[agents] Invitation: BICT 2015, 9th Int'l Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies

[Jun Suzuki]

CFP: 9th International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and 
Communications Technologies (BICT 2015, formerly BIONETICS)

http://www.bionetics.org/

Paper submission deadline extended: August 3, 2015

December 3 (Thu) - December 5, 2015 (Sat)
New York City, NY, USA

Sponsored by European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) and Department of 
Biomedical Engineering at the Columbia University School of Engineering 
and Applied Science

In-corporation with ACM (Pending)

BICT 2015 aims to provide a world-leading and multidisciplinary venue 
for researchers and practitioners in diverse disciplines that seek the 
understanding of key principles, processes and mechanisms in biological 
systems and leverage those understandings to develop novel information 
and communications technologies (ICT). BICT 2015 targets two thrusts:

THRUST 1: Indirect Bioinspiration (ICT designed after biological 
principles, processes and mechanisms). Examples include evolutionary 
computation, artificial gene regulatory networks, neural 
networks/computation, swarm intelligence, cellular automata, artificial 
immune systems, amorphous computing, artificial life, artificial 
chemistry, reaction-diffusion computing, self-organization, chaotic 
systems, social networks, game theory, computational epidemics, 
agent-based modeling, and nature-inspired models and calculi.

THRUST 2: Direct Bioinspiration (ICT utilizing biological materials and 
systems). Examples include biosensing, molecular assembly, cellular 
computing, molecular computing/communication, membrane computing, 
bacterial computing/communication, DNA computing and memory, Physarum 
computing, quantum computing, biometric security/authentication, 
brain-computer interfaces and energy harvesting from biological sources.

Expected, but not exclusive, topics are:

* Signal/information processing and communication for bio-inspired ICT
* Data management and analytics for bio-inspired ICT
* Algorithms and their applications for bio-inspired ICT
* Formal models and methods for bio-inspired ICT
* Bio-inspired software and hardware systems
* Modeling, simulations and empirical experiments of bio-inspired ICT
* Self-* and stability properties in bio-inspired ICT
* Security, robustness and resilience in bio-inspired ICT
* Design, configuration, performance and management issues in 
bio-inspired ICT
* Tools, testbeds and deployment aspects in bio-inspired ICT
* Applications, experiences and standardization of bio-inspired ICT

Application domains include, but not limited to, autonomic computing, 
bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, computer networks, computer 
vision, data mining, e-health, green computing and networking, 
grid/cloud computing, intelligent agents, mechanical engineering, 
nanoscale/molecular computing and communication, optimization, pervasive 
computing, robotics, security, social networks, software engineering and 
systems engineering.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Regular paper submission due: August 3
Short and poster/demo paper submission due: September 22
Notification for regular papers: September 21
Notification for short and poster/demo papers: October 1
Camera ready due: October 15

SPECIAL TRACKS:

In addition to the regular track that covers general/mainstream topics, 
BICT 2015 features the following special tracks that focus on specific, 
emerging or underrepresented topics.

* Artificial, Biological and Bio-Inspired Intelligence (ABBII)
* Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering (AISE)
* Anthropomorphic Robot and Physiological Information for Cares and 
Daily Communication (ARPI)
* Biological Computing and Bio-medical Informatics (BCBI)
* Bio-Inspired Communications and Computing (BICC)
* Biologically Inspired Computer Vision Models and Techniques (BioVis)
* BioNanoNetworks: Modeling, Design, Performance and Applications (BMDPA)
* Bio-inspired Self-propelling Systems (BSS)
* Bio-inspired Wireless Network Security (BWNS)
* Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS)
* Computational Intelligence on Information Security (CIIS)
* Combinatorial Optimization (COP)
* Bio-inspired Algorithms and Technologies for Cyber Security and 
Defense Applications (DEFENSE)
* Engineering Applications from Bio-Molecular Networks (EmNet)
* Game Theory and its Applications (GTA)
* Molecular Communication and Networking (MCN)
* Modularization for Practical Software Engineering (MPSE)
* Nano-networks and Communication in Bacteria Populations (NCBP)
* Physarum Computing (PhysComp)
* Soft Computing on Brain-Body Area (SCBBA)
* Swarm Robotics (SR)
* Topology-driven bio-inspired methods and models for complex systems 
(TOPDRIM​4​Bio)

CO-LOCATED WORKSHOPS:

* 2nd Int'l Workshop on Bio-inspired and Deep Learning Approaches to 
Advanced Computing and Communications (BioAdcom2015)
* Bioinformatics 2015
* Brain-Inspired Information Communication Technologies (BIICT)
* Computational Models of the Visual Cortex (CMVC): Hierarchies, Layers, 
Sparsity, Saliency and Attention
* Int'l Workshop on Electro-Chemical Signaling in Neuron Organelles (ESNO)
* The First Int'l Workshop on Combining Machine Learning and 
Search-BasedSoftware Engineering (MLSBSE)
* Int'l Workshop on Physarum Transport Networks (PhysNet)

PAPER SUBMISSION:

Authors are invited to submit regular papers (up to 8 pages each), short 
papers (up to 4 pages each) or poster/demo papers (up to 2 pages each) 
in ACM's paper template. Up to two extra pages are allowed for each 
paper with extra page charges. See 
http://bionetics.org/2015/show/initial-submission for more details.

PUBLICATION:

All accepted paper will be published through ACM Digital Library and 
submitted for indexing by SI, EI Compendex, Scopus, ACM DL, Google 
Scholar and many more. Selected papers will be considered for 
publication in leading journals including:

* IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience
* ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications
* Elsevier Information and Software Technology
* Elsevier Information Sciences
* Springer Software Quality Journal
* Elsevier Nano Communication Networks Journal
* Springer Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling
* Int'l Journal of Soft Computing and Networking

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

* Dmitri Chklovskii, Simons Foundation, USA
* Simon Garnier, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers 
University, USA
* Radu Marculescu, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
* Bud Mishra, New York University, USA
* Maurizio Porfiri, New York University, USA
* Yechiam Yemini, Columbia University, USA

FEATURED SPEAKERS IN CO-LOCATED WORKSHOPS:

* Emanuela Merelli, University of Camerino, Italy

GENERAL CHAIRS:

Jun Suzuki, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Tadashi Nakano, Osaka University, Japan
Henry Hess, Columbia University, USA

PC CHAIRS:

William Casey, Carnegie Mellon University, SEI, USA
Adriana Compagnoni, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Simon Garnier, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan



-- 
Jun Suzuki
   Associate Professor of Computer Science
   University of Massachusetts, Boston
   jxs at cs.umb.edu
   http://www.cs.umb.edu/~jxs/
   http://dssg.cs.umb.edu/
   @JunSuzukiBoston