BICA 2017: 2017 Annual International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures Baltschug Kempinski hotel Moscow, Russia, August 1-5, 2017 |
Conference website | http://bica2017.bicasociety.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bica2017 |
Conference program | https://easychair.org/smart-program/BICA2017/ |
Abstract registration deadline | May 15, 2017 |
Submission deadline | May 15, 2017 |
BICA 2017 is the Annual International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, which is also the Eighth Annual Meeting of the BICA Society. Started as a continuation of AAAI Fall Symposia on BICA (2008, 2009), the BICA conference demonstrated a steady growth in popularity over years, with remarkable success in many parts of the world (2010, 2011: Washington, D.C.; 2012: Palermo, Italy; 2013: Kiev, Ukraine; 2014: MIT, Boston, MA; 2015: Lyon, France; 2016: New York, USA: http://bicasociety.org/meetings). The conference is co-located and partially overlapping with the school of young scientists “Fierces on BICA 2017”: the First International Early Research Career Enhancement School on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures. This school series is our recent initiative, started in 2016 with a notable success (videos of lectures are available).
Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) are computational frameworks for building intelligent agents that are inspired from biological intelligence. Biological intelligent systems, notably animals such as humans, have many qualities that are often lacking in artificially designed systems including robustness, flexibility and adaptability to environments. At a point in time where visibility into naturally intelligent systems is exploding, thanks to modern brain imaging and recording techniques allowing us to map brain structures and functions, our ability to learn lessons from nature and to build biologically inspired intelligent systems has never been greater. At the same time, the growth in computer science and technology has unleashed enough computational power at sufficiently low prices, that an explosion of intelligent applications from driverless vehicles, to augmented reality, to ubiquitous robots, is now almost certain. The growth in these fields challenges the computational replication of all essential aspects of the human mind (the BICA Challenge), an endeavor which is interdisciplinary in nature and promises to yield bi-directional flow of understanding between all involved disciplines.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Research Papers describing new exciting advances or preliminary results in experiment, theory, modeling or technology
- Position Papers describing original visions of an area, a problem or a challenge, supported by a minireview
- Tutorials with a comprehensive review of a topic or area of interest related to BICA
List of Topics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cognitive Science
- Neuroscience
- Social, Economic and Educational Sciences
Committees
Program Committee
- Alexei Samsonovich (GMU, USA and NRNU MEPhI, RF): PC Chair
- Valentin V. Klimov (NRNU MEPhI, Russia): PC Co-Chair
- Alexandr Panov (FRC CSC, RF): PC Technical Chair
Organizing committee
- Alexei Samsonovich (GMU, USA and NRNU MEPhI, RF): General Chair
- Valentin V. Klimov (NRNU MEPhI, RF): Co-Chair
- Alexandr Panov (FRC CSC, RF): Technical Chair
Invited Speakers
- Frank E. Ritter (Penn State University), USA
- Paul F.M.J. Verschure, Spain
- Tarek R. Besold, Germany
Publication
BICA 2017 proceedings will be published in a special issue of the OPEN-ACCESS academic journal Procedia Computer Science by Elsevier. Selected papers will be invited to the journal BICA. Both journals are published by Elsevier and are indexed in Web of Science Core Collection and in Scopus. In addition, the BICA journal is indexed in WoS Journal Citation Reports and has a 5-year Impact Factor 0.939.
Venue
The conference, co-located with the school “Fierces on BICA 2017”, will be held in Moscow, Russia, hosted at the Baltschug Kempinski Hotel (across the Moscow river from the Kremlin) in Moscow, Russian Federation. A substantially discounted rate at the hotel will be available to early registrants. Dates of the conference are from Tuesday, August 1, to Saturday, August 5, followed by excursions on Sunday, August 6, 2017.
Registration
Early-bird registration fee is $350 USD for participation in the main conference only (August 3-5), including any of its Workshops and Symposia, and $450 USD for participation in both, the conference BICA 2017 and the school of young scientists FIERCES on BICA 2017, including all affiliated Workshops, Symposia, and Social-Cultural Events (August 1-6).
Contact
All questions about submission, participation and travel arrangement should be emailed to Alexei Samsonovich (asamsono@gmu.edu) or Alexandr Panov (panov@bicasociety.org). Please note that obtaining a Russian visa by invitation from NRNU MEPhI may take up to several months.