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Report: Second Fuzzy Systems Symposium (by IFSA Japan chapter)
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Plenary lectures were delivered by A.P. Sage (On the management of information imperfection in knowledge-based systems), J.D. Lowrance (Evidential reasoning as a foundation for automated argument construction), J. Pearl (Likelihood reasoning using graphs), D. Spiegelhalter (Coherent evidence propagation in expert systems), S. Guiasu (Sur I’optimisation entropique) and H.E. Kyburg (Representing knowledge and evidence for decision). The other sessions covered many different fields, including approximate reasoning, expert systems with uncertainties, decision-making processes with uncertainties, fuzzy tools for the management of uncertainty, knowledge acquisition, metaknowledge, evidential reasoning, combinatorial information theory, weighted decoding, pattern recognition, learning methods, information retrieval, databases. The IPMU Conference gathered together scientists from all over the world and from many different areas of research. It then provided useful exchange between theorists and practitioners working in different fields but all concerned with information processing and management of uncertainty. The works presented during the week were of good quality. Selected papers will be published either in ‘Traitement du Signal’, published by Gauthier-Villars or in a Volume of the ‘Lecture Notes in Computer Science’, published by Springer-Verlag. Finally, this report should mention that the Conference was arranged so that it not only included a social program but also allowed people time to enjoy what makes Paris a fascinating city. At the end of the Congress there was no doubt in the minds of the organizers and of the participants that this Conference will lead to an increased cooperation between those who share mutual professional interests and that a second IPMU Congress should be organized in 1988. Michel DE GLAS E.S.I.E.A., Paris and C.N.R.S., Universith de Paris VI France
4. Report:
Second
Fuzzy Systems
Symposium
(by IFSA Japan Chapter)
The second Fuzzy Systems Symposium sponsored by IFSA Japan Chapter and co-sponsored by 11 learned societies in Japan such as the society of Instrument and Control Engineers was successfully held at Gakushuin University (Tokyo) on June 16-18. (For reference, the first Fuzzy Systems Symposium by IFSA Japan Chapter was held at Kyoto University in May 1985, and the number of participants was about 110 (cf. FSS 17 (2) 226-228)) In the last year more than 20 industrial applications of fuzzy techniques have been announced in newspapers, magazines, etc. in Japan. A fuzzy subway train (i.e. fuzzy controlled automatic train operation
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developed by Hitachi Ltd.) will also run in Sendai city in 1987 (maybe July). So fuzzy technology is one of the so called ‘high-tech’ issues in Japan. Many engineers, far more than we expected, especially in the field of control and Al felt great interest in this symposium. We prepared 250 proceedings (about 270 pages), but we were sold out of them completely within 30 minutes after the opening ceremony. Extra 150 proceedings (2nd version) were prepared immediately after the symposium, and most of them were sent by mail to those who requested. The number of participants was 299 (more than 60% were from industry), but unfortunately many people could not take part in the symposium because of lack of both proceedings and chairs. Following are the contents of the symposium: Tutorial sessions were held on Fuzzy Control (M. Sugeno, Tokyo Institute of Technology); Fuzzy Set Theory and Artificial Intelligence (M. Umano, Osaka University); and Fuzzy Operations Research (H. Tanaka, University of Osaka Prefecture). Special invited lectures were given on Ideas of Fuzzy Systems Theory and Human Interfaces (K. Asai, Osaka Institute of Technology); and A Fuzzy Inference Engine on a VLSI Chip: Design and Implementation (M. Togai, AT&T Bell Labs, now Rockwell International Co.). Panel discussions were held on Fuzzy Engineering in the Near Future: the Trend of Industrial Applications by Terano (Hosei Univ.), Miyamoto (Hitachi), Ito (Fuji Facom), Yamazaki (Nikki), Nishikawa (Shin-nittetsu), Tasaki (Tateishi-omron), Toguchi (Mitsubishi-kakoki). Finally, papers were presented on Robotics (3 papers), Fuzzy Control (2), Structural Design and Traffic Control (2), Man-Machine Systems (3), Fuzzy Expert Systems (2), Pattern Recognition (2), Hardware Implementation (2), Reasoning and Logic (2), Cybernetics (3), LP-DP (3), Fuzzy Relations (2), Decision Making and Prediction (3), Basic Theory (3). More detailed outline is summarized in a leaflet (about 20 pages) entitled “Kuniko Suga’s ‘high-tech’ report: Fuzzy Computer and Fuzzy Engineering” (written by Miss K. Suga (a science writer) and edited by K. Hirota (Hosei Univ.)). The leaflet and the proceedings are written in Japanese language. Most of the papers written in the English language may be appearing in a special issue of the Journal of Information Science (guest editors M. Togai (Rockwell Int.) and K. Hirota (Hosei Univ.)) in the near future. The third Fuzzy Systems Symposium will be held in Osaka on June l-3, 1987. Also, the second IFSA Congress will be held at Gakushuin University (Tokyo) on July 20-25, 1987. We Japanese IFSA members are very busy in preparing them and hope that many people will take part in the conferences in our countries.
Kaoru Hirota College of Eng., Hosei Univ. Koganei-city, Tokyo 184, Japan
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Plenary lectures were delivered by A.P. Sage (On the management of information imperfection in knowledge-based systems), J.D. Lowrance (Evidential reasoning as a foundation for automated argument construction), J. Pearl (Likelihood reasoning using graphs), D. Spiegelhalter (Coherent evidence propagation in expert systems), S. Guiasu (Sur I’optimisation entropique) and H.E. Kyburg (Representing knowledge and evidence for decision). The other sessions covered many different fields, including approximate reasoning, expert systems with uncertainties, decision-making processes with uncertainties, fuzzy tools for the management of uncertainty, knowledge acquisition, metaknowledge, evidential reasoning, combinatorial information theory, weighted decoding, pattern recognition, learning methods, information retrieval, databases. The IPMU Conference gathered together scientists from all over the world and from many different areas of research. It then provided useful exchange between theorists and practitioners working in different fields but all concerned with information processing and management of uncertainty. The works presented during the week were of good quality. Selected papers will be published either in ‘Traitement du Signal’, published by Gauthier-Villars or in a Volume of the ‘Lecture Notes in Computer Science’, published by Springer-Verlag. Finally, this report should mention that the Conference was arranged so that it not only included a social program but also allowed people time to enjoy what makes Paris a fascinating city. At the end of the Congress there was no doubt in the minds of the organizers and of the participants that this Conference will lead to an increased cooperation between those who share mutual professional interests and that a second IPMU Congress should be organized in 1988. Michel DE GLAS E.S.I.E.A., Paris and C.N.R.S., Universith de Paris VI France
4. Report:
Second
Fuzzy Systems
Symposium
(by IFSA Japan Chapter)
The second Fuzzy Systems Symposium sponsored by IFSA Japan Chapter and co-sponsored by 11 learned societies in Japan such as the society of Instrument and Control Engineers was successfully held at Gakushuin University (Tokyo) on June 16-18. (For reference, the first Fuzzy Systems Symposium by IFSA Japan Chapter was held at Kyoto University in May 1985, and the number of participants was about 110 (cf. FSS 17 (2) 226-228)) In the last year more than 20 industrial applications of fuzzy techniques have been announced in newspapers, magazines, etc. in Japan. A fuzzy subway train (i.e. fuzzy controlled automatic train operation
318
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developed by Hitachi Ltd.) will also run in Sendai city in 1987 (maybe July). So fuzzy technology is one of the so called ‘high-tech’ issues in Japan. Many engineers, far more than we expected, especially in the field of control and Al felt great interest in this symposium. We prepared 250 proceedings (about 270 pages), but we were sold out of them completely within 30 minutes after the opening ceremony. Extra 150 proceedings (2nd version) were prepared immediately after the symposium, and most of them were sent by mail to those who requested. The number of participants was 299 (more than 60% were from industry), but unfortunately many people could not take part in the symposium because of lack of both proceedings and chairs. Following are the contents of the symposium: Tutorial sessions were held on Fuzzy Control (M. Sugeno, Tokyo Institute of Technology); Fuzzy Set Theory and Artificial Intelligence (M. Umano, Osaka University); and Fuzzy Operations Research (H. Tanaka, University of Osaka Prefecture). Special invited lectures were given on Ideas of Fuzzy Systems Theory and Human Interfaces (K. Asai, Osaka Institute of Technology); and A Fuzzy Inference Engine on a VLSI Chip: Design and Implementation (M. Togai, AT&T Bell Labs, now Rockwell International Co.). Panel discussions were held on Fuzzy Engineering in the Near Future: the Trend of Industrial Applications by Terano (Hosei Univ.), Miyamoto (Hitachi), Ito (Fuji Facom), Yamazaki (Nikki), Nishikawa (Shin-nittetsu), Tasaki (Tateishi-omron), Toguchi (Mitsubishi-kakoki). Finally, papers were presented on Robotics (3 papers), Fuzzy Control (2), Structural Design and Traffic Control (2), Man-Machine Systems (3), Fuzzy Expert Systems (2), Pattern Recognition (2), Hardware Implementation (2), Reasoning and Logic (2), Cybernetics (3), LP-DP (3), Fuzzy Relations (2), Decision Making and Prediction (3), Basic Theory (3). More detailed outline is summarized in a leaflet (about 20 pages) entitled “Kuniko Suga’s ‘high-tech’ report: Fuzzy Computer and Fuzzy Engineering” (written by Miss K. Suga (a science writer) and edited by K. Hirota (Hosei Univ.)). The leaflet and the proceedings are written in Japanese language. Most of the papers written in the English language may be appearing in a special issue of the Journal of Information Science (guest editors M. Togai (Rockwell Int.) and K. Hirota (Hosei Univ.)) in the near future. The third Fuzzy Systems Symposium will be held in Osaka on June l-3, 1987. Also, the second IFSA Congress will be held at Gakushuin University (Tokyo) on July 20-25, 1987. We Japanese IFSA members are very busy in preparing them and hope that many people will take part in the conferences in our countries.
Kaoru Hirota College of Eng., Hosei Univ. Koganei-city, Tokyo 184, Japan