CFP: NNSP'97 Special Session -Apps of NNs in Biomedical SP

[Tulay Adali]

    CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------

    Special Session on 
    Applications of Neural Networks in Biomedical Signal Processing
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    NNSP'97- IEEE WORKSHOP ON NEURAL NETWORKS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING 
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    ----------------------------------Session Organizer: Tulay Adali

    Biomedical signal processing problems, with their particular features,
    challenges, and definition of objectives, have provided a unique 
    platform for the application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) 
    and the exploration of their relationship to other techniques. 
    In this special session organized within NNSP'97, our aim is to 
    bring researchers in the field together in a forum to present and 
    discuss promising applications of ANNs in the biomedical domain and 
    their relationship to more conventional ones in terms of performance, 
    cost, and implementation. Contributions are sought dealing with both 
    single (EEG, ECG, sensory data, etc.) and multi-dimensional (MR, PET, 
    CT, functional MR, etc.) biomedical signals. 

    Some of the possible areas of application are;
	 * pattern recognition and feature extraction for 
		   computer aided diagnosis and prognosis
	 * signal analysis (quantification, segmentation, etc.)
	 * signal enhancement/restoration
	 * data compression
	 * reconstruction
	 * data fusion/registration
	 * biological system modeling

    NNSP'97 is the seventh of a series of IEEE Workshops on Neural Networks 
    for Signal Processing and this year will be held in the Amelia Island 
    Plantation, Florida, 24-26 September 1997. Camera-ready full papers of
    accepted proposals will be published in a hard-bound volume by IEEE 
    and distributed at the workshop. More information about the workshop 
    is available at http://www.cnel.ufl.edu/nnsp97/

    Submissions for the special session should follow the general guidelines 
    for papers submitted to NNSP'97 and 5 copies of extended summaries of no 
    more than 6 pages should be sent to:

        IEEE NNSP'97
          Attn: Special Session ANN-BSP
        444 CSE Bldg #42
        P.O. Box 116130
        University of Florida
        Gainesville, FL 32611

    IMPORTANT DATES:
	* Submission of extended summary: January 27, 1997
	* Notification of acceptance: March 31, 1997
	* Submission of photo-ready accepted paper: April 26, 1997
	* Advanced registration: before July 1, 1997

    For further information about the special session, contact

    Tulay Adali----------------------------------------------
    Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    University of Maryland Baltimore County   
    1000 Hilltop Circle                        (410) 455-3521
    Baltimore, MD 21250                   adali at engr.umbc.edu 
    ------------------------------http://engr.umbc.edu/~adali