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<p class="Authors"><span style="font-size:20.0pt">IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems</span></p>
<p class="Authors"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Special Issue on </span></b><b><span style="font-size:20pt">Multi-modal Integration and Development</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"></span></b></p>
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<h1 style="margin-left:0in; text-indent:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I.<span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><a href="file:///C:/Users/ravirao/Documents/Documents/projects/2016_IEEE_CDS_Special_Issue/CFP_TCDS_SI_Multisensory.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Symbol"> </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aim
And Scope</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Traditionally, researchers in computational intelligence, cognitive science and neuroscience have focused on one sensory modality at a time, such as vision, audition or touch. This
has led to a fundamental understanding of the encoding processes involved for each sensory pathway. The time is now ripe for expanding the focus of this research to investigate the
<i>integration</i> of multi-modal inputs. Though the field of neuroscience has identified higher-level convergence zones for multimodal input, there are few computational models that faithfully replicate the workings of these circuits.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We note that the vertebrate brain has evolved in a world where stimuli from objects contain multiple sensory modalities. There is also a strong epigenetic, developmental aspect of
multi-sensory processing and multimodal integration, as evidenced by results in the experimental literature. This leads to a multi-modal developmental perspective, where several brain structures are devoted to the coordinated representation and processing
of these signals, including the hippocampus for memory formation and the basal ganglia for motor action. These are fundamental to understanding processes that govern cognition and mental development.</span></p>
<h1 style="margin-left:0in; text-indent:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">II.<span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Themes</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The purpose of this Special Issue on Multi-modal Integration is to advance the state of the art in our understanding of neural, cognitive and computational models that govern multi-modal
processing. We welcome contributions in areas such as audio-visual processing, visuo-haptic processing and visuo-motor processing. Furthermore, the control of motor action also involves multi-modal processing such as combining proprioception with visual feedback
for target tracking. Topics relevant to this special issue include, but are not limited to</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></b></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Audio-visual processing</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Visuo-haptic processing</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Computational models of multi-sensory processing</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Learning mechanisms for sensory integration</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Multi-modal development mechanisms</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Motor integration with sensory inputs</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Models of sensory convergence</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Modeling of proprioceptive inputs</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Adaptation mechanisms for sensory deficits</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Modeling of proprioceptive inputs</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Subcortical models of sensory integration</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li></ul>
<h1 style="margin-left:0in; text-indent:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">III.<span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submission</span></b></h1>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Manuscripts should be prepared according to the “Information for Authors” of the journal found at
</span><a href="http://cis.ieee.org/publications.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">http://cis.ieee.org/publications.html</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:blue">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">and submissions should be done through the IEEE TCDS Manuscript center:
</span><a href="https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tcds-ieee"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tcds-ieee</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:blue">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">and please select the category “SI: Multi-Modal Integration and Development”.</span></p>
<h1 style="margin-left:0in; text-indent:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IV.<span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Important Dates</span></b></h1>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">15 </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jan</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 2017 –- Deadline for manuscript submission
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">15 Apr 2017 – Notification of authors</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">15 May 2017– Deadline for revised manuscripts </span>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">15 June 2017– Final version</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">For further information, please contact one of the following Guest Editors.</span></p>
<h1 style="margin-left:0in; text-indent:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">V.<span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Guest Editors</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. A. Ravishankar Rao</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">School of Computer Science and Engineering,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a href="mailto:htang@scu.edu.cn"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ravirao@fdu.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Yoonsuck Choe, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><a href="mailto:choe@tamu.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">choe@tamu.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Srinivasa Chakravarthy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Madras, India</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:schakra@ee.iitm.ac.in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">schakra@ee.iitm.ac.in</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></span></p>
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