[CapoCaccia - announce] ERCIM News 125 Call for contributions - special theme: Special Theme: Brain-Inspired Computing
Pfeiffer Michael (CR/PJ-AI-R22)
Michael.Pfeiffer3 at de.bosch.com
Fri Jan 8 16:37:23 CET 2021
Dear Capo Caccia Neuromorphs,
I’m happy to announce that Robert Haas from IBM Research and myself are organizing the next special theme of ERCIM News, with the topic “Brain-Inspired Computing”. ERCIM News presents short articles for a broader audience to showcase a panorama of European research activities in this field. It’s widely distributed in the European Commission, so we think this is a great chance to show the current state of research in this field. Please note that articles are indeed news (i.e. not review articles and not too technical), they are short (around 700-900 words), and can cover already published work. Please contact me or Robert if you have any further questions, and of course please distribute to potentially interested colleagues.
Deadline for the Special Theme is 17 February 2021.
Best regards,
Michael
ERCIM News No. 125 (April 2021)
Please circulate the call widely. https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/call
Deadline for contributions: 17 February 2021
Please read the guidelines<https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/call#guidelines> before submitting an article.
A Word template for ERCIM News articles<https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/images/stories/Template%20for%20ERCIM%20News%20articles.docx> is available for download.
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The sections of ERCIM News 125 are :
* Joint ERCIM Actions
* Special Theme: Brain-Inspired Computing
* Research and Innovation
* Events
* In Brief
The Special Theme and the Research and Innovation sections contain articles presenting a panorama of European research activities. The Special Theme focuses on a sector which has been selected by the editors from a short list of currently "hot" topics whereas the Research and Innovation section contains articles describing scientific activities, research results, and technical transfer endeavours in any sector of Information and Communication Science and Technology (ICST), telecommunications or applied mathematics. Submissions to the Special Theme section are subjected to an external review process coordinated by invited guest editors whereas submissions to the Research and Innovation section are checked and approved by the ERCIM News editorial board.
Special Theme: Brain-Inspired Computing
Guest editors:
* Robert Haas, IBM Research, Switzerland
* Michael Pfeiffer, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
We are entering the third era of computing, namely cognitive computing, where we derive insights and intelligence from the vast amount of data at our disposal. Inspired by our brain, a most powerful example of cognitive computing, there is a significant effort to extract key computational principles from biological neuronal networks and then translate them into computational algorithms. Recently, deep learning, a weak form of brain-inspired computing, has revolutionized the field of machine learning by providing unprecedented performance to solve many real-world tasks, such as image and speech recognition. However, despite our ability to train such deep neural networks with brute-force optimization, the computational principles of neural networks remain poorly understood. Hence, significant research is aimed at unraveling the principles of computation in large biological neuronal networks. Moreover, significant efforts are also undertaken to develop non-von Neumann computational platforms where these novel algorithms can be implemented efficiently. Emerging nanoscale devices, such as memristive devices, are playing a significant role in this domain. Nature-inspired computing is also becoming increasingly important for a variety of application domains, such as self-driving cars, robotics, healthcare and the internet of things. This issue solicits submissions related to brain-inspired computing that includes algorithms, architectures and applications.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to
* Computational neuroscience
* Hyperdimensional computing – vector-symbolic architectures
* Artificial neural networks
* Deep learning
* Spiking neural networks
* Neuromorphic sensors
* Neuromorphic processors
* Artificial neurons and synapses
* Emerging nanoscale devices for brain-inspired computing
* Applications of brain-inspired computing.
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All articles have to be sent to the local editor for your country (see About ERCIM News<https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/about-ercim-news>) or to the central editor en-submission at ercim.eu<mailto:en-submission at ercim.eu>
Reviewing:
Articles submitted to the special theme and the research and society sections are subject to a review process.
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Guidelines for ERCIM News articles
Style: ERCIM News is read by a large variety of people. Keeping this in mind the article should be descriptive (emphasize more the 'what' than the 'how') without too much technical detail together with an illustration, if possible.
Contributions in ERCIM News are normally presented without formulas. One can get a long way with careful phrasing, although it is not always wise to avoid formulas altogether. In cases where authors feel that the use of formulas is necessary to clarify matters, this should be done in a separate box (to be treated as an illustration). However, formulas and symbols scattered through the text must be avoided as much as possible.
Length: Keep the article short, i.e. 700-900 words.
Format: Submissions preferably in ASCII text or MS Word. Pictures/Illustrations must be submitted as separate files (not embedded in a MS Word file) in a resolution/quality suitable for printing.
Structure of the article:
The emphasis in ERCIM News is on 'NEWS'. This should be reflected in both title and lead ('teaser').
Also: NO REVIEW ARTICLES!
* Title
* Author (full name, max. two or three authors)
* Teaser:
a few words about the project/topic. Printed in boldface, this part is intended to raise interest (keep it short).
* Details describing:
what the project/product is
which institutions are involved
where it takes place
why the research is being done
when it was started/completed the aim of the project
the techniques employed
the orientation of the project
future activities
other institutes involved in this project
co-operation with other ERCIM members in this field
* References:
* 1 - max. 3 references are mandatory for special theme articles. For articles for the section "Research and Development", you can give up to three references (not mandatory)
* Authors should preferably refer important sources only (i.e. journal papers, books) and avoid meaningless references such as article in preparation, unpublished presentations, personal communications, research reports, patents, or local conference publications not listed in the major scientific digital libraries (such as IEEE, ACM, Springer).
* The selected EN style is the shortened IEEE Citation Style.
* The references should be as concise as possible and restricted to the minimal information needed. Avoid all unnecessary words (pages x pp., year, editors, location,...). Use acronyms instead of full conference names - OOPSLA x Object-Oriented Programming Systems, abbreviations (e.g. Conf. x Conference, IEEE TPAMI x IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, etc.).
* Use et al. when three or more names are given.
* Useful Link(s) (URLs separated from the references)
* Contact address with:
- full name of the author
- phone number
- e-mail address
* Photos, illustrations:
ERCIM News is a full-color print magazine. Each article should be accompanied by an illustration (photos, graphics), for example of the product, applications mentioned in the article, people working on the project, etc. (avoid as much as possible flow charts and screen dumps).
Photos should be submitted in jpg or tiff format in a resolution suitable for printing (pictures taken from the web are usually in a quality suitable for printing), graphics in a vector format (svg, eps, pdf).
A Word template for ERCIM News articles<https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/images/stories/Template%20for%20ERCIM%20News%20articles.docx> is available for download.
Publishing in ERCIM News offers several advantages:
* ERCIM News represents an excellent opportunity to present your research to a broad audience, also outside your own research community
* the printed edition has a circulation of about 2000 copies
* more than 8000 readers are subscribed to the online edition
* ERCIM News is widely distributed in the European Commission
* ERCIM offers a free professional proof-reading service
* Authors can reuse their articles; the copyright of the articles remains with the authors.
* Articles of the sections "Special Theme" and "Research and Innovation" are referenced by DBLP<http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/journals/ercim/index.html> and by Web of Science<https://apps.webofknowledge.com/Search.do?product=WOS&SID=X28Eu81hSeAK6E4TMAs&search_mode=GeneralSearch&prID=31463cb7-148f-4866-814f-6e59db12797f> (from issue 104 onwards)
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
Michael Pfeiffer
Generative and Embedded Deep Learning (CR/PJ-AI-R22)
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