<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">2017 IEEE Symposium on Neuromorphic Cognitive Computing<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">(IEEE SNCC 2017)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">27th Nov - 1st Dec 2017 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Call for Papers:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The 2017 IEEE
Symposium on Neuromorphic Cognitive Computing (SNCC 2017) will be a part of the
2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2017). The
SNCC’17 will provide an important platform for the researchers to exchange the
ideas and to bring new theoretical and technical advances in neuromorphic
cognitive computing, and in turn to benefit highly demanded application areas
across neuromorphic engineering, neuromorphic circuits design, machine learning,
cyborg intelligence, cognitive robotics, etc. The website: <u><a href="http://www.ele.uri.edu/ieee-ssci2017/SNCC.htm" target="_blank">www.ele.uri.edu/ieee-ssci2017/SNCC.htm</a>.</u></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Important Dates:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Deadline of Paper
Submissions: July 16, 2017</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Notification to
Authors:
August 27, 2017</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Final
Submission:
September 24, 2017</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Early
Registration:
September
24, 2017</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Topics: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The topics include,
but are not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Neuromorphic computing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Cognitive computing models</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Spiking neural networks (SNNs)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">STDP and spike-timing based learning</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Neuromorphic visual and auditory processing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Brain-inspired data representation</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Neural coding </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Event based processing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Deep learning for SNNs</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Neuromorphic systems for machine learning</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Spatiotemporal Spike Pattern Analysis</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Brain inspired model for sound, vision and
speech</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Hardware implementation of SNNs</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">FPGA or GPU accelerator for SNNs</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Neuromorphic sensors and devices</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Neuromorphic chips/hardware platforms</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">SNN applications in machine learning</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Cyborg intelligence</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Cognitive robotics<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a name="home"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Special Sessions:<span></span></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span></span></span></b></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<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">Design
Methods, Tools and Examples for FPGA-Based Acceleration of Artificial Neural
Network. <span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Organizers: Pengju Ren, and Michel A.
Kinsy<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<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">Learning
Methods in Spiking Neural Networks<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Organizers: Hong Qu, Yongqing Zhang and
Malu Zhang. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Publications:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Accepted papers after
peer-review will be published in the IEEE SSCI conference proceedings
and online IEEExplore.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">SNCC 2017 Chairs:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Prof. Huajin Tang,
Sichuan University, China </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:htang@scu.edu.cn" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">htang@scu.edu.cn</span></a><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Prof. Jeff Krichmar,
University of California at Irvine, USA </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jkrichma@uci.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">jkrichma@uci.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Prof. Tiejun Huang,
Peking University, China </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:tjhuang@pku.edu.cn" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">tjhuang@pku.edu.cn</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Dr. Garrick Orchard,
National University of Singapore <a href="mailto:garrickorchard@nus.edu.sg" target="_blank">garrickorchard@nus.edu.sg</a> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">
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