new date for beijing science of information conference: 21–24 august 2010

June 24th, 2010 by hofkirchner

more than 70 contributions have been submitted. that’s really a success. we are inmidst the review processes. all accepted papers will be published in triple-c.

as the fis 2010 conference will be part of a multiconference, the date has been accommodated. 

Second Announcement

Fourth International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science

(FlS 2010)

1. About FIS 2010

The Fourth International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science (FIS 2010) takes place as part of the 2010 Multi-Conference on Advanced Intelligence (MCAI 2010), together with. two other conferences which are the Second International Conference on Advanced Intelligence (ICAI 2010) and the IEEE Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering (NLP-KE’10).

2. Sponsors:

  • Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence Theory (TCAIT), Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), Beijing, China
  • Social Information Science Institute (SISI), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China

3. Co-sponsors:

  • Center for Information Policy Research, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
  • Institute for Science, Technology and Society, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Department of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing, China
  • Science of Information Institute, Washington, USA

4. Venue and Date

  • Venue:  Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
  • Date:     21-24 August 2010

5. Organization

(1) General Co-Chairs

  • Kang Ouyang (Professor, Director, Social Information Science Institute; Chief Editor, Social Sciences Edition, Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST); Vice President, HUST; China)
  • Pedro C. Marijuan (Professor, Director, Bioinformation Group, Health Science Institute of Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain; Chair, Board, Foundations of Information Science)
  • Wolfgang Hofkirchner (Professor, Internet and Society, University of Salzburg, Austria; Chief Editor, Triple-C; Chair, Science Advisory Board, Science of Information Institute, Washington, USA)

(2) Honorary Chairs:

  • Yi-Xin Zhong (Professor; Chair, Acadamic Committee, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; President, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), Beijing, China)
  • Zhong-Zhi Shi (Professor; Director, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Vice President, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), Beijing, China)
  • Hua-Can He (Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University; Vice President, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), Director, Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence Theory; Beijing, China)

(3) Programme Co-Chairs:

  • Hua-Can He (Professor, Northwestern Politechnical University; Vice President, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), Director, Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence Theory; Beijing, China)
  • Zong-Rong Li (Professor, Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence Theory; Vice Director, Social Information Science Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan; China)
  • Xue-Shan Yan (Professor, Department of Information Management, Peking University, China)

(4) Organization Co-Chairs:

  • Wei-Ning Wang (Senior Engineer, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Director, Office of Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), Beijing, China)
  • Wei Wang (Professor, Institute for Science, Technology and Society, Tsinghua University, China)
  • Jing-Shan Wang (Professor, School of Communication Studies, Beijing Institute of Graphical Communication, Beijing, China)
  • Lin Zhang (Associate Professor, Scool of Mathematics and Computer Science, Hubei University, China)

(5) General Secretary:

(6) Secretary:

6. Preliminary Schedule

Date Morning Afternoon Evening Note
21 Aug Registration Registration MCAI 2010 Reception
22 Aug MCAI 2010 Opening Ceremony and Plenary Lectures FIS 2010 Plenary Lectures International Advisory Board Meeting: for a  Developing Plan of FIS
23 Aug FIS 2010 Session Exchange FIS 2010 Session Exchange Closing Ceremony and Banquet
24 Aug Beijing Tour, at one’s own expense /Departure Beijing Tour, at one’s own expense /Departure

7. Registration:

For details, please see the attached file of this second announcement: Registration Form of MCAI2010.

8．Venue, Board, and Lodging

International Culture Building (ICB), Capital Normal University

ICB is the venue of MCAI 2010 and FIS 2010.

Registration desk locates in the hall of ICB.

All academic meetings, meals, and drinks are arranged in the building.

Address: 83 North Road, Western Third Circl, Beijing ,China

Beijing Golden Dragon’s Pool Hotel

The hotel Locates 200 meters from International Culture Building.

For details, please see: http://www.jinlongtanhotel.com

Address: 71 North Road, North Third Circle (South of Zhizhu Bridge)

Tel: (86 010) 88811188

Fax: (86 010) 68433775

Beijing Ruyi Business Hotel

The hotel locates 400 meters from International Culture Building.

For details, please see: http://www.bjruyihotel.com.cn

Address: 17 Beiwa Road, Haiding District, Beijing, China

Tel: (86 010) 51906666

Fax: (86 010) 68721998

8. Transportation:

How to get to the ICB from the Capital International Airport in Beijing?

(1)  Taking a taxi from the Capital International Airport to the ICB or Beijing Golden Dragon’s Pool Hotel, 120 Chinese dollars (or RMB yuan) needed;

(2)  Taking an airport-bus from the Capital International Airport, along the Gongzhufen Line, off the bus at Zhizhu Bridge, then walk to the ICB or Beijing Golden Dragon’s Pool Hote, 30 RMB yuan needed；

(3)  Taking the Subway in the Capital International Airport to go to Dongzhimen Terminal, then transfer to the Second Line to Fuxingmen Station, and then take a taxi or public bus to the South of Zhizhu Bridge or the North of Huayuan Bridge, where you are very close to above hotels. This approach is the cheapest, most complex, and challenging way.

FIS 2010 Secretariat, 18 June 2010

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