[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, 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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