7th International Conference on
Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems
3, 4 & 5 September 2003, St Anne's College, University of Oxford, U.K.
Call for Papers : Neural networks models of brain disease, plasticity and
rehabilitation
Topic
Neural networks models that were originally intended for engineering
purposes are recently becoming a useful paradigm for understanding the
human brain. The more biological the neural network, the more the number of
its possible malfunctions that are similar to those in the real brain. As a
consequence neural networks malfunction can be used as a metaphor for brain
disease. These diseases range from brain injure like haemorrhage to
psychiatric disorders like delusions [1], schizophrenia or bipolar and
obsessive-compulsive disorders [2]. Drug addiction, alcohol abuse or even
criminal tendencies can, in principle, be modelled by neural networks.
Helped by computational neural models it is possible to find new approaches
to healing and rehabilitation. Plasticity is a property of the human brain
that potentially allows brain damaged persons to return to normality by
means of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation methods can be benefited by knowing
and applying the laws of brain plasticity previously tested in neural
networks. Conversely, brain disease is a prelude of the failures that
complex brain-like machines could undergo in the next decades.
[1] Ropero Pelez, J. (2000) Towards a neural network based therapy for
hallucinatory disorders. Neural Networks, 2000 Special Issue, 13(2000),
1047-1061.
[2] Neural networks and psychopathology - connectionist models in practice
and Research. Edited by Dan J. Stein and Jacques Ludik. Cambridge
University Press.
Instructions for Authors
Only electronic copies of the papers in Microsoft Word, PDF or Postscript
forms are acceptable for review purposes and must be sent to the session
chair. However, please note that you will be required to send hard copy of
the final version of your paper, if it is accepted; electronic submission
of final papers is not allowed. Papers must correspond to the requirements
detailed in the Instructions to Authors which will be placed on the
Conference Web Site, http://www.kesinternational.com/kes2003
or http://www.bton.ac.uk/kes/kes2003
All papers must be presented by one of the authors, who must pay fees.
Publication
The Conference Proceedings will be published by a major publisher, for
example IOS Press of Amsterdam.
Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in
the International Journal of Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems,
www.bton.ac.uk/kes/journal/
Important Dates
Deadline for submission intention : February 15, 2002
Deadline for receipt of papers by Session Chair : March 15, 2003
Notification of acceptance : April 1, 2003
Camera-ready papers to session chair by : April 15, 2003
(Session Chair must send final camera-ready papers to reach to KES
Secretariat by 1 May 2003 or they will not appear in the proceedings).
Contact Details:
Javier Ropero Pelez
Phone: 55-11-36620847
Email: fjavier@usp.br