CFP: ASIAN'04 - Higher-level Decision-making

[ASIAN 04]

                      Preliminary Call for Papers

                              ASIAN'04
                Ninth Asian Computing Science Conference
                          www.asian04.org

                        Chiangmai University
                        Chiangmai, Thailand
                        December 8-10, 2004


In many areas of Computer Science, the focus of efforts is moving away
from concerns of data to address the information that this data
represents. This movement is reflected also in patterns of employment and
in the development of branches of other sciences that employ Computer
Science techniques as tools in their study. A challenge for Computer
Science is the development of concepts and tools that support more
directly the information-oriented nature of many computerized tasks.

The theme of this conference is HIGHER-LEVEL DECISION-MAKING.
"Higher-level" refers to a decision-making process that may involve the
gathering of information, reasoning, analysis, reflection, negotiation,   
and the synthesis of a decision and its justification. Whether the final
decision is made by a software or human agent, large parts - and perhaps 
all - of such a process can be automated. In pursuit of this goal, new   
concepts and techniques in the design and development of such processes   
and their elements are needed.

There are several areas of Computer Science that address individual
elements of such processes. The aim of the conference is to encourage such
work in a broader context.

This conference is dedicated to Jean-Louis Lassez on the occasion of
his fifth cycle birthday.  There will be a special session of invited
speakers to honor him.

SCOPE
Papers are invited on all aspects of Computer Science, but particularly sought
are those addressing aspects of the theme.  An indicative list of such aspects
includes:

    - machine learning, data mining
    - modeling, simulation
    - mathematical optimization, constraint programming
    - meta-heuristics
    - rule-based languages, logic programming
    - database systems, knowledge-bases
    - information integration
    - decision sciences
    - audit, authentication, cryptography
    - agent-based systems
    - artificial intelligence
    - knowledge presentation, visualization
    - computational economics
    - bioinformatics, life-science informatics

INVITED SPEAKERS

    Philippe Flajolet (INRIA)
    Phillip Rogaway (U California - Davis and Changmai U)
    Yuzuru Tanaka (Hokkaido University)

SUBMISSIONS 
    Submissions are to be made at www.asian04.org by 11:59PM, August 1,
    2004, GMT.  Authors must submit their papers electronically, as a
    Postscript or PDF file.  

PROCEEDINGS
    The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS
    series.  Please prepare your manuscript using the series' style,
    following the instructions at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
    The proceedings papers will be limited to 15 pages.
        
IMPORTANT DATES
    Paper submission deadline:   August 1, 2004 
    Acceptance notification:     September 5, 2004
    Final paper due:             September 19, 2004

ORGANIZATION
    General Co-chairs:
        Joxan Jaffar (NUS, Singapore)       
        Kanchana Kanchanasut (AIT, Thailand)

    Program Chair:
        Michael Maher (Loyola U Chicago, USA)

    Local Organization Chair:
        Sanpawat Kantabutra (Chaingmai U, Thailand)

BACKGROUND 
    The series of annual Asian Computing Science Conferences (ASIAN) was
    initiated in 1995 by AIT, INRIA and UNU/IIST to provide a forum for
    researchers in computer science from the Asian region and to promote
    interaction with researchers from other regions. The first eight
    conferences were held, respectively, in Bangkok, Singapore, Kathmandu, 
    Manila, Phuket, Penang, Hanoi, and Mumbai. In addition to support
    from the host countries, they have also been sponsored by INRIA,
    France, UNU/IIST, Macau and NUS, Singapore. The proceedings have
    been published as Lecture Notes in Computer Science by
    Springer-Verlag.

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS
    Asian Institute of Technology
    National University of Singapore
    INRIA
    Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
    Waseda University