Distributed Data Fusion and Mining

							                                                             ANNOUNCEMENT
                                   2006 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
                                   on ELECTRO/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
                                   May 7-10, 2006, Kellog Center, Michigan State University
                                   East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
                                   http://www.eit-conference.info

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE               The 2006 Electro/Information Technology Conference, sponsored by the
EIT Conferences General Chair      IEEE Region 4 (R4), is focused on basic/applied research results in the
Hossein Mousavinezhad
hossein.mousavinezhad@ieee.org     fields of electrical and computer engineering as they relate to Information
Western Michigan University        Technology and its applications. The purpose of the conference is to
                                   provide a forum for researchers and industrial investigators to exchange
2006 Conference Co-Chair           ideas and discuss developments in this growing field. There will also be
Satish Udpa (udpa@egr.msu.edu)
Lalita Udpa (udpal@egr.msu.edu)    exhibits where the latest electro/information technology tools and products
                                   will be showcased. This is also an opportunity for professional activities
Program Chairs                     development, workshops and tutorials. Keynote/Invited speakers at past
Subir Biswas
                                   EIT conferences include:
Peixin Zhong
                                     - Lotfi Zadeh, UC Berkeley (Soft Computing)
Professional Development Program     - Martha Sloan, Michigan Technological University (Computers)
Chairs
Tarek Lahdhiri                       - Hojjat Adeli, (Neural Networks)
Peixin Zhong                         - Laurence Wolfe, CIO/NIH (Coding Theory)
                                     - Mark J. T. Smith, Purdue University (Wavelets)
Exhibits/Sponsors Chairs             - Vasundara Varadan, NSF (Research Programs)
Shantanu Chakrabartty
Pradeep Ramuhalli                    - Brian Halla, National Semiconductor (Semiconductor Technology)
                                     - Kirstie Bellman, Aerospace Corp., (Integrated Analytical Models)
Publicity Chairs                   Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
Selin Aviyente
Shanker Balasubramaniam                 Micro Electromechanical Systems & Mechatronics
                                        Power Electronics
Local Arrangements Chairs
                                        Solid State, Consumer and Automotive Electronics
Pradeep Ramuhalli
Xiaobo Tan                              Nanotechnology
                                        Biomedical Applications, Telemedicine
Tutorials/Workshops Co-Chairs           Biometrics and Bioinformatics
Suleiman Barada
Shantanu Chakrabartty                   Wireless communication
                                        Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Registration Co-Chairs                  Cyber Security
Nihar Mahapatra
Shanker Balasubramaniam                 Signal/Image and Video Processing
                                        Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems
Publications Co-Chairs                  Software Engineering and Middleware Architecture
Selin Aviyente
Tom Wong                                Electronic Design Automation
                                        Intelligent and Multi-agent Control Systems
International Liaison                   Distributed Data Fusion and Mining
George Fodor

R4 Webmaster                       See Call for Papers on the conference web site:
Bob Evanich                        http://www.eit-conference.info for paper submission information format,
                                   and deadlines.
Finance Co-Chairs
Tongtong Li
Nihar Mahapatra                    For more information, ideas for organizing/chairing sessions, industry
                                   participation, tutorials, professional activities sessions, please contact:
Awards Co-Chairs                   Dr. Lalita Udpa, Conference Co-Chair, udpal@egr.msu.edu
Sat Basu
Xiaobo Tan
Hossein Mousavinezhad