Call for Papers The Second International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2005) will be held in Chongqing in southwestern China, as a sequel of ISNN 2004 successfully held in Dalian, China. ISNN 2005 aims to provide a broad international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators working in the areas of neural networks to discuss state-of-the-art science and technologies, and their applications in diverse areas. The symposium will feature plenary speeches given by worldwide renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, and some special sessions focused on popular topics.
Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers by the submission deadline. The submission of a paper implies that the paper is original and has not been submitted under review or copyright protected elsewhere and will be presented by the author if accepted. Besides papers in regular sessions, papers in special sessions are also invited to provide forums for focused discussions on new topics and innovative applications of established approaches. A special session consists of at least four related papers that must be submitted through the regular review process. Proposals for special sessions including the session organizers, author names, paper titles, abstracts, and brief statements on the purpose of the session must be submitted to the Special Sessions Chair Derong Liu by December 15, 2004. All papers should be submitted electronically via Online Submission System. The format of the initial submissions can be PDF, Word, or Postscript. The format of the final accepted papers should be in either Word or Latex. Enquiries on paper submissions can be addressed to the secretariat via email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone. All submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the field according to the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The authors of accepted papers will have an opportunity to revise their papers and take consideration of the referees' comments and suggestions, before submitting the final papers. All accepted papers with paid registration will be included in the Proceedings of ISNN 2005, to be published by Springer as a volume of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. The symposium web site is at http://isci.cqu.edu.cn/isnn2005/ or http://www.acae.cuhk.edu.hk/~isnn2005 Important Dates Paper submission : January 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2005 Final version of paper submission: March 1, 2005 Symposium date: May 30 - June 1, 2005
