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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
SBRN'2002 - VII BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON NEURAL NETWORKS
Recife, November 11-14, 2002
(http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~sbiarn02/sbrn02.html)
Symposium
The biannual Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (SBRN) - of which this
is the 7th event - is a forum dedicated to Neural Networks (NNs) and other models of
computational intelligence. The emphasis of the Symposium will be on original theories
and novel applications of these computational models. The Symposium welcomes paper
submissions from researchers, practitioners, and students worldwide.
The IEEE Computer Society will publish the proceedings. Selected, extended, and
revised papers from SBRN'2002 will be also considered for publication in a special
issue of the International Journal of Neural Systems and of the Journal of Intelligent
and Fuzzy Systems.
SBRN'2002 is sponsored by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) and co-sponsored by
SIG/INNS/Brazil Special Interest Group of the International Neural Networks Society in
Brazil. It will take place November 11-14, and will be held in Recife at a beach
resort.
Recife, located on the northeast coast of Brazil, is known as the "Brazilian Venice"
because of its many canals and waterways and the innumerable bridges that span them.
It is the major gateway to the Northeast with regular flights to all major cities in
Brazil as well as Lisbon, London, Frankfurt, and Miami. See more information about the
place (http://www.braziliantourism.com.br/pe-pt1-en.html) that will host the event.
SBRN'2002 will be held in conjunction with the XVI Brazilian Symposium on
Artificial Intelligence (http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~sbiarn02/sbia02.html)
(SBIA). SBIA
has its main focus on symbolic AI. Crossfertilization of these fields will be strongly
encouraged. Both Symposiums will feature keynote speeches and tutorials by
world-leading researchers. The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2002.
*Sponsored by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC)
* Co-Sponsored by SIG/INNS/Brazil Special Interest Group of the International Neural
Networks Society in Brazil
* Organised by the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)/Centre of Informatics (CIn)
* Published by the IEEE Computer Society
Deadlines:
Submission: 15 April 2002
Acceptance: 17 June 2002
Camera-ready: 22 August 2002
Non-exhaustive list of topics:
Applications: finances, data mining, neurocontrol, time series analysis,
bioinformatics; Architectures: cellular NNs, hardware and software implementations,
new models, weightless models; Cognitive Sciences: adaptive behaviour, natural
language, mental processes; Computational Intelligence: evolutionary systems, fuzzy
systems, hybrid systems; Learning: algorithms, evolutionary and fuzzy techniques,
reinforcement learning; Neurobiological Systems: bio-inspired systems, biologically
plausible networks, vision; Neurocontrol: robotics, dynamic systems, adaptive control;
Neurosymbolic processing: hybrid approaches, logical inference, rule extraction,
structured knowledge; Pattern Recognition: signal processing, artificial/computational
vision; Theory: radial basis functions, Bayesian systems, function approximation,
computability, learnability, computational complexity.
Paper Submission:
Prospective authors are invited to submit 6-page, 10-point, double-column
papers (pdf format only) written in English, Portuguese or Spanish - following the
IEEE Computer Society form (http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm). Please, do not
include in the paper any information concerning the authors.
The submissions will be handled electronically, using the WIMPE systems
(WEB-based submission form -
http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~sbrn2002/wimpe/forms/authpaper_reg.html).
All papers will be thoroughly reviewed by
the program committee (at least 2 reviewers) in order to identify the originality and
their scientific and practical contribution to the state of the art.
The IEEE Computer Society Press will publish the first volume of the Proceedings, in
time for distribution at the symposium. It will include only accepted papers written
in English and abstracts of accepted papers written in Portuguese or Spanish. A second
volume will be issued as a CD-ROM, and will contain accepted papers originally written
in Portuguese or Spanish.
Also as previously mentioned, selected, extended, and revised papers from SBRN'2002
will be also considered for publication in a special issue of the International
Journal of Neural Systems and of the Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems.
General Chair:
Teresa B. Ludermir (UFPE/CIn, Brazil)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Program Chair:
Marcilio C. P. de Souto (UFPE/CIn, Brazil)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Publications Chair:
Marley Vellasco (PUC-RJ, Brazil)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steering Committee:
Aluizio F. R. Araujo (USP-SC, BR)
Antonio de P. Braga (UFMG, BR)
Andre P. L. F. de Carvalho (USP-SC, BR)
Teresa B. Ludermir (UFPE, BR)
Carlos H. C. Ribeiro (ITA, BR)
Marc�lio C. P. de Souto (UFPE, BR)
Marley Vellasco (PUC-RJ, BR)
Gerson Zaverucha (UFRJ, BR)
Program Committee (confirmed):
Igor Aleksander (Imperial College, UK)
Aluizio F. R. Araujo (USP-SC, BR)
Pierre Baldi (Univ. of California at Irvine, USA)
Valmir C. Barbosa (UFRJ, BR)
Allan Kardec D. Barros (UFMA, BR)
Antonio de P. Braga (UFMG, BR)
Anne M. de P. Canuto (UFRN, BR)
Otavio A. S. Carpiteiro (EFEI, BR)
Andre P. L. F. Carvalho (USP-SC, BR)
Alejandro Ceccatto (Univ. of Rosario, AR)
Phillipe DeWilde (Imperial College, UK)
Paulo M. Engel (UFRGS, BR)
Felipe Fran�a (UFRJ, BR)
Paolo Frasconi, (Univ. of Firenze, ITALY)
Fernando Gomide (UNICAMP, BR)
Maria Eunice Gonzalez (UNESP-Marilia, BR)
Stephen Grossberg (Boston University, USA)
Bart Kosko (University of Southern California, USA)
Teresa B. Ludermir (UFPE, BR)
Wolfgang Maass (Technische Univ. Graz, AUSTRIA)
Marcio L. de Andrade Netto (UNICAMP, BR)
Jose R. C. Piqueira (USP, BR)
Jose Pr�ncipe (Univ. of Florida, USA)
Carlos H. C. Ribeiro (ITA, BR)
Asim Roy (Arizona State Univ., USA)
Jude W. Shavlik (Univ. of Wisconsin, USA)
Marcilio C. P. de Souto (UFPE, BR)
Harold Szu (Univ. of SW Lousiana, USA)
Germano C.Vasconcelos (UFPE, BR)
Marley Vellasco (PUC-RJ, BR)
Takashi Yoneyama (ITA, BR)
Gerson Zaverucha (UFRJ, BR)
Hani C. Yehia (UFMG, BR)
Jacek M. Zurada (Univ. of Louisville, USA)
