ICCI'07

Scope

Cognitive Informatics (CI) is a cutting-edge and multidisciplinary research area that tackles the fundamental problems shared by modern informatics, computation, software engineering, AI, cybernetics, cognitive science, neuropsychology, medical science, systems science, philosophy, linguistics, economics, management science, and life sciences. CI is the transdisciplinary study into the internal information processing mechanisms and processes of the natural intelligence � human brains and minds � and their engineering applications in computing and ICT industries.

The development and the cross fertilization between the aforementioned science and engineering disciplines have led to a whole range of extremely interesting new research areas known as CI. Following the first four successful conferences on Cognitive Informatics (ICCI�02 through ICCI�06), the 6th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics (ICCI�07) focuses on the theme of Cognitive Computers and Autonomic Agent Systems. The objectives of ICCI�76 are to draw attention of researchers, practitioners and graduate students to the investigation of cognitive mechanisms and processes of human information processing, and to stimulate the international effort on cognitive informatics research and engineering applications.

Original papers are invited from multidisciplinary perspectives on subject areas including, but not limited to, the following:

Natural Intelligence (NI)	Autonomic Computing (AC)	Neural Informatics (NeI)
* Informatics models of the brain	* Imperative vs. autonomous computing	* Neuroscience foundations of information processing
* Cognitive processes of the brain	* Reasoning and inferences	* Cognitive models of the brain
* Internal information processing mechanisms	* Cognitive informatics foundations of AC	* Functional modes of the brain
* Theories of natural intelligence	* Memory models	* Neural models of memory
* Intelligent foundations of computing	* Informatics foundations of software engineering	* Neural networks
* Descriptive mathematics for NI	* Fuzzy logic	* Neural computation
* Abstraction and means	* Knowledge engineering	* Cognitive linguistics
* Ergonomics	* Pattern recognition	* Neuropsychology
* Informatics laws of software	* Agent technologies	* Bioinformatics
* Knowledge representation	* Artificial intelligence	* Biosignal processing
* Models of knowledge and skills	* Software agent systems	* Cognitive signal processing
* Language acquisition	* Decision theories	* Gene analysis
* Cognitive complexity of software	* Problem solving	* Gene expression
* Distributed intelligence	* Machine learning	* Neural signal interpretation
* Computational intelligence	* Intelligent Internet	* Visual information representation
* Emotions/motivations/attitudes	* Web contents cognition	* Visual information interpretation
* Perception and consciousness	* Nature of software	* Sensational cognitive processes
* Hybrid (AI/NI) intelligence	* Quantum computing	* Human factors in systems

* The Proceedings of ICCI�07 will be published by IEEE CS Press.

* Selected papers from the ICCI'07 Proceedings will be published in International Journal(s), such as IJCiNi and IEEE-TSMC.

* Paper Submission

* Submission of full papers due on Monday, March 19, 2007

* An electronic copy of paper in PDF format in English should be submitted at:

http://www.easychair.org/ICCI2007/ and copy to both zhangd@ecs.csus.edu and yingxu@ucalgary.ca .

* Full papers should be around 10 pages in length in IEEE double column format as posted

in the web site. Short papers that report industrial experience, case studies, work in progress, or graduate students�

research may also be considered.

* Contact PC Co-Chairs:

- Prof. Du Zhang

- Prof. Yingxu Wang

* Proposals for Workshops and Special Sessions in ICCI'07

* Proposals should be received by the Conference Co-Chair by Monday, March 19, 2007:

- Prof. Yingxu Wang

- Accepted workshop/special section papers will be included in the ICCI'07 proceedings

* ICCI'07 Program [PDF]

* See the ICCI'06 Program

* See the ICCI'05 Program

* See the ICCI'04 Program

* See the ICCI'03 Program

* See the ICCI'02 Program

* Camera-Ready Papers

1. Paper Format:

* Format and technical information: See http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/winnipeg/links/icci/

* IEEE paper reference format, example, instructions, and copyright form are available via the links.

* Camera-ready papers due on Monday, June 8, 2007

2. IEEE PDF file verification:

Each camera-ready paper must be verified by the IEEE-compliant PDF format. No other format will be accepted in the proceedings. Authors of all accepted papers of ICCI 2007 must use the IEEE PDF eXpress� tool by clicking on the following logo:

Conference ID: icci07 (It's ready now. You need to create you own account there.)

IEEE Instructions Frequently Asked Questions

3. On-line camera-ready paper uploading (after IEEE verification):

http://www.easychair.org/ICCI2007/ (Use your existing account and keep the same paper number.)

* Also sent a copy to both PC Co-Chairs by email attachment (Use your paper # in the subject).

* Registration

* Registration form: [PDF]

* Request for an invitation letter: [Form]

* Registration should be received by Monday, June 8, 2007

* Finance and Registration Chair: Prof. Suresh Vadhva (vadhva@ecs.csus.edu)

Keynote Speakers

1.  Language Understanding and Unified Cognitive Science

Prof. Jerry A. Feldman, UC Berkeley, USA

2. Cognitive Informatics Foundations of Nature and Machine Intelligence

Prof. Yingxu Wang, Univ. of Calgary, Canada

3. Challenges in the Design of Adaptive, Intelligent, and Cognitive Systems

Prof. Witold Kinsner, Univ. of Manitoba, Canada

Conference Venue:

Harrah's Lake / Harvey�s Lake Tahoe

Tahoe 15 Hwy 50 Stateline, NV
Phone Numbers
General: 1-800-HARRAHS
Groups / Meetings: 1-800-235-6358

Accommodation:

Harrah�s Lake Tahoe

Single or double US $ 149.00/night

[http://www.harrahs.com/CheckGroupAvailability.do?propCode=TAH&groupCode=S08IEEE ]

Harvey�s Lake Tahoe

Single or double US $ 119.00/night

[http://www.harrahs.com/CheckGroupAvailability.do?propCode=HLT&groupCode=S08IEEE ]

Reservation details and instructions [PDF]

Deadline to make reservation to receive group rate is: July 15th, 2007

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