Connectionists: CFP: ESANN'2007 European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks
esann
esann at dice.ucl.ac.be
Mon Sep 25 14:18:34 EDT 2006
ESANN'2007
15th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Learning
Bruges (Belgium) - April 25-26-27, 2007
Announcement and call for papers
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The call for papers for the ESANN'2007 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 make all possible efforts to avoid sending multiple copies of this call for papers; however we 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'2007 is organized in collaboration with the UCL (Universite catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve) and the KULeuven (Katholiek Universiteit Leuven). The conference is technically co-sponsored by the International Neural Networks Society, the European Neural Networks Society, the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, the IEEE Region 8, the IEEE Benelux Section (sponsors to be confirmed).
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, computational intelligence, learning and related topics. 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'2007 conference will follow this tradition, while adapting its scope to the new developments in the field. Artificial neural networks are viewed as a branch, or subdomain, of machine learning, statistical information processing and computational intelligence. Mathematical foundations, algorithms and tools, and applications are covered.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of machine learning, computational intelligence and artificial neural networks topics covered during the ESANN conferences:
THEORY and MODELS
Statistical and mathematical aspects of learning
Feedforward models
Kernel machines
Graphical models, EM and Bayesian learning
Vector quantization and self-organizing maps
Recurrent networks and dynamical systems
Blind signal processing
Ensemble learning
Nonlinear projection and data visualization
Fuzzy neural networks
Evolutionary computation
Bio-inspired systems
INFORMATION PROCESSING and APPLICATIONS
Data mining
Signal processing and modeling
Approximation and identification
Classification and clustering
Feature extraction and dimension reduction
Time series forecasting
Multimodal interfaces and multichannel processing
Adaptive control
Vision and sensory systems
Biometry
Bioinformatics
Brain-computer interfaces
Neuroinformatics
Papers will be presented orally (single track) and in poster sessions; all posters will be complemented by a short oral presentation during a plenary session. It is important to mention that the topics of a paper 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 must indicate their preference for oral or poster presentation when submitting their paper.
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 submissions to regular sessions. They must also follow the same format, instructions, deadlines and submission procedure.
The special sessions organized during ESANN'2007 are:
1) Fuzzy and Probabilistic Methods in Neural Networks and Machine Learning
B. Hammer, Clausthal Univ. Tech. (Germany), T. Villmann, Univ. Leipzig
(Germany)
2) Reinforcement Learning
V. Heidrich-Meisner, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, M. Lauer, Univ. Osnabrück,
C. Igel, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, M. Riedmiller, Univ. Karlsruhe (Germany)
3) Convex Optimization for the Design of Learning Machines
K. Pelckmans, J.A.K. Suykens, Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium)
4) Learning causality
P. F. Verdes, Heidelberg Acad. of Sciences (Germany),
K. Hlavackova-Schindler, Austrian Acad. of Sciences (Austria)
5) Reservoir Computing
D. Verstraeten, B. Schrauwen, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
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 levels 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 December 1, 2006. The electronic submission procedure is described on the ESANN portal http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann/.
Authors must also commit themselves that they will register to the conference and present the paper in case of acceptation of their submission (one paper per registrant). Authors of accepted papers will have to register before February 28, 2007; they will benefit from the advance registration fee. The ESANN conference applies a strict policy about the presentation of accepted papers during the conference: authors of accepted papers who do not show up at the conference will be blacklisted for future ESANN conferences, and the lists will be communicated to other conference organizers.
Deadlines
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Submission of papers December 1, 2006
Notification of acceptance January 26, 2007
Symposium April 25-27, 2007
Conference secretariat
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ESANN'2007
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
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François Blayo Ipseite (CH)
Gianluca Bontempi Univ. Libre Bruxelles (B)
Marie Cottrell Univ. Paris I (F)
Jeanny Hérault INPG Grenoble (F)
Mia Loccufier Univ. Gent (B)
Bernard Manderick Vrije Univ. Brussel (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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Cecilio Angulo Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E)
Miguel Atencia Univ. Malaga (E)
Pierre Bessière CNRS (F)
Hervé Bourlard IDIAP Martigny (CH)
Joan Cabestany Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E)
Stéphane Canu Inst. Nat. Sciences App. (F)
Valentina Colla Scuola Sup. Sant'Anna Pisa (I)
Holk Cruse Universität Bielefeld (D)
Eric de Bodt Univ. Lille II (F) & UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B)
Dante Del Corso Politecnico di Torino (I)
Georg Dorffner University of Vienna (A)
Wlodek Duch Nicholas Copernicus Univ. (PL)
Marc Duranton Philips Semiconductors (USA)
Richard Duro Univ. Coruna (E)
André Elisseef IBM Research (CH)
Deniz Erdogmus Oregon Health & Science University (USA)
Anibal Figueiras-Vidal Univ. Carlos III Madrid (E)
Simone Fiori Univ. Perugia (I)
Jean-Claude Fort Université Nancy I (F)
Leonardo Franco Univ. Malaga (E)
Colin Fyfe Univ. Paisley (UK)
Stan Gielen Univ. of Nijmegen (NL)
Mirta Gordon IMAG Grenoble (F)
Marco Gori Univ. Siena (I)
Bernard Gosselin Fac. Polytech. Mons (B)
Manuel Grana UPV San Sebastian (E)
Anne Guérin-Dugué INPG Grenoble (F)
Barbara Hammer Univ. of Osnäbruck (D)
Martin Hasler EPFL Lausanne (CH)
Tom Heskes Univ. Nijmegen (NL)
Christian Igel Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (D)
Jose Jerez Univ. Malaga (E)
Gonzalo Joya Univ. Malaga (E)
Christian Jutten INPG Grenoble (F)
Juha Karhunen Helsinki Univ. of Tech. (FIN)
Stefanos Kollias National Tech. Univ. Athens (GR)
Jouko Lampinen Helsinki Univ. of Tech. (FIN)
Petr Lansky Acad. of Science of the Czech Rep. (CZ)
Beatrice Lazzerini Univ. Pisa (I)
Erzsebet Merenyi Rice Univ. (USA)
Jean-Pierre Nadal Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris (F)
Erkki Oja Helsinki Univ. of Technology (FIN)
Arlindo Oliveira INESC-ID (P)
Gilles Pagès Univ. Paris 6 (F)
Thomas Parisini Univ. Trieste (I)
Hélène Paugam-Moisy Université Lumière 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)
Fabrice Rossi INRIA (F)
Francisco Sandoval Univ.Malaga (E)
Jose Santos Reyes Univ. Coruna (E)
Craig Saunders Univ.Southampton (UK)
Udo Seiffert IPK Gatersleben (D)
Bernard Sendhoff Honda Research Institute Europe (D)
Peter Sollich King's College (UK)
Jochen Steil Univ. Bielefeld (D)
John Stonham Brunel University (UK)
Johan Suykens K. U. Leuven (B)
John Taylor King’s College London (UK)
Claude Touzet Univ. Provence (F)
Marc Van Hulle KUL Leuven (B)
Thomas Villmann Univ. Leipzig (D)
Axel Wismüller Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. München (D)
Bart Wyns Univ.Gent (B)
Michalis Zervakis Technical Univ. Crete (GR)
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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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