[18] Professional Organizations

Date: 15-APR-93
INSTITUTION FOR FUZZY SYSTEMS AND INTELLIGENT CONTROL, INC.
 Sponsors, organizes, and publishes the proceedings of the International
 Fuzzy Systems and Intelligent Control Conference. The conference is 
 devoted primarily to computer based feedback control systems that rely on 
 rule bases, machine learning, and other artificial intelligence and soft 
 computing techniques. The theme of the 1993 conference was "Fuzzy Logic,
 Neural Networks, and Soft Computing."
 Thomas L. Ward
 Institution for Fuzzy Systems and Intelligent Control, Inc.
 P. O. Box 1297
 Louisville KY 40201-1297 USA
 Phone: +1.502.588.6342
 Fax: +1.502.588.5633
 Email: TLWard01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu, TLWard01@ulkyvm.bitnet
INTERNATIONAL FUZZY SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION (IFSA)
 Holds biannual conferences that rotate between Asia, North America,
 and Europe. Membership is 232,ドル which includes a subscription to the 
 International Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems.
 Prof. Philippe Smets
 University of Brussels, IRIDIA
 50 av. F. Roosevelt
 CP 194/6
 1050 Brussels, Belgium
LABORATORY FOR INTERNATIONAL FUZZY ENGINEERING (LIFE)
 Laboratory for International Fuzzy Engineering Research
 Siber Hegner Building 3FL
 89-1 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku
 Yokohama-shi 231 Japan
 Email: <name>@fuzzy.or.jp
NORTH AMERICAN FUZZY INFORMATION PROCESSING SOCIETY (NAFIPS)
 Holds a conference and a workshop in alternating years. 
 President:
 Dr. Jim Keller
 President NAFIPS
 Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept
 University of Missouri-Col
 Columbia, MO 65211 USA
 Phone +1.314.882.7339
 Email: ecejk@mizzou1.missouri.edu, ecejk@mizzou1.bitnet
 Secretary/Treasurer:
 Thomas H. Whalen
 Sec'y/Treasurer NAFIPS
 Decision Sciences Dept
 Georgia State University
 Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
 Phone: +1.404.651.4080
 Email: qmdthw@gsuvm1.gsu.edu, qmdthw@gsuvm1.bitnet
SPANISH ASSOCIATION FOR FUZZY LOGIC AND TECHNOLOGY
 Prof. J. L. Verdegay
 Dept. of Computer Science and A.I.
 Faculty of Sciences
 University of Granada
 18071 Granada (Spain)
 Phone: +34.58.244019
 Tele-fax: +34.58.243317, +34.58.274258
 Email: jverdegay@ugr.es
CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR FUZZY INFORMATION AND NEURAL SYSTEMS (CANS-FINS)
 Dr. Madan M. Gupta, Director <guptam@sask.usask.ca>
 Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory
 College of Engineering
 Sakatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OWO
 Tel: 306-966-5451
 Fax: 306-966-8710
 Dr. Ralph O. Buchal <rbuchal@charon.engga.uwo.ca>
 Department of Mechanical Engineering
 Univ. of Western Ontario
 London, Ontario, N6A 5B9
 Tel: 519-679-2111, x8454
 Fax: 519-661-3375
 Dr. Martin Laplante
 RES Inc.
 Suite 501, 100 Sparks Street
 Ottawa, Ont. KIP-5B7
 Tel: 613-238-3690
 Fax: 613-235-5889
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