Call For Papers The 2027 International Joint Conference on Rough Sets (IJCRS 2027)

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Conference Date: June 8-11, 2027
• June 8, 2027: Rough Set School, invited tutorials designed for graduate students, early-
career researchers, and newcomers to the field.
• June 9-11, 2027: Main conference, including keynote talks, technical sessions, special
sessions, workshops, and IRSS meeting.

Website: https://ijcrs2027.cs.umanitoba.ca

Organizer and host: Organized by the International Rough Set Society and hosted by the
University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg

Sponsors: Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba

MAIN TOPICS

We invite submissions of original and previously unpublished research on rough set theory, including
but not limited to the following topics:

Core Rough Set Models And Methods:
– Covering/Neighborhood-based rough set models
– Decision-theoretic rough set models
– Dominance-based rough set models
– Game-theoretic rough set models
– Logic in rough set models
– Partial rough set models
– Rough-Bayesian models
– Rough clustering
– Rough computing
– Rough mereology
– Rough-set-based feature selection
– Rule-based systems
– Variable precision rough set models

Related Methods And Hybridization:
– Anomaly, outlier, and novelty detection
– Decision support systems
– Dempster-Shafer theory
– Formal concept analysis
– Fuzzy sets
– Fuzzy rough sets and rough fuzzy sets
– Granular computing
– Intelligent agent models
– Interval computations
– Nature-inspired computation models
– Petri nets
– Rough sets in data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning
– Three-way decision
– Three-way data analytics
– Topology and matroids
– Uncertain and approximate reasoning
– Uncertainty theory

Areas Of Applications:
– Astronomy and atmospheric sciences
– Big data analytics
– Bioinformatics
– Business intelligence and business data analytics
– Computer vision and image processing
– Cybernetics and robotics
– Financial markets
– Interactive computing
– Knowledge discovery
– Knowledge engineering and representation
– Medicine and health
– Natural language processing
– Retail and E-commerce
– Risk monitoring
– Semantic web
– Smart cities
– Telecommunications
– Transportation
– Web mining and text mining

ROUGH SET SCHOOL AND TUTORIALS

We cordially invite you to submit the tutorial proposals by email. Any topics related to the theory and applications of artificial intelligence, data mining and uncertainty modeling are relevant. They do not need to be related to rough sets. Tutorials can be attractive for the IJCRS attendees who would like to broaden their interests beyond rough sets. We will also organize a stream of lectures related to the theory and applications of rough set methods. This stream will be called Rough Set School. It will be designed to provide graduate students and industry practitioners with basic understanding of what the rough sets are and how rough set methods can be utilized. Both Rough Set School lectures and general tutorials will be held on June 8, 2027.

PAPER SUBMISSION

The submission link is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ijcrs2027

We accept two types of submissions:
• Extended abstracts: will be published in the online pdf book of abstracts.
• Full-length papers (12-15 pages): will be published in the LNCS/LNAI Springer proceedings.
Both types will be treated equally when designing the conference program of oral presentations.

Further details on extended abstracts:
Extended abstracts should be 1-4 pages in length. Submissions may describe work in progress or research that has been published elsewhere within the past year. Extended abstracts will not be included in the conference proceedings; instead, they will be published in a digital Book of Abstracts on the conference website. To be included in the Book of Abstracts, submissions must be registered and presented at the conference. Extended abstracts should follow the same formatting requirements as full papers and must use either the LaTeX or Word templates provided by Springer, available on the Springer Authors’ Page. LaTeX users may also access the templates through Overleaf. When submitting through EasyChair, authors should select the “Extended Abstracts” submission type. During the submission process, authors will be asked to choose the track in which they wish to present their work.

Further details on full-length papers:
Full-length papers should be 12-15 pages in length and will be published in the LNCS/LNAI Springer proceedings. Papers slightly exceeding 15 pages may also be considered. Submissions must be original and must not be under review or simultaneously submitted to another conference or journal. Each paper will undergo a rigorous peer-review process involving at least three independent and anonymous reviewers. All accepted papers must be presented at the conference and will be published in the conference proceedings, available in both print and digital formats. Full-length papers must be submitted through EasyChair using the link provided above. During submission, authors must select the track most appropriate for their paper. All submissions must comply with Springer’s Instructions for Proceedings Authors and use either the LaTeX or Word templates available on the Springer Authors’ Page. LaTeX templates are also available through Overleaf. Authors are expected to adhere to Springer’s Code of Conduct when preparing and submitting their work. Authors interested in publishing their papers as open access are encouraged to consult Springer directly for information on fees and available options.

Previous IJCRS proceedings are available through Springer at https://link.springer.com/conference/ijcrs.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

All fees are in Canadian dollars and include taxes and processing fees (a manuscript is defined as an
accepted full paper or an accepted extended abstract):

Regular full registration fee is $800 CAD. At least one author of a manuscript must have a full registration.
Second-manuscript full registration fee is $300 CAD. The second manuscript must be registered under the same author as the first manuscript.
All participants of the conference must have a valid registration.
Registration fee is non-refundable.

IMPORTANT DATES

Workshop and special session:
- Proposal submission deadline: October 15, 2026
- Notification: October 20, 2026
Full-length paper:
- Submission deadline: December 15, 2026
- Notification to authors: February 20, 2027
- Camera-ready version: March 15, 2027
Extended abstract:
- Submission deadline: March 5, 2027
- Notification to authors: March 12, 2027
Early registration deadline: March 15, 2027
Registration (all categories) deadline: April 1, 2027

ORGANIZING COMMITTEES

General Conference Chairs:

Sheela Ramanna (University of Winnipeg, Canada)
JingTao Yao (University of Regina, Canada)
Tianrui Li (Southwest Jiaotong University, China)

Program Committee Chairs:

Mengjun Hu (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Guangming Lang (Changsha University of Science and Technology, China)
Davide Ciucci (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)

Local Organizing Chair:

Christopher Henry (University of Manitoba, Canada)

Honorary Chairs:

James Peters (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Andrzej Skowron (Systems Research Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Guoyin Wang (Chongqing Normal University, China)

Steering Committee Chairs:

Qinghua Hu (Tianji University, China)
Pawan Lingras (Saint Mary’s University, Canada)
Roman Słowiński (Poznań University of Technology, Poland)

Special Session and Workshop Chairs:

Chris Cornelis (Ghent University, Belgium)
Aleksandra Szpakowska (University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland)

Rough Set School Chairs:

Andrea Campagner (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
Salvatore Greco (University of Catania, Italy)

Extended Abstract Chair:

Doudou Guo (China University of Mining and Technology, China)

Webmaster:

Manjot Sran (University of Manitoba, Canada)

CONTACT

Email: ijcrs2027@cs.umanitoba.ca