Connectionists: extended deadline: ESANN'2006 European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks

esann esann at dice.ucl.ac.be
Sun Nov 20 15:23:21 EST 2005


Due to numerous requests, the deadline to submit papers to the ESANN'2006 conference has been extended to December 6, 2005.  Note that this extended deadline is strict: no further extension will be allowed.

The e-mail below is a reminder of the call for papers.

Looking forward to seeing you at ESANN'2006,
The organizing committee.


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                     ESANN'2006

              14th European Symposium 
           on Artificial Neural Networks 

14th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks
 Advances in Computational Intelligence and Learning 

      Bruges (Belgium) - April 26-27-28, 2006

         Announcement and call for papers

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Technically co-sponsored by the International Neural Networks Society, the European Neural Networks Society, the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (to be confirmed), the IEEE Region 8, the IEEE Benelux Section.

The call for papers for the ESANN'2006 conference is now available on the Web:
       http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann
For those of you who maintain WWW pages including lists of related ANN sites: we would appreciate if you could add the above URL to your list; thank you very much!

We make all possible efforts to avoid sending multiple copies of this call for papers; however we apologize if you receive this e-mail twice, despite our precautions.

You will find below a short version of this call for papers, without the instructions to authors (available on the Web).  

ESANN'2006 is organized in collaboration with the UCL (Universite catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve) and the KULeuven (Katholiek Universiteit Leuven).


Scope and topics
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Since its first happening in 1993, the European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks has become the reference for researchers on fundamentals and theoretical aspects of artificial neural networks, computational intelligence, learning and related topics. Each year, around 100 specialists attend ESANN, in order to present their latest results and comprehensive surveys, and to discuss the future developments in this field.

The ESANN'2006 conference will follow this tradition, while adapting its scope to the new developments in the field.  Artificial neural networks are viewed as a branch, or subdomain, of machine learning, statistical information processing and computational intelligence.  Mathematical foundations, algorithms and tools, and applications are covered.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of machine learning, computational intelligence and artificial neural networks topics covered during the ESANN conferences:

THEORY and MODELS
Statistical and mathematical aspects of learning
Feedforward models
Kernel machines
Graphical models, EM and Bayesian learning
Vector quantization and self-organizing maps
Recurrent networks and dynamical systems
Blind signal processing
Ensemble learning
Nonlinear projection and data visualization
Fuzzy neural networks
Evolutionary computation
Bio-inspired systems

INFORMATION PROCESSING and APPLICATIONS
Data mining
Signal processing and modeling
Approximation and identification
Classification and clustering
Feature extraction and dimension reduction
Time series forecasting
Multimodal interfaces and multichannel processing
Adaptive control
Vision and sensory systems
Biometry
Bioinformatics
Brain-computer interfaces
Neuroinformatics

Papers will be presented orally (single track) and in poster sessions; all posters will be complemented by a short oral presentation during a plenary session. It is important to mention that the topics of a paper decide if it better fits into an oral or a poster session, not its quality. The selection of posters will be identical to oral presentations, and both will be printed in the same way in the proceedings. Nevertheless, authors must indicate their preference for oral or poster presentation when submitting their paper.  


Special sessions
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Special sessions will be organised by renowned scientists in their respective fields. Papers submitted to these sessions are reviewed according to the same rules as submissions to regular sessions. They must also follow the same format, instructions, deadlines and submission procedure.

The special sessions organised during ESANN'2006 are:

1)	Semi-blind approaches for source separation and independent component 	analysis
	M. Babaie-Zadeh, Sharif Univ. Tech. (Iran), C. Jutten, CNRS – Univ. J. 	Fourier – INPG (France)
2)	Visualization methods for data mining
	F. Rossi, INRIA Rocquencourt (France)
3)	Neural Networks and Machine Learning in Bioinformatics - Theory and 	Applications
	B. Hammer, Clausthal Univ. Tech. (Germany), S. Kaski, Helsinki Univ. 	Tech. (Finland), U. Seiffert, IPK Gatersleben (Germany), T. Villmann, 	Univ. Leipzig (Germany)
4)	Online Learning in Cognitive Robotics
	J.J. Steil, Univ. Bielefeld, H. Wersing, Honda Research Institute 	Europe (Germany)
5)	Man-Machine-Interfaces - Processing of nervous signals
	M. Bogdan, Univ. Tübingen (Germany)
6)	Nonlinear dynamics
	N. Crook, T. olde Scheper, Oxford Brookes University (UK)


Location
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The conference will be held in Bruges (also called "Venice of the North"), one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe.  Bruges can be reached by train from Brussels in less than one hour (frequent trains).  The town of Bruges is world-wide known, and famous for its architectural style, its canals, and its pleasant atmosphere.

The conference will be organized in a hotel located near the centre (walking distance) of the town. There is no obligation for the participants to stay in this hotel. Hotels of all levels of comfort and price are available in Bruges; there is a possibility to book a room in the hotel of the conference at a preferential rate through the conference secretariat. A list of other smaller hotels is also available.

The conference will be held at the Novotel hotel, Katelijnestraat 65B, 8000 Brugge, Belgium.


Proceedings and journal special issue
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The proceedings will include all communications presented to the conference (tutorials, oral and posters), and will be available on-site. Extended versions of selected papers will be published in the Neurocomputing journal (Elsevier).


Call for contributions
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Prospective authors are invited to submit their contributions before November 28, 2005.  The electronic submission procedure is described on the ESANN portal http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann/.

Authors must also commit themselves that they will register to the conference and present the paper in case of acceptation of their submission (one paper per registrant).  Authors of accepted papers will have to register before February 28, 2006; they will benefit from the advance registration fee.  The ESANN conference applies a strict policy about the presentation of accepted papers during the conference: authors of accepted papers who do not show up at the conference will be blacklisted for future ESANN conferences, and the lists will be communicated to other conference organizers.


Deadlines
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Submission of papers		November 28, 2005
Notification of acceptance		January 27, 2006
Symposium			April 26-28, 2006


Conference secretariat
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       ESANN'2006   
       d-side conference services        phone: + 32 2 730 06 11
       24 av. L. Mommaerts               Fax: + 32 2 730 06 00
       B - 1140 Evere (Belgium)          E-mail: esann at dice.ucl.ac.be
                     http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann


Steering and local committee
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François Blayo			Préfigure (F)  
Gianluca Bontempi			Univ.Libre Bruxelles (B) 
Marie Cottrell			Univ. Paris I (F)  
Jeanny Hérault			INPG Grenoble (F)  
Bernard Manderick			Vrije Univ. Brussel (B)  
Eric Noldus			Univ. Gent (B)  
Jean-Pierre Peters			FUNDP Namur (B) 
Joos Vandewalle			KUL Leuven (B)  
Michel Verleysen			UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B)


Scientific committee (to be confirmed)
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Cecilio Angulo			Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E) 
Miguel Atencia			Univ. Malaga (E) 
Peter Bartlett			Univ.California, Berkeley (USA) 
Pierre Bessière			CNRS (F)
Hervé Bourlard               		IDIAP Martigny (CH)
Joan Cabestany               		Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E)
Stéphane Canu                		Inst. Nat. Sciences App. (F)
Valentina Colla			Scuola Sup. Sant'Anna Pisa (I)
Holk Cruse                    		Universität Bielefeld (D)
Eric de Bodt                  		Univ. Lille II (F) & UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B)
Dante Del Corso              		Politecnico di Torino (I)
Georg Dorffner			University of Vienna (A)
Wlodek Duch                 		Nicholas Copernicus Univ. (PL)
Marc Duranton                 		Philips Semiconductors (USA)
Richard Duro                 		Univ. Coruna (E)
André Elisseef 			IBM Research (CH)
Deniz Erdogmus 			Oregon Health & Science University (USA)
Anibal Figueiras-Vidal		Univ. Carlos III Madrid (E)
Simone Fiori			Univ. Perugia (I)
Jean-Claude Fort             		 Université Nancy I (F)
Leonardo Franco			Univ. Malaga (E) 
Colin Fyfe                    		Univ. Paisley (UK)
Stan Gielen                   		Univ. of Nijmegen (NL)
Mirta Gordon			IMAG Grenoble (F)
Marco Gori                   		 Univ. Siena (I)
Bernard Gosselin             		Fac. Polytech. Mons (B)
Manuel Grana                 		 UPV San Sebastian (E)
Anne Guérin-Dugué             		INPG Grenoble (F)
Barbara Hammer                		Univ. of Osnäbruck (D)
Martin Hasler                 		EPFL Lausanne (CH)
Tom Heskes			Univ. Nijmegen (NL) 
Christian Igel			Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (D) 
Jose Jerez			Univ. Malaga (E) 
Gonzalo Joya                  		Univ. Malaga (E)
Christian Jutten             		INPG Grenoble (F)
Juha Karhunen			Helsinki Univ. of Technology (FIN)
Stefanos Kollias			National Tech. Univ. Athens (GR)
Jouko Lampinen                		Helsinki Univ. of Tech. (FIN)
Petr Lansky                   		Acad. of Science of the Czech Rep. (CZ)
Beatrice Lazzerini			Univ. Pisa (I)
Mia Loccufier                		Univ. Gent (B)
Erzsebet Merenyi              		Rice Univ. (USA)
José Mira                     		UNED (E)
Jean-Pierre Nadal             		Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris (F)
Erkki Oja				Helsinki Univ. of Technology (FIN)
Arlindo Oliveira			INESC-ID (P)
Gilles Pagès                  		Univ. Paris 6 (F)
Thomas Parisini               		Univ. Trieste (I)
Hélène Paugam-Moisy           		Université Lumière Lyon 2 (F)
Alberto Prieto                		Universitad de Granada (E)
Didier Puzenat                		Univ. Antilles-Guyane (F)
Leonardo Reyneri              		Politecnico di Torino (I)
Jean-Pierre Rospars           		INRA Versailles (F)
Fabrice Rossi			INRIA (F) 
David Saad 			Aston Univ. (UK) 
Francisco Sandoval			Univ.Malaga (E) 
Jose Santos Reyes             		Univ. Coruna (E)
Craig Saunders			Univ.Southampton (UK)
Udo Seiffert                  		IPK Gatersleben (D)
Bernard Sendhoff			Honda Research Institute Europe (D) 
Peter Sollich			King's College (UK) 
Jochen Steil                  		Univ. Bielefeld (D)
John Stonham                  		Brunel University (UK)
Johan Suykens                 		K. U. Leuven (B)
John Taylor                   		King’s College London (UK)
Michael Tipping			Microsoft Research (Cambridge) (UK) 
Claude Touzet                		 Univ. Provence (F)
Marc Van Hulle                		KUL Leuven (B)
Thomas Villmann              		 Univ. Leipzig (D)
Axel Wismüller               		Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. München (D)
Michalis Zervakis			Technical Univ. Crete (GR)


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ESANN - European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann

* For submissions of papers, reviews,...
Michel Verleysen
Univ. Cath. de Louvain - Machine Learning Group
3, pl. du Levant - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium
tel: +32 10 47 25 51 - fax: + 32 10 47 25 98 
mailto:esann at dice.ucl.ac.be

* Conference secretariat
d-side conference services
24 av. L. Mommaerts - B-1140 Evere - Belgium
tel: + 32 2 730 06 11 - fax: + 32 2 730 06 00 
mailto:esann at dice.ucl.ac.be ========================================================




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