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COIL - Computational Intelligence and Learning
A new exiting event of ERUDIT is approaching: ESIT
'99, the European Symposium on Intelligent Techniques. It will - as
has already been announced - take place in the Orthodox Academy of Crete,
near Chania on Crete (Greece). Preparations are practically complete and
we are sure that the program offers more attractions than ever: in addition
to the plenary, semi-plenary and parallel sessions all Technical Committees
will organize workshops during this event. The participants, and in due
course all the nodes of the Network, will receive a CD ROM containing
descriptions of the nodes of ERUDIT based on the up-dated ECUME Database
and including the proceedings of ESIT'99. For TC A (Primary and Process
Industry) and TC F (Finance, Trade, and Services) we have started a comprehensive
questionnaire survey. Many answers have already arrived and we will report
on the results in Crete.
We will also be able to report about new developments of the cooperation of the European
Networks of Excellence (NoE) ERUDIT (Fuzzy Sets), EvoNet (Evolutionary Computing), NeuroNet (Neural
Nets) and MLNet (Machine Learning). Those networks have formed a cluster "COIL"
(Computational Intelligence and Learning), the aim of which is to identify and exploit synergies of
the four approaches represented by the respective NoEs. There have already been a number of
meetings of the coordinating committee. The European Commission supports this activity financially
and we hope very soon to be able to offer new perspectives and opportunities to all the nodes of
the participating Networks of Excellence. Furthermore, an enlarged Technological Roadmap will soon
be available and we count on your help to make it as attractive as possible. The 3rd international
competition is also organised by ERUDIT as an activity of COIL.
Following the launch of the 5th framework program three information days took place in Europe
to explain aspects of Future and Emerging Technologies part of of the framework of IST (Information
Society Technologies) programme. IST combines the former ESPRIT, ACTS and Telematics programs and
also includes basic research work under the heading Future and Emerging Technologies. The
information days focussed on three "proactive" initiatives: "Quantum Information
Processing and Communication", "Universal Information Ecosystems (UIE)" and
"Nanotechnology Information Devices".
For ERUDIT and the other NoEs in COIL (see above), UIE is presumably of highest interest,
particularly since new types of projects and applications are envisioned. To discuss those in
detail is certainly beyond the scope of this Newsletter. We hope, however, to discuss this with you
in Crete. For those who will not be at Crete and who have an interest in bidding for research
projects, a guide can be found on the web site: http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fetuie.htm
Note that there is only a limited time left to prepare the proposals which are due in the
middle of June. |
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