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<DIV>[Apologies if you receive this more than once]</DIV>
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<DIV>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION</DIV>
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<DIV>The 2016 International Conference on Brain Informatics & Health
(BIH'16)</DIV>
<DIV>IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence 2016
(WI'16)</DIV>
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<DIV>A Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of AI</DIV>
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<DIV>October 13-16, 2016, Hilton Omaha, USA</DIV>
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<DIV>Homepage: <A
href="http://wibih.unomaha.edu/">http://wibih.unomaha.edu/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>On-line registration (and more information) at</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://wibih.unomaha.edu/bih/register">https://wibih.unomaha.edu/bih/register</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Book your hotel room with a discount rate at Hilton Omaha</DIV>
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href="https://wibih.unomaha.edu/bih/accomodation">https://wibih.unomaha.edu/bih/accomodation</A></DIV>
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<DIV>BIH'16 Keynote Skeakers</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Stephen Smith, Allen Institute for Brain Science</DIV>
<DIV>Shotgun Connectomic Analysis of Cortical Synaptic Networks</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Ivan Soltesz, Stanford School of Medicine</DIV>
<DIV>Mechanisms of Network Oscillations in Data-driven Full-scale </DIV>
<DIV>and Rationally Derived Simple Models of the Hippocampus</DIV>
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<DIV>WI'16 Keynote Skeakers</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Leslie Valiant (Turing Award 2010), Harvard University</DIV>
<DIV>A Computational Model and Theory of Cortex</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Butler Lampson (Turing Award 1992), Microsoft Corporation and MIT</DIV>
<DIV>Personal Control of Data</DIV>
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<DIV>BIH'16 Feature Talks</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Steven Schiff, Pennsylvania State University</DIV>
<DIV>Model-based Observation and Control for the Brain: </DIV>
<DIV>From Control of Seizures and Migraines, </DIV>
<DIV>to Reducing Infant Brain Infections in Africa</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Kristen Harris, University of Texas at Austin</DIV>
<DIV>Analytical Challenges to Understanding Subcellular Resource </DIV>
<DIV>Allocation for Synaptic Plasticity and Homeostasis</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Giulio Tononi, University of Wisconsin-Madison</DIV>
<DIV>Consciousness: From Theory to Practice</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Bob Jacobs, Colorado College</DIV>
<DIV>Cortical Neuromorphology Beyond Rodents and Primates: A Personal
Journey</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Partha Mitra, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory</DIV>
<DIV>Neuron Trees in the Brain Jungle: Mapping Brainwide Connectivity</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Paola Pergami, George Washington University</DIV>
<DIV>Big Data and Advanced Imaging in Clinical Decision Making: Are We There
Yet?</DIV>
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<DIV>WI'16 Feature Talks</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dr. Naren Ramakrishnan, Virginia Tech</DIV>
<DIV>Forecasting Significant Societal Events using Open Source Indicators</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Vijay Raghavan, University of Louisiana at Lafayette</DIV>
<DIV>Triangular Spatial Relationships Based Protein 3-D Comparison</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Marek Rusinkiewicz, New Jersey Institute of Technology</DIV>
<DIV>Towards Smarter Cyber Security</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Daniel Siewiorek, Carnegie Mellon University</DIV>
<DIV>Converting Mobile Sensing into Data and Data into Action</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Chris Welty, Google</DIV>
<DIV>Towards an Embedded Theory of Truth</DIV>
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<DIV>BIH'16-WI'16 Joint Panel </DIV>
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<DIV>Connecting Network and Brain with Big Data </DIV>
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<DIV>Chairs: Yong Shi and Ning Zhong</DIV>
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<DIV>Panelits:</DIV>
<DIV>Giorgio Ascoli, George Mason University </DIV>
<DIV>Butler Lampson, Microsoft & MIT</DIV>
<DIV>Hanchuan Peng, Allen Institute for Brain Science</DIV>
<DIV>Paola Pergami, George Washington University</DIV>
<DIV>Vijay Raghavan, University of Louisiana at Lafayette</DIV>
<DIV>Ivan Soltesz, Stanford University</DIV>
<DIV>Leslie Valiant, Harvard University</DIV>
<DIV>Chris Welty, Google Research</DIV>
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<DIV>The two conferences will be co-located and have a joint opening, </DIV>
<DIV>keynotes and invited talks, panel, reception and banquet.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Attendees only need to register for one conference and can attend</DIV>
<DIV>workshops, sessions, keynote/invited talks, panel and tutorials </DIV>
<DIV>across the two conferences.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*************************************************************</DIV>
<DIV>On-line registration (and more information) at</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://wibih.unomaha.edu/bih/register">https://wibih.unomaha.edu/bih/register</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Book your hotel room with a special discount at Hilton Omaha</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://wibih.unomaha.edu/bih/accomodation">https://wibih.unomaha.edu/bih/accomodation</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Regular registration (non-authors) covers all events of technical</DIV>
<DIV>program (plenary talks, tutorials, workshops, parallel sessions,</DIV>
<DIV>industry/demo sessions, etc.), the reception, coffee breaks and</DIV>
<DIV>lunches.</DIV>
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<DIV>Schedule Outline</DIV>
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<DIV>October 13: Workshop & Tutorial Day</DIV>
<DIV>October 14: BIH'16-WI'16 Joint Day</DIV>
<DIV>October 15-16: Feature Talks, Special-sessions, and</DIV>
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Presentations of Accepted Papers in parallel sessions</DIV>
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<DIV>TUTORIALS</DIV>
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<DIV>T1: Context-Awareness in Information Retrieval and Recommender
Systems</DIV>
<DIV> Yong Zheng, Illinois Institute of Technology,
USA</DIV>
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<DIV>T2: Ontology Learning and Population from Text Background</DIV>
<DIV> Rosario Girardi, Federal University of Maranh o,
Brasil</DIV>
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<DIV>WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL SESSIONS</DIV>
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<DIV>BIH'16:</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>B1: International Workshop on Brain and Artificial Intelligence (BAI
2016)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>B2: International Workshop on Services and Data Modeling in Life
Sciences</DIV>
<DIV> (SDMLS 2016)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>B3: International Workshop on Brain Big Data Based Wisdom Service</DIV>
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<DIV>B4: International Workshop on Neuromorphic Computing and Algorithms</DIV>
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<DIV>B5: International Workshop on Big Data Neuroimaging Analytics for Brain and
Mental Health</DIV>
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<DIV>B6: Special Session on BigNeuron Project</DIV>
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<DIV>WI'16:</DIV>
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<DIV>W1: The International Workshop on Web Personalization and Social
Media</DIV>
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<DIV>W2: The Second Workshop on Complex Methods for Data and Web Mining</DIV>
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<DIV>W3: International Workshop on Educational Recommender Systems</DIV>
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<DIV>W4: The First International Workshop on the Internet of Agents (IoA)</DIV>
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<DIV>W5: The 1st International Workshop on Platforms and Applications</DIV>
<DIV> for Social Problem Solving and Collective
Reasoning</DIV>
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<DIV>W6: International Workshop on Advanced Methods in Optimization and</DIV>
<DIV> Machine Learning</DIV>
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<DIV>SOCIAL PROGRAM</DIV>
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<DIV>October 13, 18:00-20:00</DIV>
<DIV>Pre-Conference Reception (with hors d'oeuvres)</DIV>
<DIV>at the Conference Hotel (Sponsored by Hilton)</DIV>
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<DIV>October 14,</DIV>
<DIV>17:00-19:00 -- Tour of the Henry Doorly Zoo</DIV>
<DIV>19:00-21:00 -- Welcome Reception (with dinner)</DIV>
<DIV>sponsored by the Greater Omaha Convention & Visitors Bureau</DIV>
<DIV>Durham TreeTops Restaurant at the Henry Doorly Zoo</DIV>
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<DIV>October 15,</DIV>
<DIV>18:30 to 21:00 -- UNO Jazz Quintet</DIV>
<DIV>19:00 to 21:00 -- Banquet and Awards Ceremony in the Conference Hotel</DIV>
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<DIV>You can also enjoy the city of Omaha.</DIV>
<DIV>More information about the conference hotel,</DIV>
<DIV>visas and local information can be obtained</DIV>
<DIV>from the conference homepage: <A
href="http://wibih.unomaha.edu/">http://wibih.unomaha.edu/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>CONTACT INFORMATION</DIV>
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<DIV>Deepak Khazanchi <khazanchi@unomaha.edu></DIV>
<DIV>Bettina Lechner <blechner@unomaha.edu></DIV>
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