Ninth International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis, Nicosia, Cyprus

The Ninth International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis project will be held from 2 to 6 May 2011 in Nicosia, Cyprus.

The origins of formal concept analysis lie in attempts to restructure lattice theory in order to promote better communication between lattice theorists and potential users of lattice theory. Lattice theory is the study of sets of objects (lattices) in which any two elements have a unique supremum (the elements' least upper bound; called their join) and an infimum (greatest lower bound; called their meet).

Formal concept analysis has developed into a research field in its own right with a thriving theoretical community and a rapidly expanding range of applications in information and knowledge processing including visualization, data analysis (mining) and knowledge management.

The conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on theoretical or applied aspects of formal concept analysis within related areas such as mathematics, information sciences, software engineering, linguistics, life sciences and social sciences. Topics set to be covered include:
- formal concept analysis theory;
- lattice drawing;
- philosophical foundations; - formal concept analysis and logic;
- conceptual knowledge;
- concept graphs;
- data analysis;
- formal concept analysis and data mining;
- association rules and pattern mining;
- analysis of social networks;
- data mining;
- algorithms and complexity theory.For further information, please visit: http://www.unic.ac.cy/icfca2011/(opens in new window)