Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 1360; Thu, 06 May 93 13:44:29 EDT Received: from noc2.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Thu, 06 May 93 13:44:14 EDT Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc2.dccs.upenn.edu id AA09351; Thu, 6 May 93 13:29:18 -0400 Return-Path: Received: from LOCALHOST by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA05447; Thu, 6 May 93 12:17:14 EDT Posted-Date: Thu, 06 May 93 12:16:25 -0400 From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V11 #30 (conferences) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Thu, 06 May 93 12:16:25 -0400 Message-Id: <5395.736704985@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Thursday, 6 May 1993 Volume 11 : Issue 30 Today's Topics: CFP IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CNIASE'93 1993 World Congress on Neural Networks (Portland, Oregon, July 11-14) 93 SPP Program Announcement Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu". The ftp archives are available from cattell.psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31). Back issues requested by mail will eventually be sent, but may take a while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: CFP IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE From: Russ Eberhart Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 08:53:43 -0500 ***CALL FOR PAPERS*** ___________________________________________________ IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks * * FUZZ/IEEE '94 * * IEEE International Symposium on Evolutionary Computation * June 26 - July 2, 1994 Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, Florida Sponsored by the IEEE Neural Networks Council - --------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEURAL NETWORKS Steven K. Rogers, General Chair rogers@afit.af.mil Topics: Applications, architectures, artificially intelligent neural networks, artificial life, associative memory, computational intelligence, cognitive science, embedology, filtering, fuzzy neural systems, hybrid systems, image processing, implementations, intelligent control, learning and memory, machine vision, motion analysis, neurobiology, neurocognition, neurodynamics, optimization, pattern recognition, prediction, robotics, sensation and perception, sensorimotor systems, speech, hearing and language, system identification, supervised and unsupervised learning, tactile sensors, and time series analysis. ------------------------------------------- FUZZ/IEEE '94 Piero P. Bonissone, General Chair bonissone@crd.ge.ge.com Topics: Basic principles and foundations of fuzzy logic, relations between fuzzy logic and other approximate reasoning methods, qualitative and approximate-reasoning modeling, hardware implementations of fuzzy- logic algorithms, design, analysis, and synthesis of fuzzy-logic controllers, learning and acquisition of approximate models, relations between fuzzy logic and neural networks, integration of fuzzy logic and neural networks, integration of fuzzy logic and evolutionary computing, and applications. ------------------------------------------- IEEE CONFERENCE ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION Zbigniew Michalewicz, General Chair zbyszek@mosaic.uncc.edu Topics: Theory of evolutionary computation, evolutionary computation applications, efficiency and robustness comparisons with other direct search algorithms, parallel computer applications, new ideas incorporating further evolutionary principles, artificial life, evolutionary algorithms for computational intelligence, comparisons between different variants of evolutionary algorithms, machine learning applications, evolutionary computation for neural networks, and fuzzy logic in evolutionary algorithms. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL THREE CONFERENCES Papers must be received by December 10, 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 proces. All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Six copies (one original and five copies) of the paper must be submitted. Original must be camera ready, on 8.5x11-inch white paper, one-column format in Times or similar fontstyle, 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. The paper must not exceed six pages including figures, tables, and references, and should be written in English. 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: 1) Full title of paper, 2) Corresponding authors name, address, telephone and fax numbers, 3) First and second choices of technical session, 4) Preference for oral or poster presentation, and 5) Presenter's name, address, telephone and fax numbers. Mail papers to (and/or obtain further information from): World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Meeting Management, 5665 Oberlin Drive, #110, San Diego, California 92121, USA (email: 70750.345@compuserve.com, telephone: 619-453-6222). ------------------------------ Subject: CNIASE'93 From: jramire@conicit.ve (Jose Ramirez G. (AVINTA)) Date: Sun, 18 Apr 93 04:14:09 -0400 =================================================================== Please post - Please post - Please post - Please post - Please post =================================================================== . ************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS ************************************************** The VI National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, CNIASE'93, will be celebrated in Barquisimeto, Venezuela from the 19th to the 22nd October 1.993. . Papers presenting original researches and innova - tive applications are welcome. The conference topics are, among others: . * Automatic Learning * Connectionism * Knowledge Based Systems * Knowledge Based Simulation * Case-Based Reasoning * Knowledge Representation and Reasoning * Knowledge Acquisition * Artificial Intelligence and Education * Applications, Tools and Experiences Authors should send 3 copies of their papers, having a maximum length of 20 letter pages double spaced, before June 15th, 1.993. An abstract no longer than 200 words should be included. Papers may be written either in Spanish or English. Acceptance or refusal will be notified by August 1st, 1.993. . Papers should be sent to the following Technical committee: . Jose M. Ramirez G. AVINTA P.O. Box 67079. Caracas 1061. Venezuela E-mail: jramire@conicit.ve For any further information regarding paper presentation, please contact: Irene Torres Hecker Phone: +58-2-2836942, +58-2-2835156 Fax: +58-2-2832689 E-mail: itorres@conicit.ve For any further information related to the event, please contact: . Juan Jose Osteriz or Gladys Marante Phone and Fax: +58-51-425417 ------------------------------ Subject: 1993 World Congress on Neural Networks (Portland, Oregon, July 11-14) From: mathiak@sysc.PDX.EDU Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 21:27:57 -0800 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- The World Congress on Neural Networks will be held in Portland, Oregon, July 11-14, 1993 (Oregon Convention Center). In this posting we provide: * the e-mail version of our registration form, * information about tutorials/sessions being planned, about housing and about WCNN'93 proceedings. More detailed information about WCNN'93 will be sent with the registration receipt. Quick information is available via e-mail regarding housing, papers, registration, sessions and tutorials at the following e-mail addresses: housing@wcnn93.ee.pdx.edu papers@wcnn93.ee.pdx.edu registration@wcnn93.ee.pdx.edu sessions@wcnn93.ee.pdx.edu tutorials@wcnn93.ee.pdx.edu . We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference! Sincerely, - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. George G. Lendaris email: lendarisg@wcnn93.ee.pdx.edu General Chair FAX: (503) 725-4882 Portland State University Portland, Oregon 97207 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1 - World Congress on Neural Networks 1993, Portland REGISTRATION FORM ================= Reg. Fee Reg. Fee Reg. Fee before before after Jan 15,93 Jun 15,93 Jun 15, 93 INNS or Cooperating Society Member $175.00 $270.00 $350.00 $ ........... Society Member Number: ................... Non-Members $275.00 $370.00 $450.00 $ ........... (Includes 1993 INNS membership and 1 year subscription of the INNS journal Neural Networks) Full-Time Student $50.00 $75.00 $95.00 $ ........... (Student registration and verification from department chairman required.) Spouse/Guest $50.00 $60.00 $70.00 $ ........... TUTORIAL REGISTRATION ===================== (Fee includes 4 tutorials, notes on all tutorials and lunch) (Please circle 4 preferences, see list below: A B C D E F G H I J K ) Members or Non-Members $225.00 $295.00 $345.00 $ ........... Student $50.00 $75.00 $95.00 $ ........... (Student registration and verification from department chairman required.) TOTAL $ ====================== Please print or type: Name: ............................................................... (As you would like to appear on badge) Title: ........................ Organization: ....................... (As you would like to appear on badge) Adress: ............................................................. City: ................... State: ..... Zip: ........ Country: ....... Bus.Tel: ....................... FAX: ............................... Spouse/Guest Name (if fee paid): .................................... (Complete only if paying the Spouse/Guest Registration fee - includes 2 receptions only) - 2 - IMPORTANT: Please indicate any disability for special assistance .................................................................... .................................................................... Unless the INNS is advised prior to the meeting of any special requirements, we cannot guarantee that service will be available. Please complete this form and return it with check or money order to: Attention: WCNN'93 Portland Meeting Registration 875 Kings Highway, Suite 200 West Deptford, NJ 08096 Tel: (609) 845-1720 FAX: (609) 853-0411 Checks must made payable in US Dollars and issued by a US correspon- dent bank. Each registrant is responsible for any bank charges. Check with your local bank before processing payment. Credit Card Information: .... I wish to pay for my fees by credit card. Circle one: Visa Master Card Account #: ............................ Expiration Date: ............ Signature: .......................................................... Tutorials will be offered on Sunday, July 11, 1993. Each two hour tutorial will be offered twice. A. Cognitive Neuroscience (Robert Desimone) B. Structural and Mathematical Approaches to Signal Processing (S.Y. Kung) C. Adaptive Resonance Theory (Gail Carpenter) D. Practical Applications of Neural Network Theory (Robert Hecht-Nielsen) E. Cognitive Science (David Rumelhart) F. Neural Fuzzy Systems (Fred Watkins) G. Neurobiology and Chaos (Walter Freeman) H. Neural Control and Robotics (Michael Kuperstein) I. Neural Computation and VLSI (Eric Schwartz) J. Biological Vision (V.S. Ramachandran) K. Supervised Learning (Hal White) !!! ATTENTION !!! If you must cancel your registration, all requests must be received in writing by Ms. Connie Rebert, Registration Supervisor, 875 Kings High- way, Suite 200, West Deptford, NJ 08096, no later than Monday, June 1, 1993. All fees paid will be refunded minus a $30.00 processing fee. THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS AFTER THE JUNE 1ST DEADLINE. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- You may make a hardcopy of this form and mail it to the above address. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------- World Congress on Neural Networks 1993, WCNN'93 Portland, Oregon, Convention Center July 11-15, 1993 TUTORIALS ========= Tutorials will be offered on Sunday, July 11, 1993. Each two hour tutorial will be offered twice. A. Cognitive Neuroscience (Robert Desimone, National Instituteof Mental Health) B. Structural and Mathematical Approaches to Signal Processing (S.Y. Kung, Princeton University) C. Adaptive Resonance Theory (Gail Carpenter, Boston University) D. Practical Applications of Neural Network Theory (Robert Hecht-Nielsen, HNC Corporation) E. Cognitive Science (David Rumelhart, Stanford University) F. Neural Fuzzy Systems (Fred Watkins, HyperLogic Corporation) G. Neurobiology and Chaos (Walter Freeman, University of California) H. Neural Control and Robotics (Michael Kuperstein, Symbus Technology) I. Neural Computation and VLSI (Eric Schwartz, Vision Applications) J. Biological Vision (V.S. Ramachandran, University of California) K. Supervised Learning (Hal White, University of California) We are pleased to announce that in addition to the main program, we will be offering special tracks in conjunction with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers on Manufacturing (SME/INNS Track). - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------- World Congress on Neural Networks 1993, WCNN'93 Portland, Oregon, Convention Center July 11-15, 1993 SESSIONS ======== Plenary Speakers include: * Federico Faggin, Real-Time-On-Chip Learning in Analog VLSI Networks * Stephen Grossberg, 3-D Vision and Figure-Ground Pop-Out * Bart Kosko, Neural Fuzzy Systems * Kumpati Narendra, Intelligent Control Using Neural Networks * Wolf Singer, Coherence as an Organizing Principal of Cortical Function Session Topics | Session Chairs - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - - Applications | J. Dayhoff, R. Hecht-Nielsen - - Associative Memory | J. Andersen, J. Taylor - - Biological Sensory-Motor Control| A. Barto, S. Kelso - - Biological Vision | C. Malsburg, V.S. Ramachandran - - Cognitive Neuroscience | R. Desimone, L. Optician - - Electro-Optical Neurocomputers | L. Giles, H. Szu - - Intelligent Neural Systems | S. Grossberg, D. Levine - - Local Circuit Neurobiology | J. Byrne, J. Houk - - Machine Vision | R. Chellappa, K. Fukushima - - Neural Fuzzy Systems | W. Daugherty, B. Kosko - - Neurodynamics | S. Amari, H. White - - Pattern Recognition | T. Kohonen, D. Specht - - Robotics and Control | M. Kuperstein, K. Narendra - - Signal Processing | S.Y. Kung, B. Widrow - - Speech and Language | M. Cohen, D. Rumelhart - - Supervised Learning | L. Cooper, P. Werbos - - Unsupervised Learning | G. Carpenter, E. Oja (TENTATIVE) PROPOSED SESSION SCHEDULE ========================= The numbers associated with sessions refer to the list on the registration form. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 7/11/93 7/12/93 7/13/93 7/14/93 7/15/93 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Sessions, starting 8:00 am Tutorials (1) (10) (3) (8) Biological Cognitive Speech and Pattern Vision Neuro- Language Recognition science (17) (16) (5) (14) Applications Associative Robotics and Neurodynamics Memory Control SME/INNS (17) (6) (4) Track Applications Supervised Biological Learning Sensory Motor Afternoon Sessions, starting 1:30 pm (11) (7) (6) (13) Intelligent Unsupervised Supervised Signal Neural Learning Learning Processing Systems (12) (9) (2) (15) Neural Local Curcuit Machine E-O Neuro- Fuzzy Neurobiology Vision Computers Systems IFSA/INNS Track Plenary Talks Kosko Grossberg Reception Narendra Faggin Gov't Panel SIG Meeting - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------- World Congress on Neural Networks 1993, Portland HOUSING ======= Housing application forms will be sent to each registrant. In the mean time for your information the following are the room rates at the hotels that are holding blocks of rooms for the WCNN'93. 1) Conference Headquarter Hotel (walking distance to convention center): Red Lion/Lloyd Center $110.00 1-2 people, $15.00 each additional person 2) Other hotels within walking distance : Best Western/Convention Center $74.00 Flat Rate Holiday Inn/Downtown $72.00 1-2 people, $10 each additional person 3) Downtown Hotels (short ride on light rail train [called MAX]): Hilton Hotel $104.00 1-2 people, $20 each additional person Marriott Hotel $116.00 Flat Rate If you wish to reserve a room before you receive the registration, or if need further information about the Portland metropolitan area, please contact: Portland Oregon Visitor Association (POVA) Attention: Silvia Robles, Housing Department 26 SW Salmon Portland, OR 97204 STUDENT HOUSING =============== For July 11-14, 1993, there is still a limited number of rooms for students available: - Montgomery Hall, PSU Campus - single rooms - prices: $18.00 without meal $34.00 with meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner) - deposit: one night stay (send check in $US or VISA number to address below) ! PLEASE NOTE: ! ! All requests for student housing MUST BE PROCESSED BEFORE ! ! MAI 31, 1993. There is NO DEPOSIT REFUND for cancellations ! ! after MAI 31, 1993. ! For reservation and information please contact WCNN'93, Student Housing Systems Science PhD Program Portland State University Portland, OR 97201-0751 USA Phone : (503) 725-4961 FAX : (503) 725-4882 e-mail: housing@wcnn93.ee.pdx.edu - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------- World Congress on Neural Networks 1993, Portland PROCEEDINGS =========== 1) The WCNN`93 proceedings will be available to all WCNN'93 attendies at the Oregon Convention Center. 2) After the WCNN`93 the proceedings will be mailed to all who did register but could not attend. 3) The WCNN`93 proceedings will be available and mailed to requestors who did not register. The price has not been established yet. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Subject: 93 SPP Program Announcement From: "Stan Franklin" Date: 21 Apr 93 11:28:55 -0600 Several of the talks are about connectionism or neural networks. - ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: 21 Apr 1993 10:23:48 -0600 (CST) From: HORGANT@memstvx1.memst.edu Subject: 93 SPP Program Announcement To: franklins@memstvx1.memst.edu SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY 19th Annual Meeting Simon Fraser University (Harbour Centre Campus) 515 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC, Canada June 2-5, 1993 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 9 - 10 Registration and Coffee 10-12:30 Invited Symposium: Moral Psychology Chair: TBA Alvin Goldman (Philosophy, University of Arizona) Dennis Krebs (Psychology, Simon Fraser University) Discussant: Owen Flanagan (Philosophy, Wellesley College) 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch 1:30 - 3:30 Invited Symposium: Spatial Representation: New Directions Chair: John Campbell (Philosophy, New College, Oxford) Jim Jennings (Computer Science, Cornell University) Linda Hermer (Psychology, Cornell University) John OKeefe (Anatomy and Dev. Biology, University College, London) 3:30 - 4 Tea 4 - 6 Contributed Papers Session A. Intentional Interpretation 1. Speaker: Frances Egan (Rutgers University) "Intentionality and the Theory of Vision" Commentator: TBA 2. Speaker: Lawrence Shapiro (Philosophy, University of Wisconson, Madison), Taking it From the Top: A Criticism of Dretske's Bottom Up Approach to Representational Content" Commentator: Fred Dretske (Philosophy, Stanford University) Session B. Conscious States and Their Empirical Investigation 1. Valery Hardcastle, Determining the Moment of Consciousness (Philosophy, Virginia Tech) Commentator: TBA 2. Craig Purdue, (Philosophy, Wayne State University) Are Some Pains Empirical Givens? Commentator: TBA ************** THURSDAY, JUNE 3 9 - 12* Invited Symposium: Bodily Sensations and the Body Image Chair: Naomi Eilan (Kings College Research Centre, Cambridge, U.K.) Speakers: Anthony Marcel (MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, U.K.) John Campbell (Philosophy, New College, Oxford) Jonathan Cole (Dept. of Clinical Neurophysiology, Poole Hospital, U.K.) *with a 20 minute coffee break 12 - 1 Lunch 1-3:00 Invited Symposium: Beyond Grice: The New Pragmatics of Discourse Chair: tba Kent Bach, (Philosophy, San Fransico State University) Stephen Neale, (Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley) 3 - 3:30 Tea 3:30 - 4:30 Contributed Papers A. Hysteria in a Neural Network, Dan Lloyd (Philosophy, Trinity College) and Karalyn Kinsella (Program in Neuroscience, Trinity College) Commentator: William Fulford, (Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford University) B. Cognitivism qua Scientific Revolution, John Bickle (Philosophy, East Carolina University) Commentator: Kenneth Aizawa (Central Michigan University) 4:45 Invited Address Daniel Sperber (Cognitive Anthropology, Centre National de la Recherche Scientific/Universite de Paris) Address followed by a Wine and Cheese Reception ********** FRIDAY, JUNE 4 9:30 - 12:30* Invited Symposium: How to think Cognitively About Scientific Theories Ronald Giere, (Philosophy, University of Minnesota) Paul M. Churchland (Philosophy, University of California at San Diego) Robert Cummins (Philosophy, University of Arizona) Ed Wisnewiski, (Psychology, Northwestern, University) *With a 20 minute coffee break. 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch 1:30 - 3:30 Contributed Papers A. Connectionism and Psychological Explanation 1. Robert Matthews (Philosophy, Rutgers University), Three-Concept Monte: Explanation, Implementation, and Systematicity Commentator: Ted Warfield (Philosophy, Rutgers University) 2. Tim Van Gelder, (Philosophy, University of Indiana) Connectionism and the MInd-Body Problem Commentator: Bill Ramsey (University of Notre Dame) B. The Self-ascription of Beliefs and Desires 1. Robert Gordon (Philosophy, University of Missouri) Simulation Without Introspection or Inference from You to Me Commentator: Martin Davies (Philosophy, Corpus Christi College, Oxford) 2. Victoria McGeer (Philosophy, Vanderbilt) "Knowing Ourselves: An Externalist Account of Authorative Self-Knowledge 3:30 - 4. Tea 4 - 5 Contributed Papers A. Cognitive Ethology: Slayers, Skeptics and Proponents, Marc Beckoff (Environmental, Population, and Organism Biology, University of Colorado Boulder) & Colin Allen Philosophy Texase A&M) Commentator: Kim Sterelney (Philosophy, University of Victoria at Wellington, N.Z.) B. The Dynamic Mind: A New Paradigm for Cognitive Science, Jim Garson (philosophy, University of Houston) Commentator: Terry Horgan (Philosophy, Memphis State University) 5 - 6 Business Meeting 7 - 8:30 Banquet 8:30 Presidential Address: Ruth Millikan (Philosophy, University of Connecticut) ********** SATURDAY, JUNE 5 9:30 - 12:30* Invited Book Symposium: Consciousness Explained Georges Rey (Philosophy, University of Maryland) Bjorn Ramberg (Philosophy, Simon Fraser University) David Rosenthal (Philosophy, CUNY) Discussant: Daniel C. Dennett (Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University) *With a 20 minute coffee break. 1:30-3:45 Invited Symposium: Cognitive Ethology in Action: New Views of Bird Brains Chair: Colin Beer (Animal Behavior, Rutgers University, Newark) Irene Pepperburg (Ethology, Univeristy of Arizona) Christopher Evans (Ethology, Univeristy of California at Davis) Discussant: Carolyn Ristau (Ethology, Rockerfeller University) ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION: (Arrange accommodation yourself; mention SPP.) (All prices are in Canadian Currency. For hotels there is an additional charge of 17% for hotel and federal taxes) YMCA and YWCA Accommodations: YMCA: Rooms range from $28 to $49. Contact (604) 681-0221. YWCA: Rooms range from $41 to $66. Contact (604) 662-8188 or Fax (604) 681-2550. HOTEL Accommodations: 1. Days Inn: Rooms range from $75 to $85. Contact (604) 681-4335. 2. Burrard Motel Inn: $60 to $80. Contact (604) 681-2331 or Fax (604) 681- 9753. 3. Sandman Hotel: $75 to $95. Contact (604) 681-2211. 4. Kingston Hotel: $31.50 to $49.50. Contact (604) 684-9024. REGISTRATION/DUES INFORMATION: To continue your membership or become a member, send this form and $15 ($5 for students) to the Secretary/Treasurer at the address below. If you plan to attend the conference, send a single check to cover dues, registration, and (optional) banquet fees. Conference Registration: Member: $20, Nonmember, $30, Student: $10. $__________ 1993 SPP Membership Dues: Regular: $15, Student: $5. (New members may pay 1993 dues and register as members.) $__________ Presidential Address Banquet, June 4: $20.00 (Vegetarian: $14.00) $__________ GRAND TOTAL $__________ Your Name __________________________________ & Address __________________________________ __________________________________ & Email __________________________________ Make check payable to Society for Philosophy and Psychology and mail ASAP to: Terry Horgan Secretary/Treasurer, SPP Memphis State University Philosophy Dept. 327 Clement Hall Memphis TN 38152 Inquiries to Terry Horgan at: HORGANT@MEMSTVX1.BITNET Stan Franklin (901) 678-3142 Math Sciences franklins@msuvx1.memst.edu Memphis State franklins@hermes.msci.memst.edu Memphis TN 38152 franklins@msuvx1.bitnet USA ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 11 Issue 30] ***************************************** Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 5151; Fri, 07 May 93 15:20:34 EDT Received: from noc2.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Fri, 07 May 93 15:20:30 EDT Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc2.dccs.upenn.edu id AA27191; Fri, 7 May 93 15:11:32 -0400 Return-Path: Received: from LOCALHOST by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA26601; Fri, 7 May 93 13:58:52 EDT Posted-Date: Fri, 07 May 93 13:58:18 -0400 From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V11 #31 (software + discussion + misc) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Fri, 07 May 93 13:58:18 -0400 Message-Id: <26590.736797498@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Friday, 7 May 1993 Volume 11 : Issue 31 Today's Topics: MUME version 0.6 is available Research Posts Collaboration for financial modeling? Richmond, VA Area ANN SIG Subgraph Isomorphism with Hopfield nets anyone? Brain usage brain usage Re: Re: Neuron Digest V11 #25 (software, jobs, discussion, etc.) Neural Network Model for Kindling of Epilepsy Introduction of a newcomer some recent papers which may be of interest to you. Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu". The ftp archives are available from cattell.psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31). Back issues requested by mail will eventually be sent, but may take a while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: MUME version 0.6 is available From: Multi-Module Environment Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 10:57:50 -0500 MUME 0.6 IS NOW AVAILABLE The Multi-Module Neural Computing Environment (MUME) version 0.6 (sources only) is now available. MUME-0.6 compiles on a variety of Unix machines as well on the Fujitsu VP2200 and PCs (MSDOS 5.0 or higher and using DJGCC). HOW TO GET IT ------------- It can be acquired by fetching the licence file: file license.ps (postrscript file) machine 129.78.13.39 directory: /pub login: anonymous password: your email address and getting it signed by an authorised person and then sending/faxing it to MUME 0.6 SEDAL Sydney University Electrical Engineering NSW 2006 Australia Fax: (+61-2) 660-1228 The machine/account/passwd where you can ftp the sources will then be communicated to you. *** PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO WRITE YOUR EMAIL CONTACT ON THE FAXED LICENSE *** PC USERS -------- If you don't have the DJGCC compiler, you can write to the address above with a signed license and a cheque for A$150 (for media/doc/postage) and we will forward to you the software and binaries. Do not forget to clearly specify the media (3.5" or 5"1/4) and your surface mail address. Note MUME compiled under DJGCC will not run under Microsoft's Windows. MAILING LIST ------------ Once you have the software, you can ask to be include on a mailing list by sending your email address to mume-request@sedal.su.oz.au MORE INFO ABOUT MUME OR CHANGES ------------------------------- If you don't know what MUME is, you can fetch the file /pub/mume-overview.ps.Z from 129.78.13.39 (login as anonymous). Otherwise here is a copy of the CHANGES file (from version 0.5 to 0.6): o A detailled basic tutorial has been written (directory tutes/tut0) o To simplify interconnections statements between nets, MUME now generates default "iface"s. for example for an MLP called john, MUME automatically generates the interfaces john.in (input layer) and john.out (output layer). This applies to most nets. The enhancement of the interconnection semantic has been simplified even further by introducing "base" index which simplifies the neuron reference. All information about interfaces is now described in a separate manual page called IFACE.5. o The configuration files can make use of symbols which can be set in the file or on the command line of the front-end program (see man pages SYMBOLS.5 and MMN.5). Some nets now also define their own symbols (eg. "mlp" net). o The specification of neuron index for "nfun" keyword has been emhanced to allow easier indexing (see NET.5). o All front ends now default to a "test" mode. To train the switch "-train" is required. o Data reading routines of ENV net have been optimised o Data normalisation statements in ENV have been modified (see man pages ENV.5 and NORM.5) o MUME now supports the use of a validation set during training. The main purpose of a validation set is to prevent overtraining, as the error on both the training and validation sets can be tracked as training progresses. To use the validation set, set the optional "Validate" flag in the system definition section to 1 (using the statement "Validate 1;") and specify a validation data set in all ENV modules (using the statement "data Validate ;"). The error on the validation set will now be logged as a 3rd column along with the epoch number and training error. See the ENV.5 and MMN.5 man pages for more information. o MUME now catches more system signals when possible and exit after saving the net states upon receiving them. The signals are: SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGXCPU, and SIGXFSZ. o Logging output is more consistent under the control of the "-verbose" switch. o the following learning algorithms have been added: stochastic error descent for limited precision training reinforcement learning conjugate gradient simplex based methods o the following net classes has been added: resource allocation nets (class RAN) NeTtalk postprocessing module (class N2K) o the class RBPTT has been renamed WPANG. o the WZ class (continuously running recurrent net) has now what is called pins which have 0 propagation delays o and of course, many bugs were fixed. The behaviour of the learning algorithms have not changed between 0.5 and 0.6. All configuration files should still run under 0.6 except for normalisation statements in the ENV class. We are sure that the new statements make declarations much easier. mume-request@sedal.su.OZ.AU ------------------------------ Subject: Research Posts From: Jon Shapiro Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 14:04:04 +0000 Two Research Posts Department of Psychology, University of Lancaster Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester Short-term memory for verbal sequences: psychological experiments and connectionist modelling. Applications are invited for two posts on a research project investigating short-term memory mechanisms for processing verbal information. The first post is for a postdoctoral researcher to work with Dr. Jonathan Shapiro at Manchester on connectionist modelling and analysis. The second post is for a graduate researcher to assist Professor Graham Hitch with the psychological experiments. Both post can begin as soon as possible and run through December 1995. Applicants for the modelling post should have expertise in computational and mathematical aspects of connectionism and a Ph.D. in a relevant subject. The salary range is 15,221 - 16,629 U.K. pounds based on age and experience. Applicants for the experimental post should have a first degree in psychology, and interests in memory and cognition. The salary range is 13,632 - 15,221 U.K. pounds. To apply for either post, send curriculum vita and the names and addresses of two professional referees to the address below. Closing Date: 14th of May. Jonathan Shapiro Computer Science Dept University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL United Kingdom. Phone: 44-(0)61 275 6253 Fax: 44-(0)61 275 6236 E-mail: jls@cs.man.ac.uk ------------------------------ Subject: Collaboration for financial modeling? From: MARTIN DUDZIAK Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 23:40:00 -0500 Announcement Please Circulate to Faculty and Researchers in Physics, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, Business Schools There are some interesting opportunities for university/industry collaboration in the area of applying non-linear dynamical systems, including but not limited to connectionist networks, to problems in financial modeling within the banking sector. The projects for which I am responsible including modeling of fixed-income securities, forecasting of demand deposit accounts, improvments to traditional duration/market value models, forecasting select futures/commodities, and analysis of interest rate risks. We are somewhat less interested in the traditional stock-price forecasting applications for which there has been so much visibility of late and are more interested in the use of techniques such as NNs, fuzzy logic, chaos models and genetic algorithms for the identification and discrimination of useful features and parameters that can be applied to forecasting some rather indeterminate quantities. Our work is not a short-order task and we are looking for an academic partner with whom we might establish a long-term partnership. There are plenty of precedents for good collaborations of this sort on which we might model our joint effort. We envision building a set of tools that can be refined in the course of studying one or two particular problems from the above set and which as a toolset could be made available for use on other problems besides those of interest to those in finance and economics. Our problems are such that they are both real-world, down-to-earth applications in need of practical solutions and research-worthy in that not too much has been done in some of these topics. There is good thesis material, and good opportunity for breaking new ground. For instance, I see strong parallels between the currency balances and flows that we are trying to model and fluid dynamics... Cellular automata and parallel processing are two other methods that could be applied to some of these problems - it isn't just a matter of time series prediction (not to imply that the latter is trivial). A prior research track in the financial area is not as critical as an ability to work together on some practical problems (but without losing the spirit of scientific exploration and innovation). Being able to cooperatively show results and demonstrations of practical success is going to be very important. This is an introductory announcement of interest on our part and I welcome responses from individuals and groups that feel they have a common interest and something to contribute. I believe that a highly synergetic and mutually rewarding partnership is possible with the right team. For further information, please contact: Martin Dudziak (804) 782-5708 FAX (804) 782-5100 dudziak@vms.cis.pitt.edu ------------------------------ Subject: Richmond, VA Area ANN SIG From: MARTIN DUDZIAK Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 23:40:00 -0500 ANNOUNCEMENT Richmond VA Area SIG on NNs and NLDs Forming An informal special interest group on neural and non-linear dynamical systems is forming, oriented to people in the Richmond and east/central Virginia area. There is currently no organizational affiliation and what directions this group takes depends upon the response and participation of interested persons. The intent here is to bring together people who may otherwise be somewhat isolated by virtue of working in diverse industries or centers, academic or corporate, and who could benefit by reason of verbal and electronic exchanges. My initial sense is that there is more going on in this part of the country and state than appears at first glance, and while Richmond may seem so close to Baltimore/Washington D.C. as a major technology arena, it really isn't. If you are interested, please contact me and we will see where this goes. One idea is to have a monthly seminar with an invited talk; convenient facilities can be easily provided. Martin Dudziak Crestar Bank (804) 782-5708 dudziak@vms.cis.pitt.edu ------------------------------ Subject: Subgraph Isomorphism with Hopfield nets anyone? From: chen@kuri.ces.kyutech.ac.jp (Chen Ke) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 18:15:35 +0800 Hi, everybody. Has anyone ever tried to solve the subgraph isomorphism problem with Hopfield Nets? This problem is formulated as follows: Given: a graph G and a SG which is a fixed set of subgraphs. Question: Partition the vertices of G into disjoint sets S1, S2, ...,Sn such that the graph induced by each set Si is isomorphic to the graph in SG. I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me any information about this problem. Regards, Ke Chen, chen@kuri.ces.kyutech.ac.jp ------------------------------ Subject: Brain usage From: Patrick Martin Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 10:18:58 +0000 Cristina Sarantino mentioned a fellow at Oxford who had hydrocephalis. His brain was reduced to a thin film applied to the inside of his skull. Nevertheless he was of average or above average intelligence. Perhaps this man is an example of a human lesion study in the style of Lashley. Systems were knocked out in a non-specific way, so another systems were there to pick up the slack and the whole organism moved along unimpeded. Perhaps there is extra brain provided by all-wise evolution for the day when a predator claws your head open. We only use a fraction of our brain, the rest is for emergencies. Patrick ------------------------------ Subject: brain usage From: cera@cortex.health.ufl.edu Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 09:36:09 -0500 > Conclusion: Ten percent seems about right for intellectually active > people, one percent for the intellectually lazy. Whether the brain > could hold more is moot since the input channel is so limited. If it > is true Please correct me if I have read this wrong, but it seems that you should say "10% of the brain can be devoted to thought". To conclude that evolution would create something like a brain and then only make it 10% efficient is not a viable statement. The brain makes enormous demands on the body. It consumes 20% of the total oxygen demand at rest and 15% of the cardiac output, yet represents approximately 3% of the total body weight. With such demands how could the body suffer it to be 10% efficient. You are neglecting several other functions that the brain performs. You mention sensory input as being a limiting factor in learning (something that you accept as fact, which I doubt is true), but you do not allot any brain capacity for this. What about movement? There has to brain function set aside for movement. What about brain capacity for memory? > that the more you know, the more you can learn, and if knowledge is > "continuous" and "everywhere dense," there is no meaningful limit on > brain capacity. I am just beginning to learn about neural networks, and the first one that I looked at could NOT store numbers more compact than if they where stored as a binary representation. From this first experience I would insist that there is a limit to any neural network. take care tim cera P.S. my opinions are my own. tim cera cera@cortex.health.ufl.edu computer operations manager box 100244, university of florida department of neuroscience gainesville, fl, 32610-0244 uf brain institute (904) 392-7088 ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Re: Neuron Digest V11 #25 (software, jobs, discussion, etc.) From: eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr (Michel Eytan, LILoL) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 16:21:52 +0000 >Subject: Re: Neuron Digest V11 #25 (software, jobs, discussion, etc.) >From: eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr (Michel Eytan, LILoL) >Date: Sun, 18 Apr 93 10:25:57 +0000 > >>From: David Bradbury >>Date: 31 Mar 93 10:44:25 +0800 >> >>Does anyone know where I can get software that can be used to >>build/model/ simulate neural networks and/or genetic algorithms that will >>run on an apple mac or a sun workstation? I am a first year Ph.D student >>looking at modular neural networks. > >For the Mac, dunno. However for the Sun (and other workstations), try out >Aspirin/Migraines: Sh**, what a (revealing, Dr. Freud?) slip of tongue: my message should have read "I *have* a first-year Ph. D. student..." instead of "I *am* a first-year Ph. D. student..." As for the rest, yes I know about Aspirin/Migraines. Trouble is I cannot compile it on my unix box since it's a diskless sparc1 that comes without ANSI C -- and I do not have enough space to download a freeware ANSI C. Thanks anyway ~=michel ------------------------------ Subject: Neural Network Model for Kindling of Epilepsy From: cdgupta@physics.iisc.ernet.in (Chandan Dasgupta) Organization: Dept. of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 20:06:42 -0500 We have recently developed a neural network model for the process of kindling - generation of epilepsy in laboratory animals by repeated electrical stimulation of certain parts of the brain. A paper describing the model and the basic mechanism we propose is scheduled to appear in the February issue of Biological Cybernetics. The abstract of this paper is appended to this message. We were told by a referee of our paper that we should look into the work of Jun Wada, Frank Morrell and Christopher Zeeman on the modeling of kindling. In our literature survey, we have not come across any paper by these authors on the modeling of the kindling process. Can anyone provide any information on the work of these people ? We would also appreciate receiving comments on our work and references to similar work. Preprints of our paper are available on request. Please send your request to the e-mail address given above, or to the address mayank@mercury.HUJI.AC.IL. Thanks. *******************************ABSTRACT************************************* A Neural Network Model for Kindling of Focal Epilepsy: Basic Mechanism by M. R. Mehta, C. Dasgupta and G. R. Ullal A simple neural network model is proposed for kindling- the phenomenon of generating epilepsy in laboratory animals by means of repeated electrical stimulation. The model satisfies Dale's hypothesis, incorporates a Hebb-like learning rule and has low periodic activity in the absence of shocks. Several experimental observations, such as the existence of an afterdischarge thres- hold, initial rapid rise followed by eventual saturation of the afterdischarge amplitude and duration and insensitivity of the kindling rate to the amplitude of the electrical stimulation are reproduced in computer simulations of the model. Some new experiments are also suggested. It is proposed that the main reason for kindling is the formation of a large number of excitatory synaptic connections due to learning. ------------------------------ Subject: Introduction of a newcomer From: Spencer Rutledge III <7270P%NAVPGS.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 23:55:24 -0800 I am a graduate student at the Naval Postgraduate School and is currently working on my thesis which consist mainly of constructing and running simulation models with are representative of individual decision making processes in a dynamic environment. Decision making process is represented by the use of various hueristics and non-linear equations with randomized input data. The intent is to incorporate various learning algorithms into the simulation models to see if that enhance the results. The algorithms that will be used are multiple regression, genetic algorithm, machine learning and neural networks. For this purpose I am soliciting any information that might help me to construct a or several neural networks to accomplish this task. My knowledge on the subject of neural networks is very limited and any help would be greatly appreciated. ****************************************************************************** * SPENCER RUTLEDGE III HOME: 408-646-8574 * * CAPTAIN, USMC OFFICE: 408-656-2174 * * SMC #: 2508 FAX: 408-656-3273 (OFFICIAL ONLY) * * NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL BITNET: 7270P@NAVPGS * * MONTEREY, CA 93943-5100 INTERNET: RUTLEDGE@MASTER.AS.NPS.NAVY.MIL * ****************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Subject: some recent papers which may be of interest to you. From: "Laveen N. Kanal" Date: Sat, 01 May 93 23:40:06 -0500 Laveen N. Kanal, " On pattern, categories, and alternate realities", published in Pattern Recognition Letters, vol 14, pp. 241-255, March 1993, Elsevier/North-Holland. This is the text of the talk given by the author at The Hague, The Netherlands, when he received the King-Sun Fu award of the International Association for Pattern Recognition. Contents: Preamble Pattern Some sketches from the current pattern recognition scene Artificial neural networks Hybrid systems "Where's the AI?" Categorization Alternate realities Prospects Concluding remarks "Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas Time stays, we go;" Pierre de Ronsard The Paradox of Time (Austin Dobson, tr) Other Recent Papers: R. Bhatnagar & L.N. Kanal, "Structural and Probabilistic Knowledge for Abductive Reasoning",IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, special issue on Probabilistic Reasoning, March 1993. L. Kanal & S. Raghavan," Hybrid Systems- A Key to Intelligent Pattern Recognition", IJCNN-92, Proc. Int. Joint. Conf on Neural Networks, June 1992. B.J. Hellstrom & L.N. Kanal, "Asymmetric Mean-Field Neural Networks for Multiprocessor Scheduling", Neural Networks, Vol. 5, pp 671-686, May 1992. L.N. Kanal & G.R. Dattatreya, "Pattern Recognition", in S. Shapiro (ed), Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence, 2nd edition John Wiley 1992. R. Bhatnagar & L.N. Kanal, " Reasoning in Uncertain Domains-A Survey and Commentary", in A. Kent & J.G. Williams (eds), Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology,p. 297-316,(also in Encyclopedia of Microcomputers, Marcel Dekker, Inc, 1992. Laveen N. Kanal Prof. of Computer Science A.V. Williams Bldg. Univ. of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 USA kanal@cs.umd.edu ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 11 Issue 31] ***************************************** Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 5072; Wed, 26 May 93 14:17:59 EDT Received: from noc1.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Wed, 26 May 93 14:17:54 EDT Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc1.dccs.upenn.edu id AA14705; Wed, 26 May 93 14:11:39 -0400 Return-Path: Received: from LOCALHOST by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA14294; Wed, 26 May 93 12:57:29 EDT Posted-Date: Wed, 26 May 93 12:56:48 -0400 From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V11 #32 (courses, jobs, discussion, brain, etc.) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Wed, 26 May 93 12:56:48 -0400 Message-Id: <14266.738435408@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Tuesday, 25 May 1993 Volume 11 : Issue 32 Today's Topics: Administrivia COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT Job opportunity for Ph.D.'s at JPL Neural Networks And Image Restoration. Positions at U. of A. Genome informatics Post-Doc position Backprop for solution of differential equations? About percentage of useful neurons - a glance from Russia Brain usage, continued... Public domain software for neural net simulation/visualisation Email Digest for Evolutionary Programming Position available immediately Announcement: Associate Editors needed for ejournal PSYCHE Two research positions at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science available. Request for data-sets Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu". The ftp archives are available from cattell.psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31). Back issues requested by mail will eventually be sent, but may take a while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Administrivia From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator, Peter Marvit" Date: Tue, 25 May 93 13:32:40 -0500 Dear readers, There was an (unintended) holiday for the Digest for the past two weeks. The end of the Spring semester and the beginning of the summer session found me with a bit too much on my plate. The Digest necessarily took a lower priority. I'll try to speed through the backlog. As always, please mark especially time-sensitive submissions and I will force them through the queue with alacrity. Thanks, Peter : Peter Marvit, Neuron Digest Moderator : : Email: : : Courtesy of the Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania : : 3815 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 w:215/898-9208 h:215/387-6433 : ------------------------------ Subject: COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT From: LOrlando@UNEX.UCLA.EDU Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 10:47:00 -0800 UCLA Extension announces a new short course Wavelet Transform: Techniques and Applications August 9-11, 1993 at UCLA For many years, the Fourier Transform (FT) has been used in a wide variety of application areas, including multimedia compression of wideband ISDN for teleRcommunications; lossless transform for fingerprint storage, identification, and retrieval; an increased S/N ratio for target discrimination in oil prospect seismic imaging; inRscale and rotationRinvariant pattern recognition in automatic target recognition; and inRheart, tumor, and biomedical research. This course describes a new technique, the Wavelet Transform (WT), that is replacing the windowed FT in the applications mentioned above. The WT uses appropriately matched bandpass kernels, called mother wavelets, thereby enabling improved representation and analysis of wideband, transient, and noisy signals. This course is taught by Harold Szu, Research Physicist and President of INNS, and John D. Villasenor of UCLA's School of Engineering and Applied Science. To request a brochure, call (310) 825-1047; FAX (310) 206-2815; or send your external mailing address to: lorlando@unex.ucla.edu Please forward this message to interested colleagues. ------------------------------ Subject: Job opportunity for Ph.D.'s at JPL From: fayyad@aig.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Usama Fayyad) Date: Sat, 01 May 93 20:44:41 -0800 Employment Opportunity for Ph.D. Candidates: The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology is seeking candidates at the Ph.D. level to join the Machine Learning Research and Applications subgroup. A candidate must hold a degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on machine learning or pattern recognition. Research experience in one of the following areas is preferred: classification learning, clustering, adaptive systems, 2-D signal processing, or low-level vision (image processing). Familiarity with signal processing/estimation, Bayesian analysis, non-linear regression, or fundamentals of pattern recognition is desirable; but not required . The ideal candidate should have demonstrated ability to perform both mathematical analysis and implementation of computer programs to solve significant AI problems. The AI Group conducts research and develops applications in the form of deliverable software packages that are put to use by scientists or NASA operations personnel. The ML subgroup focusses on applications of machine learning in analysis of large image databases and in the automated acquisition of diagnostic knowledge from training data. The work will involve extending the state-of-the-art in machine learning as well as applications to real-world problems. Publication of research at major conferences and journals is strongly encouraged by JPL and NASA. Other ongoing efforts in the AI Group involve: intelligent system monitoring, model-based reasoning, planning and scheduling. If you are interested in this position, please send a resume, with a list of publications to the address below. Please include an e-mail address and copies of only two selected papers that represent your work best. Please respond by U.S. mail. Use e-mail only to make brief specific inquiries about this position. Students graduating before December 1993 are strongly encouraged to apply. Dr. Usama M. Fayyad Technical Group Leader, Artificial Intelligence Group Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 525-3660 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91109-8099 (818) 306-6197 Fayyad@aig.jpl.nasa.gov ------------------------------ Subject: Neural Networks And Image Restoration. From: Avraam Pouliakis - UNA Date: Wed, 05 May 93 16:00:24 +0200 This is a list of books and papers on image restoration with neural nets. "Image Restoration Using A Neural Network" Y-T Zhou ... IEEE Trans. ASSP Vol. 36 pp. 161-166, 1992 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Neural Network for Maximum Entropy Restoration of Nuclear Medicine Images" H. Li, Wei Qian, Laurence P. Clark, M. Kallergi ICASS Conference Apr.27-30 1993 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Y. Zhou, R. Chellappa, A. Vaid and B. Jenkins "Image Restoration Using a Neural Network", IEEE Trans. on Acoustics and Sign. Proces., Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 1141-51, July 1988. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paik and Katsaggelos, ""Image Restoration Using a Modified Hopfield Network," IEEE Trans IP, v. 1, pp. 49-63, Jan. 1992. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "An Adaptive Neural Network for Image Enhancement (ANNIE)" D. Perl & T.A. Marsland. SPIE V. 1709 Applications of Artificial Neural Networks III 1992 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artificial Neural Networks for Computer Vision, Yi-Tong Zhou, and Rama Chellappa, volume 5 of research notes in neural computing, ISBN 0-387-97683-3(New York), 3-540-97683-3(Berlin), 1992. The chapter 7 of this is "Image Restoration", which may be helpful. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neural Networks For Signal Processing Bart Kosko, Editor ISBN 0-13-614694-5 (USA) Chapter 3 Y.T.Zhou R.Chellappa: "Image Restoration With Neural Networks" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Subject: Positions at U. of A. From: mike@psych.ualberta.ca (Mike Dawson) Date: Thu, 06 May 93 18:59:51 -0700 The University of Alberta, Department of Psychology, is seeking applications from candidates who can contribute to the further development of a leading program in Cognitive Science. Individuals will be hired into tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level, salary range $40,035 to $57,003. Appointments take effect July 1, 1994; PhD should be completed by that date. Special consideration will be given to candidates who have expertise both in basic research and in applied, problem-oriented areas. Candidates should have significant interdisciplinary interests; the individuals hired will have the potential to further develop links across existing areas in the Department, as well as with other Departments and the extramural research community. The Department of Psychology has members within both the Faculties of Arts and Science and has outstanding infrastructure for research. Decisions will be made on the basis of demonstrated research capability, teaching ability, and the potential for interactions with colleagues. We encourage applicants from the following five areas; we currently have vacancies to fill in four of these areas: (1) COGNITION AND AGING: Expertise in memory, language, or cognition as they relate to normal aging or to age-related pathologies. (2) COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE: Expertise in the relation between neural processes and cognitive processes such as memory, language, perception, attention, visual cognition and/or psychophysiology. (3) COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: Expertise in any area of cognition. Individuals with broad interests in language processing and cognitive science, and research expertise in psycholinguistics, discourse processing, speech comprehension and production, word perception and/or reading will be given special consideration. (4) COGNITIVE MODELING: Expertise in the computational modeling of cognitive, perceptual, and/or neural processes. Individuals with the demonstrated ability to relate these models to empirical observations are especially encouraged to apply. (5) SOCIAL COGNITION: Experts in such areas as social judgment and decision- making, social memory, beliefs and attitudes, affect, motivation, social psychophysiology, and/or interpersonal relations are especially encouraged to apply. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. Applicants should include a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, three letters of recommendation, and reprints or recent publications. These materials should be sent to the Chair of the appropriate search committee (e.g., Chair, Cognition and Aging Search Committee), Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA T6G 2E9. To receive full consideration, all materials must be received by October 15, 1993. The University of Alberta is committed to the principle of equity in employment. The University encourages applications from aboriginal persons, disabled persons, members of visible minorities, and women. Michael R.W. Dawson email: mike@psych.ualberta.ca Biological Computation Project, Department of Psychology University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB CANADA T6G 2E9 Tel: +1 403 492 5175 Fax: +1 403 492 1768 ------------------------------ Subject: Genome informatics Post-Doc position From: suchi@pollux.cs.uga.edu (Suchi Bhandarkar) Date: Fri, 07 May 93 11:01:12 -0500 GENOME INFORMATICS POSTDOCTORAL POSITION POSTDOCTORAL POSITION available immediately at THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA to develop NEURAL NETWORKS to assemble physical maps. Work involves both the development and testing of new physical mapping algorithms as well as their application to three genome projects involving a yeast, fungus, and region of a human chromosome. The successful applicant can be expected to interact with an interdisciplinary group in genome informatics including computer scientists, statisticians, and molecular geneticists. Computational resources include the Biological Sequence/Structure Computational Facility with its local area VAXcluster of 26 member workstations as well as an Intel IPSC-860 8-node hypercube in the Computer Science Department. Salary is $24,000 + benefits. Send curriculum vitae and three references to: Dr. Jonathan Arnold, Genetics Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. FAX: (706) 542-3910. EMAIL: ARNOLD@BSCF.UGA.EDU. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. ------------------------------ Subject: Backprop for solution of differential equations? From: "Mohamed A. AbdelRahman" Organization: Idaho State University Date: 08 May 93 16:21:09 -0700 I have tried to develop a modification for the back Propagation algorithm to use it for the solution of Boundary Value Partial Differential Equations. The Error decreased appreciably but did not go to zero. Have anyone tried to do that before? ********************************* * Mohamed A. AbdelRahman * * Garrison Hall #821 * * Idaho State University * * Pocatello, ID 83209 * * Tel. (208)236-3391 * * e-mail ABDEMOHA@th.isu.edu * ********************************* ------------------------------ Subject: About percentage of useful neurons - a glance from Russia From: Vad Potapov Date: Sun, 09 May 93 13:30:14 +0200 With the great interest we've read discussion about effective usage of brain's neurons in BRAIN-L (thanx to Neuron Digest). In accordance with our concept of formation and functioning of the brain [you can FTP it from cs.bham.ac.uk, ask Tim Read T.M.Read@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk], intelligent abilities depend on the number of neurons strongly, but not directly. This dependence is expressed via very hard task of sufficient power supply for great mass of energy-consuming neurons. Neuronal structures (cellular unions) had appeared in the evolutionary process to interchange excitatory and inhibitory signals, because such interchange promotes minimization of energy consumption of whole neural network. In fact, the activity of neural network is only the way of survival. The main form of brain activity is the sleep. In this state the brain is able to self-stimulate, but for some reasons this state can't be endless. Being awake, the brain needs external excitations (stimulation) for the same purpose - to decrease energy consumption. Affectory systems deliver such a stimulation, creating at the same time small stable neuronal formation - memory elements. The brain simply needs work without regard of sense. Intelligence and others useful adaptive abilities are only secondary consequences and can appear in several specific external conditions. Our point of view is that the brain must be big enough, but not for thinking! The more neurons in the brain, the more neurons should be supplied for survival, the better should be the activity in external, human sense. Descriptions of our experiments anybody can find in Biol.Cybern., 1992, vol.67. Sincerely, Leonid B. Emelyanov-Yaroslavsky Vadim I. Potapov Moscow State University of Technology pvad@ekoram.msk.su ------------------------------ Subject: Brain usage, continued... From: UAP001%DDOHRZ11.BITNET@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE (C.R. Cavonius) Date: Mon, 10 May 93 09:49:52 +0700 The recent suggestion that we must be using the full capability of our brains, because evolution wouldn't have created anything so complex and energy-hungry and then not put it to full use, doesn't hold water. One of the most astonishing aspects of the development of our brain is that as far as can be told from crainial volume (the brain itself, sadly, doesn't leave fossils) the brain had reached its present state by c. 100,000 years ago, at which time humans were living in much the same way as their ape relatives; and the development of modern society and technology goes back no more than 20,000 years. What 'drove' the development of a largely unused brain is a mystery: the usual evolutionary principle that useful structures tend to be kept seems to have been leapfrogged in this case. ------------------------------ Subject: Public domain software for neural net simulation/visualisation From: "A.HUNTER" Date: Mon, 10 May 93 11:19:53 +0000 [[ Editor's Note: I've included this, if anyone wants to help directly. One of these years, we will republsh the list of software (but not right now). -PM ]] Does anybody out there know of some first-rate software for neural networks, available by ftp? I'm running on SUN workstations (well there's a surprise!) and 486's. General area of interest: image processing. - Andy Hunter, Sunderland University, England. ------------------------------ Subject: Email Digest for Evolutionary Programming From: Fogel Date: Tue, 11 May 93 09:57:21 -0800 ANNOUNCING EVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMMING EMAIL DIGEST We are pleased to announce that as of May 10, 1993, an email digest covering transactions on evolutionary programming will be available. The digest is intended to promote discussions on a wide range of technical issues in evolutionary optimization, as well as provide information on upcoming conferences, events, journals, special issues, and other items of interest to the EP community. Discussions on all areas of evolutionary computation are welcomed, including artificial life, evolution strategies, and genetic algorithms. The digest is meant to encourage interdisciplinary communications. Your suggestions and comments regarding the digest are always welcome. To subscribe to the digest, send mail to ep-list-request@magenta.me.fau.edu and include the line "subscribe ep-list" in the body of the text. Further instructions will follow your subscription. The digest will be moderated by N. Saravanan of Florida Atlantic University. Sincerely, David Fogel fogel@sunshine.ucsd.edu N. Saravanan saravan@amber.me.fau.edu ------------------------------ Subject: Position available immediately From: Thomas Petsche Date: Thu, 13 May 93 18:26:36 -0500 A Siemens subsidiary in Atlanta Georgia has an immediate opening for an engineer with a background that includes neural networks and electric machines (motors and generators). The position requires a master's degree or equivalent experience. Your responsibilities would include developing, implementing and testing neural network, statistical, and/or machine learning based algorithms for electric machine diagnosis. Siemens AG is a worldwide supplier of electrical and electronic devices with sales in excess of 4Billion$ in the US and 40Billion$ worldwide. If you are interested, send a cover letter and resume to me and I'll forward it to the relevant people. Thomas Petsche Siemens Corporate Research 755 College Road East Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-734-3392 ------------------------------ Subject: Announcement: Associate Editors needed for ejournal PSYCHE From: X91007@PITVAX.XX.RMIT.EDU.AU Date: Sat, 15 May 93 11:34:00 -0500 ANNOUNCEMENT: Associate Editors needed for electronic journal PSYCHE PSYCHE (ISSN: 1039-723X) is 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. Interdisciplinary discussions are particularly encouraged. PSYCHE is managed by a committee of volunteers made up of an Executive Editor and a number of supporting Associate Editors. The Associate Editors offer practical support in a number of ways to the development of the magazine, among the most significant being the management of the peer review of articles in their own field of speciality. Currently there are openings for two Associate Editors whose fields of speciality are in either anthropology or philosophy. Applicants are expected to be actively engaged in research in their areas of speciality and to have earned a doctorate or have the equivalent academic background. Applications will be accepted through June 14, 1993. Applicants should send their resume to: Patrick Wilken Executive Editor PSYCHE: an interdisciplinary journal of research on consciousness E-mail: x91007@pitvax.xx.rmit.edu.au Subscriptions to the electronic version of PSYCHE may be initiated by sending the one line command: SUBSCRIBE PSYCHE-L Your Name in the body of an electronic mail message to LISTSERV@NKI.BITNET or LISTSERV%NKI.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu. In addition there is a discussion list, PSYCHE-D, devoted to topics related to those of the journal. To subscribe send mail to the address above with the one line message: SUBSCRIBE PSYCHE-D Your Name. ------------------------------ Subject: Two research positions at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science available. From: Gunnar Sj|din Date: Tue, 18 May 93 15:11:23 +0100 SICS is the joint effort of Swedish industry and government in computer science research. We are now entering the area of neural networks and would like to permanently employ one researcher, and invite a guest researcher for one year. They should be willing to help build the group and its research program. We are interested in candidates with a strong background both in the theory of the field and its applications. On the application side, we are particularly interested in methods for telecommunications and robotics but other areas may come in as well. Duties to begin as soon as possible after September 1, 1993. Apply, by June 15, in writing, email or fax to Gunnar Sjodin SICS Box 1263 S-164 28 Kista Sweden phone: +46-8-752 15 48, fax +46-8-751 72 30 email:sjodin@sics.se Please enclose a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of two referees. ------------------------------ Subject: Request for data-sets From: Nolan J C Date: Mon, 24 May 93 14:10:07 +0000 Hi, I am currently involved in the evaluation of a number of novel neural net algorithms aimed at increasing the accuracy of forecasting in manufacturing environments. Initial results are encouraging, but in order to evaluate the networks further, more data sets are required. Currently data sets consisting of sales information, economic data, weather forecasts etc are being utilised, however data sets used in any aspect of forecasting will be helpful just as long as they consider at least four variables with a minimum of around 50 samples (or around 2 years). Alternatively any addresses of sites where data-sets of this nature are available would be great. Naturally I will attempt to return any help which is given by way of making available those data-sets which I have which are not restricted by confidentiality agreements. For further information, please contact: Julian Nolan nolajy@uk.ac.essex.esesparc University of Essex, Colchester, Essex UK ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 11 Issue 32] ***************************************** Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 4945; Fri, 28 May 93 13:55:21 EDT Received: from noc1.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Fri, 28 May 93 13:55:17 EDT Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc1.dccs.upenn.edu id AA01617; Fri, 28 May 93 13:49:00 -0400 Return-Path: Received: from LOCALHOST by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA28780; Fri, 28 May 93 13:16:53 EDT Posted-Date: Fri, 28 May 93 13:16:18 -0400 From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V11 #33 (conference [one]) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Fri, 28 May 93 13:16:18 -0400 Message-Id: <28768.738609378@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Friday, 28 May 1993 Volume 11 : Issue 33 Today's Topics: ICGA5 announcement and registration form Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu". The ftp archives are available from cattell.psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31). Back issues requested by mail will eventually be sent, but may take a while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: ICGA5 announcement and registration form From: Robert Elliott Smith Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 07:59:03 -0700 Announcement and Registration Form: ICGA-93 The Fifth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms 17-21 July, 1993 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Fifth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-93), will be held on July 17-21, 1993 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This meeting brings together an international community from academia, government, and industry interested in algorithms suggested by the evolutionary process of natural selection. Topics of particular interest include: genetic algorithms and classifier systems, evolution strategies, and other forms of evolutionary computation; machine learning and optimization using these methods, their relations to other learning paradigms (e.g., neural networks and simulated annealing), and mathematical descriptions of their behavior. The meeting will include pre-conference tutorials, invited speakers, and workshops. A registration form is included below. For more ICGA-93 registration information, contact: Lori Costello Conferences & Institutes Univ. of Illinois 302 E. John St. Suite 202, Champaign, IL 61820 Telephone: (217) 333-2888 E-Mail: loric@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Questions on the conference program should be directed to icga93@unmvax.cs.unm.edu. Other questions should be directed to rob@comec4.mh.ua.edu. Tutorials--Levis Faculty Center ICGA '93 will begin with the presentation of three parallel tutorial sessions. Conference attendees may attend one of these sessions for a supplementary fee (see registration form). Tutorial 1: Introduction to Genetic Algorithms Overview of Genetic Algorithms (90 minutes), Melanie Mitchell-- What genetic algorithms are; how, why, and by whom they were invented; how and why they work; comparisons with other algorithms; how to find out more about the genetic algorithm field; foundations of GA theory; genetic algorithms and artificial life; partial bibliography. Genetic Algorithm Applications (90 minutes), Lawrence Davis-- What kind of real-world problems are appropriate for genetic algorithms; design choices that must be made when applying genetic algorithms to real problems; partial survey of existing applications; partial survey of existing tools; some case histories. Tutorial 2: Advanced Genetic Algorithm Topics Genetic Algorithm Theory (90 minutes), Darrell Whitley-- The schema theorem and its ramifications; deception; recent approaches to the study of genetic algorithm performance; recent approaches to the study of genetic algorithm failure. Classifier Systems and Modeling (90 minutes), Rob Smith-- Introduction to classifier systems; recent advances in classifier system theory and practice; classifier systems as modeling tools; genetic algorithms and neural networks; genetic algorithms and artificial life. Tutorial 3: Spotlighted Technologies Evolutionary Programming (45 minutes), David Fogel-- Description and overview of evolutionary programming; history of the field; relation of evolutionary programming to biological evolution; theoretical aspects of the field; survey of existing applications. Evolution Strategies (45 minutes), Thomas Back-- Description and overview of evolution strategies; comparison with other technologies; engineering solutions with evolution strategies; survey of existing applications. Genetic Programming (90 minutes), John Koza-- Description and overview of genetic programming; example applications; future directions; brief video demonstrations. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: Saturday, July 17, 1993 12-3:00 pm Registration Levis Faculty Center 1-5:00 pm Tutorials Levis Faculty Center 7:00 pm Reception/Registration Levis Faculty Center Sunday, July 18, 1993 8am-5:00 pm Registration Krannert Center (KCPA) 8:30-9:00 am Coffee KCPA 9-10:15 am Invited Speaker KCPA 10:15-11 am Break KCPA 11-12:30 pm Technical Sessions KCPA/Levis 12:30-2 pm Lunch KCPA 2-3:30 pm Technical Sessions/ Registration Levis 3:30-4 pm Break Levis 4-5:30 pm Technical Sessions Levis 7:00 pm Banquet Chancellor Hotel 1501 S. Neil, Champaign Monday, July 19, 1993 8am-5:00 pm Registration KCPA 8:30-9:00 am Coffee KCPA 9-10:15 am Invited Speaker KCPA 10:15-11 am Break KCPA 11-12:30 pm Technical Sessions KCPA/Levis 12:30-2 pm Lunch KCPA 2-3:30 pm Technical Sessions/ Registration Levis 3:30-4 pm Break Levis 4-5:30 pm Technical Sessions Levis 7:00 pm Poster Session Levis Tuesday, July 20, 1993 8:30-9:00 am Coffee KCPA 9-10:15 am Invited Speaker KCPA 10:15-11 am Break KCPA 11-12:30 pm Technical Sessions KCPA/Levis 12:30-2 pm Lunch KCPA 2-3:30 pm Technical Sessions Levis 3:30-4 pm Break Levis 4-5:30 pm Technical Sessions Levis Wednesday, July 21, 1993 8:30-9:00 am Coffee Levis 9-10:30 am Technical Sessions Levis 10:30-11 am Break Levis 11-12:30 pm Technical Sessions Levis 12:30-2 pm Break Levis 2-3:30 pm Business Meeting Levis Invited Speakers David Campbell, Head, Dept. of Physics, University of Illinois. Topic: Dynamical Systems and Evolution John Holland, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of Michigan. Topic: Using The Schema Theorem To Counter Hitchhiking And Premature Convergence Gunter Wagner, Professor, Dept. of Biology, Yale University. Topic: Evolutionary Biology Papers (preliminary list) Erik R. Altman, "A Novel Methodology Using Genetic Algorithms for the Design of Caches and Cache Replacement Policy" Peter J. Angeline, "Competitive Environments Evolve Better Solutions for Complex Tasks" Thomas Back, "Optimal Mutation Rates in Genetic Search" Jerzy W. Bala, "Learning to Detect Targets Using Scale-Space and Genetic Search" David Beasley, "Reducing Epistasis in Combinatorial Problems by Expansive Coding" Pierre Bonelli, "A New Approach to Fuzzy Classifier Systems" Ralph Bruns, "Direct Chromosome Representation and Advanced Genetic Operators for Production Scheduling" Helen G. Cobb, "Genetic Algorithms for Tracking Changing Environments" Yuval Davidor, "The ECOlogical Framework II: Improving GA Performance With Virtually Zero Cost" Lawrence Davis, "A Genetic Algorithm for Survivable Network Design" Fred F. Easton, "A Distributed Genetic Algorithm for Employee Staffing and Scheduling Problems" Larry J. Eshelman, "Crossover's Niche" Andrew Fairley, "An Investigation into Possible Causes of, and Solutions to, Rule Strength Distortion in the Bucket Brigade" David S. Feldman, "Fuzzy Network Synthesis and Genetic Algorithms" Stuart J. Flockton, "Pole-Zero System Identification Using Genetic Algorithms" Carlos Fonseca, "Genetic Algorithms for Multiobjective Optimization: Formulation, Discussion and Generalization" David E. Goldberg, "Mixing in Genetic Algorithms" David E. Goldberg, "Rapid, Accurate Optimization of Difficult Problems Using Fast Messy Genetic Algorithms" V. Scott Gord, "Serial and Parallel Genetic Algorithms as Function Optimizers" Frederic Gruau, "Genetic Synthesis of Modular Neural Networks" H. Altay Guvenir, "A Genetic Algorithm for Classification by Feature Partitioning" Raphael T. Haftka, "Genetic Algorithms for Placing Actuators on Space Structures" Inman Harvey, "The Puzzle of the Persistent Question Marks: A Case Study of Genetic Drift" Abdollah Homaifar, "A New Approach on the Traveling Salesman Problem by the Genetic Algorithms" Jeffrey Horn, "Finite Markov Chain Analysis of Genetic Algorithms with Niching" Shu-Yuen Hwang, "A Genetic Algorithm with Disruptive Selection" Hitoshi Iba, "System Identification using Structured Genetic Algorithms" Terry Jones, "Reverse Hillclimbing, Genetic Algorithms and the Busy Beaver Problem" Kate Juliff, "A Multi-chromosome Genetic Algorithm for Pallet Loading" Bryant A. Julstrom, "A Genetic Algorithm for the Rectilinear Steiner Problem" Michelle D. Kidwell , "Using Genetic Algorithms to Schedule Distributed Tasks on a Bus-Based System" Kenneth E. Kinnear, Jr., "Generality and Difficulty in Genetic Programming: Evolving a Sort" Michael Lee, "Dynamic Control of Genetic Algorithms Using Fuzzy Logic Techniques" David M. Levine, "A Genetic Algorithm for the Set Partitioning Problem" Mauro Manela, "Fitting Spline Functions to Noisy Data Using a Genetic Algorithm" Raul San Martin, "Genetic Algorithms for the Optimization of Integrated Circuits Synthesis" Tsutomu Maruyama, "A Fine-Grained Parallel Genetic Algorithm for Distributed Parallel Systems" Laurence D. Merkle, "Comparison of Parallel Messy Genetic Algorithm Data Distribution Strategies" Robert R. Meyer, "A Genetic Algorithm for Diversity Minimization and Its Parallel Implementation" Byung R. Moon, "Hyperplane Synthesis for Genetic Algorithms" Toshinori Munakata, "A Genetic Algorithm Applied to the Maximum Flow Problem" Jim Oliver, "Discovering Individual Decision Rules: An Application of Genetic Algorithms" Norihiko Ono, "A Genetic Algorithm for Channel Routing Problem" Francesco Palmieri, "Diversification Role of Crossover in the Genetic Algorithms" L.M. Patnaik, "Binomially Distributed Populations for Modelling GAs" W.F. Punch, "Further Research on Feature Selection and Classification Using Genetic Algorithms" Nicholas J. Radcliffe, "A Study in Set Recombination" Connie Loggia Ramsey, "Case-Based Initialization of Genetic Algorithms" Colin Reeves, "Using Genetic Algorithms with Small Populations" Gary Roberts, "Dynamic Planning for Classifier Systems" Steve G. Romaniuk, "Evolutionary Growth Perceptions" Peter Ross, "A Promising GA Approach to Job-Shop Scheduling and Re-Scheduling Problems" J. David Schaffer, "Designing Multiplierless Digital Filters Using Genetic Algorithms" Michael J. Shaw, "Joint Lot Sizing and Sequencing with Genetic Algorithms for Scheduling: Evolving the Chromosome Structure" Man-Tak Shing, "Genetic Algorithms for the Development of Real-Time Multi-Heuristic Search Strategies" Marc Shoenauer, "Constrained GA Optimization" R. Shonkwiler, "Parallel Genetic Algorithms" Michael M. Skolnick, "Using Genetic Algorithms in Engineering Design Optimization with Non-Linear Constraints" Alice E. Smith, "Genetic Optimization Using A Penalty Function" William Spears, "On the State of Evolutionary Computation" Joe Suzuki, "A Markov Chain Analysis on A Genetic Algorithm" Walter Alden Tackett, "Genetic Programming for Feature Discovery and Image Discrimination" Dr. David M. Tate, "Expected Allele Coverage and the Role of Mutation" Sam R. Thangiah, "Vehicle Routing and Time Deadlines Using Genetic and Local Algorithms" Bruce Tidor, "An Analysis of Selection Procedures with Particular Attention Paid to Proportional and Boltzmann Selection" Shigeyoshi Tsutsui, "Forking Genetic Algorithm with Blocking and Shrinking Modes (FGA)" Kirk Twardowski, "Credit Assignment for Pole Balancing with Learning Classifier Systems" Ron Unger, "A Genetic Algorithm for 3D Protein Folding Simulations" Thomas Uthmann, "Training Kohonen Feature Maps in Different Topologies: an Analysis Using Genetic Algorithms" Benjamin W. Wah, "Scheduling of Genetic Algorithms in a Noisy Environment" Roger L. Wainwright, "Multiple Vehicle Routing with Time and Capacity Constraints Using Genetic Algorithms" Hirokazu Watabe, "A Study on Genetic Shape Design" Willfried Wienholt, "An Advanced Genetic Algorithm for Parameter Optimization Problems" Peter Willett, "Searching Databases of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Chemical Structures Using Genetic Algorithms" Jing-Jye Yang, "Query Optimization in Information Retrieval Using Genetic Algorithms" Xiaodong Yin, "A Fast Genetic Algorithm with Sharing Scheme Using Cluster Analysis Methods in Multimodal Function Optimization" Byoung-Tak Zhang, "Genetic Programming of Minimal Neural Nets Using Occam's Razor" Raed Abu Zitar, "Regulator Control via Genetic Search Assisted Reinforcement Learning" Posters (preliminary list) Fabrizio Baiardi, "Nested Hybrid Genetic Algorithms for System Configuration and Program Mapping in Massively Parallel Systems" Ellie Baker, "Evolving Line Drawings" Wolfgang Banzhaf, "Genetic Programming for Pedestrians" Rik Belew, "Evolving Aesthetic Sorting Networks Using Developmental Grammars" Susan E. Carlson, "A Comparative Evaluation of Search Methods Applied to Catalog Selection" Hugh M. Cartwright, "The Application of the Genetic Algorithm to Two-Dimensional Strings: The Source Apportionment Problem" Joseph C. Culberson, "Crossover Versus Mutation in the De Jong Functions: Fueling the Debate: TGA versus GIGA" Fikret Ercal, "Genetic Algorithms for Vertex Splitting in DAGs" David Fan, "GADELO: A Multi-Population Genetic Algorithm Based on Dynamic Exploration of Local Optima" Terence C. Fogarty, "Reproduction, Ranking, Replacement and Noisy Evaluations: Experimental Results" Takeshi Furuhashi, "A Proposal of Hierarchical Fuzzy Classifier Systems" Inman Harvey, "Genetic Convergence in a Species of Evolved Robot Control Architectures" Brynn Hibbert, "Display of Chemical Structures in Two Dimensions and the Evolution of Molecular Recognition" Akio Ishiguro, "A Genetic Algorithms' Application to Inverse Problems in Electromagnetics" Takashi Iwamoto, "Topological Aspects of Genetic Algorithms" Antonia J. Jones, "A Schemata Theorem for Trees" Hillol Kargupta, "Information Transmission in Genetic Algorithm and Shannon's Second Theorem" Hiroaki Kitano, "A Hybrid Search for Genetic Algorithms: Combining Genetic Algorithms, TABU Search, and Simulated Annealing" Luis R. Lopez, "Inverse Relationship Between Complexity and Probability of Full Deception in Trap Functions" Sushil J. Louis, "Pareto Optimality, GA-Easiness and Deception (Extended Abstract)" Heinz Muhlenbein, "Optimal Interaction of Mutation and Crossover in the Breeder Genetic Algorithm" R. Maenner, "Parallel Execution of Sequentially Coded Standard Genetic Algorithms on the NERV Multiprocessor" Samir W. Mahfoud, "Simple Analytical Models of Genetic Algorithms for Multimodal Function Optimization" Vittorio Maniezzo, "Granularity Evolution" Andras Markus, "Dual Insights into Genetic Algorithms" Melanie Mitchell, "When Will a Genetic Algorithm Outperform Hill-Climbing?" Masaharu Munetomo, "An Efficient Migration Scheme for Subpopulation-Based Asynchronously Parallel Genetic Algorithms" David Orvosh, "Shall We Repair? Genetic Algorithms, Combinatorial Optimization, and Feasibility Constraints" Kihong Park, "A Lower-Bound Result on the Power of Genetic Algorithms" Sandip Sen, "Improving Classification Accuracy through Performance History" Robert E. Smith, "Adaptively Resizing Populations: An Algorithm and Analysis" Graham Spencer, "Automatic Generation of Programs for Crawling and Walking" Chuen-Tsai Sun, "Using Genetic Algorithms in Structuring a Fuzzy Rulebase" Hans-Michael Voigt, "Multivalued Evolutionary Algorithms" Michael D. Vose, "The Genetic Algorithm Fractal" Darrell Whitley, "Toward Models of Island and Cellular Parallel Genetic Algorithms" Masayuki Yanagiya, "A Simple Mutation-Dependent Genetic Algorithm" Bernard P. Zeigler, "Asynchronous Genetic Algorithms on Parallel Computers" ICGA-93 Conference Committee: Conference Co-Chairs: David E. Goldberg, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign; J. David Schaffer, Philips Labs Publicity: Robert E. Smith, Univ. of Alabama Program Chair: Stephanie Forrest, Univ. of New Mexico Financial Chair: Larry J. Eshelman, Philips Labs Local Arrangements: David E. Goldberg, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Financial supporters: Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, Naval Research Laboratory; Philips Laboratories, North American Philips Corporation GENERAL INFORMATION Location: The conference will be held at two locations on the University of Illinois campus--the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts located at 500 South Goodwin, Urbana, and the Levis Faculty Center located at 919 West Illinois, Urbana (directly east of Krannert). ICGA '93 is a non-smoking conference. Smoking is allowed in designated areas only. Transportation: Champaign-Urbana is located 135 miles south of Chicago on Interstates 72, 74, and 57. By Car: >From Chicago: Take I-57 south to I-74 east which runs along the north edge of Champaign-Urbana. Take the Lincoln Avenue exit south. Once you reach campus, turn right on Illinois Street. Campus Parking: Pay parking is available in the lot adjacent to the Levis Faculty Center an d under the Krannert Center (both accessible from Illinois Street). Do not park in any area marked "reserved" as campus parking is enforced and you will be towed. By Air: >From Champaign-Urbana's Willard Airport: Currently, American Airlines' American Eagle Service, Trans World Express, and US Air Express serve Willard Airport. Corky's Limousine Service is available and meets all incoming flights. The cost from Willard to most hotels in Champaign-Urbana is $8. If you need to contact Corky's, you may call 217/352-3121. By Train: AMTRAK service is also available from Chicago and points south. Weather: The weather in Illinois can vary to extremes. Please be prepared to dress in layered, cool clothing as July is normally hot (80 - 100 ) and very humid. Rain wear is also suggested. On-Campus Recreation: If you wish to take advantage of the recreation facilities on campus, you may purchase an IMPE (Intramural-Physical Education) pass for $5 per day upon showing your name badge at each recreation facility. Messages: If someone needs to reach you during the conference, they may call the Levis Faculty Center at 217/333-6241 and leave a message. A message board will be placed at this conference site. Lodging: Accommodations may be obtained at the following hotels/motels. A shuttle service will be available for transportation from your hotel to/from the conference sites. All hotel reservations should be made in advance by telephoning or writing the individual hotels. Be sure to mention that you are attending the Genetic Algorithms conference, as a block of rooms has been reserved for those attending this conference. We have listed the special conference rates beside the hotel/motel. Make your reservations early as the block of rooms will be released for "first come, first serve" reservations after June 16, 1993. Jumer's Castle Lodge 209 S. Broadway Urbana, IL 61801 Located about 1/4 mile from the campus. Within brisk walking distance. Toll free 800/285-8637 Single Double $60.00 $70.00 Plus tax Plus tax University Inn 302 E. John Street Champaign, IL 61820 Located about 1/2 mile from the campus. Within brisk walking distance. 217/384-2100; Toll free 800/252-1368 in Illinois; Toll free 800/322-8282 outside IL Single Double $54.00 $61.00 Plus tax Plus tax Travelodge 409 W. University Urbana, IL 61801 Located about 1 mile from the campus. Toll free 800/255-3050 Single Double $33.00 Plus tax Campus Inn-University (Days Inn) 1701 S. State Champaign, IL 61820 Located about 1 mile from the campus 217/359-8888 Single Double $30.00 $35.00 Plus tax Plus Tax King or Queen Busey-Evens Dormitory 1111 West Nevada Urbana, IL 61801 Located on campus 217/333-1766 $23.15 Plus tax Community Bath Registration Fee: Registrations received before 6/12/93 are $250 for participants and $100 for students. All registrations received on or after 6/12/93 and walk-in registrations at the conference will be $295 for participants and $125 for students. This includes entry to all technical sessions, 3 lunches, coffee breaks, reception Saturday evening, conference materials, and conference proceedings. Attendee and guest tickets for the banquet and guest tickets for the Sunday reception may be purchased at an additional cost (see attached registration form). Also, there is a separate fee for the tutorials. A limited fund has been set aside to assistant students and scientists with their travel expenses. Students should have their advisor certify their student status and that sufficient funds are not available. If you are interested in obtaining such assistance and need travel support, send a letter before May 22, 1993 describing your situation and needs to: Larry Eshelman, Philips Laboratories, 345 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. Address questions to: lje@philabs.philips.com. To Register: Early registration is recommended. There are four ways you may register. Complete and mail the attached form or phone (217)244-7659 to register. Please be sure to call our office if your registration may be late in arriving. You may also FAX your registration to (217)333-9561. You may receive an e-mail registration by contacting loric@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu If you register by phone, fax, or e-mail, please remember to send a copy of the registration form with your payment to the Accounting Business Office within one week. Should you have additional questions, please call Lori Costello at 217/333-2888 or e-mail loric@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu. - ---------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION FORM: The 5th International Conference on Genetic Algorithms July 17-21, 1993 UFAS Acct. #1-3-63141-0660 Four Easy Ways To Register 1. Fill out the form and mail with payment to: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Accounting Business Office, Room 162 Henry Administration Building, 506 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801. 2. Call 217-244-7659 and the registration team will take your registration over the phone. 3. Call 217-333-9561 to FAX your registration. 4. E-mail: receive an e-mail form by contacting loric@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu. The deadline for e-mail registrations and to receive all e-mail registration fees is July 9, 1993. IF YOU REGISTER BY PHONE, FAX, OR E-MAIL: Please remember to send a hard copy of the registration form with your payment to the Accounting Business Office within one week of registration. Registration/Badge Information Please print or type __________________________________________________________________ Last Name First Name MI __________________________________________________________________ Affiliation/Business __________________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________________________ City State Zip __________________________________________________________________ Country __________________________________________________________________ Business Phone Home Phone REGISTRATION FEES: (all figures in US Dollars) Indicate your selection Conference Registration Fee Registration before 6/12/93 On or after 6/12/93 Participant $250 Participant $295 Student* $100 Student* $125 Tutorial for July 17 Before 6/12/93 On or after 6/12/93 Participant $75 Participant $95 Student $25 Student $50 Please specify choice: Tutorial I:__________ Tutorial II: __________ Tutorial III: __________ Banquet Tickets** Adult $30 # of tickets_______ amount_______ Child $10 # of tickets_______ amount_______ Additional Reception Tickets** Saturday $10 # of tickets_______ amount_______ Total Payment ________________________(U.S. Dollars) Method of Payment ______ Check enclosed (make payable to the University of Illinois, US banks only, send check with form to Accounting Business Office) ______ I prefer to charge on credit card Visa______ Mastercard______ American Express______ Card Number__________________________________ Exp. Date__________ Card Holder Signature______________________________________________ *Students must have university student ID at registration **Please purchase additional tickets now---you will be unable to buy them upon arrival PLEASE MAIL THIS FORM WITH YOUR PAYMENT TO: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Accounting Business Office, Room 162 Henry Administration Building 506 South Wright Street Urbana, IL 61801 ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 11 Issue 33] ***************************************** Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 1442; Tue, 01 Jun 93 11:45:15 EDT Received: from noc1.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Tue, 01 Jun 93 11:45:12 EDT Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc1.dccs.upenn.edu id AA29566; Tue, 1 Jun 93 11:38:12 -0400 Return-Path: Received: from LOCALHOST by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA17698; Tue, 1 Jun 93 10:18:36 EDT Posted-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 93 10:17:53 -0400 From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V11 #34 (conferences and CFP) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Tue, 01 Jun 93 10:17:53 -0400 Message-Id: <17649.738944273@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Monday, 31 May 1993 Volume 11 : Issue 34 Today's Topics: Call for papers: SAB94 KR94: Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS: Psychology Graduate Students Journal (c) Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu". The ftp archives are available from cattell.psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31). Back issues requested by mail will eventually be sent, but may take a while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: call for papers: SAB94 From: Phil Husbands Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 14:44:38 +0000 ============================================================================== Conference Announcement and Call For Papers FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS Third International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB94) Brighton, UK, August 8-12, 1994 The object of the conference is to bring together researchers in ethology, psychology, ecology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, and related fields so as to further our understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow animals and, potentially, robots to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. The conference will focus particularly on well-defined models, computer simulations, and built robots in order to help characterize and compare various organizational principles or architectures capable of inducing adaptive behavior in real or artificial animals. Contributions treating any of the following topics from the perspective of adaptive behavior will receive special emphasis. Individual and collective behavior Autonomous robots Neural correlates of behavior Hierarchical and parallel organizations Perception and motor control Emergent structures and behaviors Motivation and emotion Problem solving and planning Action selection and behavioral Goal directed behavior sequences Neural networks and evolutionary Ontogeny, learning and evolution computation Internal world models Characterization of environments and cognitive processes Applied adaptive behavior Authors should make every effort to suggest implications of their work for both natural and artificial animals. Papers which do not deal explicitly with adaptive behavior will be rejected. Submission Instructions Authors are requested to send five copies (hard copy only) of a full paper to the Program Chair (Dave Cliff). Papers should not exceed 10 pages (excluding the title page), with 1 inch margins all around, and no smaller than 10 pt (12 pitch) type (Times Roman preferred). Each paper must include a title page containing the following: (1) Full names, postal addresses, phone numbers, email addresses (if available), and fax numbers for each author, (2) A 100-200 word abstract, (3) The topic area(s) in which the paper could be reviewed (see list above). Camera ready versions of the papers, in two-column format, will be required after acceptance. Computer, video, and robotic demonstrations are also invited. Please contact Phil Husbands to make arrangements for demonstrations. Other program proposals will also be considered. Conference committee Conference Chair Philip HUSBANDS School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9QN UK e-mail: philh@cogs.susx.ac.uk Jean-Arcady MEYER Groupe de Bioinformatique URA686.Ecole Normale Superieure 46 rue d'Ulm 75230 Paris Cedex 05 France e-mail: meyer@wotan.ens.fr Stewart WILSON The Rowland Institute for Science 100 Cambridge Parkway Cambridge, MA 02142 USA e-mail: wilson@smith.rowland.org Program Chair David CLIFF School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9QN UK e-mail: davec@cogs.susx.ac.uk Financial Chair: P. Husbands, H. Roitblat Local Arrangements: I. Harvey, P. Husbands Program Committee M. Arbib, USA; R. Arkin, USA; R. Beer, USA; A. Berthoz, France; L. Booker, USA; R. Brooks, USA; P. Colgan, Canada; T. Collett, UK; H. Cruse, Germany; J. Daugman, UK; J. Delius, Germany; A. Dickinson, UK; J. Ferber, France; N. Franceschini, France; S. Goss, Belgium; I. Harvey, UK; I. Horswill, USA; L. Kaelbling, USA; H. Klopf, USA; L-J. Lin, USA; P. Maes, USA; M. Mataric, USA; D. McFarland, UK; G. Miller, UK; R. Pfeifer, Switzerland; H. Roitblat, USA; J. Slotine, USA; O. Sporns, USA; J. Staddon, USA; F. Toates, UK; P. Todd, USA; S. Tsuji, Japan; W. Uttal, USA; D. Waltz, USA. Official Language: English Publisher: MIT Press/Bradford Books Important Dates =============== JAN 5, 1994: Submission deadline MAR 10: Notification of acceptance or rejection APR 10: Camera ready revised versions due MAY 1: Early registration deadline JUL 8: Regular registration deadline AUG 8-12: Conference dates General queries to: sab94@cogs.susx.ac.uk ============================================================================== ------------------------------ Subject: KR94: Call for Papers From: KR94 Conference Service Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 16:59:40 +0100 KR'94 - CALL FOR PAPERS FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRINCIPLES OF KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND REASONING Gustav Stresemann Institut, Bonn, Germany May 24-27, 1994 with support from Gesellschaft fuer Informatik Explicit representations of knowledge manipulated by inference algorithms provide an important foundation for much work in Artificial Intelligence, from natural language to expert systems, and a growing number of researchers study the principles governing systems based on such representations and reasoning. The KR conferences bring together these researchers in a more intimate setting than that of general AI conferences, and provide authors with the opportunity to give presentations of adequate length to present substantial results. This year's conference will take place in Europe for the first time. The conference emphasizes both the theoretical principles of knowledge representation and reasoning and the relationships between these principles and their embodiments in working systems. Authors are encouraged to relate their work to at least one of the following questions: (1) What issues arise in representing and using knowledge about real problems, and how can they be addressed? (2) What are the theoretical principles in knowledge representation and reasoning? (3) How can these principles be embodied in implemented knowledge representation systems, and what practical tradeoffs arise? (4) How do these approaches to problems relate to corresponding approaches in other parts of AI (natural language, robotics, etc.) or in other fields (psychology, philosophy, logic, economics, cognitive science, computer science, management, engineering, etc.) Submissions are encouraged in (but are not limited to) the following topic areas: REPRESENTATIONAL FORMALISMS REASONING METHODS AND TASKS - - logics of knowledge and belief - deduction - - nonmonotonic logics - abduction - - temporal logics - induction - - spatial logics - deliberation and decision analysis - - taxonomic logics - planning and plan analysis - - logics of uncertainty - learning and evidence - diagnosis - - logics of preference and utility - classification - - logics of intentions and actions - inheritance - - deontic logics - belief management and revision - constraint solving - analogical reasoning - reasoning about reasoning GENERIC ONTOLOGIES FOR DESCRIBING ISSUES IN IMPLEMENTED KR&R SYSTEMS - - time - comparative evaluation - - space - empirical results - - causality - benchmarking and testing - - resources - reasoning architectures - - constraints - efficiency/completeness tradeoffs - - decisions - complexity - - activities - algorithms - - mental states - embedded systems - - multi-agent organizations - knowledge sharing and reuse - - applications classes, e.g. medicine - standards SUBMISSION OF PAPERS The Program Committee will review EXTENDED ABSTRACTS rather than complete papers. Abstracts must be at most twelve (12) pages with a maximum of 38 lines per page and an average of 75 characters per line (corresponding to the LaTeX article-style, 12pt), excluding the title page and the bibliography. Overlength submissions will be rejected without review. All abstracts must be submitted on 8 1/2" x 11" or A4 paper, and printed or typed in 12-point font (10 characters/inch on a typewriter). Dot matrix printout, FAX, or electronic submission will not be accepted. Each submission should include the names and complete addresses (including email, when possible) of all authors. Correspondence will be sent to the first author, unless otherwise indicated. Also, authors should indicate under the title which of the questions and/or topic areas listed above best describes their paper (if none is appropriate, please give a set of keywords that best describe the topic of the paper). To be considered, five (5) paper copies of the extended abstract must be received by one of the program co-chairs no later than November 8, 1993 (or must have been sent by express courier no later than November 5). Authors are also STRONGLY encouraged (it is to their advantage) to submit an electronic abstract in the form described below. Electronic abstracts that accurately reflect the contents of the papers will significantly aid the reviewing process by helping direct the papers to the most appropriate reviewers. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS Submitted papers must be unpublished and substantively different from papers currently under review. Papers may be submitted after January 1, 1994 to other conferences as long as (a) the prior submission to KR'94 is noted on those submissions and (b) the paper is withdrawn from the later conference if accepted by KR'94. ELECTRONIC ABSTRACT In addition to submitting the paper copies of the extended abstract, authors should (if possible) send a short (200 word) electronic abstract of their paper to KR94-abstracts@medg.lcs.mit.edu to aid in the reviewing process. In order to make use of software for classifying papers and selecting reviewers, most of the electronic abstract must be in plain ASCII text (no LaTeX or other formatting commands) in the following format, separating each field from the next with a blank line. TITLE: FIRST AUTHOR: <last name, first name> FIRST ADDRESS: <first author address or affiliation> COAUTHORS: <their names, if any> OTHER ADDRESSES: <addresses or affiliations of coauthors> CONTENT AREAS: <at most three content areas, separated by commas> KEYWORDS: <keywords, separated by commas> ABSTRACT: <text of the abstract> The content areas preferably should be drawn from the topics listed above, with other areas added only if necessary. The keywords are to aid the human reviewers only and may be chosen as desired. The text of the abstract field may include formatting commands, if desired, but these should be omitted from all other fields. A blank form for electronic abstracts and an example abstract may be found at the end of this Call. REVIEW OF PAPERS Submissions will be judged on clarity, significance, and originality. An important criterion for acceptance is that the paper clearly contributes to principles of representation and reasoning that are likely to influence current and future AI practice. Extended abstracts should contain enough information to enable the Program Committee to identify and evaluate the principal contribution of the research and its importance. It should also be clear from the extended abstract how the work compares to related work in the field. NOTIFICATION Authors will be notified of the Program Committee's decision by January 24, 1994. Notification will be made by electronic mail whenever possible. FINAL PAPERS Authors of accepted papers will be expected to submit substantially longer full papers for the conference proceedings. Final camera-ready copies of the full papers will be due February 28, 1994. Final papers will be allowed at most twelve (12) double-column pages in the conference proceedings (corresponding to approximately 28 article-style LaTeX pages; a style file will be provided by the publisher). PLANNING TO ATTEND People planning to attend the conference are asked to send a note stating their intention as early as possible to the local conference organizer, Ms. Christine Harms (Christine.Harms@gmd.de), in order to help estimate the facilities needed for the conference. (Postal address: Christine Harms, c/o GMD, Schloss Birlinghoven, W-5205 Sankt Augustin 1, Germany. Phone: +49-2241-14-2473, Fax: +49-2241-14-2472.) CONFERENCE CHAIR Erik Sandewall Department of Computer and Information Science Linkoeping University S-58183 Linkoeping SWEDEN Voice: +46 1328 1408 Fax: +46 1328 2606 Email: ejs@ida.liu.se PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Jon Doyle Piero Torasso MIT Universita' di Torino Laboratory for Computer Science Dipartimento di Informatica 545 Technology Square Corso Svizzera 185 Cambridge, MA 02139 I-10149 Torino USA ITALY Voice: +1 (617) 253-3512 Voice: +39 11 7712002 Fax: +1 (617) 258-8682 Fax: +39 11 751603 Email: doyle@lcs.mit.edu Email: torasso@di.unito.it LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR Gerhard Lakemeyer Institute of Computer Science III University of Bonn Roemerstrasse 164 D-5300 Bonn 1 GERMANY Voice: +49-228-550-281 Fax: +49-228-550-382 Email: gerhard@cs.uni-bonn.de PUBLICITY CHAIR Werner Horn Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence Schottengasse 3 A-1010 Vienna AUSTRIA Voice: +43 1 53532810 Fax: +43 1 5320652 Email: werner@ai.univie.ac.at PROGRAM COMMITTEE Giuseppe Attardi (U. Pisa, Italy), Franz Baader (DFKI, Germany), Fahiem Bacchus (U. Waterloo, Canada), Philippe Besnard (IRISA, France), Piero Bonissone (GE, USA), Craig Boutilier (UBC, Canada), Maurice Bruynooghe (KUL, Belgium), Anthony Cohn (U. Leeds, UK), Ernest Davis (NYU, USA), Rina Dechter (UC Irvine, USA), Johan de Kleer (Xerox, USA), Oskar Dressler (Siemens, Germany), Jennifer Elgot-Drapkin (Arizona State U., USA), Richard Fikes (Stanford U., USA), Alan Frisch (U. York, UK), Hector Geffner (Simon Bolivar U., Venezuela), Georg Gottlob (TU Wien, Austria), Pat Hayes (U. Illinois, USA), Hirofumi Katsuno (NTT, Japan), Henry Kautz (AT&T, USA), Sarit Kraus (Bar-Ilan U., Israel), Maurizio Lenzerini (U. Rome, Italy), Vladimir Lifschitz (U. Texas, USA), David Makinson (Unesco, France), Joao Martins (IST, Portugal) David McAllester (MIT, USA), John-Jules Meyer (U. Amsterdam, Netherlands), Katharina Morik (U. Dortmund, Germany), Johanna Moore (U. Pittsburgh, USA), Hideyuki Nakashima (ETL, Japan), Bernhard Nebel (DFKI, Germany), Hans Juergen Ohlbach (Max Planck Institut, Germany), Lin Padgham (Linkoeping U., Sweden), Peter Patel-Schneider (AT&T, USA), Ramesh Patil (USC/ISI, USA), Raymond Perrault (SRI, USA), David Poole (UBC, Canada), Henri Prade (IRIT, France), Anand Rao (AAII, Australia), Jeff Rosenschein (Hebrew U., Israel), Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley, USA), Len Schubert (Rochester) Marek Sergot (Imperial College, UK), Lokendra Shastri (U. Pennsylvania, USA), Yoav Shoham (Stanford U., USA), Lynn Stein (MIT, USA), Devika Subramanian (Cornell U., USA), William Swartout (USC/ISI, USA), Austin Tate (AIAI, Edinburgh, UK), Peter van Beek (U. Alberta, Canada), Michael Wellman (U. Michigan, USA) IMPORTANT DATES Submission receipt deadline: November 8, 1993 Author notification date: January 24, 1994 Camera-ready copy due to publisher: February 28, 1994 Conference: May 24-27, 1994 <-- cut here --> - ------------------------------------------------------------ KR'94 Electronic Abstract Form Complete and send to KR94-abstracts@medg.lcs.mit.edu - ------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: FIRST AUTHOR: FIRST ADDRESS: COAUTHORS: OTHER ADDRESSES: CONTENT AREAS: KEYWORDS: ABSTRACT: - ------------------------------------------------------------ <-- cut here --> - ------------------------------------------------------------ KR'94 Electronic Abstract Example - ------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: Begriffsschrift: A formula language, modeled upon that of arithmetic, for pure thought FIRST AUTHOR: Frege, Gottlob FIRST ADDRESS: Department of Mathematics, University of Jena, Germany CONTENT AREAS: logics, deduction KEYWORDS: ideography, conceptual content, inferential sequence, argument, function ABSTRACT: I present an ideography to provide the most reliable test of the validity of a chain of inferences, one that points out every presupposition that tries to sneak in unnoticed, so that its origin can be investigated. I am confident that my ideography can be successfully used wherever special value must be placed on the validity of proofs, as for example when the foundations of the differential and integral calculus are established. ------------------------------ Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS: Psychology Graduate Students Journal (c) From: Matthew Simpson <054340%UOTTAWA.BITNET@VM1.MCGILL.CA> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 13:56:32 -0500 =============================== === GENERAL CALL FOR PAPERS === =============================== The Psychology Graduate Student Journal: The PSYCGRAD Journal (c) Address: psygrd-j@acadvm1.uottawa.ca psygrd-j@uottawa.bitnet The PSYCGRAD Project is proud to announce that papers written by graduate students in the field of psychology are being accepted for publication in The Psychology Graduate Student Journal: The PSYCGRAD Journal (psygrd-j@acadvm1.uottawa.ca psygrd-j@uottawa.bitnet). The purpose of The Psychology Graduate Student Journal is to publish professional-level papers in the field of psychology from the graduate student perspective. This journal is being compiled and produced by a team of 20 editors covering 19 broad topic areas in the field of psychology. All editors are graduate students in or directly associated with the field of psychology. The journal is open for public subscription and is targeted to anyone interested in psychology. TOPICS CURRENTLY REQUESTED AND BEING COVERED: - --------------------------------------------- Aging Cognitive Psychology Comparative & Developmental Psychobiology Developmental Psychology Educational Psychology Human Sexuality Industrial / Organizational Psychology Graduate Student Issues Motivation and Emotion Neuroscience Personality Psycholinguistics Psychological Assessment Psychopathology-Nosology-Etiology Psychophysics and Perception Psychotherapy School Counseling Social Cognition Social Psychology Volumes of the journal are each compiled by a member of the editing team. Each member is responsible for a specific topic area. All submissions are subject to the editing process and must adhere to the guidelines found below. Please review this list of editors. Please be invited to contact via e-mail the editor who is primarily responsible for the topic for which you would like to publish your paper. NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND TOPICS OF EDITORS: (alphabetically by topic) Name: David Kurzman Institution: Concordia, Montreal Quebec Address: davek@vax2.concordia.ca Topic: Aging Name: Matthew Prull Institution: Claremont Graduate School Address: PRULLM@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU Topic: Cognitive Psychology Name: Kathy Morgan Address: kmorgan@wheatnma.bitnet kathleen_morgan@wheatonma.edu Topic: Comparative and Developmental Psychobiology Name: Jason Evan Mihalko Institution: City University of New York Name: ak789@po.cwru.edu Topic: Developmental Psychology Industrial / Organizational Psychology Names: Christopher G Kolar & Punya Mishra (co-editor) Institution: University of Illinois, Champaign - Urbana Address: c-kolar@uiuc.edu p-mishra@uiuc.edu Topic: Educational Psychology Name: Rick Adams Institution: Norwich University, Montpelier, VT Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI Address: adamsr@ais.org Topic: Human Sexuality Name: Nancy Briton Address: briton@nuhub.bitnet briton@northeastern.edu Topic: Graduate Student Issues Name: Todd D. Nelson Institution: Michigan State University Address: 22817MGR@MSU.Bitnet nelsont1@student.msu.edu (Internet) Topics: Motivation and Emotion Name: Monika Trzcinska Address: 054470@uottawa.bitnet 054470@acadvm1.uottawa.ca Topic: Neuroscience Name: Lynn E. Hanninen Address: leh1@Lehigh.EDU Institution: Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA Topic: Co-editing Neuroscience Name: Tracy Moncrief Institution: Claremont Graduate School Address: moncriet@cgsvax.claremont.edu Topic: Personality Name: Zazie Todd Institution: University of Nottingham, England Address: kzt@psychology.nottingham.ac.uk Topic: Psycholinguistics Name: David M. Fresco Address: fresco@unc.bitnet fresco@med.unc.edu Topic: Psychopathology-Nosology-Etiology Name: Rodney Timbrook Institution: Kent State University Address: rtimbroo@kentvm Topics: Psychological Assessment Name: Christopher J. Whaley Institution: Georgia Tech Address: whaley@psy.gatech.edu Topic: Psychophysics and Perception Name: Peter Fay Address: faype@bcvms.bc.edu faype@bcvms.bitnet Topic: Psychotherapy Name: Paul Lowry Institution: University of Florida Address: plowry@nervm.bitnet plowry@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu Topic: School Counseling Name: Elizabeth Case Institution: DePaul University, Chicago Address: PSYGRDDEC@orion.depaul.edu Topic: Social Cognition Co-editing Motivation and Emotion Name: Sharon Gordon Institution: University of North Carolina, Greensboro Address: gordonse@iris.uncg.edu gordonse@uncg.bitnet Topic: Social Psychology Executive Editor - Matthew Simpson School of Psychology - University of Ottawa Ottawa - Ontario - Canada (see address below) REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION: 1. All submitted articles should be in text format. 2. All articles should contain a table of contents outlined according to 0.0 Abstract 1 Main topic number one 1.1 First sub-topic of main topic one 1.1.1 First sub-sub-topic of main topic one 1.2 Second sub-topic of main topic one 2 Second main topic etc... 3. Each paragraph should begin with the appropriate number outlined in the table of contents. (Items 2 and 3, mentioned above, are necessary because bold and italic fonts are not recognized on most electronic-mail systems). 4. Each line should be no greater than 70 columns in width. This is necessary to decrease line-wrapping across systems. 5. APA guidelines must be adhered to (except where otherwise inconvenienced by electronic format, eg. items above) 6. The author of the article maintains full copyright. However, The PSYCGRAD Journal retains the right, for its purposes, to replicate and distribute the article. 7. Articles must not have been published elsewhere in written form. (Not published in journals; May have been posters or talks at conferences) Articles accepted for publication in The PSYCGRAD Journal may be published elsewhere at a later date with the permission of the Executive Editor if the editor(s) of the second journal are notified of this publication, and it is noted in any subsequent publication that the article was originally published in The PSYCGRAD Journal. 8. After the title of each article, the author's name, postal address, e-mail address, and affiliated institution must appear. 9. A list of keywords must also be provided. PSYGRD-J Subscriptions are open to the public. The journal is currently being maintained by a program called Listserv, and is distributed to the Internet and Bitnet electronic community. It is intended that with time, the journal will obtain ISSN classification and operate as a landmark publication in the psychology community. Archives will be available via FTP at aix1.uottawa.ca and by Gopher at panda1.uottawa.ca SUBSCRIBE to the journal by sending the following command to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca sub psygrd-j Yourfirstname Yourlastname The Psychology Graduate Student Journal: The PSYCGRAD Journal (c) is part of a larger system, called The PSYCGRAD Project. The project is broken into two main functions: graduate student discussion and communication; and graduate student publication. ********************************************************************** The PSYCGRAD Project === Communications === PSYCGRAD@UOTTAWA (Psychology Graduate Students Discussion List) PSYGRRAD@UOTTAWA (The PSYCGRAD Digest) - with the SET PSYCGRAD DIGEST option) bit.listserv.psycgrad (The NETNEWS Shadow of PSYCGRAD) === Publication / Production === PSYGRD-J@UOTTAWA (The Psychology Graduate Student Journal: The PSYCGRAD Journal) === Gopher Access === panda1.uottawa.ca (The PSYCGRAD Gopher) === FTP Access === aix1.uottawa.ca (Archives Driving the Gopher) /u/ftp/pub/psycgrad (@uottawa = @acadvm1.uottawa.ca for those with internet access) ********************************************************************* (c) The Psychology Graduate Student Journal is a production of The PSYCGRAD Project (Copyright by Matthew Simpson). For a more detailed announcement of The PSYCGRAD Project, contact The Executive Producer and Editor, Matthew Simpson, at the address below. Have Fun! O======================================================================O | _ l _ * Matthew Simpson * BITNET: | | \_l_/ * School of Psychology * 054340@uottawa.bitnet | | l * 145 Jean Jacques Lussier * INTERNET: | | l * Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 * 054340@acadvm1.uottawa.ca | O======================================================================O ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 11 Issue 34] ***************************************** Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 4589; Wed, 02 Jun 93 12:03:32 EDT Received: from noc1.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Wed, 02 Jun 93 12:03:26 EDT Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc1.dccs.upenn.edu id AA01949; Wed, 2 Jun 93 11:55:42 -0400 Return-Path: <marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Received: from LOCALHOST by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA17014; Wed, 2 Jun 93 10:19:36 EDT Posted-Date: Wed, 02 Jun 93 10:18:47 -0400 From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" <neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V11 #35 (Conferences & CFP) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" <neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" <neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Wed, 02 Jun 93 10:18:47 -0400 Message-Id: <16958.739030727@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Wednesday, 2 Jun 1993 Volume 11 : Issue 35 Today's Topics: CFP: "Computational Learning and Natural Learning" workshop Symbolic Knowledge and Neural Learning: MLj Special Issue CFP Brain Development Symposium in June FIRST IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING CforP: Workshop on NLP AAAI Spring Symposium Series 1994 Call for Proposals Workshp on ANN 2nd Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop: Language and Memory CFP: music/creativity issue of Connection Science Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu". The ftp archives are available from cattell.psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31). Back issues requested by mail will eventually be sent, but may take a while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: CFP: "Computational Learning and Natural Learning" workshop From: Russell Greiner <greiner@learning.siemens.com> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 14:26:26 -0500 CLNL'93 -- Call for Submissions Computational Learning and Natural Learning Provincetown, Massachusetts 10-12 September 1993 CLNL'93 is the fourth of an ongoing series of workshops designed to bring together researchers from a diverse set of disciplines -- including computational learning theory, AI/machine learning, connectionist learning, statistics, and control theory -- to explore issues at the intersection of theoretical learning research and natural learning systems. Theme: To be useful, the learning methods used by our fields must be able to handle the complications inherent in real-world tasks. We therefore encourage researchers to submit papers that discuss extensions to learning systems that let them address issues such as: * handling many irrelevant features * dealing with large amounts of noise * inducing very complex concepts * mining enormous sets of data * learning over extended periods of time * exploiting large amounts of background knowledge We welcome theoretical analyses, comparative studies of existing algorithms, psychological models of learning in complex domains, and reports on relevant new techniques. Submissions: Authors should submit three copies of an abstract (100 words or less) and a summary (2000 words or less) of original research to: CLNL'93 Workshop Learning Systems Department Siemens Corporate Research 755 College Road East Princeton, NJ 08540-6632 by 30 June 1993. We will also accept plain-text, stand-alone LaTeX or Postscript submissions sent by electronic mail to clnl93@learning.scr.siemens.com Each submission will be refereed by the workshop organizers and evaluated based on its relevance to the theme, originality, clarity, and significance. Copies of accepted abstracts will be distributed at the workshop, and MIT Press has agreed to publish an edited volume that incorporates papers from the meeting, subject to revisions and additional reviewing. Invited Talks: Tom Dietterich Oregon State University Ron Rivest Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leo Breiman University of California, Berkeley Yann le Cun Bell Laboratories Important Dates: Deadline for submissions: 30 June 1993 Notification of acceptance: 20 July 1993 CLNL'93 Workshop: 10-12 September 1993 Organizing Committee: Russell Greiner, Steve Hanson, Stephen Judd, Pat Langley, Thomas Petsche, Ron Rivest, Tomaso Poggio Registration Information is available from clnl93@learning.scr.siemens.com or the above address. ------------------------------ Subject: Symbolic Knowledge and Neural Learning: MLj Special Issue CFP From: Jude Shavlik <shavlik@cs.wisc.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 14:30:13 -0600 CALL FOR PAPERS for a Special Issue of the Journal MACHINE LEARNING on SYMBOLIC KNOWLEDGE AND NEURAL LEARNING (edited by C. L. Giles and J. W. Shavlik) This special issue will focus on novel and effective methods for acquiring and refining symbolic knowledge with neural learning. Particular topics of interest include insertion of prior knowledge into neural networks, alterations to standard neural training that are appropriate for the refinement of symbolic knowledge, and understanding trained neural networks. Submission deadline: November 1, 1993 (See a recent issue of Machine Learning for information for authors.) Send two (2) copies of submissions to: Jude Shavlik Computer Sciences Dept University of Wisconsin 1210 W. Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 USA (608) 262-7784 shavlik@cs.wisc.edu Also mail four (4) copies of submitted papers to: Karen Cullen MACHINE LEARNING Editorial Office Kluwer Academic Publishers 101 Philip Drive Norwell, MA 02061 USA (617) 871-6300 karen@world.std.com Note: Machine Learning is now accepting submission of final copy in electronic form. There is a latex style file and related files available via anonymous ftp from world.std.com. Look in Kluwer/styles/journals for the files machl.sty, machl.doc, jpsfonts.sty, joursamp.tex, and jourtmpl.tex. ------------------------------ Subject: Brain Development Symposium in June From: Dario Ringach <dario@cns.nyu.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 09:31:34 -0500 THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN FUNCTION An International Symposium at New York University June 15 - 19, 1993 The Center for Neural Science at Scientific sessions will cover: New York University will hold its second International Symposium, o Cell-cell interactions The Development of Brain Function, at the Washington Square campus in o Migration and differentiation June, 1993. The symposium will begin on Tuesday afternoon, June o Neuroethological perspectives 15th, and end at lunchtime on Saturday, June 19th. The program o Activity-dependent processes will concentrate on areas of developmental neuroscience that o Visual and auditory function have seen substantial progress in recent years. The 40 distinguished o Connections and architecture invited speakers will cover topics of cortex that range from molecular and cel- lular mechanisms of brain develop- o Development of higher brain ment to analyses of infant function behavior. The symposium will be open to up to 400 attendees. The symposium is supported in part Registration cost is $75 ($40 for by an education grant from the students). Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Speakers Israel Abramov Darcy Kelley Chiye Aoki Lynne Kiorpes Jocelyn Bachevalier Eric Knudsen Martin Banks Patricia Kuhl Elizabeth Bates Arthur Lander Colin Blakemore Susan McConnell Tobias Bonhoeffer Kenneth Miller Sarah Bottjer David Moore Thomas Carew Anthony Movshon Connie Cepko Paul Patterson Martha Constantine-Paton Pasko Rakic Michael Friedlander Edwin Rubel Lincoln Gray Dan Sanes Ralph Greenspan Joshua Sanes Martin Grumet Carla Shatz Jeff Hall Nicholas Spitzer Mary Beth Hatten Michael Stryker Susan Hockfield Davida Teller Thomas Jessell Tim Tully Lawrence Katz Lynne Werner For further information, please contact: Jeanette Tacoronte Phone: 212 998-3949 Center for Neural Science New York University FAX: 212 995-4011 4 Washington Place, Room 809 New York, NY 10003 Email: symposium@cns.nyu.edu ************************************************************************ A complete program is available in electronic form. You can print the following page and use it as a registration form. ************************************************************************ THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN FUNCTION An International Symposium at New York University June 15 - 19, 1993 REGISTRATION FORM Name: ______________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________________________________________ FAX: ______________________________________________________ E-mail: ______________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FEES Regular: $75, Student*: $40 *Students should document their status with a letter from their sponsor HOUSING Please check here to receive information about local hotels____________ PAYMENT Enclose a check or money order in US $ payable to New York University. Amount enclosed: $_______________ Return completed form to: The Development of Brain Function Center for Neural Science New York University 4 Washington Place, Room 809 New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 998-3949 FAX: (212) 995-4011 E-mail:symposium@cns.nyu.edu ------------------------------ Subject: FIRST IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING From: "Alan C. Bovik" <bovik@cs.utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 01 May 93 10:57:40 -0600 FIRST IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING November 13-16, 1994 Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, USA PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS Sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics En- gineers (IEEE) Signal Processing Society, ICIP-94 is the inaugur- al international conference on theoretical, experimental and ap- plied 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 applica- tions in areas such as the biomedical sciences and geosciences. SCOPE: 1. IMAGE PROCESSING: Coding, Filtering, Enhancement, Restoration, Segmentation, Multiresolution Processing, Multispectral Process- ing, Image Representation, Image Analysis, Interpolation and Spa- tial Transformations, Motion Detection and Estimation, Image Se- quence 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, Ra- dio Astronomy, Speckle Imaging, Computer Holography, Confocal Mi- croscopy, 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 Represen- tation and Rendering, Graphics and Fonts, Architectures and Software for Display and Printing Systems, Image Quality, Visual- ization. 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 2-3 page summary of the paper in- cluding figures and references. Send five copies of the paper summaries 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 con- venience 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 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 dis- tance 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, VENDOR PRESENTATIONS, and SOCIAL EVENTS is being planned. Innovative proposals for TUTORIALS, and SPECIAL SESSIONS are invited. For further details about ICIP-94, please contact: Conference Management Services 3024 Thousand Oaks Drive Austin, Texas 78746 Tel: 512/327/4012; Fax:512/327/8132 email: icip@pine.ece.utexas.edu PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS FIRST IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING November 13-16, 1994 Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------ Subject: CforP: Workshop on NLP From: Ronan Reilly <rreilly@nova.ucd.ie> Date: Tue, 04 May 93 08:50:49 +0000 Call for Participation in the 2ND WORKSHOP ON THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING 26-27 July, 1993 Dublin City University Guest Speakers: Walter Daelemans University of Tilburg Ronan Reilly University College Dublin Attendance at the CSNLP workshop will be by invitation on the basis of a submitted paper. Those wishing to be considered should send a paper of not more than eight A4 pages to Sean O'Nuallain or Andy Way, School of Computer Applications, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland, by not later than 14 June, 1993. Notification of acceptance along with registration and accommodation details will be sent out by 25 June, 1993. Submitting authors should also send their fax number and/or e-mail address to help speed up the selection process. The particular focus of the workshop will be on the computational modelling of human natural language processing (NLP), and preference will be given to papers that present empirically supported computational models of any aspect of human NLP. An additional goal in selecting papers will be to provide coverage of a range of NLP areas. ------------------------------ Subject: AAAI Spring Symposium Series 1994 Call for Proposals From: Rick Skalsky <skalsky@aaai.org> Date: Tue, 04 May 93 11:31:56 -0800 1994 Spring Symposium Series Call for Proposals AAAI invites proposals for the 1994 Spring Symposium Series, to be held at Stanford University, March 21-23, 1994. The Spring Symposium Series is a yearly set of symposia, designed to bring colleagues together in small, intimate forums. There will be about eight symposia on various topics in the 1994 Spring Symposium Series. All symposia will be limited in size. The symposia will run in parallel for two and one-half days. The symposia will allow for presentation of speculative work and work in progress, as well as completed work. Ample discussion time will be scheduled in each symposium. Working notes will be prepared, and distributed to the participants. Chairs can determine whether the working notes of their symposia will be available as AAAI Technical Reports following the meeting. Most participants of the symposia will be selected on the basis of statements of interest or abstracts submitted to the symposia chairs; some open registration will be allowed. Participants will be expected to attend a single symposium. Proposals for symposia should be between two and five pages in length, and should contain: - A title for the symposium - A description of the symposium, identifying specific areas of interest - Evidence that the symposium is of interest at this time--such as a completed, successful one-day workshop on a related topic - The names and addresses of the organizing committee, preferably three or four people at different sites, all of whom have agreed to serve on the committee - A list of several potential participants. Ideally, the entire organizing committee should collaborate in producing the proposal. If possible, a draft proposal should be sent out to a few of the potential participants and their comments solicited. All proposals will be reviewed by the AAAI Symposium Committee (cochairs: Lynn Andrea Stein, MIT; and Jim Hendler, University of Maryland). The criteria for acceptance of proposals include: - An appropriate level of perceived interest in the topic of the symposium among AAAI members. (Symposia proposals that appear to be too popular to fit in the size constraints should be turned into regular AAAI workshops.) - No long-term ongoing series of activities in the particular topic. (The Spring Symposium Series serves more to nurture interest in particular topics than to maintain it over a number of years.) The existence of activities in related and more-general topics will help to indicate the level of interest in the particular topic. - An appropriate organizing committee. - Accepted proposals will be distributed as widely as possible over the subfields of AI, and balanced between theoretical and applied topics. Symposia bridging theory and practice are particularly solicited. Symposium proposals should be submitted as soon as possible, but no later than June 7, 1993. Proposals that are submitted significantly before this deadline can be in draft form. Comments on how to improve and complete the proposal will be returned to the submitter in time for revisions to be made before the deadline. Notifications of acceptance or rejection will be sent to submitters around June 21, 1993. The submitters of accepted proposals will become the chair of the symposium, unless alternative arrangements are made. The symposium organizing committees will be responsible for: - Producing, in conjunction with the general chair, a Call for Participation for the symposium, which will be published in the AI Magazine - Reviewing requests to participate in the symposium and determining symposium participants - Preparing working notes for the symposium - Scheduling the activities of the symposium - Preparing a short review of the symposium, to be printed in the AI Magazine. AAAI will provide logistical support, will take care of all local arrangements, and will arrange for reproducing and distributing the working notes. Please submit (preferably by electronic mail) your symposium proposals, and inquiries concerning symposia, to both of the chairs: Jim Hendler (hendler@cs.umd.edu) Department of Computer Science University of Maryland AV Williams Building College Park, MD 20742 USA Lynn Andrea Stein (las@ai.mit.edu) AI Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology 545 Technology Square #811 Cambridge, MA 02139 USA ------------------------------ Subject: Workshp on ANN From: jramire@conicit.ve (Jose Ramirez G. (AVINTA)) Date: Tue, 04 May 93 23:47:38 -0400 ************************************************************** Call For Panelists and Call For Particiation . . Panel on "Research directions and applications of Artificial Neural Networks" . . The second World Congress on Expert Systems will be help in Lisbon, Portugal, 10-14 January 1.994. During the congress a panel focused on "Research directions and applications of Artificial Neural Networks" will be conducted. . Panelist proposal are requested, according to the following: . 1. 5 or 6 panelists will be selected. The panel will have presentations of 10 min. per panelist, plus a questions and answers period of 30 min. . 2. Proposals must include a brief vitae (10 lines) of the panelist and a description of the topic to be addressed during the panel (5 lines). . 3. Proposals must be sent by e-mail of fax to: . Jose Ramirez email: jramire@conicit.ve fax : +58-2-2832689 . 4. The proposals must be received by May 28, 1.993. . 5. The selected panelist must fill a registration form for the congress(at a reduced fee) and confirm the participation in the event. ************************************************************* ------------------------------ Subject: 2nd Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop: Language and Memory From: Joe Levy <joe@cogsci.edinburgh.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 07 May 93 11:15:11 +0000 2nd Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop: Language and Memory. University of Edinburgh 10th-13th September Preliminary Call for Participation Following on from last year's very successful workshop on "Neurodynamics and Psychology" at Bangor University, it has been suggested that a workshop on some aspect of connectionist modelling in psychology should be held in the UK every year. This year the Connectionism and Cognition Research Group at the University of Edinburgh will host a workshop under the general theme of "language and memory" in Edinburgh between Friday 10th and Monday 13th September. We are currently preparing a program and will post details as soon as possible. The main sessions are likely to include memory, speech processing and reading. The workshop will be single track with a small number of invited speakers. Attendance will be limited to 50 people to allow ample time for discussion. For further details contact: Joe Levy Phone: +44 31 650 4450 | University of Edinburgh Fax: +44 31 650 4587 | Human Communication Research ARPA: joe%cogsci.ed.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk | Centre, 2 Buccleuch Place JANET: joe@uk.ac.ed.cogsci | Edinburgh EH8 9LW Scotland ------------------------------ Subject: CFP: music/creativity issue of Connection Science From: "Peter M. Todd" <ptodd@SPO.ROWLAND.ORG> Date: Sun, 09 May 93 17:58:54 -0500 **** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE **** MUSIC AND CREATIVITY Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Connection Science Over the last few years there has been a vertiginous growth in the connectionist exploration of many domains, including music. Music has traditionally been one of the least studied areas of cognition, in part because of the complexity of musical phenomena and their language-like connections between many levels and modalities of thought. But the application of network-based computational techniques to aspects of musicality and creativity has resulted in a variety of illuminating models. The time now seems right for an overview of the agenda being followed by connectionists in this area, the articulation of the central issues in the field, and a forum for the discussion of future directions. To this end, we are inviting papers covering the whole field of connectionist modelling of music, arts, and creativity for a special issue of the journal Connection Science. Papers may be either empirical or theoretical, but must communicate predominantly unpublished ideas. We are particularly interested in receiving work in the following areas (although we emphasize music here, other areas of creativity and artistic endeavour may be substituted): 1. The limits and possibilities for connectionism in modelling creativity. 2. Modelling cognitive aspects of music: meter, rhythm, tonality, harmony and melody. 3. The use of neural networks in creating pieces of music, choreography, visual art, etc. 4. Modelling the integration of lower- and higher-level musical knowledge, including hierarchical representations. 5. The representation of intermodal relationships between musical dimensions, e.g. tonality and rhythm. 6. Developmental models of musical cognition. 7. Psychoacoustic models underlying categorical pitch and other musical phenomena. 8. Models of auditory streaming, attention, phrasing, and grouping. 9. Connectionist models of timbre. 10. Models of cross-cultural differences or universals. 11. Comparative models of music and language. 12. The use of sequential, recurrent, predictive, and chaotic network models for creative phenomena. 13. Cognitive neuroscience models of musical phenomena. We are particularly interested in stimulating discussion with this special issue of the present and future of this field, and papers should explore the importance of issues raised by the research as broadly as possible. An awareness of the cognitive plausibility and implications of the ideas presented is also essential. Requirements for Submission All papers will be rigorously refereed. Guidelines for submission of papers to Connection Science can be found in issues of the Journal and are also available from lyn@dcs.exeter.ac.uk (or by mail from Lyn Shackleton, University of Exeter, address as below). Authors are encouraged to contact the editors with any questions about proposed papers or the relevance of their work for this special issue. Authors must submit five (5) printed copies of their papers to either of the addresses listed below by OCTOBER 15 1993. Each copy of the paper should be fronted by a separate title page listing its title, authors, their addresses, surface-mail and E-mail, and an abstract of under 200 words. Notification of receipt will be electronically mailed to the first (or designated) author. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be mailed by DECEMBER 31 1993. Final versions of accepted papers will be due MARCH 1 1994. Special Issue Editors: Niall Griffith Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4PT, England. E-mail: ngr@dcs.exeter.ac.uk Peter M. Todd The Rowland Institute for Science 100 Edwin H. Land Boulevard Cambridge, MA 02142 USA E-mail: ptodd@spo.rowland.org ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 11 Issue 35] *****************************************