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<DIV>[Apologies if you receive this more than once]</DIV>
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<DIV>CALL FOR PAPERS</DIV>
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<DIV>The 2017 International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI'17)</DIV>
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<DIV>THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRAIN INFORMATICS</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>November 16-18, 2017, Beijing, China</DIV>
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<DIV>Homepage: <A
href="http://bii.ia.ac.cn/bi-2017/">http://bii.ia.ac.cn/bi-2017/</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>(FULL PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 2, 2017)</DIV>
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<DIV>*** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ***</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Alan Evans (McGill University, Canada)</DIV>
<DIV> Tom Mitchell (Carnegie Mellon University, US)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Yanchao Bi (Beijing Normal University, China)</DIV>
<DIV> Adam Ferguson (University of California San Francisco, US)</DIV>
<DIV> Bin Hu (Lanzhou University, China)</DIV>
<DIV> Michael Hawrylycz (Allen Institute for Brain Science,
US)</DIV>
<DIV> Dinggang Shen (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
US)</DIV>
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<DIV>Brain Informatics (BI) conference series provides a premier forum to</DIV>
<DIV>bring together researchers and practitioners in the fields of</DIV>
<DIV>neuroscience, cognitive science, computer science, data science,</DIV>
<DIV>artificial intelligence, information communication technologies, and</DIV>
<DIV>neuroimaging technologies.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>BI'17 addresses the computational, cognitive, physiological,</DIV>
<DIV>biological, physical, ecological and social perspectives of brain</DIV>
<DIV>informatics, as well as topics relating to mental health and</DIV>
<DIV>well-being. It also welcomes emerging information technologies,</DIV>
<DIV>including but not limited to Internet/Web of Things (IoT/WoT), cloud</DIV>
<DIV>computing, big data analytics and interactive knowledge discovery</DIV>
<DIV>related to brain research. BI'17 also encourages submissions that</DIV>
<DIV>explore how advanced computing technologies are applied to and make a</DIV>
<DIV>difference in various large-scale brain studies and their</DIV>
<DIV>applications.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>BI'17 welcomes paper submissions (full paper and abstract</DIV>
<DIV>submissions). Both research and application papers are solicited.
All</DIV>
<DIV>submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical quality,</DIV>
<DIV>relevance, significance and clarity. Accepted full papers will be</DIV>
<DIV>included in the proceedings by Springer LNCS/LNAI.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Workshop, Special-Session and Tutorial proposals, and</DIV>
<DIV>Industry/Demo-Track papers are also welcome. The organizers of</DIV>
<DIV>Workshops and Special-Sessions are invited to prepare a book proposal</DIV>
<DIV>based on the topics of the workshop/special session for possible book</DIV>
<DIV>publication in the Springer-Nature Brain Informatics & Health
book</DIV>
<DIV>series.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*** Topics and Areas ***</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Track 1: Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Brain Science</DIV>
<DIV>Track 2: Investigations of Human Information Processing Systems</DIV>
<DIV>Track 3: Brain Big Data Analytics, Curation and Management</DIV>
<DIV>Track 4: Informatics Paradigms for Brain and Mental Health</DIV>
<DIV>Track 5: Brain-Inspired Intelligence and Computing</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>IMPORTANT DATES: </DIV>
<DIV>================</DIV>
<DIV>April 2, 2017: Submission deadline for full papers</DIV>
<DIV>April 10, 2017: Submission for workshop/special-session proposals</DIV>
<DIV>April 30, 2017: Notification of workshop/special-session proposal
acceptance</DIV>
<DIV>May 20, 2017: Submission deadline for workshop/special-session papers</DIV>
<DIV>June 10, 2017: Notification of full paper acceptance</DIV>
<DIV>June 20, 2017: Notification of workshop/special-session paper
acceptance</DIV>
<DIV>June 20, 2017: Submission deadline for abstracts</DIV>
<DIV>July 10, 2017: Notification of abstract acceptance</DIV>
<DIV>November 16, 2017: Tutorials, workshops and special-sessions</DIV>
<DIV>November 17-18, 2017: Main conference</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>PAPER SUBMISSIONS & PUBLICATIONS:</DIV>
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<DIV>TYPE-I (Full Paper Submissions; Submission Deadline: April 2, 2017):</DIV>
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<DIV>Papers need to have up to 10 pages in LNCS format:</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</A>
All full</DIV>
<DIV>length papers accepted (and all special sessions' full length papers)</DIV>
<DIV>will be published by Springer as a volume of the series of LNCS/LNAI.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>TYPE-II (Abstract Submissions; Submission Deadline: June 20, 2017):</DIV>
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<DIV>Abstracts have a word limit of 500 words. Experimental research is</DIV>
<DIV>particularly welcome. Accepted abstract submissions will be included</DIV>
<DIV>in the conference program, and will be published as a single,</DIV>
<DIV>collective proceedings volume.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Title: Include in the title of the abstract all words critical for a</DIV>
<DIV>subject index. Write your title in sentence case (first letter is</DIV>
<DIV>capitalized; remaining letters are lower case). Do not bold or</DIV>
<DIV>italicize your full title.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Author: List all authors who contributed to the work discussed in the</DIV>
<DIV>abstract. The presenting author must be listed in the first author</DIV>
<DIV>slot of the list. Be prepared to submit contact information as well
as</DIV>
<DIV>conflict of interest information for each author listed.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Abstract: Enter the body of the abstract and attach any applicable</DIV>
<DIV>graphic files or tables here. Do not re-enter the title, author,</DIV>
<DIV>support, or other information that is collected in other steps of the</DIV>
<DIV>submission form.</DIV>
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<DIV>Presentation Preference: Authors may select from three presentation</DIV>
<DIV>formats when submitting an abstract: "poster only", "talk preferred"</DIV>
<DIV>or "no preference." The "talk preferred" selection indicates that you</DIV>
<DIV>would like to give a talk, but will accept a poster format if</DIV>
<DIV>necessary. Marking "poster only" indicates that you would not like to</DIV>
<DIV>be considered for an oral-presentation session. Selecting "no</DIV>
<DIV>preference" indicates the author's willingness to be placed in the</DIV>
<DIV>best format for the program.</DIV>
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<DIV>Each paper or abstract requires one sponsoring attendee (i.e. someone</DIV>
<DIV>who registered and is attending the conference). A single
attendee</DIV>
<DIV>can not sponsor more than two abstracts or papers.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Oral presentations will be selected from both full length papers and</DIV>
<DIV>abstracts.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*** Post-Conference Journal Publication ***</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The Brain Informatics conferences have the formal ties with Brain</DIV>
<DIV>Informatics journal (Springer-Nature,</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.springer.com/40708)">http://www.springer.com/40708)</A>.
Accepted papers from the conference,</DIV>
<DIV>including their Best Paper Award papers, will be expended and revised</DIV>
<DIV>for possible inclusion in the Brain Informatics journal each year.
It</DIV>
<DIV>is fully sponsored and no any article-processing fee charged for</DIV>
<DIV>authors of Brain Informatics conference.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*** Awards ***</DIV>
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<DIV>Best Paper awards will be conferred at the conference on the authors </DIV>
<DIV>of (1) the best research paper and (2) the best student paper. </DIV>
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<DIV>ORGANIZERS</DIV>
<DIV>==========</DIV>
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<DIV>General Chairs</DIV>
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<DIV>Bo Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)</DIV>
<DIV>Hanchuan Peng (Allen Institute for Brain Sciences, USA)</DIV>
<DIV>Qingming Luo (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)</DIV>
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<DIV>Program Committee Chairs</DIV>
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<DIV>Yi Zeng (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)</DIV>
<DIV>Yong He (Beijing Normal University, China)</DIV>
<DIV>Jeanette Kotaleski (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)</DIV>
<DIV>Maryann Martone (University of California, San Diego, USA)</DIV>
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<DIV>Organizing Chairs</DIV>
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<DIV>Ning Zhong (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan, and</DIV>
<DIV> Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future
Internet Technology,</DIV>
<DIV> Beijing University of Technology, China</DIV>
<DIV>Jianzhou Yan (Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Internet
Technology,</DIV>
<DIV> Beijing University of Technology, China)</DIV>
<DIV>Shengfu Lu (Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Internet
Technology,</DIV>
<DIV> Beijing University of Technology, China)</DIV>
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<DIV>Workshop/Special-Session Chairs</DIV>
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<DIV>An'an Li (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)</DIV>
<DIV>Sen Song (Tsinghua University, China)</DIV>
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<DIV>Tutorial Chair</DIV>
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<DIV>Wenming Zheng (South East University, China)</DIV>
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<DIV>Publicity Chairs</DIV>
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<DIV>Tielin Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)</DIV>
<DIV>Shouyi Wang (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)</DIV>
<DIV>Yang Yang (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan, and</DIV>
<DIV> Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for
Future Internet Technology,</DIV>
<DIV> Beijing University of Technology,
China)</DIV>
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<DIV>Steering Committee Chairs</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ning Zhong (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)</DIV>
<DIV>Hanchuan Peng (Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA)</DIV>
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<DIV>*** Contact Information ***</DIV>
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<DIV>tielin.zhang@ia.ac.cn</DIV>
<DIV>shouyiw@uta.edu</DIV>
<DIV>yang@maebashi-it.org</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>