Call for Participations
Joint 7th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems
and 15th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems

http://www.scis2014.org/
Contact: info@scis2014.org
SCIS&ISIS2014 (Joint 7th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 15thInternational Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems) is the flagship international conference of Soft
Computing in Asia, that attracts several hundred participants all over the world. We strive to foster an open andlively scientific forum by bringing together researchers, engineers and practitioners with diversified backgrounds todiscuss and disseminate the latest state-of-the-art achievements, thought provoking challenges and potential future
directions in many different aspects. Our program is designed to maximize feasibility and satisfaction ofparticipation at all levels in different ways.
Plenary Talks:“New Avenues of Design of Distributed Intelligent Systems: A Framework of Granular Computing”
Prof. Witold Pedrycz (University of Alberta, Canada)“Fuzzy signatures, situational maps and fuzzy signature state machines”
Prof. Laszio T. Koczy (Szechenyi Istvan University,Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)“Human-Like Lifelong Machine Learning”
Prof. Byoung-tak Zhang (Seoul National University, Korea)“Visualization Method of Kansei Information based on Soft Computing Technology”
Prof. Kaoru Hirota (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Tutorial on "Almost All about Fuzzy Theory and Systems":“Fuzzy Sets and Their Operations”
Prof. Motohide Umano (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)“Fuzzy Control and Fuzzy Decision for Practical Human-Friendly System”
Prof. Seiji Yasunobu (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Tutorial on “Deep Learning”:“Deep Belief Nets and Stacked Auto-Encoders”
Prof. Kevin Duh (The Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)“Convolutional Neural Networks and Applications to Computer Vision”Prof. Takayuki Okatani (Tohoku University, Japan)

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Isao Hayashi (Kansai Univ., Japan)
Atsushi Inoue (Eastern Washington Univ., USA)
Mario Koppen (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Hideyuki Takagi (Kyushu Univ., Japan)
Motohide Umano (Osaka Prefecture Univ., Japan)
Toshihiko Watanabe (Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ., Japan)
Takahiro Yamanoi (Hokkai-Gakuen Univ., Japan)
Yi Gon Kim (Chonnam Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Young Hoon Joo (Kunsan Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Suk-Seung Hwang (Kyungnam Univ., Korea)
Seok Jong Lee (Chungbuk Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Gyei-Kark Park (Mokpo Nat'l Maritime Univ., Korea)
Yong Soo Kim (Daejeon Univ., Korea)
Sang Yong Rhee (Kyungnam Univ., Korea)
Honorary Co-Chairs
Toshio Fukuda (Nagoya Univ., Japan)
Takehisa Onisawa (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan)
Junzo Watada (Waseda Univ., Japan)
Takeshi Yamakawa (Fuzzy Logic Sys. Inst., Japan)
Zenn Bien (UNIST, Korea)
Hong Tae Jeon (CAU, Korea)
Geun Taek Kang (Pukyong Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Kwee-Bo Sim (Chung-Ang Univ., Korea)
Local Honorary Co-Chairs
Hiroshi Maeda (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Hiromi Miyajima (Kagoshima Univ., Japan)
Founding Chairs
Kaoru Hirota (Tokyo Institute of Tech., Japan)
Kwang Hyung Lee (KAIST, Korea)
Takanori Shibata (AIST, Japan)
General Chair
Norikazu Ikoma (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Young Jae Ryoo (Mokpo National Univ., Korea)
Vice-General Chair
Hiroshi Wakuya (Saga Univ., Japan)
General Affairs
Mitsunori Mizumachi (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Local Organizing Committee
Chair
Takashi Samatsu (Tokai Univ., Japan)
Vice-Chairs
Kiyotaka Izumi (Saga Univ., Japan)
Noritaka Shigei (Kagoshima Univ., Japan)
Secretariat
Motoki Miura (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Local Arrangements Committee
Chair
Kenichi Asami (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Vice-Chairs
Akitoshi Hanazawa (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Sozo Inoue (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Hyoungseop Kim (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Kazuhiro Tokunaga (National Fisheries Univ., Japan)
Social Events Committee
Chair
Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi (Shimonoseki City Univ., Japan)
Vice-Chair
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto (Shimonoseki City Univ., Japan)
Finance Committee
ChairsEiichi Inohira (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Chang hoon Lee (Paichai Univ., Korea)
Vice-ChairsRyosuke Kubota (Ube Nat'l College of Tech., Japan)
Hiroaki Wagatsuma (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Jin-Woo Jung (Dongguk Univ., Korea)

Program Committee
ChairsKeiichi Horio (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Suk-seung Hwang (Chosun Univ., Korea)
Vice-Chairs
Yutaka Hatakeyama (Kochi Univ., Japan)
Yukinobu Hoshino (Kochi Univ. of Tech., Japan)
Shinichi Yoshida (Kochi Univ. of Tech., Japan)
Bo Hyeun Wang (Kangnung-Wonju Nat'l Univ. Korea)
Youngho Lee (Mokpo Nat'l Univ. Korea)
Kyoung-jae Kim (Dongguk Univ., Korea)
Organized Session Committee Co-Chairs
Kazuo Ishii (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Kazuo Kiguchi (Kyushu Univ., Japan)
Hiroshi Sakai (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Eiji Uchino (Yamaguchi Univ., Japan)
Keigo Watanabe (Okayama Univ., Japan)
Eun Tai Kim ( Yonsei Univ., Korea)
Hyun-sik Kim (Tongmyung Univ., Korea)
Jung-Sook Kim (Kimpo College, Korea)
In-ho Ra (Kunsan National Univ., Korea)
Hwachang Song (Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Science & Tech., Korea)
Exhibition Committee
ChairsNoriaki Suetake (Yamaguchi Univ., Japan)
Byung-Jae Choi (Daegu Univ., Korea)
Vice-Chairs
Takanori Koga (Tokuyama College of Tech., Japan)
Hideaki Misawa (Ube National College of Technology, Japan)
Kiyeol Seo (KIOST, Korea)
Myung Geun Chun (Chungbuk Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Publication Committee
Chairs:Kei Ohnishi (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
MoonSoo Chang (Seokyeong Univ., Korea)
Vice-Chairs
Keiji Kamei (Nishinippon Institute of Tech., Japan)
Manabu Shimakawa (Kumamoto NCT., Japan)
Yong-Tae Kim (Hankyong National Univ., Korea)
Byoung-Tak Zhang (Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Jongmyung Choi (Mokpo Nat'l Univ. Korea)
Soo-Chan Kim (Hankyong National Univ. , Korea)
Publicity Committee
Chairs
Hideaki Kawano (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Hiroshi Ohtake (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Namkyun Im (Mokpo Nat'l Maritime Univ., Korea)
Sungshin Kim (Pusan Nat'l Univ. Korea)
Vice-Chairs
Aoi Honda (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Naruki Shirahama (Kitakyushu NCT, Japan)
Jung Sik Jeong (Mokpo Maritime National Univ., Korea)
Kwang Baek Kim (Silla Univ., Korea)
International Relations Chairs
Md. Atiqur Rahman Ahad (Univ. of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Edson Hiroshi Aoki (SUTD, Singapore)
Youngchul Bae (Chonnam National Univ., Korea)
Young Im Cho (Univ. of Suwon, Korea)
Jee-Hyong Lee (Sungkyunkwan Univ. Korea)
Keon Myung Lee (Chungbuk Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Gerald Schaefer (Loughborough Univ., U.K.)
Yan Shi (Tokai Univ., Japan)
Kaori Yoshida (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Award Committee
ChairsYasuo Kudo (Muroran Institute of Tech., Japan)
Dae Yeong Im (KITECH, Korea)
Vice-Chairs
Yukio Horiguchi (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
Takeshi Nishida (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Chang-Ho Hyun (Kongju Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Chang Suk Kim (Kongju Nat’l Univ., Korea)