[DL] fz°bw Call for Papers: First International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis

[fz°bw - icfca03]

                  Invitation to the ICFCA 2003:
      First International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis 

     held on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of founding the
   "ERNSTSCHRÖDERZENTRUM für Begriffliche Wissensverarbeitung e.V."
                        organized by the 
     fz°bw - Research Center for Conceptual Knowledge Processing
             at Darmstadt University of Technology,
                  Hauptgebäude, Hochschulstr.1,
                  Room 223 (Ernst-Schröder-Saal)

 
             Beginning:  February 27, 2003, 9 a.m.
             Ending:     March 1, 2003, 5 p.m.


Formal  Concept  Analysis arose  around  1980  out  of attempts  of
restructuring  lattice  theory   to  promote  better  communication
between   lattice  theorists   and  potential   users   of  lattice
theory. Since  then Formal  Concept Analysis has  been increasingly
developed  as a  strong field  of  research stimulated  by a  broad
spectrum  of applications.   Today  researchers from  all over  the
world contribute  to Formal Concept Analysis and  apply methods and
results of  Formal Concept  Analysis.  Therefore it  is time  for a
first international conference on  Formal Concept Analysis on which
the  state of  the  art of  this  promising field  of research  and
application can be  presented.  Since the "ERNSTSCHRÖDERZENTRUM für
Begriffliche  Wissensverarbeitung e.V."   is the  institution which
has  mostly  supported the  recent  development  of Formal  Concept
Analysis,  the  dates for  the  first  international conference  on
Formal  Concept  Analysis  has  been  chosen to  include  the  10th
birthday of the "ERNSTSCHRÖDERZENTRUM".

The conference  is organized by  the Darmstadt Research  Center for
Conceptual Knowledge Processing (fz°bw). Bernhard Ganter (Dresden),
Gerd   Stumme  (Karlsruhe)   and  Rudolf   Wille   (Darmstadt)  are
responsible for the scientific  program of the conference. They are
also editors of a volume "Formal Concept Analysis: The State of the
Art"  which is  supposed to  be published  after the  conference by
Springer.  Whoever is  interested  in the  conference is  cordially
invited to actively participate in the conference. It is planned to
reserve  enough time  for  discussion and  exchange of  information
during the conference.

Applications should be sent to: 
 Julia Klinger, 
 FB Mathematik,
 Technische Universität, 
 D-64289 Darmstadt,
 Schloßgartenstraße 7 
 Phone:  ++49-6151-164706,
 Fax:    ++49-6151-164011, 
 E-mail: icfca03 at mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de.

If you  want to present  a paper, please  send us the title  and an
abstract until December, 15th.

Hotel reservations can be made through 
 Pro Regio Darmstadt, 
 Postfach (PO Box) 110780, 
 D-64283 Darmstadt 
 E-mail: touris at proregio-darmstadt.de, 
 Phone:  ++49-6151-132782, 
 Fax:    ++49-6151-13283. 

Cheap  accommodation  for  students  may be  available  upon  early
request.

Additional  information will  be made  available at  the conference
website:

  http://fzbw.de/icfca03