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