2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man& Cybernetics
October 11-14, 2009
Hyatt Regency Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Location:
The 2009 SMC conference will be held in San Antonio, U.S.A. at the luxurious Hyatt Regency Riverwalk Hotel, 123 Losoya Ave., on the banks of the Riverwalk and across from The Alamo.

Theme:
The 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC2009) provides an international forum that brings together those actively involved in areas of interest to the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, to report on up-to-the-minute innovations and developments, to summarize the state-of-the-art, and to exchange ideas and advances in all aspects of systems science and engineering, human machine systems, and cybernetics. The theme of the conference is:

Intelligent Human-Machine Systems for Quality of Life

Advances in Systems Science and Engineering, Human-Machine Systems, and Cybernetics continually play increasing roles in creating intelligent environments involving state-of-art technologies interacting with humans to provide an enriching experience and thereby improving the quality of our lives. Papers related to this conference theme are especially solicited, including theories, methodologies, and emerging applications such as recognition of activities of daily living. Contributions covering theoretical developments and practical applications, including but not limited to the following technical areas, are invited:
Systems Science & Engineering: Human-Machine Systems: Cybernetics:
Communications
Conflict Resolution
Consumer and Industrial Applications
Control of Uncertain Systems
Cooperative Systems and Control
Decision Support Systems
Discrete Event Systems and Petri Nets
Distributed Intelligent Systems
Enterprise Information Systems
Fault Monitoring and Diagnosis
Intelligent Power Grid
Smart Metering
Infrastructure Systems and Services
Homeland Security
Intelligent Green Production Systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Large-Scale/Complex Syst, Syst of Sys
Manufacturing Systems & Automation
Mechatronics
Micro and/or Nano Systems
Quality/Reliability Engineering
Robotic Systems
Service Systems and Organizations
Smart Sensor Networks
System Modeling & Control
Technology Assessment Assistive Technology
Augmented Cognition
Brain-based Information Communications
Design Methods
Entertainment Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction
Human Factors
Human Performance Modeling
Human-Machine Cooperation and Systems
Human-Machine Interface & Communications
Web Intelligence and Interaction
Information Visualization
Information Systems for Design & Marketing
Virtual and Augmented Reality Systems
Interactive and Digital Media
Interactive Design Science & Engineering
Kansei (sense/emotion) Engineering
Medical Informatics
Multimedia Systems
Multi-user Interaction
Resilience Engineering
Supervisory Control
Systems Safety and Security
Team Performance and Training Systems
User Interface Design
Wearable Computing Agent-Based Modeling
Artificial Immune Systems
Artificial Life
Biometric systems and Bioinformatics
Computational Intelligence
Computational Life Science
Cybernetics for Informatics
Evolutionary Computation
Expert & Knowledge-based Systems
Information Assurance & Intel. Multimedia Computation
Heuristic Algorithms
Hybrid models of NN, Fuzzy Sys & Evolutionary Computing
Image Processing/Pattern Recognition
Fuzzy Systems and Their applications
Intelligent Internet Systems
Knowledge Acquisition in Intelligent
Machine Learning
Machine Vision
Media Computing
Medical Informatics
Neural Networks and Their Applications
Optimization
Self-Organization
Swarm Intelligence



Important Dates:
Feb 1, 2009: Deadline for submission of proposals for Special sessions.
March 1, 2009: Deadline for submission of proposals (one-page abstract) for tutorial sessions.
March 15, 2009: Deadline for submission of full length papers for regular papers.
May 14, 2009: Acceptance/Rejection notification.
June 29, 2009: Final camera-ready papers due in electronic form.


Call for Regular Session Papers:
Prospective authors are invited to submit their full-length papers electronically through the conference website. Each paper should be concise, but contain sufficient detail and references to allow critical review. Each paper will be judged by at least two referees.


Call for Special Sessions:
The goal of Special Sessions (SS) is to provide a focused discussion of new or innovative topics. SS organizer(s) must collect at least five papers. An individual can download an SMC2009 SS proposal form from SMC2009 official site, and send a full-filled form to the SS Chair. SS papers will be reviewed with the same criteria as Regular Session papers.

Important Dates:

* Feb 1, 2009:
Deadline for submission of proposals for Special Sessions.
* March 1, 2009:
Deadline for submission of proposals (one-page abstract) for Tutorial Sessions.
* March 15, 2009:
Deadline for submission of full-length papers for Regular Sessions.
* May 14, 2009:
Acceptance/Rejection notification.
* June 29, 2009:
Final camera-ready papers due in electronic form.