KICSS'2013 will be the 8th in the series of highly successful interdisciplinary conferences on creativity and related topics and the first one to be held in Europe, following Melbourne (2012), Beijing (2011), and Chiang Mai (2010). Proceedings of the previous KICSS conferences have been published by Springer LNCS/LNAI, IEEE CPS, JAIST Press. Please refer to most recent IC on KICSS: KICSS'2010 at http://itpe.siit.tu.ac.th/kicss2010/, KICSS'2011 at http://meta-synthesis.iss.ac.cn/kicss2011/, and KICSS'2012.

KICSS'2013 Special Theme: "Looking into the Future of Creativity and Decision Support Systems"

Organizers:
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International Center for Decision Science and Forecasting of the Progress & Business Foundation, Kraków, Poland

In cooperation with:
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Japan Creativity Society
AGH University of Science & Technology
Polish Artificial Intelligence Society

Committee Chairs:
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Prof. Dr. Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski, P&BF and AGH University of S&T, General Chair
Prof. Dr. Susumu Kunifuji, V-ce President of JAIST, Program Co-Chair
Prof. Dr. Thanaruk Theeramunkong, Thammasat University, PhD Award Chair

The list of conference topics includes, but is not limited to:
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Anticipatory networks, systems, and decisions
Autonomous creative systems
Cognitive and psychological issues in creativity research
Cognitive foundations of knowledge
Collaborative activities in Living Labs
Collaborative idea generation and creativity
Collaborative knowledge creation
Collaborative working environments fostering creativity
Complex system modelling
Computer-aided creativity
Creative anticipatory systems and networks
Creative approaches to model technological evolution
Creative business models
Creative conflict resolution
Creative coordination and cooperation mechanisms
Creative decision processes
Creative interaction techniques
Creative model building
Creative reasoning and decision making
Creative research environments and their performance
Creative social computing
Creative visualisation of data and knowledge
Creativity in finance
Creativity in augmented reality
Creativity in health care
Creativity in mobile applications
Creativity in social media
Creativity in the cloud
Creativity measurement and evaluation
Creativity support systems
Creativity transfer and stimulation
Creativity vs. rationality
Creativity-enhancing interfaces
Creativity-oriented information system architectures
Decision sciences
Decision Support Systems (DSS)
Discovering Opportunities, Threats and Challenges
Foresight Support Systems (FSS)
Future Internet and knowledge-based society
Future exploration and modelling
Future perspectives of knowledge, information, and creativity support
Game-theoretical aspects of knowledge
General Creative Systems (GCS)
General Creativity vs. Artificial General Intelligence
Group recommendation, and advise
Heuristics and general problem solving
Identifying real options in complex business environments
Information fusion
Information quality
Intelligent analysis of Big Data
Knowledge extraction, creation, and acquisition
Knowledge in multi-agent systems
Knowledge integration
Knowledge management in business, industry, and administration
Knowledge representation and reasoning
Knowledge verification and validation
Living Lab support systems (LLSS)
Machine learning and creativity
Malicious creativity in the web, its discovery and remedy
Mathematical models of creative processes
Multi- and interdisciplinary approaches in creativity research
Multicriteria decision making
Natural language analysis
Non-monotonic reasoning
Ontology creation and management
Open innovation
Organizational learning
Reasoning about knowledge
Recommender systems
Scientific information management
Search for compromise in multicriteria decision making and collaborative games
Social computing
Social factors of collaborative creativity
Software-based stimulation of creativity
Supervised and semi-supervised learning
Trust modelling
Uncertainty modelling
Virtual environment design
Visual analytics and intelligent user interfaces
Web intelligence tools
World models

Program Committee:
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Catherine G. August, ETH Zurich
Stephanie Buisine, ENSAM, Paris
Amilcar Cardoso, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra
João Clímaco, INESCC, University of Coimbra
Jozsef Dombi, University of Szeged
Petr Fiala, University of Economics in Prague
John Garofalakis, Computer Engineering & Informatics Department, University of Patras
Mordecai Henig, Tel Aviv University
Takeo Higuchi, Japan Creativity Society
Josef Jablonsky, University of Economics in Prague
Janusz Kacprzyk, Systems Research Institute, PAS, Warsaw
Ignacy Kaliszewski, Systems Research Institute, PAS, Warsaw
Hideaki Kanai, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jerzy Klamka, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, and P&BF, Kraków
Thomas Koehler, Technical University of Dresden
Susumu Kunifuji, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Antoni Ligęza, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków
Kazunori Miyata, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Grzegorz J. Nalepa AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków
Kazushi Nishimoto, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Maciej Nowak, Katowice University of Economics
Paweł Rotter, AGH University of Science and Technology and P&B Foundation, Kraków
Jose L. Salmeron, Universidad Pablo da Olavide, Seville
Hsu-Shih Shih, Tamkang University
Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski, AGH University and P&BF, Kraków
Roman Słowiński, Poznań University of Technology
Ralph Steuer, University of Georgia at Athens, GA
Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków
Xijin Tang, Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Thanaruk Theeramunkong, Thammasat University, Bangkok
Tadeusz Trzaskalik, Katowice University of Economics
Takashi Yoshino, Wakayama University
Atsuo Yoshitaka, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Po-Lung Yu, National Chiao Tung University, Taipei
Takaya Yuizono, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Constantin Zopounidis, Technical University of Crete, Chania

The above list will still be completed.

Paper submission:
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Regular Papers on all above topics should be formatted according to the LNCS format and should not exceed 12 pages. The maximum page number for short and demo papers as well as research-in-progress reports is 6 pages in the LNCS format.

The KICSS 2013 papers can be submitted and re-submitted via Easychair at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kicss2013
until July 29, 2013 (final extension).

* Submissions that overlap substantially with any other papers printed, submitted, or accepted for publication or presentation elsewhere are not allowed.
* Each author may present up to two papers. An additional fee for the second paper will apply.
* Abstract-only submissions will not be considered for presentation at the conference.
* The KICSS’2013 proceedings will be published in the Springer Series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, ISSN 2194-5357 (previous title: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing), indexed by ISI (Web of Science) Proceedings, SCOPUS, Ulrich's, EI-Compendex, DBLP, Zentralblatt Math, MetaPress, Springerlink; see more at http://www.springer.com/series/11156. The proceedings will contain all the revised regular papers and - following an extension - a selection of short and demo papers as well as research-in-progress reports. In addition, all accepted papers will appear in the Documentation Volume with an ISBN number which will be distributed to the participants at the conference.
* The authors of the selected best papers presented at the conference will be invited to submit revised and extended versions of their KICSS contributions to special issues of high-ranking scientific journals.


Awards:
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The best papers written and presented by PhD or MSc students will be awarded the KICSS’2013 Prizes. A proof of student status will be required.

Watch the KICSS'2013 website to know the news concerning the registration, accommodation, the venue etc. and/or send an expression of interest to be included into the mail list of the KICSS'2013 Newsletter.

Contact and further information:
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KICSS’2013 Organizing Committee
c/o International Center for Decision Science and Forecasting,
Progress & Business Foundation, Kraków, Poland
Conference Secretary: Ms. Alicja Madura
e-mail: kicss2013@pbf.pl
URL: www.kicss2013.ipbf.eu
Twitter: @kicss
LinkedIn Group: KICSS