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                Volume 12 : Issue 22

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                       TAINN III: Call for Papers
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                         aaai-94 call for papers
                               COMPLEX'94


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Subject: TAINN III: Call for Papers
From:    ugur halici <[e-mail]>
Date:    Wed, 24 Nov 93 19:11:02 +0500


                        CALL FOR PAPERS

                          ---------
                          TAINN III
                          ---------


               The Third Turkish Symposium  on
          -----------------------------------------
          ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & NEURAL NETWORKS
          -----------------------------------------
            June 22-24, 1994, METU, Ankara, Turkey


                         Organized by

              Middle East Technical University
                              &
                      Bilkent University

                     in cooperation with

                      Bogazici University,
                            TUBITAK
                        INNS Turkey SIG,
             IEEE Computer Society  Turkey Chapter,
                   ACM SIGART Turkey Chapter,


                        Conference Chair:
             Nese Yalabik (METU), [e-mail]

                   Program Committee  Co-chairs:
            Cem Bozsahin (METU), [e-mail]
            Ugur Halici (METU), [e-mail]
            Kemal  Oflazer (Bilkent), [e-mail]

                   Organization Committee  Chair:
       Gokturk Ucoluk  (METU) ,   [e-mail]

                          Program Comittee:
L. Akin (Bosphorus), V. Akman (Bilkent), E. Alpaydin (Bosphorus),
S.I. Amari (Tokyo), I. Aybay (METU), B. Buckles (Tulane),
G. CARPENTER (BOSTON), I. CICEKLI (BILKENT), C. DAGLI (MISSOURI-ROLLA),
D.Davenport (Bilkent), G. Ernst (Case Western), A. Erkmen (METU)
N. Findler (Arizona State), E. Gelenbe (Duke), M. Guler (METU),
A. Guvenir (Bilkent), S. Kocabas (TUBITAK), R. Korf (UCLA),
S. Kuru (Bosphorus), D. Levine (Texas Arlington), R. Lippmann (MIT),
K. Narendra (Yale), H. Ogmen (Houston), U. Sengupta (Arizona State),
R. Parikh (CUNY), F. Petry (Tulane), C. Say (Bosphorus), A. Yazici (METU),
G. Ucoluk (METU), P. Werbos (NSF), N. Yalabik (METU), L. Zadeh (California),
W. Zadrozny (IBM TJ Watson)


                       Organization Committee:
      A. GULOKSUZ, O. IZMIRLI, E. ERSAHIN, I. OZTURK, C. TURHAN


                       Scope of the Symposium

* Commonsense Reasoning * Expert Systems  * Knowledge Representation
* Natural Language Processing *  AI Programming Environments and Tools
* Automated Deduction *   Computer Vision *  Speech Recognition
* Control and Planning *  Machine Learning and Knowledge Acquisition
* Robotics *  Social, Legal, Ethical Issues *  Distributed AI
* Intelligent Tutoring Systems  *  Search * Cognitive Models
* Parallel and Distributed Processing * Genetic Algorithms
* NN Applications * NN Simulation Environments * Fuzzy Logic
* Novel NN Models * Theoretical Aspects of NN * Pattern Recognition
* Other Related Topics on AI and NN

Paper Submission: Submit five copies  of full papers (in English or Turkish)
limited to 10 pages by January 31, 1994  to :

                      TAINN III, Cem Bozsahin
                 Department  of Computer Engineering
                 Middle  East Technical University,
                      06531, Ankara, Turkey

Authors will  be notified of acceptance by April 1, 1994. Accepted papers
will be published in the symposium proceedings.

The conference  will be held on the campus of Middle East Technical
University (METU)  in Ankara, Turkey.  A limited number of free lodging
facilities will be provided on campus for student participants. If there
is  sufficient interest, sightseeing tours to the nearby Cappadocia region
known for its mystical underground cities and fairy chimneys, to the
archaeological remains at Alacahoyuk , the capital of the Hittite empire,
and to local museums will be organized.

For further information and announcements contact:

                        TAINN, Ugur Halici
              Department of Electrical Engineering
                 Middle East Technical University
                    06531, Ankara, Turkey

      EMAIL: [e-mail]   (AFTER JANUARY 1994)
             [e-mail]  (BEFORE)

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Subject: CFP Int'l Workshop on NN Applications in Astronomy
From:    [e-mail] (Lisa Storrie-Lombardi)
Date:    Wed, 24 Nov 93 14:26:00 +0000

____________________________________________________________________________

          ******      FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT -- CALL FOR PAPERS     ******
____________________________________________________________________________

     1st International Workshop on Neural Network Applications in Astronomy
____________________________________________________________________________

                        to be held from 22 - 25 JULY, 1994
                   at the Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
                                Tucson, Arizona, USA

Initial research efforts at multiple sites indicate that neural network
technology can provide the astronomical community with new tools for
galaxy/star separation, automated classification of stellar spectra and
galaxy images, adaptive optics control, meteor tracking, sunspot
prediction, and data compression. This Workshop will serve as a forum for
the exchange of ideas concerning current and future applications of
neural network technology in astronomical research.

                        TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

                 *  Neural Network Methodology
                 *  Adaptive Optics
                 *  Chaotic Cycles
                 *  Star/Galaxy Separation
                 *  Image and Spectral Classification
                 *  Extragalactic and Cosmological Applications.

Program activities will include invited review talks on the major topics
along with contributed oral and poster presentations describing current
research in the field.  Ample time will be allowed for informal
discussions between the participants, as well as optional field trips to
the Large Mirror Optics Laboratory and the Kitt Peak National
Observatory. The proceedings will be published in a special issue of
Vistas in Astronomy.  The Workshop is sponsored by the Steward
Observatory and Pergamon Press, Ltd.


                        SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

        Michael LLOYD-HART, Steward Observatory, Tucson, Arizona, USA
        Keith MACPHERSON, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
        A. E. ROY, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
        Lisa J. STORRIE-LOMBARDI, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
        Michael C. STORRIE-LOMBARDI, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
        Ray WHITE, Steward Observatory, Tucson, Arizona, USA


                        LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

        Michael Lloyd-Hart, Steward Observatory  ([e-mail])
        Ray WHITE, Steward Observatory  ([e-mail])


                        REGISTRATION DETAILS

        Early Registration Fee ($75 U.S.)     BEFORE 31 March 1994
        Regular Registration Fee ($100 U.S.)  BEFORE 1 June  1994
        Hotel: ($60 U.S. per night-approx.)   Barbecue ($20 U.S.)

NOTE: Registration fees include conference proceedings, coffees, welcome
cocktail, and Mirror Lab visit. Hotel reservations will be made at the
Plaza International Hotel, quite near the conference site (easy walking
distance).




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                       REGISTRATION FORM

___________________________________________________________________

International Workshop on Neural Network Applications in Astronomy
___________________________________________________________________

                to be held from 22 - 25 July, 1994
                               at the
            Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
                        Tucson, Arizona, USA
___________________________________________________________________

**  RETURN THIS FORM to Ray White

      E-MAIL:           [e-mail]
      FAX:              [phone]
      POSTAL MAIL:      Ray White
                        Steward Observatory
                        University of Arizona
                        Tucson, AZ  85721  USA

     Name:        _____________________________________________

     Institution: _____________________________________________

     Address:     ______________________________________________

                  ______________________________________________

                  ______________________________________________

     Phone:       _______________________________  FAX:  ____________________

     e-mail:      ___________________________________


Early Registration Fee ($75 U.S.)       BEFORE 31 March   1994  $_______
Regular Registration Fee ($100 U.S.)    BEFORE  1 June    1994  $_______

Hotel Reservation: (approx. $60 U.S./night): Num. of nights:___ $_______

Barbecue ($20 U.S.) :                                           $_______

                                        TOTAL . . . . . . . . . $_______

        CIRCLE ONE:  VISA / MC  #__________________________ exp date__________

        Credit Card Authorization Signature: _________________________________

        Check enclosed (U.S. funds only)     _________________

NOTE: Registration fee includes conference proceedings, coffees, welcome
cocktail, and Mirror Lab visit. Hotel reservations will be made at the
Plaza International Hotel, quite near the conference site (easy walking
distance).

       [  ]  I plan to present a paper and would prefer:

             [  ] POSTER       [  ] ORAL PRESENTATION


       [  ]  I cannot yet make a firm reservations but am interested in
             attending. Please keep me on the mailing list.

____________________________________________________________________________

                ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM  ***** DUE 31 MARCH 1994
____________________________________________________________________________

    1st International Workshop on Neural Network Applications in Astronomy
22 - 25 July, 1994, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
____________________________________________________________________________

NAME AND FULL ADDRESS (including FAX and e-mail address):

       ......................................................

       ......................................................

       ......................................................

       ......................................................

       ......................................................

I prefer to present this contribution as:
         POSTER .....  ORAL PRESENTATION .....

TITLE: .......................................................................

ABSTRACT:







____________________________________________________________________________

The Scientific Organizing Committee recommends electronic mail submission
and encourages potential contributors to consider "work in progress" as
perfectly acceptable material for this Workshop. Because we wish to
encourage discussion sessions in conjunction with each paper
presentation, time constraints for oral papers will restrict the total
number of presentations. We shall have considerably more leeway for
poster sessions during the 2.5 days of the Workshop.

Schedule for Contributed Papers

****  ABSTRACTS DUE                                          31 March 1994
****  CAMERA READY PAPERS DUE                                at the Conference
****  PROCEEDINGS: Special Issue of Vistas in Astronomy      November 1994
____________________________________________________________________________

Please return this form by MARCH 31, 1994 to Ray White

      E-MAIL:           [e-mail]
      FAX:              [phone]
      POSTAL MAIL:      Ray White
                        Steward Observatory
                        University of Arizona
                        Tucson, AZ  85721   USA



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Subject: aaai-94 call for papers
From:    Nils Nilsson <[e-mail]>
Date:    Sun, 28 Nov 93 13:50:03 -0800

I am the "area chair" for "Neural Nets, Fuzzy Systems, Genetic
Algorithms, and Reinforcement Learning" at the next AAAI Conference.  We
are hoping to get many high quality papers in areas of AI that the
national conference might have previously under-emphasized.  Thus, I am
sending the attached call for papers around to various lists with the
hope that we'll get some great papers in these areas.  Thanks, -Nils
Nilsson



TWELFTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
                              AAAI-94
                        SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
                     JULY 31 - AUGUST 4, 1994

Call for Papers

AAAI-94 is the twelfth national conference on artificial intelligence
(AI). The purpose of the conference is to promote research in AI and
scientific interchange among AI researchers and practitioners.

Papers may represent significant contributions to any aspects of AI: a)
principles underlying cognition, perception, and action; b) design,
application, and evaluation of AI algorithms and systems; c)
architectures and frameworks for classes of AI systems; and d) analysis
of tasks and domains in which intelligent systems perform.

One of the most important functions served by the national conference is
to provide a forum for information exchange and interaction among
researchers working in different sub- disciplines, in different research
paradigms, and in different stages of research. Based on discussions
among program committee members during the past few years, we aim to
expand active participation in this year's conference to include a larger
cross-section of the AI community and a larger cross-section of the
community's research activities.

Accordingly, we encourage submission of papers that: describe
theoretical, empirical, or experimental results; represent areas of AI
that may have been under-represented in recent conferences; present
promising new research concepts, techniques, or perspectives; or discuss
issues that cross traditional sub-disciplinary boundaries. As outlined
below, we have revised and expanded the paper review criteria to
recognize this broader spectrum of research contributions. We intend to
accept more of the papers that are submitted and to publish them in an
expanded conference proceedings.

REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION

Authors must submit six (6) complete printed copies of their papers to
the AAAI office by January 24, 1994. Papers received after that date will
be returned unopened.  Notification of receipt will be mailed to the
first author (or designated author) soon after receipt. All inquiries
regarding lost papers must be made by February 7, 1994. Authors should
also send their paper's title page in an electronic mail message to
[e-mail] by January 24, 1994.

Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers will be
mailed to the first author (or designated author) by March 11, 1994.
Camera-ready copy of accepted papers will be due about one month later.

PAPER FORMAT FOR REVIEW

All six (6) copies of a submitted paper must be clearly legible. Neither
computer files nor fax submissions are acceptable. Submissions must be
printed on 8 1/2" x 11" or A4 paper using 12 point type (10 characters
per inch for typewriters). Each page must have a maximum of 38 lines and
an average of 75 characters per line (corresponding to the LaTeX
article-style, 12 point). Double-sided printing is strongly encouraged.

LENGTH

The body of submitted papers must be at most 12 pages, including title,
abstract, figures, tables, and diagrams, but excluding the title page and
bibliography. Papers exceeding the specified length and formatting
requirements are subject to rejection without review.

BLIND REVIEW

Reviewing for AAAI-94 will be blind to the identities of the authors.
This requires that authors exercise some care not to identify themselves
in their papers. Each copy of the paper must have a title page, separate
from the body of the paper, including the title of the paper, the names
and addresses of all authors, a list of content areas (see below) and any
acknowledgements. The second page should include the exact same title, a
short abstract of less than 200 words, and the exact same content areas,
but not the names nor affiliations of the authors. The references should
include all published literature relevant to the paper, including
previous works of the authors, but should not include unpublished works
of the authors. When referring to one's own work, use the third person,
rather than the first person.  For example, say "Previously, Korf [17]
has shown that...", rather than "In our previous work [17] we have shown
that...". Try to avoid including any information in the body of the paper
or references that would identify the authors or their institutions. Such
information can be added to the final camera-ready version for
publication. Please do not staple the title page to the body of the
paper.

ELECTRONIC TITLE PAGE

A title page should also be sent via electronic mail to
[e-mail], in plain ASCII text, without any formatting commands
for LaTeX, Scribe, etc. Each section of the electronic title page should
be preceded by the name of that section as follows:

title: <title>
author: <name of first author>
address: <address of first author>
author: <name of last author>
address: <address of last author>
abstract: <abstract>
content areas: <first area>, ..., <last area>

To facilitate the reviewing process, authors are requested to select 1-3
appropriate content areas from the list below.  Authors are welcome to
add additional content area descriptors as needed.

AI architectures, artificial life, automated reasoning, control, belief
revision, case-based reasoning, cognitive modeling, common sense
reasoning, computational complexity, computer-aided education, constraint
satisfaction, decision theory, design, diagnosis, distributed AI, expert
systems, game playing, genetic algorithms, geometric reasoning, knowledge
acquisition, knowledge representation, machine learning, machine
translation, mathematical foundations, multimedia, natural language
processing, neural networks, nonmonotonic reasoning, perception,
philosophical foundations, planning, probabilistic reasoning, problem
solving, qualitative reasoning, real-time systems, robotics, scheduling,
scientific discovery, search, simulation, speech understanding, temporal
reasoning, theorem proving, user interfaces, virtual reality, vision

SUBMISSIONS TO MULTIPLE CONFERENCES

Papers that are being submitted to other conferences, whether verbatim or
in essence, must reflect this fact on the title page. If a paper appears
at another conference (with the exception of specialized workshops), it
must be withdrawn from AAAI-94. Papers that violate these requirements
are subject to rejection without review.

REVIEW PROCESS

Program committee (PC) members will identify papers they are qualified to
review based on each paper's title, content areas, and electronic
abstract. This information, along with other considerations, will be used
to assign each submitted paper to two PC members. Using the criteria
given below, they will review the paper independently. If the two
reviewers of a paper agree to accept or reject it, that recommendation
will be followed. If they do not agree, a third reviewer will be assigned
and the paper will be discussed by an appropriate sub-group of the PC
during its meeting in March. Note that the entire review process will be
blind to the identities of the authors and their institutions. In
general, papers will be accepted if they receive at least two positive
reviews or if they generate an interesting controversy among the
reviewers. The final decisions on all papers will be made by the program
chairs.

Questions that will appear on the review form appear below.  Authors are
advised to bear these questions in mind while writing their papers.
Reviewers will look for papers that meet at least some (though not
necessarily all) of the criteria in each category.

        Significance
        How important is the problem studied? Does the approach
        offered advance the state of the art? Does the paper
        stimulate discussion of important issues or alternative
        points of view?

        Originality
        Are the problems and approaches new? Is this a novel
        combination of existing techniques? Does the paper point
        out differences from related research? Does it address a
        new problem or one that has not been studied in depth?
        Does it introduce an interesting research paradigm? Does
        the paper describe an innovative combination of AI
        techniques with techniques from other disciplines?
        Does it introduce an idea that appears promising or might
        stimulate others to develop promising alternatives?

        Quality
        Is the paper technically sound? Does it carefully evaluate
        the strengths and limitations of its contributions? Are its
        claims backed up? Does the paper offer a new form of evidence
        in support of or against a well-known technique? Does the
        paper back up a theoretical idea already in the literature
        with experimental evidence? Does it offer a theoretical
        analysis of prior experimental results?

        Clarity
        Is the paper clearly written? Does it motivate the research?
        Does it describe the inputs, outputs, and basic algorithms
        employed? Are the results described and evaluated? Is the
        paper organized in a logical fashion? Is the paper written in
        a manner that makes its content accessible to most AI
        researchers?

        Publication
        Accepted papers will be allocated six (6) pages in the
        conference proceedings. Up to two (2) additional pages may
        be used at a cost to the authors of $250 per page. Papers
        exceeding eight (8) pages and those violating the instructions
        to authors will not be included in the proceedings.

        Copyright
        Authors will be required to transfer copyright of their paper
        to AAAI.

Paper Submissions & Inquiries
Please send papers and conference registration inquiries to:

AAAI-94
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
445 Burgess Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025-3496

Registration and call clarification inquiries (ONLY) may be
sent to the Internet address: [e-mail].


Please send program suggestions and inquiries to:

Barbara Hayes-Roth, Program Cochair
Knowledge Systems Laboratory
Stanford University
701 Welch Road, Building C
Palo Alto, CA 94304
[e-mail]

Richard Korf, Program Cochair
Department of Computer Science
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90024
[e-mail]

Howard Shrobe, Associate Program Chair
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA, 02139
[e-mail]

AAAI94.CALL

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Subject: COMPLEX'94
From:    David G Green <[e-mail]>
Date:    Mon, 29 Nov 93 11:30:28 +1100



                        COMPLEX'94

         Second Australian National Conference

                      Sponsored by the
              University of Central Queensland
               Australian National University


                   September 26-28th, 1994
              University of Central Queensland
                   Rockhampton Queensland
                         Australia


          FIRST CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS

The inaugural Australian National Conference on Complex Systems was held
at the Australian National University in 1992.  Recognising the need to
maintain and stimulate research interest in these topics the University
of Central Queensland is hosting the Second Australian National
Conference on Complex Systems in Rockhampton.

Rockhampton is situated on the Tropic of Capricorn in Queensland on the
east coast of Australia and is 35kms from the Central Queensland Coast.
It is within easy access of tourist resorts including the resort island,
Great Keppel, the Central Queensland Hinterland, and the Great Barrier
Reef.

This first circular is intended to provide basic information about the
conference and to canvas expressions of interest, both in attending and
in presenting papers or posters.  A second circular, to be distributed in
late January/early February, will provide details of keynote speakers,
the program, registration procedures, etc.

Please pass on this notice to interested colleagues.  For further
information contact the organisers (see below).

AIMS:

Complex systems are systems whose evolution is dominated by non-linearity
or interactions between their components.  Such systems may be very
simple but reproduce very complex phenomena.  Terms such as artificial
life, biocomplexity, chaos, criticality, fractals, learning systems,
neural networks, non-linear dynamics, parallel computation, percolation,
self-organization have become common place.  From this research has
emerged many new paradigms, cutting across traditional disciplines.

This conference seeks to bring together researchers from the Australasian
region who are actively involved in research in Complex systems for
creative discussion, and to provide an introduction to specialised topics
for people seeking to know further about the theoretical and practical
aspects of research in Complex systems.

The theme of the conference "Mechanism of Adaptation in Natural, Man Made
and Mathematical Systems", invites us to investigate and question the
dynamic processes in complex systems, and to compare our overall
modelling processes of natural systems.  Processes such as evolution,
growth and learning are being investigated through genetic algorithms,
evolutionary programming and neural networks.  How well do these
techniques perform and to what extent do the fit an evolutionary
paradigm.  It also raises the underlying question: "How does order arise
in complex systems?"

PAPERS:

Original papers concerned with both theory and application are solicited.
The areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

 *  Natural and Artificial Life
 *  Genetic algorithms
 *  Fractals, Chaos and Non-linear Dynamics
 *  Self-organisation
 *  Information and Control Systems
 *  Neural Networks
 *  Parallel and Emergent Computation.
 *  Bio-Complexity

DATES:

Second Circular                   Jan  31, 1994
Third Circular                    Feb  14, 1994
Submission of Abstracts:          Mar  14, 1994
Notification of Acceptance:       May  16, 1994
Receipt of Camera-ready papers:   Jul  25, 1994

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:

The conference will open with advance registration and a barbecue party
on Sunday 25th September.

The conference fee of $285 ($130 students) will include morning &
afternoon teas and lunch on each day, the opening barbecue, and the
conference dinner.  Accommodation will be available on campus at the
University Residential College and at nearby motels within walking
distance of the University. The conference dinner is to be held on
Tuesday 27th September.

TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS:

It is planned to hold one or more introductory tutorials on selected
topics in complex systems on Sunday 25th September.  The aim of these
tutorials will be to introduce participants to fundamental concepts in
complex systems and to provide them with practical experience.
Tentatively the topics covered will include genetic algorithms, cellular
automata, chaos, and fractals.  The exact content will depend on demand.
If interested in attending please indicate your preferences on the
attached expression of interest.  The number of places will be strictly
limited by facilities available.

On Wednesday advanced workshops may be held on specialised topics if
there is sufficient interest.  Suggestions/offers for advanced workshop
topics are encouraged.

There will be an additional fee for attendance at the tutorials and
workshops, which will include lunch and refreshments.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Intending authors are requested to submit an extended abstract of about
500 words, containing a clear, concise statement of the significant
results of the work.  Each abstract will be assessed by two referees.
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
Individual authors may be allocated to either an oral or poster
presentation, but contributions in both formats will appear identically
in the proceedings.  Copies of the proceedings will be provided to
participants at the conference in hardcopy form.

LaTeX style files and other formating options will be provided to authors
of accepted papers.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Conference Chairperson: Assoc Prof. Russel Stonier, Department of
Mathematics and Computing University of Central Queensland Rockhampton
Mail Centre 4702 QLD Australia.  Tel. [phone] Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Technical Chairperson: Dr Xing Huo Yu, Department of Mathematics and
Computing University of Central Queensland Rockhampton Mail Centre 4702
QLD Australia.  Tel. [phone] Fax: [phone] Email:
[e-mail]


Members:
Prof. J. Diederich, Queensland University of Technology;
Prof. A.C. Tsoi, University of Queensland;
Dr D. Green, Australian National University;
Dr T. Bossomaier, Australian National University;
Mr S. Smith, University of Central Queensland.




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                  COMPLEX'94

 Second Australian National Conference on Complex Systems

            EXPRESSION OF INTEREST


NAME:  ______________________________________________

ORGANIZATION:________________________________________
             ________________________________________

ADDRESS:    ________________________________________
            ________________________________________
            ________________________________________

TEL: /FAX:  ________________________________________

E-MAIL:    _________________________________________



[ ]  I am interested in attending COMPLEX'94.
     Please send me a registration form.

[ ]  I am interested in PRESENTING A PAPER and/or POSTER.
     Tentative title:
    ___________________________________________________

    ___________________________________________________

    ___________________________________________________

[ ]  I am interested in ATTENDING A TUTORIAL.

    Preferences:  Genetic Algorithms             ______
                  Cellular Automata              ______
                  Chaos Theory                   ______
                  Fractals                       ______
                  Distributed Programming        ______

      Other (specify)    ______________________________


[ ]  I am interested in attending an advanced WORKSHOP.


[ ]  I am UNABLE TO ATTEND the conference but would like
     to be kept informed.


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Today's Topics:
                            book announcement
                             Reference list
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                            ANNs and robotics
                    Matrix Back Prop (MBP) available
                 Cognitive Neuroscience Archives via ftp
                              Job openings
                        Conferences Aug-Sep 1994
      Adaptive Control and Newral Network applied to power Sistems
                  Cellular Neural Networks mailing list
                      ANNs for DEC Alpha/PC-Solaris
          please help - Lattice Corpus training sets requested
                        Lectureship in St Andrews


Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old
issues to "[e-mail]". The ftp archives are
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Subject: book announcement
From:    "Michael C. Mozer" <[e-mail]>
Date:    Wed, 17 Nov 93 10:12:13 -0700

In case you don't already have enough to read, the following volume is now
available:

     Mozer, M., Smolensky, P., Touretzky, D., Elman, J., & Weigend, A. (Eds.).
     (1994).  _Proceedings of the 1993 Connectionist Models Summer School_.
     Hillsdale, NJ:  Erlbaum Associates.

The table of contents is listed below.

For prepaid orders by check or credit card, the price is $49.95 US.
Orders may be made by e-mail to "[e-mail]", by
fax to [phone], or by calling 1 [phone].
Include your credit card number, type, expiration date, and refer to
"ISBN 1590-2".

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Proceedings of the 1993 Connectionist Models Summer School

Table of Contents
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NEUROSCIENCE

Sigma-pi properties of spiking neurons / Thomas Rebotier and Jacques Droulez

Towards a computational theory of rat navigation /
Hank S. Wan, David S. Touretzky, and A. David Redish

Evaluating connectionist models in psychology and neuroscience / H. Tad Blair


VISION

Self-organizing feature maps with lateral connections: Modeling ocular
dominance / Joseph Sirosh and Risto Miikkulainen

Joint solution of low, intermediate, and high level vision tasks by global
optimization: Application to computer vision at low SNR /
Anoop K. Bhattacharjya and Badrinath Roysam


COGNITIVE MODELING

Learning global spatial structures from local associations /
Thea B. Ghiselli-Crippa and Paul W. Munro

A connectionist model of auditory Morse code perception / David Ascher

A competitive neural network model for the process of recurrent choice /
Valentin Dragoi and J. E. R. Staddon

A neural network simulation of numerical verbal-to-arabic transcoding /
A. Margrethe Lindemann

Combining models of single-digit arithmetic and magnitude comparison /
Thomas Lund

Neural network models as tools for understanding high-level cognition:
Developing paradigms for cognitive interpretation of neural network models /
Itiel E. Dror


LANGUAGE

Modeling language as sensorimotor coordination
F. James Eisenhart

Structure and content in word production: Why it's hard to say dlorm
Anita Govindjee and Gary Dell

Investigating phonological representations: A modeling agenda
Prahlad Gupta

Part-of-speech tagging using a variable context Markov model
Hinrich Schutze and Yoram Singer

Quantitative predictions from a constraint-based theory of syntactic ambiguity
resolution
Michael Spivey-Knowlton

Optimality semantics
Bruce B. Tesar


SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION AND RULES

What's in a rule? The past tense by some other name might be called
a connectionist net
Kim G. Daugherty and Mary Hare

On the proper treatment of symbolism--A lesson from linguistics
Amit Almor and Michael Rindner

Structure sensitivity in connectionist models
Lars F. Niklasson

Looking for structured representations in recurrent networks
Mihail Crucianu

Back propagation with understandable results
Irina Tchoumatchenko

Understanding neural networks via rule extraction and pruning
Mark W. Craven and Jude W. Shavlik

Rule learning and extraction with self-organizing neural networks
Ah-Hwee Tan


RECURRENT NETWORKS AND TEMPORAL PATTERN PROCESSING

Recurrent networks: State machines or iterated function systems?
John F. Kolen

On the treatment of time in recurrent neural networks
Fred Cummins and Robert F. Port

Finding metrical structure in time
J. Devin McAuley

Representations of tonal music: A case study in the development of temporal
relationships
Catherine Stevens and Janet Wiles

Applications of radial basis function fitting to the analysis of
dynamical systems
Michael A. S. Potts, D. S. Broomhead, and J. P. Huke

Event prediction: Faster learning in a layered Hebbian network with memory
Michael E. Young and Todd M. Bailey


CONTROL

Issues in using function approximation for reinforcement learning
Sebastian Thrun and Anton Schwartz

Approximating Q-values with basis function representations
Philip Sabes

Efficient learning of multiple degree-of-freedom control problems with
quasi-independent Q-agents
Kevin L. Markey

Neural adaptive control of systems with drifting parameters
Anya L. Tascillo and Victor A. Skormin


LEARNING ALGORITHMS AND ARCHITECTURES

Temporally local unsupervised learning: The MaxIn algorithm for maximizing
input information
Randall C. O'Reilly

Minimizing disagreement for self-supervised classification
Virginia R. de Sa

Comparison of two unsupervised neural network models for redundancy reduction
Stefanie Natascha Lindstaedt

Solving inverse problems using an EM approach to density estimation
Zoubin Ghahramani

Estimating a-posteriori probabilities using stochastic network models
Michael Finke and Klaus-Robert Muller


LEARNING THEORY

On overfitting and the effective number of hidden units
Andreas S. Weigend

Increase of apparent complexity is due to decrease of training set error
Robert Dodier

Momentum and optimal stochastic search
Genevieve B. Orr and Todd K. Leen

Scheme to improve the generalization error
Rodrigo Garces

General averaging results for convex optimization
Michael P. Perrone

Multitask connectionist learning
Richard A. Caruana

Estimating learning performance using hints
Zehra Cataltepe and Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa


SIMULATION TOOLS

A simulator for asynchronous Hopfield models
Arun Jagota

An object-oriented dataflow approach for better designs of neural
net architectures
Alexander Linden


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Subject: Reference list
From:    Jacob Sparre Andersen <[e-mail]>
Date:    Thu, 18 Nov 93 16:13:05 +0700

We're writing a paper on learning strategic games with neural nets and
other optimization methods.
We've collected some references, but we hope that we can get some help
improving our reference list.

Regards,
         Jacob Sparre Andersen and Peer Sommerlund


Here's our list of references (some not complete):

   Justin A. Boyan (1992): "Modular Neural Networks for Learning
        Context-Dependent Game Strategies", Department of Engineering and
        Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 1992, Cambridge, England

   Bernd Bruegmann (1993): "Monte Carlo Go", unpublished?

   Herbert Enderton (1989?): "The Golem Go Program"

   B. Freisleben (1992): "Teaching a Neural Network to Play GO-MOKU,"
        Artificial Neural Networks 2, proceedings of ICANN '92, editors: I.
        Aleksander and J. Taylor, pp. 1659-1662, Elsevier Science Publishers,
        1992

   W.T.Katz and S.P.Pham (1991): "Experience-Based Learning Experiments using
        Go-moku", Proc. of the 1991 IEEE International Conference on Systems,
        Man, and Cybernetics, 2: 1405-1410, October 1991.

   M. Kohle & F. Schonbauer (19??): "Experience gained with a neural network
        that learns to play bridge", Proc. of the 5th Austrian Artificial
        Intelligence meeting, pp. 224-229.

   Kai-Fu Lee and Sanjoy Mahajan (1988): "A Pattern Classification Approach to
        Evaluation Function Learning", Artificial Intelligence, 1988, vol 36,
        pp. 1-25.

   Barney Pell (1992?): ""
        Pell has done some work in machine learning for GO.
        Article available by ftp.

   A.L. Samuel (1959): "Some studies in machine learning using the game of
        checkers", IBM journal of Research and Development, vol 3, nr. 3, pp.
        210-229, 1959.

   A.L. Samuel (1967): "Some studies in machine learning using the game of
        checkers 2 - recent progress", IBM journal of Research and Development,
        vol 11, nr. 6, pp.  601-616, 1967.

   David Stoutamire (19??):
        has written a thesis on machine learning applied to Go.

   G. Tesauro (1989): "Connectionist learning of expert preferences by
        comparison training", Advances in NIPS 1, 99-106 1989

   G. Tesauro & T.J. Sejnowski (1989): "A Parallel Network that learns to play
        Backgammon", Artificial Intelligence, vol 39, pp. 357-390, 1989.

   G. Tesauro & T.J. Sejnowski (1990): "Neurogammon: A Neural
        Network Backgammon Program", IJCNN Proceedings, vol 3, pp. 33-39, 1990.

   In Machine Learning is this article, in which he comments on
        temporal difference learning (i.e. training a net from scratch by
        playing a copy of itself). The program he develops is called
        "TD-gammon":

   G. Tesauro (1991): "Practical Issues in Temporal Difference
        Learning", IBM Research Report RC17223(#76307 submitted) 9/30/91; see
        also the special issue on Reinforcement Learning of the Machine
        Learning Journal 1992, where it also appears.

   He Yo, Zhen Xianjun, Ye Yizheng, Li Zhongrong (1990): "Knowledge
        acquisition and reasoning based on neural networks - the research of a
        bridge bidding system", INNC '90, Paris, vol 1, pp. 416-423.

   The annual computer olympiad involves tournaments in a variety of
        games. These publications contain a wealth of interesting articles:

      Heuristic Programming in Artificial Intelligence -
              the first computer olympiad
           D.N.L. Levy & D.F. Beal eds.
           Ellis Horwood ltd, 1989.

      Heuristic Programming in Artificial Intelligence 2 -
              the second computer olympiad
           D.N.L. Levy & D.F. Beal eds.
           Ellis Horwood, 1991.

      Heuristic Programming in Artificial Intelligence 3 -
              the third computer olympiad
           H.J. van den Herik & L.V. Allis eds.
           Ellis Horwood, 1992.

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Jacob Sparre Andersen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen.
         E-mail: [e-mail]  -  Fax: [phone]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peer Sommerlund, Department of Computer science, University of Copenhagen.
                       E-mail: [e-mail]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
We're writing a paper on learning strategic games with neural nets and
other optimization methods.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------





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Subject: Beginner question: ANNs and cellular signal transduction?
From:    [e-mail] (sandeep laumas)
Date:    Thu, 18 Nov 93 23:30:12 -0500

Hi Peter,

I am a medical student with a backgroung in biomedical reseally I have
worked in the area of signal transduction, i.e. receptors, ligands
(growth factors etc.), protein kinases, G proteins and transcription
factors.

I am interested in applying some of the information theory and neural
network concepts to signal transduction in the cell.  Sound crazy?  Well
I have not been able to find anyone who directly works in this area.
Maybe your group might help.

You see the information being transmitted to the nucleus from the
membrane goes through a variety of pathways and finally converges on the
nucleus to turn on a set of target genes which might signal the cvell to
divide, move, ruffle the membrane and a myraid of other things. There is
more I can tell you, but is the above specific enogh you think?  Please
let me know.  Thanks.  Sandeep.


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Subject: ANNs and robotics
From:    [e-mail] (Mosi Tatupu)
Date:    Fri, 19 Nov 93 12:01:42 -0600


Hello.

I am finding papers about applications of
neural networks with robotics ( or robots ).

 - Do you know some place ( or people ) that work's with this "combination" ?
 - Do you can send me name places ( ftp sites or similar ) where exists papers
 or information ?


Thank you very much.

Please sen information to :

Angel Rico Guzman

[e-mail]
[e-mail]


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Subject: Matrix Back Prop (MBP) available
From:    Davide Anguita <[e-mail]>
Date:    Sat, 20 Nov 93 16:14:48 -0500


Matrix Back Propagation v1.1 is finally available.

This code implements (in C language) the algorithms described in:

D.Anguita, G.Parodi, R.Zunino - An efficient implementation of BP on RISC-
based workstations. Neurocomputing, in press.

D.Anguita, G.Parodi, R.Zunino - Speed improvement of the BP on current
generation workstations. WCNN '93, Portland.

D.Anguita, G.Parodi, R.Zunino - YPROP: yet another accelerating technique
for the bp. ICANN '93, Amsterdam.

To retrieve the code:

        ftp risc6000.dibe.unige.it      <130.251.89.154>
        anonymous
        <your address as password>
        cd pub
        bin
        get MBPv1.1.tar.Z               <or get MBPv11.zip for DOS machines>
        quit
        uncompress MBPv1.1.tar.Z        <or pkunzip mbpv11.zip>
        tar -xvf MBPv1.1.tar

Then print the file mbpv11.ps (PostScript).

Send comments (or flames) to the address below.

Good luck.
  Davide.

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Davide Anguita                                  DIBE
Phone:  [phone]                          University of Genova
Fax:    [phone]                          Via all'Opera Pia 11a
e-mail: [e-mail]                   16145 Genova, ITALY

>From Dec.1st I will be at ICSI-Berkeley USA, but I should have no problem
in answering the mail from here.
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Subject: Cognitive Neuroscience Archives via ftp
From:    Phil Hetherington <[e-mail]>
Date:    Sat, 20 Nov 93 19:05:04 -0500


****************************
*** General Announcement ***
****************************

The Cognitive Neuroscience monthly archives are now available via anonymous
ftp.  Monthly archives are located in two directories, /pub/cogneuro/1992 and
/pub/cogneuro/1993.

Instructions for downloading:

ftp ego.psych.mcgill.ca (or 132.206.106.211)
username: anonymous
password: (full email address)

ftp> cd pub/cogneuro
ftp> cd 1992 (or 1993 for the 1993 archives)

To get all files in directory:
ftp> prompt
ftp> bin
ftp> mget *

To get one file in directory:
ftp> bin
ftp> get cns.may.92.Z

ftp> quit

All files are compressed using the standard UNIX compression algorithm.
To uncompress an archive:
unix: uncompress cns.may.92.Z
=============================================================================

There are no restrictions on transfer times.  Please write me
([e-mail]) if any further assistance is required.

* Special thanks to our System Operator, Shelly Feran, for making this service
available.

Phil A. Hetherington
Department of Psychology
McGill University





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Subject: Job openings
From:    [e-mail]
Date:    Wed, 24 Nov 93 09:15:00 +0000

We have one postdoctoral fellowship and one studentship available
immediately. Fellowship ands studentship both tenable for 3 years.
The project involves the use of patch clamp techniques in the study
of synaptic transmission focused on LTP  and the role of the
metabotropic receptors therein in the rat hippocampal slice. Studentship
(for PhD) is in the same area. Send resume and the names of two
referees to Dr Michael Rowan ofr Dr Roger Anwyl, Department of
Pharmacology, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2,
Ireland. Phone: =353-1-702 1567; Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone].


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Subject: Conferences Aug-Sep 1994
From:    [e-mail]
Date:    Wed, 24 Nov 93 10:33:16 +0000

Can any body please send me or tell me where can I find call for papers
for conferences held during the monts of August & September 1994.
                        Thank You
My E-MAIL is [e-mail]


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Subject: Adaptive Control and Newral Network applied to power Sistems
From:    [e-mail] (Visitantes)
Date:    Wed, 24 Nov 93 09:07:26 -0500


I'm looking for informations and public domain softwares that
bring up experiments in general regarding Electrical Power Sistems,
using methods such as ADAPTIVE CONTROL and NEWRAL NETWORK.
All information covering the area above will be appreciated.

Bernardino de Sena Aires Amaral
[e-mail]


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Subject: Cellular Neural Networks mailing list
From:    [e-mail]
Date:    Thu, 25 Nov 93 20:54:50 +0100


       ************************************************************
       *             ANNOUNCING A NEW MAILING LIST ON             *
       *                 CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS:                *
       *                 [e-mail]                *
       ************************************************************

     Cellular Neural Networks (CNN) are continuous-time dynamical systems,
consisting of a grid of processing elements (neurons, or cells)  connected
only to neighbors  within  a  given  (typically  small)  distance.  It  is
therefore a class of recurrent neural networks, whose particular  topology
is most suited for integrated  circuit  realization.  In  fact,  while  in
typical realizations of other neural systems most of silicon area is taken
by connections, in this case  connection  area  is  neglectible,  so  that
processor density can be much larger.
     Since their first definition by L.O. Chua and L. Yang in  1988,  many
applications were proposed, mainly in the field of  image  processing.  In
most cases a space-invariant weight  pattern  is  used  (i.e.  weights are
defined by a template, which  repeats  identically  for  all  cells),  and
neurons are characterized by simple first order  dynamics.  However,  many
different kinds of dynamics (e.g. oscillatory and chaotic) have also  been
used for special purposes.
     A recent extension of the model is obtained by integrating the analog
CNN with some simple logic components, leading to  the  realization  of  a
universal programmable "analogic" machine.

Essential bibliography:
1) L.O. Chua & L. Yang, "Cellular Neural Networks: Theory", IEEE Trans. on
Circ. and Systems, CAS-35(10), p. 1257, 1988
2) -----, "Cellular Neural Networks: Applications", ibid., p. 1273
3) Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Cellular  Neural  Networks  and
their Applications (CNNA-90), Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 16-19, 1990
4) Proc. of IEEE Second International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks
and their Applications (CNNA-92), Munich, Germany, Oct. 14-16, 1992
5) International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vol.20, no. 5
(1992), special issue on Cellular Neural Networks
6) IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, parts I & II, vol.40, no.  3
(1993), special issue on Cellular Neural Networks
7) T. Roska, L.O. Chua, "The CNN  Universal  Machine:  an  Analogic  Array
Computer", IEEE Trans. on Circ. and Systems, II, 40(3), 1993, p. 163
8) V. Cimagalli, M. Balsi, "Cellular Neural Networks: a Review", Proc.  of
Sixth Italian Workshop on  Parallel  Architectures  and  Neural  Networks,
Vietri sul Mare,  Italy,  May  12-14,  1993.  (E. Caianiello, ed.),  World
Scientific,  Singapore.

     Our research group at "La Sapienza" University of  Rome,  Italy,  has
been involved in CNN research for several years, and will host  next  IEEE
International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and their  Applications
(CNNA-94), which will be held in Rome, December 18-21, 1994.

     We are now announcing the start of a new mailing  list  dedicated  to
Cellular Neural Networks. It  will  give  the  opportunity  of  discussing
current research, exchanging news, submitting  questions.  Due  to  memory
shortage, we are currently not able to offer an archive service, and  hope
that some other group will be able to volunteer for the  establishment  of
this means of fast distribution of recent reports and papers.

     The list will not be moderated, at least as  long  as  the  necessity
does not arise.

     THOSE INTERESTED IN BEING INCLUDED IN THE LIST SHOULD SEND A  MESSAGE
to Marco Balsi (who will be supervising the functioning of  the  list)  at
address [e-mail]  (151.100.8.30). This  is  the  address  to
which any communication not intended to go to all subscribers of the  list
should be sent.
        We would also appreciate  if  you  let  us  know  the  address  of
colleagues who might be interested in the list (rather than  just  forward
the announcement directly), so that we can send them this announcement and
keep track of those that were contacted, avoiding duplications.

   TO SEND MESSAGES TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
               [e-mail]  (151.100.8.30)

        We hope that this service will encourage communication and  foster
collaboration among researchers working on CNNs and related topics.
        We are looking forward for your comments, and subscriptions to the
list!
        Yours,
                Prof. V. Cimagalli

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica
Universita' "La Sapienza" di Roma
via Eudossiana, 18, 00184 Roma Italy
fax: [phone]



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Subject: ANNs for DEC Alpha/PC-Solaris
From:    "T.P Harte" <[e-mail]>
Date:    Tue, 30 Nov 93 14:36:08 +0000

Does anyone know of *neural network packages* which run on:

        <<<<<<<< DEC Alpha and/or PC Solaris>>>>>>>>

 FTP site addresses etc. would be most appreciated.

Cheers,

Thomas.

                ______  _____
                 /    /    / /\  //
                /   /     / / \/ /
               /   /_____/ /    /



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Subject: please help - Lattice Corpus training sets requested
From:    E S Atwell <[e-mail]>
Date:    Wed, 01 Dec 93 12:11:20 +0000

Please reply direct to Dan Modd, [e-mail] - not me.  Thanks.
 - Eric Atwell
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


My Computer Science final year project involves collecting together a wide
range of word-hypothesis recognition lattices, as output from large-vocabulary
speech and handwriting recognition systems. These word-candidate lattices look
something like this:

        stephen stiffen stiffens
        left    lift
        school  scowl   scull
        lest    last
        yearn   your    year

The collected lattices will constitute a standard Lattice Corpus which,
hopefully, could be used as an evaluation resource for research in linguistic
constraint models for English speech and handwriting recognition systems.

Initially, I need to compare the range of word-lattice formats used by language
 modelling researchers to arrive at a standard repres
entation format.

If your research is in this area, I would be very grateful if you could send
me one or more example lattices (preferably as an ascii text file). Any
information about the format of the lattices (e.g. documentation, references,
e.t.c.) would also be welcome.

Thanks for your help,

Dan Modd
Centre for Computer Analysis of Speech and Language,
School of Computer Studies, University of Leeds.
                                                 [e-mail]




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Subject: Lectureship in St Andrews
From:    Peter Foldiak <[e-mail]>
Date:    Thu, 02 Dec 93 11:24:27 +0000


                    UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS

             LECTURESHIP IN THE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY

Applications are  invited for  the  above  post,  which  is  made
available  following  the  retirement  of  Professor  MA  Jeeves.
Individuals  with   a  strong  research  record  in  an  area  of
psychology related  to existing  research strengths in the School
are encouraged  to apply.    The  successful  candidate  will  be
expected to  make a  significant  contribution  to  the  School's
research  activity,   and  to  contribute  to  undergraduate  and
graduate teaching programmes.

The  appointment  is  available  from  1  September  1994.    The
University is  prepared to  consider  appointing  at  the  senior
lectureship or  readership level in light of an assessment of the
quality of the field available to it.

The salary  shall be  on the  appropriate point  on the  Academic
payscale GBP 13601 - GBP 29788 per annum.

Application forms  and further  particulars  are  available  from
Personnel Services,  University of  St Andrews,  College Gate, St
Andrews KY16  9AJ, U.K. (tel: [phone], out of hours +44 334
62571 or by fax [phone]), to whom completed forms accompanied
by a letter of application and CV should be returned to arrive not
later than 10 December 1993.


            PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE NUMBER SL/APS0001.

     The University operates an Equal Opportunities Policy.


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Neuron Digest   Thursday,  9 Dec 1993
                Volume 12 : Issue 24

Today's Topics:
                    Lecturere in Cognitive Psychology
                       Brain imaging scholarships
                           PCA Neural networks
                          Frog-Net Announcement
                          New Book Announcement
                               Book Review
                       PCA algorithms, continued.
                              Searching...
             fifth neural network conference proceedings...
                FIrst IEEE Conference on Image Processing


Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old
issues to "[e-mail]". The ftp archives are
available from psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31). Back issues requested by
mail will eventually be sent, but may take a while.

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Subject: Lecturere in Cognitive Psychology
From:    plunkett (Kim Plunkett) <@prg.ox.ac.uk:[e-mail]>
Date:    Thu, 02 Dec 93 15:04:26 +0000

              Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology
                    University of Oxford
           Department of Experimental Psychology

                     Job Specification


The successful applicant will be required to assume  special
responsibility  for  teaching the Final Honours School paper
"Memory and Cognition" which covers the following topics  to
be published in Examination Decrees and Regulations:

     Basic processes and  varieties  of  human  memory.
     Memory retrieval and interference; recognition and
     recall;  short-  and  long-term  memory;   working
     memory;  sensory  memory;  priming; acquisition of
     cognitive and motor skills; modality-specific  and
     material-specific  varieties  of coding in memory;
     mnemonics; every-day memory; mathematical and com-
     putational  models of learning and memory; impair-
     ment of learning and memory.

     The representation and use of  knowledge.   Topics
     such  as: semantic memory; inference; concept for-
     mation; encoding of similarities and  differences;
     concepts,   prototypes,  and  natural  categories;
     schemata;  imagery;  problem  solving;   decision-
     making;   heuristics  and  biases;  cross-cultural
     differences in cognition.

This is one of four papers in cognitive  psychology  offered
in Final Honours.

The appointed lecturer will be  expected  to  pursue  active
research  in  an  area  of  cognitive  psychology.  Although
interests in  higher  mental  functions,  cognitive  neurop-
sychology,  language, or artificial intelligence would be an
advantage, it should be  stressed  to  potential  applicants
that there is no restriction on area of interest.


Further details can be obtained from:

Professor S.D. Iversen,
Head of Department
Department of Experimental Psychology
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3UD

or email:

Jane Brooks - [e-mail]


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Subject: Brain imaging scholarships
From:    [e-mail] (Ernest Stokely)
Date:    Thu, 02 Dec 93 14:20:18 -0600

Please post the following notice in Neuron-Digest.  Thank you.

Ernest Stokely
Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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                     Brain Imaging Scholarships

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham announces a Ph.D. program specialized in the area of functional
and structural imaging of the brain.  This program will be funded by a
Whitaker Foundation Special Opportunities Award.  Applicants should be
prepared to receive formal training not only in the physics and engineering
aspects of medical imaging, but also on topics in neurobiology and aspects
of clinical diagnostic imaging.  Dissertation research topics can be
selected from a broad spectrum of opportunities including (but not limited
to) the areas of magnetic resonance imaging (including spectroscopic
imaging), MR coil design, various applications of functional brain imaging
using SPECT and MRI, and issues of clinical imaging in neurology and
psychiatry.

The stipend for these scholarships is $15,000 per year, plus paid tuition
and an allowance for travel and materials.  This program will be small,
highly focused, and will seek applications from highly motivated
individuals who are interested in this new area of biomedical engineering.
Four applicants will be chosen for the fall term, 1994.  Successful
applicants will have a B.S. or M.S. degree in biomedical or electrical
engineering, physics, or computer science.  Competitive applicants will
have excellent GRE and GPA scores.  Of particular interest are those
students who will have completed their M.S. degree in one of these areas by
the fall of 1994, but would like to pursue a Ph.D. in brain imaging.

For more information contact Dr. Ernest Stokely ([e-mail])
or Dr. Don Twieg ([e-mail]), Department of Biomedical
Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, BEC 256, Birmingham,
Alabama 35294-4461.




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Subject: PCA Neural networks
From:    Erkki Oja <[e-mail]>
Date:    Fri, 03 Dec 93 16:45:27 +0200

%
% *** A LIST OF REFERENCES RELATED TO PCA NEURAL NETWORKS ***
%
We offer a fairly extensive  collection of references on
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) neural networks and learning
algorithms, available by anonymous ftp.  The list also contains
references on extensions and generalizations of such networks
and some basic references on PCA and related matters.
You can copy the list freely on your own responsibility.

The original list has been compiled by Liu-Yue Wang, a graduate
student of Erkki Oja, and updated by Juha Karhunen, all from
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland.
The list should cover fairly well the field of PCA networks.
Although it is not complete and contains possibly some errors
and nonuniformity in notation, the reference collection
should be useful for people interested in PCA neural networks
already in its present form.

To get the list, connect by ftp to  dendrite.hut.fi and
give anonymous as the user id. Then proceed according to
instructions.

Erkki Oja,  Liu-Yue Wang, Juha Karhunen

% ************************************************************



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Subject: Frog-Net Announcement
From:    [e-mail] (Jim Liaw)
Date:    Fri, 03 Dec 93 16:00:47 -0800



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Subject: New Book Announcement
From:    "F. Ventriglia" <[e-mail]>
Date:    Tue, 07 Dec 93 15:09:35 +0700


Dear Connectionists fellow,

The following book has appeared as part of Studies in Neuroscience
Series, and may be of interest to you.

Best,

Francesco Ventriglia
Neurodynamics Department
Cybernetics Institute, CNR
Arco Felice (NA), Italy

*****************************************************************
Neural Modeling and Neural Networks
F. Ventriglia editor - Pergamon Press

Research in neural modeling and neural networks has escalated
dramatically in the last decade, acquiring along the way terms and
concepts, such as learning, memory, perception, recognition, which are
the basis of neuropsychology. Nevertless, for many, neural modeling
remains controversial in its purported ability to describe brain
activity. The difficulties in modeling are various, but arise
principally in identifying those elements that are fundamental for the
espression (and description) of superior neural activity. This is
complicated by our incomplete knowledge of neural structures and
functions, at the cellular and population levels. The firts step towards
enhanced appreciation of the value of neural modeling and neural
networks is to be aware of what has  been achieved in this
multidisclipinary field of research. This book sets out to create such
awareness. Leading experts develop in twelve chapters the key topics of
neural structures and functions, dynamics of single neurons,
oscillations in groups of neurons, randomness and chaos in neural
activity, (statistical) dynamics of neural networks, learning, memory
and pattern recognition.

Contents: Preface. Contributors.
Anatomical bases of neural network modeling (J. Szentagothai)
Models of visuomotor coordination in frog and monkey (M.A. Arbib)
Analysis of single-unit activity in the cerebral cortex (M. Abeles)
Single neuron dynamics: an introduction (L.F. Abbott)
An introduction to neural oscillators (B. Ermentrout)
Mechanisms responsible for epilepsy in hippocampal slices predispose the
  brain to collective oscillations (R.D. Traub, J.G.R. Jefferys)
Diffusion models of single neurones' activity and related problems (L.M.
  Ricciardi)
Noise and chaos in neural systems (P. Erdi)
Qualitative overview of population neurodynamics (W.F. Freeman)
Towards a kinetic theory of cortical-like neural fields (F. Ventriglia)
Psychology, neuro-biology and modeling: the science of hebbian reverberations
  (D.J. Amit)
Pattern recognition with neural networks (K. Fukushima)
Bibliography. Author index. Subject index.

Publication date            November 1993
Approx 300 pages            Price US$ 125.00

Available from:
Pergamon Press Inc.
660 White Plains Road
Tarrytown
NY 10591-5153
USA
Phone [phone]
Fax   [phone]


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Subject: Book Review
From:    [e-mail]
Date:    Tue, 07 Dec 93 15:17:01 -0500

Review of "Forecasting with Neural Networks" (a technical report)

I recently obtained a copy of a technical report called
"Forecasting with Neural Networks" through a mail-order advertisement
in PC AI magazine.

I thought I would share my observations of this report.

Here goes ...

(1) Target Audience

The report notes that it is intended for those with some exposure
to calculus, linear algebra and computer programming.  I would
add here that some knowledge of statistics and time series analysis
would also be appropriate.

(2) Introduction

The report presents an overview of neuron physiology (basic but
adequate) followed by a brief history of the field of neural
networks.

(3) Theory

Neural Networks
The author starts essentially from scratch (tedious for those of
us who are familiar with neural networks already) and ends up
deriving the backprop and counterprop models.  These are to be
used later on in forecasting.  The math is all there for those
who like to see it.  Lots of diagrams as well.

Forecasting
Forecasting is re-cast as an attempt to predict the short-term
behavior of a chaotic time series.  The crux of the matter is that
since chaotic behavior is nonlinear, a neural network with a nonlinear
transfer function is well suited to this problem (eg. backprop with
a sigmoid transfer function).

(4) Practice

The report describes an application area (predicting stock prices)
and goes through the steps involved in setting up a neural network
to do the job.  The interesting bit here is the treatment of each
of the network parameters (learning rate, momentum factor, number
of hidden neurons, etc.).

The most useful information is a technique called "validation".
In this methodology, the training set is split into two subsets of
input/output pairs.  The first subset is used to train the network in
the normal fashion.  The second subset is used every so often in
order to test to see how well the network is performing.  The network
weights are never adjusted after presenting an input/output pair
from the second subset.  The idea behind this is that the network
will start off by learning important features in the data.
During this time, the performance on both subsets of data will improve.
Eventually, however, the network will exhaust the main features
and begin to model the noise in the data.  At this point,
performance on the first subset will continue to improve but
performance on the second subset will actually deteriorate.
That's when you stop training.

(5) References

The most useful reference is to a papaer called "Predicing the
Future: A Connectionist Approach" by Weigend et al (International
Journal of Neural Systems, 1990).   I dug it up and found a
detailed analysis of using neural networks to predict sunspot activity
(another popular times series).

(6) Summary

Overall, I would have liked to see ...

        - a bit more detail in the history section (I like history)

        - a more sophisticated model like cascade correlation

(7) Source

I obtained the report from an ad in the May-June issue of PC AI
magazine from a company called "Bellwood Research".

Regards,
Winslow


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Subject: PCA algorithms, continued.
From:    "Terence D. Sanger" <[e-mail]>
Date:    Tue, 07 Dec 93 18:40:47 -0500

In response to my previous message, many people have sent me new references
to PCA algorithms, and these have been included in the BibTex database
pca.bib.  (Also note Wang's more extensive pclist.tex file announced
recently on this net.)

Errki Oja has been kind enough to forward copies of some of his
recent papers on the "Weighted Subspace Algorithm" and "Nonlinear PCA".
Looking at these carefully, I think both algorithms are closely related to
Brockett's algorithm, and probably work for the same reason.  I have
created another short derivation "oja.tex" which is available along with
the updated pca.bib by anonymous ftp from ftp.ai.mit.edu in the directory
pub/sanger-papers.

One could invoke some sort of transitivity property to claim that since
Oja's algorithms are related to Brockett's, Brockett's are related to GHA,
and GHA does deflation, then Oja's algorithms must also do deflation.  This
would imply that Oja's algorithms also satisfy the hypothesis:

"All algorithms for PCA which are based on a Hebbian learning rule must
use sequential deflation to extract components beyond the first."

But I must admit that the connection is becoming somewhat tenuous.
Probably the hypothesis should be interpreted as a vague description of a
motivation for the computational mechanism, rather than a direct
description of the algorithm.  However, I still feel that it is important
to realize the close relationship between the many algorithms which use
Hebbian learning to find exact eigenvectors.

As always, comments/suggestions/counterexamples/references are welcomed!

                                Terry Sanger


Instructions for retrieving latex documents:

ftp ftp.ai.mit.edu
login: anonymous
password: your-net-address
cd pub/sanger-papers
get pca.bib
get oja.tex
quit
latex oja
lpr oja.dvi



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Subject: Searching...
From:    [e-mail] (Marcello B. Martino)
Date:    Thu, 09 Dec 93 17:11:24 -0400

Mr. Marvit,

        I'm searching for information about neural network models which
satisfies most of the following conditions:
        - hetero-associative,
        - recursive,
        - supervised learning,
        - one-shot, evolutive or incremental learning
        I would be glad if you could help me to find some of these models.

                Yours sincerely,
                        Marcello de Martino.


------------------------------

Subject: fifth neural network conference proceedings...
From:    Pulin <[e-mail]>
Date:    Mon, 29 Nov 93 12:47:51 -0500

The Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Neural Networks and Parallel
Distributed Processing at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne,
held April 9-11, 1992 are now available. They can be ordered ($9 + $1 U.S.
mail cost; make checks payable to IPFW) from:

Secretary, Department of Physics                      FAX: [phone]
Voice: [phone] OR 481-6157
Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
email: [e-mail]
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499

The following papers are included in the Proceedings of the Fifth Conference:

Tutorials

Phil Best, Miami University, Processing of Spatial Information in the Brain
William Frederick, Indiana-Purdue University, Introduction to Fuzzy Logic
Helmut Heller and K. Schulten, University of Illinois, Parallel Distributed
     Computing for Molecular Dynamics:  Simulation of Large Hetrogenous
     Systems on a Systolic Ring of  Transputer
Krzysztof J. Cios, University Of Toledo, An Algorithm Which Self-Generates
     Neural Network Architecture - Summary of Tutorial

Biological and Cooperative Phenomena Optimization

Ljubomir T. Citkusev & Ljubomir J. Buturovic, Boston University, Non-
     Derivative Network for Early Vision
M.B. Khatri & P.G. Madhavan, Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis, ANN
     Simulation of the Place Cell Phenomenon Using Cue Size Ratio
J. Wu, M. Penna, P.G. Madhavan, & L. Zheng, Purdue University at
     Indianapolis, Cognitive Map Building and Navigation
J. Wu, C. Zhu,  Michael A. Penna & S. Ochs, Purdue University at
     Indianapolis, Using the NADEL to Solve the Correspondence Problem
Arun Jagota, SUNY-Buffalo, On the Computational Complexity of Analyzing
     a Hopfield-Clique Network

Network Analysis

M.R. Banan & K.D. Hjelmstad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
     A Supervised Training Environment Based on Local Adaptation,
     Fuzzyness, and Simulation
Pranab K. Das II & W.C. Schieve, University of Texas at Austin, Memory in
     Small Hopfield Neural Networks:  Fixed Points, Limit Cycles and Chaos
Arun Maskara & Andrew Noetzel, Polytechnic University, Forced Learning in
     Simple Recurrent Neural Networks
Samir I. Sayegh, Indiana-Purdue University, Neural Networks Sequential vs
     Cumulative Update: An * Expansion
D.A. Brown, P.L.N. Murthy, & L. Berke, The College of Wooster, Self-
     Adaptation in Backpropagation Networks Through Variable
     Decomposition and Output Set Decomposition
Sandip Sen, University of Michigan, Noise Sensitivity in a Simple Classifier
     System
Xin Wang, University of Southern California, Complex Dynamics of Discrete-
     Time Neural Networks
Zhenni Wang and Christine di Massimo, University of Newcastle, A Procedure
     for Determining the Canonical Structure of Multilayer Feedforward
     Neural Networks
Srikanth Radhakrishnan and C, Koutsougeras,  Tulane University, Pattern
     Classification Using the Hybrid Coulomb Energy Network

Applications

K.D. Hooks, A. Malkani, & L. C. Rabelo, Ohio University, Application of
     Artificial Neural Networks in Quality Control Charts
B.E. Stephens & P.G. Madhavan, Purdue University at Indianapolis, Simple
     Nonlinear Curve Fitting Using the Artificial Neural Network
Nasser Ansari & Janusz A. Starzyk, Ohio University, Distance Field Approach
     to Handwritten Character Recognition
Thomas L. Hemminger & Yoh-Han Pao, Case Western Reserve University, A
     Real-Time Neural-Net Computing Approach to the Detection and
     Classification of Underwater Acoustic Transients
Seibert L. Murphy & Samir I. Sayegh, Indiana-Purdue University, Analysis of
     the Classification Performance of a Back Propagation Neural Network
     Designed for Acoustic Screening
S. Keyvan, L. C. Rabelo, & A. Malkani, Ohio University, Nuclear Diagnostic
     Monitoring System Using Adaptive Resonance Theory





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Subject: FIrst IEEE Conference on Image Processing
From:    [e-mail] (International Conf on Image Processing Mail
 Box)
Date:    Tue, 30 Nov 93 13:31:27 -0600



PLEASE POST   PLEASE POST        PLEASE POST        PLEASE POST

***************************************************************

        FIRST IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING
                        November 13-16, 1994
               Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, USA


                         CALL FOR PAPERS


Sponsored  by  the  Institute  of  Electrical   and   Electronics
Engineers  (IEEE)  Signal  Processing  Society,  ICIP-94  is  the
inaugural international conference on  theoretical,  experimental
and  applied  image  processing.   It will provide a centralized,
high-quality forum for presentation of technological advances and
research  results  by  scientists  and engineers working in Image
Processing and associated  disciplines  such  as  multimedia  and
video   technology.    Also   encouraged   are  image  processing
applications  in  areas  such  as  the  biomedical  sciences  and
geosciences.

SCOPE:

1.   IMAGE   PROCESSING:    Coding,    Filtering,    Enhancement,
Restoration,     Segmentation,     Multiresolution    Processing,
Multispectral Processing, Image Representation,  Image  Analysis,
Interpolation  and  Spatial Transformations, Motion Detection and
Estimation, Image Sequence Processing, Video  Signal  Processing,
Neural Networks for image processing and model-based compression,
Noise Modeling, Architectures and Software.

2.  COMPUTED   IMAGING:    Acoustic   Imaging,   Radar   Imaging,
Tomography,  Magnetic  Resonance Imaging, Geophysical and Seismic
Imaging, Radio Astronomy, Speckle Imaging,  Computer  Holography,
Confocal     Microscopy,      Electron     Microscopy,      X-ray
Crystallography, Coded-Aperture Imaging,  Real-Aperture Arrays.

3. IMAGE SCANNING DISPLAY AND PRINTING:  Scanning  and  Sampling,
Quantization    and   Halftoning,   Color   Reproduction,   Image
Representation and Rendering, Graphics and  Fonts,  Architectures
and  Software  for  Display  and Printing Systems, Image Quality,
Visualization.

4. VIDEO:  Digital video, Multimedia, HD video and packet  video,
video signal processor chips.

5. APPLICATIONS:  Application of image processing  technology  to
any field.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

GENERAL CHAIR:          Alan C. Bovik, U. Texas, Austin
TECHNICAL CHAIRS:       Tom Huang,  U. Illinois, Champaign and
                        John W. Woods, Rensselaer, Troy
SPECIAL SESSIONS CHAIR: Mike Orchard, U. Illinois, Champaign
EAST EUROPEAN LIASON:   Henri Maitre, TELECOM, Paris
FAR EAST LIASON:        Bede Liu, Princeton University

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
Prospective authors are invited to propose papers for lecture  or
poster  presentation  in any of the technical areas listed above.
To submit a proposal, prepare a summary of  the  paper  using  no
more  than  3  pages including figures and references.  Send five
copies of the paper summary along with a cover sheet stating  the
paper title, technical area(s) and contact address to:
             John W. Woods
             Center for Image Processing Research
             Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
             Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA.

Each selected paper (five-page limit) will be  published  in  the
Proceedings  of  ICIP-94, using high-quality paper for good image
reproduction.  Style files in LaTeX  will  be  provided  for  the
convenience of the authors.

SCHEDULE
Paper summaries/abstracts due*: 15 February 1994
Notification of Acceptance:     1 May 1994
Camera-Ready papers:            15 July 1994
Conference:                     13-16 November 1994

*For an automatic electronic reminder, send a  "reminder  please"
message to: [e-mail]


CONFERENCE ENVIRONMENT
ICIP-94 will be held in the recently  completed  state-of-the-art
Convention  Center  in  downtown Austin. The Convention Center is
situated two blocks from the Town Lake, and is  only  12  minutes
from  Robert  Meuller  Airport.   It is surrounded by many modern
hotels that provide comfortable accommodation  for  $75-$125  per
night.

Austin, the state capital, is  renowned  for  its  natural  hill-
country  beauty  and  an  active  cultural  scene. Within walking
distance of the Convention Center are several hiking and  jogging
trails, as well as opportunities for a variety of aquatic sports.
Live bands perform in various clubs around the city and at  night
spots  along  Sixth  Street,  offering  a  range  of jazz, blues,
country/Western, reggae, swing and rock music.  Day  temperatures
are typically in the upper sixties in mid-November.

An  exciting  range  of  EXHIBITS,  TUTORIALS,  SPECIAL   PRODUCT
SESSIONS,, and SOCIAL EVENTS will be offered.

For further details about ICIP-94, please contact:

     Conference Management Services
     3024 Thousand Oaks Drive
     Austin, Texas 78746
     Tel: [phone]; Fax:[phone]
     or email: [e-mail]




                   FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
     FIRST IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING
                      November 13-16, 1994
          Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, USA



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Subject: NNSP'94 Call For Papers
From:    Jenq-Neng Hwang <[e-mail]>
Date:    Wed, 29 Sep 93 18:28:41 -0800


                  1994 IEEE WORKSHOP ON
            NEURAL NETWORKS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING

              September 6-8, 1994 Ermioni, Greece
        Sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society
      (In cooperation with the IEEE Neural Networks Council)

GENERAL CHAIR
John Vlontzos
INTRACOM S.A.
Peania, Attica, Greece
[e-mail]

PROGRAM CHAIR
Jenq-Neng Hwang
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA
[e-mail]

PROCEEDINGS CHAIR
Elizabeth J. Wilson
Raytheon Co.
Marlborough, MA, USA
[e-mail]

FINANCE CHAIR
Demetris Kalivas
INTRACOM S.A.
Peania, Attica, Greece
[e-mail]



PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Joshua Alspector
Les Atlas
Charles Bachmann
David Burr
Rama Chellappa
Lee Giles
Steve J. Hanson
Yu-Hen Hu
Jenq-Neng Hwang
Bing-Huang Juang
Shigeru Katagiri
Sun-Yuan Kung
Gary M. Kuhn
Stephanos Kollias
Richard Lippmann
Fleming Lure
John Makhoul
Richard Mammone
Elias Manolakos
Nahesan Niranjan
Tomaso Poggio
Jose Principe
Wojtek Przytula
Ulrich Ramacher
Bhaskar D. Rao
Andreas Stafylopatis
Noboru Sonehara
John Sorensen
Yoh'ichi Tohkura
John Vlontzos
Raymond Watrous
Christian Wellekens
Yiu-Fai Issac Wong

                          CALL FOR PAPERS

The fourth of a series of IEEE workshops on Neural Networks for Signal
Processing will be held at the Porto Hydra Resort Hotel, Ermioni, Greece,
in September of 1994. Papers are solicited for, but not limited to,
the following topics:

APPLICATIONS:
Image, speech, communications, sensors, medical, adaptive
filtering, OCR, and other general signal processing and pattern
recognition topics.

THEORIES:
Generalization and regularization, system identification, parameter
estimation, new network architectures, new learning algorithms, and
wavelet in NNs.

IMPLEMENTATIONS:
Software, digital, analog, and hybrid technologies.


Prospective authors are invited to submit 4 copies of extended summaries
of no more than 6 pages. The top of the first page of the summary should
include a title, authors' names, affiliations, address, telephone and
fax numbers and email address if any. Camera-ready full papers
of accepted proposals will be published in a hard-bound volume by IEEE
and distributed at the workshop.  Due to workshop facility constraints,
attendance will be limited with priority given to those who submit
written technical contributions.  For further information, please
contact Mrs. Myra Sourlou at the NNSP'94 Athens office,
(Tel.) [phone], (Fax) [phone], (e-mail)
[e-mail].

Please send paper submissions to:

Prof. Jenq-Neng Hwang
IEEE  NNSP'94
Department of Electrical Engineering, FT-10
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Phone: [phone],  Fax: [phone]

                             SCHEDULE

Submission of extended summary:   February 15
Notification of acceptance:       April 19
Submission of photo-ready paper:  June 1
Advanced registration, before:    June 1


------------------------------

Subject: Call for Papers: COLT'94
From:    Ming Li <[e-mail]>
Date:    Wed, 29 Sep 93 23:26:18 -0500



                   CALL FOR PAPERS---COLT 94
                   Seventh ACM Conference on
                 Computational Learning Theory

                   New Brunswick, New Jersey
                       July 12--15, 1994

The Seventh ACM Conference on Computational Learning Theory (COLT
94)  will  be  held  at  the  New  Brunswick  campus  of  Rutgers
University from Tuesday, July 12, through Friday, July 15,  1994.
The conference will be co-located with the Eleventh International
Conference on Machine Learning (ML 94), which will be  held  from
Sunday,   July  10,  through  Wednesday,  July  13.  So  the  two
conferences overlap on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The COLT 94 conference is sponsored jointly by  the  ACM  Special
Interest  Groups  for  Algorithms and Computation Theory (SIGACT)
and Artificial Intelligence (SIGART).

We invite papers  in  all  areas  that  relate  directly  to  the
analysis  of  learning  algorithms  and  the  theory  of  machine
learning, including artificial and  biological  neural  networks,
robotics,  pattern  recognition, inductive inference, information
theory, decision  theory,  Bayesian/MDL  estimation,  statistical
physics,   and   cryptography.  We  look  forward  to  a  lively,
interdisciplinary meeting.  In particular we expect some fruitful
interaction   between   the   research  communities  of  the  two
overlapping conferences.  There will be a number of joint invited
talks.   Prof. Michael Jordan from MIT will be one of the invited
speakers; the others will be announced at a later date.

Abstract  Submission:  Authors  should   submit   twelve   copies
(preferably  two-sided  copies)  of  an  extended  abstract to be
received by Thursday, February 3, 1994, to


                   Manfred Warmuth - COLT 94
                      225 Applied Sciences
                 Department of Computer Science
                    University of California
                  Santa Cruz, California 95064

An  abstract  must  be     received   by  February  3,  1994  (or
postmarked  January  23  and  sent  airmail,  or  sent  overnight
delivery on February 2). This deadline is FIRM!  Papers that have
appeared  in  journals  or  other  conferences, or that are being
submitted  to  other  conferences,  are   not   appropriate   for
submission to COLT.

Abstract Format: The abstract should consist of a cover page with
title,  authors'  names,  postal and e-mail addresses, and a 200-
word summary. The body of the abstract should be no  longer  than
10  pages  with  roughly  35 lines/page in 12-point font.  Papers
deviating significantly from this length constraint will  not  be
considered.   The  body  should include a clear definition of the
theoretical model used, an overview  of  the  results,  and  some
discussion  of  their significance, including comparison to other
work.  Proofs  or  proof  sketches  should  be  included  in  the
technical  section.   Experimental  results  are welcome, but are
expected to be supported by theoretical analysis.

Notification: Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection
by  a  letter  mailed on or before Monday, April 4, with possible
earlier notification via e-mail. Final camera-ready  papers  will
be due on Tuesday, May 3.

Program  Format:  Depending  on  submissions,  and  in  order  to
accommodate  a  broad  variety  of  papers, the final program may
consist of both "long" talks, and "short" talks, corresponding to
longer  and  shorter  papers  in the proceedings. The short talks
will also be coupled with a poster presentation in special poster
sessions.  By  default,  all  papers  will be considered for both
categories. Authors who do  *not* want  their  papers  considered
for  the  short  category  should indicate that fact in the cover
letter. The cover letter should also specify the  contact  author
and give his/her e-mail.

Program  Chair:  Manfred  Warmuth  (UC  Santa  Cruz,  e-mail   to
[e-mail]).

Conference and Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Robert Schapire  and
Michael    Kearns    (AT&T    Bell    Laboratories,   e-mail   to
[e-mail]).

Program  Committee:  Shun'ichi  Amari  (U.  Tokyo),  Avrim   Blum
(Carnegie  Mellon),  Nader Bshouty (U. Calgary), Bill Gasarch (U.
Maryland), Tom Hancock (Siemens),  Michael  Kearns  (AT&T),  Sara
Solla  (Holmdel),  Prasad  Tadepalli  (Oregon  St.  U.),  Jeffrey
Vitter (Duke U.), Thomas Zeugmann (TU. Darmstadt).



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Subject: CFP: 1994 Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
From:    [e-mail] (Mimi Recker)
Date:    Tue, 05 Oct 93 09:15:18 -0500


                   Sixteenth Annual Conference of the
                       COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY

                           August 13-16, 1994

                    Georgia Institute of Technology
                            Atlanta, Georgia


                            CALL FOR PAPERS

                   Due date: Friday, January 14, 1994

As Cognitive Science has matured over the years, it has broadened its
scope in order to address fundamental issues of cognition embedded
within culturally, socially, and technologically rich environments.  The
Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society aims at
broad coverage of the many topics, methodologies, and disciplines that
comprise Cognitive Science.  The conference will highlight new ideas,
theories, methods and results in a wide range of research areas relating
to cognition.

The conference will feature plenary addresses by invited speakers,
technical paper and poster sessions, research symposia and panels, and a
banquet.  The conference will be held at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, home
of the Civil Rights movement, the 1996 Olympics, and the Dogwood
Festival.


GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS

Novel research papers are invited on any topic related to cognition.
Reports of research that cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries
and investigations of cognition within cultural, social and
technological contexts are encouraged.  To create a high-quality program
representing the newest ideas and results in the field, submitted papers
will be evaluated through peer review with respect to several criteria,
including originality, quality, and significance of research, relevance
to a broad audience of cognitive science researchers, and clarity of
presentation.  Accepted papers will be presented at the conference as
talks or posters, as appropriate.  Papers may present results from
completed research as well as report on current research with an
emphasis on novel approaches, methods, ideas, and perspectives.

Authors should submit five (5) copies of the paper in hard copy form by
Friday, January 14, 1994, to:

Prof. Ashwin Ram
Cognitive Science 1994 Submissions
Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Computing
801 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280

If confirmation of receipt is desired, please use certified mail or
enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope or postcard.


DAVID MARR MEMORIAL PRIZES FOR EXCELLENT STUDENT PAPERS

Papers with a student first author are eligible to compete for a David
Marr Memorial Prize for excellence in research and presentation.  The
David Marr Prizes are accompanied by a $300.00 honorarium, and are
funded by an anonymous donor.


LENGTH

Papers must be a maximum of eleven (11) pages long (excluding only the
cover page but including figures and references), with 1 inch margins on
all sides (i.e., the text should be 6.5 inches by 9 inches, including
footnotes but excluding page numbers), double-spaced, and in 12-point
type.  Each page should be numbered (excluding the cover page).
Camera-ready papers will be required only after authors are notified of
acceptance.

Template and style files conforming to these specifications for several
text formatting programs will be available by anonymous FTP from
ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/cogsci94.


COVER PAGE

Each copy of the paper must include a cover page, separate from the body
of the paper, which includes:

1. Title of paper.

2. Full names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of
   all authors.

3. An abstract of no more than 200 words.

4. Three to five keywords in decreasing order of relevance.  The
   keywords will be used in the index for the proceedings.

5. Preference for presentation format: Talk or poster, talk only, poster
   only.  Accepted papers will be presented either as talks or posters,
   depending on authors' preferences and reviewers' recommendations
   about which would be more suitable, and will not reflect the
   quality of the papers.

6. A note stating if the paper is eligible to compete for a Marr Prize.


DEADLINE

Papers must be received by Friday, January 14, 1994.  Papers received
after this date will be recycled.




                           CALL FOR SYMPOSIA

In addition to the technical paper and poster sessions, the conference
will feature research symposia, panels, and workshops.  Proposals for
symposia are invited.  Proposals should indicate:

1. A brief description of the topic;
2. How the symposium would address a broad cognitive science audience,
   and some evidence of interest;
3. Names of symposium organizer(s);
4. List of potential speakers, their topics, and some estimate of their
   likelihood of participation;
5. Proposed symposium format (designed to last 90 minutes).

Symposium proposals should be sent as soon as possible, but no later
than January 14, 1994.  Abstracts of the symposium talks will be
published in the proceedings.



CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Kurt Eiselt and Ashwin Ram

STEERING COMMITTEE
Dorrit Billman, Mike Byrne, Alex Kirlik, Janet Kolodner (chair), Nancy
Nersessian, Mimi Recker, and Tony Simon

PLEASE ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO:
Prof. Kurt Eiselt
Cognitive Science 1994 Conference
Georgia Institute of Technology
Cognitive Science Program
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0505
E-mail: [e-mail]

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Subject: Announcement - General Purpose Parallel Computing
From:    Ashok Gupta <[e-mail]>
Date:    Thu, 02 Dec 93 10:09:43 -0300

                        The  British  Computer  Society
                    Parallel  Processing  Specialist  Group
                                   (BCS PPSG)

                     General  Purpose  Parallel  Computing


           A One Day Open Meeting with Invited and Contributed Papers

            22 December 1993, University of Westminster, London, UK


                               Invited speakers :

                        Les Valiant, Harvard University
                   Bill McColl, PRG, University of Oxford, UK
                              David May, Inmos, UK


A key factor for the growth of parallel computing is the availability of
port- able software.  To be portable, software must be written to a model
of machine performance with universal applicability. Software providers
must be able to provide programs whose performance will scale with
machine and application size according to agreed principles.  This
environment presupposes a model of paral- lel performance, and one which
will perform well for irregular as well as regu- lar patterns of
interaction.  Adoption of a common model by machine architects, algorithm
& language designers and programmers is a precondition for general
purpose parallel computing.

Valiant's Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP) model provides a bridge between
appli- cation, language design and architecture for parallel computers.
BSP is of the same nature for parallel computing as the Von Neumann model
is for sequential computing.  It forms the focus of a project for
scalable performance parallel architectures supporting architecture
independent software. The model and its implications for hardware and
software design will be described in invited and contributed talks.



The PPSG, founded in 1986, exists to foster development of parallel
architec- tures, languages and applications & to disseminate information
on parallel pro- cessing. Membership is completely open; you do not have
to be a member of the British Computer Society.  For further information
about the group contact ei- ther of the following :

Chair : Mr. A. Gupta                     Membership Secretary: Dr. N. Tucker
Philips Research Labs, Crossoak Lane,    Paradis Consultants, East Berriow,
Redhill, Surrey, RH1 5HA, UK             Berriow Bridge, North Hill, Nr.
 Launceston,
[e-mail]                  Cornwall, PL15 7NL, UK


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                        The  British  Computer  Society
                    Parallel  Processing  Specialist  Group
                                   (BCS PPSG)

                     General  Purpose  Parallel  Computing

                               22 December 1993,
                         Fyvie Hall, 309 Regent Street,
                     University of Westminster, London, UK


Provisional Programme

9 am-10 am  Registration & Coffee

     L. Valiant,  Harvard University,
             "Title to be announced"
     W. McColl,  Oxford University,
             Programming models for General Purpose Parallel Computing
     A. Chin,  King's College,  London University,
             Locality of Reference in Bulk-Synchronous Parallel Computation
     P. Thannisch et al,  Edinburgh University,
             Exponential Processor Requirements for Optimal Schedules
             in Architecture with Locality

 Lunch

     D. May,  Inmos
             "Title to be announced"
     R. Miller,  Oxford University,
             A Library for Bulk Synchronous Parallel Programming
     C. Jesshope et al,  Surrey University,
             BSPC and the N-Computer

Tea/Coffee

     P. Dew et al,  Leeds University,
             Scalable Parallel Computing using the XPRAM model
     S. Turner et al,  Exeter University,
             Portability and Parallelism with `Lightweight P4'
     N. Kalentery et al,  University of Westminster,
             From BSP to a Virtual Von Neumann Machine
     R. Bisseling,  Utrecht University,
             Scientific Computing on Bulk Synchronous Parallel Architectures
     B. Thompson et al,  University College of Swansea,
             Equational Specification of Synchronous Concurrent Algorithms and
             Architectures

5.30 pm  Close


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       The British Computer Society Parallel Processing Specialist Group


Booking Form/Invoice                                  BCS VAT No. : 440-3490-76


Please reserve a place at the Conference on General Purpose Parallel Computing,
London, December 22 1993, for the individual(s) named below.


Name of delegate        BCS membership no.       Fee      VAT      Total
                         (if  applicable)
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________


Cheques, in pounds sterling, should be made payable to "BCS Parallel Processing
Specialist Group".  Unfortunately credit card bookings cannot be accepted.


The delegate fees (including lunch, refreshments and proceedings) are
(in pounds sterling) :

     Members of both PPSG & BCS:   55  +  9.62  VAT  =  64.62
     PPSG or BCS members:          70  +  12.25 VAT  =  82.25
     Non members:                  90  +  15.75 VAT  = 105.75
     Full-time students:           25  +   4.37 VAT  =  29.37

(Students should provide a letter of endorsement from their supervisor
that also clearly details their institution)


Contact Address:    ___________________________________________

                    ___________________________________________

                    ___________________________________________

Email address:      _________________

Date: _________________    Day time telephone: ________________


Places are limited so please return this form as soon as possible to :

             Mrs C. Cunningham
             BCS PPSG
             2 Mildenhall Close, Lower Earley,
             Reading, RG6 3AT, UK
             (Phone [phone])



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Subject: New request for ad for ICONIP
From:    <[e-mail]>
Date:    Thu, 02 Dec 93 16:08:00 +0000

******************************************************************************
                                CALL FOR PAPERS

                               ICONIP '94 - Seoul
             International Conference on Neural Information Processing
                          October 17 - October 20, 1994
                       The Swiss Grand Hotel, Seoul, Korea
*******************************************************************************

Organized by Korean Association for Intelligent Information Systems
Sponsored by Asian Pacific Neural Network Assembly
In Cooperation with IEEE Neural Networks Council, International Neural
                    Network Society, European Neural Network Society.

Conference Co-Chairs: S. Amari, I. K. Kang, S. T. Yang
Intenational Advisory Committee: T. Kohonen, B. Widrow, R. J. Marks II,
                                 H. Szu, W. Freeman, R. C. Eberhart,
                                 I. Aleksander, G. Matsumoto, Y. S. Wu
Organizing Committee C-Chairs: S. Y. Bang, K. B. Cho, H. S. Chung
Program Committee Co-Chairs: S. Y. Lee, M. W. Kim, K. Fukushima, S. Grossberg,
                             E. Caianiello

Topics of Interests:
Neurobiological Systems         Image Processing & Vision
Neural Networks Architecture    Speech Recognition & Language
Network Dynamics                Robotics & Control
Cognitive Science               Implementation(Electronic, Optical,
                                               and Bio-Chips)
Learning & Memory               Hybrid Systems(Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithm,
                                               Expert Systems, Chaos, and AI)
Sensorimotor Systems            Financial, Electric Power, Character and
Time-Series                     Speech Recongition, Optimization, and other
                                Applications.

Submission of Papers
Authors  are required  to  submit one  camera-ready  original and  five
copies of  the  manuscripts (maximum six pages) in  English to the address
given at the  bottom by April 30, 1994. The title  of paper, full name of
the author(s), affiliation(s) and mailing address should be given in the
paper.

Registration Fees   Regular Participant                  Student
 Until Aug. 31,'94        US$200                          US$50
 After Aug. 31,'94        US$250                          US$70

Exhibition and Social Programs
Exhibition of neural network products and prototypes will be held in
conjunction with the conference. Opening Reception, Banquet, and
Coffee Breaks will provide  chances for the participants to mingle and
communicate with their colleagues.

Time Table
Deadline for paper submission                       April 30, 1994
Notice of acceptance                                 July 31, 1994
Deadline for advance registration and
hotel reservation                                  August 31, 1994

Further Information and Paper Submission: ICONIP'94 Seoul  Secretariat,
ICONIP'94-Seoul Secritariat, c/o INTERCOM Convention Service, Inc. SL,
Kang Nam P.O. Box 641, Seoul, 135-606, Korea.
E-mail: [e-mail], Tel:[phone], Fax:[phone]
*****************************************************************************


------------------------------

Subject: ICNN 94 Deadline Extension & Call For Papers
From:    Dennis W. Ruck <[e-mail]>
Date:    Fri, 03 Dec 93 08:20:10 -0500

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                                 CALL FOR PAPERS
                        Extended Deadline for Submission:
                                December 31, 1993

                              For the First Time ...
             The 3 Most Exciting Technologies in Engineering Today
                                 Under One Roof

                                 Presenting the

                             IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON


                           COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
                                  ICNN
                                FUZZ-IEEE
                                   EC

                IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks
                 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems
           IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation

        3 Conferences ... 1 Great Location ... 1 Inclusive  Registration

          PLUS ... A Special Symposium Combining the Interests of All
                 3 Meetings into a Single Comprehensive Forum

                                June 26 - July 2, 1994
                           Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
                                   Orlando, Florida


                              IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON
                            COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

                      Orlando, Florida, June 26-July 2, 1994
                  Sponsored by the IEEE Neural Networks Council

The 1994 IEEE World Congress on Computational intelligence consists of
three IEEE International Conferences: The Third IEEE International
Conference on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE International Conference on Neural
Networks, and The IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation.  The
registration fee for the Congress covers admission to all three of the
Conferences as well as to a special five- day Symposium entitled
"Computational Intelligence: Imitating Life."  This Symposium will be
held Monday, June 27, through Friday, July 1, 10:20 am to 12:40 pm.

                                 SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM

                    COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE:  IMITATING LIFE

THE SYMPOSIUM addresses critical and emerging technologies and issues
relating to biologically, psychologically, and linguistically motivated
models that exhibit various facets of computational intelligence.  The
paradigms discussed include learning, reasoning, evolution, search, and
optimization each of which often uses life imitating metaphors for
guiding model building.  Machine learning from data, neural and fuzzy
information processing, approximate reasoning, and evolutionary
computation are examples of computational intelli- gence approaches
addressed by Symposium speakers.  The Symposium provides a unique forum
for cross-fertilization between the areas of neural networks, fuzzy
logic, and evolutionary computing.

SYMPOSIUM presentations are explicitly targeted toward the identification
of challenges, issues, and potential solutions for problems arising in
computa- tional intelligence.

THE SYMPOSIUM consists of 3 public lectures, 10 plenary talks, and 30
mini- symposia presentations, covering Neural Networks (21), Fuzzy Logic
(13), and Evolutionary Computation (9).  Contributions include recent
research that has implications for further progress, state-of-the-art
reviews, and discussions of important applications in fields such as
biology, signal and imaging processing, robotics and control.  Presenters
have been chosen from academia and industry and represent the leaders in
their fields from throughout the world.

THE SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS "Computational Intelligence: Imitating Life,"
will be published and available at the Congress for each participant.
Proceedings will later be distributed by the IEEE Press.


                      INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL THREE CONFERENCES

                   Papers must be received by December 31, 1993

Papers will be reviewed by senior researchers in the field, and all
authors will be informed of the decisions at the end of the review
process.  All accepted papers will be published in the Conference
Proceedings.  Please submit the following:

 - Send one original and five copies of the paper.  Six total.
 - Papers must be camera ready on 8 1/2 x 11 white paper, two-column
   format in Times or similar font style, 10 points or larger with one
   inch margins on all four sides.
 - Do not fold or staple the original camera-ready copy.
 - Four pages are encouraged, however, the paper must not exceed six
   pages, including figures, tables, and references.  Papers over six
   pages will not be considered.
 - Papers must be written in English.

Authors are encouraged to use the WCCI LaTex template with the IEEEtran.
sty style sheet.  (The format is similar to that used in IEEE
transactions.)  These documents can be FTP'd using the following
instructions:
        FTP FTP.AI.SRI.COM
        LOGIN:  ANONYMOUS
        PASSWORD:  <USE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AS THE PASSWORD)
        (AN SRI INFORMATION DOCUMENT WILL SCROLL.  AFTERWARDS, TYPE ...)
        CD PUB/IEEE
        GET READ.ME
        BYE

Centered at the top of the first page should be the complete title,
author

name(s), affiliation(s), and mailing address(es).  In the
accompanying letter, the following information must be included:

 - Full Title of the Paper
 - Corresponding Author (Name, Mailing Address, Telephone and FAX
Number)
 - Technical Session (First and Second Choices)
 - Presentation Preferred (Oral or Poster)
 - Presenter (Name, Mailing Address, Telephone and FAX Number)

______________________________________________________________________
_______

For information and paper submission, mail to:

World Congress on Computational Intelligence
Meeting Management
2603 Main Street, Suite 690             TEL:  [phone]
Irvine, California  92714               FAX:  [phone]

E-MIAL: [e-mail]

Sponsored by The IEEE Neural Networks Council

Dennis W. Ruck
ICNN 94 Program Chair


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Today's Topics:
                      Postdoc and Graduate Studies
       Graduate studies in computational and systems neuroscience
                            Post-Doc position
                       LISREL and Neural Networks
                          CFP AAAI-94 workshop
                              CFP - KDD-94
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Subject: Postdoc and Graduate Studies
From:    [e-mail] (Soo-Young Lee )
Date:    Fri, 10 Dec 93 11:10:38 +0700

Subject: Postdoc/Graduate Study - Neural Net Applications and Implementation
From:    "Soo-Young Lee" <[e-mail]>

               POSTDOCTORAL POSITION / GRADUATE STUDENTS
               Computation and Neural Systems Laboratory
                 Department of Electrical Engineering
          Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

A postdoctoral position is available beginning after March 1st, 1994. The
position is for one year initially, and may be extended for another year.
Graduate students with full scholarship are also welcome, especially
from developing countries.

We are seeking individuals interested in researches on neural net applications
and/or VLSI implementation.  Especially we emphasizes "systems" approach,
which combines neural network theory, application-specific knowledge, and
hardware implementation technology for much better perofrmance.  Although
many applications are currently investigated, speech recognition is the
preferred choice at this moment.

Interested parties should send a C.V. and a brief statement of research
interests to the address listed below.

Present address:

        Prof. Soo-Young Lee
        Computation and Neural Systems Laboratory
        Department of Electrical Engineering
        Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
        373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu
        Taejon 305-701
        Korea (South)
        Fax: [phone]
        E-mail: [e-mail]

                RESEARCH INTERESTS OF THE GROUP

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is an unique
engineering school, which emphasies graduate studies through high-quality
researches.  All graduate students receive full scholarship, and Ph.D.
course students are free from military services.  The Department of Electrical
Engineering is the largest one with 39 professors, 250 Ph.D. course students,
180 Master course students, and 300 undergraduate students.  The Computation
and Neural Systems Laboratory is lead by Prof. Soo-Young Lee, and consists
of about 10 Ph.D. course students and about 5 Master course students.

The primary focus of this laboratory is to merge neural network theory,
VLSI implementation technology, and application-specific knowledge for much
better performance at real world applications.  Speech recognition,
pattern recognition, and control applications have been emphasized.
Neural network models develpoed include Multilayer Bidirectional Associative
Memoryas an extention of BAM into multilayer architecture, IJNN (Intelligent
Judge Neural Networks) for intelligent ruling verdict for disputes from
several low-level classifiers, TAG (Training by Adaptive Gain) for large-scale
implementation and speaker adaptation, and Hybrid Hebbian-Backpropagation
Algorithm for MLP for improved robustness and generalization.  The correlation
matrix MBAM chip had been fabricated, and new on-chip learning analog
neuro-chip is under design now.


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Subject: Graduate studies in computational and systems neuroscience
From:    [e-mail]
Date:    Fri, 10 Dec 93 01:58:05 -0800

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading institute
of biomedical research.  Its graduate program in Neuroscience is
widely regarded as one of the very best such programs.  The
organization of the Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience (see
below), including the hiring of computational faculty, makes UCSF an
exciting location for students interested in theoretical as well as
experimental approaches to understanding brain function.

UCSF is *not* a reasonable place for those wishing to work on
applications of neural networks, as we have no programs in that area.
But, for those truly interested in understanding the nervous system
and its function, using theoretical and/or experimental methods and
remaining solidly based in biology, it is a superb program.
I would like to personally encourage theoretically inclined
individuals with such an interest to apply.

Application deadline is Jan. 15.  For further information and
application materials, contact Patricia Arrandale:
[e-mail]; 415-476-2248 (phone); 415-476-4929 (fax).

- --------------------------------------------

The Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience:

A completely reconstructed space at UCSF, to open in January, 1994,
will house the following seven faculty and their labs in a highly
interactive setting:

Allan Basbaum:      The Neural Substrate of Pain and Pain Control
Allison Doupe:      The Neural Basis of Vocal Learning in Songbirds
Stephen Lisberger:  Neural Control of Eye Movements
Michael Merzenich:  Dynamic Neocortical Processes: Neural Origins of
                    Higher Brain Functions
Kenneth Miller:     Computational Neuroscience
Christof Schreiner: Mammalian Auditory Cortex
Michael Stryker:    Development and Plasticity of Mammalian Central
                    Visual System

Other faculty closely associated with the Center, although not housed
in the center itself, include:

Howard Fields: Neural Circuitry Underlying Pain Modulation
Rob Malenka: Synaptic Plasticity in the Mammalian Central Nervous System
Roger Nicoll:  Physiology and Pharmacology of CNS Synapses
Henry Ralston: Neuronal Organization in Spinal Cord and Thalamus



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Subject: Post-Doc position
From:    Paul Horan <[e-mail]>
Date:    Fri, 10 Dec 93 15:09:40 +0000

Post-Doctoral Research Position

Dept of Pure and Applied Physics
Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland.

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Department of
Physics at Trinity College Dublin to work on the integration of
semiconductor optical modulators and electronics, as part of a smart pixel
neural network project which is currently underway. The research will be
carried out in collaboration with a team at the Hitachi Dublin Lab in
Trinity College. The successful candidate should have experience in both
electronics and optics, preferably in the design and processing of GaAs
devices. Applicants should have a PhD. The post will be for two years
initially, with the possibility of an extension.

Inquiries or applications + CV + 2 referees to:

Prof. John Hegarty
head of Dept.,
Dept of Pure and Applied physics,
Trinity College,
Dublin 2
Ireland.

Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
email <[e-mail]>
_______________________________________________________
Paul Horan, Hitachi Dublin Lab., Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
Fax [phone], e-mail  [e-mail]



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Subject: LISREL and Neural Networks
From:    "DANIEL H. SANDERS" <[e-mail]>
Date:    Fri, 10 Dec 93 17:41:53 -0500

Graduate Research Asst., School of Urban Policy
PHONE: [phone]  X139  (AT C.U.E.R.)

Is anyone familiar with both LISREL and neural networks who can explain (or
cite a publication which explains) how neural network analysis differs from
using LISREL to work with structural equations with latent variables?

Also, can sigmoid transfer functions handle situations in which the actual
relationship between a set of variables is accurately described by a
multivariate regression equation?.



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Subject: CFP AAAI-94 workshop
From:    Paul Mc Kevitt <[e-mail]>
Date:    Fri, 10 Dec 93 18:00:24 +0000

   *PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**

                             Advance Announcement

                       CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION

                            AAAI-94 Workshop on the
             Integration of Natural Language and Vision Processing

          Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-94)
                          Seattle, Washington, USA

                     2 days during July 31st-August 4th 1994

                                  Chair:
                              Paul Mc Kevitt
                      Department of Computer Science
                          University of Sheffield


WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

There has been a recent move towards considering the integration of
perception sources in Artificial Intelligence (AI) (see Dennett 1991
and Mc Kevitt (Guest Ed.) 1994).  This workshop will focus on research
involved in the integration of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and
Vision Processing (VP).

Although there has been much progress in developing theories, models
and systems in the areas of NLP and VP there has been little progress
on integrating these two subareas of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

It is not clear why there has not already been much activity in
integrating NLP and VP. Is it because of the long-time reductionist
trend in science up until the recent emphasis on chaos theory,
non-linear systems, and emergent behaviour? Or, is it because the
people who have tended to work on NLP tend to be in other Departments,
or of a different ilk, to those who have worked on VP?

We believe it is high time to bring together NLP and VP. Already we
have advertised a call for papers for a special issue of the Journal
of AI Review to focus on the integration of NLP and VP and we have had
a tremendous response.  There will be three special issues focussing
on theory and applications of NLP and VP. Also, there will be an issue
focussing on intelligent multimedia systems.

The workshop is of particular interest at this time because research
in NLP and VP have advanced to the stage that they can each benefit
from integrated approaches. Also, such integration is important as
people in NLP and VP can gain insight from each others' work.

References

Dennett, Daniel (1991)
Consciousness explained
Harmondsworth: Penguin

Mc Kevitt, Paul (1994) (Guest Editor)
Integration of Natural Language and Vision Processing
Special Volume (Issues 1,2,3) of AI Review Journal
Dordrecht: Kluwer (forthcoming)

WORKSHOP TOPICS:

The workshop will focus on three themes:

* Theoretical issues on integrated NLP and VP

* Systems exhibiting integrated NLP and VP

* Intelligent multimedia involving NLP and VP


The following issues will be focussed upon during the workshop:

* Common representations for NLP and VP

* How does NLP help VP and vice-versa?

* What does integration buy us?

* Symbolic versus connectionist models

* Varieties of communication between NLP and VP processors

* Designs for integrating NLP + VP

* Tools for integrating NLP + VP

* Possible applications of integration


WORKSHOP FORMAT:

Our intention is to have as much discussion as possible during the
workshop and to stress panel sessions and discussion rather than
having formal paper presentations. We will also organize a number of
presentations on Site Descriptions of ongoing work on NLP + VP.  There
may be a number of invited speakers.

Day 1: Theory and
       modelling for integrated NLP and VP.

Day 2: Systems
       for integrated NLP/VP, and intelligent multimedia.


ATTENDANCE:

We hope to have an attendance between 25-50 people at the workshop.


SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Papers of not more than 8 pages should be submitted by electronic mail
to Paul Mc Kevitt at [e-mail].  Preferred format is
two columns with 3/4 " margins all round.  Papers must be printed to 8
1/2" x 11" size. Double sided printing is encouraged. If you cannot
submit your paper by e-mail please submit three copies by snail mail.

*******Submission Deadline:  March 18th 1994
*******Notification Date:    April  8th 1994
*******Camera ready Copy:    April 29th 1994


PUBLICATION:

Workshop notes/preprints will be published by AAAI.  If there is
sufficient interest we will publish a book on the workshop with AAAI
Press.


WORKSHOP CHAIR:

Paul Mc Kevitt
Department of Computer Science
Regent Court
University of Sheffield
211 Portobello Street
GB- S1 4DP, Sheffield
England, UK, EC.

e-mail:           [e-mail]
fax:              [phone]
phone:            [phone] (office)
                          825590 (secretary)

WORKSHOP COMMITTEE:

Prof. Jerry Feldman (ICSI, Berkeley, USA)
Prof. John Frisby (Sheffield, England)
Dr. Eduard Hovy (USC ISI, Los Angeles, USA)
Dr. Mark Maybury (MITRE, Cambridge, USA)
Dr. Ryuichi Oka (RWC, Tsukuba, Japan)
Dr. Terry Reiger (ICSI, Berkeley, USA)
Prof. Roger Schank (ILS, Illinois, USA)
Dr. Oliviero Stock (IRST, Italy)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster (DFKI, Germany)
Prof. Yorick Wilks (Sheffield, England)

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Subject: CFP - KDD-94
From:    [e-mail] (Usama Fayyad)
Date:    Sat, 11 Dec 93 15:57:55 -0800

============================================================================
                   C a l l   F o r   P a p e r s
============================================================================
       KDD-94: AAAI Workshop on Knowledge Discovery in Databases
               Seattle, Washington, July 31-August 1, 1994
               ===========================================

Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) is an area of common interest for
researchers in machine learning, machine discovery, statistics, intelligent
databases, knowledge acquisition, data visualization and expert systems. The
rapid growth of data and information created a need and an opportunity for
extracting knowledge from databases, and both researchers and application
developers have been responding to that need.  KDD applications have been
developed for astronomy, biology, finance, insurance, marketing, medicine,
and many other fields.  Core Problems in KDD include representation issues,
search complexity, the use of prior knowledge, and statistical inference.

This workshop will continue in the tradition of the 1989, 1991, and 1993 KDD
workshops by bringing together researchers and application developers from
different areas, and focusing on unifying themes such as the use of domain
knowledge, managing uncertainty, interactive (human-oriented) presentation,
and applications.  The topics of interest include:

        Applications of KDD Techniques
        Interactive Data Exploration and Discovery
        Foundational Issues and Core Problems in KDD
        Machine Learning/Discovery in Large Databases
        Data and Knowledge Visualization
        Data and Dimensionality Reduction in Large Databases
        Use of Domain Knowledge and Re-use of Discovered Knowledge
        Functional Dependency and Dependency Networks
        Discovery of Statistical and Probabilistic models
        Integrated Discovery Systems and Theories
        Managing Uncertainty in Data and Knowledge
        Machine Discovery and Security and Privacy Issues

We also invite working demonstrations of discovery systems. The workshop
program will include invited talks, a demo and poster session, and panel
discussions. To encourage active discussion, workshop participation will be
limited.  The workshop proceedings will be published by AAAI.  As in previous
KDD Workshops, a selected set of papers from this workshop will be considered
for publication in journal special issues and as chapters in a book.

Please submit 5 *hardcopies* of a short paper (a maximum of 12 single-spaced
pages, 1 inch margins, and 12pt font, cover page must show author(s) full
address and E-MAIL and include 200 word abstract + 5 keywords) to reach the
workshop chairman on or before March 1, 1994.

   Usama M. Fayyad (KDD-94)            |  [e-mail]
   AI Group  M/S 525-3660              |
   Jet Propulsion Lab                  |  [phone] office
   California Institute of Technology  |  [phone] FAX
   4800 Oak Grove Drive                |
   Pasadena, CA 91109                  |

************************************* I m p o r t a n t   D a t e s **********
*  Submissions Due: March  1, 1994                                           *
*  Acceptance Notice: April 8, 1994        Final Version due: April 29, 1994 *
******************************************************************************
                        Program Committee
                        =================
Workshop Co-Chairs:
      Usama M. Fayyad (Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology)
      Ramasamy Uthurusamy (General Motors Research Laboratories)

Program Committee:
        Rakesh Agrawal            (IBM Almaden Research Center)
        Ron Brachman              (AT&T Bell Laboratories)
        Leo Breiman               (University of California, Berkeley)
        Nick Cercone              (University of Regina, Canada)
        Peter Cheeseman           (NASA AMES Research Center)
        Greg Cooper               (University of Pittsburgh)
        Brian Gaines              (University of Calgary, Canada)
        Larry Kerschberg          (George Mason University)
        Willi Kloesgen            (GMD, Germany)
        Chris Matheus             (GTE Laboratories)
        Ryszard Michalski         (George Mason University)
        Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro (GTE Laboratories)
        Daryl Pregibon            (AT&T Bell Laboratories)
        Evangelos Simoudis        (Lockheed Research Center)
        Padhraic Smyth            (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
        Jan Zytkow                (Wichita State University)
============================================================================


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Subject: Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology
From:    Doug Brutlag <[e-mail]>
Date:    Wed, 08 Dec 93 17:48:58 -0800

  Last year's version of the following conference
  contained many papers that involved neural networks.
  Hence, I thought that some of the readers of this
  mailing list might be interested.

Doug Brutlag

        *****************   CALL FOR PAPERS   *****************

                 The Second International Conference on
                Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology

                          August 15-17, 1994
                         Stanford  University

     Organizing Committee                      Deadlines

Russ Altman, Stanford U, Stanford    Papers due:         March 11, 1994
Doug Brutlag, Stanford U, Stanford   Replies to authors: April 29, 1994
Peter Karp, SRI, Menlo Park          Revised papers due:   May 27, 1994
Richard Lathrop, MIT, Cambridge
David Searls, U Penn, Philadelphia

                        Program Committee

K. Asai, ETL, Tsukuba             A. Lapedes, LANL, Los Alamos
D. Benson, NCBI, Bethesda         M. Mavrovouniotis, Northwestern U, Evanston
B. Buchanan, U of Pittsburgh      G. Michaels, George Mason U, Fairfax
C. Burks, LANL, Los Alamos        G. Myers, U. Arizona, Tucson
D. Clark, ICRF, London            K. Nitta, ICOT, Tokyo
F. Cohen, UCSF, San Francisco     C. Rawlings, ICRF, London
T. Dietterich, OSU, Corvallis     J. Sallatin, LIRM, Montpellier
S. Forrest, UNM, Albuquerque      C. Sander, EMBL, Heidelberg
J. Glasgow, Queen's U., Kingston  J. Shavlik, U Wisconsin, Madison
P. Green, Wash U, St. Louis       D. States, Wash U, St. Louis
M. Gribskov, SDSC, San Diego      G. Stormo, U Colorado, Boulder
D. Haussler, UCSC,  Santa Cruz    E. Uberbacher, ORNL, Oak Ridge
S. Henikoff, FHRC, Seattle        M. Walker, Stanford U, Stanford
L. Hunter, NLM, Bethesda          T. Webster, Stanford U, Stanford
T. Klein, UCSF, San Francisco     X. Zhang, TMC, Cambridge

The Second International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular
Biology will take place at Stanford University in the San Francisco Bay
Area, August 14-17, 1994.  The ISMB conference, held for the first time
last summer in Bethesda, MD, attracted an overflow crowd, yielded an
excellent offering of papers, invited speakers, posters and tutorials,
provided an exciting opportunity for researchers to meet and exchange
ideas, and was an important forum for the developing field.  We will
continue the tradition of pre-published, rigorously refereed proceedings,
and opportunities for fruitful personal interchange.

The conference will bring together scientists who are applying the
technologies of advanced data modeling, artificial intelligence, neural
networks, probabilistic reasoning, massively parallel computing, robotics,
and related computational methods to problems in molecular biology.  We
invite participation from both developers and users of any novel system,
provided it supports a biological task that is cognitively challenging,
involves a synthesis of information from multiple sources at multiple
levels, or in some other way exhibits the abstraction and emergent
properties of an "intelligent system."  The four-day conference will
feature introductory tutorials (August 14), presentations of original
refereed papers and invited talks (August 15-17).

Paper submissions should be single-spaced, 12 point type, 12 pages
maximum including title, abstract, figures, tables, and bibliography with
titles.  The first page should include the full postal address, electronic
mailing address, telephone and FAX number of each author.  Also, please
list five to ten keywords describing the methods and concepts discussed
in the paper.  State whether you wish the paper to be considered for oral
presentation only, poster presentation only or for either presentation
format.  Submit 6 copies to the address below.  For more information,
please contact [e-mail].

Proposals for introductory tutorials must be well documented, including
the purpose and intended audience of the tutorial as well as previous
experience of the author in presenting such material.  Those considering
submitting tutorial proposals are strongly encouraged to submit a one-page
outline, before the deadline, to enable early feed-back regarding topic
and content suitability.  The conference will pay an honorarium and
support, in part, the travel expenses of tutorial speakers.

Limited funds are available to support travel to ISMB-94 for those students,
post-docs, minorities and women who would otherwise be unable to attend..

Please submit papers and tutorial proposals to:

                Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology
                c/o Dr. Douglas L. Brutlag
                Beckman Center, B400
                Department of Biochemistry
                Stanford University School of Medicine
                Stanford, California 94305-5307




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Neuron Digest   Thursday, 16 Dec 1993
                Volume 12 : Issue 27

Today's Topics:
               Announcement: 1st Issue of PSYCHE out soon
                       BIOSIM - Biol. NN-Simulator
           Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience - Correction
                 Neurosimulator review available by ftp
                       Classes of Neural Networks?
                          Information required
                  ICPR 94 in Jerusalem: Call for Papers
                             CFP MicroNeuro
                        ICSE94 - Call for Papers
                    CFP: Neural Systems for Robotics


Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old
issues to "[e-mail]". The ftp archives are
available from psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31). Back issues requested by
mail will eventually be sent, but may take a while.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: Announcement: 1st Issue of PSYCHE out soon
From:    [e-mail]
Organization: RMIT Ltd. Aust.
Date:    Sat, 04 Dec 93 10:59:45 +0000

ANNOUNCEMENT: FIRST ISSUE OF PSYCHE DUE OUT SOON

PSYCHE (ISSN: 1039-723X) a refereed electronic journal dedicated to
supporting the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of
consciousness and its relation to the brain. PSYCHE publishes
material relevant to that exploration from the perspectives afforded
by the disciplines of Cognitive Science, Philosophy, Psychology,
Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence and Anthropology.

The first issue of PSYCHE will be released in the next two
weeks. If you would like to subscribe to the journal send
the command:

SUBSCRIBE PSYCHE-L YourFirstName YourLastName

to [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Appended below is the Table of Contents for the first issue.

- -Patrick
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
Patrick Wilken
E-mail: [e-mail]

Executive Editor
PSYCHE: an interdisciplinary journal of research on consciousness
- -------------------------------------------------------------------


====================================================================
*PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness*
*Volume 1, Number 1, December 1993*

*TABLE OF CONTENTS*


EDITORIAL


ARTICLES

Vagueness, Semantics, and the Language of Thought
RICHARD DEWITT


REVIEWS

Stage Effects in the Cartesian Theater: A review of Daniel
Dennett's %Consciousness Explained%
KEVIN KORB

The Computational Brain  (1992) Patricia Churchland & Terrence Sejnowski
BRUCE BRIDGEMAN

Consciousness Reconsidered (1992) Owen Flanagan
VALERIE HARDCASTLE & PETER PRUIM


ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Book Series: "Advances in Consciousness Research"

Table of Contents for *Consciousness and Cognition:
An International Journal, Volume 2*

Announcing the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange


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Subject: BIOSIM - Biol. NN-Simulator
From:    [e-mail] (Stefan Bergdoll)
Organization: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
Date:    08 Dec 93 11:01:23 +0000

Announcing

                      BIOSIM - Biol. NN-Simulator

       BIOSIM is a biologically oriented neural network simulator.

* It's public domain.
* It runs on Unix (a less powerful PC-version is available, too).
* It's easy to install.
* It's bilingual (german and english)
* It has a GUI (Graphical User Interface).
* It doesn't requires to learn a simulation language.
* It was designed for research and teaching.
* It includes learning capabilities.
* It provides online help facilities.
* It offers controlling interfaces.
* A batch version is available.
* A DEMO is provided, covering a wide range of application features.


HOW TO GET IT

ftp ftp.uni-kl.de (or ftp 131.246.9.95)
login in as "ftp" (or "anonymous"), give your email address as a password

cd /pub/bio/neurobio
bin
mget biosim.readme biosim.tar.Z
mget readme.txt biosimpc.zip (only needed if the PC-version is required)


REQUIREMENTS (for the Unix version)

- - Unix workstation with X11 Rel. 3 and above, Motif Rel 1.0 and above
- - At least 12 MB of physically memory, recommended are 24 MB and more
- - 20 MB disc space
- - A C-compiler (the GNU C-compiler gcc is recommended)

REQUIREMENTS (for the PC version)

- - PC or PC-compatible  with MS Windows 3.0 and above
- - At least 4 MB of physically memory, recommended are 8 MB and more
- - 1 MB disc space

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BIOSIM

Four neuron models are implemented in BIOSIM: a simple model only
switching ion channels on and off, the original Hodgkin-Huxley model,
the SWIM model (a modified HH model) and the Golowasch-Buchholz model
as the most enhanced model.
Dendrites consist of a chain of segments without bifurcation.
A neural network can be created by using the interactive network
editor which is part of BIOSIM. Parameters can be changed via context
sensitive menus and the results of the simulation can be visualized
in observation windows for neurons and synapses.
Stochastic processes such as noise can be included.
In addition, biologically orientied learning and forgetting processes
are modeled, e.g. sensitization, habituation, conditioning, hebbian
learning and competitive learning.
Three synaptic types are predefined (an excitatatory synapse type,
an inhibitory synapse type and an electrical synapse).
Additional synaptic types can be created interactively as much as
desired.
A demonstration shell script, which controls the simulator, is
included showing a wide range of possibilities with BIOSIM.
Within BIOSIM a handbook and an online-help system is available.
BIOSIM is bilingual (english and german). When installing BIOSIM the
user can choose between english and german. Thus, a english or german
environment is installed. The INSTALL procedured is bilingual, too.
The biological and mathematical model underlying BIOSIM were
developed by Dr. Uwe T. Koch (university of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
and Stefan Bergdoll (BASF Inc., Germany).
The BIOSIM simulator, as well as the online help system, were
developed by Stefan Bergdoll (BASF Inc., Germany).


======================================================================
Stefan Bergdoll
Department of Software Engineering (ZXA/US)
BASF Inc.
D-67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

[e-mail]
tel [phone]
fax [phone]
======================================================================



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Subject: Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience - Correction
From:    [e-mail] (W. Jeffrey Wilson)
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date:    08 Dec 93 22:45:41 +0000

Sorry - information was somehow omitted from my previos posting.

For information about Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, a national
group dedicated to the support and promotion of research and education
in neuroscience at the undergraduate level, please contact me at the
address below.  FUN currently has approximately 200 members, primarily
at liberal arts colleges and smaller universities.  We conduct annual
meetings as socials at the Society for Neuroscience national meeting.

Please send email and snailmail address.

Jeff Wilson, Secretary
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
[e-mail]

Please use this email address; do NOT reply to the post. Thanks.

- --
   The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
     North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
        Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
           internet:  laUNChpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80

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Subject: Neurosimulator review available by ftp
From:    Jaap Murre <[e-mail]>
Date:    Mon, 13 Dec 93 14:25:51 +0000

I have recently completed a review of roughly 40 neurosimulators. A first
draft of this review is now available through our ftp site. Comments to the
current review are very welcome. -- Jaap Murre

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The filename is neurosim1.ps.Z.

A WordPerfect 5.1 version (.w51.Z extension) and an ASCII dump (.txt)
are also available, as well as uncompressed versions (no .Z extension).

To obtain the file use the following command sequence:

ftp ftp.mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk
NAME: anonymous
PASSWORD: <your e-mail address>
cd pub
cd nn
bin                   /* if you want to retrieve a binary file */
get neurosim1.ps.Z
quit
decompress neurosim1.ps.Z
lpr -P<your printer> neurosim1.ps
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dr. Jacob M.J. Murre
Medical Research Council Applied Psychology Unit
15 Chaucer Road
Cambridge CB2 2EF
United Kingdom

tel [phone] (ext.139)
fax [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]


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Subject: Classes of Neural Networks?
From:    [e-mail] (Marcello B. Martino)
Date:    Mon, 13 Dec 93 16:19:25 -0400

[[ Editor's Note: I'm not sure of any single model which purports to
fulfill *all* of the mentioned conditions.  What is the state of ART
these days? Might it be the best bet?  -PM ]]

        I'm searching for information about neural network models which
satisfies most of the following conditions:
        - hetero-associative,
        - recursive,
        - supervised learning,
        - one-shot, evolutive or incremental learning
        I would be glad if you could help me to find some of these models.

                Yours sincerely,
                        Marcello de Martino.
                        E-Mail: [e-mail]




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Subject: Information required
From:    Landi Leonardo <[e-mail]>
Date:    Wed, 15 Dec 93 12:09:36 +0100


Hello,
I am a young student at the University of Florence, Italy.
I have one problem: I would like to know if it is possible
to retrieve some works about solving non-linear set of equations
using neural networks. Of course I would also be interested in
how to retrieve this works.
Thank you very much
Pietro Pala



------------------------------

Subject: ICPR 94 in Jerusalem: Call for Papers
From:    Tali Tishby <[e-mail]>
Date:    Tue, 12 Oct 93 18:20:30 +0100

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%   adaptive models;
%   fuzzy systems;
%   applications to biological sequence analysis,
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%
% Henry Baird             Eric Baum                Victor Brailovsky
% Alfred Bruckstein       Pierre A. Devijver       Robert P.W. Duin
% Isak Gath                                        Geoffrey E. Hinton
% Nathan Intrator         Anil Jain                Chuanyi Ji
% Michael Jordan          Junichi Kanai            Rangachar Kasturi
% Josef Kittler           Yann LeCun               Mike Mozer
% Erkki Oja               Sarunas Raudys           Gabriella Sanniti di Baja
% Eric Schwartz           Haim Sompolinsky         Vladimir Vapnik
% Harry Wechsler          Daphna Weinshall         Haim Wolfson
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% 12-ICPR CO-CHAIRS:   S. Ullman - Weizmann Inst.
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%                      S. Peleg - The Hebrew University ([e-mail])
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% 1. A Summary Page addressing these topics:
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%    - Does the paper mainly describe an application, and should be reviewed by
%      the applications committee?
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 temporal pattern recognition\\
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 neural network models and algorithms
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 fuzzy systems\\
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 applications to biological sequence analysis,
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\>Henry Baird    \>           Eric Baum \>   Victor Brailovsky \\
\>Alfred Bruckstein    \>  Pierre A. Devijver   \>  Robert P.W. Duin \\
\> Isak Gath           \>       \>                Geoffrey E. Hinton \\
\>Nathan Intrator     \> Anil Jain       \>       Chuanyi Ji \\
\>Michael Jordan       \> Junichi Kanai   \>       Rangachar Kasturi \\
\>Josef Kittler        \> Yann LeCun      \>       Mike Mozer \\
\>Erkki Oja            \> Sarunas Raudys  \>    Gabriella Sanniti di Baja\\
\>Eric Schwartz        \> Haim Sompolinsky  \>     Vladimir Vapnik \\
\>Harry Wechsler      \>  Daphna Weinshall   \>     Haim Wolfson \\
\end{tabbing}

\medskip
\noindent
This conference is one of four conferences in the 12th ICPR. Each submitted
paper will be reviewed by members of the program committee.
Papers describing applications are encouraged, and will be reviewed by a
special Applications Committee.
The conference proceedings are published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.
\vspace{0.16in}
\begin{tabbing}
\hspace*{3.0in} \= \kill
12-ICPR CO-CHAIRS:  \> S. Ullman - Weizmann Inst.
({\tt [e-mail]})\\
                    \> S. Peleg - The Hebrew University
({\tt [e-mail]})\\
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: \> Y. Yeshurun - Tel-Aviv University
({\tt [e-mail]})\\
INDUSTRIAL \& APPLICATIONS LIAISON: \> M. Ejiri - Hitachi
({\tt [e-mail]})\\
\end{tabbing}
%\vspace{0.06in}
\smallskip
\noindent {\bf PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: ~~~ February 1, 1994.}
\medskip

\noindent {\bf Notification of Acceptance:}  May 1994.
~~~{\bf Camera-Ready Copy:~~ June 1994}.

\medskip

\noindent Send four copies of paper to: 12th ICPR, \\
c/o International, 10 Rothschild Blvd,\\
65121 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL. Tel. [phone], Fax [phone]\\

\medskip

\noindent
Each manuscript should include the following:
\begin{enumerate}
\addtolength{\baselineskip}{-4pt}
\item A Summary Page addressing these topics:
\begin{itemize}
\item
  To which of the four conference is the paper submitted?
\item
  What is the paper about? - What is the original contribution of this work?
\item
  Does the paper mainly describe an application, and should be reviewed by
  the applications committee?
\end{itemize}
\item
Papers should be limited to 4000 words, the estimated length
of the proceedings version.
\addtolength{\baselineskip}{+4pt}
\end{enumerate}

\noindent For further information on all ICPR conferences contact
the secretariat at the above address, or use \\
E-mail: {\tt [e-mail]} .

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Subject: CFP MicroNeuro
From:    Leonardo Reyneri <[e-mail]>
Date:    Thu, 14 Oct 93 13:16:05 +0000

Please find below the Call For Papers of MICRONEURO '94:

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                           MICRONEURO 94

                The Fourth International Conference
              on Microelectronics for Neural Networks
                         and Fuzzy Systems

                 Torino (I), September 26-28, 1994
                       FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS


This conference is the fourth in a series of international conferences
dedicated to all aspects of hardware implementations of Neural Networks
and Fuzzy Systems.
MICRONEURO has emerged as the only international forum devoted
specifically to all hardware implementation aspects, giving particular
weight to those interdisciplinary issues which affect the design of
Neural and Fuzzy hardware directly.


TOPICS

The conference program will focus upon all aspects of hardware
implementations of Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems and their
applications in the real world. Topics will concentrate upon the
following fields:

 - Analog and mixed-mode implementations
 - Digital implementations
 - Optical systems
 - Pulse-Stream computation
 - Weightless Neural systems
 - Neural and Fuzzy hardware systems
 - Interfaces with external world
 - Applications of dedicated hardware
 - VLSI-friendly Neural algorithms
 - New technologies for Neural and Fuzzy Systems

Selection criteria will be based also on technical relevance, novelty
of the approach and on availability of performance measurements for the
system/device.


INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

All submitted material (written in English) will be refereed and should
be typed on A4 paper, 1-1/2 spaced, 12 point font, 160x220 mm text size.
All accepted material will appear in the proceedings.

PAPERS should not exceed 10 pages including figures and text.
Also reports on EARLY INNOVATIVE IDEAS will be considered for presentation.
In this case the submission should be a short description of the novel
idea, not exceeding 6 pages in length, and it must be clearly marked
``Innovative Idea''.

The most interesting papers and ideas will be published in a special
issue of IEEE MICRO.


SUBMISSIONS

Six copies of final manuscripts, written according to the above
requirements, shall be submitted to the Program Chairman.
Submissions arriving late or significantly departing from length
guidelines, or papers published elsewhere will be returned without
review. Electronic versions of the submission (possibly in LATEX
format) are kindly welcome.


DEADLINES

Submission of paper and/or ideas        May 30, 1994
Notification of acceptance              July 15, 1994


THE WORKSHOP VENUE

The venue of MICRONEURO '94 is Torino, the historic and beautiful center
of Piemonte. The town is surrounded by the highest mountains in Europe
and by beautiful hills and landscapes. The region is also famous for
its excellent wines.

MICRONEURO '94 will be held at the Politecnico di Torino.
The venue is conveniently located close to
the town centre, with many restaurants and cafes close by.


General Chair:

H.P. Graf
AT T Bell Laboratories
Room 4 G 320
HOLMDEL, NJ 07733 - USA
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]


Program Chair:

L.M. Reyneri Dip. Ingegneria Informazione Universita' di Pisa
Via Diotisalvi, 2
56126 PISA - ITALY
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]
E.mail [e-mail]


Organisation:

COREP Segr. MICRONEURO '94
C.so Duca d. Abruzzi, 24
10129 TORINO - ITALY
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]


Steering Committee:

K. Goser (D)
J. Herault (F)
W. Moore (UK)
A.F. Murray (UK)
U. Ramacher (D)
M. Sami (I)


Program Committee:

E. Bruun (DK)
H.C. Card (CA)
D. Del Corso (I)
P. Garda (F)
M. Jabri (AU)
S.R. Jones (UK)
C. Jutten (F)
H. Klar (D)
J.A. Nossek (D)
A. Prieto (E)
U. Rueckert (D)
L. Spaanenburg (NL)
L. Tarassenko (UK)
M. Verleysen (B)
E. Vittoz (CH)
J. Wawrzynek (USA)
W. Yang (USA)

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Subject: ICSE94 - Call for Papers
From:    CRReeves <[e-mail]>
Date:    Wed, 20 Oct 93 11:36:42 +0700


The following may be of interest to connectionists working on control
engineering applications:

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   ICSE 94 Tenth International Conference on Systems Engineering

                      First Announcement

                        Call for papers

                      6-8 September 1994

                        C O V E N T R Y
                      U N I V E R S I T Y

                Held at Coventry University UK
    Organised by the Control Theory and Applications Centre


International Conference on Systems Engineering

The 10th International Conference on Systems Engineering, ICSE'94, will take
place at Coventry University and organised through the Control Theory and
Applications Centre, an interdisciplinary research centre established by
drawing together staff from the School of Engineering and the School of
Mathematical and Information Sciences.

Scope of Conference

The Conference will cover the general area of Systems Engineering, with
particular emphasis being placed on applications.  It is expected to include
sessions on the following themes:
- -    Adaptive Control and System Identification
- -    Algorithms and Architectures
- -    Control Theory and Industrial Applications
- -    Educational Developments in Systems Engineering
- -    Energy Efficiency and Environmental Systems
- -    Image and Signal Processing
- -    Manufacturing Systems
- -    Modelling and Simulation
- -    Rule Based Control and Fuzzy Decision Making
- -    Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms in Control and Identification

Call for Papers

Authors wishing to contribute to the Conference should submit an abstract
(three copies) of their proposed contribution before 15 February 1994.
The abstract should be typed and written in English.  Refereeing of abstacts
submitted before the deadline date will take place on a regular basis.
This will allow early decisions to be taken and should assist authors in
their planning arrangements.  The Organising Committee would also welcome
proposals for arranged specialist sessions on a focused theme relevant to the
Conference, each session consisting of up to six papers.  All papers presented
will be considered for publication in the Journal 'Systems Science', published
in Poland (in English).

Deadlines
- -    Submission of abstracts            15 February 1994
- -    Acceptance of papers                7 March 1994
- -    Submission of full papers           1 June 1994

It is intended to have the Conference Proceedings available for participants.
Consequently, deadlines for submission of papers should be strictly respected.

Preliminary Arrangements
- -    Conference fees, provisionally estimated at 325 Pounds Sterling, inclues
     a copy of the Conference Proceedings, lunches on the 6th, 7th and 8th,
     the Conference Banquet on the 6th, and a Civic Reception followed by the
     Conference Dinner on the 7th.
- -    Participants will have the option of being accommodated in the
University
     Halls of Residence overlooking Coventry Cathedral or in local hotels or
     guest houses.  The Conference fee is exclusive of accommodation charges.
- -    The working language of the Conference is English, which will be used
for
     all presentations, discussions and printed material.
- -    The Conference Banquet is to be of the 'Olde English Mediaeval' style
and
     will be held at the historical Coombe Abbey just outside Coventry.

Abstracts, papers and requests for further details should be sent to:
Dr Keith Burnham
Conference Secretary ICSE94
Control Theory and Applications Centre
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry CV1 5FB
United Kingdom

Telephone: [phone] (International [phone])
Telex: 9312102228 (CPG)
Fax: [phone] (International [phone])
Email: [e-mail]





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Subject: CFP: Neural Systems for Robotics
From:    Patrick van der Smagt <[e-mail]>
Date:    Wed, 27 Oct 93 14:01:52 +0000

                  PROGRESS IN NEURAL NETWORKS
                  series editor O. M. Omidvar


                        CALL FOR PAPERS

        Special Volume: NEURAL SYSTEMS FOR ROBOTICS
                Editor: P. Patrick van der Smagt

This series will review state-of-the-art research in neural networks,
natural and synthetic.  Contributions from leading researchers and
practitioners will be sought.  This series will help shape and define
academic and professional programs in this area.  This series is intended
for a wide audience; those professionally involved in neural network
research, such as lecturers and primary investigators in neural computing,
neural modeling, neural learning, neural memory, and neurocomputers.  The
upcoming volume, Neural Systems for Robotics, will focus on research in
natural and artificial neural systems directly related to robotics and
robot control.

Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts describing
recent progress in neural network research directly applicable
to robotics.  Manuscripts may be survey or tutorial in nature.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

        * Neural control systems for visually guided robots

        * Manipulator trajectory control

        * Obstacle avoidance

        * Sensor feedback systems

        * Biologically inspired robot systems

        * Identification of kinematics and dynamics


The papers will be refereed and uniformly typeset. Ablex and the Progress
Series editors invite you to submit an abstract, extended summary or
manuscript proposal, directly to the Special Volume Editor:

P. Patrick van der Smagt,
Dept. of Computer Systems, University of Amsterdam,
Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ  Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: [phone]   FAX: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

      or to the Series Editor:
Dr. Omid M. Omidvar, Computer Science Dept.,
University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC 20008
Tel: [phone]   FAX: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

The Publisher is Ablex Publishing Corporation, Norwood, NJ.

Other volumes:
        Neural Networks for Control, ed. by D. L. Elliott
        Neural Networks Hardware Implementations, ed. by M. E. Zaghiloul
        Motion Detection & Temporal Pattern Recognition, ed. by J. Dayoff
        Biological Neural Networks, ed. by D. Tam
        Mathematical Foundations, ed. by M. Garzon



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