Call for Papers - IWNC 2009
4th International Workshop on Natural Computing
Himeji, Japan, September 23-25, 2009www.iwnc2009.org

Scope and Topics:

Proceedings:

Natural systems have become theinspiration of novel algorithms thathave the potential for increased reliability, power eﬃciency, and computational capacity.
The goalof IWNC 2009 is to oﬀer computer scientists, biologists, mathematicians, electronic engineers, andphysicists a platform to critically assess present ﬁndings in the ﬁeld, andto outline future developments innature-inspired computing.
• DNA computation• Physics of Computation• Cellular Automata• Neural Networks• Swarm Systems• Computation in Living Cells• P-systems• Chaotic Systems• Evolutionary Computing• Artiﬁcial Chemistry• Nanocomputing• Noise-Driven Computation

A volume of the preliminary proceedings will be available by
the time of the conference. All papers in this proceedings thathave been presented at the workshop will be published in a postproceedings by Springer-Japan and be sent to the participants.
Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for a Special
Issue of the International Journal of Unconventional Computing.

Special Session on Unconventional Models of Communication Organizers: K. Leibnitz andN. Wakamiya (Osaka University,Japan)
Authors are encouraged to submit
papers on models, protocols, and architectures for the management andcontrol of information and communication networks inspired by concepts from biology, physics, nanotechnology, or social sciences.

Venue:Himeji International Exchange Center, Himeji, Japan

Submissions:
Authors are invited to submit papers presenting their original andunpublished research.
Papersshould not exceed 8 pages andshould be formatted according tothe LNCS article style. Submissions
can be sent through the link on theweb page.

Important Dates:
Submission deadline
Notiﬁcation of acceptance
Camera-ready version
Conference

June 30, 2009
July 15, 2009
August 15, 2009
September 23-25, 2009

Invited Speakers: (confirmed)
Anirban Bandyopadhyay (National Institute of Materials Science, Japan)
Laszlo B. Kish (Texas A&M University, USA)
Bruce J. MacLennan (University of Tennessee, USA)
Milan N. Stojanovic (Columbia University, USA)
List will be extended.

International Steering Committee:
A. Adamatzky (University of West-England, UK)
C. Calude (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
M. Hagiya (Tokyo University, Japan)
N. Matsui (University of Hyogo, Japan)
K. Morita (Hiroshima University, Japan)
F. Peper (NICT, Japan)
G. Rozenberg (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
Y. Suzuki (Nagoya University, Japan)
H. Umeo (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan)

Program Committee:
S. Adachi (Japan)
H. Andoh (Japan)
M. Arita (Japan)
T. Arita (Japan)
T. Asai (Japan)
D. Besozzi (Italy)
E. Blakey (UK)P. Dittrich (Germany)
N. Fates (France)
G. Franco (Italy)
K. Imai (Japan)
T. Isokawa (Japan)
O. Katai (Japan)
S. Kobayashi (Japan)
E. Kita (Japan)

J. Lee (Japan)
K. Leibnitz (Japan)
J.-Q. Liu (Japan)
V. Manca (Italy)
N. Matsui (Japan)
G. Mauri (Italy)
M. Naruse (Japan)
H. Nishimura (Japan)
K. Nishinari (Japan)
Y. Nishiura (Japan)
M. Oswald (Austria)
F. Peper (Japan)
H. Sayama (USA)T. Suda (USA)Y. Sugiyama (Japan)

H. Suzuki (Japan)
Y. Suzuki (Japan)
J. Takabayashi (Japan)
C. Teuscher (USA)K. Tokita (Japan)
K. Tominaga (Japan)
K. Ueda (Japan)
H. Umeo (Japan)
N. Wakamiya (Japan)
M. Yamamura (Japan)
M. Yamashita (Japan)
K. Yoshikawa (Japan)
C. Zandron (Italy)
K.P. Zauner (UK)

Organizing Committee:Chair: F. Peper (NICT, Japan)
Co-Chair: H. Umeo (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan)
Co-Chair: N. Matsui (University of Hyogo, Japan)
Conference Secretary: T. Isokawa (University of Hyogo, Japan)