<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:arial-boldmt,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,129)">Final Call for Pap</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:arial-boldmt,sans-serif;color:navy">er</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:arial-boldmt,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,129)">s</span></b></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:simsun-identity-h"> </span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://mail.udc.edu/owa/redir.aspx?REF=5c4-NeuwWnHHNuBcCRLv2Vvp9cLnUFU3ncUM024c7uzrQOvtIzHUCAFodHRwOi8vY29uZmVyZW5jZS5jcy5jaXR5dS5lZHUuaGsvaXNubi8." target="_blank">http://conference.cs.cityu.edu.hk/isnn/</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,129)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,129)"> </span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(0,0,129)"> </span></b></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Updated news:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Upon numerous requests, the submission deadline is postponed to </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:red">January 10, 2017</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Post-symposium tutorial/workshop will be arranged in Hakodate/Muroran on June 24-26, 2017.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The 14th International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2017) will be held in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan during June 21-23, 2017, following the successes of previous events. Located in northern island of Hokkaido, Sapporo is the fourth largest Japanese city and a popular summer/winter tourist venue. ISNN 2017 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present the state of the art of neural network research and applications in related fields. The symposium will feature plenary speeches given by world renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, and special sessions focusing on popular topics.</span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Authors are invited to submit full-length papers by the submission deadline through the online submission system. The submission of a paper implies that the paper is original and has not been submitted under review or is not copyright-protected elsewhere and will be presented by an author if accepted. All submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the field based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. Papers presented at ISNN 2017 will be published in the EI-indexed proceedings in the Springer LNCS series and selected good papers will be included in special issues of several SCI journals.</span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Important Dates</span></b></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Extended Paper submission deadline: <s>January 1, 2017</s>   </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:red">January 10, 2017</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2017</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Camera-ready copy and author registration: March 1, 2017</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Conference: June 21-23, 2017</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:red">Post-symposium tutorial/workshop: June 24-26, 2017</span></p></div>