<div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:gulim;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.6">    </span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(0,32,96);font-weight:bold;font-family:'adobe \00ace0\00b515std b',sans-serif">2^ND CALL FOR PAPERS</span></div>

<div style="line-height:21px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:gulim"> <br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Download the 2^nd call for papers</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">: </span></span><a href="http://dexco.cafe24.com/ICONIP2013/ICONIP2013-2nd%20Call%20for%20Papers_Final_s.pdf" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">http://dexco.cafe24.com/ICONIP2013/ICONIP2013-2nd Call for Papers_Final_s.pdf</span></span></a><br>

 <br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">The 20th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2013), an annual conference of the Asia Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APNNA), will be held from 3 - 7 November 2013 at EXCO, Daegu, Republic of Korea. We hope that you will take advantage of this unique opportunity to interact and share your experience with your colleagues and peers, and have a memorable and rewarding experience during your time in Daegu, Republic of Korea.</span></span><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">KEYNOTE / PLENARY SPEAKERS</span></span></span></strong><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">The organizing committee is pleased to announce that outstanding keynote speaker and plenary speakers will give great speeches on ICONIP 2013 as below.</span></span><br>

<span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">• Keynote Speaker</span></span></span><br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Shun-Ichi Amari</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Japan</span></span></span><br>

<span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">“Dreaming of Mathematical Neuroscience for Half a Century”</span></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">• Plenary Speakers</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Yoshua Bengio</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">, University of Montreal, Canada</span></span></span><br>

<span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">“Deep Learning of Representations”</span></span></span><br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Kunihiko Fukushima</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">, Kansai University, Japan</span></span></span><br>

<span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">“How to design multi-layered neural networks for vision”</span></span></span><br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Soo-Young Lee</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">, KAIST, Korea</span></span></span><br>

<span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">“<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Artificial Cognitive Systems with Active Learning and Situation Awareness Abilities: From Cognitive Science to Real-World Applications”</span></span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Naftali Tishby</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">, The Hebrew University, Israel</span></span></span><br>

<span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">“<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Balanced information flow in perception and action - the key principle of computational intelligence?”</span></span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Zongben Xu</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China</span></span></span><br>

<span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">“Nonlinear Sparsitiy: Examples, Modeling and Applications”</span></span></span><br> <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">CONFERENCE SCOPE AND THEMES</span></span></span></strong><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers related to the topics listed below. The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence: </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Theoretical, computational, or experimental studies of perception, psychophysics, learning and memory, inference and reasoning, problem solving, natural language processing, and neuropsychology.</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Learning Theory, Algorithms, and Architectures: </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Stability and convergence analysis, statistical learning algorithms, neural network models, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, kernel methods, graphical models, dimensionality reduction and manifold learning, statistical and information-theoretic methods, generalization, regularization and model selection, Gaussian processes and mixture models, matrix/tensor analysis, statistical physics of learning, and evolutionary algorithms.</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Computational Neuroscience and Brain Imaging: </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Theoretical and experimental studies of processing and transmission of information in biological neurons and networks, spiking neurons, visual and auditory cortex, neural encoding and decoding, plasticity and adaptation, brain imaging, neuroimaging, brain mapping, and brain segmentation.</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Vision, Speech and Signal Processing:</span></span></span></strong> <span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Biological and machine vision, image processing and coding, visual perception and modeling, visual selective attention, visual coding and representation, object detection and recognition, motion detection and tracking, natural scene analysis, image processing, auditory perception and modeling, source separation, speech recognition and speech synthesis, speaker identification, and audio & speech retrieval.</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Control, Robotics and Hardware Technologies: </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Decision and control, exploration, planning, navigation, Markov decision processes, game playing, multi-agent coordination, neuro-fuzzy system, cognitive robotics, developmental robotics, analog and digital VLSI, neuromorphic engineering, computational sensors and actuators, microrobotics, bioMEMS, neural prostheses, photonics, and molecular & quantum computing.</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Novel approaches and Applications:</span></span></span></strong> <span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Innovative applications that use machine learning, including systems for time series prediction, bioinformatics, systems biology, text/web analysis, multimedia processing, adaptive intelligent systems, brain-computer interfaces, granular computing, hybrid intelligent systems, neuroinformatics and neuroengineering, bioinformatics, information retrieval, data mining, and knowledge discovery.</span></span><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">PAPER SUBMISSION</span></span></span></strong><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Authors are invited to submit full-length papers (8 pages maximum) by the submission deadline through the online submission system. It is also possible to submit extended abstracts which include the aim or rationale for the following specific topics: <strong>Neuroscience, Neuro-psychology, Industrial applications, Cognitive science, and Demonstration.</strong></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">The submission of a paper implies that the paper is original and has not been submitted under review, or copyright-protected elsewhere and will be presented by an author if accepted. All submitted papers will be reviewed by area experts based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The authors of accepted papers will have an opportunity to revise their papers and take consideration of the reviewers' comments and suggestions. The proceedings of ICONIP 2013 will be published by Springer in its series of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Selected papers will be included in special issues of the following international journals.</span></span><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">• Neural Networks</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">• Neurocomputing</span></span></span></strong><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">• Cognitive Computation</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">• Cognitive Systems Research</span></span></span></strong><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">• Neural Processing Letters</span></span></span></strong><br> <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span style="font-family:'adobe \00ace0\00b515 std b',sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">IMPORTANT DATES</span></span></span></strong><br>

 <br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Deadline for Special session, Tutorials and Workshops proposals ------------------- <strong><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)">15 May 2013</span></strong></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Deadline for extended abstract, regular and special session paper ------------------- <strong><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)">15 June 2013</span></strong></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Notification of acceptance ---------------- <strong><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)">1 August 2013</span></strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Deadline for Camera-ready final paper submission -------------- <strong><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)">15 August 2013</span></strong></span></span><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION / WORKSHOP PROPOSALS</span></span></span></strong><br> <br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">ICONIP2013 welcomes proposals for special sessions/workshop. Special session will be held during the conference. The aim of a special session is to provide the state-of-the-art and current research direction in specific fields of neural information processing. The special sessions devoted to emerging topics with growing attention are particularly encouraged. We also invite proposals for full-day or half-day workshops in relevant and current topics in neural information processing. Workshops will be held on 3 November 2013, the first day of the conference. A workshop should include an introductory talk on the topic and will have final discussions at the end of the workshop. Apart from the introductory talk and the discussion, workshop should preferably include six or more additional presentations.</span></span><br>

 <br><u><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Researchers and prospective organizers are invited to submit a one-page proposal for a special session/workshop to the ICONIP 2013 secretariat or each chair via the following emails before </span></span></u><strong><u><span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">15 May 2013</span></span></span></u></strong><u><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">.</span></span></span></u><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(227,108,10)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">• ICONIP 2013 Secretariat</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">: </span></span></span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt"><a href="mailto:iconip2013@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">iconip2013@gmail.com</a></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(227,108,10)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">• Special session Chairs</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">:</span></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea / <a href="mailto:sbcho@cs.yonsei.ac.kr" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">sbcho@cs.yonsei.ac.kr</a></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Seiichi Ozawa, Kobe University, Japan / <a href="mailto:ozawasei@kobe-u.ac.jp" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">ozawasei@kobe-u.ac.jp</a></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Liqing Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China / </span></span><a href="mailto:zhang-lq@cs.sjtu.edu.cn" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">zhang-lq@cs.sjtu.edu.cn</span></span></a><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(227,108,10)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">• Workshop Chairs</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">: </span></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University, Korea / <a href="mailto:swlee@image.korea.ac.kr" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">swlee@image.korea.ac.kr</a></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Prof. Daijin Kim, POSTECH, Korea / <a href="mailto:dkim@postech.ac.kr" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">dkim@postech.ac.kr</a></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Mr. Kyunghwan Kim, NT Research, Korea / <a href="mailto:kimk@ntresearch.net" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">kimk@ntresearch.net</a></span></span><br>

 <br> <br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Each proposal should include the following information:</span></span><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">- The title of the special session or workshop</span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">- The organizers with their affiliations</span></span><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">- A description of why the topic is of special interest and how it fits to the scope of ICONIP</span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">- A list of potential authors or contributors</span></span><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">- The name(s) of the presenter(s) of the introductory talk (Only for workshop proposal)</span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">- A theme for the discussion (Only for workshop proposal)</span></span><br> <br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">For more details for special session/workshop proposals, please visit the ICONIP 2013 website (</span></span><a href="http://www.iconip2013.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">www.iconip2013.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">).</span></span><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,176,240)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt">Conference Committee</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Honorary Chair</span></span></span></strong>  <br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Shun-ichi Amari</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, RIKEN, Japan</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Soo-Young Lee</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, KAIST, Korea</span></span><br>
<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">General Chair</span></span></span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Minho Lee</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, </span></span></span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Kyungpook National University, Korea</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Program Chair</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Akira Hirose</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, The University of Tokyo, Japan</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Zeng-Guang Hou</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Rhee Man Kil</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Advisory Committee</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Jonathan H. Chan</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Thailand</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Wlodzislaw Duch</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Poland</span></span><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Kunihiko Fukushima</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Japan</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Tom Gedeon</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Australia</span></span><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Aike Guo</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, China</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Akira Iwata</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Japan</span></span><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Nik Kasabov</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, New Zealand</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Irwin King</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Hong Kong</span></span><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Noboru Onishi</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Japan</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Ron Son</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, USA</span></span><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Il Hong Suh</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Korea</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Shiro Usui</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Japan</span></span><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">DeLiang Wang</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, USA</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Lipo Wang</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Singapore</span></span><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Jun Wang</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Hong Kong</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Lei Xu</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Hong Kong</span></span><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Takeshi Yamakawa</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Japan</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Byoung-Tak Zhang</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Korea</span></span><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Li-Ming Zhang</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, China</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Organizing Chair</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Hyeyoung Park</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Kyungpook National University, Korea</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Workshop Chair</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Daijin Kim</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, POSTECH, Korea</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Kyunghwan Kim</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, NT Research, Korea</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Seong-Whan Lee</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Korea University, Korea</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Special Session Chair</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Sung-Bae Cho</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Yonsei University, Korea</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Seiichi Ozawa</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Kobe University, Japan</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Liqing Zhang</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Tutorial Chair</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Seungjin Choi</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, POSTECH, Korea</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Publication Chair</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Yoonsuck Choe</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Texas A&M University, USA</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Hyung-Min Park</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Sogang University, Korea</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Seong-Bae Park</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, </span></span></span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Kyungpook National University, Korea</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Publicity Chair</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Kazushi Ikeda</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, NAIST, Japan</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Chi-Sing Leung</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Shaoning Pang</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Registration Chair</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Min-Young Kim</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Kyungpook National University, Korea</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Financial Chair</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Sang-Woo Ban</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Dongguk University, Korea</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Local Arrangement Chair</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Doo-Hyun Choi</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Kyungpook National University, Korea</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Jong-Seok Lee</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Yonsei University, Korea</span></span><br>

<strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">Rammohan Mallipeddi</span></span></span></strong><span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">, Kyungpook National University, Korea</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt">Secretariat</span></span></span></strong><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt"><a href="mailto:iconip2013@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">iconip2013@gmail.com</a></span></span><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">DAEGU, KOREA</span></span></span></strong><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Daegu Metropolitan City is the third largest city in Korea and is located in the southeastern part of the Korean peninsula. With an efficient transportation network linked in all directions, Daegu Metropolitan City is a gateway to numerous cultural heritages and tourist attractions, all proudly displaying the unique Korean culture. The organizing committee of ICONIP 2013 welcomes you to experience and enjoy the following tour programs.</span></span><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Historical/Cultural Tour - “UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites”</span></span></span></strong><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Andong Folk Village, Yangdong Folk Village, Seokguram Grotto, Bulguksa Temple and Tripitaka Koreana.</span></span><br> <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Industrial Tour</span></span></span></strong><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">The hub of knowledge-based industry in northeast Asia</span></span><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">: Daegu Metropolitan City is a place where industry thrives.</span></span><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Korean Waive Tour - Korean drama/movie Theme</span></span></span></strong><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Which is your favorite Korean drama or movie?</span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">If you are not sure, come and join us in this tour that includes the filming locations</span></span><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">of drama ‘Love Rain’, movie ‘Dae Jang-Geum’ and ‘Queen Seon Deok’.</span></span><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">ACCOMMODATION</span></span></span></strong><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">For all participants of ICONIP 2013, the organizing committee is pleased to offer sufficient rooms at hotels listed on ICONIP 2013 website with discount rates. To take advantage of these discounts, participants are kindly advised to make an on-line hotel reservation via the ICONIP 2013 website.</span></span><br>

 <br><strong><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">TRANSPORTATION</span></span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">International Travel</span></span></span></strong><br>

 <br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">The major arrival points in Korea are the Incheon International Airport (Seoul), the Gimhae International Airport (Busan), and the Daegu International Airport (Daegu). For those who arrive at Incheon Airport, to take domestic airline or KTX (Korean train express) train is highly recommended. From Gimhae International</span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Airport, you can also take KTX train as well as limousine buses heading to Daegu.</span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(227,108,10)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Incheon International Airport (Seoul)</span></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">57 countries 174 cities</span></span><br> <br><span style="color:rgb(227,108,10)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Daegu International Airport (Daegu)</span></span></span><br>

 <br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">2 countries 5 cities / <span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Shenyang, Bangkok</span></span></span><br> <br><span style="color:rgb(227,108,10)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Gimhae International Airport (Busan)</span></span></span><br>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">11 countries 25 cities / <span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">USA, Germany, Japan, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Russia, Thailand, Taiwan</span></span></span><br>

<strong><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Domestic Transportation</span></span></span></strong><br><span style="color:rgb(227,108,10)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">From Incheon Int’l Airport (Seoul)</span></span></span><br>

<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Domestic Flight: 50 minute, 2 flights/day</span></span></span><br> <br> <br><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">KTX: 140 minute, every 30 minute</span></span></span><br>

 <br><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Limousine bus: 4 hours, 33 times/day</span></span></span><br> <br><span style="color:rgb(227,108,10)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">From Gimhae Int’l Airport (Busan)</span></span></span><br>

 <br><span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Limousine bus: 70 minute, every 40 minute</span></span></span><br><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">*</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt">For more details, please visit the ICONIP 2013 website (<a href="http://www.iconip2013.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.iconip2013.org</a>)</span></span></div>