BIOSIGNALS - the "International Conference on Bio-inspired Signals and Systems" - has currently an open call for papers. This prestigious conference is organized by INSTICC with technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. A special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/cas/tbcas/) will be edited based on the very best papers of the conference. BIOSIGNALS-2008 will be held in Funchal, Portugal (island of Madeira) next year, on January 28-31, in collaboration with the University of Madeira. The purpose of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing is to bring together researchers and practitioners from multiple areas of knowledge, including biology, medicine, engineering and other physical sciences, interested in studying and using models and techniques inspired from or applied to biological systems. A diversity of signal types can be found in this area, including image, audio and other biological sources of information. The analysis and use of these signals is a multidisciplinary area including signal processing, pattern recognition and computational intelligence techniques, amongst others. The conference program includes a number of Keynote Lectures to be delivered by distinguished world-class researchers.It also includes at least one panel on a relevant topic of research. The list of currently confirmed invited speakers can be found at the conference web site. Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, in paper and in CD-ROM support. The proceedings will be indexed by several major international indexers, including INSPEC, DBLP and ISI Proceedings*SM. Additionaly, a selection of the best papers of the conference may be published in a book, by Springer. Best paper awards will also be distributed during the conference. Please check further details at the BIOSIGNALS-2008 conference web site (http://www.biosignals.org). There you will find detailed information about the conference structure and its main topic areas. This conference is co-located and a component of the Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC www.biostec.org) Special sessions are also invited. If you wish to propose a special session, for example based on the results of a specific research project, please contact the secretariat. Kind regards, Marina BIOSIGNALS Secretariat Av. D.Manuel I, 27A 2ºesq. 2910-595 Setúbal, Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 185 Fax: +351 265 520 186 Email: secretariat@BIOSIGNALS.org Web: http://www.BIOSIGNALS.org ************************************************************************* BIOSIGNALS-2008 web site: http://www.biosignals.org IMPORTANT DATES: Full Paper Submission: June 27, 2007 Authors Notification: October 2, 2007 Final Paper Submission and Registration: October 23, 2007 ************************************************************************* Conference Topics: - Medical Signal Acquisition, Analysis and Processing - Wearable Sensors and Systems - Real-time Systems - Biometrics - Pattern Recognition - Computational Intelligence - Evolutionary Systems - Neural Networks - Speech Recognition - Acoustic Signal Processing - Time and Frequency Response - Wavelet Transform - Medical Image Detection, Acquisition, Analysis and Processing - Physiological Processes and Bio-signal Modeling, Non-linear dynamics - Bioinformatics - Cybernetics and User Interface Technologies - Laser and opto-electronics Signal Processing Applications - Electromagnetic fields in biology and medicine - Education and Training in Science and Technology for Medical Signal Processing