5th International Workshop on
COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE &APPLICATIONS 2009(IWCIA 2009)
November 10-12, 2009 - Hiroshima University
Reception Hall, Faculty Club (Kakushi-Kaikan; 2F)
Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima, JAPANhttp://www.hil.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/iwcia/2009/
Sponsored by IEEE Systems, Man, & Cybernetics Hiroshima Chapter

CALL FOR PAPERS

General Chair:
Hideki Katagiri,
Hiroshima University, Japan

Program Chairs:
Kosuke Kato,
Hiroshima University, JapanFor General / Student Session
Theme:We are pleased to announce the fifth international workshop on Computational Intelligence &Applications, which is organized by SMC Hiroshima Chapter and will be held in Hiroshima
University. Presentations and materials must be in English. The theme of the workshop is:

Fundamentals of Computational Methods and System Sciences

Takumi Ichimura,
Hiroshima City University, Japan

Specialized tutorial sessions will be organized along with paper presentations.

Hisashi Handa,
Okayama University, JapanThe topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Publication Chair:
Tomohiro Hayashida,
Hiroshima University, Japan

Publicity Chair:
Yoshiyuki Tanaka,
Hiroshima University, Japan

Advisory Chair:
Hossam A. Gabbar,
University of Ontario Institute ofTechnology, Canada

Important Dates:
May. 8, 2009
Deadline for organized session
submission
Jul. 1, 2009
Deadline for paper submission
Aug. 7, 2009
Acceptance/Rejection notificationof papers
Sep. 2, 2009
Final camera-ready papers andCopyright form

Scope:
Applied Computational Intelligence
Reasoning & LearningIntelligent Control Systems
Intelligent Safety Systems
Intelligent Robotic Systems
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Sensing EngineeringIntelligent Distributed Systems
Expert Systems/Decision Support Systems
Intelligent Environmental Systems
Intelligent Energy Systems
Human Factors
System of Systems
Human-Computer/Machine Interactions
Geographical Information Systems & Applications

Call for General Session Papers:
Prospective authors are invited to submit their entry and full paper(s) electronically toOrganization Committee: ml-ieee-smc-hiroshima-ws@hiroshima-u.ac.jp The entry will
include following information: 1) Title of the paper, 2) Author(s)' name, 3) Affiliation(s),4) E-mail address, 5) Phone/FAX number, 6) Keyword(s), and 7) Session (General Session /Student Session) The papers must not exceed six pages. Papers will be reviewed by
the Program Committee on technical merit and content.

Call for Student Session Papers:
The aim of the Student Session (SS) is to give an opportunity to students at any level(Bachelor, Master, and PhD students) to present and discuss their work in progress witha possibility to get feedback from senior researchers. Papers co-authored by non-students
will be accepted. SS papers should be submitted with the same instruction as GeneralSession (GS) papers.
The first author and the speaker of the paper presented at Student Session should be astudent.
All accepted papers, presented at the international workshop by one of the author(s) will
be published in the Proceedings of IWCIA.
(International workshop on computational intelligence & applications proceedings;
ISSN: 1883-3977)