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Call
for Papers
Third
International Symposium on Neural Networks
May
29-31, 2006, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
http://www.acae.cuhk.edu.hk/~isnn2006
or http://cilab.uestc.edu.cn/isnn2006
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The
Third International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2006) will be held in Chengdu, as a sequel of ISNN 2005 in Chongqing
and ISNN 2004 in Dalian, China. Chengdu is the capital of
Sichuan (Szechwan) Province in southwestern China, a modern metropolitan with
2310-year history and rich cultural heritage, featuring relaxing lifestyle,
spicy Szechwan cuisine, and numerous historic and scenery sites nearby including three UNESCO World
Heritages (two cultural heritages: Dujiangyan--Qingcheng
Mountain, Emei Mountain--Leshan
Giant Buddha, one natural heritage: Jiuzhaigou--Huanglong). ISNN 2006 aims to
provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and
educators to present the state of the art of neural network research and
applications in diverse fields. The symposium will feature plenary speeches
given by worldwide renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, and
some special sessions focusing
on popular topics.
Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length
papers (6 pages normally and 10 pages maximum) by the submission deadline.
Potential organizers are also invited to enlist five or more papers with
cohesive topics to form special sessions. The submission of a paper implies
that the paper is original and has not been submitted under review or copyright
protected elsewhere and will be presented by an author if accepted. All
submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the field based on the criteria
of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The authors of accepted
papers will have an opportunity to revise their papers and take consideration
of the referees' comments and suggestions. All papers accepted and presented at
ISNN2006 will be published by Springer as multiple volumes of Lecture Notes in
Computer Science which are indexed by SCI-Expanded.
ISNN2006 has teamed up with the International Journal
of Neural Systems (IJNS), one of the distinguished journals on neural networks,
for publishing a Special Issue on Advances in Neural Networks. All submitted
papers will have opportunities for consideration for this Special Issue. The
selection will be carried out during the review process as well as at the
conference presentation stage. The Editor-in-Chief of IJNS and the guest
editors of the Special Issues will make decisions on submitted papers based
referees' comments and recommendations, as well as quality and presentation of
the papers, and select around twenty five papers. Authors of selected
outstanding papers will be asked to substantially extend and revise their
papers with additional original materials for further rounds of peer review
under the practice of IJNS. These papers must be extended and updated in a
significant and substantive way so that the amount of overlap between symposium
paper and journal submission is no more than 50%. Prospective authors should
submit their manuscripts directly to the guest editors before the deadline with
a copy to the Editor-in-Chief. Submitted papers must not be under consideration
by any other journal for publication. The final decision will be made based on
peer review reports by the guest editors of the special issue and the
Editor-in-Chief jointly.
Important dates:
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Special session proposal
(ISNN2006):
November 1, 2005
Paper submission (ISNN2006):
November
15, 2005
Notification of acceptance (ISNN2006):
December 15,
2005
Final paper submission
(ISNN2006):
January 15, 2006
Paper submission (IJNS Special Issue):
June 30, 2006
Notification of acceptance (IJNS Special Issue):
December 31, 2006
