Brain Informatics (BI) has recently emerged as an interdisciplinary
research field that focuses on studying the mechanisms underlying the
human information processing system (HIPS). It investigates the
essential functions of the brain, ranging from perception to thinking,
and encompassing such areas as multi-perception, attention, memory,
language, computation, heuristic search, reasoning, planning,
decision-making, problem-solving, learning, discovery, and creativity.
The goal of BI is to develop and demonstrate a systematic approach to
achieving an integrated understanding of both macroscopic and
microscopic level working principles of the brain, by means of
experimental, computational, and cognitive neuroscience studies, as
well as utilizing advanced Web Intelligence (WI) centric information
technologies. BI represents a potentially revolutionary shift in the
way that research is undertaken. It attempts to capture new forms of
collaborative and interdisciplinary work. In this vision, new kinds
of BI methods and global research communities will emerge, through
infrastructure on the wisdom Web and knowledge grids that enables high
speed and distributed, large-scale analysis and computations, and
radically new ways of sharing data/knowledge.
Brain Informatics 2009 provides a leading international forum to bring
together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields, such as
computer science, information technology, artificial intelligence, Web
intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience, medical science, life
science, economics, data mining, data and knowledge engineering,
intelligent agent technology, human computer interation, complex
systems, and system science, to explore the main research problems in
BI lie in the interplay between the studies of human brain and the
research of informatics. On the one hand, one models and
characterizes the functions of the human brain based on the notions of
information processing systems. WI centric information technologies
are applied to support brain science studies. For instance, the
wisdom Web and knowledge grids enable high-speed, large-scale
analysis, simulation, and computation as well as new ways of sharing
research data and scientific discoveries. On the other hand,
informatics-enabled brain studies, e.g., based on fMRI, EEG, MEG
significantly broaden the spectrum of theories and models of brain
sciences and offer new insights into the development of human-level
intelligence on the wisdom Web and knowledge grids.
Brain Informatics 2009 will be jointly held with the 2009
International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT 2009).
The two conferences will have a joint opening, keynote, reception, and
banquet. Attendees only need to register for one conference and can
attend workshops, sessions, exhibits and demonstrations across the two
conferences.
