Connectionists: Second Call for Papers (BrainIT2005)

[Masumi Ishikawa]

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BrainIT2005 Second CALL FOR PAPERS

    The second international conference, BrainIT 2005, will be held in 
Kitakyushu, Japan, on October 7-9, 2005, in order to establish the 
foundations of the Brain-Inspired Information Technology. All working at 
the frontiers of Brain Science to Information Technology including Robotics 
are invited to participate in the second international conference, BrainIT 
2005. At this conference, we will organize a special session on "Decision 
and Behavioral Choice Organized by Natural and Artificial Brain" in 
addition to invited papers from a wide range of fields from Brain Science 
to Information Technology.

Invited Speakers
 Edmund T. Rolls (Oxford University, UK)
 Rolf Pfeifer (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
 Mandyam V. Srinivasan (Australian National University, Australia) 
 Kenji Doya (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
 Joshua I. Gold (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
 Walter J. Freeman (University of California, Berkeley, USA) 
 Andreas Konig (Technische Univ. Kaiserslautern, Germany) 
 Shu-Rong Wang (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
 Samuel Kaski (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)

Important Dates
 Abstract (for presentation) Submission Deadline: July 25, 2005
 Notification of Acceptance:                      August 31, 2005
 Pre-registration Deadline:                       September 9, 2005
 Paper (for Edited Book) Submission Deadline:     October 31, 2005

Scope and Topics
    BrainIT 2005 solicits experimental, computational, theoretical as well 
as engineering papers relating the topics in the following non-exhaustive, 
non-exclusive categories and keywords.

Categories and Keywords:
  1. Vision system
  2. Other sensory systems
  3. Cognition
  4. Emotion
  5. Learning and Memory
  6. Behavior
  7. Motor controls
  8. Languages
  9. Dynamics
 10. Neural computation
 11. Neural networks
 12. Brain-inspired intelligent machines

    Papers that bridge brain science and information technology are 
especially welcome. Regular papers may include speculative discussions on 
Brain-Inspired Information Technology. BrainIT 2005 is open to all working 
at the frontiers of Brain Science to Information Technology (modeling and 
hardware realization) and provides the opportunity for presenting and 
discussing ideas that pave the way for the new field, Brain-Inspired 
Information Technology. 

Instructions for Authors
    Authors are requested to submit a 1-page A4-sized abstract by e-mail 
attachment as a PDF file to brian-it at lsse.kyutech.ac.jp. Each abstract will 
be independently reviewed by two reviewers. For further information, please 
refer to the web site.

BrainIT Young Investigator Award (New!!)
The purpose of this award is to encourage young researchers to make 
contributions to Brain-Inspired Information Technologies. Selection will be 
made by the BrianIT2005 Award Committee based on the abstract, the short 
oral presentation and the poster presentation. The awardee(s) will be given 
a testimonial and a prize at the Welcome Party. You can see the details on 
our web site.

Registration
Registration is free of charge. However, we recommend your early 
registration as the number of abstract books and other materials may be limited.
# Submission and Registration Site is now open.

Sponsors
* "World of brain computing interwoven out of animals and robots": The 21st 
Century Center of Excellence Program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, 
Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
* Kyushu Institute of Technology 
* Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and 
Technology (FAIS)

Secretariat:
Tetsuo FURUKAWA, PhD, Associate Professor
Phone: +81-93-695-6124, Fax: +81-93-695-6134
E-mail: brain-it at lsse.kyutech.ac.jp

For further information, please visit our web site:
http://conf.lsse.kyutech.ac.jp/~brain-it/



Masumi Ishikawa
Department of Brain Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering
Kyushu Institute of Technology
2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan
Tel and Fax: +81-93-695-6106
Email: ishikawa at brain.kyutech.ac.jp
URL: http://www.brain.kyutech.ac.jp/~ishikawa
URL: http://www.lsse.kyutech.ac.jp/