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WORKSHOP ON MEMBRANE COMPUTING (WMC) AT THE CONFERENCE ON UNCONVENTIONAL COMPUTATION & NATURAL COMPUTATION

WMC – UCNC 2015 CALL FOR PAPERS

The Workshop on Membrane Computing (WMC) is associated with the 14th International

Conference on Unconventional Computation & Natural Computation (UCNC)

University of Auckland, New Zealand

31 August — 4 September, 2015

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/research/conferences/ucnc2015/wmc2015

THE WORKSHOP

The aim of the Workshop is to bring together researchers working in membrane

computing and related fields of unconventional and natural computation, in a

friendly atmosphere enhancing communication and cooperation. Membrane computing

(P systems theory) is an area of computer science aiming to abstract computing

ideas and models from the structure and the functioning of living cells, as

well as from the way the cells are organized in tissues or higher order

structures. The Workshop will focus on the current important experimental and

theoretical results in membrane computing, and their impact on related fields.

VENUE

Auckland, the City of Sails, is the gateway to New Zealand, one of the world’s

top outdoor paradises. It is located on both Tasman Sea and Pacific and boasts

countless beaches, islands, a vibrant cosmopolitan culture, and excellent

cuisine and wines. It is connected to many major cities in Asia, Australia,

South America and the USA by direct airline flights. A great springboard for

excursions to the Bay of Islands or the world-famous glow worm caves of

Waitomo, hot springs and geysers of Rotorua, the World Heritage Area of the

volcanoes in Tongariro National Park, and the beautiful and historic Coromandel

Peninsula.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Authors are invited to submit original papers (at most 12 pages in LNCS format)

or one-page poster abstracts using the mail link:

cdmtcs@gmail.com?subject=WMC2015

Papers must be submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF) and must be prepared in LATEX according to the LNCS format:

http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors

The papers must not have been submitted simultaneously to other conferences or

workshops with published proceedings. All accepted papers will be published in

the workshop proceedings and must be presented at the workshop. Selected papers

from the proceedings, additionally reviewed, will appear in a LNCS volume

together with papers from the 16th International Conference on Membrane

Computing.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission deadline: 1 June 2015
• Notification of acceptance: 6 July 2015
• Final versions due: 31 July 2015
• Workshop: one day within 31 August — 4 September 2015

INVITED SPEAKERS

– TBA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

• Henry Adorna (University of Philippines Diliman, Philippines)
• Michael J. Dinneen (University of Auckland, New Zealand, Co-Chair)
• Marian Gheorghe (University of Sheffield, UK)
• Florentin Ipate (University of Bucharest, Romania)
• Alberto Leporati (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy)
• Radu Nicolescu (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
• Linqiang Pan (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, Co-Chair)
• Gheorghe Paun (Romanian Academy, Romania)
• Mario J. Perez-Jimenez (University of Seville, Spain)
• Gexiang Zhang (Southwest Jiaotong University, China, Co-Chair)

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