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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>[Apologies for cross-postings]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>International Joint Conference on Neural Networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>May 14-19, 2017, Anchorage, Alaska, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.ijcnn.org/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>##################### Important Announcement ######################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Deadline for submitting Workshop and Tutorial proposal has been extended till October, 30.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>##################### Important Dates ######################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Tutorial and Workshop Proposals October 30, 2016 (Extended)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Paper Submission November 15, 2016<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Paper Decision Notification January 20, 2017<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Camera-Ready Submission February 20, 2017<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CALL FOR WORKSHOPS http://www.ijcnn.org/call-for-workshops<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CALL FOR TUTORIALS http://www.ijcnn.org/call-for-tutorials <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CALL FOR PAPERS http://www.ijcnn.org/call-for-papers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>UPCOMING DEADLINES 2359hr UTC-10 on Saturday, 30 OCTOBER 2016]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#############################################################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 2017 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2017) will be held at the William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 14–19, 2017. The conference is organized jointly by the International Neural Network Society and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and is the premiere international meeting for researchers and other professionals in neural networks and related areas. It will feature invited plenary talks by world-renowned speakers in the areas of neural network theory and applications, computational neuroscience, robotics, and distributed intelligence. In addition to regular technical sessions with oral and poster presentations, the conference program will include special sessions, competitions, tutorials and workshops on topics of current interest<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For the latest updates, follow us on Facebook (https://fb.me/ijcnn2017/) and Twitter (@ijcnn2017).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>########################## Call for Workshops ##########################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Post-conference workshops offer a unique opportunity for in-depth discussions of specific topics in neural networks and computational intelligence. The workshops should be moderated by scientists or professionals who has significant expertise and /or whose recent work has had a significant impact within their field. IJCNN 2017 will emphasize emerging and growing areas of computational intelligence.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Each workshop has a duration of 3 or 6 hours. The format of each workshop will be up to the moderator, and can include interactive presentations as well as panel discussions among participants. These interactions should highlight exciting new developments and current research trends to facilitate a discussion of ideas that will drive the field forward in the coming years. Workshop organizers can prepare various materials including handouts or electronic resources that can be made available for distribution before or after the meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Researchers interested in organizing workshops are invited to submit a formal proposal including the following information as a single file (pdf, doc, etc.) to the workshop chair:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Title<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Organizers and their short bio<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Brief description of the scope and impact of the workshop<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Timeliness of the topic<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Confirmed and/or potential speakers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Half day (3 hours) or full day (6 hours) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Link to organizer's web page and/or workshop web site (optional)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For further details, please refer http://www.ijcnn.org/call-for-workshops. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any questions regarding this proposal can be asked to the Workshop Chair:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lazaros Iliadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. E-mail: liliadis@fmenr.duth.gr<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>########################## Call for Tutorials ##########################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IJCNN 2017 will feature pre-conference tutorials addressing fundamental and advanced topics in computational intelligence. Tutorial proposals should be emailed to the Tutorial Chair (see below). A tutorial proposal should include the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Title<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Presenter/organizer name(s) and affiliations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Expected enrollment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Abstract (less than 300 words)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Additional outline if needed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Presenter/organizer biography<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Links to the presenter/organizer web page or the tutorial page (optional)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* The proposal should not exceed two pages in 1.5 space, Times 12 point font. The tutorial format (preliminary) is 1 hour and 45 minutes with a 10-minute break.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Researchers interested in organizing workshops are invited to submit a formal proposal. For further details, please refer to http://www.ijcnn.org/call-for-tutorials. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any questions regarding this proposal can be asked to the Tutorials Chair:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Asim Roy, Arizona State University, USA. E-mail: ASIM.ROY@asu.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#################### Paper Submission is now Open ####################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.ijcnn.org/call-for-papers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Regular paper can have up to 8 pages in double-column IEEE Conference format<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* All papers are to be prepared using IEEE-compliant Latex or Word templates on paper of U.S. letter size.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* All submitted papers will be checked for plagiarism through the IEEE CrossCheck system. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Papers with significant overlap with the authors own papers or other papers will be rejected without review.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>##################### Topics and Areas of Interest #######################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The range of topics covered include, but is not limited to, the following.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(See http://ijcnn.org for a more detailed list of topics).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Deep learning <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Neural network theory & models <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Computational neuroscience <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Cognitive models <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Brain-machine interfaces <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Embodied robotics <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Evolutionary neural systems <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Neurodynamics <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Neuroinformatics <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Neuroengineering <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Hardware, memristors <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Neural network applications <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Machine perception (vision, speech, ...) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Social media <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Big data<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Pattern recognition<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Machine learning<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Collective intelligence<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Hybrid systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Self-aware systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Data mining<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Sensor networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Agent-based systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Computational biology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Bioinformatics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Artificial life<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Connectomics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Philosophical issues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>################## Organizing Committee ######################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The full organizing committee can be found at: http://www.ijcnn.org/organizing-committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>General Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Yoonsuck Choe, Texas A and M University, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Program Chair <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Christina Jayne, Robert Gordon University, UK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Technical Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Irwin King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Barbara Hammer, University of Bielefeld, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>##################Sponsoring Organizations##################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* INNS - International Neural Network Society<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* IEEE - Computational Intelligence Society<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* BSCS - Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>