Connectionists: Special Issue of International Journal of Neural Systems

[Rammurthy]

Dear  Sir/Madam,
                             Here  is  an  announcement  of  the
special  issue  of   International  Journal  of  Neural  Systems,  World 
Scientific.  Please  submit   your  papers  to  the  special  issue.

With  Regards,
Rama  Murthy

CALL FOR PAPERS   -   SPECIAL ISSUE


INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEURAL SYSTEMS

ON
Complex Valued Neural Networks and Neuro-computing: Novel  Methods, 
Applications, and Implementations

Editor-in-Chief:
Hojjat Adeli, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. (Email: Adeli.1 at osu.edu)


Guest Editors for this special issue:


Vadrevu  Sree  Hari  Rao, Department of  Mathematics,

Jawaharlal  Nehru  Technological  University,  Hyderabad -500072, INDIA

E-mail:  vshrao at yahoo.com



Garimella  Rama Murthy, International Institute of Information Technology,

Hyderabad - 500019, India, E-mail: rammurthy at iiit.net



Tohru Nitta, Mathematical Neuroinformatics Group, Neuroscience Research 
Institute,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 
Japan. E-mail: tohru-nitta at aist.go.jp Igor Aizenberg, Texas A&M 
University-Texarkana,Department of Computer and Information SciencesTexas 
75505 USA, E-mail: igor.aizenberg at tamut.edu



A  complex   valued  neural  network  is  a  neural  network  (of  arbitrary 
topology)  which  consists  of  complex  valued  input  and/or  weights 
and/or  thresholds  and/or  activation  functions. The need   for such 
neural networks is very real.  For instance, in electrical engineering, 
signals are complex valued. The processing of such signals requires the 
design and implementation of new complex valued neural network 
architectures. This subject has been gaining increasing interest and 
significance in recent years. Indeed, several interesting applications of 
the complex valued neural network architectures have been discussed in the 
following areas:

·        Optoelectronic  Imaging,

·        Optical  Computing,

·        Remote  Sensing,

·        Quantum  Neural  Devices  and  Systems

·        Spatiotemporal  Analysis   of  Physiological  Neural  Systems,

·        Artificial  Neural  Information  Processing

·        Communication  System  Design  (Mobile Channel Equalizer  Design),

·        Direction  of   Arrival  Estimation  (Signal  Processing)

·        Traffic Control

·        Robotics

·        Neuron Dynamics

·        Chaos in Complex Domain







     The  wide  applicability  of  these new class of  networks  potentially 
yield  new  theories  required  for  novel  and  more  effective  functions 
and  mechanisms.



In this special issue of International Journal of Neural Systems the goal is 
to publish original contributions in this exciting and rapidly developing 
field of complex valued neural networks.  Topics  for  the  special  issue 
include  theory  and  applications of complex  valued  neural  networks. All 
papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three referees. Submission of a 
manuscript implies that it is the authors' original unpublished work and is 
not being submitted for possible publication elsewhere. Please inform the 
guest editors and the Editor-in-Chief about your intention to submit a 
manuscript for possible publication in the special issue by May 10, 2006 and 
send the PDF file of your manuscript by October 31, 2006 to one of the Guest 
Editors with a copy to the Editor-in-Chief.