ICONIP'98 : call for paper : EXTENDED DEADLINE to MAY 15

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		           Call for Papers

 The Fifth International Conference on Neural Information Processing
			   ICONIP'98

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                                      Organized by
                      Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS)
                                      Sponsored by
                   Asian Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APNNA)

                                  October 21-23,1998

                     Kitakyushu International Conference Center
                  3-9-30 Asano, Kokura-ku, Kitakyushu 802, Japan


      In 1998, the annual conference of the Asian Pacific Neural Network 
Assembly, ICONIP'98, will be held jointly with the ninth annual conference of 
Japanese Neural Network Society, from 21 to 23 October 1998 in Kitakyushu, 
Japan. The goal of ICONIP'98 is to provide a forum for researchers and engineers 
from academia and industries to meet and to exchange ideas on advanced 
techniques and recent developments in neural information processing. The 
conference further serves to stimulate local and regional interests in neural 
information processing and its potential applications to industries indigenous 
to this region.

Topics of Interest
      Track 1: Neurobiological Basis of Brain Functions
      Track 2: Mathematical Theory of Brain Functions
      Track 3: Cognitive and Behavioral Aspects of Brain Functions
      Track 4: Tecnical Aspect of Neural Networks
      Track 5: Distributed Processing Systems
      Track 6: Applications of Neural Networks
      Track 7: Implementations of Neural Networks

Topics cover (Key Words):

      Neuroscience, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Learning and Plasticity,
      Sensory and Motor Systems, Cognition and Perception
      Algorithms and Architectures, Learning and Generalization, Memory,
      Neurodynamics and Chaos, Probabilistic and Statistical Methods, 
      Neural Coding
      Emotion, Consciousness and Attention, Visual and Auditory Computation, 
      Speach and Languages, Neural Control and Robotics,
      Pattern Recognition and Signal Processing,
      Time Series Forecasting, Blind Separation, Knowledge Acquisition, 
      Data Mining, Rule Extraction
      Emergent Computation, Distributed AI Systems, Agent-Based Systems, 
      Soft Computing, Real World Systems, Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
      Neural Device and Hardware, Neuraland Brain Computers, Software Tools, 
      System Integration

Conference Committee

      Conference Chair: Kunihiko Fukushima, Osaka University
      Conference Vice-chair: Minoru Tsukada, Tamagawa University
      Organizing Chair: Shuji Yoshizawa, Tokyo University
      Program Chair: Shiro Usui, Toyohashi University of Technology

International Advisory Committee (tentative)

      Chair: Shun-ichi Amari, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
      Members: S. Bang (Korea), J. Bezdek (USA), J. Dayhoff (USA),
      R. Eckmiller (Germany), W. Freeman (USA), N. Kasabov (New Zealand),
      H. Mallot (Germany), G. Matsumoto (Japan), N. Sugie (Japan), 
      R. Suzuki(Japan), K. Toyama (Japan), Y. Wu (China), Lei Xu (Hong Kong), 
      J. Zurada (USA) 


Call for paper

      The Programme Committee is looking for original papers on the above
      mentioned topics. Authors should pay special attention to explanation 
      of theoretical and technical choices involved, point out possible
      imitations and describe the current states of their work. All received 
      papers will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. The authors will be
      informed about the decision of the review process by June 30, 1998. All 
      accepted papers will be published. As the conference is a multi-
      disciplinary meeting the papers are required to be comprehensible to a 
      wider rather than to a very specialized audience.

Instruction to Authors

      Papers must be received by May 15, 1998. The papers must be submitted 
      in a camera-ready format. Papers will be presented at the conference 
      either in an oral or in a poster session. Please submit six copies of 
      the paper written in English on A4-format white paper with equal sized 
      left and right margins, and 18 mm from the top, in two column format, 
      on not more than 4 pages, single-spaced, in Times or similar font of 
      10 points, and printed on one side of the page only. Centred at the top 
      of the first page should be the complete title, author(s), mailing and 
      e-mailing addresses, followed by an abstract and the text. In the 
      covering letter the track and the topics(3-4 Keywords) of the paper 
      according to the list above should be indicated. No changes will be 
      possible after submission of your manuscript. Authors may also retrieve
      the ICONIP style "iconip98.tex","iconip98.sty" "epsbox.sty", and 
      "sample.ps" files  (they are compressed as "form.tar.gz") for the 
      conference from the homepage.

Language

      The use of English is required for papers and presentation.
      No simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

Workshops
      No tutorial will be held before and after the conference.
      Two satellite workshops will be held. One is "Satellite workshop for 
      young researcher on Information processing" will be held after the 
      conference. The details will be obtained from 
    http://jnns-www.okabe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/jnns/iconip98/iconip98_ws.html.

      Another  workshop is the Riken-Tamagawa International Dynamic 
      Brain Forum (DBF`98), Ocober 18 - 20, 1998. This will take place 
      in Brain Science Research Center, Tamagawa University Research Institute.
　　 It is organized by S.Amari, M.Tsukada, K.Aihara, and H,Dinse, and 
     tentative list of invited speakers include following people.
           J.P.Segundo(Univ.of California,USA), W.Freeman(USA), Maass, 
           Longtin, Gerstein(USA), S.Thorpe, P.Werbos USA), Ad Aertsen 
           (Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Germany), H.Dinse(Ruhr-University, Germany) 
           G.Hauske(TU Munich ,Germany), W.Von Seelen(Ruhr-University,Germany),
           G.Sandner (Univ.Louis Pasteur France), C.E.Schreiner(Univ.of 
           California, USA), N.M.Weinberger(Univ.of California,USA),
           P. Erdi(Academy of Sciences, Hungary)

Important Dates for ICONIP'98

      Papers Due:					May  15, 1998
      Notification of Paper Acceptance:			June 30, 1998
      Second Circular (with Registration Form):		June 30, 1998
      Registration of at least one author of a paper:	July 31, 1998
      Early Registration:				July 31, 1998
      Conference:					October 21-23, 1998
      Workshops:					October 24-26, 1998

For further information, please contact:

      ICONIP'98 Secretariat
      Mr. Masahito Matue
      Japan Technical Information Service
      Sogo Kojimachi No.3 Bldg.
      1-6 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102, Japan
      Tel:+81-3-3239-4565 Fax:+81-3-3239-4714
      E-mail:jatisc at msm.com

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