IJCNN 2015 - International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

July 12-17, 2015, Killarney Convention Center, Killarney, Ireland

This is the final Call for Papers, which are due in 3 days : Thursday, February 5th, 2015!!

IJCNN is the premier international conference in the area of neural network theory, analysis, and applications. Co-sponsored by the International Neural Network Society and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, over the last three decades this conference and its predecessors has hosted [past, present, and future] leaders of neural network research. In an era when neural networks are widely used and reported in many areas, scientists, engineers, educators, and students from all over the world can get the best overall view of neural networks, from neuroscience to advanced control systems to cognition, at the IJCNN.

*Competitions are underway!*

A winning certificate and free registration will be provided to the winner of each competition who attends IJCNN 2015. Remember to submit and related papers (if that is your intent) through the regular IJCNN2015 paper submission system. If you need any other information about the general organisation of the competitions, please do not hesitate to contact : Abir Hussain. IJCNN2015 Competition Chair. Liverpool John MooresU. UK 

1) ChaLearn AutoML challenge 

http://www.codalab.org/AutoML 

Here is your chance to realize the dream of many researchers in data science: create the "perfect black box", i.e. a learning machine capable of learning from examples without any human intervention. Until June we are progressively introducing 30 classification and regression tasks, with datasets pre-formatted in feature representations. Until February 14 you can win 2 sets of prizes in the:

. Round 0 Tweakathon: result or code submission on well known sample datasets (preparation phase)

. Round 1 AutoML: code submission on binary classification problems (novice phase)

See the challenge website website for submissions, and for questions contact : Isabelle Guyon ClopiNet. California. USA guyon@clopinet.com

2) Speech-Music discrimination algorithms in the context of unseen audio data

Without making any assumptions with respect to the origin of the signals. Although the Speech-Music classification problem is already almost two decades old and several algorithms have been proposed over the years, there still remains to answer the question whether the proposed solutions can address audio streams from diverse sources or audio streams that suffer from (mild) spectral and time-stretching distortions. Most published work focuses on evaluating the respective methods on radio broadcasts over the Internet or, in general, on non-reproducible audio streams. To enter the competition, send an email to : Aggelos Pikrakis Uof Piraeus. Greece pikrakis@unipi.gr

3) Predict pathological cases in pregnant women during labour using cardiotography data. 

The challenge is to detect with high accuracy when a child is genuinely compromised before medical intervention is considered. For this competition, participants will be given an open dataset containing 552 intrapartum recordings, which can be access online via physionet.org. Contact : Paul Fergus. IJCNN2015 Competition on pathological pregnanacies. Liverpool John MooresU. UK p.fergus@ljmu.ac.uk

4) Neural Network based Weather Prediction Competition 

The importance of being able to accurately predict Weather cannot be overstated; beyond predicting catastrophic events such as storms or unusually severe spells of cold or heat, weather has a dramatic effect on a population’s day to day health and behaviour and a significant impact on the economy. This competition involves the prediction of minimum maximum Temperatures The Dataset covers historic daily values for the period between 1st January 2007 and 30th September 2014, for the Oak Park Weather Station, which is the closest weather station to the IJCNN2015 conference venue.

. 20th April 2015: Brief description of the algorithm used and generalisation results.

. 20th May 2015: Announcement of the competition results

Inquiries and submissions should be made through : 

David Reid. Liverpool Hope University. UK, reidd@hope.ac.uk

Hissam Tawfik. IJCNN2015 Weather Competition. Liverpool Hope University. UK tawfikh@hope.ac.uk

* PLENARY SPEAKERS

- Steve Furber, The ICL Professor of Computer Engineering at the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester "The SpiNNaker Project"

- Vincenzo Piuri, Professor in Computer Engineering at the University of Milan, Italy "Computational Intelligence Technologies for 3D Surface Reconstruction"

- Lee Giles, The David Reese Professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University "Machine Learning and Data Mining for Scholarly Big Data"

- Marios M. Polycarpou, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

"Fault Detection and Isolation in Uncertain Big-Data Environments" 

- Barak Pearlmutter, Professor, Department of Computer Science, National University of Ireland, Ireland "Critical Dynamics and Pathological Phenomena in the Brain"

- Giacomo Rizzolati, Professor of Human Physiology at the University of Parma, Italy "The double life of the motor system: Action production and action understanding"

* Deadlines for Submission:

- Paper submission deadline:   February 05, 2015 (EXTENDED)

- Paper Decision notification: March 25, 2015

- Camera-ready submission:     April 25, 2015

- Conference:                  July 12-17, 2015

* Hotel Reservations:

The Killarney region is an extremely popular tourist destination, and rooms that have been reserved for IJCNN 2015 will likely disappear as soon as the contracted booking date has passed. For that reason we strongly recommend that you book your hotel room by 01May2015! (see the IJCNN2015 home page for our accommodations at the Gleneagle Hotel, the Brehon Hotel and the River Apartments). 

* IJCNN Killarney site video:

Marianne van Wagner, Executive Co-ordinator of the International Neural Network Society (INNS), commissioned this delightful promotional video for IJCNN2015, based on her own photographs : Killarney tour. It's well worth looking at for the local Irish scenery, and for background information about the conference. (You may have to download it if your internet connection is slow.) 

Keep working on your paper submissions, and submit your proposals for Tutorials and Workshops SOON! Email any of the Chairs if you wish to discuss your ideas for proposals.

IJCNN General Chair

De-Shuang Huang, Tongji University, China, 

Director - Machine Learning and Systems Biology Laboratory

IJCNN Program Chair

Yoonsuck Choe, Texas A&M University

Director, Brain Networks Laboratory

Many thanks to our Sponsors and Contributors:

- International Neural Network Society

- IEEE Computational Intelligence Society

- Failte Ireland, National Tourism Development Authority.