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[WI-IAT 2015] IAT'15 Paper Submission Deadline extended to 15th May
by Teng Teck Hou April 13, 2015

April 13, 2015

[Apologies if you receive this more than once] ####################################################################### CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology 2015 (IAT 2015) Big Data in Global Brain and Social Networks December 6-9, 2015 / Singapore Homepage: http://wi-iat15.ntulily.org Sponsored By: IEEE Computer Society Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Memetic Computing Society (MC) (EXTENDED FULL PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: *** May 15, 2015 ***) ####################################################################### ++++++++++++++++ KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ++++++++++++++++ * Joseph Sifakis (Turing Award 2007) Professor at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Director, Centre de Recherche Integrative (CRI) in Grenoble, France * Francis Heylighen Director, Global Brain Institute Professor at Free University of Brussels, Belgium * Steven E. Koonin Director, Center for Urban Science and Progress New York University, USA * Gee-Wah Ng Programme Director, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore * Sarit Kraus (AAAI, ECCAI and ACM Fellow) Professor of Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland, USA * Dominik Slezak Professor at University of Warsaw, Poland Chief Scientist, Infobright Inc. ++++++++++++++++ SPECIAL SESSIONS ++++++++++++++++ * Agents in Urban Computing and Engineering Shih-Fen Cheng, Singapore Management University, Singapore * Artificial Intelligence for Aging in-Place Chunyan Miao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Cyril Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada The 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'15) will be held in Singapore on December 6-9, 2015, hosted by the Joint NTU-UBC Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the Elderly (LILY) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Living Analytics Research Centre at Singapore Management University (SMU). Co-located with the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'15), IAT'15 is sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Intelligent Informatics (TCII), Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC), ACM-SIGAI, and Memetic Computing Society. IAT'15 will feature special thematic workshops, technical sessions, tutorials and panels. Conference programme will further include a welcome reception, keynotes, demos, poster sessions, and a banquet. Attendees only need one registration to attend all technical events. TOPICS AND AREAS (INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO) * Autonomy-Oriented Computing * Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Engineering * Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Modeling * Knowledge and Information Agents * Autonomous Auction and Negotiation * Distributed Problem Solving * Cooperation & Coordination * Agent Systems Applications ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IAT'15 solicits original work submitted as a regular paper (limited to 8 pages) or as short paper (limited to 4 pages) in IEEE 2-column format. Each paper will be peer-reviewed by at least three PC members on the basis of technical quality, relevance, originality, significance and clarity. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and indexed by EI. Selected IAT'15 papers will be further invited for expansion and publication in Web Intelligence and Agent Systems and other international Journals. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR TUTORIALS/PANELS +++++++++++++++++++++++++ IAT'15 solicits proposals for tutorials and panels on specific topics of interests, which will form an integral part of the conference program. Inquiries and submission of proposals should be addressed to the respective chairs. ++++++ AWARDS ++++++ Best Paper awards will be conferred at the conference on the authors of (1) the best research paper, (2) the best student paper. Application-oriented submissions will be considered for the best application paper award. +++++++++++++++ IMPORTANT DATES +++++++++++++++ Electronic Submission of Regular/Special Session Papers *** May 15, 2015 *** Tutorial Proposal Submission June 1, 2015 Workshop Paper Submission June 1, 2015 Demos and Posters Submission July 1, 2015 Notification on Conference Paper Acceptance July 1, 2015 Notification on Workshop Paper Acceptance July 15, 2015 Notification on Demo and Poster Acceptance August 1, 2015 ++++++++++++++++++++ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ++++++++++++++++++++ General Chairs * Ah-Hwee Tan, Singapore * Yuefeng Li, Australia Program Chair * Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore Program Vice-Chairs * Atsuhiro Takasu, Japan * Hoong-Chuin Lau, Singapore * Chunyan Miao, Singapore IAT Technical PC Chairs * Sarvapali Ramchurn, UK * Anita Raja, USA * Bo An, Singapore Local Organizing Chair * Meng-Hiot Lim, Singapore * Sufen Cheong, Singapore * Di Wang, Singapore Finance Chair and CyberChair-Master * Juzhen Dong, Japan Industry and Sponsorship Chairs * Xiaoli Li, Singapore * Richi Nayak, Australia * Saurav Karmakar, India Workshop Chairs * Bryan Kian-Hsiang Low, Singapore * Einoshin Suzuki, Japan * Jason Watson, Australia Tutorial Chairs * Pradeep Reddy Varakantham, Singapore * Yue Xu, Australia Demo/Poster Chair * Zhiqi Shen, Singapore * Yiqiang Chen, China Publicity Chairs * Xiaohui Tao, Australia * Teck-Hou Teng, Singapore Panel Chairs * Hady Lauw, Singapore * Neil Yorke-Smith, Lebanon Award Chairs * Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore * Raj Sunderraman, USA Webmaster * Jun Lin, Singapore * Yilin Kang, Singapore

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Theory-Experiment postdoctoral position in Paris with Shihab Shamma and Srdjan Ostojic
by Srdjan Ostojic April 12, 2015

April 12, 2015

A theory-experiment postdoctoral position is available at Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, on a collaborative project between the Shamma and Ostojic labs. The aim of the project is to investigate the neural bases of auditory discrimination in awake behaving ferrets by combining computational modeling, data-analysis and experimental recordings. The successful applicant will be based at the Group for Neural Theory, a highly interactive and dynamic environment situated in central Paris (see http://iec-lnc.ens.fr/group-for-neural-theory/) The Shamma lab where the neurophysiological recordings take place is located next door (http://www.iec-lsp.ens.fr/spip.php?rubrique30) The ideal candidate should be a computational neuroscientist with strong interest in experimental neuroscience, or the other way round. Starting dates are flexible. The position is for two years. Candidates should send a letter of motivation (2 pages max), the contact information of 2 or more referees and their CVs to srdjan.ostojic at ens.fr *BEFORE April 30th, 2015*. Srdjan Ostojic Group for Neural Theory Ecole Normale Superieure Paris 29, rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris, France

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PhD position in closed-loop software technologies for neuroscience research
by Pablo Varona April 10, 2015

April 10, 2015

Dear colleagues, A PhD position is available at the Biological Neurocomputation Group, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. This position is related to the development of software technologies for closed-loop experimental research in neuroscience. We seek a highly motivated PhD student with a Master's degree at the time of the formalization of the contract in one of the following (or related) disciplines: computer science, engineering, physics, prosthetics. Prior experience in the fields of real time software technology, C/C++ programming, control systems, electrophysiological recordings, EEG, neuroimaging, or computational neuroscience will be valuable. Enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research is required. Interested candidates, please send CV to Dr Pablo Varona: gnbuam(a)gmail.com Application procedure: applicants should send a CV and contact information for 2 references to Dr Pablo Varona (gnbuam(a)gmail.com) The deadline for applications is May 1st, 2015. http://www.ii.uam.es/~pvarona http://www.ii.uam.es/~gnb

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ECMLPKDD 2015: Summer School on Data Sciences for Big Data - Resource Aware Data Mining
by ECMLPKDD 2015 April 10, 2015

April 10, 2015

>From 2nd to 5th of September 2015, the TU Dortmund University and LIAAD-INESC TEC will organize a Summer School on Data Sciences for Big Data - Resource Aware Data Mining. The School will be hosted at Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto and is collocated with <http://ecmlpkdd2015.org/> ECMLPKDD 2015 - European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (http://www.ecmlpkdd2015.org/) For the summer school, world leading researchers in machine learning and data mining will give lectures on recent techniques dealing with huge amounts of data, spatio-temporal streaming data, distributed and graph data, sensors and embedded systems. The summer school is designed for Master and PhD students, and professionals who wanted to learn cutting edge techniques for data mining with constrained computational resources. For further details go to: <http://www.ecmlpkdd2015.org/summer-school/about> http://www.ecmlpkdd2015.org/summer-school/about

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Fwd: Fully-funded PhD studentship
by Shufan Yang April 9, 2015

April 9, 2015

Fully-funded PhD studentship: Neuro-inspired medical image processing based on hardware implementation. Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship (£13,750 pa for three years), to conduct research into neuro-inspired medical image processing. The project will develop new computational models of visual system for medical image processing, based on recent ideas from computer vision, spatial statistics and time-series analysis. The models will be implemented in an embedded hardware platform. All nationalities are eligible to apply, for details see: http://www.wlv.ac.uk/research/research-studentships/university-funded-phd-s… For application please follow the link below: http://www.wlv.ac.uk/research/research-studentships/university-funded-phd-s… Dr Shufan Yang Senior Lecturer in Computer Science School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, City Campus, Wolverhampton Phone: 01902 518594 EMail: s.yang(a)wlv.ac.uk Website: www.wlv.ac.uk/~in3429

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NEURON Summer Course early registration discount
by Ted Carnevale April 9, 2015

April 9, 2015

Applicants who sign up for "NEURON Fundamentals" or "Parallel Simulation with NEURON" by Monday, April 20, are eligible for an early registration discount: $150 for those who plan to stay on campus, $100 for those who make their own housing arrangements. Qualified applicants who sign up for both courses are eligible for an additional $100 discount. For more information about these courses and an online application form, see http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/static/courses/nscsd2015/nscsd2015.html or contact ted dot carnevale at yale dot edu

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GEM4 Meeting on Brain Mechanics
by Nathan Urban April 9, 2015

April 9, 2015

The deadline for student applications for the 10th anniversary GEM4 involving linking biology and mechanics on Mechanobiology of the Brain is next week (April 15). The final program for this 2 week course (June 22-July 3, 2015 at Carnegie Mellon University) with lectures and labs is at http://www.ices.cmu.edu/gem4. Best wishes and thanks again. Sincerely, Philip LeDuc Jimmy Hsia Subra Suresh

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Tenth Advanced Statistics and Data Mining Summer School (Madrid) - Early registration reminder
by asdm＠fi.upm.es April 9, 2015

April 9, 2015

Dear colleagues, We would like to remind you that the early registration period for the Advanced Statistics and Data Mining Summer School is open until June 7th. The summer school will be held in Boadilla del Monte, near Madrid, from June 29th to July 10th. As in previous years, the school comprises 12 week-long courses (15 lecture hours each), given during two weeks (six courses per week). Attendees may register in each course independently. No restrictions, besides those imposed by timetables, apply on the number or choice of courses. Extended information on course programmes, price, venue, accommodation and transport is available at the school's website: http://www.dia.fi.upm.es/ASDM Please, send this information to your colleagues, students, and whoever you think may find it interesting. Best regards, Pedro Larranaga, Concha Bielza, Bojan Mihaljevic and Laura Anton-Sanchez. -- School coordinators. *** List of courses and brief description *** * Week 1 (June 29th - July 3rd, 2015) * 1st session: 9:45-12:45 Course 1: Bayesian Networks (15 h) Basics of Bayesian networks. Inference in Bayesian networks. Learning Bayesian networks from data. Real applications. Practical demonstration: GeNIe, Weka, Bayesia, R. Course 2: Time Series(15 h) Basic concepts in time series. Descriptive methods for time series. Linear models for time series. Extensions. Practical demonstration: R. 2nd session: 13:45-16:45 Course 3: Supervised Pattern Recognition (15 h) Introduction. Assessing the performance of supervised classification algorithms. Preprocessing. Classification techniques. Combining multiple classifiers. Comparing supervised classification algorithms. Course 4: Bayesian Inference (15 h) Introduction: Bayesian basics. Conjugate models. MCMC and other simulation methods. Regression and Hierarchical models. Model selection. Practical demonstration: R and WinBugs. 3rd session: 17:00 - 20:00 Course 5: Neural Networks and Deep Learning (15 h) Introduction. Training algorithms. Learning and Optimization. MLPs in practice. Deep Networks. Course 6: Unsupervised Pattern Recognition (15 h) Introduction to clustering. Data exploration and preparation. Prototype-based clustering. Density-based clustering. Graph-based clustering. Cluster evaluation. Miscellanea. Conclusions and final advise. Practical session: R. * Week 2 (July 6th - July 10th, 2015) * 1st session: 9:45-12:45 Course 7: Statistical Inference(15 h) Introduction. Some basic statistical test. Multiple testing. Introduction to bootstrap methods. Introduction to Robust Statistics. Practical demonstration: R. Course 8: Bayesian Classifiers (15 h) Discrete predictors. Gaussian Bayesian networks-based classifiers. Other Bayesian classifiers. Bayesian classifiers for: positive and unlabeled data, semi-supervised learning, data streams, temporal data. Practical session: R. 2nd session: 13:45-16:45 Course 9: Text Mining (15 h) Introduction. Fundamentals. Language Modeling. String Processing. Text Classification. Information Extraction. Practical session: GATE (optionally, python). Course 10: Feature Subset Selection (15 h) Introduction. Filter approaches. Embedded methods. Wrapper methods. Advanced topics. Practical session: R and Weka. 3rd session: 17:00-20:00 Course 11: Support Vector Machines and Convex Optimization (15 h) Introduction. SVM models. SVM learning algorithms. Convex non differentiable optimization. Course 12: Hidden Markov Models (15 h) Introduction. Discrete Hidden Markov Models. Basic algorithms for Hidden Markov Models. Semicontinuous Hidden Markov Models. Continuous Hidden Markov Models. Unit selection and clustering. Speaker and Environment Adaptation for HMMs. Other applications of HMMs. Practical session: HTK.

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PhD or Post-Doc Position for facial expression recognition
by Fred Hamker April 8, 2015

April 8, 2015

A PhD (E 13 TV-L, 75%) or postdoctoral (E 13 TV-L) position is available at the Technical University of Chemnitz (Germany) in the Department of Computer Science. The position is funded initially until 30.09.2017, but is renewable pending availability of future funds. Starting date is as soon as possible. The research position is focused on facial expression recognition using methods of machine learning (e.g. active appearance models, deep learning) and neuro-computational modeling (e.g. brain inspired techniques for visual object recognition). The position is funded by a grant from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The candidate should have good programming experience and solid english language skills. A formal job search is available in german: https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/personal/stellen/257030_5_Re.php Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the state of Saxony and close to scenic mountains. Major cities nearby are Leipzig and Dresden with a rich tradition of music and culture. Applications should be sent by email (preferably in PDF format) to (fred.hamker(a)informatik.tu-chemnitz.de) as soon as possible. Applications shall be sent by April 30th, but later applications will be considered until the position is filled. -------------------- Prof. Dr. Fred H Hamker Artificial Intelligence & Neuro Cognitive Systems Department of Computer Science Chemnitz University of Technology Strasse der Nationen 62 D - 09107 Chemnitz Germany Tel: +49 (0)371 531-37875 Fax: +49 (0)371 531-25739 email: fred.hamker(a)informatik.tu-chemnitz.de www: http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/informatik/KI/

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7th International Summer School in Biomedical Engineering „New Instrumentation for brain measurements and stimulation“, 17th - 29th August 2015 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany
by Uwe Graichen April 8, 2015

April 8, 2015

Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce the 7th International Summer School in Biomedical Engineering on "New Instrumentation for brain measurements and stimulation" August, 17-29, 2015 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany. This event stands in the tradition of a series of successful summer schools on hot themes in biomedical engineering, dedicated to intense learning in the fruitful atmosphere of tight interaction between students and world-leading specialists. This year’s summer school is devoted to new hardware technologies for measuring and stimulating the brain, such as dry electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes, optically pumped magnetic field sensors, neuronal current imaging based on low-field magnetic resonance and multichannel transcranial current stimulation. In particular, the 7th International Summer School on Biomedical Engineering will focus on ways how these new technical advances may help to overcome current limitations in human neurosciences and medicine. It will cover both theoretical foundations and practical applications. We aim at a thorough understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Thus, we will develop a critical view on current applications and possible future developments. The second important aim of the summer school consists in providing contact with both leading experts in the field and other students with similar interests, thereby facilitating the exchange of ideas on latest developments in the field. Target Group: - PhD students - Advanced Master students - Researchers entering the field of brain measurement and stimulation techniques Further Information about the 7th International Summer School in Biomedical Engineering: www.iss2015.org We would be happy to receive your application. Please pass this announcement to your colleagues who might be interested. Sincerely, Jens Haueisen and Thomas Knösche

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