We are proud to announce the Herrenhausen Conference on Cognitive Computing, which will take place from December 18-20 in Hanover, Germany www.cognitive-comp.org Confirmed Plenary Lectures and Keynotes: • David Wolpert, Santa Fé Institute, USA • Chris Eliasmith, University of Waterloo, Canada • Joanna J. Bryson, Princeton University, USA (University of Bath, UK) • Pieter Roelfsema, NIN Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit), Netherlands • Demetri Psaltis, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland • Kwabena Boahen, Stanford University, USA • Edward A. Lee, UC Berkeley, USA • Susan Stepney, University of York, UK Public lecture (Computation and System Autonomy): Ipke Wachsmuth, Bielefeld University, Germany Poster: http://cognitive-comp.org/template/images/files/CognitiveComputing_Conferenc e2018.pdf Call for Abstract: http://cognitive-comp.org/template/images/files/Call4Papers_CogComp2018.pdf The conference has two aims, namely to explore technological options arising from novel computational architectures in unconventional substrates and to work towards a general rigorous theory of computing in non-digital, "brain-like" physical substrates. This is a profoundly interdisciplinary enterprise. For the duration of three full days, we want to bring together researchers from neuroscience, mathematics, machine learning, computer engineering, physics and material sciences in a single-track "think tank" setting with eye-opening plenary and keynote lectures, as well as carefully selected oral presentations and comprehensive poster sessions. The venue, the Castle of Herrenhausen, a heritage of the Kings of Hannover, has been transformed into an award-winning center for scientific events. The Herrenhausen Gardens stretch across hectares of classical French gardening. This unique setting, together with generous break times, will make it easy and natural to engage in stimulating scientific exchange. The organizers: • Daniel Brunner (photonics, neuromorphic architectures / Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté/CNRS, France) • Herbert Jaeger (machine learning, nonlinear dynamics / Jacobs University, Germany) • Stuart Parkin (nano systems, quantum electronic materials / Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, Germany) • Gordon Pipa (neuroinformatics and cognitive computing / Osnabrück University, Germany) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Professor and Chair of the Neuroinformatics Department Dr. rer. nat. Gordon Pipa Institute of Cognitive Science, Room 50/218 University of Osnabrueck Wachsbleiche 27, 49090 Osnabrück, Germany tel.                    +49 (0) 541-969-2277 fax (private).  +49 (0) 5405- 500 80 98 home office.  +49 (0) 5405- 500 90 95 e-mail:               gpipa@uos.de webpage:         http://www.ni.uos.de https://de.linkedin.com/in/gordon-pipa-47771539 research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gordon_Pipa/?ev=prf_act   Personal Assistent and Secretary of the Neuroinformatic lab: Anna Jungeilges Tel. +49 (0)541 969-2390 Fax +49 (0)541 969-2246 Email: anna.jungeilges@uni-osnabrueck.de   visit us on http://www.facebook.com/CognitiveScienceOsnabruck https://twitter.com/#!/CogSciUOS