CFP: ESANN'2004 European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks

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Wed Oct 1 15:25:17 EDT 2003


                      ESANN'2004            
                                               
              12th European Symposium          
             on Artificial Neural Networks       
                                               
      Bruges (Belgium) - April 28-29-30, 2004  
                                                
         Announcement and call for papers       

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Technically co-sponsored by the International Neural Networks Society, the
European Neural Networks Society, the IEEE Neural Networks Society, the IEEE
Region 8 (to be confirmed), the IEEE Benelux Section.

The call for papers for the ESANN'2004 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).  

ESANN'2004 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'2004 conference will focus on fundamental aspects of ANNs: theory,
models, learning algorithms, mathematical and statistical aspects, in the
context of function approximation, classification, data analysis, control,
time-series prediction, signal processing, vision, etc.  Papers on links and
comparisons between ANNs and other domains of research (such as statistics,
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.  The topic of the paper decides 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 their choice for oral or poster presentation only.

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'2004 conference:
1. Neural methods for non-standard data
   B. Hammer, Univ. Osnabrck, B.J. Jain, Tech. Univ. Berlin (Germany)
2. Soft-computing techniques for time series forecasting
   I. Rojas, Univ. Granada (Spain)
3. Neural networks for data mining
   R. Andonie, Transylvania Univ. (Romania)
4. Theory and applications of neural maps
   U. Seiffert, IPK Gatersleben, T. Villmann, Univ. Leipzig, A. Wismller, 
   Univ. Munich (Germany)
5. Industrial applications of neural networks
   L.M.  Reyneri, Politecnico. di Torino (Italy)
6. Hardware systems for Neural devices
   P. Fleury, A. Bofill-i-Petit, Univ. Edinburgh (Scotland, UK)

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 organized 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.

Proceedings and journal special issue
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The proceedings will include all communications presented to the conference
(tutorials, oral and posters), and will be available on-site. Extended
versions of selected papers will be published in the Neurocomputing journal
(Elsevier).

Call for contributions
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Prospective authors are invited to submit their contributions before 5
December 2003.  The electronic submission procedure will be available soon
on the ESANN Web pages http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann/.

Authors must indicate their choice for oral or poster presentation at the
submission.  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, 2004.  They will benefit from the advance registration fee.

Deadlines
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Submission of papers            December 5, 2003
Notification of acceptance      February 6, 2004
Symposium                       April 28-30, 2004

Registration fees
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                                Universities     Industries
speakers registration		     430              530 
(before 28 February 2004)
(one paper per speaker)

non-speaker registration
(before 12 March 2004)             430              530 

non-speaker registration
(after 12 March 2004)              485              585 

The registration fee includes the attendance to all sessions, the ESANN'2004
dinner, a copy of the proceedings, daily lunches (28-30 April 2004), and the
coffee breaks.

Conference secretariat
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       ESANN'2004   
       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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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 (F) & UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B)
Dante Del Corso               Politecnico di Torino (I)
Wlodek Duch                   Nicholas Copernicus Univ. (PL)
Marc Duranton                 Philips Semiconductors (USA)
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)
Barbara Hammer                Univ. of Osnbruck (D)
Martin Hasler                 EPFL Lausanne (CH)
Laurent Hrault               CEA-LETI Grenoble (F)
Gonzalo Joya                  Univ. Malaga (E)
Christian Jutten              INPG Grenoble (F)
Juha Karhunen                 Helsinki 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. Paris 6 (F)
Jos Mira                     UNED (E)
Jean-Pierre Nadal             Ecole Normale Suprieure Paris (F)
Gilles Pags                  Univ. Paris 6 (F)
Thomas Parisini               Univ. Trieste (I)
Hlne Paugam-Moisy           Universit Lumire Lyon 2 (F)
Alberto Prieto                Universitad de Granada (E)
Didier Puzenat                Univ. Antilles-Guyane (F)
Leonardo Reyneri              Politecnico di Torino (I)
Jean-Pierre Rospars           INRA Versailles (F)
Jose Santos Reyes             Univ. Coruna (E)
Udo Seiffert                  IPK Gatersleben (D)
Jochen Steil                  Univ. Bielefeld (D)
John Stonham                  Brunel University (UK)
Johan Suykens                 K. U. Leuven (B)
John Taylor                   Kings College London (UK)
Claude Touzet                 Univ. Provence (F)
Marc Van Hulle                KUL Leuven (B)
Thomas Villmann               Univ. Leipzig (D)
Christian Wellekens           Eurecom Sophia-Antipolis (F)
Axel Wismller                Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Mnchen (D)


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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 - Machine Learning Group
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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