The 8th International Conference on Neural Information Processing November 14-18, 2001 Shanghai, China Organized by Chinese Neural Network Council(CNNC) Sponsored by Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly(APNNA) Co-sponsored by IEEE Beijing Section, IEEE NN Council, INNS Local Organizer: Center for Brain Science Research, Fudan University Shanghai Biophysics Society Secretariat E-mail: ICONIP2001@fudan.edu.cn