Connectionists: 2nd Call for Papers: 7th International Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning (NeSy11 at IJCAI 2011)

[Pascal Hitzler]

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

7th International Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning
(NeSy.11)
http://www.neural-symbolic.org/NeSy11/

Following the success of NeSy 2010 at AAAI, Atlanta, please find below a
call for papers for NeSy 2011, which will take place in conjunction with
IJCAI, Barcelona, 17 July 2011.

(A NeSy'10 workshop report is available at
http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~aag/AI-magazineNeSy10.pdf)

The Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning attracts 
researchers and practitioners from different areas such as Neural 
Computation, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Complex Networks, Cognitive 
Science, Computer Vision, Fraud Prevention, Semantic Web, Verification 
and Validation. NeSy is intended to create an atmosphere of exchange of 
ideas, providing a forum for the presentation and discussion of the key 
multidisciplinary topics related to neural-symbolic integration. Topics 
of interest include:

1. Representation and computation of symbolic knowledge by neural
networks;
2. Machine learning for neural-symbolic networks;
3. Knowledge extraction from complex networks;
4. Logical reasoning in neural-symbolic networks;
5. New neuro-symbolic cognitive models;
6. Uncertainty in neural-symbolic networks;
7. Biologically-inspired neuro-symbolic integration;
8. Applications in robotics, simulation, fraud prevention, semantic web,
fault diagnosis, bioinformatics, etc.

Submission

You are invited to submit papers in pdf format through easychair
at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nesy11.
Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere and should not 
exceed 6 pages in the case of research and experience papers or 3 pages 
in the case of position papers. All submitted papers will be refereed 
based on their quality, relevance, originality, significance and soundness.

Keynote Talk

Robert Kowalski: The Connection Graph method as a Symbolic-Connectionist 
Model of the Mind

Presentation

Accepted papers must be presented during the workshop. The workshop will
also include extra time for discussion, allowing the audience to get a
better understanding of the issues, challenges and ideas being presented.

Publication

Accepted papers will be published by CEUR and will be included in the
official workshop proceedings, which will be distributed during the
workshop. Authors of the best papers will be invited to submit a revised
and extended version of their paper to the Journal of Logic and
Computation, reasoning and learning corner, A. S. d'Avila Garcez and L.
Valiant (eds.), Oxford University Press.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: 18 April 2011
Notification of acceptance: 13 May 2011
Camera-ready paper due: 20 May 2011
Workshop date: 17 July 2011
IJCAI-11 dates: 16 to 22 July 2011

Workshop Organisers

Artur d.Avila Garcez (City University London, UK)
Pascal Hitzler (Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University, Dayton, USA)
Luis C. Lamb (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Workshop Website: http://www.neural-symbolic.org/NeSy11/

-- 
Prof. Dr. Pascal Hitzler
Dept. of Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
pascal at pascal-hitzler.de   http://www.knoesis.org/pascal/
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