17 July 2011
Barcelona, Spain
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS 7th International Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning (NeSy.11) http://www.neural-symbolic.org/NeSy11/ Following the success of NeSy 2010 at AAAI, Atlanta, please find below a call for papers for NeSy 2011, which will take place in conjunction with IJCAI, Barcelona, 17 July 2011. (A NeSy'10 workshop report is available at http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~aag/AI-magazineNeSy10.pdf) The Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning attracts researchers and practitioners from different areas such as Neural Computation, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Complex Networks, Cognitive Science, Computer Vision, Fraud Prevention, Semantic Web, Verification and Validation. NeSy is intended to create an atmosphere of exchange of ideas, providing a forum for the presentation and discussion of the key multidisciplinary topics related to neural-symbolic integration. Topics of interest include: 1. Representation and computation of symbolic knowledge by neural networks; 2. Machine learning for neural-symbolic networks; 3. Knowledge extraction from complex networks; 4. Logical reasoning in neural-symbolic networks; 5. New neuro-symbolic cognitive models; 6. Uncertainty in neural-symbolic networks; 7. Biologically-inspired neuro-symbolic integration; 8. Applications in robotics, simulation, fraud prevention, semantic web, fault diagnosis, bioinformatics, etc. Submission You are invited to submit papers in pdf format through easychair at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nesy11. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere and should not exceed 6 pages in the case of research and experience papers or 3 pages in the case of position papers. All submitted papers will be refereed based on their quality, relevance, originality, significance and soundness. Keynote Talk Robert Kowalski: The Connection Graph method as a Symbolic-Connectionist Model of the Mind Presentation Accepted papers must be presented during the workshop. The workshop will also include extra time for discussion, allowing the audience to get a better understanding of the issues, challenges and ideas being presented. Publication Accepted papers will be published by CEUR and will be included in the official workshop proceedings, which will be distributed during the workshop. Authors of the best papers will be invited to submit a revised and extended version of their paper to the Journal of Logic and Computation, reasoning and learning corner, A. S. d'Avila Garcez and L. Valiant (eds.), Oxford University Press. Important Dates Paper submission deadline: 18 April 2011 Notification of acceptance: 13 May 2011 Camera-ready paper due: 20 May 2011 Workshop date: 17 July 2011 IJCAI-11 dates: 16 to 22 July 2011 Workshop Organisers Artur d.Avila Garcez (City University London, UK) Pascal Hitzler (Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University, Dayton, USA) Luis C. Lamb (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Workshop Website: http://www.neural-symbolic.org/NeSy11/ -- Prof. Dr. Pascal Hitzler Dept. of Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH pascal@pascal-hitzler.de http://www.knoesis.org/pascal/ Semantic Web Textbook: http://www.semantic-web-book.org Semantic Web Journal: http://www.semantic-web-journal.net