Topics covered by WSOM 2008 are:
Bioinformatics
Cognitive Modeling
Data visualization, mining, and sonification
Financial analysis
Hardware and Architecture
Neuroscience
Optimization
Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Self-organization
Signal processing, image processing, and vision
Text and document Analysis
Theory and extensions
Time-series analysis
Unsupervised learning (including PCA/NLPCA, ICA/NLICA, Principal Curves/Surfaces