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   ANNPR 2012

Fifth INNS IAPR TC3 GIRPR International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition

   September 17 - 19, 2012
   Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

   *** Call for Papers ***

We are pleased to announce that the 5th INNS IAPR TC3 GIRPR International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition will be held at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento, Italy. ANNPR 2012 follows the success of ANNPR 2003 (Florence), ANNPR 2006 (Ulm), ANNPR 2008 (Paris), and ANNPR 2010 (Cairo). This 5th ANNPR workshop will act as a major forum for international researchers and practitioners working in all areas of neural network- and machine learning-based pattern recognition to present and discuss the latest research, results, and ideas in these areas.

This year the workshop received the endorsement from the International Neural Network Society (INNS), from the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), from the Technical Committees 3 (TC3) of IAPR ("Neural Networks & Computational Intelligence"), and from GIRPR (Gruppo Italiano Ricercatori in Pattern Recognition).

Papers are solicited dealing with neural networks, machine learning and pattern recognition which emphasize methodological issues possibly arising in applications.

Topics:

Methodological Issues

• Supervised learning
• Unsupervised learning
• Combination of supervised and unsupervised learning
• Feedforward, 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
• 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

Paper Submission:

Potential participants should submit a paper describing their work in one of the areas described above. Proceedings will be published as a volume in the Springer LNAI, maximum paper length is 12 pages in LNCS/LNAI format. Instructions for authors, LaTeX templates, etc. are available at the Springer LNCS/LNAI web-site. Submission of a paper constitutes a commitment that, if accepted, one or more authors will attend the workshop. On-line submission via EasyChair will be made available on the web-site of the workshop (http://annpr2012.fbk.eu) timely.

Special Sessions:

Fellow scientists wishing to organize a special session are invited to submit a proposal to the ANNPR 2012 Chairs (or, to annpr2012@fbk.eu). Proposals should include the session title and a list of topics covered by the session. Three to six papers will be required for a special session to take place. Once the special session proposal has been approved by the ANNPR 2012 Chairs, the session organizers are expected to carry out the review process for the papers submitted to their session. Proposals must be received by March 8, 2012.

Important Dates:

May 6, 2012 - Deadline for electronic paper submission June 3, 2012 - Notification of paper acceptance June 17, 2012 - Deadline for final, camera-ready submission June 17, 2012 - Deadline for Early Registration

Contacts and Further Info:

annpr2012@fbk.eu http://annpr2012.fbk.eu/

General Chairs:

Nadia Mana Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Friedhelm Schwenker University of Ulm, Institute of Neural Information Processing, Germany

Edmondo Trentin Università di Siena, Dip. di Ingegneria dell' Informazione, Italy

Local Organization Chairs:

Oswald Lanz Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Stefano Messelodi Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Program Committee:

Shigeo Abe, Japan Amir Atiya, Egypt Erwin Bakker, The Netherlands Yoshua Bengio, Canada Ludovic Denoyer, France Neamat El Gayar, Canada Antonino Freno, France Markus Hagenbuchner, Australia Barbara Hammer, Germany Tom Heskes, The Netherlands Lakhmi Jain, Australia Nik Kasabov, New Zealand Hans A. Kestler, Germany Oswald Lanz, Italy Marco Loog, The Netherlands Simone Marinai, Italy Stefano Messelodi, Italy Heiko Neumann, Germany Erkki Oja, Finland Günther Palm, Germany Lionel Prevost, France Raul Rojas, Germany Stefan Scherer, USA Alessandro Sperduti, Italy Ah-Chung Tsoi, Macau Ian Witten, New Zealand