Welcome to ICONIP2006

The 13th International Conference on Neural Information Processing

October 3-6, 2006

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

ICONIP2006 will bring together researchers, scientists, educators, engineers, practitioners, and industrialists from the international communities in the field of neural networks.

Since the first formation of the Asia Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APNNA) in Nagoya, Japan in 1993 and the very first ICONIP1994 in Seoul, Korea, this prestigious event organized by regional active academicians has provided an annual forum to explore and exchange ideas on neural networks and related disciplines.

See the full Welcome Message.

Post-Conference Announcements & Tidbits

The ICONIP2006 organizers would like to thank the Plenary Speakers, Invited Speakers, Panelists, Tutorial Speakers, Special Session Speaker, presenters, authors, and helpers for an excellent conference.

Conference photos are available <here>.
The 2006 APNNA Outstanding Achievement Award was presented by Prof. Soo-Young Lee to Prof. Lei Xu for his outstanding work on Statistical Learning Theory. <photo>
The 2006 APNNA Excellent Service Award was presented by Prof. Soo-Young Lee to Prof. Shiro Usui for his great contribution and service to APNNA. <photo>
The Best Paper Award and HKD $3,000 was presented to Colin Molter
(RIKEN Brain Science Institute), Naoyuki Sato (RIKEN Brain Science Institute), Utku Salihoglu (Brussels University) and Yoko Yamaguchi (RIKEN Brain Science Institute). <photo>
The Best Student Paper Award and HKD $2,000 was presented to
Takahiro KABE (Hosei University), Hiroyuki TORIKAI (Hosei University), and Toshimichi SAITO (Hosei University). <photo>
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP2006) is now available on Springer. Click on LNCS4232, LNCS4233, and LNCS4234 for more detailed information.
Photos from ICONIP2006 are available <here>. The highlight photos are available <here>.
The printed ICONIP2006 LNCS proceedings ordering form for ICONIP2006 authors is available <here>.

Here are some high-lights of the conference:

Proceedings published as LNCS4232, LNCS4233, and LNCS4234 with low acceptance rate.
Inaugural Presidential Lecture Series with INNS, JNNS, ENNS, and past APNNA Presidents giving talks.
Over 150 delegates attended the six high-quality tutorials, all free-of-charge to delegates. <photos>
Six special issues with excellent research work fom ICONIP2006 authors being published.
Supported over 30 students with Student Travel Grant.

Thank the participants in making ICONIP2006 a great success. We look forward to seeing you in ICONIP2007 in Kitakyushu, Japan.

Program Highlights of ICONIP2006

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

All tutorials are open to conference delegates free-of-charge.

Alex Smola, <DETAILS>, 9:00-12:15, Rm404
Amir Atiya, <DETAILS>, 9:00-12:15, Rm406
Xuegong Zhang, <DETAILS>, 9:00-12:15, Rm402
Koji Tsuda, <DETAILS>, 14:00-17:15, Rm402
Russell Eberhart, <DETAILS>, 14:00-17:15, Rm404
Mahesan Niranjan, <DETAILS>, 14:00-17:15, Rm406

Reception, 18:00-20:00, Rm401

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Plenary Speech
Shun-ichi Amari, 9:00-10:00, Rm401
APNNA Presidential Invited Talks
DeLiang Wang, Wlodzislaw Duch, 10:30-12:10, Rm401
APNNA Governing Board Meeting
13:30-15:10, Rm408

Thursday, October 5, 2006

Plenary Speech
Russell Eberhart, 9:00-10:00, Rm401
APNNA Presidential Invited Talks
Shiro Usui, 10:30-12:10, Rm401
Shoujue Wang, 10:30-12:10, Rm401, Reference List from Invited Talk
APNNA Presidential Invited Talks
Soo-Young Lee, Tom Gedeon, 13:30-15:10, Rm401
K.C. Wong Foundation Distinguished Talks
Aike Guo, Tianyou Chai, 16:30-18:10, Rm401
Banquet
19:00-21:00, Tao Yuan Restaurant, 3/F, Great Eagle Centre

Friday, October 6, 2006

Panel Session
Laiwan Chan, Wlodzislaw Duch, Nik Kasabov,
Liming ZHANG, and Aapo HYVARINEN, 9:00-10:00, Rm401
APNNA Presidential Invited Talks
Nik Kasabov, Laiwan Chan, 10:30-12:10, Rm401
Invited Talks
Aapo Hyvarinen, 13:30-15:10, Rm401
Farewell Party
15:00-16:30, Foyer of Rm401

Announcements

The Finalists of Best Student Papers and Best Papers are out, see <here>.
Student Travel Grant information is now available in the Awards and Grants page.
The Author's Kit page has been updated on June 23, 2006. For authors of journal special issue papers, please do not submit your manuscript to the journal directly. The Guest Editor(s) will contact you directly to inform you of more detailed information.
We are delighted to report that we have received over 1,200 submissions to the regular and special sessions. These manuscripts represents close to 2,000 authors from 41 different countries from all over the world.