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Submission Deadline: March 15, 2007
Advancing Artificial Intelligence through Biological Process Applications
A book edited by Dr. Ana B. Porto, Dr. Alejandro Pazos, University of A Coruña, Spain and Dr. Washington Buño,
Cajal Institute (CSIC), Spain
Introduction
As time goes by, researchers are discovering the way living beings behave, the way their
internal organs function, how intercellular substance exchange is produced and which is the
composition of the smallest molecule. Most of these biological processes have been imitated by
many scientific disciplines with the purpose of trying to solve different problems. One of these
disciplines is Artificial Intelligence, where diverse research teams analyse and study biological
systems implementing computational models to solve real world problems.
This book aims to describe biological processes never used before until now in Artificial
Intelligence, some of them recently discovered. It also presents the benefits of the new
techniques created from this processes not only to Artificial Intelligence, but also to the science
of Biology.
The objectives of this book consist of:
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Presenting recent advances in the study of certain biological processes related to
information processing that are being or could be applied to Artificial Intelligence. Such
advances refer to the areas of Neuroscience, Genetics, Molecular Biology, etc.
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Illustrate some of the more recent applications of biological processes to computational
systems implicated in the information processing. Reviewed will not only be the
different approaches for integration, but also the areas of application of these systems
The Target Audience
This is a reference book for students, researchers and professionals interested in studying and
analysing different biological processes that may be applied to Computer Science. Such
processes allow optimizing several techniques in Artificial Intelligence and designing new
methods of information processing based on biological behaviour.
The book draws on the experience of people who have worked into multidisciplinary groups
(Computational Neuroscience, Biomolecular Computing, Hybrid Systems, Evolutionary
Computation, etc).
Suggested Topics:
1. Recent advances in biological processes
related
to
information
processing.
Advances in:
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Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Psychology
Biochemistry
Biophysics
Etc.
2. New Biologically Inspired
Artificial Intelligence Models:
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Neural Computation
Evolutionary Computation
Hybrid Intelligent Systems
Biomolecular Computing
Artificial Creative Systems
Adaptive Systems
Cognitive Systems
Emergent Behaviours
Etc.
3. Real-Life applications with the
models to:
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Biomedicine
Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Psychology
Computers
Business
Etc.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers are invited to submit on or before March 15, 2007, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal
on suggested topics, clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter.
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded by mail to Ana B. Porto, editor at [email protected].
Your proposal should include: your name, affiliation, selected topic title, and brief description of
the proposed chapter (1,000-1,500 words). Authors will be notified about the status of their
proposal by March 30, 2007. Full chapters expected to be submitted by June 3, 2007. The book
is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea
Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea
Group Reference imprints.
Upon acceptance of your proposal, you will have two months to prepare your chapter (6,0008,000 words) and chapter organizational guidelines will be sent.
Important Dates:
March 15, 2007
March 30, 2007
June 1, 2007
June 30, 2007
August 31, 2007
September 30, 2007
October 31, 2007
Receive proposals / invitation acceptance
Proposal acceptance notification
Chapters due
Deadline for reviewers to return chapters
Revised chapters due from authors
Final acceptance and revision notification
Receive final accepted chapters and original Author Warranty form
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded to:
Ana B. Porto Pazos
Departamento de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones
Facultad de Informática. Campus de Elviña
15071 A Coruña. ESPAÑA
Phone: +34 981 167000 Fax: +34 981 167160
e-mail: [email protected]
Further details and updates can be found at: http://sabia.tic.udc.es/bookAIthroughBIO/