Connectionists: Final Call for Papers: Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems (BICS 2008), Sao Luis, Brazil, 24-27 June 2008

[Dr. Amir Hussain]

Please forward the final CFP (below) for the Third International Brain
Inspired Cognitive Systems (BICS 2008) Conference to interested
colleagues
.

Key Points:
A Book will be published by Springer based on expanded and revised
versions of ALL accepted BICS 2008 papers  – Submit your extended
abstracts at: http://www.x-cd.com/bics08/abstract.cfm

Final Submission Deadline (for Extended Abstracts/Draft Papers): 20 March
2008;

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Shun-Ichi Amari (RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan), Jose Carlos
Principe (University of Florida, USA); and, there will be several plenary
discussions led by world-leading researchers - for more details, see the
CFP below (or the Conference website: http://www.ufma.br/bics2008)

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in Sao Luis, Brazil!

Amir Hussain, Co-Chair BICS 2008
Centre for Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience
University of Stirling, Scotland, UK, E-mail: a.hussain at cs.stir.ac.uk

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BICS 2008 -Third International Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems
Conference

Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil

June 24-27, 2008

http://www.ufma.br/bics2008

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline: MARCH 20th 2008!


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This is the last chance to contribute to this biennial conference which
brings to Brazil and the South American Continent the most up-to-date
discussions on how knowledge of the brain both aids intelligent system
design and is informed by it. It identifies the forefront of research in
the area and points to the most exciting lines for future research. BICS
2008 presents a unique and timely opportunity for Brazilian and South
American researchers to present their work to an international audience
and for international researchers to showcase their work in Brazil.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

Shun-ichi Amari (Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Japan)

Jose Carlos Pri­ncipe (University of Florida Gainsville, USA)

The conference will involve all attendees in plenary presentations and
discussions of a quality for which biennial BICS conferences have become
well known - previously in Scotland (BICS 2004), Greece (BICS 2006) and
now Brazil (BICS 2008).

The plenary discussions headed by symposium chairs are (provisionally):

Ron Chrisley: 7 years of Machine Consciousness - what are the new insights?

Igor Aleksander: 'How Computational Neuroscience dovetails with
Computational Intelligence.

Leslie Smith: Essential Neuromorphic Substrates for Intelligent Systems of
the Future

Amir Hussain:  New Potential from Advances in Neural Systems Engineering.

Overall Plenary (all will be encouraged to contribute): The real future
for Brain Inspiration

A Book will be published by Springer based on expanded and revised
versions of all accepted BICS2008 papers.

CONFERENCE INFORMATION:  http://www.ufma.br/bics2008

General Chair: Allan Kardec Barros <allan at ufma.br>
Depto. Eng. Eletrica,
Universidad de Federal do Maranhao, Brazil.


Confirmed speakers:

Symposia

Second International ICSC Symposium on
Models of Consciousness (MoC 2008)
>From foundations to implementations
Chair: Ron Chrisley , University of Sussex, U.K.

Fourth International ICSC Symposium on Biologically Inspired
Systems (BIS 2008)
Design and implementation of biologically inspired and neuromorphic systems
Chair: Leslie Smith,
University of Stirling, U.K.

Third International ICSC Symposium on Cognitive Neuro Science (CNS 2008)
Models of cognitive systems;
Chair: Igor Aleksander, Imperial College London, U.K

Fifth International ICSC Symposium on Neural Computation (NC 2008)
Progress in neural systems
Chair: Amir Hussain,
University of Stirling, U.K.

Why this conference, and who should attend:

The biennial Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems 2008 aims to bring together
leading scientists and engineers who use analytic, formal or computational
methods both to understand the prodigious processing properties of
biological systems, particularly the brain, and to exploit such knowledge
to advance technology towards ever higher levels of cognitive competence.
The four major symposia are organized in patterns that encourage
cross-fertilization across the symposia topics. This emphasizes that,
following the success of BICS 2004 (Stirling, Scotland) and BICS 2006
(Greece), BICS 2008 will continue be a major point of contact for
researchers and practitioners who can benefit from not only the major
advances in their specialist fields but also from the diversity of each
other's views. Each of the four mornings is devoted to papers that will be
selected for their clear novelty and proven scientific impact, while the
afternoons will provide scope for researchers to present their current
work and discuss their aims and ambitions. Debates across disciplines will
unite researchers with differing perspectives.

Final Deadline for submissions: March 20th 2008

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You may submit your extended abstract at
http://www.x-cd.com/bics08/abstract.cfm
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SUB-THEMES (including, but not limited to):

Models of consciousness: (MoC)
Global Workspace Theory
Imagination/synthetic phenomenology
Virtual Machine Approaches
Axiomatic Models
Control Theory/Methodology
Developmental/Infant Models
Will/volition/emotion/affect
Philosophical implications
Grounding in neurophysiology
Enactive approaches
Heterophenomenology

Cognitive Neuroscience (CNS)
Attentional Mechanisms
Cognitive Neuroscience of Sensory Modalities
CN of volition

Affective Systems

Language
Cortical Models
Sub-Cortical Models
Cerebellar Models
Event location in the brain
Others

Biologically Inspired Systems (BIS)
Brain Inspired (BI) Vision
BI Audition and sound processing
BI Other sensory modalities
BI Motion processing
BI Robotics
BI Evolutionary systems
BI Oscillatory systems
BI Signal processing
BI Learning
Neuromorphic systems
Others

Neural Computation (NC)

Hybrid Systems
NC Learning
NC Control Systems
NC Signal Processing
Architectures
Devices
Pattern Classifiers
Support Vector Machines
Fuzzy or Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
Evolutionary Neural Networks
Biological Neural Network Models
Applications
Others

Important Dates:

Conference Dates: 24-27 June 2008
Submission Deadline: 20 March 2008
Acceptance Notification: 20th April 2008

Publications:

Expanded and revised versions of all accepted BICS2008 papers will be
published in a follow-on Springer Book. For more details, contact the BICS
2008 Publications Chair: Dr. Amir Hussain (E-mail: ahu at cs.stir.ac.uk).

ORGANIZED BY:

Planning Division
ICSC Interdisciplinary Research
NAISO Natural and Artificial Intelligence Systems Organization www.icsc.ab.ca
Canada

BICS 2008 Co-Sponsors:

IEEE UK & RI Computational Intelligence Society Chapter
IEEE UK & RI Industry Applications Society Chapter
Springer


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