====== International Neural Network Society (INNS) ======

The International Neural Network Society ([[http://www.inns.org|INNS]]) is the premiere organization for individuals interested in a theoretical and computational understanding of the brain and applying that knowledge to develop new and more effective forms of machine intelligence.

===== INNS Membership =====

==== Senior Membership Application ====
  * [[:inns:sm_application_form|Online INNS Senior Membership Application]]

===== Committee for SIGS and Regional Chapter (CSRC) =====
  * [[king@cse.cuhk.edu.hk|Irwin King]]. VP for Membership and Chair of the CSRC
  * [[marley@ele.puc-rio.br|Marley Vellasco]] - SIGS and Regional Chapters Committee Chair for Americas
  * [[rtagliaferri@unisa.it|Roberto Tagliaferri]] - SIGS and Regional Chapters Committee Chair for Europe, Middle East and Africa
  * [[king@cse.cuhk.edu.hk|Irwin King]] -  SIGS and Regional Chapters Committee Chair for Asia and the Pacific

/*
  * [[principe@cnel.ufl.edu|Jose  Carlos Principe]], VP for Membership and Chair of the CSRC
  * [[fmh@fit.edu|Fred Ham]], VP for Membership and Chair of the CSRC
*/

==== CSRC of the Asia and the Pacific Region (tentative) ====
  * [[king@cse.cuhk.edu.hk|Irwin King]] (Chair), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  * Salim Bouzerdoum, University of Wollongong, Australia
  * Akira Hirose, University of Tokyo, Japan
  * Bao-Liang Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  * Shiro Usui, RIKEN BSI, Japan
  * Soo-Young Lee, KAIST, South Korea
  * Ron Sun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

/*
  - One year term with possibility of renewal
  - Promote INNS in the Asia and the Pacific region
  - Invite SIG and Regional Chapter applications
  - Evaluate SIG and Regional Chapter applications
  - Set and review CSRC policy
*/


==== Online SIG and Regional Chapter Applications ====
  * [[:inns:sig_application_form|Online INNS SIG Application]]
  * [[:inns:chapter_application_form|Online INNS Chapter Application]]

==== Regional Chapters ====
  * India Regional Chapter, Suash Deb

/*
  - Australia, Patrick Wong, The University of New South Wales
  - China
  - Hong Kong, Irwin King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  - Japan
  - Korea, Minho Lee, Kyungpook National University
  - New Zealand, George Coghill, University of Auckland
  - Thailand, Jonathan Chan, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
*/

==== Recent Events and Activities ====

=== INNS President Awards ===
  * 2 Student Best Paper Awards, World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing ([[http://www.mirlabs.org/nabic09/ks.html|NaBIC 2009]]), Coimbatore, India, December 9-11, 2009
  * 2 Student Best Paper Awards, International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN2010), Shanghai, China