MCS 2004 is the sixth workshop in a series aimed at creating a common international forum for researchers in the diverse communities working in the field of multiple classifier systems.

Contributions from all the research communities working in the field are welcome in order to compare the different approaches and to define common research priorities.

Special attention is also devoted to applications of multiple classifier systems.

The papers will be published in the workshop proceedings by Springer, in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of an international journal.

Workshop Topics
Papers describing original work in the following and related research topics are welcome:


Theoretical foundations of multiple classifier systems

Methods for classifier fusion

Design of multiple classifier systems

Neural network ensembles

Bagging and boosting

Mixtures of experts

New and related approaches

Applications

Conference Venue: Embassy Suites on Monterey Bay, Seaside California, USA. Paper deadline: January 21, 2005 Paper format: 10 pages using Springer LNCS format. E-mail manusctripts to polikar@rowan.edu All manuscripts will be reviewed by at least two (or more) reviewers. The notification of acceptance will be made by February 25.