International Conference on Fuzzy Sets and Soft Computing in Economics and Finance (FSSCEF 2004)

June 17-20, 2004, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

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Topics of the Conference

Honorary Chairman

Co-Chairs of Program Committee

Co-Chairs of Organizing Committee

Invited Lectures

International Program Committee

Organizing Commitee

Service Agent of Conference

Submission of Papers

Important Dates

Conference Web Page

Exchange Rate Features

Cultural Program

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Deadline is extended!

Call for Papers

International Conference on Fuzzy Sets and Soft Computing in Economics and Finance, FSSCEF 2004

June 17-20, 2004, St. Petersburg, Russia

Sponsored by:

Siemens Business Services Russia
Financial company "Inkastrast"
Economic Faculty of Moscow State University
University of Economics and Finance
Mexican Petroleum Institute
Kazan State Technological University
Journal of Audit and Financial Analysis
Journal of News of Artificial Intelligence
Journal of Mathware and Soft Computing
International Fuzzy Systems Association IFSA
International Association for Fuzzy-Set Management and Economy SIGEF
Russian Fuzzy Systems Association
Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Russia
European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology EUSFLAT
Institute of Problems of Informatics, Academy of Sciences Republic of Tatarstan

The goal of conference is to join together researchers in fuzzy logic, soft computing and computing with words and specialists in economics, finance, practical management and business administration for discussing new theoretical results and practical applications of perspective intelligent technique in economics, finance and related areas.

Topics of the Conference will include the following application areas and techniques.

Application areas:
Economics, fuzzy econometrics, financial engineering and management, financial time series analysis and forecasting, financial data mining, financial markets, marketing research, virtual market place, consumer preference analysis, client credit worthiness, customer segmentation, agent-based computational economics, fuzzy equilibrium, social choice and welfare, fuzzy cooperation and oligopoly, macroeconomic modeling and forecasting, micro-macro economic relations, experimental economics, market share analysis, stock forecast and portfolio management, stock management, investment planning, investment risk appraisal, risk management, strategic planning and enterprise development, audit and financial analysis, bank and finance technologies, business decision making, software solutions for economic and finance analysis, software solutions for business management, simulation of social processes.

Techniques and methodologies:
Fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy systems, neuro-fuzzy modeling, evolutionary computations, self-organizing maps, chaos theory, fuzzy integrals, type 2 fuzzy sets, Dempster-Shafer theory, rough sets, interval mathematics, cognitive maps, perception based modeling and reasoning, precisiated natural language, computing with words, fuzzy constraint based reasoning;
fuzzy clustering, fuzzy pattern recognition, visualization of data, linguistic description of data, qualitative reasoning and time series analysis, fuzzy probabilities and statistics, fuzzy regression analysis, fuzzy dynamic systems;
fuzzy and linguistic preference relations, fuzzy choice functions, fuzzy and perception based utility, multiple criteria decision making, group decision making, fuzzy optimization, fuzzy games, fuzzy coalitions, multi-agent systems with fuzzy preferences and constraints, negotiation of intelligent agents with incomplete and imprecise information, fuzzy ontology;
fuzzy data bases and knowledge based systems, fuzzy distributed systems, fuzzy expert systems, data mining, fuzzy association rules.

Honorary Chairman
Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA (invitaton is accepted, keynote report is "Decision Analysis and Fuzzy Logic")

Co-Chairs of Program Committee
Alexey Averkin, Dorodnicyn Computing Center, Russia,
E-mail: averkin2003@inbox.ru
Ildar Batyrshin, Mexican Petroleum Institute, Mexico, and KSTU, Russia,
E-mail: batyr1@hotbox.ru, batyr@imp.mx
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland,
E-mail: kacprzyk@ibspan.waw.pl

Co-Chairs of Organizing Committee
Alexey Nedosekin, SIEMENS BUSINESS SERVICES RUSSIA
18, 11 line V.O., St.Petersburg
199178, Russia
+7(812) 3310393, 3310397, 3310398
E-mail: Alexey.Nedosekin@siemens.com, sedok@mail.ru

Lev Utkin, St.Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy,
+7(812)5500818
E-mail: lvu@utkin.usr.etu.spb.ru

Invited Lectures

Keynote Speaker:
"Decision Analysis and Fuzzy logic",
Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA

"Adaptive Business Intelligence",
Zbigniew Michalewicz, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA and NuTech Solutions, Inc.
"Machine Learning in Fuzzy Environment",
Borisov A.N., Institute of Information Technology, Riga Technical University, LATVIA
"A New Approach to Stochastic Dominance",
Bernard De Baets and Hans De Meyer, Ghent University, BELGIUM
"Non-Stochastic Model Based Finance Engineering",
Kaoru Hirota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and
Toshihiro Kaino, Aoyama-Gakuin University, JAPAN
"The Use of Soft Computing Methods in Complex Decision Making",
Vilem Novak, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
"Fuzzy Transforms in Regression Analysis and Forecasting",
Irina Perfilieva, Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
"Optimization with Fuzzy Random Data and its Application in Financial Analysis",
Alexander Yazenin, Tver State University, RUSSIA

International Program Committee

Organazing Committee
A. Averkin, T. Maiorova, A. Ryjov, P. Sevastjanov, V. Sidorenko, E. Shustov, N.Avdeenko, A.Danilova

Service Agent of Conference

Monomax Meeting and Incentive Services
E-mail: vipservice@monomax.org, Tel.: +7 812 320-0119, 445-0159; Fax: +7 812 324 7322

Registration form
Practical information

Submission of Papers

The working language of the conference is English. Prospective authors are invited to submit a full paper electronically in PDF and RTF formats no longer than 8 pages including authors' names, affiliations, mailing address, E-mail, telephone and fax numbers to the address: Alexey.Nedosekin@siemens.com . The template for preparing the paper is located on http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,0,5-40049-11-0-0,00.html. The papers will be published in the proceeding of conference. The extended versions of original papers will be recommended for publications in special issues of international journals.

The proposals for lectures related with the theme of conference are invited. The preference will be done to reports observing perspective theoretical models and applications in economics and finance.

Important Dates (deadline is extended!)

Deadline for proposals for special sessions and lectures: January 1, 2004
Preliminary abstract submisiion: January 19, 2004
Deadline for paper submission: January 30, 2004
Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2004
Deadline for submission of final manuscripts: April 1, 2004

Conference Web Page

The instruction for preparing final manuscripts will be published on
Conference Web Page: http://sedok.narod.ru/fsef.html

Exchange Rate Features

Dear participants,
Please, pay your attention to the following last information:

Due to decrease in the exchange rate of USD, which took place during last months, most of commercial structures postponed using Dollar rate for converting currency into Roubles. Therefore most of companies started using the internal exchange rates, which are different from the official rate that makes 28.88 RUR/USD for January 16, 2004.
The "Saint-Petersburg" hotel fixed the internal exchange rate in a point 31.5 RUR/USD.

The trend for the decrease in exchange value of USD will probably be continued till June, and the exchange rates may increase. Therefore we advice you to make 100% prepayment by bank transfer to lower expenses as much as possible. In a case of credit card payment, we advice you to fill in the agreement with the total sum, sign it and send by fax. Then we charge this amount on the receipt of your Reservation Form.

Cultural Program

The June in St. Petersburg is the time of magnificent White Nights. The cultural program of conference includes sightseeing of St. Petersburg with visit of Hermitage Museum, banquet on the ship in waters of Neva River. By request on June 20 it may be organized the excursion to Peterhof.

Some Links:
http://www.spb.ru/eng/ - Saint-Petersburg official website
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html - The Hermitage Museum
http://www.peterhof.org/index1.html - Peterhof
http://www.spb.ru/eng/maps/ - Maps of St. - Petersburg