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Message from General Chair<br />
Message from General Chair<br />
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 4th IEEE Symposium Series on Computational<br />
Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2013) in Singapore following the success of the inaugural<br />
IEEE SSCI 2007 chaired by David Fogel in Honolulu, IEEE SSCI 2009 chaired by Vincenzo<br />
Piuri in Nashville and IEEE SSCI 2011 (in Paris) chaired by Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier<br />
who is also the Honorary Chair of IEEE SSCI 2013. CI methods are increasingly applied<br />
to solve problems in diverse domains. Hence, IEEE SSCI was appropriately conceived to<br />
offer a forum to bring all such applied researchers together under one umbrella.<br />
Even though I was a tutorial speaker at all three previous editions of the IEEE SSCI, Singapore’s<br />
IEEE SSCI 2013 journey commenced in December 2010 thanks to the approval of Singapore’s bid by<br />
the IEEE CIS Adcom on the recommendation of the IEEE CIS conference committee chaired by Gary<br />
Fogel. Since then, so many contributed to the success of IEEE SSCI 2013. There is no IEEE SSCI 2013<br />
without the quality contributions made by the authors. In addition, IEEE SSCI 2013 is very fortunate<br />
to have so many top quality panel, keynote and tutorial speakers. We sincerely thank them all.<br />
Chairs of each event contributed exceptionally by attracting contributions, getting them reviewed,<br />
making accept – reject recommendations, developing the programs and so on. With numerous chairs<br />
and co-chairs, all submissions (co-)authored by chairs, co-chairs and general chair were handled by<br />
CoI Chairs Gary Fogel and Hisao Ishibuchi who got such submissions reviewed offline in order to<br />
maintain the anonymity of the reviewers. Even though our Finance Chair, Robert Kozma is far away<br />
in the USA, he regularly interacted with us and shared his valuable experiences gained in organizing<br />
numerous conferences. Tom Cholewo offered frequent assistance so that the paper submission and<br />
review processes were completed smoothly. I also thank the international advisory committee and<br />
the publicity committee for their valuable contributions to IEEE SSCI 2013.<br />
Publication of IEEE SSCI proceedings is not a simple task. Our Publication Chair, Sundaram Suresh<br />
has contributed immensely by registering every event with IEEE, ensuring the copyright submissions,<br />
setting up the PDF Xpress account, checking plagiarism and by excluding the prohibited authors (who<br />
have in the recent past violated IEEE’s publication ethics) from the published proceedings. These<br />
checking processes turned out to be very time consuming and iterative. When we have a significant<br />
keynote and tutorial program, there is also an associated responsibility shouldered by the respective<br />
Chair, Swagatam Das.<br />
Local arrangements demand attention to every little detail. I am in fact fortunate to enjoy excellent<br />
support from many highly experienced and dedicated hands. Our conference manager, Alvin<br />
Tan (Worldwide People Connection Pte Ltd, bktan@wpc-sg.com) has managed many conferences.<br />
Alvin was regularly reminding me of the next step! Ra. Sankaran (Research Publishing Services,<br />
sankaran@rpsonline.com.sg) took over the publication of program book and digital proceedings. In<br />
fact, they contributed a lot to shape up this program book. It was a pleasure to work with Mohd Azhar<br />
at the conference venue over the last 2 years. Joseph Lim (joseph@ELITE.SG) managed the registration<br />
process. I also take this opportunity to thank our volunteers helping us in various ways. Playing<br />
the General Chair role of IEEE SSCI 2013 has indeed been an enjoyable experience working with so<br />
many individuals since December 2010.<br />
We hope that all of you will benefit from the extensive technical program and establish long lasting<br />
interactions with fellow delegates at SSCI 2013. Singapore is a dynamic city offering multicultural<br />
experience and entertainments. I hope that you will not miss this opportunity to explore Singapore<br />
and the neighboring countries!<br />
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P. N. Suganthan<br />
General Chair, IEEE SSCI 2013,<br />
<strong>Nanyang</strong> <strong>Technological</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Singapore