Submission Instructions

Full Paper Submission

To submit the paper, go to the IJCNN 2011 Paper Submission Site.

Manuscript Style Instructions:

Only papers prepared in PDF format will be accepted.

Paper Length: Up to 8 pages, including figures, tables & references. At maximum, two additional pages are permitted with overlength page charge of US$125/page, to be paid during author registration.

Paper Formatting: double column, single spaced, #10 point Times Roman font.

Margins: Left, Right, and Bottom: 0.75" (19mm). The top margin must be 0.75" (19 mm), except for the title page where it must be 1" (25 mm).

File Size Limitation: 4.0MB.

No page numbering on the manuscript is allowed.

Note: Violations of any of the above specifications may result in rejection of your paper.

Templates and Forms:
IEEE requires that the PDF files submitted for the accepted papers be 100% IEEE Xplore compliant. Please make sure that you follow the Instructions on how to produce IEEE Xplore compliant PDF files.

LaTeX users can use the template files here, which also contains a sample paper. You can create a IEEE Xplore compliant PDF file using the commands:
      dvips -o mypaper.ps -G0 -tletter mypaper
      ps2pdf mypaper.ps mypaper.pdf
You may also use another method to obtain a pdf file from the LaTeX document, but compliance with pdf eXpress will be required in the final version.

Microsoft Office users can download the MS Word template in a sample. These can be converted to compliant pdf using IEEE PDF eXpress (see instructions below)

IEEE PDF Express Compliance:
PDF Express can be used through the site www.pdf-express.org. Follow the instructions at the site and use "ijcnn11x" as Conference ID. The first time you use the site, you will need to register and select a password.

All accepted, camera-ready papers must be processed through PDF Express before final submission (even if the PDF is generated by another process). Word files can be converted to PDF through PDF Express by uploading the file to the site. The website will convert it to PDF file for you and send you an email shortly with the converted PDF file in attachment. Files already in PDF (e.g., those generated through LaTeX) can be checked for compliance through PDF Express.

Please note that PDF eXpress does not have to be used for initial submissions. Since each paper can only be processed through PDFeXpress a limited number of times, it is suggested that you not use PDF eXpress at the time of initial submission and simply generate reasonably compliant manuscripts through LaTeX or Word, leaving processing through PDF eXpress for the final camera-ready version submitted after reviewing and acceptance.

In order for your accepted paper to be published in the conference proceedings, a signed IEEE Copyright Form must be submitted for each paper. IJCNN 2011 has registered to use the IEEE electronic Copyright Form (eCF) service. A button in your author's account links directly to a secured IEEE eCF site which allows electronic completion of the copyright agreement. In case of any problems with eCF, please sign the completed IEEE Copyright Form here and upload it from your author's account. The copyright form is required only at the time of final submission of accepted papers.

Contacts:
For questions on paper/abstract submission and formatting, please contact the Program Chair, Dr. Hava Siegelmann (hava _at_ cs.umass.edu) or the Technical Co-Chair, Dr. Michael Georgiopoulos (michael.georgiopoulos _at_ gmail.com)

For questions regarding PDFExpress, please contact the Technical Co-Chair, Dr. Cesare Alippi (alippi@elet.polimi.it) and Romolo Camplani (camplani@elet.polimi.it)

For all other questions regarding conference policies and programs, contact the General Chair, Dr. Ali Minai (ali.minai _at_ uc.edu)

Abstract Submission

To submit the abstract, go to the IJCNN 2011 Abstract Submission Site.

Abstracts can only be submitted in the broad area of "Neuroscience and Neurocognition", with the following topics:

Neural dynamics.

Sensory systems.

Motor systems.

Cognition.

Models of learning and memory.

Molecular and cellular processes.

Neuromodulation.

Neuroinformatics.

Neurocognitive networks.

Neuroevolution and development.

Brain-machine interfaces.

Neural prostheses.

Models of neurological diseases and treatments.

Systems and computational biology.

Abstract Style Instructions:

Abstracts must be less than 500 words plus up to 5 bibliographic citations (a total of up to 3500 characters). Please use only Latin/English alphabet (plain text ASCII) for your abstract, i.e., do not use accents, umlauts, mathematical notation or other special characters. Figures, tables and equations are not permitted.

Note: Violations of any of the above specifications may result in rejection of your abstract.