Draft:International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)

The International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) is considered the premier international conference in the area of neural networks theory, analysis and applications. It is currently the largest meeting in the world devoted to neural network research.

Every other year, it is held in tandem with other conferences, including the World Congress on Computational Intelligence: (WCCI), the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) and the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC).

IJCNN started in 1987 as the International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN) and was held in San Diego, CA, USA It was conceived, organized and managed by Bart Kosko (University of Southern California) and Robert Hecht-Nielsen (University of California - San Diego ).

History
The International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN) was held in San Diego, CA, USA in 1987 with the permission of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). ICNN featured a large number of tutorials on the first day. Parallel technical sessions, large poster sessions, and a large industrial exhibit hall were also featured. The ICNN Proceedings were published and are still widely cited. Attendance exceeded 2000 delegates. ICNN resulted in the formation of the International Neural Network Society and what is now the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. Extensive detail on ICNN 1987 can be found in the book, Talking Nets: An Oral History of Neural Networks [MIT Press]. Conference proceedings are published in IEEE Xplore.

Topics
IJCNN includes sessions on the following themes
 * Neural Network Models
 * Machine Learning
 * Neurodynamics
 * Computational Neuroscience
 * Neural Models of Perception, Cognition and Action
 * Neuroengineering
 * Bio-Inspired and Biomorphic Systems
 * Cross-Disciplinary Topics
 * Neural Network Theory and Applications
 * Robotics
 * Distributed Intelligence

Affiliated Events

 * IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI)
 * IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE)
 * IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC)

Related Journals

 * Neural Networks Journal