Preliminary Programme
Session Timing
August 13
08.30-17.00 Registration
09.00-09.15 Welcome
09.15-10.00 Invited Speaker
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.30 Session I
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Invited Speaker II
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-17.00 Session II
17.30-19.00
August 14
08.30-17.00 Registration
09.00-10.00 Invited Speaker III
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.30 Session III
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Tutorial
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-17.00 Session IV
17.00-17.15 Closing Session
20.00-23.00 Conference Dinner
August 15
09.30-12.00 Company Visit
Invited Speakers
INV
Granular Computing: A new Paradigm in Information Processing
JingTaoYao, University of Regina, Regina, Canada
INV
Verification and Validation of Neuro-adaptive Aircraft Control Systems
Johann Schumann and Pramod Gupta, RIACS/NASA Ames and Yan Liu, Motorola Labs, USA
INV
Glorious Accidents or Expected Results?
Peter Grogono, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Tutorial
TUT
Mining and Analyzing Web-based Social Networks using ORA
Terrill L. Frantz, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Soft Computing Theory and Practice
Toward Human level Machine Intelligence - Is it Achievable? The Need for a Paradigm Shift
Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA
SOFTSIM_06
Modeling Numerical and Spatial Uncertainty in Grayscale Image Capture using Fuzzy Set Theory
M. Nachtegael, T. Melange and E.E. Kerre, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium and P. Sussner, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
SOFTSIM_04
A Granular Unified Min-Max Fuzzy-Neuro Framework for Learning Fuzzy Systems
Mokhtar Beldjehem, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
SOFTSIM_08
Prediction of Ferrous Bio-oxidation Rate in a Packed Bed Bioreactor using Artificial Neural Network
Hasan Yousefi, S. Mohammad Mousavi, Arezou Jafari and Azita Soleymani, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland
SOFTSIM_09
Extension of Rank Based Ant System with Exponential Pheromone Deposition for Speed-up and Improved Accuracy
Ayan Acharya, Aritra Banerjee and Amit Konar, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India and Mokhtar Beldjehem, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Simulation-based Software Engineering
Computation with Imprecise Probabilities
Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA
SOFTSIM_01
Monte Carlo Validation of Model Stability
Pierre N. Robillard and Simon Labelle, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
SOFTSIM_07
Standard Error Estimation for EM Applications related to Latent Class Models
Liberato Camilleri, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
SOFTSIM_05
A Petri net framework for the modeling, simulation and data analysis of biological models
Simon Hardy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA and Pierre N. Robillard, École Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
SOFTSIM_10
A Granular Unified Framework for a Machine Visual System
Mokhtar Beldjehem, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Web Computing and Cognitive Simulation for Problem Solving
A New Frontier in Computation: Computation with Information described in Natural Language
Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA
WEB_02
Simulation of a Human Machine Interaction: Locate Objects Using a Contextual Assistant
Chikhaoui Belkacem and Pigot Helene, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
SOFTSIM_03
A Granular Framework for Recognition of Arabic Handwriting
Mokhtar Beldjehem, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
SOFTSIM_02
Behavior Based Predictive Motion Controller for a Mobile Robot
Krzysztof Skrzypczyk, Krzysztof Fujarewicz, Adam Galuszka, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
WEB_03
Cognitive Modeling of a Cooking Activity: Integration of the Contention Scheduling Theory in the Cognitive Architecture ACT-R
Pierre-Yves Groussard and Helene Pigot, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
WEB_01
Developing an Ontology Extraction Agent for a Biomedical Learning Social Network
S. Mohammed, J. Fiaidhi and O. Mohammed, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Industrial Applications
SOFTSIM_11
Moving Containers in Small Terminal as Strips Planning Problem-Preliminary Results
Adam Galuszka and Krzysztof Skrzypczyk, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
VR_02
Comparison between 2D Traditional and 3D Virtual Patterns Design
Agnieszka Cichocka, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland and Pascal Bruniaux, GEMTEX-ENSAIT, Roubaix, France
