Neural Computation Symposium

[Erik Nordh <erik.nordh@NEURO.UMU.SE>]

Forwarded message. Regards /Erik





>To: erickson@csis.gvsu.edu
>From: pascal@icsc.ab.ca
>Subject: Neural Computation Symposium
>Reply-To: pascal@icsc.ab.ca
>Date:  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:52:17 -0600
>
>ANNOUNCEMENT / CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>Second International ICSC Symposium on
>NEURAL COMPUTATION  /  NC'2000
>To be held at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany
>May 23-26, 2000
>
>http//www.icsc.ab.ca/nc2000.htm
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>SYMPOSIUM CHAIR
>Prof. Hans Heinrich Bothe
>  Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
>  Department of Information Technology
>  Building 344
>  DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
>  Email:  hhb@it.dtu.dk
>  Phone:  +45-4525-3632
>  Fax:    +45-4588-0117
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>PUBLICATION CHAIR
>Prof. Raul Rojas
>  Freie Universität Berlin
>  Institut Informatik / FB Mathematik
>  Takustrasse 9
>  D - 14195 Berlin / Germany
>  Email:  rojas@inf.fu-berlin.de
>  Fax:    +49-30-8387-5109
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>SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZER
>ICSC International Computer Science Conventions
>  P.O. Box 279
>  Millet, Alberta T0C 1Z0 / Canada
>  Phone: +1-780-387-3546
>  Fax:   +1-780-387-4329
>  Email: operating@icsc.ab.ca
>  WWW:   http//www.icsc.ab.ca
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>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
>Igor Aleksander, Imperial College of Science & Technology, London, U.K.
>Peter G. Anderson, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA
>Horst Bischof, Technical University Vienna, Austria
>Ruediger W. Brause, J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
>Juan Lopez Coronado, Universidad Polotecnica de Cartagena, Spain
>Ludwig Cromme, Brandenburgische Technische Universitaet Cottbus, Germany
>Chris deSilva, University of Western Australia Crawley, Australia
>Georg Dorffner, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence,
>Vienna, Austria
>Gunhan Dundar, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
>Bernd Fritzke, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
>Kunihiko Fukushima, The University of  Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
>Wulfram Gerstner, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
>Stan Gielen, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
>Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy
>Bruce Graham, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
>Dorothea Heiss-Czedik, Technical University Vienna, Austria
>Michael Heiss, Siemens Vienna, Austria
>Giacomo Indiveri, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
>Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia, The Levels, Australia
>Nikola Kasabov, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
>Bart Kosko, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA, USA
>Rudolf Kruse, University of Magedburg, Germany
>Te-Won Lee, Salk Institute & University of California, San Diego, USA
>Fa-Long Luo, R&D Department, Redwood City, USA
>G.Nicolas Marichal, University of La Laguna Tenerife, Spain
>Giuseppe Martinelli, University of Rome 1, Italy
>Klaus-Robert Mueller, GMD First, Berlin, Germany
>Fazel Naghdy, University of Wollongong, Australia
>M. Palaniswami, University of Melbourne, Australia
>Guenther Palm, University of Ulm, Germany
>Yoh-Han Pao, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA
>Alexander V. Pavlov, Laboratory for Optical Fuzzy Systems, St. Petersburg,
>Russia
>Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
>Raul Rojas, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
>V. David Sanchez A., Falon, Inc., San Diego CA, USA
>Bernd Schuermann, Siemens ZFE, Munich, Germany
>J.S. Shawe-Taylor, Royal Holloway University of London, U.K.
>Peter Sincak, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
>Nigel Steele, Coventry University, U.K.
>Rainer Stotzka, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany
>Piotr Szczepaniak, Technical University of Lodz, Poland
>Csaba Szepesvari, University of Szeged, Hungary
>Henning Tolle, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
>Shiro Usui, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan
>Luis Alfredo Vidal de Carvalho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
>Roberto C. Villas-Boas, United Nations Industrial Development
>Organization, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
>Lipo Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
>Klaus Weber, Technical University of Cottbus, Germany
>Andreas Weingessel, Technical University Vienna, Austria
>Takeshi Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan
>Andreas Zell, Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany
>Tom Ziemke, University of Skoevde, Sweden
>Jacek M. Zurada, University of Louisville, K.Y., USA
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>SPONSORS
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>Technical University of Berlin, Germany
>Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft fuer Produktionsanlagen, Berlin, Germany (FHG-IPK)
>ICSC International Computer Science Conventions, Canada/Switzerland
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>INTRODUCTION
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>The science of neural computation focusses on mathematical aspects to
>solve complex practical problems, and it also seeks to help neurology,
>brain theory and cognitive psychology in the understanding of the
>functioning of the nervous system by means of computational models of
>neurons, neural nets and subcellular processes. NC'2000 aims to become a
>major point of contact for research scientists, engineers and
>practitioners throughout the world in the field of Neural Computation.
>Participants will share the latest research, developments and ideas in the
>wide arena of disciplines encompassed under the heading of NC'2000 as a
>follow-up of the most successful NC'98 conference in Vienna, Austria.
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>TOPICS
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>Contributions are sought in areas based on the list below, which is
>indicative only. Contributions from new applications areas are welcome.
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>COMPUTATIONAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS
>- Artificial neural network paradigms
>- Knowledge representation
>- Learing and generalization
>- Probabilistic neural networks
>- Information theoretic approaches
>- Time-coded neural networks
>- Pulse-coded neural networks
>- Self-organization
>- Cellular automata
>- Hybrid systems (e.g. neuro-fuzzy, GA, evolutionary strategies)
>- Chaos in neural networks
>- Statistical and numerical aspects
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>NEUROPHYSIOLOGICALLY INSPRIED MODELS
>- Neurophysiological foundations
>- Spiking neuron models and neuron assemblies
>- Models of brain centers and sensory pathways
>- Sensormotor integration
>- Sensation, Perception and Attention
>- Spatio-temporal Orientation
>- Reactive Behavior
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>SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS
>- Simulation and Graphical Programming Tools
>- Distributed Systems
>- Neuro-chips, -controllers and -computers
>- Analog and Digital Electronic Implementations
>- Optic, Holographic Implementations
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>NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATIONS
>- Pre-processing and Feature Extraction
>- Sound, Speech and Image Processing
>- Pattern Recognition and System Identification
>- Computer Vision, Feature Binding and Image Understanding
>- Autonomous Sensor Systems, Multivariate Sensor Fusion
>- Robotics and Control
>- Behavior based Exploration and Planning
>- Power Systems
>- Environmental Systems
>- Decision Support Systems
>- Medical Applications
>- Operational Research and Logistics
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>SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
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>NC'2000 will include invited plenary talks, contributed sessions, invited
>sessions, workhops and tutorials.
>
>At present, the following special sessions are in preparation
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>SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS MODIFICATION, EXTENSION AND APPLICATION
>with a tutorial by Prof. Teuvo Kohonen, who is the 'inventor' of SOM's
>Session Chair Dr. Udo Seiffert, University of Magdeburg, Germany
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>NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND NEURAL FIELDS FOR THE ANALYSIS AND ORGANIZATION OF
>BEHAVIOR
>with participation by Prof. S.-I. Amari, Riken Institute, Japan, who is
>the founder of the mathematical formulation of neural fields.
>Session Chair Prof. Werner von Seelen, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
>
>ANN IN BIOMEDICINE
>Session Chair Prof. Piotr Szczepaniak, Technical University of Lodz, Poland
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>OPTICS IN FUZZY SET THEORY
>Session Chair Dr. Alexander V. Pavlov, Laboratory for Optical Fuzzy
>Systems, St. Petersburg, Russia
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>INVITED SESSIONS
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>The organization of invited sessions is encouraged. Prospective organizers
>are requested to send a session proposal (consisting of 4-5 invited
>papers, the recommended session-chair and co-chair, as well as a short
>statement describing the title and the purpose of the session to the
>Symposium Chairman or the Symposium Organizer. Invited sessions should
>preferably start with a tutorial paper. The registration fee of the
>session organizer will be waived, if at least 4 authors of invited papers
>register to the conference.
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>POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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>Poster presentations are encouraged for people who wish to receive peer
>feedback and practical examples of applied research are particularly
>welcome. Poster sessions will allow the presentation and discussion of
>respective papers, which will also be included in the conference
>proceedings.
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>WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
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>Proposals should be submitted as soon as possible to the Symposium
>Chairman or the Symposium Organizer.
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>SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
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>Prospective authors are requested to either send a draft paper (maximum 7
>pages) or an extended abstract for review by the International Program
>Committee. All papers must be written in English, starting with a succinct
>statement of the problem, the results achieved, their significance and a
>comparison with previous work.
>
>Submissions must be received by October 31, 1999. Regular papers, as well
>as poster presentations, tutorial papers and invited sessions are
>encouraged.
>
>The submission should also include
>- Title of conference (NC'2000)
>- Type of paper (regular, poster, tutorial or invited)
>- Title of proposed paper
>- Authors names, affiliations, addresses
>- Name of author to contact for correspondence
>- E-mail address and fax # of contact author
>- Topics which best describe the paper (max. 5 keywords)
>- Short CV of authors (recommended)
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>Contributions are welcome from those working in industry and having
>experience in the topics of this conference as well as from academics. The
>conference language is English.
>
>It is strongly recommended to submit abstracts by electronic mail to
>
>  operating@icsc.ab.ca
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>or else by fax or mail (2 copies) to the following address
>
>  ICSC Canada
>  P.O. Box 279
>  Millet, Alberta T0C 1Z0
>  Canada
>  Fax +1-780-387-4329
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>BEST PRESENTATION AWARDS
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>The best oral and poster presentations will be honored with best
>presentation awards.
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>PUBLICATIONS
>
>Conference proceedings (including all accepted papers) will be published
>by ICSC Academic Press and be available for the delegates at the symposium
>in printed form or on CD-ROM.
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>Authors of a selected number of innovative papers will be invited to
>submit extended manuscripts for publication in prestigious international
>journals.
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>IMPORTANT DATES
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>- Submission Deadline:        October 31, 1999
>- Notification of Acceptance: December 31, 1999
>- Delivery of full papers:    February 15, 2000
>- Tutorials and Workshops:    May 23, 2000
>- NC'2000 Symposium:          May 24-26, 2000
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>ACCOMMODATION
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>Accommodation at reasonable rates will be available at nearby hotels. Full
>details will follow with the letters of acceptance.
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>SOCIAL AND TOURIST ACTIVITIES
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>A social program will be organized and also be available for accompanying
>persons.
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>THE FASCINATING CITY OF BERLIN
>
>The old and new capital of Germany is a mecca for scientists and cultural
>enthusiasts, for day workers and night owls. Charming with its several
>opera houses, concert halls, cabarets, and beer gardens, Berlin is full of
>spontaneous cultural events or happenings. As an urban building site for
>the future, it is at the same time a living contradiction and a casual
>place with relaxation areas and large parks right in the city center. The
>fine nature, pine tree forests, and 1001 lakes around the city supply
>Berlin with it s very specific sparkling air in spring time. No other city
>in Germany has during the last 100 years played such a prominent role in
>history and in the imagination of the people Social and industrial
>revolution in the last century, world war I and later manifestation of the
>first German republic, the 'Golden Twenties', nazis dictatorship and world
>war II, splitting by the Berlin Wall, 'economic miracle' in the west and
>socialistic showpiece city in the east, '68 stu
>dent and alternative lifestyle movement in the west and peace movement in
>the east, and finally, the fall of the Wall. Berlin tempts with its many
>research facilities, and it is Germany's largest industrial city with
>headquarters or dependences of most major companies. At present,
>approximately 3.5 million inhabitants live in the reunified city, among
>which more than 120.000 students, who study in three universities and
>twelve colleges or schools of arts.
>Berlin ist eine Reise wert.
>Welcome!
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>FURTHER INFORMATION
>
>Fully updated information is available from
>
>http//www.icsc.ab.ca/nc2000.htm
>
>You may also contact
>
>- ICSC International Computer Science Conventions
>  P.O. Box 279
>  Millet, Alberta T0C 1Z0 / Canada
>  Phone:  +1-780-387-3546
>  Fax:    +1-780-387-4329
>  Email:  operating@icsc.ab.ca
>
>or, for specific scientific requests, the symposium chairman.
>