMS’2004 and IMS’2006).
For Further information contact
bturksen@etu.edu.tr (I.Burhan Turksen, Conference Chairman)
taskin@sakarya.edu.tr (Harun Taskin, Conference Co-Chairman)
eoztemel@eng.marmara.edu.tr (Ercan Oztemel, Conference Co-Chairman)
kubat@sakarya.edu.tr (Cemalettin Kubat, Conference Program Chair)
vinesh.raja@warwick.ac.uk (Vinesh Raja, Advisory Committee)
Symposium address :ims@sakarya.edu.tr
IMS’2008 Web Page: http://www.ims.sakarya.edu.tr |
