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<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">1st Call
for Papers</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">1st Call
for special sessions, workshops,
demonstrations<br>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.39in; margin-right: 0.39in" align="center"><a
href="http://www.icann2016.org/"><font color="#0061ff"><font
face="Arial"><b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.icann2016.org">www.icann2016.org</a></b></font></font></a></p>
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lang="en-GB">
<font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 14pt" size="4"><b>ICANN
2016 </b></font></font>
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<blockquote align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Arial">25th
Annual Conference on Artificial Neural Networks</font></blockquote>
<font face="Arial"> BarcelonaTech
(UPC), Barcelona, Spain</font><font face="Arial"><br>
6
- 9 September 2016</font><font color="#0061ff"><font face="Arial"><span
lang="en-GB"><b><br>
Special
event</b></span></font></font><font color="#0061ff"><font
face="Arial"><span lang="en-GB">
: </span></font></font><font face="Arial">ENNS 25th
Anniversary</font>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">============================================================</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial"><i>The
International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN)
is the
annual flagship conference of the European Neural Network
Society
(ENNS). In 2016 the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(BarcelonaTech) will organize the 25th ICANN Conference from </i><i>the
</i><i>6th to </i><i>the </i><i>9th </i><i>of </i><i>September
2016
in Barcelona, Spain, in collaboration with the Universit</i><i>at</i><i>
Pompeu Fabra (UPF).</i><br>
<br>
<br>
<font color="#0061ff"><b>INVITED
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS</b></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">1. <b>Wlodek
Duch
</b>(Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland)<br>
2. <b>Erkki
Oja </b>(Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland)<br>
3. <b>Joaquin
Fuster </b>(University of California at Los Angeles, USA)<br>
4. <b>Murray
Shanahan</b> (Imperial College London, UK)<br>
5. </font><font face="Arial"><b>Günther
Palm</b></font><font face="Arial"> (University of Ulm,
Germany)<br>
6. <b>Stephen
Coombes </b>(University of Nottingham, UK)<br>
7. </font><font face="Arial"><b>Etienne
Koechlin</b></font><font face="Arial"> (</font> <font
face="Arial">Pierre
and Marie Curie University, France)</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><font color="#0061ff"><font face="Arial"><b>IMPORTANT
DATES</b></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial"><i>Special
session / workshop proposals: </i></font><font face="Arial">15
January
2016<br>
</font><font face="Arial"><i>Proposals for
competitions and tutorials:</i></font><font face="Arial"> 31
January
2016<br>
</font><font face="Arial"><i>Submission of abstracts and
papers: </i></font><font face="Arial">1 March 2016<br>
</font><font face="Arial"><i>Submission
of </i></font><font face="Arial"><i>d</i></font><font
face="Arial"><i>emonstration
proposals: </i></font><font face="Arial">1 March 2016<br>
</font><font face="Arial"><i>Notification
of acceptance:</i></font><font face="Arial"> 8 May 2016<br>
</font><font face="Arial"><i>Camera-ready
paper and registration: </i></font><font face="Arial">15 May
2016<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial"><i>Conference dates:</i></font><font
face="Arial">
6-9 September 2016</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><font color="#0061ff"><font face="Arial"><b>CONFERENCE
TOPICS</b></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Arial">ICANN 2016 will feature the main
tracks <i>Brain Inspired computing</i> and <i>Machine Learning
research</i>, with strong cross-disciplinary interactions and
applications. All research fields dealing with Neural Networks
will
be present at the conference.<br>
A non-exhaustive list of topics
includes:</font></blockquote>
<ul>
<li>
<blockquote><font face="Arial">Brain Inspired Computing:
Cognitive models, Computational Neuroscience,
Self-organization, Reinforcement Learning, Neural Control
and Planning, Hybrid Neural-Symbolic Architectures, Neural
Dynamics, Recurrent Networks, Deep Learning. </font> </blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<blockquote><font face="Arial">Machine Learning: Neural Network
Theory, Neural Network Models, Graphical Models, Bayesian
Networks, Kernel Methods, Generative Models, Information
Theoretic Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Relational
Learning, Dynamical Models. </font> </blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<blockquote><font face="Arial">Neural Applications for:
Intelligent Robotics, Neurorobotics, Language Processing,
Image Processing, Sensor Fusion, Pattern Recognition, Data
Mining, Neural Agents, Brain-Computer Interaction, Neural
Hardware, Evolutionary Neural Networks. </font> </blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><font color="#0061ff"><font face="Arial"><b>CONFERENCE
OBJECTIVES</b></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- To bring together researchers from two
worlds:
Information Sciences and Neurosciences</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- To keep a wide scope, ranging from Machine
Learning Algorithms to models of real nervous systems</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- To facilitate discussions and interactions in
the effort towards developing more intelligent computational
systems
and increasing our understanding of neural <font
color="#000000">and
cognitive processes in the brain.</font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">- To help researchers to
meet, mingle and network with colleagues</font> <font
face="Arial">from
all over the world.</font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial"><font color="#000000">- To</font> be the
meeting
point between research and business.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- To be a global interdisciplinary meeting
encompassing Machine Learning and Neural Computation.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="justify" style="text-indent: -0.25in;
margin-bottom: 0in">
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote align="justify" style="text-indent: -0.25in"><font
color="#0061ff"><font face="Arial"><b>BENEFITS
OF ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE</b></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- A solid cutting-edge scientific programme
including talks from the world experts in the field of
artificial
neural networks.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- A conference schedule tailored to encourage
interaction between the attendees, with time for networking and
discussion.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- The publication of all accepted contributions
in
the peer-reviewed book of conference proceedings, in the
Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- The opportunity to vote and to be considered
for
the best paper awards, presented during the final ceremony of
ICANN.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- A top-level conference in the field with a
reasonable registration fee, thanks to the not-for-profit policy
of
the ENNS organisation. Students can apply for ENNS funded travel
grants to attend.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- An overly attractive conference location in
the
beautiful Barcelona, Spain, and social events letting you
explore the
area.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom:
0in">
<font face="Arial">- The participation in a special event to
celebrate the 25th Anniversary of ICANN for all the ENNS
members.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="justify" style="text-indent: -0.25in;
margin-bottom: 0in">
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote align="justify"><font color="#0061ff"><font face="Arial"><b>CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION
FEES</b></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="justify" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Arial">Early
registration fees have been kept particularly low for this kind
of event because ENNS and ICANN aim at full implementation of
the
academic<br>
not-for-profit policy.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Arial">Undergraduate
students (Bachelor and Master level): 90 EUR<br>
PhD Students: 200
EUR<br>
Regular delegates: 250 EUR</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="justify" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Arial"><b>ENNS
members have a reduction of 40 EUR</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="justify" style="margin-right: 0.4in; text-indent:
0.02in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;
page-break-before: auto">
<font face="Arial">Students can apply for ENNS funded travel
grants
to attend (see the conference website).</font></blockquote>
<blockquote align="justify" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><font color="#0061ff"><font face="Arial"><b>CALL FOR
CONTRIBUTED SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS</b></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">All
scientific communications presented at ICANN 2016 will be
reviewed and scientifically evaluated by a panel of experts. The
conference will<br>
feature three categories of communications:</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">- oral
communications (15'+5')<br>
- poster communications (on permanent
display and 2 hours presentation)<br>
- demonstrations<br>
<br>
Authors
willing to present original contributions for any category must
submit a manuscript of maximum 8 pages length that will be
refereed
to international standards by at least three referees. Accepted
papers of contributing authors will be published in
Springer-Verlag
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Selected papers
will
be invited after the conference for a full journal paper
submission. </font>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">Authors
willing to present a contribution for oral communications and
posters
without submitting an full manuscript must submit a 1-page
abstract
that will also be refereed by at least three referees. The
abstracts
will be published all together in a proceedings section without
an
author index. </font>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">In case of
program constraints the priority will be given to original
contributions accompanied by a full paper submission.<br>
<br>
Submission
of communications will be online. More details are available on
the
conference website.<br>
<br>
<font color="#0061ff"><b>WORKSHOPS,
SPECIAL SESSIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS,</b></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font color="#0061ff"><font face="Arial"><b>COMPETITION
PROPOSALS and TUTORIALS</b></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">ICANN 2016
invites proposals for workshops, special sessions,
demonstrations,
competitions and tutorials to be held during the conference.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">For more
information, please refer to the website.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Arial"><br>
<font color="#0061ff"><b>BEST
PAPER AWARDS</b></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Arial">ENNS will sponsor a maximum of four
best paper awards, two in the Brain Inspired Computing track
(one
poster and one oral communication) and two<br>
in the Machine Learning
research track. All awardees will be presented during the final
ceremony.<br>
</font><br>
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<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#0061ff"><font
face="Arial"><b>ORGANISATION</b></font></font><font
face="Arial"><b><br>
<br>
General
Chair:</b><i><br>
Antonio
J. Pons Rivero</i></font><font face="Arial"> (UPC Barcelona,
Spain)<b><br>
<br>
Local</b></font><font face="Arial">
</font><font face="Arial"><b>co-Chairs:</b></font><font
face="Arial"><br>
</font><font face="Arial"><i>Jordi
Garcia-Ojalvo</i></font><font face="Arial"> (UPF Barcelona,
Spain),</font>
<font face="Arial"><i>Paul Verschure</i></font><font face="Arial">
(UPF Barcelona, Spain)</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial"><b>Organising
Committee
Chairs:</b><i><br>
Daniel
Malagarriga</i></font><font face="Arial"> (UPC Barcelona,
Spain),
</font><font face="Arial"><i>Lara Escuain</i></font><font
face="Arial">
(UPC Barcelona, Spain), </font><font face="Arial"><i>Caroline
Kleinheny</i></font><font face="Arial"> (ENNS Lausanne,
Switzerland)</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial"><b>Communication</b></font>
<font face="Arial"><b>Chair:</b><i><br>
Paolo
Masulli</i></font><font face="Arial"> (ENNS Lausanne,
Switzerland)</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial">***********************************************</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Arial">Antonio J. Pons Rivero<br>
General
Chair of ICANN 2016<br>
Terrassa School of Industrial and Aeronautical
Engineering (ETSEIAT)<br>
Nonlinear dynamics, nonlinear optics and
lasers Group<br>
BarcelonaTech (UPC)<br>
Edifici GAIA<br>
Rbla. Sant
Nebridi, 22<br>
08222 Terrassa, Spain<br>
<br>
Caroline
Kleinheny<br>
Secretary of the European Neural Network
Society<br>
University of Lausanne<br>
Internef 137k, Quartier UNIL
Dorigny<br>
1015 Lausanne,
Switzerland<br>
***********************************************</font></blockquote>
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