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<div>The 11th International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI'18)<br>
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<div>December 7-9, 2018, Arlington, Texas, USA<br>
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<div>Homepage: http://uta.engineering/conferences/bi-2018/<br>
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<div>---Advancing BI Technologies from Basic Science Research to Real-World Practice---
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<div>The International Conference on Brain Informatics series (BI) <br>
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<div>has established itself as the world’s premier research forum <br>
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<div>that brings together researchers and practitioners from <br>
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<div>neuroscience, cognitive science, computer science, data science, <br>
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<div>artificial intelligence, information communication technologies, <br>
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<div>and neuroimaging technologies with the purpose of exploring the <br>
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<div>fundamental roles, interactions as well as practical impacts of <br>
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<div>Brain Informatics.<br>
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<div>The BI'18 will provide a broad forum that academia, professionals <br>
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<div>and industry people can exchange their ideas, findings, and strategies <br>
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<div>in brain informatics research and brain-inspired concepts and <br>
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<div>technologies. It welcomes emerging technologies for addressing <br>
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<div>fundamental neurobiological questions about healthy brain function, <br>
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<div>laying the groundwork for advancing treatments for brain disorders <br>
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<div>or injury, and for generating brain-inspired "smart" artificial <br>
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<div>intelligence and computing technologies to meet future societal needs. <br>
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<div>It will educate and expand the brain informatics workforce and create <br>
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<div>new career opportunities for brain research and related innovations.<br>
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<div>*** Keynote Talks ***<br>
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<div>"Neuroimaging and Informatics in Alzheimer's Disease Research"<br>
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<div>Speaker: Arthur Toga, University of Southern California, USA<br>
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<div>"How to Understand Our Brain and Intelligence: <br>
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<div>From Epileptic Network to Brain-Computer Interface"<br>
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<div>Speaker: Guoming Luan, Capital Medical University, China<br>
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<div>"Next Generation Hardware for Large-Scale Brain Modeling and AI Applications"<br>
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<div>Speaker: Chris Eliasmith, University of Waterloo, Canada <br>
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<div>"The Fabric of the Neocortex: A Less-Artificial Intelligence"<br>
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<div>Speaker: Andreas Tolias, Baylor College of Medicine, USA<br>
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<div>*** Workshops/Special Sessions ***<br>
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<div>Computationally Intelligent Methods in Processing and Analysis of Neuronal Big Data<br>
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<div>Organizers:<br>
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<div>Mufti Mahmud, Nottingham Trent University, UK<br>
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<div>M Shamim Kaiser, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh<br>
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<div>Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan<br>
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<div>Nitish V Thakor, National University of Singapore, Singapore<br>
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<div>The International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for processing Brain Images<br>
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<div>Organizers:<br>
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<div>Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Ain Sham University, Egypt<br>
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<div>Frank Lievens, ISfTeH, Belgium<br>
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<div>Marco Alfonse, Ain Shams University, Egypt<br>
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<div>Wael Khalifa, Ain Shams University, Egypt<br>
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<div>The 1st International Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience of Thinking and Reasoning<br>
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<div>Organizers:<br>
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<div>Jing Luo (Capital Normal University, China)，<br>
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<div>Vinod Goel (York University, Canada)，<br>
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<div>Hong Li （Shenzhen University, China), and<br>
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<div>Peipeng Liang (Capital Normal University, China) <br>
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<div>The 1st International Workshop on Neuromodulation and Brain-Machine Intelligence<br>
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<div>Organizers:<br>
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<div>Qian Wang, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Normal University, China<br>
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<div>Guoming Luan, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Normal University, China<br>
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<div>Yang Yang, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan<br>
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<div>*** Topics and Areas for Parallel Presentations ***<br>
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<div>BI'18 has collected high-quality original research and application papers <br>
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<div>(both full paper and abstract submissions). The authors of the submissions <br>
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<div>will give oral presentations during the conference.Relevant topics include but are not limited to:<br>
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<div>Track 1: Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Brain Science<br>
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<div>Track 2: Human Information Processing Systems<br>
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<div>Track 3: Brain Big Data Analytics, Curation and Management<br>
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<div>Track 4: Informatics Paradigms for Brain and Mental Health Research<br>
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<div>Track 5: Brain-Machine Intelligence and Brain-Inspired Computing<br>
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<div>IMPORTANT DATES: <br>
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<div>December 7, 2018: Workshops & Special Sessions<br>
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<div>December 8-9, 2018: Main conference<br>
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<div>Conference Venue<br>
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<div>Hilton Arlington<br>
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<div>2401 East Lamar Boulevard<br>
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<div>Arlington, Texas 76006-7503, USA<br>
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<div>Tel: +1-817-640-3322<br>
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<div>Fax: +1-817-633-1430<br>
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<div>ORGANIZERS<br>
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<div>General Chairs<br>
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<div>Tom Mitchell (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)<br>
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<div>Leon Iasemidis (Louisiana Tech, University, USA)<br>
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<div>Ning Zhong (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)<br>
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<div>Program Committee Chairs<br>
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<div>Jianzhong Su (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)<br>
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<div>Vicky Yamamoto (University of South California, USA)<br>
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<div>Yu-Ping Wang (Tulane University, USA)<br>
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<div>Organizing Chairs<br>
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<div>Shouyi Wang (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)<br>
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<div>Erick Jones (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)<br>
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<div>Fenghua Tian (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)<br>
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<div>Workshop/Special-Session Chairs<br>
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<div>Chou, Chun-An (Northwestern University, USA)<br>
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<div>Xiangnan Kong (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)<br>
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<div>Felicia Jefferson (Fort Valley State University, USA)<br>
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<div>Jing Qin (Montana State University, USA)<br>
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<div>Panel/Tutorial Chairs<br>
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<div>Yang Yang (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)<br>
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<div>Vassiliy Tsytsarev (University of Maryland, USA)<br>
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<div>Publicity Chairs<br>
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<div>Paul Wen (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)<br>
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<div>Huiguang He (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)<br>
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<div>Mufti Mahmud (University of Padova, Italy) <br>
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<div>Steering Committee Chairs<br>
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<div>Ning Zhong (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)<br>
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<div>Hanchuan Peng (Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA)<br>
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<div>*** Contact Information ***<br>
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<div>Shouyi Wang<br>
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<div>Email: shouyiw@uta.edu<br>
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<div>Vicky Yamamoto<br>
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<div>Email: Vicky.Yamamoto@med.usc.edu<br>
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<div>Yang Yang<br>
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<span>Email: yang@maebashi-it.org</span>
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