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The 13th International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI2020)

September 19, 2020, Virtual Conference

 Homepage: http://www.bi2020.org/

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          Brain Informatics in the Virtual World
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Papers Submission Deadline: June 15, 2020.
Abstracts Submission Deadline: July 1, 2020.

Registration Fee: GBP £ 100.00 (One Hundred Only)

* On-line Submission of Papers/Abstracts:
https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2020/bi20/scripts/submit.php?subarea=B

The International Conference on Brain Informatics series (BI) has established itself as the world's premier research forum that brings together researchers and practitioners from 
neuroscience, cognitive science, computer science, data science, artificial intelligence, information communication technologies, and neuroimaging technologies with the purpose of exploring the fundamental roles, interactions as well as practical impacts of Brain Informatics.

The 13th International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI2020) will provide a broad forum that academia, professionals and industry people can exchange their ideas, findings, and strategies in brain informatics research and brain-inspired concepts and technologies. It welcomes emerging technologies for addressing fundamental neurobiological questions about healthy brain function, laying the groundwork for advancing treatments for brain disorders or injury, and for generating brain-inspired "smart" artificial intelligence and computing technologies to meet future societal needs. It will educate and expand the brain informatics workforce and create new career opportunities for brain research and related innovations.

*** Topics and Areas for Parallel Presentations ***
The BI2020 solicits high-quality original research and application papers (both full paper and abstract submissions). Relevant topics include but are not limited to:
Track 1: Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Brain Science
Track 2: Human Information Processing Systems
Track 3: Brain Big Data Analytics, Curation and Management
Track 4: Informatics Paradigms for Brain and Mental Health Research
Track 5: Brain-Machine Intelligence and Brain-Inspired Computing

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Paper Submission:
Authors are strongly encouraged to use Springer LNCS/LNAI manuscript submission guidelines ( available here: https://www.springer.com/jp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines ) for the initial submissions. All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF and DOC/RTF format in the Springer LNCS/LNAI style and should be limited to a maximum of 10 pages including figures and references.
All papers will be peer-reviewed and accepted based on originality, significance of contribution, technical merit, and presentation quality.
All papers accepted (and all special sessions' full length papers) will be published by Springer as a volume of the series of LNCS/LNAI.

Research Abstract:
Research abstracts are encouraged and will be accepted for presentations in an oral presentation format and/or poster presentation format.
Each abstract submission should include the title of the paper and an abstract body within 500 words.

Journal Opportunities:
High-quality BI conference papers will be nominated for a fast-track review and publication at the Brain Informatics Journal (https://braininformatics.springeropen.com/),    
an international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary Open Access journal published by Springer Nature.
Discount or no open access article-processing fee will be charged for BI conference paper authors.

Special Issues & Books:
Workshop/special session organizers and BI conference session chairs may consider and can be invited to prepare a book proposal of special topics
for possible book publication in the Springer-Nature Brain Informatics & Health Book Series (https://www.springer.com/series/15148),
or a special issue at the Brain Informatics Journal (https://braininformatics.springeropen.com/).


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* Abstract Submission and Publications *
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Research abstracts are encouraged and will be accepted for presentations in an oral presentation format. Abstracts have a word limit of 500 words. Experimental research is particularly welcome.

Title:
Include in the title of the abstract all words critical for a subject index. Write your title in sentence case (first letter is capitalized; remaining letters are lower case). Do not bold or italicize your full title.
Authors:
List all authors who contributed to the work discussed in the abstract. The presenting author must be listed in the first author slot of the list. Be prepared to submit contact information as well as conflict of interest information for each author listed.
Abstract:
Enter the body of the abstract and attach any applicable graphic files or tables here. Do not re-enter the title, author, support, or other information that is collected in other steps of the submission form.

* On-line Submission of Abstracts:

https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2020/bi20/scripts/submit.php?subarea=B


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15 June 2020: Papers submission deadline
1 July 2020: Notification of paper acceptance
1 July 2020: Submission of abstracts
15 July 2020: Notification of abstract acceptance
1 August 2020: Early-bird registration
1 August 2020: Paper registration deadline
19 September 2020: Main conference


Conference Venue
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Full Virtual Conference

ORGANIZERS
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General Chairs
Mufti Mahmud (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Stefano Vassanelli (University of Padova, Italy)
M Shamim Kaiser (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
Ning Zhong (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)

Advisors
Maurizio Corbetta (Padova Neuroscience Center, Italy)
Amir Hussain (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
Hanchuan Peng (SEU-Allen Institute for Brain & Intelligence, China)
Qionghai Dai (Tsinghua University, China)

Committee Members
Alessandra Bertoldo (University of Padova, Italy)
Michela Chiappalone (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
Michele Giugliano (International School for Advanced Studies, Italy)
Xiaohui Tao (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
Marzia Hoque Tania (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
Peipeng Liang (Capital Normal University, China)
Alberto Testolin (University of Padova, Italy)
Yang Yang (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)
Marco Dal Maschio (University of Padova, Italy)
Samir Suweis (University of Padova, Italy)
Marco Zorzi (University of Padova, Italy)
Saiful Azad (University of Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia)
Claudia Cecchetto (Okinawa Institute of Science & Tech., Japan)
Zhiqi Mao (Chinese PLA General Hospital, China)
Shouyi Wang (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)
Vicky Yamamoto (USC Keck School of Medicine, USA)