******************************************************************* Subject: Announcement and Call For Papers: BVAI 2007 ********************************************************************* *** Apologies for multiple copies *** ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd International Symposium on "BRAIN, VISION and ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" (BVAI 2007) Naples, Italy, October 10-12, 2007 BVAI 2007 is organised by the Institute of Cybernetics "E. Caianiello" of the Italian National Research Council, and will be held in Naples, Italy, October 10-12, 2007. The scientific program will include, besides eight invited talks, contributed papers that will be presented in plenary oral or poster sessions. Original and unpublished papers on BVAI 2007 main research areas and related topics are welcome. Main topics are: The Basic Brain, Natural Vision, Artificial Vision, and Artificial Intelligence. Visit the WWW BVAI 2007 Page http://bvai.cib.na.cnr.it/BVAI2007 for more details and updated information. Invited Speakers: Michael Arbib (USA) Petr Lansky (Czech Republic) Matteo Carandini (USA) Karl Gegenfurtner (Germany) Massimo Tistarelli (Italy) John K. Tsotsos (Canada) José del R. Millán (Switzerland) Oliviero Stock (Italy) Important Dates: Paper Submission: 1 March 2007 Acceptance Notification: 11 May 2007 Camera-ready Papers: 11 June 2007 BVAI 2007 Proceedings, including all accepted contributions, will be published by Springer-Verlag in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science ( www.springer.com/lncs). In addition, two special issues of international journals are planned, which will include extended versions of selected BVAI 2007 papers. E-mail Contact: bvai2007 at biocib.cib.na.cnr.it Add a bookmark to: http://bvai.cib.na.cnr.it/BVAI2007 -- ----------------------------------------------------- BVAI2007 Scientific Secretariat c/o ICIB-CNR Via Campi Flegrei, 34 Comprensorio Olivetti bldg 70 80078 - POZZUOLI (NA) ITALY Tel. (+ 39) 081867 5151 / 5133 Fax: (+ 39) 0818675158 E-mail: bvai2007 at biocib.cib.na.cnr.it http://bvai.cib.na.cnr.it/BVAI2007 -----------------------------------------------------