2nd International Symposium
on Frontiers of Time Series Modeling:
Nonparametric Approach to Knowledge Discovery

Nara-ken New Public Hall
101 Kasugano, Nara, Japan
December 14 (Thurs.)-17 (Sun.), 2000



Committee

Symposium Chair

T. Higuchi (ISM)

International Program Committee

K. Fukumizu (ISM, Japan)
T. Higuchi (Chair, ISM, Japan)
G. Kitagawa (ISM, Japan)
M. Sagae (Gifu Univ., Japan)
H. Sakai (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
H. Shimodaira (ISM, Japan)
Y. Takizawa (ISM, Japan)
Y. Tamura (ISM, Japan)
K. Tanabe (ISM, Japan)
H. Tong (LSE, UK)
M. West(Duke Univ., US)

Local Organizing Committee

H. Kato (NTT Communications, Japan)
Y. Kawasaki (ISM, Japan)
S. Sato (ISM, Japan)
Y. Takizawa (Chair, ISM, Japan)
Y. Tamura (ISM, Japan)
S. Ueda (ISM, Japan)

Staff

Y. Ebina (ISM, Japan)
A. Honda ( Nara Women's Univ., Japan)
M. Konishi (Ochanomizu Women's Univ, Japan)
M. Washizaki (ISM, Japan)

The International Symposium on Frontiers of Time Series Modeling (FTSM)

The prediction of complex dynamic phenomena and the analysis of nonlinear phenomenon have become central topics of the current technical endevours in the various fields of scientific research. This series of symposia, which started in 1999 under the sponsorship of the Institute of Statitical Mathematics, is intended to bring together and exchange new ideas and methods for attacking the problems on the fronriers of time series modeling and related fields.


FTSM-0: March 15, 1999 (ISM, Tokyo, Japan)
FTSM-1: February 7-9, 2000 (ISM, Tokyo, Japan)

Aim and Scope of the 2nd International Symposium (FTSM-2)

This is the second symposium of the FTSM series. The first one was devoted to a sharply focused area of the time sereies analysis. The second one will emphsize rather broader area of nonparametric and related approaches in time series analysis such as smoothness prior approach, kernel density estimation, wavelet analysis, independent component analysis, and artificial neural network. These methods form indispensable tools for knowledge discovery in time series data sets which show complicated signature of nonlinearity and nonstationarity. In order to attain the maximum scientific return in practice, these nonparametric methods should be tailored to individual problems at hand and discussed as such. However, it would be very beneficial for scientific community to develop common techniques on the conceptual or methodological levels. The main purpose of this symposium is to bring researchers in various scientific fields together for reviewing the recent developments and to establish common methodological ground for pursuing the reaserch of knowledge discovery in time series analysis and related areas.

We think that it is timely to have this symposium focused on nonparametric approaches at the end of 20th century!

Topics of Interest

Within the scope of this conference include, but not limited to, the following areas:
---Methodology
a) smoothing procedure, noise suppression, data compression
b) signal decomposition, inverse problems in time series analysis
c) estimation of nonstationary power spectrum
d) identification of dynamical systems in chaos
e) estimation of probabilistic density function
f) nonparametric approach for knowledge discovery in databases

---Application domain
1) biological time series
2) medical time sequences
3) time series in earth and space sciences
4) communication techniques

Symposium Site

The symposium site, Nara, was the old Japanese capital in the 8th century and there are many famous national treasuries. Nara is close to Kyoto (30-40 minutes by train) and is easily accessed from the second largest international airport in Japan, "Kansai international airport". There are direct flights from major cities to Kansai international airport. The conference hall is surrounded by a beautiful mountain

Call for Papers(Poster Session) (Deadline is over)

-- Abstract Submission Guidline:
The symposium will offer a poster session on the above-mentioned topics. Both theoretical research and applications papers are solicited. If you are interested in giving a poster presentation, please submit your abstract by October 16, 2000 by using the following submission form.

On-Line Submission Form (Deadline is over)

-- Manuscript Submission Guideline:
The authors are required to prepare a manuscript by November 15, 2000. The procedure for submission of papers includes the following guidelines:

(1) The paper must be in English.

(2) The paper should not exceed 10 (2 for poster session) single-spaced pages of text using 12 or 11 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inch (letter (A4) size) pages. YOUR PAPER MUST BE CAMERA READY.

(3) The paper should include title, authors' names, postal and e-mail addresses, an approximately 200 word summary, up to 5 keywords.

(4) The paper is expected to be prepared under the style files supplied by the publisher (Kluwer Academic, Japan). We are assuming that you use latex209 and have the epsfig package. Please try to compile the exaism_ftsm2.tex file. It contains info on how to do tables,figures and references.


(5) If at all possible, submission should be made electronically by e-mail. Do not send copies by fax or telecopier. Send either two copies of the manuscript or the PostScript (or PDF) file to the workshop local organizing chairman:

Yumi Takizawa
The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
4-6-7 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8569, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5421-8761
Fax: +81-3-5421-8749
email: takizawa@ism.ac.jp


-- Special Issue in AISM:
We are planning to have a special issue in Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (AISM:
http://www.ism.ac.jp/~nagasima/editsec/aism-e.html).
Original papers based mainly on the papers submitted for the symposium will be considered for publication. ALL authors are encouraged to prepare the manuscript for the symposium in aiming at submitting your paper to the special issue in the AISM.

-- Guidelines for Poster Presentations:
-- Directory of Nara-Ken New Public Hall:

Invited Speakers

K. Aihara (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
S. Amari (Riken, Japan)
W. Gersch (Univ. Hawaii, US)
M. Ishiguro (ISM, Japan)
M. Kawasaki (Univ. Virginia, US)
G. Kitagawa (ISM, Japan)
T. Matsumoto(Waseda Univ., Japan)
A. Mees (Univ. of W. Australia, Australia, and Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
J. Moody (Oregon Graduate Inst., US)
K-R. Müller (GMD FIRST, Germany)
R. Prado (Univ. Simon Bolivar, Venezuela)
N. Saito (UC Davis, US)
R. von Sachs (Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
N. Sadato (Fukui Medical Univ.)
H. Sakai (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
R. Shibata (Keio Univ., Japan)
R. H. Shumway (UC Davis, US)
D. S. Stoffer (Univ. Pittsburgh, US)
K. Tanabe (ISM, Japan)
R. Todling ( NASA/DAO , US)
H. Tong (LSE, UK)
Y. Truong (Univ. NC, US)
M. Yamada (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
About 15 foreign researchers and 15 domestic researchers are invited to the symposium.
(Aug. 17, 2000 updated)

Program

---- PROGRAM (Final Version) ----
* Meeting Dec.15(09:50-),16,17(-16:30)
* Welcome Party Dec.14 Hotel Fujita Orchid Room (19:00-21:00)
* Banquet Dec.16 Hotel Fujita Garden Room (19:30-21:30)

Program (Updated Dec. 04)

Abstract for Invited Talks [ps]
Abstract for Poster Session [ps]

Publication

Proceedings will be published by the Institute of Statistical Mathematics.

Registration

On-Line Registration Form (Deadline is over)
Please make an on-site registration.

-- Registration Fee:
Registration fee includes a copy of proceedings. All participants are invited to a banquet on Dec. 16, 2000.

Before November 15, 2000
Coorporate ¥ 30,000
General (Academic, Non-profit) ¥ 10,000
Student ¥ 5,000

After November 15, 2000 or Onsite registration
Coorporate ¥ 30,000
General (Academic, Non-profit) ¥ 15,000
Student ¥ 8,000


--Payments for registration::
All payments must be in Japanese Yen.
For domestic participants
Only a bank transfer ("Furikomi") is acceptable. Please pay a registration fee before December 8, 2000.
[Bank Account]

For foreign participants
Please pay the registration fee by cash in Japanese Yen at the registration desk.

-- Receipt:
The receipt will be given to you at the registration desk.

-- Cancellations:
You must send Email to kawasaki@ism.ac.jp or call +81-3-5421-8747.

Banquet Place:

The conference banquet will be held at Hotel Fujita Nara Garden Room on December 16 (19:30-21:30), 2000.

Hotel Accommodations and Travel Information

-- Hotel Accommodation

- Housing Deadline: November 15 (Deadline is over)

- To Make Reservations
On-Line Reservation Form (Deadline is over)
Pleae call Hotel Fujita Nara directly.

- Changes/Cancellations
You must send Email to fujitani@ics-inc.co.jp or call Mr. Fujitani (+81-3-3263-6979).



-- Travel Information

Travel Support (Deadline is over)

Important Dates

Contributed Papers (Poster) Due: October 16, 2000
Manuscript Due: November 15, 2000
Housing: November 15, 2000

Early Registration: November 15, 2000
Registration: December 8, 2000

Further Information

Yumi Takizawa
The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
4-6-7 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8569, Japan
tel: +81-3-5421-8761 FAX: +81-3-5421-8749
email: takizawa@ism.ac.jp
Homepage: http://www.ism.ac.jp/~takizawa


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