<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --></style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr">
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(95, 99, 104); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000001px;">[Apologies</span><span style="color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000001px;"> for any cross-postings]</span><br>
</p>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<div>
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<p><span style="color:rgb(77,81,86); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:14.000001px"><br>
</span></p>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr">
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="line-break:after-white-space">
<div style="line-break:after-white-space">
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:center"><span style="width:486px; height:129px"><img naturalheight="0" naturalwidth="0" size="87966" alt="GetFileAttachment.png" style="margin:0px; border:none; width:480px; height:123px" src="cid:7CC0A8EE-0874-4898-9776-4C90D21197ED"></span><span style="width:486px; height:129px"></span><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.425px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.425px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:center"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.425px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.425px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:center"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:24pt; line-height:42.0875px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px">Special
Session on Reservoir Computing: theory, models, and </span>applications</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:24pt; line-height:42.0875px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:center"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">18 - 23rd June 2023, Gold </span>Coast<span style="margin:0px"> Convention
and </span>Exhibition<span style="margin:0px"> Centre Queensland, </span><span style="margin:0px">Australia</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:center"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Papers submission deadline: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold">31
January 2023</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(25,25,25)"><span style="margin:0px"> </span><br style="margin:0px">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold">More info at: </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/reservoir-computing-tf/activities/ijcnn-2023-special-session?pli=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="margin:0px"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(5,99,193); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">IEEE
Task Force on Reservoir Computing - IJCNN 2023 - Special Session</span></a><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:23.7417px; font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Paper submission Guidelines: </span><a href="https://es.sonicurlprotection-fra.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202301041250470115263&URLID=7&ESV=10.0.18.7423&IV=B0EA138163D72C1645637B05A957C768&TT=1672836650981&ESN=exkdWBwJFM2UvquvQWk9UepUOQHkfX2wiAeNveUYixs%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cHM6Ly8yMDIzLmlqY25uLm9yZy9hdXRob3JzL3BhcGVyLXN1Ym1pc3Npb24&HK=62185F7A32D8B64359F338CB48C098FC6DE66BF45EE4EF19AA4CC921B2E95F7E" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="margin:0px"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(5,99,193); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">International
Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2023 (ijcnn.org)</span></a><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.425px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.425px; font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px"> </span><br style="margin:0px">
</span><br>
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(5,99,193)"></span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold">Organisers</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Andrea
Ceni (University of Pisa, </span>Italy<span style="margin:0px">), Claudio Gallicchio (University of Pisa, </span>Italy<span style="margin:0px">), </span>Gouhei<span style="margin:0px"> Tanaka (University of Tokyo, Japan).</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold">Description</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Reservoir Computing (RC) </span>is<span style="margin:0px"> a </span>popular<span style="margin:0px"> </span>approach<span style="margin:0px"> for </span>efficiently<span style="margin:0px"> training </span>Recurrent<span style="margin:0px"> </span>Neural<span style="margin:0px"> Networks
(</span>RNNs<span style="margin:0px">), </span>based<span style="margin:0px"> on (i) </span>constraining<span style="margin:0px"> the </span>recurrent<span style="margin:0px"> </span>hidden<span style="margin:0px"> </span>layers<span style="margin:0px"> to </span>develop<span style="margin:0px"> </span>stable<span style="margin:0px"> dynamics,
and (ii) </span>restricting<span style="margin:0px"> the training </span>algorithms<span style="margin:0px"> to operate </span>solely<span style="margin:0px"> on an output (</span>readout<span style="margin:0px">) </span>layer<span style="margin:0px">.</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Over the </span>years<span style="margin:0px">,
the field of RC </span>attracted<span style="margin:0px"> a </span>lot<span style="margin:0px"> of </span>research<span style="margin:0px"> </span>attention<span style="margin:0px">, due to </span>several<span style="margin:0px"> </span>reasons<span style="margin:0px">. </span>Indeed<span style="margin:0px">, </span>besides<span style="margin:0px"> the </span>striking<span style="margin:0px"> </span>efficiency<span style="margin:0px"> of
training </span>algorithms<span style="margin:0px">, RC </span>neural<span style="margin:0px"> networks are </span>distinctively<span style="margin:0px"> </span>amenable<span style="margin:0px"> to hardware </span>implementations<span style="margin:0px"> (</span>including<span style="margin:0px"> </span>neuromorphic<span style="margin:0px"> </span>unconventional<span style="margin:0px"> </span>substrates<span style="margin:0px">,
like </span>those<span style="margin:0px"> </span>studied<span style="margin:0px"> in </span>photonics<span style="margin:0px"> and </span>material<span style="margin:0px"> sciences), </span>enable<span style="margin:0px"> </span>clean<span style="margin:0px"> </span>mathematical<span style="margin:0px"> </span>analysis<span style="margin:0px"> (</span>rooted<span style="margin:0px">,
e.g., in the field of random </span>matrix<span style="margin:0px"> theory), and </span>finds<span style="margin:0px"> </span>natural<span style="margin:0px"> engineering </span>applications<span style="margin:0px"> in </span>resource-constrained<span style="margin:0px"> </span>contexts<span style="margin:0px">, </span>such<span style="margin:0px"> </span>as<span style="margin:0px"> </span>edge<span style="margin:0px"> AI
systems. </span>Moreover<span style="margin:0px">, in the </span>broader<span style="margin:0px"> picture of Deep Learning </span>development<span style="margin:0px">, RC </span>is<span style="margin:0px"> a breeding ground for testing innovative </span>ideas<span style="margin:0px">,
e.g. </span>biologically<span style="margin:0px"> </span>plausible<span style="margin:0px"> training </span>algorithms<span style="margin:0px"> </span>beyond<span style="margin:0px"> </span>gradient<span style="margin:0px"> back-</span>propagation<span style="margin:0px">. </span>Noticeably<span style="margin:0px">, </span>although<span style="margin:0px"> </span>established<span style="margin:0px"> in
the Machine Learning field, RC </span>lends<span style="margin:0px"> </span>itself<span style="margin:0px"> </span>naturally<span style="margin:0px"> to </span>interdisciplinarity<span style="margin:0px">, </span>where<span style="margin:0px"> </span>ideas<span style="margin:0px"> and </span>inspirations<span style="margin:0px"> coming
from diverse </span>areas<span style="margin:0px"> </span>such<span style="margin:0px"> </span>as<span style="margin:0px"> </span>computational<span style="margin:0px"> </span>neuroscience<span style="margin:0px">, </span>complex<span style="margin:0px"> systems
and non-linear </span>physics<span style="margin:0px"> can lead to </span>further<span style="margin:0px"> </span>developments<span style="margin:0px"> and new </span>applications<span style="margin:0px">.</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px"> </span><br style="margin:0px">
</span><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">This<span style="margin:0px"> special session </span>is<span style="margin:0px"> </span>intended<span style="margin:0px"> to
be a hub for </span>discussion<span style="margin:0px"> and </span>collaboration<span style="margin:0px"> </span>within<span style="margin:0px"> the </span>Neural<span style="margin:0px"> Networks community, and </span>therefore<span style="margin:0px"> </span>invites<span style="margin:0px"> </span>contributions<span style="margin:0px"> on </span>all<span style="margin:0px"> </span>aspects<span style="margin:0px"> of
RC, from theory, to new models, to </span>emerging<span style="margin:0px"> </span>applications<span style="margin:0px">.</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px">
<div style="margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">We<span style="margin:0px"> </span>invite<span style="margin:0px"> </span>researchers<span style="margin:0px"> to </span>submit<span style="margin:0px"> papers
on </span>all<span style="margin:0px"> </span>aspects<span style="margin:0px"> of RC </span>research<span style="margin:0px">, targeting </span>contributions<span style="margin:0px"> on theory, models, and </span>applications<span style="margin:0px">.</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold">Topics<span style="margin:0px"> of </span>Interests</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">A list
of </span>relevant<span style="margin:0px"> </span>topics<span style="margin:0px"> for </span>this<span style="margin:0px"> session </span>includes<span style="margin:0px">, </span>without<span style="margin:0px"> </span>being<span style="margin:0px"> limited
to, the following:</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></div>
</div>
<p style="margin:0px; font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; text-align:justify">
<span style="margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px">
<ul style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">
<li><span lang="IT-IT" style="font-size:14pt; text-align:justify; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">New Reservoir Computing models and </span>architectures<span style="margin:0px">, </span>including<span style="margin:0px"> </span>Echo<span style="margin:0px"> State
Networks and Liquid State Machines</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt; text-align:justify; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="font-size:14pt; text-align:justify; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Hardware, </span>physical<span style="margin:0px"> and </span>neuromorphic<span style="margin:0px"> </span>implementations<span style="margin:0px"> of
Reservoir Computing systems</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt; text-align:justify; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Learning </span>algorithms<span style="margin:0px"> in
Reservoir Computing</span></span><span style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Reservoir Computing in </span>Computational<span style="margin:0px"> </span>Neuroscience</span><span style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Reservoir Computing on the </span>edge<span style="margin:0px"> systems</span></span><span style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Novel<span style="margin:0px"> learning </span>algorithms<span style="margin:0px"> </span>rooted<span style="margin:0px"> in
Reservoir Computing concepts</span></span><span style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Novel<span style="margin:0px"> </span>applications<span style="margin:0px"> of
Reservoir Computing, e.g., to images, video and </span>structured<span style="margin:0px"> data</span></span><span style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Federated<span style="margin:0px"> and </span>Continual<span style="margin:0px"> Learning
in Reservoir Computing</span></span><span style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Deep Reservoir Computing </span>neural<span style="margin:0px"> networks</span></span><span style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Theory of </span>complex<span style="margin:0px"> and </span>dynamical<span style="margin:0px"> systems
in Reservoir Computing</span></span><span style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Extensions of the Reservoir Computing framework, </span>such<span style="margin:0px"> </span>as<span style="margin:0px"> </span>Conceptors</span><span style="text-align:justify; font-size:14pt; margin:0px; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><br>
</li></ul>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 24px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14pt; line-height:23.7417px; font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:23.7417px; font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold">Important Dates</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 24px; text-align:justify"></p>
<ul style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">
<li><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Papers </span>submission<span style="margin:0px"> deadline:</span></span><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>January<span style="margin:0px"> 31, </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold">20</span><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold">23</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(25,25,25)"></span></li><li><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Decision<span style="margin:0px"> </span>notification<span style="margin:0px">:</span></span><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold"> March
31, 2023</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(25,25,25); font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold">Submission </span><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px">Guidelines
and </span>Instructions</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">Papers submission for this Special Session follows the same process as for the regular sessions of IJCNN 2023, which uses EDAS as
submission system.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">The review
process for IJCNN 2023 will be </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">double-blind</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">.
For prospected authors, it is therefore </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">mandatory to anonymize their manuscripts</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">Each
paper should have 6 to MAXIMUM 8 pages, including figures, tables and references.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt"> Please refer to the Submission Guidelines at </span><a href="https://2023.ijcnn.org/authors/paper-submission" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size:12pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">https://2023.ijcnn.org/authors/paper-submission</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt"> for
full information. </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px; text-align:justify"><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt"></span><span style="text-align:start; vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">Submit
your paper at the following link </span><a href="https://edas.info/N30081" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-size:14pt">https://edas.info/N30081</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt; text-align:start; vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="text-align:start; vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">and
choose the track "Special Session: Reservoir Computing: theory, models, and applications", or use the direct link: </span><a href="https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30081&track=116064" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30081&track=116064
Cmd+Fai clic o tocca il collegamento per aprirlo" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size:12pt; text-align:start"><span style="vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30081&track=116064</span></a><span style="text-align:start; vertical-align:baseline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:14pt">.</span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-size:16px; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px; font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); text-align:justify">
<br>
</div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Note </span>that<span style="margin:0px"> </span>anonymizing<span style="margin:0px"> </span>your<span style="margin:0px"> paper </span>is<span style="margin:0px"> </span>mandatory<span style="margin:0px">,
and papers </span>that<span style="margin:0px"> </span>explicitly<span style="margin:0px"> or </span>implicitly<span style="margin:0px"> </span>reveal<span style="margin:0px"> the </span>authors<span style="margin:0px">' </span>identities<span style="margin:0px"> </span>may<span style="margin:0px"> be </span>rejected<span style="margin:0px">.</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px"><br>
</div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<p style="margin:0px"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></p>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">Sincerely</span><span style="margin:0px">,</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px; clear:both">
<div style="margin:0px"><span lang="IT-IT" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px">The Organizing</span><span style="margin:0px"> Team</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:22.6625px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>