KES 2008 - 12^TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE-BASED AND INTELLIGENT

INFORMATION & ENGINEERING SYSTEMS

UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB

3, 4 AND 5 SEPTEMBER 2008 ZAGREB, CROATIA

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR INVITED SESSION (IS09) ON

Computational Intelligent Techniques for Bioprocess

Modelling, Monitoring and Control

I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SESSION SCOPE

Conventionally, the modeling and control of bioprocesses are performed by a set of differential equations based on mass balances. Finding an appropriate and reliable mathematical set of equations, as well as their right set of parameter values, is a time-consuming task mainly due to the inherent complexity of such processes, such as their time-dependency, the non-linearity of the reactions and the uncertainties typical of biological reactions. In recent years a growing number of works have investigated the use of computational intelligent techniques aiming at modeling and monitoring different aspects related to bioprocesses, in an attempt to provide alternative and more flexible strategies to implement these tasks. This special session intends to be a forum for engineers, researchers and practitioners throughout the world to discuss ideas, experiences and results related to the use of computational intelligence based strategies such as (but not limited to):

· Genetic algorithms	· Search algorithms	· Symbolic algorithms
· Neural networks	· Bayesian networks	· Genetic programming
· Simulated annealing	· Feature selection	· Clustering
· Neuro-fuzzy systems	· Fuzzy systems	· Hybrid approaches

in bioprocesses including (but not limited to):

· Modelling	· Inference of parameter and process variables
· Software sensors	· Data pre-processing (filtering/smothering)
· Parameter estimation	· On-line optimization, monitoring and control
· State estimation

II. INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

(1) Papers should correspond to the KES2008 Conference format requirements detailed in the Instructions to Authors section, on the KES 2008 site:

http://kes2008.kesinternational.org/

(2) Please note that the paper length is limited to eight pages in Springer format. Papers longer than this will be subject to a penalty charge. Papers much longer or shorter than the required length may be rejected, at the decision of the organizers. All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors who must register. Authors are restricted to one paper per registration. All accepted papers will be in the KES 2008 proceedings published by Springer-Verlag as the Lecture Notes in AI series.

(3) Papers must be submitted via the PROSE portal available on the conference web site. When authors submit a paper, he/she will be presented with a drop-down box which has the Invited Sessions listed. He/she will be required to select the appropriate Invited Session.

III. PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Antonio J. G. Cruz, Universidade Federal S. Carlos, Brazil, e_mail:ajgcruz@ufscar.br

Barry Lennox, The University of Manchester, UK, e_mail: barry.lennox@manchester.ac.uk

Eduardo R. Hruschka, ICMC-USP, Brazil, e_mail:erh@icmc.usp.br

Natasha Vaklieva-Bancheva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria, e_mail: vaklieva@bas.bg

Petia Georgieva, University of Aveiro, Portugal, e_mail: petia@det.ua.pt

Prasad S. Dhurjati, University of Delaware, USA, e_mail: dhurjati@udel.edu

Roberto C. Giordano, Universidade Federal S. Carlos, Brazil, e_mail: roberto@ufscar.br

IV. IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers: 20th March 2008

Notification of acceptance: 18th April 2008

Final papers to be received by: 12th May 2008

V. CONTACT DETAILS

Session Chair: Dr Maria do Carmo Nicoletti

Dept. of Computer Science

Universidade Federal de S. Carlos – SP, Brazil

E_mail: carmo.nicoletti@pq.cnpq.br

Session Co-Chair: Dr Teresa Cristina Zangirolami

Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Universidade Federal de S. Carlos – SP, Brazil

E_mail: teresacz@ufscar.br

Session Co-Chair: Dr Estevam Rafael Hruschka Jr.

Dept. of Computer Science

Universidade Federal de S. Carlos – SP, Brazil

E_Mail:estevam@dc.ufscar.br