Connectionists: ICONIP 2013 - 2nd call for papers of ICONIP 2013

[In Youb Kim]

    2ND CALL FOR PAPERS

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The 20th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP
2013), an annual conference of the Asia Pacific Neural Network Assembly
(APNNA), will be held from 3 - 7 November 2013 at EXCO, Daegu, Republic of
Korea. We hope that you will take advantage of this unique opportunity to
interact and share your experience with your colleagues and peers, and have
a memorable and rewarding experience during your time in Daegu, Republic of
Korea.

*KEYNOTE / PLENARY SPEAKERS*
The organizing committee is pleased to announce that outstanding keynote
speaker and plenary speakers will give great speeches on ICONIP 2013 as
below.
• Keynote Speaker
*Prof. Shun-Ichi Amari*, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Japan
“Dreaming of Mathematical Neuroscience for Half a Century”
• Plenary Speakers
*Prof. Yoshua Bengio*, University of Montreal, Canada
“Deep Learning of Representations”
*Prof. Kunihiko Fukushima*, Kansai University, Japan
“How to design multi-layered neural networks for vision”
*Prof. Soo-Young Lee*, KAIST, Korea
“Artificial Cognitive Systems with Active Learning and Situation Awareness
Abilities: From Cognitive Science to Real-World Applications”
*Prof. Naftali Tishby*, The Hebrew University, Israel
“Balanced information flow in perception and action - the key principle of
computational intelligence?”
*Prof. Zongben Xu*, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
“Nonlinear Sparsitiy: Examples, Modeling and Applications”

*CONFERENCE SCOPE AND THEMES*
Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers related
to the topics listed below. The scope of the conference includes, but is
not limited to, the following areas:
*Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence: *Theoretical,
computational, or experimental studies of perception, psychophysics,
learning and memory, inference and reasoning, problem solving, natural
language processing, and neuropsychology.
*Learning Theory, Algorithms, and Architectures: *Stability and convergence
analysis, statistical learning algorithms, neural network models,
supervised learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, kernel
methods, graphical models, dimensionality reduction and manifold learning,
statistical and information-theoretic methods, generalization,
regularization and model selection, Gaussian processes and mixture models,
matrix/tensor analysis, statistical physics of learning, and evolutionary
algorithms.
*Computational Neuroscience and Brain Imaging: *Theoretical and
experimental studies of processing and transmission of information in
biological neurons and networks, spiking neurons, visual and auditory
cortex, neural encoding and decoding, plasticity and adaptation, brain
imaging, neuroimaging, brain mapping, and brain segmentation.
*Vision, Speech and Signal Processing:* Biological and machine vision,
image processing and coding, visual perception and modeling, visual
selective attention, visual coding and representation, object detection and
recognition, motion detection and tracking, natural scene analysis, image
processing, auditory perception and modeling, source separation, speech
recognition and speech synthesis, speaker identification, and audio &
speech retrieval.
*Control, Robotics and Hardware Technologies: *Decision and control,
exploration, planning, navigation, Markov decision processes, game playing,
multi-agent coordination, neuro-fuzzy system, cognitive robotics,
developmental robotics, analog and digital VLSI, neuromorphic engineering,
computational sensors and actuators, microrobotics, bioMEMS, neural
prostheses, photonics, and molecular & quantum computing.
*Novel approaches and Applications:* Innovative applications that use
machine learning, including systems for time series prediction,
bioinformatics, systems biology, text/web analysis, multimedia processing,
adaptive intelligent systems, brain-computer interfaces, granular
computing, hybrid intelligent systems, neuroinformatics and
neuroengineering, bioinformatics, information retrieval, data mining, and
knowledge discovery.

*PAPER SUBMISSION*
Authors are invited to submit full-length papers (8 pages maximum) by the
submission deadline through the online submission system. It is also
possible to submit extended abstracts which include the aim or rationale
for the following specific topics: *Neuroscience, Neuro-psychology,
Industrial applications, Cognitive science, and Demonstration.*
The submission of a paper implies that the paper is original and has not
been submitted under review, or copyright-protected elsewhere and will be
presented by an author if accepted. All submitted papers will be reviewed
by area experts based on the criteria of originality, significance,
quality, and clarity. The authors of accepted papers will have an
opportunity to revise their papers and take consideration of the reviewers'
comments and suggestions. The proceedings of ICONIP 2013 will be published
by Springer in its series of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Selected
papers will be included in special issues of the following international
journals.

*• Neural Networks*
*• Neurocomputing*
*• Cognitive Computation*
*• Cognitive Systems Research*
*• Neural Processing Letters*

*IMPORTANT DATES*

Deadline for Special session, Tutorials and Workshops proposals
------------------- *15 May 2013*
Deadline for extended abstract, regular and special session paper
------------------- *15 June 2013*
Notification of acceptance ---------------- *1 August 2013*
Deadline for Camera-ready final paper submission -------------- *15 August
2013*

*CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION / WORKSHOP PROPOSALS*

ICONIP2013 welcomes proposals for special sessions/workshop. Special
session will be held during the conference. The aim of a special session is
to provide the state-of-the-art and current research direction in specific
fields of neural information processing. The special sessions devoted to
emerging topics with growing attention are particularly encouraged. We also
invite proposals for full-day or half-day workshops in relevant and current
topics in neural information processing. Workshops will be held on 3
November 2013, the first day of the conference. A workshop should include
an introductory talk on the topic and will have final discussions at the
end of the workshop. Apart from the introductory talk and the discussion,
workshop should preferably include six or more additional presentations.

*Researchers and prospective organizers are invited to submit a one-page
proposal for a special session/workshop to the ICONIP 2013 secretariat or
each chair via the following emails before **15 May 2013**.*

*• ICONIP 2013 Secretariat*: iconip2013 at gmail.com
*• Special session Chairs*:
Prof. Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea / sbcho at cs.yonsei.ac.kr
Prof. Seiichi Ozawa, Kobe University, Japan / ozawasei at kobe-u.ac.jp
Prof. Liqing Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China /
zhang-lq at cs.sjtu.edu.cn
*• Workshop Chairs*:
Prof. Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University, Korea / swlee at image.korea.ac.kr
Prof. Daijin Kim, POSTECH, Korea / dkim at postech.ac.kr
Mr. Kyunghwan Kim, NT Research, Korea / kimk at ntresearch.net


Each proposal should include the following information:
- The title of the special session or workshop
- The organizers with their affiliations
- A description of why the topic is of special interest and how it fits to
the scope of ICONIP
- A list of potential authors or contributors
- The name(s) of the presenter(s) of the introductory talk (Only for
workshop proposal)
- A theme for the discussion (Only for workshop proposal)

For more details for special session/workshop proposals, please visit the
ICONIP 2013 website (www.iconip2013.org).

*Conference Committee*
*Honorary Chair*
*Shun-ichi Amari*, RIKEN, Japan
*Soo-Young Lee*, KAIST, Korea
*General Chair*
*Minho Lee*, Kyungpook National University, Korea
*Program Chair*
*Akira Hirose*, The University of Tokyo, Japan
*Zeng-Guang Hou*, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
*Rhee Man Kil*, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
*Advisory Committee*
*Jonathan H. Chan*, Thailand
*Wlodzislaw Duch*, Poland
*Kunihiko Fukushima*, Japan
*Tom Gedeon*, Australia
*Aike Guo*, China
*Akira Iwata*, Japan
*Nik Kasabov*, New Zealand
*Irwin King*, Hong Kong
*Noboru Onishi*, Japan
*Ron Son*, USA
*Il Hong Suh*, Korea
*Shiro Usui*, Japan
*DeLiang Wang*, USA
*Lipo Wang*, Singapore
*Jun Wang*, Hong Kong
*Lei Xu*, Hong Kong
*Takeshi Yamakawa*, Japan
*Byoung-Tak Zhang*, Korea
*Li-Ming Zhang*, China
*Organizing Chair*
*Hyeyoung Park*, Kyungpook National University, Korea
*Workshop Chair*
*Daijin Kim*, POSTECH, Korea
*Kyunghwan Kim*, NT Research, Korea
*Seong-Whan Lee*, Korea University, Korea
*Special Session Chair*
*Sung-Bae Cho*, Yonsei University, Korea
*Seiichi Ozawa*, Kobe University, Japan
*Liqing Zhang*, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
*Tutorial Chair*
*Seungjin Choi*, POSTECH, Korea
*Publication Chair*
*Yoonsuck Choe*, Texas A&M University, USA
*Hyung-Min Park*, Sogang University, Korea
*Seong-Bae Park*, Kyungpook National University, Korea
*Publicity Chair*
*Kazushi Ikeda*, NAIST, Japan
*Chi-Sing Leung*, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
*Shaoning Pang*, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand
*Registration Chair*
*Min-Young Kim*, Kyungpook National University, Korea
*Financial Chair*
*Sang-Woo Ban*, Dongguk University, Korea
*Local Arrangement Chair*
*Doo-Hyun Choi*, Kyungpook National University, Korea
*Jong-Seok Lee*, Yonsei University, Korea
*Rammohan Mallipeddi*, Kyungpook National University, Korea
*Secretariat*
iconip2013 at gmail.com

*DAEGU, KOREA*
Daegu Metropolitan City is the third largest city in Korea and is located
in the southeastern part of the Korean peninsula. With an efficient
transportation network linked in all directions, Daegu Metropolitan City is
a gateway to numerous cultural heritages and tourist attractions, all
proudly displaying the unique Korean culture. The organizing committee of
ICONIP 2013 welcomes you to experience and enjoy the following tour
programs.

*Historical/Cultural Tour - “UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites”*
Andong Folk Village, Yangdong Folk Village, Seokguram Grotto, Bulguksa
Temple and Tripitaka Koreana.

*Industrial Tour*
The hub of knowledge-based industry in northeast Asia
: Daegu Metropolitan City is a place where industry thrives.

*Korean Waive Tour - Korean drama/movie Theme*
Which is your favorite Korean drama or movie?
If you are not sure, come and join us in this tour that includes the
filming locations
of drama ‘Love Rain’, movie ‘Dae Jang-Geum’ and ‘Queen Seon Deok’.

*ACCOMMODATION*
For all participants of ICONIP 2013, the organizing committee is pleased to
offer sufficient rooms at hotels listed on ICONIP 2013 website with
discount rates. To take advantage of these discounts, participants are
kindly advised to make an on-line hotel reservation via the ICONIP 2013
website.

*TRANSPORTATION*
*International Travel*

The major arrival points in Korea are the Incheon International Airport
(Seoul), the Gimhae International Airport (Busan), and the Daegu
International Airport (Daegu). For those who arrive at Incheon Airport, to
take domestic airline or KTX (Korean train express) train is highly
recommended. From Gimhae International
Airport, you can also take KTX train as well as limousine buses heading to
Daegu.
Incheon International Airport (Seoul)
57 countries 174 cities

Daegu International Airport (Daegu)

2 countries 5 cities / Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Shenyang, Bangkok

Gimhae International Airport (Busan)
11 countries 25 cities / USA, Germany, Japan, China, Philippines, Vietnam,
Russia, Thailand, Taiwan
*Domestic Transportation*
>From Incheon Int’l Airport (Seoul)
Domestic Flight: 50 minute, 2 flights/day


KTX: 140 minute, every 30 minute

Limousine bus: 4 hours, 33 times/day

>From Gimhae Int’l Airport (Busan)

Limousine bus: 70 minute, every 40 minute
***For more details, please visit the ICONIP 2013 website (
www.iconip2013.org)
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