Connectionists: *deadline extension* CALL FOR PAPERS: NeSy'12

[Pascal Hitzler]

EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 4, 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS

8th International Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning 
(NeSy'12)

In conjunction with AAAI-12, Toronto, Canada
July 22nd or 23rd 2012.

Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Jude W. Shavlik
University of Wisconsin-Madison

EXTENDED Submission deadline:
April 4th, 2012

Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers continue to face huge 
challenges in their quest to develop truly intelligent systems. The 
recent developments in the area of neural-symbolic integration offer an 
opportunity to combine symbolic AI and robust neural computation to help 
tackle some of these challenges.

The Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning attracts 
researchers and practitioners in the areas of Neural Computation, 
Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Complex Networks and Cognitive Science. 
It 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. The representation of symbolic knowledge by sub-symbolic systems;
2. Integrated neural-symbolic approaches to machine learning;
3. Extraction of symbolic knowledge from trained neural networks;
4. Integrated neural-symbolic approaches to human and logical reasoning;
5. Cognitive and biologically-inspired neural-symbolic agents;
6. Integration of logic and probabilities in neural networks;
7. Structured learning and relational learning in neural networks;
8. Applications in robotics, simulation, fraud prevention, semantic web, 
software engineering, fault diagnosis, verification and validation, 
bioinformatics, visual intelligence, etc.

Submission
You are invited to submit papers through easychair at 
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nesy12.
Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere, must be written 
in English and should not exceed 6 pages in the case of research and 
experience papers or 3 pages in the case of position papers (including 
figures, bibliography and appendices). All submitted papers will be 
refereed based on their quality, relevance, originality, significance 
and soundness.

Presentation and Participation
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. The workshop is open to all members of the AI community, but 
the number of attendees may have to be limited.

Publication
Accepted papers will be published in the AAAI Technical Report series 
and will be included in the official workshop proceedings. Authors of 
the best papers will be invited to submit a revised and extended version 
of their papers to the Journal of Logic and Computation, reasoning and 
learning corner, Oxford University Press.

Important Dates
Deadline for paper submission: April 4th, 2012
Notification of acceptance: April 20th, 2012
Camera-ready paper due: May 7th, 2012
Workshop date: July 22nd or 23rd, 2012
AAAI-12 dates: July 22nd to 26th, 2012

Workshop Organisers
Artur d'Avila Garcez (City University London, UK)
Pascal Hitzler (Wright State University, USA)
Luis C. Lamb (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Additional Information
General questions concerning the workshop should be addressed to Artur 
d'Avila Garcez at aag at soi.city.ac.uk.
The workshop webpage (and information about all previous meetings) is 
available at http://www.neural-symbolic.org/


-- 
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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