CFP: ICONIP'99

Dorota Kieronska dorota at at.net.au
Sun Feb 28 08:11:19 EST 1999


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* ICONIP'99                          *
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* ANZIIS'99 and ANNES'99 and ACNN'99 *
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The 6th International Conference on Neural Information Processing--
jointly with the 7th Australian and New Zealand International
Conference on Intelligent Information Processing Systems, and the
5th New Zealand International Conference on Artificial Neural
Networks and Expert Systems, and the 11th Australian Conference
on Neural Networks. 

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* 16-20 November, 1999 *
* Perth, Australia     *
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In 1999, the annual conference of the Asian Pacific Neural Network
Assembly, ICONIP'99, will be held jointly with three other major
international conferences in the Asian Pacific Region, from 16 to
20 November 1999 in Perth, Western Australia. 
The joint conference will have three parallel streams: 

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* Stream1: Biological Neural Information Processing *
* Stream2: Neural Information Processing and Soft Computing *
* Stream3: Applied Techniques *
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TOPICS OF INTEREST

Stream 1: Biological Neural Information Processing
Neurobiological systems
Cognition
Cognitive models of the brain
Dynamical modelling, chaotic processes in the brain
Brain computers, biological computers
Consciousness, awareness, attention
Adaptive biological systems
Modelling emotions
Perception, vision 
Learning languages 

Stream 2: Neural Information Processing and Soft Computing
Soft computing--paradigms, methods, tools
Artificial neural network models, architectures and algorithms
Evolutionary programming and genetic algorithms
Fuzzy systems
Optimisation
Expert systems
Artificial life
Adaptive systems
Approximate reasoning
Hybrid and ensemble systems
Distributed AI systems, agent-based systems
Machine learning, data mining and intelligent databases
Probabilistic and statistical methods 

Stream 3: Applied techniques and Intelligent information systems
Intelligent information retrieval systems
Pattern recognition and image processing
Speech recognition and language processing
Human-computer interfaces, web computing
Robotics and mechatronics
Information engineering
Time-series prediction
Intelligent control
Virtual reality
Application of intelligent information technologies in:
engineering, process industries, law, finance and business,
medicine and sport, geographic information systems, geology,
data mining, environmental protection, ... 

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HONORARY CHAIR
Shun-Ichi Amari, Tokyo University 

GENERAL CONFERENCE CHAIR,
Tamas (Tom) Gedeon, University of New South Wales 

GENERAL CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Yianni Attikiouzel, University of Western Australia
Marwan Jabri, University of Sydney
Nikola Kasabov, University of Otago 

PROGRAM COMMITEE CO-CHAIRS
K Fukushima (jp), T Gedeon, S Halgamuge (au), N Kasabov (nz), D Nauck (de) 

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (TENTATIVE)
T Adams (fj), D Aha (us), D Alahakoon (au), I Aleksander (uk), S Amari (jp),
J Andreae (nz), Y Attikiouzel (au), J Austin (uk), J Baldwin (jp),
P Bartlett (au), A Bastian, J Bezdek (us), R Bogner (au),
B Bouchon-Meunier (fr), B Bruegge (de), A Bulsara (us), T Caelli (au),
T Chen (cn), V Cherkassky (us), S Cho, S Cho (kr), A Cichocki (jp),
I Cloete (za), R Coggins (au), G Coghill (nz), G Deboeck (us), J Diederich,
V Dimitrov (au), L Ding (sg), T Downs (au), W Duch (pl),
W Dunin-Barkowski (su), R Eckmiller (de), F Esteva (es), E Falkenauer (be),
M Fedrizzi (it), B Flower (au), D Fogel (us), W Friedrich (nz), K Fukushima,
T Furuhashi (jp), T Gedeon (au), M Glesner (de), J Grantner (us),
S Halgamuge (au), M Hassoun (us), H Hellendoorn (nl), T Hendtlass (au),
K Hirota (jp), A Hoffmann, J Hughes (au), M Ishikawa (jp), M Jabri,
I Jagielska, L Jain (au), M Jamshidi (us), A Jennings (au), S Jones (uk),
J Kacprzyk (pl), V Karri (au), N Kasabov (nz), O Katai, H Kawakami (jp),
O Kaynak (tr), L Koczy, S Kovacs (hu), A Kowalczyk (au), W Kurutach (th),
R Kozma (nz), R Kruse (de), D Lakov (bg), S Lee (kr), B Lees, D Levy (au),
M Lim (sg), P Maheshwari (au), R Marks (us), F Masulli (it), G Matsumoto (jp),
D McMichael (au), J Miller (nz), S Mitra (us), M Mizumoto (jp), N Morgan (us),
M Mukaidono, T Musha, T Nagano (jp), D Nauck (de), M Negnevitsky (au),
M Negoita (us), C Newton, C Latimer (au), R O'Shea (nz), E Oja (fi),
Y Okabe (jp), N Pal, S Pal (in), M Palaniswami (au), G Pasi (it),
L Patnaik (in), M Paulin (nz), D Pham (uk), A Ralescu (tr), B Reusch (de),
L Reznik (au), D Ruan (be), I Rudas (hu), P Sallis (nz), E Sanchez (fr),
D Saffen, Y Sato (jp), B Schuermann (de), O Simula (fi), U Srinivasan (au),
S Sugiyama (jp), R Sun, H Szu (us), M Takacs (yu), H Takagi (jp),
J Taylor (uk), A Topchy (ru), P Treleavan (uk), N Tschiold-Guerman (ch),
A Tsoi (au), Y Tsujimura, M Tsukada, E Uchino, S Usui (jp), J Herik (nl),
V Vapnik, R Vemuri (us), N Vojdani, W Wahlster (de), A Waibel (us), P Wallis,
J Wiles, W Wilson, P Wong (au), L Xu (hk), T Yamakawa, T Yanaru (jp),
X Yao (au), D Yun, L Zadeh, J Zurada (us)

ORGANISING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: 
Patrick Wong (Chair), Tom Gedeon, Graham Mann, University of NSW 

CONFERENCE ORGANISER
Australis Promotions
PO Box 1025, Bentley Delivery Centre
Perth 6983, Australia
phone: +61 8 9470 2552, fax: +61 8 9470 2727,
email: iconip99 at at.net.au <mailto:iconip99 at at.net.au> 

CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers must be received by 16 April 1999. They will be reviewed by
senior researchers in the field and the authors will be informed about
the decision of the review process in July 1999. The accepted
papers must be submitted in a camera-ready format by 31 August. All
accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. As
the conference is a multi-disciplinary meeting the papers are required
to be comprehensible to a wider rather than to a very specialised
audience. Papers will be presented at the conference either in an oral
or in a poster session. Please submit five copies of the paper
written in English on A4-format white paper with 2.5 cm margins on
all four sides, in two column format, on not more than 6 pages,
single-spaced, in Times or similar font of 10 points, and printed on
one side of the page only. Centred at the top of the first page should
be the complete title, author(s), mailing and e-mailing addresses,
followed by an abstract and the text. In the covering letter the
stream and the topic of the paper according to the list above should
be indicated. The IEEE Transaction journals LaTex article style can be
used. 

SPECIAL ISSUES OF JOURNALS AND EDITED VOLUMES
Selected papers will be published in special issues of scientific
journals. The organising committee is looking for publications of
edited volumes which include chapters covering the conference topics
written by invited conference participants. 

TUTORIALS (16 November)
Conference tutorials will be organized to introduce the basics of
cognitive modelling, dynamical systems, neural networks, fuzzy
systems, evolutionary programming, soft computing, expert systems,
hybrid systems, and adaptive systems. Proposals for tutorials are due
on 15 March 1999. 

EXHIBITION
Companies and university research laboratories are encouraged to
exhibit their developed or distributing software and hardware systems. 

STUDENT SESSION
Postgraduate students are encouraged to submit papers to this session
following the same formal requirements for paper submission. The
submitted papers will be published in a separate brochure. 

VENUE (Perth) 
The Conference will be held in Perth city. The closing session will be
held on Saturday, 20 November at a scenic bush location following an
outdoor seafood barbecue. 

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation has been booked at the conference venue, and in the
numerous Hotels nearby suitable for a range of budgets. Please see
the web site for details after the paper deadline date. 

POSTCONFERENCE EVENTS
The ICONIP'99 post conference workshop and expo on "Future Directions
for Intelligent Information Processing Systems" will be held in
Dunedin, New Zealand from 22-23 November 1999. Please see the workshop
homepage http://divcom.otago.ac.nz/infosci/kel/iconip99-workshop.htm.
An affiliated post-conference workshop is the third Australia-Japan
joint Workshop on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems will be held in
Canberra, Australia from 22-23 November 1999. Please see the workshop
homepage http://www.cs.adfa.edu.au/conference/aj99/

IMPORTANT DATES
Papers due: 16 April 1999
Proposals for tutorials: 1 March 1999
Notification of acceptance: 15 July 1999
Final camera-ready papers due: 31 August 1999
Registration of at least one author of a paper: 31 August 1999
Early registration: 31 August 1999 

CONFERENCE CONTACTS, PAPER SUBMISSIONS, CONFERENCE
INFORMATION, REGISTRATION FORMS
Conference Secretariat ICONIP'99
Australis Promotions
PO Box 1025, Bentley Delivery Centre
Perth 6983, Australia
phone: +61 8 9470 2552, fax: +61 8 9470 2727,
email: iconip99 at at.net.au <mailto:iconip99 at at.net.au>
web: <http://www.at.net.au/iconip99

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ICONIP'99
jointly with
ANZIIS'99 and ANNES'99 and ACNN'99 

TENTATIVE REGISTRATION 
PLEASE PRINT 
Title:________________________________ 
Surname:______________________________ 
First Name:___________________________ 
Position:_____________________________ 
Organisation:_________________________ 
Department:___________________________ 
Address:______________________________ 
______________________________________ 
City:_________________________________ 
Country:______________________________ 
Phone:________________________________ 
Fax:__________________________________ 
Email:________________________________ 

Yes/No. Will you attend the conference? 
Yes/No. Will you submit a paper? 
Yes/No. Will you attend the closing session on the cruise? 
Yes/No. Would you like any further information? 

Please send a copy of this completed form by E-mail to
iconip99 at at.net.au <mailto:iconip99 at at.net.au> or by post to: Conference
Secretariat ICONIP'99
------------------ Australis Promotions
PO Box 1025, Bentley Delivery Centre
Perth 6983 Australia 
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