Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems Conference in Brazil

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BICS 2008 -Third International Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems
Conference

June 24-27, 2008 • São Luís, Brazil

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http://www.ufma.br/bics2008

General Chair: Allan Kardec Barros
Depto. Eng. Eletrica,
Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Brazil.

to be held at: Pestana São Luís, São Luís do Maranhão Brasil Hotels
http://www.pestana.com/hotels/en/hotels/southamerica/SaoLuisMaranhao/SaoLuis/Home/PestanaSaoLuis.htm

PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: 15 February 2008

Confirmed speakers:

Shun-ichi Amari (Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Japan)

José Carlos Príncipe (University of Florida Gainsville, USA)

Second International ICSC Symposium on Models of Consciousness (MoC
2008) From foundations to implementations
Chair: Ron Chrisley , University of Sussex, U.K.

Fourth International ICSC Symposium on Biologically Inspired Systems
(BIS 2008) Design and implementation of biologically inspired and neuromorphic
systems
Chair: Leslie Smith, University of Stirling, U.K.

Third International ICSC Symposium on Cognitive Neuro Science (CNS
2008) Models of cognitive systems;
Chair: Igor Aleksander, Imperial College London, U.K

Fifth International ICSC Symposium on Neural Computation (NC 2008) Progress in neural systems
Chair: Amir Hussain, University of Stirling, U.K.

Why this conference, and who should attend:

The biennial Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems 2008 aims to bring
together
leading scientists and engineers who use analytic, formal or
computational
methods both to understand the prodigious processing properties of
biological
systems, particularly the brain, and to exploit such knowledge to
advance
technology towards ever higher levels of cognitive competence. The
four major
symposia are organized in patterns that encourage
cross-fertilization across the symposia topics. This emphasizes
that, following
the success of BICS 2004 (Stirling, Scotland) and BICS 2006
(Greece), BICS 2008
will continue be a major point of contact for
researchers and practitioners who can benefit from not only the
major advances
in their specialist fields but also from the diversity of each
other’s views.
Each of the four mornings is devoted to papers that will be selected
for their
clear novelty and proven scientific impact, while the afternoons
will provide
scope for researchers to present their current work and discuss
their aims and
ambitions. Debates across disciplines will unite researchers with
differing
perspectives.

You may submit your abstract here

SUB-THEMES (including, but not limited to):

Models of consciousness: (MoC)
Global Workspace Theory
Imagination/synthetic phenomenology
Virtual Machine Approaches
Axiomatic Models
Control Theory/Methodology
Developmental/Infant Models
Will/volition/emotion/affect
Philosophical implications
Grounding in neurophysiology
Enactive approaches
Heterophenomenology

Cognitive Neuroscience (CNS)
Attentional Mechanisms
Cognitive Neuroscience of Sensory Modalities
CN of volition Affective
Systems Language Cortical Models
Sub-Cortical Models
Cerebellar Models
Eventlocation in the brain
Others

Biologically Inspired Systems (BIS)
Brain Inspired (BI) Vision
BI Audition and sound processing
BI Other sensory modalities
BI Motion processing
BI Robotics
BI Evolutionary systems
BI Oscillatory systems
BI Signal processing
BI Learning
Neuromorphic systems
Others

Neural Computation (NC)
Hybrid Systems
NC Learning
NC Control Systems
NC Signal Processing
Architectures
Devices
Pattern Classifiers
Support Vector Machines
Fuzzy or Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
Evolutionary Neural Networks
Biological Neural Network Models
Applications
Others

Important Dates:
July 2008
Acceptance – March/April/2008

Publications:
selected, expanded and revised BICS2008 papers will be published in
follow-on
special issues of international journals

ORGANIZED BY:

Planning Division
ICSC Interdisciplinary Research
NAISO Natural and Artificial Intelligence Systems Organization Canada

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