2008 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

Hong Kong, June 1-6, 2008, IJCNN’2008

Special Session Hybrid Neural Intelligent Systems (NN03)

Organized by: Prof. Patricia Melin, and Prof. Oscar Castillo

epmelin@hafsamx.org, ocastillo@hafsamx.org

 

Description

This Special Session is being organized as the main activity of the Task Force on Hybrid Intelligent Systems of the NNTC and will consist of papers that integrate different Soft Computing (SC) methodologies for the development of hybrid neural intelligent systems for modeling, simulation and control of non-linear dynamical systems. SC methodologies at the moment include (at least) Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms and Chaos Theory. Each of these methodologies has advantages and disadvantages and many problems have been solved, by using one of these methodologies. However, many real-world complex industrial problems require the integration of several of these methodologies to really achieve the efficiency and accuracy needed in practice. In this Special Session, an overview of SC methodologies, and their applications to modeling, simulation and control, will be given in an introductory paper by the Organizers. Then, detailed methods for integrating the different SC methodologies and neural networks in solving real-world problems will be given in the papers by the other authors in the Special Session. The Special Session will include applications on the following areas: Robotic Dynamic Systems, Non-linear Plants, Manufacturing Systems, and Time Series Prediction.

 

Topics of interest (not limited to)

1. Successful new applications to real-world problems of neural networks and soft computing techniques that are found to achieve better results than conventional techniques. In this case, special attention should be given to the metrics used to compare SC techniques with conventional ones.

2. Developments of innovative hybrid methods combining neural networks with SC techniques and conventional techniques to solve problems related to modeling, simulation and control of non-linear dynamical systems. In this case, the problems to be considered in these papers may not be as complex as the ones in the previous point, but the authors have to explain very carefully how their proposed method could be used, in the future, to solve real-world problems.

3. Papers considering original research on new neural network techniques are also welcome, but the authors would have to make a detailed description of how their proposed approach is compared with other related techniques.

 

BRIEF CVs

Patricia Melin. She holds the Doctor in Science degree (Doctor Habilitatus D.Sc.) in Computer Science from the Polish Academy of Sciences (with the Dissertation “Hybrid Intelligent Systems for Pattern Recognition using Soft Computing”). She is a Professor of Computer Science in the Graduate Division, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico, since 1998. In addition, she is serving as Director of Graduate Studies in Computer Science and head of the research group on Computational Intelligence (2000-present). Currently, she is Vice President of HAFSA (Hispanic American Fuzzy Systems Association) and Program Chair of International Conference FNG’05, FNG’07. She is also Program Chair of the IFSA 2007 World Congress to held in Cancun, Mexico. Prof. Melin is the founding Chair of the Mexican Chapter of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. She is Vice Chair of the IEEE Neural Network Technical Committee (2007), she also belongs to the IEEE CIS Educational Committee, the Committee of Women in Computational Intelligence of the IEEE and to the New York Academy of Sciences. She is member of NAFIPS, IFSA, and senior member of IEEE. She belongs to the Mexican Research System with level II. Her research interests are in Type-2 Fuzzy Logic, Modular Neural Networks, Pattern Recognition, Fuzzy Control, Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic-Fuzzy hybrid approaches. She has published over 50 journal papers, 5 authored books, 6 edited books, and 160 papers in conference proceedings. She has served as Guest Editor of several Special Issues in the past, like “Soft Computing for Control of Non-Linear Dynamical Systems” in the Journal of Applied Soft Computing, 2003 (Elsevier), “Hybrid Intelligent Systems” in the Journal of Non-Linear Studies, 2004 (I&S Publishers), and “Soft Computing for Modeling, Simulation, and “Control of Non-Linear Dynamical Systems” in the Journal of Intelligent Systems, 2005 (Wiley), “Hybrid Intelligent Systems” in the Journal of Information Sciences, 2007 (Elsevier).

Web page: www.hafsamx.org/melin

 

Oscar Castillo holds the Doctor in Science degree (Doctor Habilitatus) in Computer Science from the Polish Academy of Sciences (with the Dissertation “Soft Computing and Fractal Theory for Intelligent Manufacturing”). He is a Professor of Computer Science in the Graduate Division, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico. In addition, he is serving as Research Director of Computer Science and head of the research group on fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms. Currently, he is President of HAFSA (Hispanic American Fuzzy Systems Association) and Vice-President of IFSA (International Fuzzy Systems Association) in charge of publicity. Prof. Castillo is also Vice-Chair of the Mexican Chapter of the Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE). Prof. Castillo is also General Chair of the IFSA 2007 World Congress to be held in Cancun, Mexico. He also belongs to the Technical Committee on Fuzzy Systems of IEEE and to the Task Force on “Extensions to Type-1 Fuzzy Systems”. He is also a member of NAFIPS, IFSA and IEEE. He belongs to the Mexican Research System. His research interests are in Type-2 Fuzzy Logic, Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic, Fuzzy Control, Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic-Fuzzy hybrid approaches. He has published over 60 journal papers, 5 authored books, 10 edited books, and 160 papers in conference proceedings. He has been Guest Editor of several successful Special Issues in the past, like “Soft Computing for Control of Non-Linear Dynamical Systems” in the Journal of Applied Soft Computing, 2003 (Elsevier), “Hybrid Intelligent Systems” in the Journal of Non-Linear Studies, 2004 (I&S Publishers), and “Soft Computing for Modeling, Simulation, and “Control of Non-Linear Dynamical Systems” in the Journal of Intelligent Systems, 2005 (Wiley). Web Page: www.hafsamx.org/castillo