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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This Special Issue is about stepping back and taking a look at where we are in terms of understanding the brain. We want to publish short position papers,
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">maximum 10 pages long</span>. We are aiming for
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">quick reviews, about two weeks</span>. Further details are provided below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Asim Roy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor, Information Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Arizona State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/9973">Asim Roy | iSearch (asu.edu)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.asim.roy">Lifeboat Foundation Bios: Professor Asim Roy</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Springer's Cognitive Computation journal (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/springer.com/12559__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!I-s2QhxTWc5jBRDov2CgMdfef05-RRKPvYfttGh7Qz3tYhg9vRr_oCib0WrXBxo$" target="_blank">http://springer.com/12559</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Special Issue Call for Papers: How the brain works: Where are we now and what remains to be learned?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Guest Editors:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(Lead) Asim Roy, Arizona State University, USA, E-mail: <a href="mailto:ASIM.ROY@asu.edu" target="_blank">
ASIM.ROY@asu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Claudius Gros, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, E-mail:
<a href="mailto:gros@itp.uni-frankfurt.de" target="_blank">gros@itp.uni-frankfurt.de</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#500050">Juyang Weng, Michigan State University, USA, E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:weng@cse.msu.edu" target="_blank">weng@cse.msu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jean-Philippe Thivierge, University of Ottawa, Canada, E-mail:
<a href="mailto:Jean-Philippe.Thivierge@uottawa.ca" target="_blank">Jean-Philippe.Thivierge@uottawa.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tsvi Achler, Optimizing Mind, Email: <a href="mailto:achler@optimizingmind.com" target="_blank">
achler@optimizingmind.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ali A. Minai, University of Cincinnati, USA, E-mail: <a href="mailto:Ali.Minai@uc.edu" target="_blank">
Ali.Minai@uc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Aim and Motivation:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Arguments about the brain and how it works are endless. Despite some conflicting conjectures and theories that have existed for decades without resolution, we have made significant progress in creating brain-like computational systems to
solve some important engineering problems. It would be a good idea to step back and examine where we are in terms of our understanding of the brain and potential problems with the brain-like systems that have been successful so far. For this special issue
of Cognitive Computation, we invite thoughtful articles on some of the issues that we have failed to address and comprehend in our journey so far in understanding the brain.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We aim for rapid peer-reviews by experts (about two weeks) for all selected submissions and plan to publish the special issue papers on a rolling basis from early 2022.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Topics:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We plan to publish a collection of short articles on a variety of topics that could be asking new questions, proposing new theories, resolving conflicts between existing theories, and proposing new types of computational models that are
brain-like.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Deadlines:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SI submissions deadline: 31 January 2022<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First notification of acceptance: 21 February 2022<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submission of revised papers: 10 March 2022<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Final notification to authors: 31 March 2022<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Publication of SI: Rolling basis (2022)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Submission Instruction:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Prepare your paper in accordance with the Journal guidelines:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.springer.com/12559__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!I-s2QhxTWc5jBRDov2CgMdfef05-RRKPvYfttGh7Qz3tYhg9vRr_oCibLJ5F3Rc$" target="_blank">
www.springer.com/12559</a>. Submit manuscripts at: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.editorialmanager.com/cogn/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!I-s2QhxTWc5jBRDov2CgMdfef05-RRKPvYfttGh7Qz3tYhg9vRr_oCibcGN6Uao$" target="_blank">http://www.editorialmanager.com/cogn/</a>.
Select “SI: How the Brain Works” for the special issue under “Additional Information.” Your paper must contain significant and original work that has not been published nor submitted to any journals. All papers will be reviewed following standard reviewing
procedures of the Journal.<o:p></o:p></p>
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