=================================================================== First Call for Papers: ICANN 2011 The Twentieth Anniversary ICANN is back at its roots: Machine learning re-inspired by brain and cognition International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks 14 - 17 June 2011, Espoo, Finland http://www.cis.hut.fi/icann2011 IMPORTANT DATES: Submission of full papers: Jan 14, 2011 Notification of acceptance: March 1, 2011 Camera-ready paper and author registration: April 1, 2011 Advance registration before: April 15, 2011 =================================================================== The International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN) is the annual flagship conference of the European Neural Network Society (ENNS). In 2011, ICANN returns to its roots after 20 years. The very first ICANN in 1991 was organized at Helsinki University of Technology in Espoo, Finland. We invite all neural network researchers worldwide to join us in celebrating this 20th anniversary of ICANN and to see the latest advancements in our fast progressing field. ICANN 2011 will have two tracks: Brain-inspired computing and Machine learning research, with PC chairs from both worlds and a renewed reviewing system. Keynote speakers and competitions will highlight cross-disciplinary interactions and applications. CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS: Riitta Hari, Aalto University, http://ltl.tkk.fi/wiki/Riitta_Hari Geoffrey Hinton, University of Toronto, http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~hinton/ Aapo Hyvarinen, University of Helsinki, http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ahyvarin/ ORGANIZATION: General chair: Erkki Oja Program co-chairs: Wlodzislaw Duch, Mark Girolami, Timo Honkela, Samuel Kaski Workshop chair: Alexander Ilin Local chair: Amaury Lendasse Publicity chair: Jaakko Peltonen Organizing committee members: Francesco Corona, Krista Lagus, Yoan Miche, Ilari Nieminen, Mari-Sanna Paukkeri, Tapani Raiko, Ricardo Vigario VENUE: ICANN 2011 will be held in the Dipoli Congress Center located on the beautiful campus of Aalto University (former Helsinki University of Technology), in Espoo (8km west from the city centre of Helsinki). CONFERENCE TOPICS: ICANN 2011 will feature two main tracks: Brain inspired computing and Machine learning research, with strong cross-disciplinary interactions and applications. A non-exhaustive list of topics: - Brain inspired computing: Connectionist cognitive science, Neural and hybrid architectures and learning algorithms, Neural control and planning, Reinforcement learning, Computational neuroscience, Neural dynamics and complex systems, Self-organization, Neuro- cognitive architectures - Machine learning research: Graphical models, Bayesian networks, Kernel methods, Generative models, Relational learning, Online learning, Dynamical models, Reinforcement learning - Applications and cross-disciplinary connections: Data analysis, Pattern recognition, Signal and time series processing, Blind source separation, Hardware implementations and embedded systems, Intelligent multimedia, Knowledge management, Multimodal interfaces, Vision and image processing, Speech and language processing, Robotics applications, Intelligent control, Neuroinformatics, Bioinformatics, Biomedical applications, Brain- computer interfaces, Critical infrastructure systems, Complex networks WORKSHOPS: A call for workshops will be opened in October. WSOM 2011, the 8th Workshop on Self-Organizing Maps (13-15 June 2011) will be co-located with ICANN 2011. COMPETITIONS: Mind reading competition on MEG data META-NET Multimodal Machine Translation Challenge PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Details will be available soon on the web site. ICANN 2011 is supported by ENNS. ====== See http://www.cis.hut.fi/icann2011 for more details! ======