Connectionists: ANNPR 2006 Call for papers

[Friedhelm Schwenker]

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              2nd CALL FOR PAPERS

                  ANNPR 2006

    2nd IAPR TC3 International Workshop on
Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition

        August 31 - September 2 2006
University of Ulm, Reisensburg Castle (Germany)
 (http://www.informatik.uni-ulm.de/ni/ANNPR06)


The workshop proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag (LNAI).

Aim of the workshop:
ANNPR 2006 follows the success of the first workshop ANNPR 2003
held at the University of Florence, Italy, in September 2003.
This 2nd ANNPR workshop will act as a major forum for international
researchers and practitioners working in all areas of neural network based
pattern recognition to present and discuss the latest research, results,
and ideas in these areas.
The TC3 "Neural Networks & Computational Intelligence" is
one of the 20 technical committees of the International Association
on Pattern Recognition (IAPR). The scope of this TC is on all
kinds of Computational Intelligence approaches, including artificial
neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computing, with focus
on pattern recognition applications.

Papers are solicited dealing with neural networks and pattern
recognition which emphasize methodological issues arising in
applications.
They should be related but not limited to the following topics.

Methodological issues:
-    Supervised learning.
-    Unsupervised learning.
-    Combination of supervized and unsupervized learning.
-    Feedforward networks and kernel machines
-    Recurrent and competitive neural networks.
-    Hierarchical modular architectures and hybrid systems.
-    Combination of neural networks and Hidden Markov models.
-    Multiple classifier systems and ensemble methods.

Applications in Pattern Recognition
-    Image processing and segmentation.
-    Sensorfusion and multimodal processing.
-    Feature extraction, dimension reduction.
-    Clustering and vector quantisation.
-    Speech and speaker recognition.
-    Data, text, and web mining.
-    Bioinformatics.

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Original and unpublished contributions are solicited which include
regular papers and extended abstracts.
Potential participants should submit a paper describing their work
in one of the areas described above. Each regular paper must be
accompanied by an abstract summarizing the contribution it makes
to the field.
Maximum paper length for regular papers is 12 pages in LNCS format.
Extended abstracts can have at most four pages. Submission of a paper
constitutes a commitment that, if accepted, one or more authors will
attend and participate in the workshop. The workshop
proceedings will be published in the Springer LNAI series.
Electronic submission in camera-ready format is required.

Papers must be sent to:
Friedhelm Schwenker, Department of Neural Information Processing,
University of Ulm (Email:  friedhelm.schwenker at uni-ulm.de)

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Special Sessions:
Persons wishing to organise a special session should submit a proposal
to the workshop chairs: (Email: annpr2006 at uni-ulm.de).
Proposals should include a session title, a list of topics covered by the
session and a list of 3-5 papers for possible presentation in the session.
Proposals must be received by February 1, 2006.

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Important Dates:
Proposals for special sessions: February 1, 2006
Paper submission: March 1, 2006
Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2006
Camera ready copies: May 15, 2006

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Further information:
Contact Simone Marinai or Friedhelm Schwenker (Email: annpr2006 at uni-ulm.de)
or visit the Workshop web page 
(http://www.informatik.uni-ulm.de/ni/ANNPR06/).

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General Chair

Simone Marinai (University of Florence, Italy)

Program Chair

Friedhelm Schwenker (University of Ulm, Germany)


Program Committee (confirmed members):

Shigeo Abe (Kobe University, Japan)
Herve Bourlard (IDIAP, Martigny, Switzerland)
Horst Bunke (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Neamat El Gayar(Cairo University, Egypt)
Patrick Gallinari (University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France)
Marco Gori (University of Siena, Italy)
Barbara Hammer (Technical University of Clausthal, Germany)
Tom Heskes (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Jose Manuel Inesta (University of Alicante, Spain)
Rudolph Kruse (Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany)
Cheng-Lin Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Marco Maggini (University of Siena, Italy)
Erkki Oja (Helsinky University of Technology, Finland)
Guenther Palm (University of Ulm, Germany)
Marcello Pelillo (University Ca Foscari, Venezia, Italy)
Raul Rojas (Freie University of Berlin, Germany)
Fabio Roli (University of Cagliari, Italy)
Ah Chung Tsoi (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Michel Verleysen (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
Stefan Wermter (University of Sunderland, UK)

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Dr. Friedhelm Schwenker
University of Ulm      | email:  fschwenker at neuro.informatik.uni-ulm.de
Department of Neural   | fax:    +49-731-50-24156
Information Processing | phone:  +49-731-50-24159
D-89069 Ulm (Germany)  | www:    http://www.informatik.uni-ulm.de/ni/mitarbeiter/FSchwenker.html
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