Connectionists: JNNS2015 Call for Papers

[Yoichi Miyawaki]

25th Annual Conference of Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS 2015)
Call for Papers

Date: September 2(Wed) – 4(Fri), 2015
Place: The University of Electro-Communications (Chofu, Tokyo)
Web site:　https://jnns2015.im.uec.ac.jp/en/
Details of call for papers: https://jnns2015.im.uec.ac.jp/en/cfp/

25th Annual Conference of Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS 2015)
will be held at The University of Electro-Communications (Chofu, Tokyo)
during September 2 (Wed) – 4 (Fri), 2015. This is an annual conference
of Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS). In this year, the conference
is jointly held with Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent
Informatics (SOFT).

=== Plenary Lecture ===
Title: Neuromorphic Computing in IBM
Speaker: Koichi Kajitani (IBM Research-Tokyo)

=== Invited Lecture ===
Title: TBA
Speaker: Kunihiko Fukushima (Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute)

=== Symposium ===
1. Present status and problems of brain and mathematical models, and
future prediction
Speakers: Shinya Nishida (NTT CS Lab), Shinji Nishimoto (CiNet/Osaka
Univ.), Hiroshi Yamakawa (dwango)

2. High-performance computing technology accelerates neural network
simulation
Speakers: Jun Igarashi (OIST), Tetsuya Asai (Hokkaido Univ.), Hirotsugu
Okuno (Osaka Univ.), Tadashi Yamazaki (The Univ. of Electro-Communications)

3. Approach of deep learning: from JNNS’s point of view
Speakers: Hideki Aso (AIST), Masato Okada (The Univ. of Tokyo), Izumi
Ohzawa (Osaka Univ.), Koichi Shinoda (Tokyo Inst. of Technology)

=== Call of Papers ===
Submissions are solicited for JNNS 2015 from wide areas of research
topics with respect to neural systems, including physiology, psychology,
brain imaging, sensation/perception, recognition, motor, cognitive
science, artificial intelligence, robotics, mathematical models,
learning theory, signal processing, data measurement/analysis
technology, machine learning, hardware/software technology,
high-performance computing, and algorithm. Members in JNNS or assent
societies are eligible to be a presenter. Those who are joining in JNNS
2015 from abroad are welcome to be a presenter if they are non-members.
Applicants can be a presenter for only one presentation, but can be
listed as coauthors for multiple presentations. JNNS 2015 very welcomes
active submissions from private companies as well as academic
institutes. See https://jnns2015.im.uec.ac.jp/en/cfp/ for more details.

=== Schedule ===
Registration/submission start: May 8 (Friday), 2015
Registration/submission close: June 8 (Monday), 2015
Notice of acceptance (incl. results of talk selection): July 17
(Friday), 2015
Early registration deadline: July 31 (Friday), 2015 (for presenters)
			  August 14 (Friday), 2015 (for others)

=== Organizing committee ===
Yutaka Sakaguchi (Chair, The Univ. of Electro-Communications)
Shunji Sato (The Univ. of Electro-Communications)
Hayaru Shouno (The Univ. of Electro-Communications)
Yoichi Miyawaki (The Univ. of Electro-Communications)
Tadashi Yamazaki (The Univ. of Electro-Communications)

=== Sponsor ===
Japanese Neural Network Society

=== Cosponsor ===
Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics (SOFT)

=== Contact address ===
E-mail： contact at jnns2015.im.uec.ac.jp