Connectionists: Brain Informatics 2019 - Call for Papers

[Yang Yang]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The 12th International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI'19)
December 13-15, 2019, Hainan, China
http://wi-consortium.org/conferences/bi2019/

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Investigating Brain and Mind from Informatics Perspective
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The International Conference on Brain Informatics series (BI)
has established itself as the world’s premier research forum
that brings together researchers and practitioners from
neuroscience, cognitive science, computer science, data science,
artificial intelligence, information communication technologies,
and neuroimaging technologies with the purpose of exploring the
fundamental roles, interactions as well as practical impacts of
Brain Informatics.

The BI'19 will provide a broad forum that academia, professionals
and industry people can exchange their ideas, findings, and strategies
in brain informatics research and brain-inspired concepts and
technologies. It welcomes emerging technologies for addressing
fundamental neurobiological questions about healthy brain function,
laying the groundwork for advancing treatments for brain disorders
or injury, and for generating brain-inspired "smart" artificial
intelligence and computing technologies to meet future societal needs.
It will educate and expand the brain informatics workforce and create
new career opportunities for brain research and related innovations.

*** Topics and Areas for Parallel Presentations ***
The BI'19 solicits high-quality original research and application papers
(both full paper and abstract submissions).
Relevant topics include but are not limited to:
Track 1: Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Brain Science
Track 2: Human Information Processing Systems
Track 3: Brain Big Data Analytics, Curation and Management
Track 4: Informatics Paradigms for Brain and Mental Health Research
Track 5: Brain-Machine Intelligence and Brain-Inspired Computing

Paper Submission and Publications

Paper Submission: Full papers should be limited to a maximum of 10 pages including figures and references in Springer LNCS Proceedings format;
high-quality paper submissions with up to 6 pages are also welcome and will be accepted as short papers.

All papers will be peer-reviewed and accepted based on originality, significance of contribution, technical merit, and presentation quality.
All papers accepted (and all special sessions' full length papers) will be published by Springer as a volume of the series of LNCS/LNAI.

Research Abstract: Research abstracts are encouraged and will be accepted for presentations in an oral presentation format and/or poster presentation format.

Each abstract submission should include the title of the paper and an abstract body within 500 words.

Journal Opportunities: High-quality BI conference papers will be nominated for a fast-track review and publication at the Brain Informatics Journal (https://braininformatics.springeropen.com/),

an international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary Open Access journal published by Springer Nature.
Discount or no open access article-processing fee will be charged for BI conference paper authors.

Special Issues & Books: Workshop/special session organizers and BI conference session chairs may consider and can be invited to prepare a book proposal of special topics
for possible book publication in the Springer-Nature Brain Informatics & Health Book Series (https://www.springer.com/series/15148),
or a special issue at the Brain Informatics Journal (https://braininformatics.springeropen.com/).

IMPORTANT DATES:
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April 15, 2019: Submission deadline for workshop/special session/Tutorial proposals
April 30, 2019: Notification of workshop/special session proposal acceptance
May 6, 2019: Submission deadline for full papers
May 22, 2019: Submission deadline for workshop/special session papers
July 15, 2019: Notification of full paper acceptance
July 22, 2019: Notification of workshop/special session paper acceptance
July 22, 2019: Submission deadline for abstracts
August 19, 2019: Notification of abstract acceptance
December 13, 2019: Tutorials, workshops and special sessions
December 14 - 15, 2019: Main conference

Conference Venue
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Hainan University
Haikou, at Hainan Island, China

ORGANIZERS
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General Chair
Qingming Luo (Hainan University, China)

Program Committee Chairs
Peipeng Liang (Capital Normal University, China)
Vinod Goel (York University, Canada)
Chunlei Shan (Shanghai U. Traditional Chinese, Medicine, China)

Workshop/Special-Session Chairs
Yang Yang (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)
Mufti Mahmud (Nottingham Trent University, UK)

Publicity Chairs
Zhiqi Mao (Chinese PLA General Hospital, China)
M Shamim Kaiser (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)

Steering Committee Chairs
Ning Zhong (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)
Hanchuan Peng (Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA)

*** Contact Information ***
Yang Yang
Email: yang at maebashi-it.org
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