NEWS

• Update: Excursion to Emory University, Neuroscience facilities on
  June 18, 4 pm.
  Note that transportation is NOT provided and participants must find taxi transportation the Emory University.
  The tours and the social to follow are free of charge. They are sponsored by the Comprehensive Neuroscience Initiative at Emory University.
  For details see mlpadgett.org/IJCNN2009/Activities/technicaltour.htm



• The IJCNN09 Final Program is now available.



• Information for Presenters is now available.



• Important: Updated travel and visitors information is displayed here. For a successful IJCNN2009 please follow the guidelines provided by CDC concerning H1N1 flu. For details please visit here http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/



• Post-IJCNN Workshop: International Workshop on Advanced Computational Intelligence IWACI09 June 22-23, 2009, Mexico City, Mexico, http://www.iwaci.org



• Registration is now open! Register online. If you need letter of invitation from IJCNN2009 to attend the conference, please follow instructions at Registration page.



• John Hopfield is the recipient of the 2009 IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award. Dick Volz Div X Director will present him the award at the IJCNN2009 Banquet ceremony. Dr Hopfield also gives a plenary talk on synchronization in neural systems, joining other plenary speakers: Gail Carpenter (2007 NN Pioneer Award), Leon Chua, Robert Desimone, Eugene Izhikevich, Edgar Koerner, John Taylor (2008 NN Pioneer Award), and Bernie Widrow.



• The following top researchers confirmed their Invited Talks at various Special Sessions at IJCNN2009:
  Michael Arbib, Vladimir Cherkassky, Stephen Grossberg, Peter Erdi, Nik Kasabov, Vladimir Vapnik, Paul Werbos, and Jun Zhang. Their participation is in part sponsored by INNS Special Interest Groups Committee SIGCOM.

Welcome Message

Welcome to the official Web site of IJCNN2009!

IJCNN is the premier international conference in the area of neural networks theory, analysis and applications. It is organized by the International Neural Networks Society (INNS) and sponsored jointly by INNS and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. This is an exemplary collaboration between the two leading societies on neural networks and it provides a solid foundation for the future extensive development of the field.

IJCNN 2009 will feature invited plenary talks by world-renowned speakers, a variety of special sessions and panel discussions aligned with the conference theme "The Century of Brain Computation – Neural Network Alliances with Cognitive Computing and Intelligent Machine Embodiments". We will have pre-conference tutorials, post-conference workshops, as well as regular technical sessions, poster sessions, and series of social functions.

Atlanta provides an excellent environment to the conference in Westin PeachTree Hotel - the second tallest hotel in the Western Hemishpere. The world famous CNN building is within walking distance, the Aquarium and a number of other touristic attractions will provide excellent relaxation opportunities beyond the conference professional events to attendees and their families.

We look forward to meeting you at our conference,

General Chair Robert Kozma University of Memphis

Program Chair Dr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy Missouri University S & T