North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society
NAFIPS’2011
March 18-20, 2011
El Paso, Texas
As the premier fuzzy society in North America established in 1981, NAFIPS's purpose is to help guide and encourage the development of fuzzy sets and related technologies for the benefit of mankind.
Banquet! March 19: Buses will take us to the banquet place. They will be available on University street, by the Union building (where the conference is held) at 5:45pm.
Program now available! You can check it directly on the program page of this website. Also, please find here the abstracts of all articles of NAFIPS'2011.
CoProD'11: free registration is open! -- The 4th international workshop on Constraint Programming and Decision Making is co-located with NAFIPS, sponsored by NSF, and will be held on March 17 at UTEP: see the special sessions' page of this website.
NAFIPS'2011 -- CONFERENCE VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION
On this page, you will find information about El Paso and UTEP, as well as information about possible accommodation options.
IMPORTANT! If you decide to stay at the Hilton Garden Inn located on campus, please take a look at the following way to get a discounted price !!valid until Tuesday February, 15 only!!: On the hotel webpage, enter NAFIPS as your as Group/Convention Code to get a special rate.
Otherwise, you can find some more information about places where to stay below on this page.
El Paso, Texas
NAFIPS 2011 will be held in a city that stretches the
imagination -- El Paso, Texas' westernmost city, surprisingly
closer to San Diego than to Houston, and tucked between New
Mexico and Mexico. From the campus you can see both states and
both countries. El Paso is a city of nearly three-quarters of a
million people, which sprawls across hundreds of square miles
of desert and rambling foothills. The Franklin Mountains,
southern tip of the Rockies, slice El Paso nearly in two. El
Paso's dry, sunny, warm desert climate earned the city the
nickname ``Sun City". This climate makes it easy to enjoy the
outdoor activities that abound in the area, including hiking in
the Franklin Mountains, which rise to over 7,000 feet inside
the city limits. With its classic Western geography and
tri-cultural history, El Paso makes an intriguing place to
visit.
For a closer look at the city, visit the El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau website; this website has a short video of El Paso.
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
NAFIPS 2011 will take place at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Approaching its centennial celebration, UTEP is the second oldest academic component of the University of Texas system. UTEP is a major urban research university in the heart of a thriving international metropolis. It is experiencing an unprecedented growth with a record enrollment of more than 21,000 students in 2009 and a $180-million building boom. With new labs and classrooms to support its rapidly expanding academic and research programs, UTEP is striving to become one of the next top-tier research universities in Texas. Moreover, UTEP is changing the face of higher education - it is ranked second in the nation in awarding undergraduate degrees to Hispanics. As the country's only high-research-activity research university with a student body that is majority Mexican-American, UTEP is committed to providing access and excellence in higher education. You can take a virtual tour of the campus: you will see that UTEP's beautiful campus features a distinctive architectural style derived from the buildings in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
Some pictures and ideas about sightseeing locations nearby El Paso can be found here.
Accommodation
A convenient hotel is the Hilton Garden Inn located on campus. However, many other options are available in the area, offering a broader range of night rates. You can consult the website of the Hotel Motel Association of El Paso for more information about accommodation.IMPORTANT! If you decide to stay at the Hilton Garden Inn located on campus, please take a look at the following way to get a discounted price: On the hotel webpage, enter NAFIPS as your as Group/Convention Code to get a special rate.
Conference location
- UTEP, Union Building - East
3rd floor
Rooms: Tomas Rivera Conference Center, University Suite, Templeton Suite, and Ray room
- See map of UTEP
- See map of Union East's 3rd floor
NAFIPS'2011 Program
Contact Information
- Vladik Kreinovich
- vladik / utep.edu
- Martine Ceberio
- mceberio / utep.edu
Important Dates
- 10/11/2010: Special session proposals
- 10/31/2010: Papers due (extended deadline)
- 12/17/2010: Notification of acceptance of papers
- 02/01/2011: Final papers submission and early registration
- 03/18-20/2011: Conference
About the Location
About El Paso
Discover a city that stretches the imagination - El Paso, Texas' westernmost city. A city of nearly three-quarters of a million people, which sprawls across hundreds of square miles of desert and rambling foothills.
About UTEP
Approaching its centennial celebration, UTEP is the second oldest academic component of the University of Texas system. It has over 20,000 students. It is a beautiful and friendly campus with a harmonious and pleasing Bhutanese architecture.
Where to Stay
Although the most convenient hotel is probably the on-campus Hilton Garden Inn, many other options are available in the campus' neighborhood, and can be checked on the website of the El Paso Hotel Motel Association.
What to do
El Paso is an intriguing city worth visiting. Its mountains, the Franklin Mountains, southmost part of the Rockies, are surely a place to visit. An easy way to get a nice view of the city is by taking the Wyler aerial tramway. Surrounding places of interest also include the New Mexico sites: La Mesilla, Carlsbad caverns, White Sands National Monument.