(ICONIP'09) 2009 - 16th International Conference on Neural Information Processin (ICONIP'09)

16th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP'09)
Challenges and Trends of Neural Information Processing

Bangkok, Thailand, December 1-5, 2009
http://www.iconip09.org/

Full manuscript submission deadline: June 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2009
Camera-ready manuscripts and early bird registration: September 1, 2009


TECHNICAL CO-SPONSORS

International Neural Network Society (INNS)
Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS)
European Neural Network Society (ENNS)
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE-CIS)


ICONIP'09 aims to bring together scientists, practitioners, and students
worldwide to discuss the past, present, and future challenges and trends
in the field of neural information processing. This prestigious event is
sponsored by the Asia Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APNNA), and it has
provided an annual forum for international researchers to exchange latest
ideas and advances on neural networks and related discipline. ICONIP'09
solicits contributions from the following non-exclusive list of topics in
neural information processing and related areas:

- Cognitive science
- Computational neuroscience
- Mathematical Modeling and Analysis
- Learning Algorithms
- Support Vector Machines
- Self-Organizing Map
- Independent Component Analysis
- Pattern Classification
- Face Analysis and Processing
- Image Processing
- Signal Processing
- Computer Vision
- Hybrid Systems
- Forecasting and Prediction
- Evolutionary Computation
- Hardware
- Fuzzy Systems
- Information Security
- Data and Text Processing
- Financial Applications
- Manufacturing Systems
- Control and Robotics
- Other Emerging Computational Methods
- Bioinformatics and Biomedical Applications


PAPER SUBMISSION

Prospective authors are invited to submit original, high quality manuscripts
of up to eight A4-pages electronically. The submission must conform to the
Springer LNCS format. All accepted papers will be able to be published in
proceedings of ICONIP'09 as a Springer LNCS volume. Extended version of
selected papers will be invited for publication in special issues of
international journals after the conference.

The ICONIP'09 online submission system is open at Springer's Online Conference
Service (OCS). More information can be found at the paper submission site of
ICONIP'09. (http://www.iconip09.org/submit.php)


SPECIAL ISSUES

The following special issues have been confirmed thus far:

- Int. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience (American Scientific Publisher)
- Neural Computing and Applications (Springer)
- Neurocomputing (Elsevier)

More special issues in high quality journals will be announced shortly at the
conference website.


CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS

Proposals are solicited for ICONIP'09 special sessions. The special sessions
will consist of both invited and contributed papers. In addition to the core
fields of neural information processing, specific areas such as cognitive modeling,
computational neuroscience, bioinformatics, computer vision, financial applications,
and so on, are strongly encouraged. All accepted papers will appear in the
ICONIP'09 conference proceedings. Each proposal for special sessions should include
the following information:

* Title of the special session
* Special session organizer and affiliation
* Subject areas to be covered by the special session
* Potential authors

Important Dates:

Deadline for special session submission: June 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2009
Deadline for special session papers: July 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2009
Camera-ready manuscript and pre-registration: September 1, 2009

The proposal should be submitted to one of the following Special Sessions Chairs:

Masumi Ishikawa (ishikawa [at] brain [dot] kyutech [dot] ac [dot] jp)
Tom Gedeon (tom [at] cs [dot] anu [dot] edu [dot] au)
Shaoning Pang (spang [at] aut [dot] ac [dot] nz)


CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS

The ICONIP'09 Organizing Committee invites proposals for tutorials to be held
immediately preceding the main program of the conference. The tutorials should
provide in-depth coverage to topics of current interest in neural information
processing, including computational intelligence and the computational modeling
of neural and cognitive function.

Proposals for tutorials should be submitted in electronic form (Word or pdf)
by May 15, 2009 to the Tutorials Chair, Kevin Wong (k.wong [at] murdoch [dot] edu [dot] au).


CALL FOR COMPETITIONS

ICONIP'09 will feature several competitions where neural information processing
will be compared with traditional or other alternative methods for solving
computationally-intensive practical problems. Proposals should be submitted to
John Sum, Competitions Chair (pfsum [at] nchu [dot] edu [dot] tw) by May 31, 2009.

Decision on the competition proposals will be made by June 30, 2009.

Best competition results will be considered for inclusion in an ICONIP'09 Special
Issue. Details will be provided later on at the ICONIP'09 competition site.

Stay tuned for more details to come.


POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

There is currently one approved post ICONIP'09 conference workshop
at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to be held on December 7, 2009:

Workshop on Advances in Intelligent Computing (http://waic09.utar.edu.my/)

Please direct your inquiries to the Workshops Chairs, Lai Weng Kin (lai [at]
mimos [dot] my) or C. P. Lim (cplim [at] eng [dot] usm [dot] my).


COLLOCATED CONFERENCE

The 3rd International Conference on Advances in Information Technology
(IAIT2009) will be collocated with The 16th International Conference on
Neural Information Processing (ICONIP'09) in Bangkok, Thailand.