IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
Co-located with CTIA Wireless 2004 Show, March 21-25, 2004 Atlanta, GA USA
http://www.wcnc.org/

Neural Nets, Fuzzy Systems, and Evolutionary Computation as Tools for Information Fusion A special Session is being organized spanning across the three 5th WSEAS International Conferences on: Neural Networks and Applications; Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Systems; and Evolutionary Computation. The conferences are being held in Udine, Italy, March 25-27, 2004. See http://www.worldses.org for more information.
Dr. B. V. Dasarathy,
http://belur.no-ip.com/
belur@ieee.org.

CONFERENCE FOR PROTECTIVE RELAY ENGINEERS TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
College Station, Texas
March 30-April 1, 2004

The Planning Committee of the 57th Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers invites you to attend the conference. The conference provides a forum for engineers to discuss protection technology and related subjects. Both tutorial presentations on fundamental concepts and papers on new technology are included. The program will include the following:

* New protection equipment descriptions
* Relay application ideas and new concepts
* Case Studies and "Horror Stories" (When the relays worked - and when they didn't!)

Please see http://engineering.tamu.edu/prorelay/ for more details.

SPIE's International Symposium on Defense and Security
April 12-16 , 2004
Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, FL

Here are two upcoming conferences, which are part of the symposium:

1. Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: Theory, Tools, and Technology VI (OR40)
2. Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications VIII (OR41)

Both will have special sessions on Homeland Defense. Please contact Dr. Belur V. Dasarathy, Chairman at belur@ieee.org for more details.

The Hydrogen Economy: Its Impact on the Future of Electric Energy
April 19, 20, 2004
Washington, DC

Four IEEE societies - Power Engineering Society, Power Electronics Society, Industry Applications Society, and the Society for Social Implications of Technology - have joined together to organize this topical meeting. It is focused on providing information about what a hydrogen-based economy would look like, what are the technologies and what impact will it have on our society. An impressive list of technical and policy experts has been assembled for this meeting to provide focus on the hydrogen production, its delivery infrastructure, power generation technologies, system interface issues, case studies from North America, Europe and Japan, and how hydrogen fuel will impact the future delivery of electric energy. The meeting will provide an opportunity for a lively and productive exchange of information among IEEE members and the hydrogen energy community on technical and policy issues related to the development of the hydrogen economy. See http://www.ieee.org/power/hydrogen. for further information and registration details.

The 9th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2004)
April 19-23 April, 2004
COEX Convention Center, Seoul, Korea

This year's conference features:

* 15 Technical Sessions on various network management topics
* 5 Panel Sessions
* 6 Keynote Speakers
* 12 Tutorials
* 22 Poster Presentations

Featured for the first time - Application Sessions:

- Next Generation OSS
- OSS Platforms
- QoS and Service Management
- Policy and Security Management

See http://www.noms2004.org for more information.

NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware
June 24-26, 2004
Seattle, Washington

Evolvable Hardware is an emerging field that applies evolution to automate design and adaptation of physical reconfigurable and morphable structures such as electronic systems, antennas, MEMS and robots. The purpose of this conference is to bring together leading researchers from the evolvable hardware community, representatives of the automated design and programmable/reconfigurable hardware communities, technology developers and end-users from the aerospace, military and commercial sectors. Evolvable hardware techniques enable self-re-configurability, adaptability and learning by programmable devices and thus have the potential to significantly increase the functionality of deployable hardware systems. Evolvable Hardware is expected to have major impact on deployable systems for space systems and defense applications that need to survive and perform at optimal functionality during long duration in unknown, harsh and/or changing environments. It is also expected to greatly enhance the capability of systems that need modification, upgrade and learning without interrupting their operation.

See http://ehw.jpl.nasa.gov/events/nasaeh04/ for more details.

2nd International Conference on Politics and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications
July 21-25, 2004
Orlando, Florida

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are transforming our societies, therefore papers about research results, solutions and problems of the applications of ICT in Politics and Society are highly encouraged. see: http://www.confinf.org/Pista04 for more information.

Advancements in Battery Charging, Monitoring & Testing
August 18-19, 2004
Marriott Denver Tech Center

This conference focuses on the latest applications and technologies in battery charging, monitoring and testing of Li-Ion, NiMH, NiCD and VRLA batteries. A new addition to the 2004 event are sessions devoted to optimizing cell performance, including changes in cell chemistry and how it affects charging technologies. Full session descriptions, as well as sponsors and exhibitors, can be found at http://www.batterypoweronline.com. Early Bird Registration ends March 18.

The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)
September 5 - 8, 2004
Intercontinental Princesa Sofia Hotel, Barcelona, Spain

Details can be found at: http://www.pimrc2004.org

IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRICAL INSULATION
The Indiana Convention Center
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
September 19-22, 2004

ISEI 2004 will focus on the practical aspects of electrical insulation, and expects to attract an audience of professionals who develop, design, apply, test, maintain or use electrical insulation. Many IEEE standards working groups will meet during the conference as well. The focus of the conference is practical papers on the development, application, testing and service experience of electrical insulation in electrical and electronic equipment.

ISEI oral sessions will be held at the Indiana Convention Center co-located with the Electrical Manufacturing Expo, 21-23 September 2004. (EME 04 is sponsored by the Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Association.) ISEI poster sessions will be held at the Marriott Indianapolis Downtown Hotel immediately adjacent to the convention center. For further information visit: http://www.deis.nrc.ca/isei2004.htm