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         The 16th International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI'23)
                                                August 1 - 3, 2023
                                          Hoboken & New York – USA
               The key theme: Brain Science meets Artificial Intelligence
                 A Hybrid Conference with both Online and Offline Modes
                  History of BI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2s78IIN-CQ
            Conference homepage: wi-consortium.org/conferences/bi2023/
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*** IMPORTANT DATES ***
- 15 April 2023: Full Paper Submission Deadline
- 20 April 2023: Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline

*** Confirmed Keynote Speakers ***
-  Professor Emery N. Brown
  Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  Member of the National Academy of Engineering
  Member of the National Academy of Medicine
  MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

-  Professor Bin He
  Fellow of International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE)
  Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
  Fellow of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), and IEEE
  Member of the National Academy of Inventors
  Carnegie Mellon University, USA

-  Professor John Ngai
  Director of NIH BRAIN Initiative
  NIH BRAIN Initiative, USA

-  Professor Helen Mayberg
  Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  Member of the National Academy of Medicine
  Member of the National Academy of Inventors
  Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  Mount Sinai Medical Center, USA

-  Professor Vinod Goel
  Author of monographs: “Sketches of thought” and “Reason and Less: Pursuing Food, Sex, and Politics”
  York University, Canada

-  Professor Amy Kuceyeski
  Director of Computational Connectomics (CoCo) at Weill Cornell Medicine 
  Cornell University, USA

-  Professor Patrick Purdon
  Nathaniel M. Sims Endowed Chair in Anesthesia Innovation and Bioengineering at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
  Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
  National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award
  MGH, Harvard Medical School, USA

*** Local information ***
*The location of the BI2023 in the beautiful campus of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, located on the west bank of Hudson River overlooking Manhattan. Stevens is close to a group of finest universities such as Princeton University (1.5 hours drive), Columbia University (25 min drive), New York University (20 min drive) and Yale University (1h 40 min drive).
*Convenient transportation: (1) Nearby there are three major airports: Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia with direct flights to all major cities in the world.  (2) 15 minutes to Time Square by bus.
*An economic accommodation option: $100 dorm room option is available in the newly completed University Complex Center Building with a view of Manhattan (limited spaces)

***About the conference***
The International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI) series has established itself as the world's premier research conference on Brain Informatics, which is an emerging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research field that combines the efforts of Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Machine Learning, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to explore the main problems that lie in the interplay between human brain studies and informatics research. 
The 16th International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI'23) provides a premier international forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields for presentation of original research results, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative and practical development experiences on Brain Informatics research, brain-inspired technologies and brain/mental health applications.

*** Topics and Areas ***
The key theme of the conference is "Brain Science meets Artificial Intelligence".
The BI'23 solicits high-quality original research and application papers (full paper and abstract presentation submissions).
Relevant topics include but are not limited to:

Track 1: Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Brain Science
Track 2: Human Information Processing Systems
Track 3: Brain Big Data Analytics, Curation and Management
Track 4: Informatics Paradigms for Brain and Mental Health Research
Track 5: Brain-Machine Intelligence and Brain-Inspired Computing

***Journal Opportunities***
High quality BI conference papers may be nominated to submit an extended version for a fast track review and publication at the Brain Informatics Journal (https://braininformatics.springeropen.com/), an international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary Open Access journal published by Springer Nature. Real-time Journal's Impact Factor: 8.5. 

*** Paper Submission and Publications ***
Paper Submission link:
http://wi-consortium.org/conferences/bi2023/paper%20submissions%20and%20publications.html
9-12 pages are encouraged for the regular papers including figures and references in Springer LNCS Proceedings format (https://www.springer.com/us/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). Overlength pages will be charged for 200$ per page.
All papers will be peer-reviewed and accepted based on originality, significance of contribution, technical merit, and presentation quality.  All papers accepted (and all workshop & special sessions' full length papers) will be published by Springer as a volume of the Springer-Nature LNAI Brain Informatics Book Series (https://link.springer.com/conference/brain).

Abstract Submission (Only for Workshops/Special Sessions):
Research abstracts are encouraged and will be accepted for presentations in an oral presentation format and/or poster presentation format. Each abstract submission should include the title of the paper and an abstract body within 500 words. Note: The abstract will not be included in the conference proceedings to be published by Springer.
Special Issues & Books:
Workshop organizers can be invited to contribute a book publication in the Springer-Nature Brain Informatics & Health Book Series (https://www.springer.com/series/15148), or a special issue at the Brain Informatics Journal.

*** Workshop & Special Sessions ***
Proposal Submissions:
BI'23 will be hosting a series of workshops and special sessions featuring topics relevant to the brain informatics community on the latest research and industry applications.

Papers & Presentations:
A workshop/special session typically takes a half day (or full day) and includes a mix of regular and invited presentations including regular papers, abstracts, invited papers as well as invited presentations.
The paper and abstract submissions to workshops/special sessions will follow the same format as the BI conference papers and abstracts.

Proposal Guidelines:
Each proposal should include:
1) workshop/special session title;
2) length of the workshop (half/full day);
3) names, main contact, and a short bio of the workshop organizers;
4) brief description of the workshop scope and timeline;
5) prior history of the workshop (if any);
6) potential program committee members and invited speakers;
7) any other relevant information.

*** IMPORTANT DATES ***
* 15 April 2023: Full paper submission deadline
* 20 April 2023: Workshop proposal deadline
* 10 May 2023: Abstract presentation submission deadline
* 30 May 2023: Final paper and abstract acceptance notification
* 20 Jun 2023: Accepted paper and abstract registration deadline
* 1-3 Aug 2023: The Brain Informatics Conference

Organizing Committee
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General Chairs
* Bin He, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
* Stefano Panzeri, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Organizing Chairs
* Feng Liu, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
* Hongjun Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
* Sheraz Khan, MGH Harvard and MIT, USA
* Emily Stephen, Boston University, USA

Program Chairs
* Yu Zhang, Lehigh University, USA
* Zhe Sage Chen, New York University, USA
* Jordi Solé-Casals, University of Vic, Spain
* Peipeng Liang, CNU School of Psychology, China
* Islem Rekik, Istanbul Technology University, Turkey

Workshop Chairs
* Vicky Yamamoto, Keck School of Medicine of USC, USA
* Xiang Li, MGH, Harvard Medical School, USA
* Yusuf Cakmak, University of Otago, New Zealand
* Shuqiang Wang, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS, China
* Yang Yang, BFU Department of Psychology, China
* Cesar German Castellanos Dominguez, National University of Colombia, Colombia

Tutorial Chairs
* Guihong Wan, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
* Shouyi Wang, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
* Antonia Zaferiou, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

Publicity Chairs
* Hongzhi Kuai, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan
* Miaolin (Melody) Fan, MGH, Harvard Medical School, USA

Advisory Board
Chair: Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan
* Tianzi Jiang, Institute of Automation, CAS, China
* Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
* Hesheng Liu, MGH, Harvard Medical School, USA
* Guoming Luan, Sanbo Brain Hospital, China
* Mufti Mahmud, Nottingham Trent University, UK
* Hanchuan Peng, SEU-Allen Institute for Brain & Intelligence, China
* Shinsuke Shimojo, California Institute of Technology, USA

Contact Us:
http://wi-consortium.org/conferences/bi2023/contact.html