<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">2018 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: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:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">18-21 Nov 2018, BENGALURU, INDIA</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 2018 IEEE
Symposium on Neuromorphic Cognitive Computing will be a part of the 2018 IEEE
Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2018: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://ieee-ssci2018.org/">http://ieee-ssci2018.org/</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">). The </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">sy</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">mposium 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. <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 (Final Extension):  June 15, 2018</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 15,
2018</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;fon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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-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 2018 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  </span><a href="mailto:garrickorchard@nus.edu.sg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">garrickorchard@nus.edu.sg</span></a><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:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><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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