ICFCA2010

ICFCA2010
8th International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis
Start	March 15 2010 (iCal)
End	March 18 2010
Homepage:	Homepage
Location
City:	Agadir
Country:	Morocco
Important dates
Abstracts due:	October 2 2010
Submissions due:	October 8 2010
Notification:	November 26 2010
Camera ready due:	December 18 2010
Event in series ICFCA

8th International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis - Agadir, Morocco, March 15-18, 2010

Formal Concept Analysis emerged in the 1980's from attempts to restructure lattice theory to promote better communication between lattice theorists and potential users of lattice theory. Since then Formal Concept Analysis has developed into a growing research field in its own right with a thriving theoretical community and an increasing number of applications in information and knowledge processing including vizualisation, data mining and analysis, and knowledge management.

The conference aims to unify theoretical and applied practitioners using Formal Concept Analysis drawing from the fields of Mathematics, Computer and Information Sciences, Software Engineering, as well as diverse application domains such as Linguistics or Life Sciences. Other aspects are welcome as well.

Topics of Interest

• Mathematics
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Software Engineering
• FCA theory
• Lattice Theory
• Data Mining
• Association Rules
• FCA-based Knowledge Representation
• Data Analysis
• Algorithmics
• Logics for/and FCA
• Lattice Drawing
• FCA and Software Engineering
• FCA Tools

Submission Details

We call for submissions on theory and applications of Formal Concept Analysis. Papers of up to sixteen pages may be submitted in PDF or Postscript format. Manuscripts should be prepared in LaTeX, using Springer style. For each paper, an abstract must be submitted by October 2, 2009. The full paper is due by October 8, 2009. Authors are requested to follow the formatting instructions for the Springer LNCS style (see http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/.) All submissions will be refereed, and the conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS/LNAI (Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) series.

Organization

Conference Chair:

• Rokia Missaoui, LARIM, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada

Program Chairs:

• Leonard Kwuida, LARIM, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada
• Baris Sertkaya, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Local Chair:

• Ameur Boujenoui, University of Ottawa, Canada

Editorial Board:

• Peter Eklund, University of Wollongong, Australia
• Sébastien Ferré, Université de Rennes 1, France
• Bernhard Ganter, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
• Robert Godin, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada
• Sergei Kuznetsov, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
• Raoul Medina, LIMOS, Université Clermont-Ferrand 2, France
• Rokia Missaoui, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada
• Sergei Obiedkov, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
• Uta Priss, Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Sebastian Rudolph, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
• Stefan E. Schmidt, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
• Gerd Stumme, University Kassel, Germany
• Rudolf Wille, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
• Karl Erich Wolff, University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt, Germany

Program Committee:

• Mike Bain, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
• Jaume Baixeries, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada
• Peter Becker, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
• Radim Belohlavek, Binghamton University - State University of New York, USA
• Sadok Ben Yahia, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia
• Jean-François Boulicaut, INSA Lyon, France
• Claudio Carpineto, Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Italy
• Frithjof Dau, SAP Research CEC Dresden, Germany
• Vincent Duquenne, ECP6-CNRS, Université Paris 6, France
• Alain Gély, Université Paul Verlaine, Metz, France
• Joachim Hereth Correia, DMC GmbH, Germany
• Wolfgang Hesse, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
• Derrick G. Kourie, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Markus Krötzsch, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
• Marzena Kryszkiewicz, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
• Wilfried Lex, Universität Clausthal, Germany
• Christian Lindig, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Center for Informatics, Germany
• Engelbert Mephu Nguifo, LIMOS, Université de Clermont Ferrand 2, France
• Lhouari Nourine, LIMOS, Université de Clermont Ferrand 2, France
• Jean-Marc Petit, LIRIS, INSA Lyon, France
• Alex Pogel, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA
• Sandor Radeleczki, University of Miskolc, Hungary
• Camille Roth, CNRS/EHESS, Paris, France
• Jurg Schmid, Universität Bern, Switzerland
• Selma Strahringer, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany
• Petko Valtchev, Université du Quebec à Montreal, Canada
• Vilem Vychodil, Binghamton University - State University of New York, USA
• Serhyi Yevtushenko, Luxoft, Ukraine

Organization Committee:

• Omar Abahmane, ISIAM, Agadir, Morocco
• Ameur Boujenoui (Local arrangement Chair), Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Souad Bennani, ISIAM, Agadir, Morocco
• Lahcen Boumedjout, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada
• Aziz Bouslikhane, ISIAM, Agadir, Morocco

Important Dates

• Submission of abstract: October 2nd, 2009
• Submission of full paper: October 8th, 2009
• Notification of acceptance: November 26th, 2009
• Camera ready due: December 18th, 2009
• Conference: March 15-18, 2010

Venue

Agadir is a city in the southwest Morocco, located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean and at the foot of the well-known Atlas Mountain chain. It is about 100 km from Tiznit at South, 80 km from Taroudant to the East, Essaouira (173 km) up North, some 250 km to Marrakech North-East and 375 km to Ouarzazate. Agadir is an important economic and cultural region in Morocco. The region is positioned as the fastest economically growing region in Morocco with its fishery port which is ranked among the best well-known ones in the world. Agadir is known to be a seaside resort with long sandy beaches that attract visitors from around the world all year long. Agadir enjoys a moderate climate and has generally Mediterranean-like weather throughout the year.