*Important Dates*
  New Deadline for paper submissions: 15 May 2016
  Notification of acceptance/rejection: 7 July 2016
  Camera-ready final paper submission: 22 July 2016
  Deadline for author registration: 22 July 2016
  Deadline for early registration: 7 August 2016
  Conference days: 16-21 October 2016 (Technical Tour 21 Oct 2016)

*Instruction for Paper Submissions*
Please prepare your paper in the format as the sample paper for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) include reference format. In the Information for LNCS Authors site, you are able to download the source files including LaTeX2e class file, sample file, word template.

*Topics of interest* include, but not limited to:
 – Theory & Algorithms:
   Neurodynamics, Machine learning, Deep neural networks, Computational
   intelligence, Pattern recognition, Computer vision,
   Speech processing, Time series analysis, Reinforcement learning,
   Bayesian networks, Computational & Cognitive

 – Neurosciences:
   Sensory perception, Motor control, Decision making,
   Social cognition, Emotion and reward, Neuroeconomics, Computational
   psychiatry, Brain-machine interface, Neural data analysis

 – Applications:
   Big data analysis, Robotics and control, Bioinformatics,
   Biomedical engineering, Neuromorphic hardware, Data mining,
   Information security, Social networks, Computational finance,
   Sports and rehabilitation, Special Sessions

*Plenary Speakers*
– Kunihiko Fukushima (Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute, Japan)
– Mitsuo Kawato (ATR, Japan)
– Irwin King (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)

*Tutorial Speakers* (included in registration fee)
– Nikola Kasabov (Auckland University of Technology, NZ)
– Stephen H. Scott (Queen's University, Canada)
– Aapo Hyvarinen (University of Helsinki, Finland)
– Okito Yamashita (ATR, Japan)

*Special Sessions*
– Bio-Inspired / Energy-Efficient Information Processing: Theory,
  Systems, Devices and Applications
– Whole Brain Architecture: Toward a Human Like General Purpose
  Artificial Intelligence
– Artificial Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition in Geosciences
– Data-driven approach for extracting latent features from
  multi-dimensional data Topological and Graph based Clustering methods
– Deep and Reinforcement Learning

*Workshops* (included in registration fee)
– Data Mining and Cybersecurity Workshop 2016
  (http://www.csmining.org/cdmc2016/)
– Novel Approaches of Systems Neuroscience to Sports and Rehabilitation

Each paper requires one full registration (i.e., a student registration does not cover any papers). Each full registration covers a maximum of two papers and additional charge JPY 30,000 per paper is incurred for more than two papers with one full registration. The extra page charge is JPY 10,000 per page. See more details on the registration page (now under construction).

*Student Travel Grants*
ICONIP 2016 will offer a limited number of Travel Grants (JPY 55,000) for undergraduate students and graduate students. The students who want to apply for this travel grants must declare in advance on the paper submission page.

*ICONIP 2016 Awards*
We will present the two types of awards:
– Excellent Paper Awards
– Best Student Paper Awards

For Best Student Paper Awards, the finalists who are selected by the Awards Committee must attend the Presentation Session for Best Student Paper Awards which will be held at the conference venue on October 16th, 2016. The recipient of each award will be given a certificate of the award and a cash prize (JPY 55,000) to be presented during the conference banquet at ICONIP 2016.

*Accommodation*
The travel agency JTB will accept a limited number of accommodation requests shortly. However, we strongly recommend you to reserve your accommodation yourself as soon as possible (even before you get the acceptance notice). Please keep in mind that October is one of the most crowded seasons in Kyoto. If your reservation is late, you may have to commute from outside of Kyoto city.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the ICONIP 2016 Secretariat (iconip2016@gmail.com).