- Activities Reports -

SMC 2003 General-Chair Brief Report
SMC 2003 has successfully been held in Washington D. C., the capital city of the USA from October 5 to 8, 2003. SMC 2003 had 1119 website registrants and 782 registrants for the conference, over a half of which made it. Read more... ---- by MengChu Zhou

Report of IRI'03 Conference
This years IEEE Information Reuse and Integration Conference (IRI) was a resounding success. The conference featured Prof. Lotfi Zadeh (Berkeley) who presented the keynote address on the topic of computing with words and perceptions. The conference was held in the Luxor hotel in the heart of Las Vegas. Read more... ---- by Stuart Rubin

New TC on Collaborative Agent Systems and Distributed Automation

The mission of this committee is to provide a forum where researchers and application sector specialists can come together to continue the development and application of collaborative agents in distributed manufacturing, services and infrastructure sectors. The committee will provide a continuing base to many researchers who have been participating in national and international projects under the auspices of IMS and other organizations building on the knowledge-base created by these early efforts. Read more... ---- by Wil Thissen