Connectionists: CFP - 2012 International Neural Network Society Winter Conference (INNS-WC2012)

[jonathan@sit.kmutt.ac.th]

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INNS-WC2012 – INNS Winter Conference 2012
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INNS Symposium on Nature Inspired Creativity (SoNIC2012)
INNS Symposium on Vision and Image Processing (SoVIP2012)
INNS Symposium on Data Analytics and Competitions (SoDAC2012)

Bangkok, Thailand, October 3-5, 2012
http://inns.sit.kmutt.ac.th/wc2012/

Important Dates
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Paper submission deadline:		May 15, 2012
Notification of acceptance:		June 15, 2012
Camera-ready paper:			July 15, 2012

The board of governors of INNS decided in 2006 to establish a series of
symposia or winter conferences devoted to new developments in neural
networks. The first of the INNS Symposia Series was held in Auckland, New
Zealand back on November 24-25, 2008 – http://www.aut.ac.nz/nnn08/. The
theme was “Modeling the brain and the nervous system” and comprised of two
symposia: 1) Development and Learning; and 2) Computational Neurogenetic
Modelling. The second in the series was the INNS International Education
Symposium on Neural Networks (INNS-IESNN) held in Lima, Peru on January
25-27, 2011 – http://eventos.spc.org.pe/inns-iesnn/index.html. The third
Symposia Series will cover a much broader context of “Natural and Machine
Intelligence”.

Paper Submission

The INNS-WC2012 online submission system is open at EasyChair here
(http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=innswc2012). Please submit to
one of the following tracks:

* INNS-WC general track: Trends in Natural and Machine Intelligence
* INNS Symposium on Nature Inspired Creativity (SoNIC2012)
* INNS Symposium on Vision and Image Processing (SoVIP2012)
* INNS Symposium on Data Analytics and Competitions (SoDAC2012)

Prospective authors are invited to submit original, high quality
manuscripts of up to twelve (12) pages electronically. Short papers of 4-6
pages will also be considered. The submission must conform to the Elsevier
Procedia Computer Science format. All accepted papers will be published in
the proceedings of INNS-WC2012 as an Elsevier Procedia Computer Science
open access volume (indexed by EI, Scopus and Conference Proceedings
Citation Index - formerly ISI Proceedings). Extended version of selected
papers may be invited for publication in special issues of international
journals after the conference. All submissions will be checked by
VeriGuide for originality.

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  The range of topics for the general conference track on "Trends in
Natural and Machine Intelligence" includes but is not limited to

* Autonomous machine learning
* Neural network theory & models
* Computational neuroscience
* Cognitive models
* Brain-machine interfaces
* Embodied robotics
* Evolutionary neural systems
* Neurodynamics
* Neuroinformatics
* Neuroengineering
* Neural hardware
* Neural network applications
* Pattern recognition
* Machine vision
* Collective intelligence
* Hybrid systems
* Self-aware systems
* Data mining
* Sensor networks
* Agent-based systems
* Computational biology
* Bioinformatics
* Artificial life

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  The range of topics for the INNS Symposium on Nature Inspired Creativity
(SoNIC2012) includes but is not limited to

* Application of Nature Inspired Computing in Creative Industries:

  - Creative computing for digital media
  - Computer aided design
  - Computer generated special effects for film
  - Cartoon animation
  - Games
  - Music
  - Edutainment, etc.

* Art and Cognition:

  - Art and the Brain
  - Creative process
  - Emotion and meaning in paintings, music, sculptures, poetry, etc.

* Generative Art:

  - Systems that create drawings, images, animations, sculptures, poetry,
text, graphic designs, musical pieces, sound-fonts, sound effects, film
music, etc.

* Aesthetic evaluation:

  - Aesthetic analysis of film, image, music, sound, sculpture, etc.

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  The range of topics for the INNS Symposium on Vision and Image
Processing (SoVIP2012) includes but is not limited to

* Low-level image processing
* Feature extraction and image description
* Image classification and clustering
* 3D sensing and depth measuring systems
* 3D object modeling and reconstruction
* Tracking and surveillance
* Motion estimation
* Human gesture recognition
* Human motion analysis
* Human face detection and tracking
* Human-robot interactions
* Robot intelligence
* Humanoid and mobile robotics
* Video indexing and retrieval
* Intelligent compression of massive imaging data
* Bio-medical imaging applications
* Bio-robotics
* Biometrics

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  The range of topics for the INNS Symposium on Data Analytics and
Competitions (SoDAC2012) includes but is not limited to

* Business intelligence
* Air quality and environmental issues
* Chemo-informatics
* Social networks and analytics
* Geo-informatics
* Neuro-informatics
* Internet and web analytics
* Data visualization techniques
* Data quality analysis
* Decision support and analytics
* Knowledge management and discovery
* Advanced database analytics
* Content and information retrieval
* Modeling and simulation of complex systems
* Optimization techniques
* Bio-data analysis
* Complex scheduling problems
* Scalability of data analysis
* Data competitions

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