CALL FOR PAPERS

KES2006: 10th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems

Invited Session : Creativity Support Systems

October 09-11, 2006, Bournemouth International Conference Centre, United Kingdom

Scope of the Session:

The invited session is part of the KES'2006 conference. The purpose is to present and discuss researches on creativity support systems for knowledge-based society. Human creative problem solving processes are composed of four processes which are divergent thinking, convergent thinking, idea crystallization, and idea verification. Then, the session focuses on support systems which facilitate these creative processes and problem solving activities.

Topics:

The invited session will focus on these topics of interest:

• Creativity Support Systems
• Decision Support Systems
• Knowledge Management Support Systems
• Intelligent Groupware
• Awareness Information Systems

Submission of Paper:

Please follow the KES'06 guidelines for more information on paper submission. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper.

Publications:

The papers accepted in the invited session will be expected to be published by the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in AI as part of the LNCS series.

Important Dates:

February 28,  2006	Submission of  full paper or extended abstract (in LNCS style ).
April 11, 2006	Acceptance notifications.
April  26,  2006	Submission of camera-ready papers to session chair.
May  01,  2006 June  01,  2006	Registration deadline. (All presenting authors must register with payment by 1 June 2006 for their papers to appear in the proceedings.)

Links:

Conference main site: http://kes2006.kesinternational.org/

Contacts:

Susumu Kunifuji, Professor School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Address : 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, JAPAN E-mail: Tel.: +81-761-51-1715 (Office)    Fax.: +81-761-51-1775 (Office)
Motoki Miura, Associate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Address : 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, JAPAN E-mail: Tel.: +81-761-51-1717 (Office)    Fax.: +81-761-51-1775 (Office)