CFP: ESANN'2002 European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks

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|                    ESANN'2002                    |
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|              10th European Symposium             |
|           on Artificial Neural Networks          |
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|      Bruges (Belgium) - April 24-25-26, 2002     |
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|         Announcement and call for papers         |
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Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Region 8*, the IEEE Benelux Section,
the International Neural Networks Society and the European Neural Networks
Society (* to be confirmed).

The call for papers for the ESANN'2002 conference is now available on the
Web:
       http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann
For those of you who maintain WWW pages including lists of related ANN
sites: we would appreciate if you could add the above URL to your list;
thank you very much!

We try as much as possible to avoid multiple sendings of this call for
papers; however please apologize if you receive this e-mail twice, despite
our precautions.

You will find below a short version of this call for papers, without the
instructions to authors (available on the Web).  If you have difficulties to
connect to the Web please send an e-mail to
        esann at dice.ucl.ac.be
and we will send you a full version of the call for papers.

ESANN'2002 is organised in collaboration with the UCL (Universite catholique
de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve) and the KULeuven (Katholiek Universiteit
Leuven).

Scope and topics
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Since its first happening in 1993, the European Symposium on Artificial
Neural Networks has become the reference for researchers on fundamentals and
theoretical aspects of artificial neural networks. Each year, around 100
specialists attend ESANN, in order to present their latest results and
comprehensive surveys, and to discuss the future developments in this field.

The ESANN'2002 conference will focus on fundamental aspects of ANNs: theory,
models, learning algorithms, mathematical and statistical aspects, in the
context of function approximation, classification, control, time-series
prediction, signal processing, vision, etc.  Papers on links and comparisons
between ANNs and other domains of research (such as statistics, data
analysis, signal processing, biology, psychology, evolutive learning,
bio-inspired systems, etc.) are  encouraged.

Papers will be presented orally (no parallel sessions) and in poster
sessions; all posters will be complemented by a short oral presentation
during a plenary session. It is important to mention that it is the topics
of the paper which will decide if it better fits into an oral or a poster
session, not its quality. The selection of posters will be identical to oral
presentations, and both will be printed in the same way in the proceedings.
Nevertheless, authors have the choice to indicate on the author submission
form that they only accept to present their paper orally.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics covered during the ESANN
conferences:
- Models and architectures
- Learning algorithms
- Theory
- Mathematics
- Statistical data analysis
- Classification
- Approximation of functions
- Time series forecasting
- Nonlinear dimension reduction
- Multi-layer Perceptrons
- RBF networks
- Self-organizing maps
- Vector quantization
- Support Vector Machines
- Recurrent networks
- Fuzzy neural nets
- Hybrid networks
- Bayesian neural nets
- Cellular neural networks
- Signal processing
- Independent component analysis
- Natural and artificial vision
- Adaptive control
- Identification of non-linear dynamical systems
- Biologically plausible networks
- Bio-inspired systems
- Cognitive psychology
- Evolutiv learning
- Adaptive behaviour

Special sessions
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Special sessions will be organized by renowned scientists in their
respective fields. Papers submitted to these sessions are reviewed according
to the same rules as any other submission. Authors who submit papers to one
of these sessions are invited to mention it on the author submission form;
nevertheless, submissions to the special sessions must follow the same
format, instructions and deadlines as any other submission, and must be sent
to the same address.

Here is the list of special sessions that will be organized during the
ESANN'2002 conference:
1. Perspectives on Learning with Recurrent Networks (B. Hammer, J.J. Steil)
2. Representation of high-dimensional data (A. Gurin-Dugu, J. Hrault)
3. Neural Network Techniques in Fault Detection and Isolation (S. Simani)
4. Hardware and Parallel Computer Implementations of Neural Networks (U.
Seiffert)
5. Exploratory Data Analysis in Medicine and Bioinformatics (A. Wismller,
T. Villmann)
6. Neural Networks and Cognitive Science (H. Paugam-Moisy, D. Puzenat)

A short description of these sessions will be inserted on the ESANN Web site
in the next few days, and tentatively sent to this distribution list.

Location
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The conference will be held in Bruges (also called "Venice of the North"),
one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe.  Bruges can be reached
by train from Brussels in less than one hour (frequent trains).  The town of
Bruges is world-wide known, and famous for its architectural style, its
canals, and its pleasant atmosphere.

The conference will be organised in a hotel located near the centre (walking
distance) of the town. There is no obligation for the participants to stay
in this hotel. Hotels of all level of comfort and price are available in
Bruges; there is a possibility to book a room in the hotel of the conference
at a preferential rate through the conference secretariat. A list of other
smaller hotels is also available.

The conference will be held at the Novotel hotel, Katelijnestraat 65B, 8000
Brugge, Belgium.

Call for contributions
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Prospective authors are invited to submit
	six copies of their manuscript (including at least two originals or very
good copies without glued material, which will be used for the proceedings)
	one signed copy of the author submission form
	a floppy disk or a CD (PC format preferred) containing their contribution
in (generic) PostScript format
before December 3, 2001.  Sorry, electronic or fax submissions are not
accepted.

The working language of the conference (including proceedings) is English.
The instructions to authors, together with the author submission form, are
available on the ESANN Web server:
	http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann

Authors must indicate their choice for oral or poster presentation on the
author submission form.  They must also sign a written agreement that they
will register to the conference and present the paper in case of acceptation
of their submission.  Authors of accepted papers will have to register
before February 28, 2002.  They will benefit from the advance registration
fee.

Submissions must be sent to:
       Michel Verleysen
       UCL - DICE
       3, place du Levant
       B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
       Belgium
       esann at dice.ucl.ac.be
All submissions will be acknowledged by fax or email before the end of
December, 2001.

Deadlines
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Submission of papers		December 3, 2001
Notification of acceptance	February 3, 2002
Symposium				April 24-26, 2002

Registration fees
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              registration before         registration after
              March 15, 2002              March 15, 2002
Universities   420                        450
Industries     520                        550
The registration fee includes the attendance to all sessions, the ESANN'2002
dinner, a copy of the proceedings, daily lunches (24-26 April 2002), and the
coffee breaks.

Conference secretariat
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       ESANN'2002
       d-side conference services        phone: + 32 2 730 06 11
       24 av. L. Mommaerts               Fax: + 32 2 730 06 00
       B - 1140 Evere (Belgium)          E-mail: esann at dice.ucl.ac.be
                     http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann

Steering and local committee (to be confirmed)
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Hugues Bersini		Univ. Libre Bruxelles (B)
Franois Blayo		Prfigure (F)
Marie Cottrell		Univ. Paris I (F)
Jeanny Hrault		INPG Grenoble (F)
Bernard Manderick		Vrije Univ. Brussel (B)
Eric Noldus			Univ. Gent (B)
Jean-Pierre Peters	FUNDP Namur (B)
Joos Vandewalle		KUL Leuven (B)
Michel Verleysen		UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B)

Scientific committee (to be confirmed)
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Edoardo Amaldi		Politecnico di Milano (I)
Herv Bourlard		IDIAP Martigny (CH)
Joan Cabestany		Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E)
Colin Campbell		Bristol Univ. (UK)
Stphane Canu		Inst. Nat. Sciences App. (F)
Holk Cruse 			Universitt Bielefeld (D)
Eric de Bodt		Univ. Lille II & UCL Louv.-la-N. (B)
Dante Del Corso		Politecnico di Torino (I)
Wlodek Duch			Nicholas Copernicus Univ. (PL)
Marc Duranton		Philips / LEP (F)
Richard Duro		Univ. Coruna (E)
Jean-Claude Fort		Universit Nancy I (F)
Colin Fyfe			Univ. Paisley (UK)
Stan Gielen			Univ. of Nijmegen (NL)
Marco Gori			Univ. Siena (I)
Bernard Gosselin		Fac. Polytech. Mons (B)
Manuel Grana		UPV San Sebastian (E)
Anne Gurin-Dugu		INPG Grenoble (F)
Barbare Hammer		Univ. of Osnabruck (D)
Martin Hasler		EPFL Lausanne (CH)
Laurent Hrault		CEA-LETI Grenoble (F)
Gonzalo Joya		Univ. Malaga (E)
Christian Jutten		INPG Grenoble (F)
Juha Karhunen		Helsinky Univ. of Technology (FIN)
Vera Kurkova		Acad. of Science of the Czech Rep. (CZ)
Jouko Lampinen		Helsinki Univ. of Tech. (FIN)
Petr Lansky			Acad. of Science of the Czech Rep. (CZ)
Mia Loccufier		Univ. Gent (B)
Erzsebet Merenyi		Rice Univ. (USA)
Jean Arcady Meyer 	Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (F)
Jos Mira			UNED (E)
Jean-Pierre Nadal		Ecole Normale Suprieure Paris (F)
Gilles Pags 		Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (F)
Thomas Parisini		Politecnico di Milano (I)
Hlne Paugam-Moisy	Univ. Lumire Lyon 2 (F)
Alberto Prieto		Universitad de Granada (E)
Leonardo Reyneri		Politecnico di Torino (I)
Tamas Roska			Hungarian Academy of Science (H)
Jean-Pierre Rospars	INRA Versailles (F)
Jose Santos Reyes		Univ. Coruna (E)
Jochen Steil		Univ. Bielefeld (D)
John Stonham		Brunel University (UK)
Johan Suykens		KUL Leuven (B)
John Taylor			Kings College London (UK)
Claude Touzet		IUSPIM Marseilles (F)
Marc Van Hulle		KUL Leuven (B)
Thomas Villmann		Univ. Leipzig (D)
Christian Wellekens	Eurecom Sophia-Antipolis (F)


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ESANN - European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks
http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann

* For submissions of papers, reviews,...
Michel Verleysen
Univ. Cath. de Louvain - Microelectronics Laboratory
3, pl. du Levant - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium
tel: +32 10 47 25 51 - fax: + 32 10 47 25 98
mailto:esann at dice.ucl.ac.be

* Conference secretariat
d-side conference services
24 av. L. Mommaerts - B-1140 Evere - Belgium
tel: + 32 2 730 06 11 - fax: + 32 2 730 06 00
mailto:esann at dice.ucl.ac.be
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