From: "NAVRAT PAVOL" <navrat@dcs.elf.stuba.sk> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 07:29:00 MEZ Subject: (Fwd) NC'2000 Neural Computation Vazene kolegyne/kolegovia, pripajam pre Vasu informaciu nasledujuci oznam o podujati v oblasti suvisiacej s umelou inteligenciou a informatikou. (Ospravedlnujem sa, ak dostanete tuto spravu viac raz.) S pozdravom, Pavol Navrat Slovak University of Technology Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Ilkovicova 3 812 19 Bratislava Slovakia tel: (+421 7) 602 91 395 fax: (+421 7) 654 20 587 e-mail: navrat@elf.stuba.sk www.elf.stuba.sk/~navrat ******************************************************** ANNOUNCEMENT / CALL FOR PAPERS Second International ICSC Symposium on NEURAL COMPUTATION / NC'2000 To be held at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany May 23-26, 2000 http//www.icsc.ab.ca/nc2000.htm SYMPOSIUM CHAIR Prof. Hans Heinrich Bothe Oerebro University Dept. of Technology Science Fakultetsgatan 1 S - 70182 Oerebro, Sweden Email hans.bothe@ton.oru.se Phone +46-19-10-3786 Fax +46-19-10-3463 and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Department of Information Technology Building 344 DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark Email hhb@it.dtu.dk Phone +45-4525-3632 Fax +45-4588-0117 PUBLICATION CHAIR Prof. Raul Rojas Freie Universit_t Berlin Institut Informatik / FB Mathematik Takustrasse 9 D - 14195 Berlin / Germany Email rojas@inf.fu-berlin.de Fax +49-30-8387-5109 SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZER ICSC International Computer Science Conventions P.O. Box 657 CH-8055 Zurich / Switzerland Phone +41-878-888-150 Fax +41-1-761-9627 Email icsc@icsc.ch WWW http//www.icsc.ab.ca INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Igor Aleksander, Imperial College of Science & Technology, London, U.K. Peter G. Anderson, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA Horst Bischof, Technical University Vienna, Austria Ruediger W. Brause, J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany Juan Lopez Coronado, Universidad Polotecnica de Cartagena, Spain Ludwig Cromme, Brandenburgische Technische Universitaet Cottbus, Germany Chris deSilva, University of Western Australia Crawley, Australia Georg Dorffner, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna, Austria Gunhan Dundar, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey Kunihiko Fukushima, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan Wulfram Gerstner, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland Stan Gielen, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy Bruce Graham, University of Edinburgh, U.K. Chris J. Harris, University of Southampton, U.K. Dorothea Heiss-Czedik, Technical University Vienna, Austria Michael Heiss, Siemens Vienna, Austria Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia, The Levels, Australia Nikola Kasabov, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Bart Kosko, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA, USA Rudolf Kruse, University of Magedburg, Germany Fa-Long Luo, R&D Department, Redwood City, USA G.Nicolas Marichal, University of La Laguna Tenerife, Spain Giuseppe Martinelli, University of Rome 1, Italy Fazel Naghdy, University of Wollongong, Australia Sankar K. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India M. Palaniswami, University of Melbourne, Australia Yoh-Han Pao, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA Alexander V. Pavlov, Laboratory for Optical Fuzzy Systems, Russia Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada Raul Rojas, Freie Universit_t Berlin, Germany V. David Sanchez A., Falon, Inc., San Diego CA, USA Bernd Schuermann, Siemens ZFE, Munich, Germany J.S. Shawe-Taylor, Royal Holloway University of London, U.K. Peter Sincak, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia Nigel Steele, Coventry University, U.K. Rainer Stotzka, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany Piotr Szczepaniak, Technical University of Lodz, Poland Csaba Szepesvari, University of Szeged, Hungary Henning Tolle, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany Shiro Usui, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan Klaus Weber, Technical University of Cottbus, Germany Andreas Weingessel, Technical University Vienna, Austria Takeshi Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan Andreas Zell, Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany Jacek M. Zurada, University of Louisville, K.Y., USA (list incomplete) ************************************************* INTRODUCTION The science of neural computation focusses on mathematical aspects to solve complex practical problems, and it also seeks to help neurology, brain theory and cognitive psychology in the understanding ************************************************* TOPICS Contributions are sought in areas based on the list below, which is indicative only. Contributions from new applications areas are welcome. COMPUTATIONAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS - Artificial neural network paradigms - Knowledge representation - Learing and generalization - Probabilistic neural networks - Information theoretic approaches - Time-coded neural networks - Pulse-coded neural networks - Self-organization - Cellular automata - Hybrid systems (e.g. neuro-fuzzy, GA, evolutionary strategies) - Chaos in neural networks - Statistical and numerical aspects NEUROPHYSIOLOGICALLY INSPRIED MODELS - Neurophysiological foundations - Spiking neuron models and neuron assemblies - Models of brain centers and sensory pathways - Sensormotor integration - Sensation, Perception and Attention - Spatio-temporal Orientation - Reactive Behavior SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS - Simulation and Graphical Programming Tools - Distributed Systems - Neuro-chips, -controllers and -computers - Analog and Digital Electronic Implementations - Optic, Holographic Implementations NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATIONS - Pre-processing and Feature Extraction - Sound, Speech and Image Processing - Pattern Recognition and System Identification - Computer Vision, Feature Binding and Image Understanding - Autonomous Sensor Systems, Multivariate Sensor Fusion - Robotics and Control - Behavior based Exploration and Planning - Power Systems - Environmental Systems - Decision Support Systems - Medical Applications - Operational Research and Logistics ************************************************* SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM NC'2000 will include invited plenary talks, contributed sessions, invited sessions, workhops and tutorials. ************************************************* INVITED SESSIONS The organization of invited sessions is encouraged. Prospective organizers are requested to send a session proposal (consisting of 4-5 invited papers, the recommended session-chair and co-chair, as w ************************************************* POSTER PRESENTATIONS Poster presentations are encouraged for people who wish to receive peer feedback and practical examples of applied research are particularly welcome. Poster sessions will allow the presentation and d ************************************************* WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS Proposals should be submitted as soon as possible to the Symposium Chairman or the Symposium Organizer. ************************************************* SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Prospective authors are requested to either send a draft paper (maximum 7 pages) or an extended abstract for review by the International Program Committee. All papers must be written in English, star Submissions must be received by October 31, 1999. Regular papers, as well as poster presentations, tutorial papers and invited sessions are encouraged. The submission should also include - Title of conference (NC'2000) - Type of paper (regular, poster, tutorial or invited) - Title of proposed paper - Authors names, affiliations, addresses - Name of author to contact for correspondence - E-mail address and fax # of contact author - Topics which best describe the paper (max. 5 keywords) - Short CV of authors (recommended) Contributions are welcome from those working in industry and having experience in the topics of this conference as well as from academics. The conference language is English. It is strongly recommended to submit abstracts by electronic mail to icsc@icsc.ch or else by fax or mail (2 copies) to the following address ICSC Switzerland P.O. Box 657 CH-8055 Zurich Switzerland Fax +41-1-761-9627 ************************************************* BEST PRESENTATION AWARDS The best oral and poster presentations will be honored with best presentation awards. ************************************************* PUBLICATIONS Conference proceedings (including all accepted papers) will be published by ICSC Academic Press and be available for the delegates at the symposium in printed form or on CD-ROM. Authors of a selected number of innovative papers will be invited to submit extended manuscripts for publication in prestigious international journals. ************************************************* IMPORTANT DATES - Submission Deadline October 31, 1999 - Notification of Acceptance December 31, 1999 - Delivery of full papers February 15, 2000 - Tutorials and Workshops May 23, 2000 - NC'2000 Symposium May 24-26, 2000 ************************************************* ACCOMMODATION Accommodation at reasonable rates will be available at nearby hotels. Full details will follow with the letters of acceptance. ************************************************* SOCIAL AND TOURIST ACTIVITIES A social program will be organized and also be available for accompanying persons. ************************************************* THE FASCINATING CITY OF BERLIN The old and new capital of Germany is a mecca for scientists and cultural enthusiasts, for day workers and night owls. Charming with its several opera houses, concert halls, cabarets, and beer garden ernative lifestyle movement in the west and peace mo Welcome! ************************************************* FURTHER INFORMATION Fully updated information is available from http//www.icsc.ab.ca/nc2000.htm You may also contact - ICSC International Computer Science Conventions P.O. Box 657, CH-8055 Zurich, Switzerland Email icsc@icsc.ch Phone +41-878-888-150 Fax +41-1-761-9627 or, for specific scientific requests, the symposium chairman.