Challenges and Trends of Neural Information Processing

The 16th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP'09) will be held in Bangkok, the City of Angels, in the Kingdom of Thailand, otherwise known as the Land of Smiles. ICONIP'09 aims to bring together scientists, practitioners, and students worldwide, especially from the Asia-Pacific region, 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
Bioinformatics and Biomedical, Methods Applications
Other Emerging Computational


A pdf version of the Call for Papers can be found here.




Paper Submission

The ICONIP'09 online submission system is now open at Springer's Online Conference Service (OCS).

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 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 following special issue has been confirmed thus far:

Int. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, American Scientific Publisher
Topic: Molecular and quantum processes in the brain and their inspiration for novel neural network models and applications

More special issues in high quality journals will be announced shortly.



Important Dates

Submission deadline: June 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2009
Camera-ready manuscript and pre-registration: September 1, 2009


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