Connectionists: ICANN 2024 - First Call for Papers

[Sebastian Otte]

ICANN 2024 - FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

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The International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN) is 
the annual flagship conference of the European Neural Network Society 
(ENNS). In 2024, the ICANN will take place in Lugano, Switzerland.

Conference Dates: September 17 to September 20, 2024
Conference Venue: Campus of the University of Southern Switzerland and 
the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Via 
la Santa 1, 6962 Lugano-Viganello, Switzerland.
Conference Webpage: https://icann2024.org

The ICANN 2024 features three conference tracks, namely AI and Machine 
Learning, Bio-Inspired Computing, and the Applications Track, making it 
a unique forum to bring together researchers across a wide range of 
disciplines related to Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks.

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We invite prospective authors to submit original and innovative papers 
in the following areas:

AI and Machine Learning:
Theory and Foundations of Neural Networks, Novel Neural Network 
Architectures, Topics in Neural Networks, Large Language Models, 
Explainable AI, Graph Methods, Graph Neural Networks, and Clustering, 
Reinforcement Learning, Topics in Artificial Intelligence and Machine 
Learning

Bio-Inspired Computing:
Brain-Inspired Computing, Cognitive and Theoretical/Computational 
Neuroscience

Applications:
Human-Computer Interaction, Biosignal Processing, Medicine and 
Physiology, Speech and Language Processing, Computer Vision, Robotics, 
Climate and Environment, General Applications of Machine Learning

Workshops:
- AI in Drug Discovery
- Deep Learning for Neuro-heuristic Brain Analysis
- Reservoir Computing

Special Sessions:
- Spiking Neural Networks and Neuromorphic Computing
- Accuracy, Stability, and Robustness in Deep Neural Networks
- Antifragile dynamical systems: beyond robustness, resilience, and 
adaptiveness
- Neurorobotics

For details and updates, as well as for the final list of workshops and 
special sessions, consider the current version of the list at:
https://e-nns.org/icann2024/conference-programme/conference-topics

The ICANN 2024 will be an in-person conference. We expect that at least 
one co-author of each paper will be physically present in Lugano to give 
his or her presentation. We will also enforce a no-show rule, in order 
to encourage an optimal quality of the scientific discussion here in Lugano.

Papers must be written in English language and must conform to the 
format defined in the Author’s Kit, available on the conference webpage at:

https://e-nns.org/icann2024/submission

Both short papers (6-11 pages) and full papers (12-15 pages) can be 
submitted. Papers shorter than 6 pages will not be accepted to the main 
conference, please check special submission rules for the conference 
workshops on the webpage of the respective workshop if you plan to 
submit there.

Papers will undergo rigorous peer review; the Program Committee will 
make the final decision which papers will be included in the conference 
program. For papers with conflicting reviews, or which are on the 
borderline between acceptance and rejection, a short rebuttal phase is 
foreseen.

Full papers will usually be assigned to oral sessions (15 minutes 
presentation + 5 minutes questions), short papers may be assigned to 
oral or poster sessions, depending on the quantity of submissions; this 
assignment does in no way incur a judgment on paper quality. Note that 
presentation rules for workshops and special sessions may differ. All 
accepted papers will be published in the Springer LNCS series.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Jürgen Schmidhuber, IDSIA USI-SUPSI, Switzerland, and KAUST AI 
Initiative, Saudi Arabia
Tanja Schultz, University of Bremen, Germany
Walter Senn, University of Bern, Switzerland
Henry Markram, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
General Chairs
Jürgen Schmidhuber, IDSIA USI-SUPSI, Switzerland, and KAUST AI 
Initiative, Saudi Arabia
Igor Tetko, HGMU Munich, Germany

Program Chairs
Michael Wand, IDSIA USI-SUPSI, Switzerland
Kristína Malinovská, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Honorary Chair
Stefan Wermter, University of Hamburg, Germany

Full list of the organization committee:
https://e-nns.org/icann2024/organization/organising-committee

IMPORTANT DATES
- Opening of submission portal: Feb 15 2024
- Deadline for full paper submission: March 15 2024
- Notification of Acceptance or Rebuttal: May 15 2024
- Deadline for rebuttal: May 31 2024
- Final notification of Acceptance or Rejection after Rebuttal: June 10 2024
- Camera-ready paper upload and author registration: June 30 2024

Contact: For questions, please contact program-committee at icann2024.org.

Link to this call:
https://e-nns.org/icann2024/call-for-papers