Aim
Ecological informatics and the related field of ecological modelling involve constructing computational models of ecological systems. Environmental modelling is closely related and involves constructing models of the physical environment that biological eco-systems inhabit. The amount of data describing global and local environments and the eco-systems that inhabit them is rapidly increasing. As these are highly-complex systems, algorithms from the field of computational intelligence have already been widely applied to modelling this data. The aim of this special session is to provide a forum for recent research in the application of computational intelligence in the areas of ecological informatics, ecological modelling and environmental modelling. This is a highly topical area and is open to a broad array of methods from the field of computational intelligence.Scope
The scope of the special session includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:- Species distribution and ecological niche modelling
- Predicting species abundance
- Remote sensing image analysis and content-based image retrieval for Ecological Informatics and Environmental Modelling
- Analysis of species assemblages
- Classification of species
- Environmental impact assessment
- Modelling of environmental events including floods
- Issues in the preparation of ecological data for modelling
- Modelling of pollutants or contamination in air, land or water
- Modelling water quality
- Greenhouse gas emissions modelling and the effects of climate change
- Modelling the future development of populations
- Detecting landscape features
- Modelling water drainage systems
- Assessment of habitat quality
- Forecasting of algal blooms
- Habitat suitability modelling
- Predicting crop hazards, pests or diseases
- Modelling interactions between multiple species
- Identifying landscape features
- Modelling ecosystem biomass
- Learning of phenological patterns
Important Dates
- Paper submission deadline: 15th January 2016
- Author notification: 15th March 2016
- Deadline for final manuscript: 15th April 2016
- Early registration deadline: 15th April 2016
- Conference dates: 25th July-29th July 2016
Paper Submission As this is a cross-disciplinary special session, please submit papers via the IEEE CEC 2016 submission site: http://ieee-cis.org/conferences/cec2016/upload.php Please make sure you select "Computational Intelligence in Ecological Informatics and Environmental Modelling" under "Cross-Disciplinary and CI Applications Special Sessions" as the Main Research Topic of your submission. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings that are most appropriate for the paper (IJCNN, FUZZ-IEEE or CEC). This decision will be made by the Special Session Organisers in consultation with the Special Session Chair and one of the three Conference Chairs.
Organisers
- Dr Michael J. Watts, Auckland Institute of Studies, Auckland, New Zealand. mjwatts@ieee.org
- Professor Jie Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, jieyang@sjtu.edu.cn
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