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Call For Papers:  Brain Informatics 2009 (updated) [Apologies if you receive this more than once] ###############################################################                Brain Informatics 2009                   CALL FOR PAPERS ############################################################### 2009 International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI 2009) October 22-24, 2009, Beijing, China Homepage: http://www.wici-lab.org/amtbi09/ Mirror page: http://www.iwici.org/amtbi09/ Organized and sponsored by Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC) Co-sponsored by Chinese Society of Radiology, Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ################################################################## # Papers Due: *** May 22, 2009 *** # Accepted papers will be published by Springer as a volume of # the series of LNCS/LNAI, which are indexed by EI. # Extensions of selected papers from the proceedings will be # considered for publication in special issues of journals, # including Computational Intelligence, An International Journal # (Wiley-Blackwell). ################################################################## Brain Informatics (BI) has recently emerged as an interdisciplinary research field that focuses on studying the mechanisms underlying the human information processing system (HIPS).  It investigates the essential functions of the brain, ranging from perception to thinking, and encompassing such areas as multi-perception, attention, memory, language, computation, heuristic search, reasoning, planning, decision-making, problem-solving, learning, discovery, and creativity. The goal of BI is to develop and demonstrate a systematic approach to achieving an integrated understanding of both macroscopic and microscopic level working principles of the brain, by means of experimental, computational, and cognitive neuroscience studies, as well as utilizing advanced Web Intelligence (WI) centric information technologies.  BI represents a potentially revolutionary shift in the way that research is undertaken.  It attempts to capture new forms of collaborative and interdisciplinary work.  In this vision, new kinds of BI methods and global research communities will emerge, through infrastructure on the wisdom Web and knowledge grids that enables high speed and distributed, large-scale analysis and computations, and radically new ways of sharing data/knowledge. Brain Informatics 2009 provides a leading international forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields, such as computer science, information technology, artificial intelligence, Web intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience, medical science, life science, economics, data mining, data and knowledge engineering, intelligent agent technology, human computer interation, complex systems, and system science, to explore the main research problems in BI lie in the interplay between the studies of human brain and the research of informatics.  On the one hand, one models and characterizes the functions of the human brain based on the notions of information processing systems. WI centric information technologies are applied to support brain science studies.  For instance, the wisdom Web and knowledge grids enable high-speed, large-scale analysis, simulation, and computation as well as new ways of sharing research data and scientific discoveries.  On the other hand, informatics-enabled brain studies, e.g., based on fMRI, EEG, MEG significantly broaden the spectrum of theories and models of brain sciences and offer new insights into the development of human-level intelligence on the wisdom Web and knowledge grids. Brain Informatics 2009 will be jointly held with the 2009 International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT 2009).   The two conferences will have a joint opening, keynote, reception, and banquet. Attendees only need to register for one conference and can attend workshops, sessions, exhibits and demonstrations across the two conferences. +++++++++++++++++++ Topics of Interest +++++++++++++++++++ CONFERENCE TOPICS AND AREAS INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO - Thinking and perception-centric investigations of HIPS: * Human reasoning mechanisms   (e.g., principles of human deductive/inductive reasoning,    common-sense reasoning, decision making, and problem solving) * Human learning mechanisms (e.g., stability, personalized user/student models) * Emotion, heuristic search, information granularity, and autonomy related   issues in human reasoning and problem solving * Human higher cognitive functions and their relationships * Human multi-perception mechanisms and visual, auditory,   and tactile information processing * Methodologies for systematic design of cognitive experiments * Investigating spatiotemporal characteristics and flow in HIPS and   the related neural structures and neurobiological process * Cognitive architectures * ACT-R meets fMRI/EEG/MEG * HIPS meets complex systems * Modeling brain information processing mechanisms   (e.g., neuro-mechanism, mathematical, cognitive and computational models    of HIPS). - Information technologies for the management and use of brain data: * Human brain data collection, pre-processing, management, and analysis * Databasing the brain and constructing data brain models * Data brain modeling and formal conceptual models of human brain data * Multi-media brain data mining and reasoning * Multi-aspect analysis in fMRI/EEG/MEG activations * Simulating spatiotemporal characteristics and flow in HIPS * Developing brain data grids and brain research support portals * Knowledge representation and discovery in neuroimaging * Multimodal information fusion for brain image interpretation * Statistical analysis and pattern recognition in neuroimaging - Applications * Neuro-economics and neuro-marketing * Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) * Brain/Cognition inspired artifical systems * Wisdom Web systems based on new cognitive and computational models * MCI and AD diagnosis * e-Science and e-Medicine ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On-Line Submissions and Publication ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ High-quality papers in all BI related areas are solicited. Papers exploring new directions will receive a careful and supportive review. All submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. The proceeding of the conference will be published by Springer as a volume of the series of Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI). Extensions of selected papers from the proceedings will be considered for publication in special issues of international journals, including Computational Intelligence: An International Journal (Wiley-Blackwell, http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0824-7935). Authors are strongly encouraged to use Springer LNCS/LNAI manuscript submission guidelines (available at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) for their initial submissions. All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format only, using the conference management tool. We will also have poster, demonstration, and late breaking result paper sessions. More detailed instructions and a paper submission form can be found the BI'09 Web page at http://www.wici-lab.org/amtbi09/ +++++++ Awards +++++++ BI 2009 best paper awards and student paper awards will be conferred on the authors at the conference. Also a selected number of BI 2009 accepted papers will be expanded and revised for inclusion in several international journals, including Computational Intelligence: An International Journal (Wiley-Blackwell, http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0824-7935). ++++++++++++++++ Important Dates ++++++++++++++++ Electronic submission of full papers (12 pages in Springer LNAI/LNCS style file):  May 22, 2009 Notification of paper acceptance: June 25, 2009 Camera-ready of accepted papers: July 24, 2009 Conference:  October 22-24, 2009 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference Organization ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference General Chairs: * Setsuo Ohsuga, University of Tokyo, Japan * Lin Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Program Chairs: * Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan * Kuncheng Li, Xuanwu Hospital/Capital Medical University, China Workshop Chairs: * Yiyu Yao, University of Regina, Canada * Runhe Huang, Hosei University, Japan Organizing Chairs: * Shengfu Lu, International WIC Institute/BJUT, China * Yulin Qin, International WIC Institute/BJUT, China Publicity Chairs: * Jian Yang, International WIC Institute/BJUT, China * Jiajin Huang, International WIC Institute/BJUT, China WIC Co-Chairs/Directors: * Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan * Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK WIC Advisory Board: * Edward A. Feigenbaum, Stanford University, USA * Setsuo Ohsuga, University of Tokyo, Japan * Benjamin Wah, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA * Philip Yu, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA * L.A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA WIC Tech. Committee & WI/IAT Steering Committee: * Jeffrey Bradshaw, UWF/Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA * Nick Cercone, York University, Canada * Dieter Fensel, University of Innsbruck, Austria * Georg Gottlob, Oxford University, UK * Lakhmi Jain, University of South Australia, Australia * Jianchang Mao, Yahoo! Inc., USA * Pierre Morizet-Mahoudeaux, Compiegne University of Technology, France * Hiroshi Motoda, Osaka University, Japan * Toyoaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan * Andrzej Skowron, Warsaw University, Poland * Jinglong Wu, Okayama University, Japan * Xindong Wu, University of Vermont, USA * Yiyu Yao, University of Regina, Canada *** Contact Information *** Email: Jia Hu  hujia0601@gmail.com        Jiajin Huang  hjj@emails.bjut.edu.cn    Êղؠ  ·ÖÏí   ¶¥(0)