CFP ICANN 98

[Leila Khammari]

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 CALL FOR PAPERS
 
 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
 (ICANN 98)
  
 September 2-4, 1998, Skoevde, Sweden
 Submission deadline March 25, 1998.
 
 http://www.his.se/ida/icann98/
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 INVITED SPEAKERS (to be completed)
 
 John Barnden, University of Birmingham, UK
 Chris Bishop, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
 Rodney Brooks, MIT, Cambridge, USA
 Leif Finkel, University of Pennsylvania, USA
 Phil Husbands, University of Sussex, UK
 Teuvo Kohonen, Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Finland
 David MacKay, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK
 Barak Pearlmutter, University of New Mexico, USA
 Ulrich Rueckert, Universitaet Paderborn, Germany
 David Rumelhart, Stanford University, USA
 Bernd Schuermann, Siemens, Germany
 
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 ICANN 98, the 8th International Conference on Artificial Neural
 Networks, is held 2-4 September 1998 in Skoevde, Sweden. ICANN,
 the conference series of the European Neural Network Society and
 Europe's premier meeting in the field, sets out to extensively
 cover the whole spectrum of ANN-related research, ranging from
 industrial applications to biological systems.
 
  Carrying the heritage from Helsinki (1991), Brighton (1992),
 Amsterdam (1993), Sorrento (1994), Paris (1995), Bochum (1996)
 and Lausanne (1997), ICANN 98  includes a qualified scientific
 program, consisting of oral and poster presentations, a special
 'Industry and Research' panel session, an exhibition with
 products related to ANNs, a set of tutorials on basic topics in
 ANN research and development, and on top of all this a relaxed
 and exciting social program.
 
  The conference is hosted and organized by the Connectionist
 Research Group at Hgskolan Skoevde in collaboration with the
 Swedish Neural Network Society (SNNS) and the European Neural
 Network Society (ENNS). It is supported by the International
 Neural Network Society (INNS), the Asian Pacific Neural Network
 Assembly (APNNA), the IEEE Neural Network Council and the IEE.
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 SCOPE
 
 ICANN 98 aims to cover all aspects of ANN research, broadly
 divided into six areas, corresponding to separate organizational
 modules for which contributions are sought.
 
  THEORY: This module covers the broad area of theory. Topics
 include, but are not limited to: Model issues; Unsupervised/
 supervised learning issues; "Life-long" learning; Inference;
 Signal Processing; Neurocontrol; Analysis; Combinatorial
 optimization.
 
  APPLICATIONS: We particularly encourage submissions covering
 novel ANN applications in, for example, the following areas:
 Pattern recognition; Time series prediction; Optimization; Data 
 analysis/Data mining; Telecommunications; Control; Speech and
 signal processing; Vision and image processing.
 
  COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE AND BRAIN THEORY: This module covers
 computational models of biological neural systems, functions,
 techniques and tools, e.g. Sensory and perceptual processing;
 Sensory fusion; Motor pattern generation and control;
 Computational neuroethology; Plasticity in the nervous system;
 Neuromodulation; Cognitive neuroscience; Behavior selection;
 Decision making; Cortical associative memory; Neuromorphic
 computer architectures.
 
  CONNECTIONIST COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND AI: This module covers the
 use of ANNs for modeling cognitive capacities and the relation
 between ANNs and AI, e.g. Vision and perception; Recognition and
 categorization; Development; Representational issues; Reasoning,
 problem solving and planning; Language and speech; Cognitive
 plausibility; Connectionism, Hybridism and Symbolism;
 Philosophical aspects and implications.
 
  AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS AND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR: This module covers
 ANNs for adaptive control of autonomous robots as well as
 modeling of animal behavior. Possible topics include: Adaptive
 behavior in biological/artificial autonomous agents; ANN learning
 methods for adaptation, control and navigation; Multi-agent
 systems; Representational issues; Dynamics of agent-environment
 interaction; Biologically/ethologically inspired robotics; ANNs
 in evolutionary robotics and Artificial Life; Cognitive robotics.
 
  HARDWARE/IMPLEMENTATION: This module covers ANN hardware and
 implementational issues. Possible topics include: Analog/digital
 implementations; Pulse stream networks; On chip learning;
 Systems and architectures; Hardware implants/coupling silicon to
 biological nerves; Vision and image processing.
 
  In addition to the modules mentioned above we aim to further
 promote contacts between researchers and industry. To achieve
 this, a special panel session on 'Industry and Research' will be
 organized. Within this session, a number of speakers will be
 invited to present usage of state-of-the-art ANN technology in
 Japan, Europe and the USA. We also intend to invite potential
 funding agencies, in order to get their view on what kind of ANN
 research will be considered for funding in the future.
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 SUBMISSION
 
 Prospective authors are invited to submit papers for oral or
 poster presentation by March 25, 1998. For details please see:
 
 http://www.his.se/ida/icann98/
 
 or contact the conference secretariat (see below).
 
  All papers accepted for oral or poster presentation will appear
 in the conference proceedings which is published by
 Springer Verlag.
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 PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be completed)
 
 Bengt Asker, Independent Consultant, Sweden
 Lars Asplund, Uppsala University, Sweden
 Randall Beer, Santa Fe Institute & Case Western Reserve,
    University, USA
 Chris Bishop, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
 Miklos Boda, Ericsson Telecom AB, Stockholm, Sweden
 Mikael Boden, Hoegskolan Skoevde, Sweden
 Valentino Braitenberg, Max Planck Institute for Biological
    Cybernetics, Tuebingen Germany
 Harald Brandt, Ericsson Telecom AB, Stockholm, Sweden
 Abhay Bulsari, AB Nonlinear Solutions OY, Finland
 Bo Cartling, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
 Ron Chrisley, University of Sussex, UK 
 Erik De Schutter, University of Antwerp, Belgium
 Georg Dorffner, University of Vienna, Austria
 Rolf Eckmiller, University of Bonn, Germany
 Dario Floreano, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne,
    Switzerland
 Francoise Fogelman Soulie, SLIGOS, France
 Wulfram Gerstner, Centre for Neuro-Mimetic Systems, Lausanne,
    Switzerland
 John Hertz, Nordita, Denmark
 Pentti Kanerva, SICS, Sweden
 Bert Kappen, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
 Anders Lansner, Royal Inst. of Technology, Sweden
 Klaus-Robert Mueller, GMD First, Germany
 Ajit Narayanan, University of Exeter, UK
 Lars Niklasson, Hoegskolan Skoevde, Sweden
 Stefano Nolfi, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
 Erkki Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
 Gnther Palm, University of Ulm, Germany
 Jordan Pollack, Brandeis University, USA
 Ronan Reilly, University College Dublin, Ireland
 Brian Ripley, Oxford University, UK
 Thorsteinn Roegnvaldsson, Hoegskolan Halmstad, Sweden
 Bernd Schuermann, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
 Noel Sharkey, University of Sheffield, UK
 Olli Simula, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
 Jonas Sjoeberg, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
 Gunnar Sjoedin, SICS, Sweden
 Bertil Svensson, Hoegskolan Halmstad & Chalmers, University of
    Technology, Sweden
 Jun Tani, Sony CSL Inc., Tokyo, Japan
 Carme Torras, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona,
    Spain
 Tim van Gelder, University of Melbourne, Australia
 Francisco Varela, LENA - CNRS, Paris, France
 Eric A. Wan, Oregon Graduate Institute, USA
 Florentin Woergoetter, Ruhr-Universitt Bochum, Germany
 Tom Ziemke, Hoegskolan Skoevde, Sweden
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 DATES TO REMEMBER
 
 March 25, 1998 - submissions must be received
 May 6, 1998 - notification of acceptance
 May 28, 1998 - final camera ready papers must be received
 September 1, 1998 - ICANN 98 tutorials
 September 2-4, 1998 - ICANN 98 takes place
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 CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
 
 ICANN 98
 Hoegskolan Skoevde
 P.O. Box 408
 S-541 28 Skoevde
 SWEDEN
 Email: icann98 at ida.his.se
 Telefax: +46 (0)500-46 47 25
 http://www.his.se/ida/icann98/