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

• 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

Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings by Springer, in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

Participants should submit an electronic version of the manuscript (PostScript or PDF format) to .

The papers should not exceed 10 pages, and should be prepared according to LNCS format. A cover sheet with the authors names and affiliations is also requested, with the complete address of the corresponding author, and an abstract (200 words).

Two members of the Scientific Committee will referee the papers.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to register, attend the workshop, and present the paper. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings only if the registration form and payment for one of the authors will be received.