<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear All,<br class=""><div><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font><b class="" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 170);">Submission deadline has been extended to June 25.</b><br class=""><font color="#12c00e" class=""><br class=""></font>We are pleased to announce the <b class=""><a href="http://wbicv2017.ai.edu.mt/" class="">First International Workshop on Brain-Inspired Computer Vision (WBICV2017)</a>,</b> which we will hold as part of the conference <a href="http://www.iciap2017.com/" class="">ICIAP2017</a>, 11-12 September, Catania, Sicily (Italy).<br class=""><font color="#12c00e" class=""><br class=""></font>Papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following <b class="">TOPICS</b>:<br class=""> - Mathematical models of visual perception<br class=""> - Brain-inspired algorithms<br class=""> - Learning: Deep learning, recurrent networks, differentiable neural computers, sparse coding.<br class=""> - The appearance of neuronal properties: sparsity and selectivity<br class=""> - Circuitry: hierarchical representations and connections between layers.<br class=""> - Selecting where to look: saliency, attention and active vision.<br class=""> - Hierarchy of visual cortex areas<br class=""> - Feedforward, feedback and inhibitory mechanisms<br class=""> - Applications: object recognition, object tracking, medical image analysis, contour detection and segmentation<br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font><b class="">Paper format</b><br class=""> - Please use the template of lecture notes in computer science (LNCS): <a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0" class="">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</a><br class=""> - Max number of pages is 10 + 1 page containing only references<br class=""> <br class=""><b class="">Important Dates</b><br class=""> - Paper submission deadline: June 1, 2017<br class=""> - Paper notification: June 30, 2017<br class=""> - Camera ready paper submission: July 7, 2017<br class=""> - Author registration: July 7, 2017<br class=""> - Workshop: 11 or 12 September 2017<br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font><b class="">Invited Keynote Speakers</b><br class=""> - There will be two keynote talks by:<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Prof. Nicolai Petkov. University of Groningen, The Netherlands.<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Prof. John Tsotsos. University of Toronto, Canada.<br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></font>Sincerely yours,<br class=""><font color="#12c00e" class=""><br class=""></font>George Azzopardi (University of Malta): <a href="mailto:george.azzopardi@um.edu.mt" class="">george.azzopardi@um.edu.mt</a><br class="">Laura Fernandez Robles (University of Leon, Spain): <a href="mailto:l.fernandez@unileon.es" class="">l.fernandez@unileon.es</a><br class="">Antonio Rodriguez Sanchez (University of Innsbruck, Austria): <a href="mailto:Antonio.Rodriguez-Sanchez@uibk.ac.at" class="">Antonio.Rodriguez-Sanchez@uibk.ac.at</a><br class=""><b class="">Workshop co-chairs</b><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="217EF863-255E-4E61-B116-2EFBE8DD611B" height="208" width="1280" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" class="" src="cid:F0EF520C-EBDA-43A4-8C9F-7F2CEE76EDFD"></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>