From info at icann2008.org Mon Feb 4 19:04:38 2008 From: info at icann2008.org (ICANN 2008) Date: Mon Feb 16 16:48:08 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] ICANN 2008: 2nd Call for Papers, Deadline is March 3, 2008 Message-ID: <200802041804.m14I4ctb052391@icann2008.org> Dear Colleagues This is the ICANN 2008 2nd Call for papers and special session proposals. The 18th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2008, will be held on September 3-6 at the Diplomat hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. ICANN - International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks is an annual conference organized since 1998 by the ENNS - European Neural Network Society in co-operation with the International Neural Network Society and the Japanese Neural Network Society and it is a premier event in all topics related to neural networks. ICANN 2008 welcomes contributions on the theory, algorithms and applications in the following broad areas: * Computational neuroscience * Connectionist cognitive science * Data analysis and pattern recognition * Graphical network models, Bayesian networks * Inductive Modelling * Hardware implementations and embedded systems * Intelligent Multimedia and the Semantic Web * Neural and hybrid architectures and learning algorithms * Neural control, planning and robotics applications * Neural dynamics and complex systems * Neuroinformatics * Real world applications * Self-organization * Sequential and structured information processing * Signal and time series processing, blind source separation * Vision and image processing We invite contributed papers for the ICANN 2008 on mentioned topics. Papers (maximum length 10 pages LNCS style) will be peer reviewed, and the proceedings of the ICANN will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Paper submission deadline: March 3, 2008 Special session proposals: Fabruary 20, 2008 Conference dates: September 3-6, 2008 For more information please visit http://www.icann2008.org Sincerely, Vera Kurkova Chair of the Program Committee of ICANN 2008 From aao at fe.up.pt Thu Feb 7 11:11:02 2008 From: aao at fe.up.pt (alexandra) Date: Mon Feb 16 16:48:08 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] First Announcement NN2008 Message-ID: <016201c86971$becd84e0$a56aa8c0@ineb.fe.up.pt> Apologies for multiple copies. = We appreciate if you can forward this Announcement to potential candidates. = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = SUMMER SCHOOL NN2008 = NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING = = July 7-11, 2008, Porto, Portugal =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = = http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = GENERAL INFORMATION = = The Summer School will be held at Porto, Portugal, jointly organized by the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) and the Faculty of Engineering, Porto University (FEUP). = = Following last year experience, this year's edition also includes a POSTER/WORKSHOP SESSION providing a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PROGRAMME COMMITTEE = * Alexander Zien (Research Scientist at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany) = = * Carlos Soares (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economy, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Christopher Bishop (Deputy Managing Director at Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge and Chair of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK) = * Joaquim Marques de S=E1 (Full Professor, Dept. Electr. and Comp. Engineering, Fac. of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Jorge Santos(Assistant Professor, Engineering Polythecnic Institute, Porto, Portugal) = = * Mark Embrecht (Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI Troy, New York, U.S.A.) = = * Noelia S=E1nchez Maro=F1o (Assistant Professor, Coruna University, Spain) = = * Paulo Cortez (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal) = = * Petia Georgieva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal) = = * Yann Guermeur ((Scientific Director of the Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, France) = = = COURSE CONTENTS = = Neural networks (NN) have become a very important tool in classification and regression tasks. The applications are nowadays abundant, e.g. in the engineering, economy and biology areas. The Summer School on NN is dedicated to explain relevant NN paradigms, namely multilayer perceptrons (MLP), radial basis function networks (RBF) and support vector machines (SVM) used for classification and regression tasks, illustrated with applications to real data. Specific topics are also presented, namely Multi-Valued and UB Neurons , Functional Networks , MLP's with Entropic Criteria and Data Mining using NN. = = Classes include practical sessions with appropriate software tools. The trainee has, therefore, the opportunity to apply the taught concepts and become conversant with a broad range of NN topics and applications. A special workshop session will provide a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME = = A preliminary programme and further information about the classes are available at the school webpage (http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt) = = = = IMPORTANT DEADLINES = = Early Registration: 18 May 2008 = Poster Submission: 15 June 2008 = Hotel booking : 15 June 2008 = Summer School: 7-11 July 2008 = = All participants are required to register prior to the start of the School - until the June 15 - even if you choose to pay the late registration fee at the registration desk. = Please note that only a LIMITED number of participants can be accepted. = = = = REGISTRATION = = In order to attend the School you must fill in the registration form, available at the School web page. Please note that if you have any guests who would like to take part in the social programme, you must register them as well, by filling in the corresponding field in the registration form. = = = = SCHOOL FEES = = The registration fee for participants amounts to: = = - Early registration fee (paid before the 18th of May) = = * 350 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 400 Euro (all other participants) = = - Late registration fee (paid after the 18th of May) = = * 400 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 450 Euro (all other participants) = = The registration fee includes: = = * school package (manuscripts, lecture's notes, CD) = * coffee breaks = * daily lunch = * welcome reception = * school banquet = = NOTE: The registration fee for those who attended previous editions amounts to 25/30 euro per lecture and includes the school package and coffee-breaks. Please, contact the LOC for further details. = = = = LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC) = = - Helena Br=E1s Silva - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portu= gal = - Jorge M. Santos - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = - Rui Chibante - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = = = CONTACT ADDRESS = = Local Organizing Committee (LOC) - Summer School NN2008 = A/C Jorge M. Santos = Departamento de Matem=E1tica = Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto = Rua Dr. Ant=F3nio Bernardino de Almeida 431 = 4200-072 PORTO / PORTUGAL Email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = NN2008 Secretariat = Ms. Gabriela Afonso = Email: gafonso@fe.up.pt = = = = Programme Chair: = Prof. Joaquim Marques de S=E1 = Tel. +351 225081828 - Email: jmsa@fe.up.pt = = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailknoll.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pipermail/general/attachme= nts/20080207/d29ab170/attachment.htm From stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk Fri Feb 8 16:25:18 2008 From: stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk (Stefan Wermter) Date: Mon Feb 16 16:48:08 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] Multimodal communication: NN special issue call for papers Message-ID: <47AC745E.8000303@sunderland.ac.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ?Multimodal communication and what it means to communicate? Special Issue of Neural Networks The general aim of this special issue is to focus on ?What it means to communicate? and to understand the neural, cognitive, formal, computational and developmental features that have led to communication differences between humans and animals. A number of interesting and successful research directions have been explored including learning by imitation, examining the origin of human rule based reasoning, studying the neural origins of language, exploring the evolutionary origins of the human mind, researching into verbal and nonverbal communication, using and interpreting signs, characterising human language by structural complexity, and representing abstract concepts. To complement this, computation and neural robotics aims to explore a multimodal understanding of verbal and visual communication for embodied action understanding leading towards formal models of knowledge representation and reasoning. We are looking for submissions in the areas including * Neural network models and theories for communication * Knowledge representation and hybrid models for communication * Plausible reasoning and uncertainty in communication * Multimodal integration and crossmodal neural models * Formals models of human communication * The role of neurally grounded emotion in communication * Bioinspired communicating agents with reasoning * Neuroscience-inspired robots and communication * Communicating agents with an understanding of emotion * Developmental approaches to communication * Neural networks and imitation * Neural approaches to sign and gesture * Mirror neuron system and multimodal integration * Embodiment of communication and action in robots * Language and action circuits * The role of formal memory in communication Co-Editors: Stefan Wermter (University of Sunderland) Vittorio Gallese (University of Parma) Friedemann Pulvermuller (MRC, Cambridge) John Taylor (King?s College, London) Submission: Deadline for submission: May1, 2008 Notification of acceptance: August1, 2008 Deadline for submission of revised papers: October1, 2008 Notification of final acceptance: November1, 2008 Format: see papers for the journal Neural Networks. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/841/description Submissions: To be sent to: Stefan Wermter as pdf files at the address below *************************************** Professor Stefan Wermter Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems School of Computing and Technology University of Sunderland St Peters Way Sunderland SR6 0DD United Kingdom phone: +44 191 515 3279 fax: +44 191 515 3553 email: stefan.wermter AT sunderland.ac.uk http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0stw/ http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/ **************************************** From info at icann2008.org Mon Feb 4 19:04:38 2008 From: info at icann2008.org (ICANN 2008) Date: Mon Feb 16 16:55:38 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] ICANN 2008: 2nd Call for Papers, Deadline is March 3, 2008 Message-ID: <200802041804.m14I4ctb052391@icann2008.org> Dear Colleagues This is the ICANN 2008 2nd Call for papers and special session proposals. The 18th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2008, will be held on September 3-6 at the Diplomat hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. ICANN - International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks is an annual conference organized since 1998 by the ENNS - European Neural Network Society in co-operation with the International Neural Network Society and the Japanese Neural Network Society and it is a premier event in all topics related to neural networks. ICANN 2008 welcomes contributions on the theory, algorithms and applications in the following broad areas: * Computational neuroscience * Connectionist cognitive science * Data analysis and pattern recognition * Graphical network models, Bayesian networks * Inductive Modelling * Hardware implementations and embedded systems * Intelligent Multimedia and the Semantic Web * Neural and hybrid architectures and learning algorithms * Neural control, planning and robotics applications * Neural dynamics and complex systems * Neuroinformatics * Real world applications * Self-organization * Sequential and structured information processing * Signal and time series processing, blind source separation * Vision and image processing We invite contributed papers for the ICANN 2008 on mentioned topics. Papers (maximum length 10 pages LNCS style) will be peer reviewed, and the proceedings of the ICANN will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Paper submission deadline: March 3, 2008 Special session proposals: Fabruary 20, 2008 Conference dates: September 3-6, 2008 For more information please visit http://www.icann2008.org Sincerely, Vera Kurkova Chair of the Program Committee of ICANN 2008 From aao at fe.up.pt Thu Feb 7 11:11:02 2008 From: aao at fe.up.pt (alexandra) Date: Mon Feb 16 16:55:38 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] First Announcement NN2008 Message-ID: <016201c86971$becd84e0$a56aa8c0@ineb.fe.up.pt> Apologies for multiple copies. = We appreciate if you can forward this Announcement to potential candidates. = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = SUMMER SCHOOL NN2008 = NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING = = July 7-11, 2008, Porto, Portugal =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = = http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = GENERAL INFORMATION = = The Summer School will be held at Porto, Portugal, jointly organized by the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) and the Faculty of Engineering, Porto University (FEUP). = = Following last year experience, this year's edition also includes a POSTER/WORKSHOP SESSION providing a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PROGRAMME COMMITTEE = * Alexander Zien (Research Scientist at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany) = = * Carlos Soares (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economy, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Christopher Bishop (Deputy Managing Director at Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge and Chair of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK) = * Joaquim Marques de S=E1 (Full Professor, Dept. Electr. and Comp. Engineering, Fac. of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Jorge Santos(Assistant Professor, Engineering Polythecnic Institute, Porto, Portugal) = = * Mark Embrecht (Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI Troy, New York, U.S.A.) = = * Noelia S=E1nchez Maro=F1o (Assistant Professor, Coruna University, Spain) = = * Paulo Cortez (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal) = = * Petia Georgieva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal) = = * Yann Guermeur ((Scientific Director of the Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, France) = = = COURSE CONTENTS = = Neural networks (NN) have become a very important tool in classification and regression tasks. The applications are nowadays abundant, e.g. in the engineering, economy and biology areas. The Summer School on NN is dedicated to explain relevant NN paradigms, namely multilayer perceptrons (MLP), radial basis function networks (RBF) and support vector machines (SVM) used for classification and regression tasks, illustrated with applications to real data. Specific topics are also presented, namely Multi-Valued and UB Neurons , Functional Networks , MLP's with Entropic Criteria and Data Mining using NN. = = Classes include practical sessions with appropriate software tools. The trainee has, therefore, the opportunity to apply the taught concepts and become conversant with a broad range of NN topics and applications. A special workshop session will provide a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME = = A preliminary programme and further information about the classes are available at the school webpage (http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt) = = = = IMPORTANT DEADLINES = = Early Registration: 18 May 2008 = Poster Submission: 15 June 2008 = Hotel booking : 15 June 2008 = Summer School: 7-11 July 2008 = = All participants are required to register prior to the start of the School - until the June 15 - even if you choose to pay the late registration fee at the registration desk. = Please note that only a LIMITED number of participants can be accepted. = = = = REGISTRATION = = In order to attend the School you must fill in the registration form, available at the School web page. Please note that if you have any guests who would like to take part in the social programme, you must register them as well, by filling in the corresponding field in the registration form. = = = = SCHOOL FEES = = The registration fee for participants amounts to: = = - Early registration fee (paid before the 18th of May) = = * 350 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 400 Euro (all other participants) = = - Late registration fee (paid after the 18th of May) = = * 400 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 450 Euro (all other participants) = = The registration fee includes: = = * school package (manuscripts, lecture's notes, CD) = * coffee breaks = * daily lunch = * welcome reception = * school banquet = = NOTE: The registration fee for those who attended previous editions amounts to 25/30 euro per lecture and includes the school package and coffee-breaks. Please, contact the LOC for further details. = = = = LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC) = = - Helena Br=E1s Silva - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portu= gal = - Jorge M. Santos - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = - Rui Chibante - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = = = CONTACT ADDRESS = = Local Organizing Committee (LOC) - Summer School NN2008 = A/C Jorge M. Santos = Departamento de Matem=E1tica = Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto = Rua Dr. Ant=F3nio Bernardino de Almeida 431 = 4200-072 PORTO / PORTUGAL Email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = NN2008 Secretariat = Ms. Gabriela Afonso = Email: gafonso@fe.up.pt = = = = Programme Chair: = Prof. Joaquim Marques de S=E1 = Tel. +351 225081828 - Email: jmsa@fe.up.pt = = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailknoll.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pipermail/general/attachme= nts/20080207/d29ab170/attachment-0001.htm From stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk Fri Feb 8 16:25:18 2008 From: stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk (Stefan Wermter) Date: Mon Feb 16 16:55:38 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] Multimodal communication: NN special issue call for papers Message-ID: <47AC745E.8000303@sunderland.ac.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ?Multimodal communication and what it means to communicate? Special Issue of Neural Networks The general aim of this special issue is to focus on ?What it means to communicate? and to understand the neural, cognitive, formal, computational and developmental features that have led to communication differences between humans and animals. A number of interesting and successful research directions have been explored including learning by imitation, examining the origin of human rule based reasoning, studying the neural origins of language, exploring the evolutionary origins of the human mind, researching into verbal and nonverbal communication, using and interpreting signs, characterising human language by structural complexity, and representing abstract concepts. To complement this, computation and neural robotics aims to explore a multimodal understanding of verbal and visual communication for embodied action understanding leading towards formal models of knowledge representation and reasoning. We are looking for submissions in the areas including * Neural network models and theories for communication * Knowledge representation and hybrid models for communication * Plausible reasoning and uncertainty in communication * Multimodal integration and crossmodal neural models * Formals models of human communication * The role of neurally grounded emotion in communication * Bioinspired communicating agents with reasoning * Neuroscience-inspired robots and communication * Communicating agents with an understanding of emotion * Developmental approaches to communication * Neural networks and imitation * Neural approaches to sign and gesture * Mirror neuron system and multimodal integration * Embodiment of communication and action in robots * Language and action circuits * The role of formal memory in communication Co-Editors: Stefan Wermter (University of Sunderland) Vittorio Gallese (University of Parma) Friedemann Pulvermuller (MRC, Cambridge) John Taylor (King?s College, London) Submission: Deadline for submission: May1, 2008 Notification of acceptance: August1, 2008 Deadline for submission of revised papers: October1, 2008 Notification of final acceptance: November1, 2008 Format: see papers for the journal Neural Networks. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/841/description Submissions: To be sent to: Stefan Wermter as pdf files at the address below *************************************** Professor Stefan Wermter Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems School of Computing and Technology University of Sunderland St Peters Way Sunderland SR6 0DD United Kingdom phone: +44 191 515 3279 fax: +44 191 515 3553 email: stefan.wermter AT sunderland.ac.uk http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0stw/ http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/ **************************************** From info at icann2008.org Mon Feb 4 19:04:38 2008 From: info at icann2008.org (ICANN 2008) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:18:26 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] ICANN 2008: 2nd Call for Papers, Deadline is March 3, 2008 Message-ID: <200802041804.m14I4ctb052391@icann2008.org> Dear Colleagues This is the ICANN 2008 2nd Call for papers and special session proposals. The 18th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2008, will be held on September 3-6 at the Diplomat hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. ICANN - International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks is an annual conference organized since 1998 by the ENNS - European Neural Network Society in co-operation with the International Neural Network Society and the Japanese Neural Network Society and it is a premier event in all topics related to neural networks. ICANN 2008 welcomes contributions on the theory, algorithms and applications in the following broad areas: * Computational neuroscience * Connectionist cognitive science * Data analysis and pattern recognition * Graphical network models, Bayesian networks * Inductive Modelling * Hardware implementations and embedded systems * Intelligent Multimedia and the Semantic Web * Neural and hybrid architectures and learning algorithms * Neural control, planning and robotics applications * Neural dynamics and complex systems * Neuroinformatics * Real world applications * Self-organization * Sequential and structured information processing * Signal and time series processing, blind source separation * Vision and image processing We invite contributed papers for the ICANN 2008 on mentioned topics. Papers (maximum length 10 pages LNCS style) will be peer reviewed, and the proceedings of the ICANN will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Paper submission deadline: March 3, 2008 Special session proposals: Fabruary 20, 2008 Conference dates: September 3-6, 2008 For more information please visit http://www.icann2008.org Sincerely, Vera Kurkova Chair of the Program Committee of ICANN 2008 From aao at fe.up.pt Thu Feb 7 11:11:02 2008 From: aao at fe.up.pt (alexandra) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:18:26 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] First Announcement NN2008 Message-ID: <016201c86971$becd84e0$a56aa8c0@ineb.fe.up.pt> Apologies for multiple copies. = We appreciate if you can forward this Announcement to potential candidates. = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = SUMMER SCHOOL NN2008 = NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING = = July 7-11, 2008, Porto, Portugal =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = = http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = GENERAL INFORMATION = = The Summer School will be held at Porto, Portugal, jointly organized by the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) and the Faculty of Engineering, Porto University (FEUP). = = Following last year experience, this year's edition also includes a POSTER/WORKSHOP SESSION providing a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PROGRAMME COMMITTEE = * Alexander Zien (Research Scientist at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany) = = * Carlos Soares (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economy, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Christopher Bishop (Deputy Managing Director at Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge and Chair of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK) = * Joaquim Marques de S=E1 (Full Professor, Dept. Electr. and Comp. Engineering, Fac. of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Jorge Santos(Assistant Professor, Engineering Polythecnic Institute, Porto, Portugal) = = * Mark Embrecht (Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI Troy, New York, U.S.A.) = = * Noelia S=E1nchez Maro=F1o (Assistant Professor, Coruna University, Spain) = = * Paulo Cortez (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal) = = * Petia Georgieva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal) = = * Yann Guermeur ((Scientific Director of the Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, France) = = = COURSE CONTENTS = = Neural networks (NN) have become a very important tool in classification and regression tasks. The applications are nowadays abundant, e.g. in the engineering, economy and biology areas. The Summer School on NN is dedicated to explain relevant NN paradigms, namely multilayer perceptrons (MLP), radial basis function networks (RBF) and support vector machines (SVM) used for classification and regression tasks, illustrated with applications to real data. Specific topics are also presented, namely Multi-Valued and UB Neurons , Functional Networks , MLP's with Entropic Criteria and Data Mining using NN. = = Classes include practical sessions with appropriate software tools. The trainee has, therefore, the opportunity to apply the taught concepts and become conversant with a broad range of NN topics and applications. A special workshop session will provide a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME = = A preliminary programme and further information about the classes are available at the school webpage (http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt) = = = = IMPORTANT DEADLINES = = Early Registration: 18 May 2008 = Poster Submission: 15 June 2008 = Hotel booking : 15 June 2008 = Summer School: 7-11 July 2008 = = All participants are required to register prior to the start of the School - until the June 15 - even if you choose to pay the late registration fee at the registration desk. = Please note that only a LIMITED number of participants can be accepted. = = = = REGISTRATION = = In order to attend the School you must fill in the registration form, available at the School web page. Please note that if you have any guests who would like to take part in the social programme, you must register them as well, by filling in the corresponding field in the registration form. = = = = SCHOOL FEES = = The registration fee for participants amounts to: = = - Early registration fee (paid before the 18th of May) = = * 350 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 400 Euro (all other participants) = = - Late registration fee (paid after the 18th of May) = = * 400 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 450 Euro (all other participants) = = The registration fee includes: = = * school package (manuscripts, lecture's notes, CD) = * coffee breaks = * daily lunch = * welcome reception = * school banquet = = NOTE: The registration fee for those who attended previous editions amounts to 25/30 euro per lecture and includes the school package and coffee-breaks. Please, contact the LOC for further details. = = = = LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC) = = - Helena Br=E1s Silva - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portu= gal = - Jorge M. Santos - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = - Rui Chibante - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = = = CONTACT ADDRESS = = Local Organizing Committee (LOC) - Summer School NN2008 = A/C Jorge M. Santos = Departamento de Matem=E1tica = Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto = Rua Dr. Ant=F3nio Bernardino de Almeida 431 = 4200-072 PORTO / PORTUGAL Email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = NN2008 Secretariat = Ms. Gabriela Afonso = Email: gafonso@fe.up.pt = = = = Programme Chair: = Prof. Joaquim Marques de S=E1 = Tel. +351 225081828 - Email: jmsa@fe.up.pt = = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A number of interesting and successful research directions have been explored including learning by imitation, examining the origin of human rule based reasoning, studying the neural origins of language, exploring the evolutionary origins of the human mind, researching into verbal and nonverbal communication, using and interpreting signs, characterising human language by structural complexity, and representing abstract concepts. To complement this, computation and neural robotics aims to explore a multimodal understanding of verbal and visual communication for embodied action understanding leading towards formal models of knowledge representation and reasoning. We are looking for submissions in the areas including * Neural network models and theories for communication * Knowledge representation and hybrid models for communication * Plausible reasoning and uncertainty in communication * Multimodal integration and crossmodal neural models * Formals models of human communication * The role of neurally grounded emotion in communication * Bioinspired communicating agents with reasoning * Neuroscience-inspired robots and communication * Communicating agents with an understanding of emotion * Developmental approaches to communication * Neural networks and imitation * Neural approaches to sign and gesture * Mirror neuron system and multimodal integration * Embodiment of communication and action in robots * Language and action circuits * The role of formal memory in communication Co-Editors: Stefan Wermter (University of Sunderland) Vittorio Gallese (University of Parma) Friedemann Pulvermuller (MRC, Cambridge) John Taylor (King?s College, London) Submission: Deadline for submission: May1, 2008 Notification of acceptance: August1, 2008 Deadline for submission of revised papers: October1, 2008 Notification of final acceptance: November1, 2008 Format: see papers for the journal Neural Networks. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/841/description Submissions: To be sent to: Stefan Wermter as pdf files at the address below *************************************** Professor Stefan Wermter Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems School of Computing and Technology University of Sunderland St Peters Way Sunderland SR6 0DD United Kingdom phone: +44 191 515 3279 fax: +44 191 515 3553 email: stefan.wermter AT sunderland.ac.uk http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0stw/ http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/ **************************************** From info at icann2008.org Mon Feb 4 19:04:38 2008 From: info at icann2008.org (ICANN 2008) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:20:12 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] ICANN 2008: 2nd Call for Papers, Deadline is March 3, 2008 Message-ID: <200802041804.m14I4ctb052391@icann2008.org> Dear Colleagues This is the ICANN 2008 2nd Call for papers and special session proposals. The 18th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2008, will be held on September 3-6 at the Diplomat hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. ICANN - International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks is an annual conference organized since 1998 by the ENNS - European Neural Network Society in co-operation with the International Neural Network Society and the Japanese Neural Network Society and it is a premier event in all topics related to neural networks. ICANN 2008 welcomes contributions on the theory, algorithms and applications in the following broad areas: * Computational neuroscience * Connectionist cognitive science * Data analysis and pattern recognition * Graphical network models, Bayesian networks * Inductive Modelling * Hardware implementations and embedded systems * Intelligent Multimedia and the Semantic Web * Neural and hybrid architectures and learning algorithms * Neural control, planning and robotics applications * Neural dynamics and complex systems * Neuroinformatics * Real world applications * Self-organization * Sequential and structured information processing * Signal and time series processing, blind source separation * Vision and image processing We invite contributed papers for the ICANN 2008 on mentioned topics. Papers (maximum length 10 pages LNCS style) will be peer reviewed, and the proceedings of the ICANN will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Paper submission deadline: March 3, 2008 Special session proposals: Fabruary 20, 2008 Conference dates: September 3-6, 2008 For more information please visit http://www.icann2008.org Sincerely, Vera Kurkova Chair of the Program Committee of ICANN 2008 From aao at fe.up.pt Thu Feb 7 11:11:02 2008 From: aao at fe.up.pt (alexandra) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:20:13 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] First Announcement NN2008 Message-ID: <016201c86971$becd84e0$a56aa8c0@ineb.fe.up.pt> Apologies for multiple copies. = We appreciate if you can forward this Announcement to potential candidates. = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = SUMMER SCHOOL NN2008 = NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING = = July 7-11, 2008, Porto, Portugal =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = = http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = GENERAL INFORMATION = = The Summer School will be held at Porto, Portugal, jointly organized by the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) and the Faculty of Engineering, Porto University (FEUP). = = Following last year experience, this year's edition also includes a POSTER/WORKSHOP SESSION providing a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PROGRAMME COMMITTEE = * Alexander Zien (Research Scientist at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany) = = * Carlos Soares (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economy, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Christopher Bishop (Deputy Managing Director at Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge and Chair of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK) = * Joaquim Marques de S=E1 (Full Professor, Dept. Electr. and Comp. Engineering, Fac. of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Jorge Santos(Assistant Professor, Engineering Polythecnic Institute, Porto, Portugal) = = * Mark Embrecht (Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI Troy, New York, U.S.A.) = = * Noelia S=E1nchez Maro=F1o (Assistant Professor, Coruna University, Spain) = = * Paulo Cortez (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal) = = * Petia Georgieva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal) = = * Yann Guermeur ((Scientific Director of the Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, France) = = = COURSE CONTENTS = = Neural networks (NN) have become a very important tool in classification and regression tasks. The applications are nowadays abundant, e.g. in the engineering, economy and biology areas. The Summer School on NN is dedicated to explain relevant NN paradigms, namely multilayer perceptrons (MLP), radial basis function networks (RBF) and support vector machines (SVM) used for classification and regression tasks, illustrated with applications to real data. Specific topics are also presented, namely Multi-Valued and UB Neurons , Functional Networks , MLP's with Entropic Criteria and Data Mining using NN. = = Classes include practical sessions with appropriate software tools. The trainee has, therefore, the opportunity to apply the taught concepts and become conversant with a broad range of NN topics and applications. A special workshop session will provide a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME = = A preliminary programme and further information about the classes are available at the school webpage (http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt) = = = = IMPORTANT DEADLINES = = Early Registration: 18 May 2008 = Poster Submission: 15 June 2008 = Hotel booking : 15 June 2008 = Summer School: 7-11 July 2008 = = All participants are required to register prior to the start of the School - until the June 15 - even if you choose to pay the late registration fee at the registration desk. = Please note that only a LIMITED number of participants can be accepted. = = = = REGISTRATION = = In order to attend the School you must fill in the registration form, available at the School web page. Please note that if you have any guests who would like to take part in the social programme, you must register them as well, by filling in the corresponding field in the registration form. = = = = SCHOOL FEES = = The registration fee for participants amounts to: = = - Early registration fee (paid before the 18th of May) = = * 350 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 400 Euro (all other participants) = = - Late registration fee (paid after the 18th of May) = = * 400 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 450 Euro (all other participants) = = The registration fee includes: = = * school package (manuscripts, lecture's notes, CD) = * coffee breaks = * daily lunch = * welcome reception = * school banquet = = NOTE: The registration fee for those who attended previous editions amounts to 25/30 euro per lecture and includes the school package and coffee-breaks. Please, contact the LOC for further details. = = = = LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC) = = - Helena Br=E1s Silva - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portu= gal = - Jorge M. Santos - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = - Rui Chibante - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = = = CONTACT ADDRESS = = Local Organizing Committee (LOC) - Summer School NN2008 = A/C Jorge M. Santos = Departamento de Matem=E1tica = Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto = Rua Dr. Ant=F3nio Bernardino de Almeida 431 = 4200-072 PORTO / PORTUGAL Email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = NN2008 Secretariat = Ms. Gabriela Afonso = Email: gafonso@fe.up.pt = = = = Programme Chair: = Prof. Joaquim Marques de S=E1 = Tel. +351 225081828 - Email: jmsa@fe.up.pt = = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailknoll.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pipermail/general/attachme= nts/20080207/d29ab170/attachment-0003.htm From stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk Fri Feb 8 16:25:18 2008 From: stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk (Stefan Wermter) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:20:13 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] Multimodal communication: NN special issue call for papers Message-ID: <47AC745E.8000303@sunderland.ac.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ?Multimodal communication and what it means to communicate? Special Issue of Neural Networks The general aim of this special issue is to focus on ?What it means to communicate? and to understand the neural, cognitive, formal, computational and developmental features that have led to communication differences between humans and animals. A number of interesting and successful research directions have been explored including learning by imitation, examining the origin of human rule based reasoning, studying the neural origins of language, exploring the evolutionary origins of the human mind, researching into verbal and nonverbal communication, using and interpreting signs, characterising human language by structural complexity, and representing abstract concepts. To complement this, computation and neural robotics aims to explore a multimodal understanding of verbal and visual communication for embodied action understanding leading towards formal models of knowledge representation and reasoning. We are looking for submissions in the areas including * Neural network models and theories for communication * Knowledge representation and hybrid models for communication * Plausible reasoning and uncertainty in communication * Multimodal integration and crossmodal neural models * Formals models of human communication * The role of neurally grounded emotion in communication * Bioinspired communicating agents with reasoning * Neuroscience-inspired robots and communication * Communicating agents with an understanding of emotion * Developmental approaches to communication * Neural networks and imitation * Neural approaches to sign and gesture * Mirror neuron system and multimodal integration * Embodiment of communication and action in robots * Language and action circuits * The role of formal memory in communication Co-Editors: Stefan Wermter (University of Sunderland) Vittorio Gallese (University of Parma) Friedemann Pulvermuller (MRC, Cambridge) John Taylor (King?s College, London) Submission: Deadline for submission: May1, 2008 Notification of acceptance: August1, 2008 Deadline for submission of revised papers: October1, 2008 Notification of final acceptance: November1, 2008 Format: see papers for the journal Neural Networks. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/841/description Submissions: To be sent to: Stefan Wermter as pdf files at the address below *************************************** Professor Stefan Wermter Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems School of Computing and Technology University of Sunderland St Peters Way Sunderland SR6 0DD United Kingdom phone: +44 191 515 3279 fax: +44 191 515 3553 email: stefan.wermter AT sunderland.ac.uk http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0stw/ http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/ **************************************** From info at icann2008.org Mon Feb 4 19:04:38 2008 From: info at icann2008.org (ICANN 2008) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:29:53 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] ICANN 2008: 2nd Call for Papers, Deadline is March 3, 2008 Message-ID: <200802041804.m14I4ctb052391@icann2008.org> Dear Colleagues This is the ICANN 2008 2nd Call for papers and special session proposals. The 18th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2008, will be held on September 3-6 at the Diplomat hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. ICANN - International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks is an annual conference organized since 1998 by the ENNS - European Neural Network Society in co-operation with the International Neural Network Society and the Japanese Neural Network Society and it is a premier event in all topics related to neural networks. ICANN 2008 welcomes contributions on the theory, algorithms and applications in the following broad areas: * Computational neuroscience * Connectionist cognitive science * Data analysis and pattern recognition * Graphical network models, Bayesian networks * Inductive Modelling * Hardware implementations and embedded systems * Intelligent Multimedia and the Semantic Web * Neural and hybrid architectures and learning algorithms * Neural control, planning and robotics applications * Neural dynamics and complex systems * Neuroinformatics * Real world applications * Self-organization * Sequential and structured information processing * Signal and time series processing, blind source separation * Vision and image processing We invite contributed papers for the ICANN 2008 on mentioned topics. Papers (maximum length 10 pages LNCS style) will be peer reviewed, and the proceedings of the ICANN will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Paper submission deadline: March 3, 2008 Special session proposals: Fabruary 20, 2008 Conference dates: September 3-6, 2008 For more information please visit http://www.icann2008.org Sincerely, Vera Kurkova Chair of the Program Committee of ICANN 2008 From aao at fe.up.pt Thu Feb 7 11:11:02 2008 From: aao at fe.up.pt (alexandra) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:29:53 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] First Announcement NN2008 Message-ID: <016201c86971$becd84e0$a56aa8c0@ineb.fe.up.pt> Apologies for multiple copies. = We appreciate if you can forward this Announcement to potential candidates. = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = SUMMER SCHOOL NN2008 = NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING = = July 7-11, 2008, Porto, Portugal =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = = http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = GENERAL INFORMATION = = The Summer School will be held at Porto, Portugal, jointly organized by the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) and the Faculty of Engineering, Porto University (FEUP). = = Following last year experience, this year's edition also includes a POSTER/WORKSHOP SESSION providing a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PROGRAMME COMMITTEE = * Alexander Zien (Research Scientist at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany) = = * Carlos Soares (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economy, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Christopher Bishop (Deputy Managing Director at Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge and Chair of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK) = * Joaquim Marques de S=E1 (Full Professor, Dept. Electr. and Comp. Engineering, Fac. of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Jorge Santos(Assistant Professor, Engineering Polythecnic Institute, Porto, Portugal) = = * Mark Embrecht (Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI Troy, New York, U.S.A.) = = * Noelia S=E1nchez Maro=F1o (Assistant Professor, Coruna University, Spain) = = * Paulo Cortez (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal) = = * Petia Georgieva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal) = = * Yann Guermeur ((Scientific Director of the Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, France) = = = COURSE CONTENTS = = Neural networks (NN) have become a very important tool in classification and regression tasks. The applications are nowadays abundant, e.g. in the engineering, economy and biology areas. The Summer School on NN is dedicated to explain relevant NN paradigms, namely multilayer perceptrons (MLP), radial basis function networks (RBF) and support vector machines (SVM) used for classification and regression tasks, illustrated with applications to real data. Specific topics are also presented, namely Multi-Valued and UB Neurons , Functional Networks , MLP's with Entropic Criteria and Data Mining using NN. = = Classes include practical sessions with appropriate software tools. The trainee has, therefore, the opportunity to apply the taught concepts and become conversant with a broad range of NN topics and applications. A special workshop session will provide a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME = = A preliminary programme and further information about the classes are available at the school webpage (http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt) = = = = IMPORTANT DEADLINES = = Early Registration: 18 May 2008 = Poster Submission: 15 June 2008 = Hotel booking : 15 June 2008 = Summer School: 7-11 July 2008 = = All participants are required to register prior to the start of the School - until the June 15 - even if you choose to pay the late registration fee at the registration desk. = Please note that only a LIMITED number of participants can be accepted. = = = = REGISTRATION = = In order to attend the School you must fill in the registration form, available at the School web page. Please note that if you have any guests who would like to take part in the social programme, you must register them as well, by filling in the corresponding field in the registration form. = = = = SCHOOL FEES = = The registration fee for participants amounts to: = = - Early registration fee (paid before the 18th of May) = = * 350 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 400 Euro (all other participants) = = - Late registration fee (paid after the 18th of May) = = * 400 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 450 Euro (all other participants) = = The registration fee includes: = = * school package (manuscripts, lecture's notes, CD) = * coffee breaks = * daily lunch = * welcome reception = * school banquet = = NOTE: The registration fee for those who attended previous editions amounts to 25/30 euro per lecture and includes the school package and coffee-breaks. Please, contact the LOC for further details. = = = = LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC) = = - Helena Br=E1s Silva - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portu= gal = - Jorge M. Santos - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = - Rui Chibante - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = = = CONTACT ADDRESS = = Local Organizing Committee (LOC) - Summer School NN2008 = A/C Jorge M. Santos = Departamento de Matem=E1tica = Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto = Rua Dr. Ant=F3nio Bernardino de Almeida 431 = 4200-072 PORTO / PORTUGAL Email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = NN2008 Secretariat = Ms. Gabriela Afonso = Email: gafonso@fe.up.pt = = = = Programme Chair: = Prof. Joaquim Marques de S=E1 = Tel. +351 225081828 - Email: jmsa@fe.up.pt = = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A number of interesting and successful research directions have been explored including learning by imitation, examining the origin of human rule based reasoning, studying the neural origins of language, exploring the evolutionary origins of the human mind, researching into verbal and nonverbal communication, using and interpreting signs, characterising human language by structural complexity, and representing abstract concepts. To complement this, computation and neural robotics aims to explore a multimodal understanding of verbal and visual communication for embodied action understanding leading towards formal models of knowledge representation and reasoning. We are looking for submissions in the areas including * Neural network models and theories for communication * Knowledge representation and hybrid models for communication * Plausible reasoning and uncertainty in communication * Multimodal integration and crossmodal neural models * Formals models of human communication * The role of neurally grounded emotion in communication * Bioinspired communicating agents with reasoning * Neuroscience-inspired robots and communication * Communicating agents with an understanding of emotion * Developmental approaches to communication * Neural networks and imitation * Neural approaches to sign and gesture * Mirror neuron system and multimodal integration * Embodiment of communication and action in robots * Language and action circuits * The role of formal memory in communication Co-Editors: Stefan Wermter (University of Sunderland) Vittorio Gallese (University of Parma) Friedemann Pulvermuller (MRC, Cambridge) John Taylor (King?s College, London) Submission: Deadline for submission: May1, 2008 Notification of acceptance: August1, 2008 Deadline for submission of revised papers: October1, 2008 Notification of final acceptance: November1, 2008 Format: see papers for the journal Neural Networks. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/841/description Submissions: To be sent to: Stefan Wermter as pdf files at the address below *************************************** Professor Stefan Wermter Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems School of Computing and Technology University of Sunderland St Peters Way Sunderland SR6 0DD United Kingdom phone: +44 191 515 3279 fax: +44 191 515 3553 email: stefan.wermter AT sunderland.ac.uk http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0stw/ http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/ **************************************** From info at icann2008.org Mon Feb 4 19:04:38 2008 From: info at icann2008.org (ICANN 2008) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:49:52 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] ICANN 2008: 2nd Call for Papers, Deadline is March 3, 2008 Message-ID: <200802041804.m14I4ctb052391@icann2008.org> Dear Colleagues This is the ICANN 2008 2nd Call for papers and special session proposals. The 18th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2008, will be held on September 3-6 at the Diplomat hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. ICANN - International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks is an annual conference organized since 1998 by the ENNS - European Neural Network Society in co-operation with the International Neural Network Society and the Japanese Neural Network Society and it is a premier event in all topics related to neural networks. ICANN 2008 welcomes contributions on the theory, algorithms and applications in the following broad areas: * Computational neuroscience * Connectionist cognitive science * Data analysis and pattern recognition * Graphical network models, Bayesian networks * Inductive Modelling * Hardware implementations and embedded systems * Intelligent Multimedia and the Semantic Web * Neural and hybrid architectures and learning algorithms * Neural control, planning and robotics applications * Neural dynamics and complex systems * Neuroinformatics * Real world applications * Self-organization * Sequential and structured information processing * Signal and time series processing, blind source separation * Vision and image processing We invite contributed papers for the ICANN 2008 on mentioned topics. Papers (maximum length 10 pages LNCS style) will be peer reviewed, and the proceedings of the ICANN will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Paper submission deadline: March 3, 2008 Special session proposals: Fabruary 20, 2008 Conference dates: September 3-6, 2008 For more information please visit http://www.icann2008.org Sincerely, Vera Kurkova Chair of the Program Committee of ICANN 2008 From aao at fe.up.pt Thu Feb 7 11:11:02 2008 From: aao at fe.up.pt (alexandra) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:49:52 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] First Announcement NN2008 Message-ID: <016201c86971$becd84e0$a56aa8c0@ineb.fe.up.pt> Apologies for multiple copies. = We appreciate if you can forward this Announcement to potential candidates. = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = SUMMER SCHOOL NN2008 = NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING = = July 7-11, 2008, Porto, Portugal =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = = http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = GENERAL INFORMATION = = The Summer School will be held at Porto, Portugal, jointly organized by the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) and the Faculty of Engineering, Porto University (FEUP). = = Following last year experience, this year's edition also includes a POSTER/WORKSHOP SESSION providing a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PROGRAMME COMMITTEE = * Alexander Zien (Research Scientist at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany) = = * Carlos Soares (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economy, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Christopher Bishop (Deputy Managing Director at Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge and Chair of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK) = * Joaquim Marques de S=E1 (Full Professor, Dept. Electr. and Comp. Engineering, Fac. of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Jorge Santos(Assistant Professor, Engineering Polythecnic Institute, Porto, Portugal) = = * Mark Embrecht (Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI Troy, New York, U.S.A.) = = * Noelia S=E1nchez Maro=F1o (Assistant Professor, Coruna University, Spain) = = * Paulo Cortez (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal) = = * Petia Georgieva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal) = = * Yann Guermeur ((Scientific Director of the Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, France) = = = COURSE CONTENTS = = Neural networks (NN) have become a very important tool in classification and regression tasks. The applications are nowadays abundant, e.g. in the engineering, economy and biology areas. The Summer School on NN is dedicated to explain relevant NN paradigms, namely multilayer perceptrons (MLP), radial basis function networks (RBF) and support vector machines (SVM) used for classification and regression tasks, illustrated with applications to real data. Specific topics are also presented, namely Multi-Valued and UB Neurons , Functional Networks , MLP's with Entropic Criteria and Data Mining using NN. = = Classes include practical sessions with appropriate software tools. The trainee has, therefore, the opportunity to apply the taught concepts and become conversant with a broad range of NN topics and applications. A special workshop session will provide a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME = = A preliminary programme and further information about the classes are available at the school webpage (http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt) = = = = IMPORTANT DEADLINES = = Early Registration: 18 May 2008 = Poster Submission: 15 June 2008 = Hotel booking : 15 June 2008 = Summer School: 7-11 July 2008 = = All participants are required to register prior to the start of the School - until the June 15 - even if you choose to pay the late registration fee at the registration desk. = Please note that only a LIMITED number of participants can be accepted. = = = = REGISTRATION = = In order to attend the School you must fill in the registration form, available at the School web page. Please note that if you have any guests who would like to take part in the social programme, you must register them as well, by filling in the corresponding field in the registration form. = = = = SCHOOL FEES = = The registration fee for participants amounts to: = = - Early registration fee (paid before the 18th of May) = = * 350 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 400 Euro (all other participants) = = - Late registration fee (paid after the 18th of May) = = * 400 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 450 Euro (all other participants) = = The registration fee includes: = = * school package (manuscripts, lecture's notes, CD) = * coffee breaks = * daily lunch = * welcome reception = * school banquet = = NOTE: The registration fee for those who attended previous editions amounts to 25/30 euro per lecture and includes the school package and coffee-breaks. Please, contact the LOC for further details. = = = = LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC) = = - Helena Br=E1s Silva - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portu= gal = - Jorge M. Santos - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = - Rui Chibante - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = = = CONTACT ADDRESS = = Local Organizing Committee (LOC) - Summer School NN2008 = A/C Jorge M. Santos = Departamento de Matem=E1tica = Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto = Rua Dr. Ant=F3nio Bernardino de Almeida 431 = 4200-072 PORTO / PORTUGAL Email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = NN2008 Secretariat = Ms. Gabriela Afonso = Email: gafonso@fe.up.pt = = = = Programme Chair: = Prof. Joaquim Marques de S=E1 = Tel. +351 225081828 - Email: jmsa@fe.up.pt = = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailknoll.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pipermail/general/attachme= nts/20080207/d29ab170/attachment-0005.htm From stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk Fri Feb 8 16:25:18 2008 From: stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk (Stefan Wermter) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:49:52 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] Multimodal communication: NN special issue call for papers Message-ID: <47AC745E.8000303@sunderland.ac.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ?Multimodal communication and what it means to communicate? Special Issue of Neural Networks The general aim of this special issue is to focus on ?What it means to communicate? and to understand the neural, cognitive, formal, computational and developmental features that have led to communication differences between humans and animals. A number of interesting and successful research directions have been explored including learning by imitation, examining the origin of human rule based reasoning, studying the neural origins of language, exploring the evolutionary origins of the human mind, researching into verbal and nonverbal communication, using and interpreting signs, characterising human language by structural complexity, and representing abstract concepts. To complement this, computation and neural robotics aims to explore a multimodal understanding of verbal and visual communication for embodied action understanding leading towards formal models of knowledge representation and reasoning. We are looking for submissions in the areas including * Neural network models and theories for communication * Knowledge representation and hybrid models for communication * Plausible reasoning and uncertainty in communication * Multimodal integration and crossmodal neural models * Formals models of human communication * The role of neurally grounded emotion in communication * Bioinspired communicating agents with reasoning * Neuroscience-inspired robots and communication * Communicating agents with an understanding of emotion * Developmental approaches to communication * Neural networks and imitation * Neural approaches to sign and gesture * Mirror neuron system and multimodal integration * Embodiment of communication and action in robots * Language and action circuits * The role of formal memory in communication Co-Editors: Stefan Wermter (University of Sunderland) Vittorio Gallese (University of Parma) Friedemann Pulvermuller (MRC, Cambridge) John Taylor (King?s College, London) Submission: Deadline for submission: May1, 2008 Notification of acceptance: August1, 2008 Deadline for submission of revised papers: October1, 2008 Notification of final acceptance: November1, 2008 Format: see papers for the journal Neural Networks. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/841/description Submissions: To be sent to: Stefan Wermter as pdf files at the address below *************************************** Professor Stefan Wermter Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems School of Computing and Technology University of Sunderland St Peters Way Sunderland SR6 0DD United Kingdom phone: +44 191 515 3279 fax: +44 191 515 3553 email: stefan.wermter AT sunderland.ac.uk http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0stw/ http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/ **************************************** From info at icann2008.org Mon Feb 4 19:04:38 2008 From: info at icann2008.org (ICANN 2008) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:54:08 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] ICANN 2008: 2nd Call for Papers, Deadline is March 3, 2008 Message-ID: <200802041804.m14I4ctb052391@icann2008.org> Dear Colleagues This is the ICANN 2008 2nd Call for papers and special session proposals. The 18th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2008, will be held on September 3-6 at the Diplomat hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. ICANN - International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks is an annual conference organized since 1998 by the ENNS - European Neural Network Society in co-operation with the International Neural Network Society and the Japanese Neural Network Society and it is a premier event in all topics related to neural networks. ICANN 2008 welcomes contributions on the theory, algorithms and applications in the following broad areas: * Computational neuroscience * Connectionist cognitive science * Data analysis and pattern recognition * Graphical network models, Bayesian networks * Inductive Modelling * Hardware implementations and embedded systems * Intelligent Multimedia and the Semantic Web * Neural and hybrid architectures and learning algorithms * Neural control, planning and robotics applications * Neural dynamics and complex systems * Neuroinformatics * Real world applications * Self-organization * Sequential and structured information processing * Signal and time series processing, blind source separation * Vision and image processing We invite contributed papers for the ICANN 2008 on mentioned topics. Papers (maximum length 10 pages LNCS style) will be peer reviewed, and the proceedings of the ICANN will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Paper submission deadline: March 3, 2008 Special session proposals: Fabruary 20, 2008 Conference dates: September 3-6, 2008 For more information please visit http://www.icann2008.org Sincerely, Vera Kurkova Chair of the Program Committee of ICANN 2008 From aao at fe.up.pt Thu Feb 7 11:11:02 2008 From: aao at fe.up.pt (alexandra) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:54:08 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] First Announcement NN2008 Message-ID: <016201c86971$becd84e0$a56aa8c0@ineb.fe.up.pt> Apologies for multiple copies. = We appreciate if you can forward this Announcement to potential candidates. = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = SUMMER SCHOOL NN2008 = NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING = = July 7-11, 2008, Porto, Portugal =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = = http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = GENERAL INFORMATION = = The Summer School will be held at Porto, Portugal, jointly organized by the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) and the Faculty of Engineering, Porto University (FEUP). = = Following last year experience, this year's edition also includes a POSTER/WORKSHOP SESSION providing a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PROGRAMME COMMITTEE = * Alexander Zien (Research Scientist at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany) = = * Carlos Soares (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economy, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Christopher Bishop (Deputy Managing Director at Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge and Chair of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK) = * Joaquim Marques de S=E1 (Full Professor, Dept. Electr. and Comp. Engineering, Fac. of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Jorge Santos(Assistant Professor, Engineering Polythecnic Institute, Porto, Portugal) = = * Mark Embrecht (Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI Troy, New York, U.S.A.) = = * Noelia S=E1nchez Maro=F1o (Assistant Professor, Coruna University, Spain) = = * Paulo Cortez (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal) = = * Petia Georgieva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal) = = * Yann Guermeur ((Scientific Director of the Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, France) = = = COURSE CONTENTS = = Neural networks (NN) have become a very important tool in classification and regression tasks. The applications are nowadays abundant, e.g. in the engineering, economy and biology areas. The Summer School on NN is dedicated to explain relevant NN paradigms, namely multilayer perceptrons (MLP), radial basis function networks (RBF) and support vector machines (SVM) used for classification and regression tasks, illustrated with applications to real data. Specific topics are also presented, namely Multi-Valued and UB Neurons , Functional Networks , MLP's with Entropic Criteria and Data Mining using NN. = = Classes include practical sessions with appropriate software tools. The trainee has, therefore, the opportunity to apply the taught concepts and become conversant with a broad range of NN topics and applications. A special workshop session will provide a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME = = A preliminary programme and further information about the classes are available at the school webpage (http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt) = = = = IMPORTANT DEADLINES = = Early Registration: 18 May 2008 = Poster Submission: 15 June 2008 = Hotel booking : 15 June 2008 = Summer School: 7-11 July 2008 = = All participants are required to register prior to the start of the School - until the June 15 - even if you choose to pay the late registration fee at the registration desk. = Please note that only a LIMITED number of participants can be accepted. = = = = REGISTRATION = = In order to attend the School you must fill in the registration form, available at the School web page. Please note that if you have any guests who would like to take part in the social programme, you must register them as well, by filling in the corresponding field in the registration form. = = = = SCHOOL FEES = = The registration fee for participants amounts to: = = - Early registration fee (paid before the 18th of May) = = * 350 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 400 Euro (all other participants) = = - Late registration fee (paid after the 18th of May) = = * 400 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 450 Euro (all other participants) = = The registration fee includes: = = * school package (manuscripts, lecture's notes, CD) = * coffee breaks = * daily lunch = * welcome reception = * school banquet = = NOTE: The registration fee for those who attended previous editions amounts to 25/30 euro per lecture and includes the school package and coffee-breaks. Please, contact the LOC for further details. = = = = LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC) = = - Helena Br=E1s Silva - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portu= gal = - Jorge M. Santos - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = - Rui Chibante - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = = = CONTACT ADDRESS = = Local Organizing Committee (LOC) - Summer School NN2008 = A/C Jorge M. Santos = Departamento de Matem=E1tica = Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto = Rua Dr. Ant=F3nio Bernardino de Almeida 431 = 4200-072 PORTO / PORTUGAL Email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = NN2008 Secretariat = Ms. Gabriela Afonso = Email: gafonso@fe.up.pt = = = = Programme Chair: = Prof. Joaquim Marques de S=E1 = Tel. +351 225081828 - Email: jmsa@fe.up.pt = = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailknoll.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pipermail/general/attachme= nts/20080207/d29ab170/attachment-0006.htm From stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk Fri Feb 8 16:25:18 2008 From: stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk (Stefan Wermter) Date: Mon Feb 16 17:54:08 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] Multimodal communication: NN special issue call for papers Message-ID: <47AC745E.8000303@sunderland.ac.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ?Multimodal communication and what it means to communicate? Special Issue of Neural Networks The general aim of this special issue is to focus on ?What it means to communicate? and to understand the neural, cognitive, formal, computational and developmental features that have led to communication differences between humans and animals. A number of interesting and successful research directions have been explored including learning by imitation, examining the origin of human rule based reasoning, studying the neural origins of language, exploring the evolutionary origins of the human mind, researching into verbal and nonverbal communication, using and interpreting signs, characterising human language by structural complexity, and representing abstract concepts. To complement this, computation and neural robotics aims to explore a multimodal understanding of verbal and visual communication for embodied action understanding leading towards formal models of knowledge representation and reasoning. We are looking for submissions in the areas including * Neural network models and theories for communication * Knowledge representation and hybrid models for communication * Plausible reasoning and uncertainty in communication * Multimodal integration and crossmodal neural models * Formals models of human communication * The role of neurally grounded emotion in communication * Bioinspired communicating agents with reasoning * Neuroscience-inspired robots and communication * Communicating agents with an understanding of emotion * Developmental approaches to communication * Neural networks and imitation * Neural approaches to sign and gesture * Mirror neuron system and multimodal integration * Embodiment of communication and action in robots * Language and action circuits * The role of formal memory in communication Co-Editors: Stefan Wermter (University of Sunderland) Vittorio Gallese (University of Parma) Friedemann Pulvermuller (MRC, Cambridge) John Taylor (King?s College, London) Submission: Deadline for submission: May1, 2008 Notification of acceptance: August1, 2008 Deadline for submission of revised papers: October1, 2008 Notification of final acceptance: November1, 2008 Format: see papers for the journal Neural Networks. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/841/description Submissions: To be sent to: Stefan Wermter as pdf files at the address below *************************************** Professor Stefan Wermter Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems School of Computing and Technology University of Sunderland St Peters Way Sunderland SR6 0DD United Kingdom phone: +44 191 515 3279 fax: +44 191 515 3553 email: stefan.wermter AT sunderland.ac.uk http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0stw/ http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/ **************************************** From info at icann2008.org Mon Feb 4 19:04:38 2008 From: info at icann2008.org (ICANN 2008) Date: Mon Feb 16 19:17:57 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] ICANN 2008: 2nd Call for Papers, Deadline is March 3, 2008 Message-ID: <200802041804.m14I4ctb052391@icann2008.org> Dear Colleagues This is the ICANN 2008 2nd Call for papers and special session proposals. The 18th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2008, will be held on September 3-6 at the Diplomat hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. ICANN - International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks is an annual conference organized since 1998 by the ENNS - European Neural Network Society in co-operation with the International Neural Network Society and the Japanese Neural Network Society and it is a premier event in all topics related to neural networks. ICANN 2008 welcomes contributions on the theory, algorithms and applications in the following broad areas: * Computational neuroscience * Connectionist cognitive science * Data analysis and pattern recognition * Graphical network models, Bayesian networks * Inductive Modelling * Hardware implementations and embedded systems * Intelligent Multimedia and the Semantic Web * Neural and hybrid architectures and learning algorithms * Neural control, planning and robotics applications * Neural dynamics and complex systems * Neuroinformatics * Real world applications * Self-organization * Sequential and structured information processing * Signal and time series processing, blind source separation * Vision and image processing We invite contributed papers for the ICANN 2008 on mentioned topics. Papers (maximum length 10 pages LNCS style) will be peer reviewed, and the proceedings of the ICANN will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Paper submission deadline: March 3, 2008 Special session proposals: Fabruary 20, 2008 Conference dates: September 3-6, 2008 For more information please visit http://www.icann2008.org Sincerely, Vera Kurkova Chair of the Program Committee of ICANN 2008 From aao at fe.up.pt Thu Feb 7 11:11:02 2008 From: aao at fe.up.pt (alexandra) Date: Mon Feb 16 19:17:57 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] First Announcement NN2008 Message-ID: <016201c86971$becd84e0$a56aa8c0@ineb.fe.up.pt> Apologies for multiple copies. = We appreciate if you can forward this Announcement to potential candidates. = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = SUMMER SCHOOL NN2008 = NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING = = July 7-11, 2008, Porto, Portugal =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = = http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = GENERAL INFORMATION = = The Summer School will be held at Porto, Portugal, jointly organized by the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) and the Faculty of Engineering, Porto University (FEUP). = = Following last year experience, this year's edition also includes a POSTER/WORKSHOP SESSION providing a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PROGRAMME COMMITTEE = * Alexander Zien (Research Scientist at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany) = = * Carlos Soares (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economy, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Christopher Bishop (Deputy Managing Director at Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge and Chair of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK) = * Joaquim Marques de S=E1 (Full Professor, Dept. Electr. and Comp. Engineering, Fac. of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal) = = * Jorge Santos(Assistant Professor, Engineering Polythecnic Institute, Porto, Portugal) = = * Mark Embrecht (Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI Troy, New York, U.S.A.) = = * Noelia S=E1nchez Maro=F1o (Assistant Professor, Coruna University, Spain) = = * Paulo Cortez (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal) = = * Petia Georgieva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal) = = * Yann Guermeur ((Scientific Director of the Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, France) = = = COURSE CONTENTS = = Neural networks (NN) have become a very important tool in classification and regression tasks. The applications are nowadays abundant, e.g. in the engineering, economy and biology areas. The Summer School on NN is dedicated to explain relevant NN paradigms, namely multilayer perceptrons (MLP), radial basis function networks (RBF) and support vector machines (SVM) used for classification and regression tasks, illustrated with applications to real data. Specific topics are also presented, namely Multi-Valued and UB Neurons , Functional Networks , MLP's with Entropic Criteria and Data Mining using NN. = = Classes include practical sessions with appropriate software tools. The trainee has, therefore, the opportunity to apply the taught concepts and become conversant with a broad range of NN topics and applications. A special workshop session will provide a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. = = = PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME = = A preliminary programme and further information about the classes are available at the school webpage (http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt) = = = = IMPORTANT DEADLINES = = Early Registration: 18 May 2008 = Poster Submission: 15 June 2008 = Hotel booking : 15 June 2008 = Summer School: 7-11 July 2008 = = All participants are required to register prior to the start of the School - until the June 15 - even if you choose to pay the late registration fee at the registration desk. = Please note that only a LIMITED number of participants can be accepted. = = = = REGISTRATION = = In order to attend the School you must fill in the registration form, available at the School web page. Please note that if you have any guests who would like to take part in the social programme, you must register them as well, by filling in the corresponding field in the registration form. = = = = SCHOOL FEES = = The registration fee for participants amounts to: = = - Early registration fee (paid before the 18th of May) = = * 350 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 400 Euro (all other participants) = = - Late registration fee (paid after the 18th of May) = = * 400 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff) = = * 450 Euro (all other participants) = = The registration fee includes: = = * school package (manuscripts, lecture's notes, CD) = * coffee breaks = * daily lunch = * welcome reception = * school banquet = = NOTE: The registration fee for those who attended previous editions amounts to 25/30 euro per lecture and includes the school package and coffee-breaks. Please, contact the LOC for further details. = = = = LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC) = = - Helena Br=E1s Silva - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portu= gal = - Jorge M. Santos - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = - Rui Chibante - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal = = = = CONTACT ADDRESS = = Local Organizing Committee (LOC) - Summer School NN2008 = A/C Jorge M. Santos = Departamento de Matem=E1tica = Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto = Rua Dr. Ant=F3nio Bernardino de Almeida 431 = 4200-072 PORTO / PORTUGAL Email: nn-2008@isep.ipp.pt = = = = NN2008 Secretariat = Ms. Gabriela Afonso = Email: gafonso@fe.up.pt = = = = Programme Chair: = Prof. Joaquim Marques de S=E1 = Tel. +351 225081828 - Email: jmsa@fe.up.pt = = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.neuro-it.net/pipermail/general/attachments/20080207/d29ab1= 70/attachment-0007.htm From stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk Fri Feb 8 16:25:18 2008 From: stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk (Stefan Wermter) Date: Mon Feb 16 19:17:57 2009 Subject: [Neuro-IT] Multimodal communication: NN special issue call for papers Message-ID: <47AC745E.8000303@sunderland.ac.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ?Multimodal communication and what it means to communicate? Special Issue of Neural Networks The general aim of this special issue is to focus on ?What it means to communicate? and to understand the neural, cognitive, formal, computational and developmental features that have led to communication differences between humans and animals. A number of interesting and successful research directions have been explored including learning by imitation, examining the origin of human rule based reasoning, studying the neural origins of language, exploring the evolutionary origins of the human mind, researching into verbal and nonverbal communication, using and interpreting signs, characterising human language by structural complexity, and representing abstract concepts. To complement this, computation and neural robotics aims to explore a multimodal understanding of verbal and visual communication for embodied action understanding leading towards formal models of knowledge representation and reasoning. We are looking for submissions in the areas including * Neural network models and theories for communication * Knowledge representation and hybrid models for communication * Plausible reasoning and uncertainty in communication * Multimodal integration and crossmodal neural models * Formals models of human communication * The role of neurally grounded emotion in communication * Bioinspired communicating agents with reasoning * Neuroscience-inspired robots and communication * Communicating agents with an understanding of emotion * Developmental approaches to communication * Neural networks and imitation * Neural approaches to sign and gesture * Mirror neuron system and multimodal integration * Embodiment of communication and action in robots * Language and action circuits * The role of formal memory in communication Co-Editors: Stefan Wermter (University of Sunderland) Vittorio Gallese (University of Parma) Friedemann Pulvermuller (MRC, Cambridge) John Taylor (King?s College, London) Submission: Deadline for submission: May1, 2008 Notification of acceptance: August1, 2008 Deadline for submission of revised papers: October1, 2008 Notification of final acceptance: November1, 2008 Format: see papers for the journal Neural Networks. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/841/description Submissions: To be sent to: Stefan Wermter as pdf files at the address below *************************************** Professor Stefan Wermter Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems School of Computing and Technology University of Sunderland St Peters Way Sunderland SR6 0DD United Kingdom phone: +44 191 515 3279 fax: +44 191 515 3553 email: stefan.wermter AT sunderland.ac.uk http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0stw/ http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/ ****************************************