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FUSION2020: 23rd International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION 2020)
Sun City
Rustenburg, South Africa, July 6-9, 2020
Conference websitehttp://www.fusion2020.org
Submission linkhttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fusion2020
Submission deadlineApril 5, 2020
Topics: information fusion data fusion sensor fusion algorithms

The International Conference on Information Fusion has long been recognised as a premier forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas in the field of information fusion and its impacts on our society. Authors (researchers, students and practitioners) are invited to submit papers describing advances in the theory and applications of information fusion.

The 23rd International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION 2020) will be held on African soil for the first time. The conference will take place at the scenic Sun City Convention Centre, nestled against the foothills of the Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa. The park hosts the big 5 (elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, buffalo) and is situated in the remnants of an extinct volcanic crater.  This conference will offer a unique opportunity to the Fusion community to expand its horizons, seek out new collaborative efforts, and apply information fusion to problems faced by the African continent and the global community alike.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following submission categories are welcome:

  • Full papers (between 5 and 8 pages) in one or more of the following topics, typically involving some aspect of information, data or sensor fusion. Submitted papers must be formatted according to the IEEE Xplore template (A4 or Letter Size Paper). Templates and other supporting files for various types of computers and operational systems can be downloaded using the following link:http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
  • Tutorials (See dedicated Call for Tutorials on the www.fusion2020.org website)
  • Specials sessions, panels (See dedicated Call for Special Sessions and panels on the www.fusion2020.org website)

Topics of Interest

  • Theory and representation: probability theory, Bayesian inference, argumentation, Dempster-Shafer theory, possibility and fuzzy set theory, rough sets, logic fusion, preference aggregation, decision theory, random sets, finite point processes and others.
  • Algorithms: cognitive methods, signal processing and localisation, recognition, classification, identification, non-linear filtering, data association, tracking, prediction, situation/impact assessment, alignment and registration, pattern/behavioural analysis, image fusion, fusion architectures, resource management, machine learning and artificial intelligence, topic modelling, natural language processing, contextual adaptation, anomaly/change detection.
  • Applications: soft-hard fusion, autonomous systems, defence/security, robotics, intelligent transportation, mining/manufacturing, wireless sensor networks, economics, finance, fintech, environmental monitoring, medical care/e-health, bioinformatics, radio astronomy, critical infrastructure protection, condition monitoring, precision agriculture, video streaming and other emerging applications.
  • Methods/tools: sequential inference, data mining, graph analysis, ontologies/semantics, modelling/realisation/evaluation, target/sensor modelling, benchmarks/testbeds, computational methods, cloud/edge computing/fusion, fusion performance.

Important deadlines

  • Proposals for special sessions, tutorials, panels: 25 February 2020 (extended to 28 February)
  • Full paper submission: 15 March 2020 (extended to 26 March 2020, 12:00 UTC)
  • Notification of acceptance (special sessions and panels): 16 March 2020
  • Notification of acceptance (tutorials): 1 April 2020
  • Notification of acceptance (full papers): 1 May 2020
  • Camera ready paper submission: 1 June 2020

Committees

General Chairs

  • Pieter de Villiers (University of Pretoria)
  • Alta de Waal (University of Pretoria)
  • Fredrik Gustafsson (University of Linkoping)

Program Chairs

  • Erik Blasch (US Air Force Research Lab)
  • Kathryn Laskey (George Mason University)

Technical Chairs

  • Paulo Costa (George Mason University)
  • Anne-Laure Jousselme (NATO STO CMRE)
  • Thia Kirubarajan (McMaster University)
  • Simon Godsill (University of Cambridge)
  • Lyudmila Mihaylova (University of Sheffield)
  • Zhansheng Duan (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

Local Arrangements Chairs

  • Molahlegi Molope (Armscor)
  • Terence van Zyl (WITS)
  • Allan de Freitas (University of Pretoria)
  • Richard Focke (Saab)

Finance Chair

  • Jacques van Wyk (University of Pretoria)

Publications Chairs

  • Gregor Pavlin (Thales Research and Technology)
  • Constantino Rago (Systems and Technology Research) 

Tutorial Chairs

  • Denis Garagic (BAE Systems)
  • Stefano Coraluppi (Systems and Technology Research)

Awards Chair

  • Nageswara Rao (ORNL)

Special Sessions Chairs

  • Roy Streit (Metron, Inc)
  • Joel Dabrowski (CSIRO)

Sponsors Chair

  • Mike Inggs (University of Cape Town)

Publicity Chair

  • Willie Nel (CSIR)

International Liaisons

  • Daniel O’Hagan (Fraunhofer FHR)
  • Zhun-ga Liu (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

 

Invited Speakers

  • Ayanna Howard (Georgia Tech)
  • Russ Taylor (Square Kilometer Array)
  • Simon Maskell (University of Liverpool)

Publication

FUSION2020 proceedings will be published by the IEEE in IEEEXplore.

Venue

The conference will be held in the Sun City Covention Centre, Rustenburg, South Africa. 

In keeping with tradition, we will be hosting FUSION2020 at a superb conference venue, the Sun City Convention Centre. The venue has been host to many international congresses. Sun City is situated 200km from Johannesburg and can be easily reached with one of many shuttle services, as well as self-drive rental cars. The Sun City hotels are of the highest standards, and the conference venues feature state-of-the-art equipment and facilities – at an affordable rate to all attendees. Attendees are guaranteed to enjoy excellent game viewing and African bush activities in the malaria-free Pilanesberg National Park – experience a game drive, enjoy an outdoor “braai” in a traditional Boma (bush enclosure) and sit down to a gala dinner that will showcase some of South Africa’s culinary delights and world class wines.

Contact

All questions about paper submissions should be emailed to submissions@fusion2020.org

All questions about tutorial submissions should be emailed to tutorials@fusion2020.org

All questions about special session submissions should be emailed to specialsessions@fusion2020.org

All questions about panel discussion submissions should be emailed to panels@fusion2020.org

Sponsors

Brought to you by the International Society of Information Fusion, supported by IEEE AESS, the University of Pretoria, IEEE South Africa Section.

Sponsors to be announced in due course.

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