From honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!eddie.mit.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!gatech!concert!duke!news.duke.edu!ee.ee.duke.edu!ctyan Thu Aug 26 12:28:23 EDT 1993 Article: 1039 of comp.ai.fuzzy Xref: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai.fuzzy:1039 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!eddie.mit.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!gatech!concert!duke!news.duke.edu!ee.ee.duke.edu!ctyan From: ctyan@ee.ee.duke.edu (Ching-Yu Tyan) Newsgroups: comp.ai.fuzzy Subject: Announcement of FT&T'93 Conference Message-ID: <19589@news.duke.edu> Date: 26 Aug 93 14:37:52 GMT Sender: news@news.duke.edu Organization: Duke University EE Dept.; Durham, NC Lines: 837 Nntp-Posting-Host: ee.egr.duke.edu PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT AND REGISTRATION SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUZZY THEORY & TECHNOLOGY - CONTROL & DECISION October 13 - 16, 1993 Sheraton University Center Durham, North Carolina 27705 USA Lotfi A. Zadeh "Best Paper Award" First Recipient: Lotfi A. Zadeh Acceptance Speech: October 15, 1993 Honorary Conference Chair Lotfi A. Zadeh General Conference Chair Paul P. Wang Co-Chairs: Masaki Togai, Xuan-Zhong Ni October 13, 1993, 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Tutorials October 14, 15 & 16, 1993, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Conference October 15, 1993, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Banquet October 13, 14, 16, 1993, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. "An Evening with": FuziWare, TIL Inc., & IMI, Inc. Please contact: Dr. Paul P. Wang Duke University Dept. of Electrical Engineering Box 90291 Durham, NC 27708-0291 USA Telephone: (919) 660-5271 (919) 660-5259 FAX: (919) 660-5293 (919) 684-4860 e-mail: ppw@ee.duke.edu Financial Contribution received from Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc., & Center for International Studies of Duke University is gratefully acknowledged. Advisory Board: Nick Baker Earl Dowell Kaoru Hirota George Klir Bart Kosko E. Mamdani Azriel Rosenfield John E.R. Staddon Max Woodbury Victor VanBeuren Ron Yager Lotfi A. Zadeh M. Zemankova H. Zimmermann Program Committee: Jack Aldridge Bruno Bosacchi B. Bouchon-Meunier Mo Y. Chow Rhett George George Georgiou I.R. Goodman Silvia Guiasu D.L. Hung Timothy Jacobs Y.K. Jani S.C. Kak Abe Kandel Vladik Kreinovich Reza Langari Don Meyers C.K. Mitchell John Mordeson Akira Nakamara Elie Sanchez Shouyee Shao Sujeet Shenoi Frank Shih Wes Snyder John Sutton L. M. Sztandera I.B. Turksen Edward K. Wong John Yen T. Yamakawa Conference Working Committee: Exhibit Information: Interested vendors should contact & Local Information assistance shall direct to: Rhett George, E.E. Dept., Duke University Telephone: (919) 660-5242 FAX: (919) 660-5293 e-mail: rtg@ee.duke.edu Exhibit Site: Sheraton University Center Telephone: (919) 383-8575 FAX: (919) 383-8495 (first come, first served basis) Administrative Assistance & Information: Jerry C.Y. Tyan: e-mail: ctyan@ee.duke.edu Tel: (919) 660-5233 Duke University Liaison: Kathleen Williams Tel: (919) 660-5253 Publications: (proceedings & book) Shirley Tsung Tel: (703) 631-5204 Copy Service: Bob Page, Kinko's Copy Center Tel: 286-1000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorials Wednesday, October 13, 1993 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon & 1:00 p.m .- 5:00 p.m. 1. Abe Kandel Fuzzy Set & Logic 2. Richard Palmer Neural Network 3. Yashvant Jani Genetic Algorithms 4. Yashvant Jani Fuzzy Control System Design 5. Marcus Thint Fuzzy Logic & NN Integration 6. Abe Kandel Fuzzy Expert Systems 7. Paul P. Wang Sensing Data, Pattern Recognition & Intelligent Control Tutorials may be cancelled for insufficient number of registrants. Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 14, Thursday Welcome & Opening Speech Speaker: Earl Dowell (Chair Professor, Dean of Engineering, Duke University) Greenbriar Ballroom 8:30 - 8:40 Plenary Session I Chair: Erol Gelenbe (Duke University, USA) Greenbriar Ballroom 8:40 - 10:00 "Good Recurrent Networks for Learning and Control." E. Gelenbe (Duke University, USA) "Multivalued Logics Versus Modal Logics: Alternative Frameworks for Uncertainty Modelling." G.J. Klir (Chair Professor, State Univ of New York at Binghamton, USA) Coffee Break 10:00 - 10:15 Session I: Fuzzy Mathematics (I) Chair: J.N. Mordeson (Creighton University, USA) Greenbriar Chamber A 10:15 - 12:00 "Fuzzy Subgroups & Coding Theory" S.C. Cheng, J.N. Mordeson (Creighton University, USA) "Basic Fuzzy Subgroups." J.N. Mordeson, M.K. Sen (Creighton University, USA) "Fuzzy Sets on a Semigroup." A.F.M.K. Khan, S. Banu, K.K. Banik (University of Dhaka, BANGLADESH) "Fuzzy Ideals & Fuzzy Bi-ideals in Fuzzy Semigroups." K.A. Dib, N. Galhum (Cairo University. EGYPT) "Fuzzy Numbers and Reliability Theory" V. Cutello, (SGS-THOMSON, Italy), J. Montero (Complutense Univ., SPAIN) "An Unified Relational Data Model with Null Values." W.Y. Liu (Yunnan University, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA) "Selection of an IRA Methodology Using Fuzzy Measures." K.C. Mitchell (Solon, USA), M. Woodbury (Duke Univ. USA), J. Stott (University of Maryland, USA) Session II: Decision Support & Expert System Chair: Wes Snyder (NC State University and Wake Forest University, USA) Greenbriar Chamber B 10:15 - 12:00 "Rule Based Fault Diagnosis/Detection Expert System for Aircraft Flight Control System" C.Y. Tyan, P.P. Wang (Duke University, USA) "Off-line-access to Remote Data Bases with Fuzzy Searching Elements." V.V. Senkevich (Central Research Institute for Informations, Economics & Management Systems, RUSSIA) "Decision Support System Aiming at Cooperative Interactions." A. Nukuzuma, K. Yamada, N. Harada, K. Ishimaru, H. Furukawa (LIFE, JAPAN) "Examining the Potential of Fuzzy Software Requirements Specifications." D.T. Joyce, D. Ruan (Villanova University, USA) "The Role of Fuzzy Sets in Database Security." S. Shenoi (University of Tulsa, USA) "Cogitator - A Database-Driven Fuzzy Expert System." P. Baise (Rhodes University, SOUTH AFRICA) Session III: Neural Network (I) Chair: W.A. Porter (University of Alabama, USA) Greenbriar Chamber C 10:15 - 12:00 "On the Performance of Higher Moment Neural Computation." W.A. Porter, W. Liu, M. Alradaideh (University of Alabama, USA) "System Identification Using Neural Processing." W.A. Porter, S.X. Zhang (University of Alabama, USA) "A Neural Network Model for Autoassociative Memory" S. Das, S.C. Kak (Louisiana State University, USA) "A New Neural Network Model for Optimization with an Application to the Grid Connection Problem." S. Das (Louisiana State University, USA) "Comparison of Learning and Generalization Capabilities of the Kak Algorithm and the Backpropagation Algorithms." P. Raina (Louisiana State University, USA) Lunch 12:00 - 13:30 Session IV: Pattern Recognition & Image Processing Chair: G. Stetten (Duke University, USA) Greenbriar Chamber A 13:30 - 15:30 "Fuzzy Subfiber and Its Application to Image Segmentation." L. Chen, H.D. Cheng, J. Zhang (Utah State University, USA) "Quadrature Shape Detection" G.D. Stetten, R. Morris (Duke University, USA) "Fuzzy Rule Based Approach for Edge Detection of Color Image" N. Ito, R. Kamekura, H. Tashiro, T. Yokoyama, Y. Matsushita (Keio University, JAPAN) "A Fuzzy Model for Supervised Character Classification." S.S. Chen, F.Y. Shih, P.A. Ng (NJIT, USA) "Fuzzy Relational Grammars for Interactive Gesture Recognition." J.A. Jorge (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) "Image Enhancement Using Fuzzy Logic." X. Li, Z. Zhao, H.D. Cheng (Utah State University, USA) "A Fuzzy Online Handwriting Recognition System: FOHRES" A. Malaviya (GMD - German National Research Centre, GERMANY) Session V: Neural Network (II) Chair: Subhash Kak (Louisiana State University, USA) Greenbriar Chamber B 13:30 - 15:30 "A Neural Network Approach for Fuzzy Clustering Analysis." Z. Zhao, R.W. Gundenson, H.D. Cheng (Utah State University, USA) "Oscillators & Switches in Physiological Circuits." (Invited Paper) A. Kivillov (Wake Forest University, USA) "Image Relaxation Processes and Scale Space." (Invited Paper) W.E. Snyder (Bowman Gray, USA) "Use of a Default Rule in Fuzzy Self-Organizing Maps." P. Vuorimaa (Tampere University of Technology, FINLAND) "Predicting Insulator Polluting Using Neural Networks." G. Richards, P. Cline (University of New Orleans, USA) "Bounds for Output Fuzziness of Neural Networks." P.C. Kainen (Industrial Math, USA), V. Kurkova (Institute of Computer Science, CZECHOSLOVAKIA) Coffee Break 15:30 - 15:50 Plenary Session II Chair: W. Mansfield (Bellcore, USA) Greenbriar Ballroom 15:50 - 17:10 "Fuzzy Theory & Natural Language Processing." S.S. Chen (National Science Foundation, USA) "Fuzzy Semantics and Fuzzy Constraint Networks." James Bowen (North Carolina State University, USA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 15, Friday Plenary Session III Chair: Guoging Tang (North Carolina A&T, USA) Greenbriar Ballroom 8:30 - 10:00 "Fuzzy Logic as a Framework for Synthesis of Nonlinear Control Strategies." R. Langari (Texas A&M, USA) "Fuzzy Knowledge Representation and Inference: Review and challenges." I.B. Turksen (University of Toronto, CANADA) Coffee Break 10:00 - 10:15 Session VI: Possibility Theory & Fuzzy Reasoning Chair: S. Guiasu (York University, CANADA) Greenbriar Chamber A 10:15 - 12:00 "Weighting Independent Bodies of Evidence." S. Guiasu (York University, CANADA) "An Implementation of Dynamic Evaluation of Expertise in UNIX Using Fuzzy/Neural Techniques." C. Chiu (Yuan Ze Institute of Technology, Taiwan, ROC), C.I. Hsu (George Mason University, USA), A.F. Norcio (University of Maryland, USA) "Fuzzy Associative Memory for Predicting Product Design Failure Rates." K. Weyenberg, C.H. Dagli (University of Missouri-Rolla, USA) "Satisfaction-oriented Fuzzy Reasoning." P.V. Homeier (The Aerospace Corp., USA) "Possibilistic Evidential Measures and Their Application." S.M. Mohiddin (La Trobe University, AUSTRALIA) Session VII: Fuzzy System Design Chair: Ren C. Luo (North Carolina State University, USA) Greenbriar Chamber B 10:15 - 12:00 "Intelligent Gas Water Heater Using Fuzzy Logic." S.Y. Shao (Shanghai Municipal Gas Co., People's Republic of China) "Genetic Design of Fuzzy Controllers." M.G. Cooper, J.J. Vidal (University of California at Los Angeles, USA) "A Survey of Fuzzy Logic Technology in Automotive Applications: The Case of Automatic Transmission Control of Automobiles." A. Bastian, A.L. Ralescu (LIFE, JAPAN) "Fuzzy Controller Design Using Genetic Algorithms and Cell Maps." H.T. Hu, H.M. Tai, S. Shenoi (University of Tulsa, USA) "Camcorder Auto Focus Design Using Fuzzy Logic." K. Kaneda (Canon INC., JAPAN) "User-interactive Speech Enhancement Using Fuzzy Logic." F. Chiou (Georgia Tech, USA) Session VIII: Neural Network (III) Chair: G.M. Georgiou (California State University, USA) Greenbriar Chamber C 10:15 - 12:00 "Applications of Complex-valued Neural Networks for Coherent Optical Computing Devices Using Phase Sensitive Detection." (Invited Paper) A. Hirose (University of Tokyo, JAPAN) "The Moebius Neuron." G.M. Georgiou (California State University, USA) "Hybrid Kohonen Network" R. Srikanth (Clark Atlanta University, USA) "Computing Nearest Neighbor Pattern Classification Perceptrons." O. Murphy, B. Brooks, T. Kite (California State University, USA) "An Adaptive Fuzzy Anti Slippage System for Heavy Duty Off-road Vehicles." K. Kansala, J.M. Hasemann (Technical Research Centre of Finland, FINLAND) Lunch 12:00 - 13:30 Session IX: Fuzzy Mathematics (II) Chair: D.S. Malik (Creighton University, USA) Greenbriar Chamber A 13:30 - 15:30 "Fuzzy Intersection Equation." J.N. Mordeson, C.S. Peng (Creighton University, USA) "t-Norms vs: Min in Fuzzy Algebra." D.S. Malik, J.N. Mordeson (Creighton University, USA) "Fuzzy Galois Theory." J.N. Mordeson (Creighton University, USA) "On the Relationship of Extended Necessity Measures to Implication Operator on the Unit Interval." A.A. Abdel-Hamid, N.N. Morsi (Military Technical College, EGYPT) "On Fuzzy Idempotent Matrices." J. Bai, H.C. Choi (West Virginia University, USA) "On Fuzzy Relations in Fuzzy Spaces" K.A. Dib (Fayoum Branch of Cairo University, EGYPT) Session X: Fuzzy Control Applications Chair: P. Varshney (Syracuse University, USA) Greenbriar Chamber B 13:30 - 15:30 "Performance Comparison of Fuzzy Logic and P.D. Controller in Temperature Control." H.C. Tseng, C. Escobar (Santa Clara University, USA) "An Adaptive Variable - Structure Fuzzy Logic controller." S.M. Smith, D.T. Anderson "Experimental Results of Returning a Self-tuning Fuzzy Controller." W.C. Daugherity (Texas A&M University, USA) "Practical Autonomous Control Hardware for Real Time Applications." D. Gardner, K. Ashenayi, S. Shenoi (University of Tulsa, USA) "A Fuzzy Self-Tuning Controller for Robot Manipulators." P. Desai (Penn State University, USA) "Fuzzy Controller for Robot Arm Trajectory." B. Sayyarrodsari, A. Homaifar, J.E. Hogans IV (North Carolina A&T State University, USA) "Fuzzy Controller for Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Problem." V. Gopalan, A. Homaifar, B. Sayyarrodsari (North Carolina A&T State University, USA), R.W. Dabney (NASA - Marshall Space Center USA) coffee Break 15:30 - 15:50 Plenary Session IV Chair: J. Staddon (Chair Professor, Duke University, USA) Greenbriar Ballroom 15:50 - 17:10 "A New Characterization of Fuzzy Logic Operators Producing Homorphic-Like Conjunction-Disjunction Combinations between All Fuzzy Sets and Their One-Point Coverage-Equivalent Classes of Random Sets." I.R. Goodman (NRaD, USA) "Ensemble Neuron Recordings to Analyze Physiological Neurological Neural Circuits." D. Woodward (USA) October 15, 1993 Afternoon Banquet 19:00 - 21:30 Lotfi A. Zadeh Premier Best Paper Award Ceremony Presenter: George Klir, (Chair Professor, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA) 8:00 p.m. Speech by Lotfi A. Zadeh, (BISC, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 16, Saturday Plenary Session V Chair: Chris Tseng (Santa Clara University, USA) Greenbriar Ballroom 8:30 - 10:00 "Hybrid Intelligent Systems and Their Applications." Abe Kandel (Chair Professor, University of South Florida, USA) "Decision Fusion." P. Varshney (Syracuse University, USA) Coffee Break 10:00 - 10:15 Session XI: Fuzzy Logic Theory Chair: Max A. Woodbury (Duke University, USA) Greenbriar Chamber A 10:15 - 12:00 "On a Modal Fuzzy Logic Based on Zadeh's Similarity Relations." (Invited Paper) A. Nakamura (Meiji University, JAPAN) "Complementary Fuzzy Logic System." (Invited Paper) H. Suzuki (Chuo Univ., JAPAN), S. Arimoto (Univ. of Tokyo, JAPAN) "Hom & Hom Functors in Fuzzy Modular Category." F. Pan (Hubei University, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA) "A Modified Measure for Fuzzy Subsethood." C.C. Wang (National Sun Yat-Sen University, TAIWAN, ROC), H.S. Don (National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan, ROC) "Fuzzy Quantifiers and Rough Quantifiers." (Invited Paper) A. Nakamura (Meiji University, JAPAN) "A Similarity Relation and Its Applications." K. Le (University of Canberra, AUSTRALIA) Session XII: Fuzzy Controller Design Chair: L.M. Sztandera (Philadelphia College, USA) Greenbriar Chamber B 10:15 - 12:00 "Error Propagation Fuzzy Control System." L.M. Sztandera (Philadelphia College, USA) "Fuzzy Logic Control of a Gimballed Payload on a Space Platform." S.E. Woodard, C.Y. Tyan, P.P. Wang (Duke University, USA) "Control Structures Integration Office Space Systems Division." C. Larson (Rockwell International, USA) "Design of Fuzzy Logic Controller for Tank Water Level Control System." C.Y. Tyan, P.P. Wang (Duke University, USA) "Intelligent Control of a Complex System." J. Dai, P.P. Wang (Duke University, USA) Session XIII: Neural Network (IV) (Invited Session) Chair: J.C. Sutton, M.Y. Chow (NCSU, USA) Greenbriar Chamber C 10:15 - 12:00 "A Fuzzy Assembler for a Neural Network." C.J. D'Costa, J.C. Sutton (North Carolina State University, USA) "Fuzzy Behavior Fusion for Autonomous Mobile Robot Control." R.C. Luo, S. Goodridge (North Carolina State University, USA) "Relationship of Fuzzy Logic and Steepest Descent Approaches for Neural Network Configuration." R. Sharpe, M.Y. Chow (North Carolina State University, USA) "Design for Assembly Using Fuzzy Sets." S. Jackson (IMSEI Institute), J. Sutton (NC State University, USA) "Applications of Complex-valued Neural Networks for Coherent Optical Computing Devices Using Phase Sensitive Detection." A. Hirose (University of Tokyo, JAPAN) lunch 12:30 - 13:30 Session XIV: Fuzzy Inference Chair: A. Nakamura (Meiji University, JAPAN) Greenbriar Chamber A 13:30 - 15:30 "How to Evaluate 10,000,000 Rules Per Second Without Specialized Hardware." E. Bolinger (Software Consulting, Inc., USA) "Design and Implementation of a Hardware Fuzzy Inference Engine." D. Hung (Gannon Univ., USA), W. Zajak (Spectrum Control, Inc., USA) "Fuzzy Conditional Inference for Medical Diagnosis." P.V.S. Reddy (Sri Venkateware University, INDIA) "Overview and Special Feature of FINEST: Fuzzy Inference Environment Software with Tuning." T. Oyama (LIFE, JAPAN) "Fuzzy Geometric Transformations and Applications to Computer Graphics." V. Cutello (SGS - THOMSON, ITALY), M. Palano (Univ. of Milano, Italy) R. Poluzzi, G. Rizzotto (SGS-Thomson, ITALY) Session XV: Neural Network & Learning Chair: Z.W. Ras (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA) Greenbriar Chamber B 13:30 - 15:30 "A Fuzzy Kohonen Network for the Classification of Transients Using the Wavelet Transform for Feature Extraction." C.J. Deschenes (TASC, USA) "A Fuzzy Learning System for Time-Series Analysis." T.L.D. Guo, R. Jayakumar, Y.Y. Tang (Concordia University, CANADA) "A Fuzzy Tree Induction Learning Method." B. Jeng, Y.M. Jeng (National Sun Yat-Sen University, TAIWAN, ROC) "A Labeled Object Identification System Using Multi-level Neural Networks." S.M. Prabhu, D.P. Garg (Duke University, USA) "An Adaptive Fuzzy Signal Restoration Algorithm." R.H.T. Jongwe (Howard University, USA) "Stochastic Approximation and Function Smoothing for Neural Network Learning." L.Q. Xu, T. Hall (King's College London, ENGLAND) Coffee Break 15:30 - 15:50 Panel Discussion: Expert System & Fuzzy Expert System Chair: Abe Kandel (Chair Professor, University of South Florida, USA) Greenbriar Ballroom 15:50 - 17:00 Panelists: I.B. Turksen, Abe Kandel, Ed Hammond, Wes Snyder, H.D. Cheng, Roy George ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Premier Best Paper Award: The Premier Best Paper Award goes to Lotfi A. Zadeh, recognizing the contribution of his 1965 seminar paper entitled "Fuzzy Sets." Acceptance Speech 8:00 p.m. Rules for Best Paper Award FT&T '93: All technical papers submitted to FT&T, 1993 are automatically qualified as candidates for this award. However, the following requirements must be satisfied in order to qualify as a serious candidate: (i) A full length paper (3 copies) must be submitted on or before noon of October 16, 1993. (ii) Author must present his/her paper at this conference in person. The prize for this award is $2,500 plus hotel accommodations (traveling expenses excluded) at FT&T, 1994. The date for announcement of the best paper is March 30, 1994. Oral presentation in person at FT&T, 1993 is required and an acceptance speech at FT&T, 1994 is also required. The evaluation committee for FT&T, 1993 consists of the following 10 members: Jack Aldridge, B. Bouchon-Meunier, Able Kandel, George Klir, I.R. Goodman, Reza Langari, John Mordeson, Sujeet Shenoi, H. Chris Tseng, I.B. Turksen, Frank Y. Shih (Alternates: Akira Nakamura and Marcus Thint) "An Evening With..." Program: This program is devoted to the practical applications of fuzzy logic hardware & software and the tools used to develop these applications. The program also consists of information-processing systems that can benefit form the natural language and expert systems capabilities of fuzzy logic. All three programs are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Be sure to bring your problems with you! October 13, 1993, Wednesday FuziWare, Inc. (615) 588-4144 October 14, 1993, Thursday Togai Infra Logic, Inc. (714) 995-8522 Saturday, October 16, 1993 Intelligent Machines, Inc. (408) 745-7938 Registration Fees: Full Registration $375 Student Registration $150 Tutorial w/Conf. Reg. $200 Tutorial w/o Conf. Reg. $475 Exhibit Booth Fee $500 One Day Fee $150 (full) $75 (student) Full Conference Registration: Includes admission to all sessions, exhibit area, banquet (Friday evening, October 15, 1993) coffee, tea and soda. Summary at conference and one hard-covered proceeding (book) one year later. Tutorials are not included. Student Registration: For full-time students only. A letter from your department is required. You must present a current student ID with picture. Summary is included, but not the hard-covered proceeding (book) and the banquet on Friday evening. An Evening With... with conf. reg. one evening $150 two evenings $200 three evenings $250 without conf. reg. one evening $450 two evenings $550 three evenings $650 Conference Registration ___ I intend to participate in the conference. ___ I intend to register in tutorial(s) ___ I intend to participate in the "An Evening With..." Name: Dr./Mr./Ms. (first) _______________ (middle) _______________ (last) _______________ Address ______________________________________________________________ Country _______________ Phone ________________ FAX ________________ E-Mail _______________________ Total Enclosed (US Dollars): Conference fee: $ ____________ Tutorials: $ __________ An Evening With... $ ____________ Please make check payable and mail to: FT&T, c / o P.P. Wang, Department of Electrical Engineering, Box 90291, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0291, USA All foreign payments must be made by draft on a US Bank in US dollars. No credit cards accepted. Cancellations: If conference or tutorial registration is cancelled prior to September 25, 1993, your fee less $40 US for administrative cost will be refunded upon written request. No refunds will be made after September 25, 1993. Allow 6 to 8 weeks for refunds. Hotel Reservations: Sheraton Inn, University Center of Durham, NC 27705, USA, is the conference site and lodging. "Group Reservation Request" designed specifically for our conference. ($68 per night, single rate or double rate). Sheraton Inn - University Center 2800 Middleton Avenue Telephone: (919) 383-8575 FAX: (919) 383-8495 Travel Arrangements: The Travel Center of Durham, Inc. has been designated the official travel provider. Special domestic fares have been arranged and The Travel Center is prepared to book all flight travel. Domestic United States and Canada: 1-800-334-1085 International FAX: (919) 687-0903 Durham Weather in October: Average Temperature: 60.1 F Rain for whole month: 2.86 inches ...Once again, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHING CO., INC. and ACADEMIC PRESS will exhibit their publications at FT&T. Other publishers' exhibits are under negotiation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS Third International Conference - FT&T 1994 will join Joint Conference on Information Sciences with First Annual Conference on Soft Computing & Intelligent Systems First Annual Conference on Computer Theory & Informatics. Time: November 13 - 16, 1994 Place: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Pinehurst, NC USA Sponsored by Information Sciences - An International Journal 2nd Lotfi A. Zadeh Best Paper Award will be presented at this joint conference. Very special discount rates have been agreed upon. Daily Rates for Hotel: Single Occupancy - $122.00 Double Occupancy - $91.00 Per Person Daily Rates for Manor Inn: Single Occupancy - $108.00 Double Occupancy - $79.00 Per Person Rates are per person, per night and include accommodations, breakfast and dinner daily. Pinehurst Resort encompasses an elegant historic hotel (registered with "Historic Hotels of America") with the best in accommodations, gourmet dining and modern meeting facilities. This AAA Four Diamond and Mobil Four Star resort offers a wide range of activities including seven championship golf courses, tennis, waters sports, croquet and sport shooting. For further information, please contact: Paul P. Wang Department of Electrical Engineering Box 90291 Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0291 Telephone: (919) 660-5271 (919) 660-5259 FAX: (9190 660-5293 (919) 684-4860 e-mail: ppw@ee.duke.edu