Topic Areas

Papers are solicited for, but not limited to the following tracks:

    Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

      Computational Neural Models
      Spiking Neurons
      Visual and Auditory Cortex
      Neural Encoding and Decoding
      Plasticity and Adaptation
      Brain Imaging (fMRI, MEG, EEG)
      Learning and Memory
      Inference and Reasoning
      Knowledge Acquisition and Language
      Perception, Emotion and Development
      Action and Motor Control
      Attractor and Associative Memory
      Neurodynamics, Complex Systems, and Chaos

    Models, Methods and Algorithms

      Stability and Convergence Analysis
      Neural Network Models (Feedforward/Recurrent/Self-organizing/Cellular/Hybrid Neural Networks)
      Supervised/Unsupervised/Reinforcement Learning/Deep Learning
      Statistical Learning Algorithms (PCA, ICA, Projection Pursuit Methods)
      Kernel Methods, Large Margin Methods and SVM
      Optimization Algorithms / Variational Methods
      Probabilistic and Information-Theoretic Methods
      Mixture Models, Graphical Models, Topic Models and Gaussian Processes
      Ensemble Learning, Committee Algorithms and Boosting
      Bayesian, Belief, Causal and Semantic Networks
      Model Selection and Structure Learning
      Feature Analysis and Clustering
      Sparsity and Feature Selection
      Pattern Analysis and Classification
      Matrix/Tensor Analysis and Factorization
      Temporal Models and Sequence Data
      Structured and Relational Data
      Embeddings and Manifold Learning
      Active Learning

    Vision and Auditory Modelling

      Visual Perception and Modelling
      Visual Selective Attention
      Statistical and Pattern Recognition
      Visual Features Analysis
      Object Recognition
      Motion and Tracking
      Natural Scene Statistics
      Image Segmentation
      Image Coding and Representation
      Auditory Perception and Modeling
      Source Separation
      Speech Recognition and Speech Synthesis
      Speaker Identification
      Audio and Speech Retrieval
      Music Modeling and Analysis

    Control, Robotics and Hardware

      Neuromorphic Hardware and Implementations
      Embedded Neural Networks
      Reconfigurable Systems
      Fuzzy Neural Networks
      Robotics: Neural Robotics, Cognitive Robotics, Developmental Robotics
      Multi-Agent Systems and Game Theory
      Reinforcement Learning
      Markov Decision Processes
      Planning and Decision Making
      Predictive State Representations
      Policy Search
      Action and Motor Control
      Visuomotor Control

    Novel Approaches and Applications

      Brain-Like Systems, Adaptive Intelligent Systems
      Brain-Computer Interfaces
      Granular Computing
      Evolutionary Neural Networks
      Hybrid Intelligent Systems
      Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering
      Neuroinformatics and Neuroengineering
      Systems Biology
      Time Series Prediction
      Information Retrieval
      Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
      Natural Language Processing