<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">2016 International Symposium on <br>
Neuromorphic Cognitive Computing and Robotics <br>
Sep 21-23, Chengdu, China<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">The 2016 International Symposium on Neuromorphic
Cognitive Computing and Robotics will be held in Chengdu, China, Sep 21 - 23,
2016. In recent years neuromorphic computing has been an important emerging
research area. Emulating the computational principles and architecture found in
neural systems, neuromorphic cognitive computing aims to develop holistic
framework that involves sensory coding, synaptic learning, spike-based
computing, memory and other high level brain functions. Neuromorphic cognitive
computing has become an important approach in developing brain-like intelligent
systems from neuromorphic sensors, processors, microchips to cognitive
robotics, brain-computer interface and cyborg intelligence. The symposium will
provide an important platform for the researchers across all related fields to
exchange the ideas and report recent progress, and aims to bring new
theoretical and technical advances in neuromorphic cognitive computing and
robotics.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Register at: <a href="http://ncrc.scu.edu.cn/nccr2016">http://ncrc.scu.edu.cn/nccr2016</a>. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">The symposium is organized by Neuromorphic
Computing Research Center, Sichuan University, and co-sponsored by IEEE Brain
and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman',serif">Confirmed Speakers:<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Giacomo Indiveri</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:宋体;color:black">，</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black"> Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH
Zurich<span></span></span></p>
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Institute, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Jeffrey L. Krichmar,
University of California, Irvine, US<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Michael Milford</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:宋体;color:black">，</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Queensland University of Technology</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;color:black"><font face="宋体">,</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black"> Australia<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Garrick Orchard</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:宋体;color:black">，</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">National University of
Singapore.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Tiejun Huang, Peking
University</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;color:black"><font face="宋体">,</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">China<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Bo Xu, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, China. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Hong Qiao, Chinese
Academy of Sciences , China<span></span></span></p>
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of Electronic Science and Technology of China.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman',serif">General Chairs:<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Huajin Tang, Sichuan
University</span>, China<span></span></p>
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University</span>, China<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman',serif">Program Chairs</span>:<span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Rui Yan, Sichuan
University</span><span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Badong Chen, Xi'an
Jiaotong University</span><span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'times new roman',serif;color:black">Huajin Tang,</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:14.25pt">Professor</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:black">
Director of Neuromorphic Computing Research Center<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Chair of IEEE CIS Summer School Subcommittee<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks <span style="background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">and Learning Systems (TNNLS)</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'microsoft yahei ui',sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and
Developmental Systems (TCDS)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Associate Editor, Frontiers in Neuromorphic Engineering<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Robotics and AI<br>
E-mail:<span style="background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span></span><a href="mailto:htang@scu.edu.cn"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">htang@scu.edu.cn</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Website: <a href="http://ncrc.scu.edu.cn/"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">ncrc.scu.edu.cn</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'microsoft yahei ui',sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Addr: College of Computer Science, Sichuan University</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:black;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal">No. 24
South Section 1, Yihuan Road, </span><span style="color:black;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Chengdu,
China 610065</span></p></div>