Sunday, April 6, 2014

[Comp-neuro] ANNPR 2014: Call for papers

Please note the extended deadlines.

Sixth IAPR TC3 International Workshop on
Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition
October 6-8, 2014
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

ANNPR 2014 invites papers that present original work in areas of neural
networks,
machine learning and pattern recognition, focusing on both theoretical
and applied
aspects. Topics of interest include, but not limited to:

Methodological Issues
- Supervised learning
- Unsupervised learning
- Combination of supervised and unsupervised learning
- Feed-forward, recurrent, and competitive neural nets
- Kernel machines
- Hierarchical modular architectures and hybrid systems
- Combination of neural networks and Hidden Markov models
- Multiple classifier systems and ensemble methods
- Probabilistic graphical models
- Kernel methods
- Deep architectures

Applications in Pattern Recognition
- Image processing and segmentation
- Handwritten recognition and Document analysis
- Sensor-fusion and multi-modal processing
- Feature extraction, dimension reduction
- Clustering and vector quantization
- Speech and speaker recognition
- Data, text, and web mining
- Bioinformatics/Cheminformatics

Note: A PDF of the Call for Papers may be downloaded at:
http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~annpr14/ANNPR2014-CFP.pdf

Invited Speakers

ANNPR 2014 is proud to announce the following invited speakers:

Dr. Yoshua Bengio, Canada
Full Professor of the Department of Computer Science and
Operations Research,
University of Montreal
Research Areas: Machine learning (ML), neural computation and
adaptive perception,
statistical learning algorithms

Dr. Zhi-Hua Zhou, China
Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Technology,
Nanjing University, China
Research Areas: Machine learning, data mining, pattern recognition,
multimedia information retrieval

Dr. Michael Herrmann, U.K.
Lecturer at The University of Edinburgh School of Informatics
Research Areas: Neurocomputation, neural nets, learning theory in
autonomous agents &
behavioral neuroscience, ML, dynamics of neural systems

More information can be found on our homepage (see below)

Special Sessions

Fellow scientists wishing to organize a special session should submit
a proposal to
the ANNPR chairs (annpr2014@encs.concordia.ca).

Proposals should include the session title, a list of topics covered
by the session
and a list of 3-6 papers for possible presentation in the session.
Proposals must be
received by March 15th, 2014.

Important Dates

Proposals of special sessions: March 15th, 2014
Paper submission: April 28th, 2014
Notification of acceptance: June 30th, 2014
Camera ready due: July 18, 2014
Workshop: October 6-8, 2014

General Chairs

Ching Suen, Concordia University Canada
Friedhelm Schwenker, Ulm University, Germany
Neamat El Gayar, Cairo University, Egypt/Canada

For more information, please visit or contact us:
Homepage: http://www.annpr2014.com/
PDF CFP: http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~annpr14/ANNPR2014-CFP.pdf
email: annpr2014@encs.concordia.ca

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Sixth IAPR TC3 International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in
Pattern Recognition
ANNPR 2014
October 6-8, 2014
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Web: http://www.annpr2014.com/
eMail: annpr14@encs.concordia.ca

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