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The ftp archives are available from psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31) in pub/Neuron-Digest or by sending a message to "archive-server@psych.upenn.edu". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: AAAI-94 Workshop on Integration of Nat Lang and Vis Processing From: Paul Mc Kevitt Date: Sat, 05 Feb 1994 13:48:22 +0000 *PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST* Advance Announcement CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION AAAI-94 Workshop on the Integration of Natural Language and Vision Processing Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-94) Seattle, Washington, USA 2 days during July 31st-August 4th 1994 Chair: Paul Mc Kevitt Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION There has been a recent move towards considering the integration of perception sources in Artificial Intelligence (AI) (see Dennett 1991 and Mc Kevitt (Guest Ed.) 1994). This workshop will focus on research involved in the integration of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Vision Processing (VP). Although there has been much progress in developing theories, models and systems in the areas of NLP and VP there has been little progress on integrating these two subareas of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is not clear why there has not already been much activity in integrating NLP and VP. Is it because of the long-time reductionist trend in science up until the recent emphasis on chaos theory, non-linear systems, and emergent behaviour? Or, is it because the people who have tended to work on NLP tend to be in other Departments, or of a different ilk, to those who have worked on VP? We believe it is high time to bring together NLP and VP. Already we have advertised a call for papers for a special issue of the Journal of AI Review to focus on the integration of NLP and VP and we have had a tremendous response. There will be three special issues focussing on theory and applications of NLP and VP. Also, there will be an issue focussing on intelligent multimedia systems. The workshop is of particular interest at this time because research in NLP and VP have advanced to the stage that they can each benefit from integrated approaches. Also, such integration is important as people in NLP and VP can gain insight from each others' work. References Dennett, Daniel (1991) Consciousness explained Harmondsworth: Penguin Mc Kevitt, Paul (1994) (Guest Editor) Integration of Natural Language and Vision Processing Special Volume (Issues 1,2,3) of AI Review Journal Dordrecht: Kluwer (forthcoming) WORKSHOP TOPICS: The workshop will focus on three themes: * Theoretical issues on integrated NLP and VP * Systems exhibiting integrated NLP and VP * Intelligent multimedia involving NLP and VP The following issues will be focussed upon during the workshop: * Common representations for NLP and VP * How does NLP help VP and vice-versa? * What does integration buy us? * Symbolic versus connectionist models * Varieties of communication between NLP and VP processors * Designs for integrating NLP + VP * Tools for integrating NLP + VP * Possible applications of integration WORKSHOP FORMAT: Our intention is to have as much discussion as possible during the workshop and to stress panel sessions and discussion rather than having formal paper presentations. We will also organize a number of presentations on Site Descriptions of ongoing work on NLP + VP. There may be a number of invited speakers. Day 1: Theory and modelling for integrated NLP and VP. Day 2: Systems for integrated NLP/VP, and intelligent multimedia. ATTENDANCE: We hope to have an attendance between 25-50 people at the workshop. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Papers of not more than 8 pages should be submitted by electronic mail to Paul Mc Kevitt at p.mckevitt@dcs.shef.ac.uk. Preferred format is two columns with 3/4 " margins all round. Papers must be printed to 8 1/2" x 11" size. Double sided printing is encouraged. If you cannot submit your paper by e-mail please submit three copies by snail mail. *******Submission Deadline: March 18th 1994 *******Notification Date: April 8th 1994 *******Camera ready Copy: April 29th 1994 PUBLICATION: Workshop notes/preprints will be published by AAAI. If there is sufficient interest we will publish a book on the workshop with AAAI Press. WORKSHOP CHAIR: Paul Mc Kevitt Department of Computer Science Regent Court University of Sheffield 211 Portobello Street GB- S1 4DP, Sheffield England, UK, EC. e-mail: p.mckevitt@dcs.shef.ac.uk fax: +44 742 780972 phone: +44 742 825572 (office) 825590 (secretary) WORKSHOP COMMITTEE: Prof. Mike Brady (Oxford, England) Prof. Jerry Feldman (ICSI, Berkeley, USA) Prof. John Frisby (Sheffield, England) Dr. Eduard Hovy (USC ISI, Los Angeles, USA) Dr. Mark Maybury (MITRE, Cambridge, USA) Dr. Ryuichi Oka (RWC, Tsukuba, Japan) Dr. Terry Reiger (ICSI, Berkeley, USA) Prof. Roger Schank (ILS, Illinois, USA) Dr. Oliviero Stock (IRST, Italy) Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster (DFKI, Germany) Prof. Yorick Wilks (Sheffield, England) *PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST* ------------------------------ Subject: Advertisement Request From: Date: Mon, 07 Feb 1994 11:46:00 +0000 *************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS ICONIP '94 - Seoul International Conference on Neural Information Processing October 17 - October 20, 1994 The Swiss Grand Hotel, Seoul, Korea *************************************************************************** Organized by Korean Association for Intelligent Information Systems Sponsored by Asian Pacific Neural Network Assembly In Cooperation with IEEE Neural Networks Council, International Neural Networks Society, European Neural Network Society, Japanese Neural Network Society. Conference Co-Chairs: S. Amari, I. K. Kang, S. T. Yang Intenational Advisory Committee: T. Kohonen, B. Widrow, R. J. Marks II, H. Szu, W. Freeman, R. C. Eberhart, I. Aleksander, G. Matsumoto, Y. S. Wu. Organizing Committee C-Chairs: S. Y. Bang, K. B. Cho, H. S. Chung Program Committee Co-Chairs: S. Y. Lee, M. W. Kim, K. Fukushima, S. Grossberg, E. Caianiello. Topics of Interests: Neurobiological Systems Image Processing & Vision Neural Networks Architecture Speech Recognition & Language Network Dynamics Robotics & Control Cognitive Science Implementation(Electronic, Optical, and Bio-Chips) Learning & Memory Hybrid Systems(Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithm, Expert Systems, Chaos, and AI) Sensorimotor Systems Time-Series Prediction Optimization, and Other Related Topics and Applications Submission of Papers Authors are required to submit one camera-ready original and five copies of the manuscripts (maximum six pages) in English to the address given at the bottom by April 30, 1994. The title of paper, full name of the author(s), affiliation(s) and mailing address should be given in the paper. Registration Fees Regular Participant Student Until Aug. 31,'94 US$200 US$50 After Aug. 31,'94 US$250 US$70 Exhibition and Social Programs Exhibition of neural network products and prototypes will be held in conjunction with the conference. Opening Reception, Banquet, and Coffee Breaks will provide chances for the participants to mingle and communicate with their colleagues. Time Table Deadline for paper submission April 30, 1994 Notice of acceptance July 31, 1994 Deadline for advance registration and hotel reservation August 31, 1994 Further Information and Paper Submission: ICONIP'94 Seoul Secretariat, ICONIP'94-Seoul Secritariat, c/o INTERCOM Convention Service, Inc. SL, Kang Nam P.O. Box 641, Seoul, 135-606, Korea. E-mail: ICONIP@cair.kaist.ac.kr, Tel:+82-2-515-1560, Fax:+82-2-516-4807. **************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Subject: ESANN'94: European Symposium on ANNs From: esann@dice.ucl.ac.be Date: Sun, 06 Feb 1994 21:19:13 +0100 ****************************************************************** * European Symposium * * on Artificial Neural Networks * * * * Brussels (Belgium) - April 20-21-22, 1994 * * * * Preliminary Program and registration form * ****************************************************************** Foreword ******** The actual developments in the field of artificial neural networks mark a watershed in its relatively young history. Far from the blind passion for disparate applications some years ago, the tendency is now to an objective assessment of this emerging technology, with a better knowledge of the basic concepts, and more appropriate comparisons and links with classical methods of computing. Neural networks are not restricted to the use of back-propagation and multi-layer perceptrons. Self-organization, adaptive signal processing, vector quantization, classification, statistics, image and speech processing are some of the domains where neural networks techniques may be successfully used; but a beneficial use goes through an in-depth examination of both the theoretical basis of the neural techniques and standard methods commonly used in the specified domain. ESANN'94 is the second symposium covering these specified aspects of neural networks computing. After a successful edition in 1993, ESANN'94 will open new perspectives, by focusing on theoretical and mathematical aspects of neural networks, biologically-inspired models, statistical aspects, and relations between neural networks and both information and signal processing (classification, vector quantization, self-organization, approximation of functions, image and speech processing,...). The steering and program committees of ESANN'94 are pleased to invite you to participate to this symposium. More than a formal conference presenting the last developments in the field, ESANN'94 will be also a forum for open discussions, round tables and opportunities for future collaborations. We hope to have the pleasure to meet you in April, in the splendid town of Brussels, and that your stay in Belgium will be as scientifically beneficial as agreeable. Symposium information ********************* Registration fees for symposium - ------------------------------- registration before registration after 18th March 1994 18th March 1994 Universities BEF 14500 BEF 15500 Industries BEF 18500 BEF 19500 Registration fees include attendance to all sessions, the ESANN'94 banquet, a copy of the conference proceedings, daily lunches (20-22 April '94), and coffee breaks twice a day during the symposium. Advance registration is mandatory. Young researchers may apply for grants offered by the European Community (restricted to citizens or residents of a Western European country or, tentatively, Central or Eastern European country - deadline for applications: March 11th, 1994 - please write to the conference secretariat for details). Advance payments (see registration form) must be made to the conference secretariat by bank transfers in Belgian Francs (free of charges) or by sending a cheque (add BEF 500 for processing fees). Language - -------- The official language of the conference is English. It will be used for all printed material, presentations and discussions. Proceedings - ----------- A copy of the proceedings will be provided to all Conference Registrants. All technical papers will be included in the proceedings. Additional copies of the proceedings (ESANN'93 and ESANN'94) may be purchased at the following rate: ESANN'94 proceedings: BEF 2000 ESANN'93 proceedings: BEF 1500. Add BEF 500 to any order for p.&p. and/or bank charges. Please write to the conference secretariat for ordering proceedings. Conference dinner - ----------------- A banquet will be offered on Thursday 21th to all conference registrants in a famous and typical place of Brussels. Additional vouchers for the banquet may be purchased on Wednesday 20th at the conference. Cancellation - ------------ If cancellation is received by 25th March 1994, 50% of the registration fees will be returned. Cancellation received after this date will not be entitled to any refund. General information ******************* Brussels, Belgium - ----------------- Brussels is not only the host city of the European Commission and of hundreds of multinational companies; it is also a marvelous historical town, with typical quarters, famous monuments known throughout the world, and the splendid "Grand-Place". It is a cultural and artistic center, with numerous museums. Night life in Brussels is considerable. There are of lot of restaurants and pubs open late in the night, where typical Belgian dishes can be tasted with one of the more than 1000 different beers. Hotel accommodation - ------------------- Special rates for participants to ESANN'94 have been arranged at the MAYFAIR HOTEL, a De Luxe 4 stars hotel with 99 fully air conditioned guest rooms, tastefully decorated to the highest standards of luxury and comfort. The hotel includes two restaurants, a bar and private parking. Public transportation (trams n093 & 94) goes directly from the hotel to the conference center (Parc stop) Single room BEF 2800 Double room or twin room BEF 3500 Prices include breakfast, taxes and service. Rooms can only be confirmed upon receipt of booking form (see at the end of this booklet) and deposit. Located on the elegant Avenue Louise, the exclusive Hotel Mayfair is a short walk from the "uppertown" luxurious shopping district. Also nearby is the 14th century Cistercian abbey and the magnificent "Bois de la Cambre" park with its open-air cafes - ideal for a leisurely stroll at the end of a busy day. HOTEL MAYFAIR tel: +32 2 649 98 00 381 av. Louise fax: +32 2 649 22 49 1050 Brussels - Belgium Conference location - ------------------- The conference will be held at the "Chancellerie" of the Generale de Banque. A map is included in the printed programme. Generale de Banque - Chancellerie 1 rue de la Chancellerie 1000 Brussels - Belgium Conference secretariat D facto conference services tel: + 32 2 245 43 63 45 rue Masui fax: + 32 2 245 46 94 B-1210 Brussels - Belgium E-mail: esann@dice.ucl.ac.be PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE ************************* Wednesday 20th April 1994 - ------------------------- 9H30 Registration 10H00 Opening session Session 1: Neural networks and chaos Chairman: M. Hasler (Ecole Polytechnique Fidirale de Lausanne, Switzerland) 10H10 "Concerning the formation of chaotic behaviour in recurrent neural networks" T. Kolb, K. Berns Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe (Germany) 10H30 "Stability and bifurcation in an autoassociative memory model" W.G. Gibson, J. Robinson, C.M. Thomas University of Sidney (Australia) 10H50 Coffee break Session 2: Theoretical aspects 1 Chairman: C. Jutten (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France) 11H30 "Capabilities of a structured neural network. Learning and comparison with classical techniques" J. Codina, J. C. Aguado, J.M. Fuertes Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain) 11H50 "Projection learning: alternative approaches to the computation of the projection" K. Weigl, M. Berthod INRIA Sophia Antipolis (France) 12H10 "Stability bounds of momentum coefficient and learning rate in backpropagation algorithm"" Z. Mao, T.C. Hsia University of California at Davis (USA) 12H30 Lunch Session 3: Links between neural networks and statistics Chairman: J.C. Fort (Universiti Nancy I, France) 14H00 "Model selection for neural networks: comparing MDL and NIC"" G. te Brake*, J.N. Kok*, P.M.B. Vitanyi** *Utrecht University, **Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 14H20 "Estimation of performance bounds in supervised classification" P. Comon*, J.L. Voz**, M. Verleysen** *Thomson-Sintra Sophia Antipolis (France), **Universiti Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) 14H40 "Input Parameters' estimation via neural networks" I.V. Tetko, A.I. Luik Institute of Bioorganic & Petroleum Chemistry, Kiev (Ukraine) 15H00 "Combining multi-layer perceptrons in classification problems" E. Filippi, M. Costa, E. Pasero Politecnico di Torino (Italy) 15H20 Coffee break Session 4: Algorithms 1 Chairman: J. Hirault (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France) 16H00 "Diluted neural networks with binary couplings: a replica symmetry breaking calculation of the storage capacity" J. Iwanski, J. Schietse Limburgs Universitair Centrum (Belgium) 16H20 "Storage capacity of the reversed wedge perceptron with binary connections" G.J. Bex, R. Serneels Limburgs Universitair Centrum (Belgium) 16H40 "A general model for higher order neurons" F.J. Lopez-Aligue, M.A. Jaramillo-Moran, I. Acedevo-Sotoca, M.G. Valle Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz (Spain) 17H00 "A discriminative HCNN modeling" B. Petek University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) Thursday 21th April 1994 - ------------------------ Session 5: Biological models Chairman: P. Lansky (Academy of Science of the Czech Republic) 9H00 "Biologically plausible hybrid network design and motor control" G.R. Mulhauser University of Edinburgh (Scotland) 9H20 "Analysis of critical effects in a stochastic neural model" W. Mommaerts, E.C. van der Meulen, T.S. Turova K.U. Leuven (Belgium) 9H40 "Stochastic model of odor intensity coding in first-order olfactory neurons" J.P. Rospars*, P. Lansky** *INRA Versailles (France), **Academy of Sciences, Prague (Czech Republic) 10H00 "Memory, learning and neuromediators" A.S. Mikhailov Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin (Germany), and Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russia) 10H20 "An explicit comparison of spike dynamics and firing rate dynamics in neural network modeling" F. Chapeau-Blondeau, N. Chambet Universiti d'Angers (France) 10H40 Coffee break Session 6: Algorithms 2 Chairman: T. Denoeux (Universiti Technologique de Compihgne, France) 11H10 "A stop criterion for the Boltzmann machine learning algorithm" B. Ruf Carleton University (Canada) 11H30 "High-order Boltzmann machines applied to the Monk's problems" M. Grana, V. Lavin, A. D'Anjou, F.X. Albizuri, J.A. Lozano UPV/EHU, San Sebastian (Spain) 11H50 "A constructive training algorithm for feedforward neural networks with ternary weights" F. Aviolat, E. Mayoraz Ecole Polytechnique Fidirale de Lausanne (Switzerland) 12H10 "Synchronization in a neural network of phase oscillators with time delayed coupling" T.B. Luzyanina Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russia) 12H30 Lunch Session 7: Evolutive and incremental learning Chairman: T.J. Stonham (Brunel University, UK) - to be confirmed 14H00 "Reinforcement learning and neural reinforcement learning" S. Sehad, C. Touzet Ecole pour les Etudes et la Recherche en Informatique et Electronique, Nnmes (France) 14H20 "Improving piecewise linear separation incremental algorithms using complexity reduction methods" J.M. Moreno, F. Castillo, J. Cabestany Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain) 14H40 "A comparison of two weight pruning methods" O. Fambon, C. Jutten Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (France) 15H00 "Extending immediate reinforcement learning on neural networks to multiple actions" C. Touzet Ecole pour les Etudes et la Recherche en Informatique et Electronique, Nnmes (France) 15H20 "Incremental increased complexity training" J. Ludik, I. Cloete University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) 15H40 Coffee break Session 8: Function approximation Chairman: E. Filippi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) - to be confirmed 16H20 "Approximation of continuous functions by RBF and KBF networks" V. Kurkova, K. Hlavackova Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 16H40 "An optimized RBF network for approximation of functions" M. Verleysen*, K. Hlavackova** *Universiti Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), **Academy of Science of the Czech Republic 17H00 "VLSI complexity reduction by piece-wise approximation of the sigmoid function" V. Beiu, J.A. Peperstraete, J. Vandewalle, R. Lauwereins K.U. Leuven (Belgium) 20H00 Conference dinner Friday 22th April 1994 - ---------------------- Session 9: Algorithms 3 Chairman: J. Vandewalle (K.U. Leuven, Belgium) - to be confirmed 9H00 "Dynamic pattern selection for faster learning and controlled generalization of neural networks" A. Rvbel Technische Universitdt Berlin (Germany) 9H20 "Noise reduction by multi-target learning" J.A. Bullinaria Edinburgh University (Scotland) 9H40 "Variable binding in a neural network using a distributed representation" A. Browne, J. Pilkington South Bank University, London (UK) 10H00 "A comparison of neural networks, linear controllers, genetic algorithms and simulated annealing for real time control" M. Chiaberge*, J.J. Merelo**, L.M. Reyneri*, A. Prieto**, L. Zocca* *Politecnico di Torino (Italy), **Universidad de Granada (Spain) 10H20 "Visualizing the learning process for neural networks" R. Rojas Freie Universitdt Berlin (Germany) 10H40 Coffee break Session 10: Theoretical aspects 2 Chairman: M. Cottrell (Universiti Paris I, France) 11H20 "Stability analysis of diagonal recurrent neural networks" Y. Tan, M. Loccufier, R. De Keyser, E. Noldus University of Gent (Belgium) 11H40 "Stochastics of on-line back-propagation" T. Heskes University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA) 12H00 "A lateral contribution learning algorithm for multi MLP architecture" N. Pican*, J.C. Fort**, F. Alexandre* *INRIA Lorraine, **Universiti Nancy I (France) 12H20 Lunch Session 11: Self-organization Chairman: F. Blayo (EERIE Nnmes, France) 14H00 "Two or three things that we know about the Kohonen algorithm" M. Cottrell*, J.C. Fort**, G. Paghs*** Universitis *Paris 1, **Nancy 1, ***Paris 6 (France) 14H20 "Decoding functions for Kohonen maps" M. Alvarez, A. Varfis CEC Joint Research Center, Ispra (Italy) 14H40 "Improvement of learning results of the selforganizing map by calculating fractal dimensions" H. Speckmann, G. Raddatz, W. Rosenstiel University of T|bingen (Germany) 15H00 Coffee break Session 11 (continued): Self-organization Chairman: F. Blayo (EERIE Nnmes, France) 15H40 "A non linear Kohonen algorithm" J.-C. Fort*, G. Paghs** *Universiti Nancy 1, **Universitis Pierre et Marie Curie, et Paris 12 (France) 16H00 "Self-organizing maps based on differential equations" A. Kanstein, K. Goser Universitdt Dortmund (Germany) 16H20 "Instabilities in self-organized feature maps with short neighbourhood range" R. Der, M. Herrmann Universitdt Leipzig (Germany) ESANN'94 Registration and Hotel Booking Form ******************************************** Registration fees - ----------------- registration before registration after 18th March 1994 18th March 1994 Universities BEF 14500 BEF 15500 Industries BEF 18500 BEF 19500 University fees are applicable to members and students of academic and teaching institutions. 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Registration and hotel booking form, together with payment, must be send as soon as possible, and in no case later than 8th April 1994, to the conference secretariat: &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& & D facto conference services - ESANN'94 & & 45, rue Masui - B-1210 Brussels - Belgium & &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Support ******* ESANN'94 is organized with the support of: - - Commission of the European Communities (DG XII, Human Capital and Mobility programme) - - IEEE Region 8 - - IFIP WG 10.6 on neural networks - - Region of Brussels-Capital - - EERIE (Ecole pour les Etudes et la Recherche en Informatique et Electronique - Nnmes) - - UCL (Universiti Catholique de Louvain - Louvain-la-Neuve) - - REGARDS (Research Group on Algorithmic, Related Devices and Systems - UCL) Steering committee ****************** Frangois Blayo EERIE, Nnmes (F) Marie Cottrell Univ. Paris I (F) Nicolas Franceschini CNRS Marseille (F) Jeanny Hirault INPG Grenoble (F) Michel Verleysen UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B) Scientific committee ******************** Luis Almeida INESC - Lisboa (P) Jorge Barreto UCL Louvain-en-Woluwe (B) Hervi Bourlard L. & H. Speech Products (B) Joan Cabestany Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E) Dave Cliff University of Sussex (UK) Pierre Comon Thomson-Sintra Sophia (F) Holk Cruse Universitdt Bielefeld (D) Dante Del Corso Politecnico di Torino (I) Marc Duranton Philips / LEP (F) Jean-Claude Fort Universiti Nancy I (F) Karl Goser Universitdt Dortmund (D) Martin Hasler EPFL Lausanne (CH) Philip Husbands University of Sussex (UK) Christian Jutten INPG Grenoble (F) Petr Lansky Acad. of Science of the Czech Rep. (CZ) Jean-Didier Legat UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B) Jean Arcady Meyer Ecole Normale Supirieure - Paris (F) Erkki Oja Helsinky University of Technology (SF) Guy Orban KU Leuven (B) Gilles Paghs Universiti Paris I (F) Alberto Prieto Universitad de Granada (E) Pierre Puget LETI Grenoble (F) Ronan Reilly University College Dublin (IRE) Tamas Roska Hungarian Academy of Science (H) Jean-Pierre Rospars INRA Versailles (F) Jean-Pierre Royet Universiti Lyon 1 (F) John Stonham Brunel University (UK) Lionel Tarassenko University of Oxford (UK) John Taylor King's College London (UK) Vincent Torre Universita di Genova (I) Claude Touzet EERIE Nnmes (F) Joos Vandewalle KUL Leuven (B) Eric Vittoz CSEM Neuchbtel (CH) Christian Wellekens Eurecom Sophia-Antipolis (F) - --------------------------- Cut here ------------------------------- _____________________________ Michel Verleysen D facto conference services 45 rue Masui 1210 Brussels Belgium tel: +32 2 245 43 63 fax: +32 2 245 46 94 E-mail: esann@dice.ucl.ac.be _____________________________ ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 13 Issue 6] **************************************** Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 4657; Tue, 08 Feb 94 23:34:44 EST Received: from noc4.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Tue, 08 Feb 94 23:34:41 EST Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc4.dccs.upenn.edu id AA26990; Tue, 8 Feb 94 23:23:49 -0500 Return-Path: Received: by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA10009; Tue, 8 Feb 94 21:58:09 EST Posted-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 1994 21:56:11 EST From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V13 #7 (KR94 conference) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Tue, 08 Feb 1994 21:56:11 EST Message-Id: <10001.760762571@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Tuesday, 8 Feb 19?4 Volume 13 : Issue 7 Today's Topics: KR94: Program and Conference Information Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@psych.upenn.edu". The ftp archives are available from psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31) in pub/Neuron-Digest or by sending a message to "archive-server@psych.upenn.edu". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: KR94: Program and Conference Information From: KR94 Conference Service Date: Thu, 03 Feb 1994 20:37:26 +0100 KR'94 - Program and Registration Information Fourth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Gustav Stresemann Institut Bonn, Germany May 24-27, 1994 With support from the Gesellschaft fuer Informatik, the Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence, the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of In- telligence, and the European Coordinating Committee on Artificial Intelli- gence; in cooperation with the American Association for Artificial Intelli- gence and the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, Inc. ABOUT KR'94 KR'94, the first in its series to be held in Europe, provides a more intimate setting than that of general AI conferences for researchers studying explicit representations of knowledge manipulated by inference algorithms, which pro- vide an important foundation for much work in Artificial Intelligence from na- tural language to expert systems. The conference emphasizes both the theoretical principles of knowledge representation and reasoning and the relationships between these principles and their embodiments in working systems. Presented papers, invited talks, panels, and audience discussion will address the following important ques- tions: (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 rea- soning? (3) How can these principles be embodied in implemented knowledge representa- tion 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.) LOCATION The KR'94 Conference will be held at the Gustav Stresemann Institut (GSI) in Bonn, Germany. The GSI is located just south of the downtown area within easy reach of the main train station. Major airports are Cologne/Bonn (with regular bus service to downtown Bonn), Duesseldorf (1 hour by train) and Frankfurt (2 hours by train). Registered participants will receive detailed information about the GSI and how to get there. CORRESPONDENCE KR'94 information: E-mail: kr94@cs.uni-bonn.de Regular KR'94 Mail: Institute of Computer Science III University of Bonn Roemerstr. 164 D-53117 Bonn Germany Phone: +49-228-550-281 Fax: +49-228-550-382 Automatic E-mail: If you send a message to kr94-info@cs.uni-bonn.de, a reply containing a copy of this announcement will be sent to the address in the sender field (without being read by a person). ORGANIZERS Conference Chair: Erik Sandewall, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linkoeping University, Sweden Program Chairs: Jon Doyle, Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT, USA Piero Torasso, Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita' di Torino, Italy Local Arrangements Chair: Gerhard Lakemeyer, Institute of Computer Science III, University of Bonn, Germany Publicity Chair: Werner Horn, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria 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), Ron Brachman (AT&T, USA) 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 (U Ulm, 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 (U. Rochester, USA) Marek Sergot (Imperial College, UK), Lokendra Shastri (ICSI, 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) INVITED TALKS Beyond Ignorance-Based Systems, W. A. Woods --- Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc., USA The field of artificial intelligence has a long tradition of exploiting the potential of limited domains. While this is beneficial as a way to get start- ed and has utility for applications of limited scope, these approaches will not scale to systems with more open-ended domains of knowledge. Many "knowledge-based" systems actually derive their success as much from ignorance as from the knowledge that they contain. That is, they succeed because they don't know any better. Too great a reliance on a closed-world assumption and default reasoning in a limited domain can result in a system that is fundamen- tally limited and cannot be extended beyond its initial domain. If the field of knowledge-based systems is to move beyond this stage, we need to develop knowledge representation and reasoning technology that is more robust in the face of domain extensions. Nonmonotonic reasoning becomes a lia- bility if the fundamental abilities of a system can be destroyed by the addi- tion of knowledge from a new domain. This talk will discuss some of the chal- lenges that we must meet to develop systems that can handle diverse ranges of knowledge. Non Standard Theories of Uncertainty in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Didier Dubois --- IRIT-CNRS Universite' Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France The last 15 years have witnessed a noticeable but scattered research effort towards a rational theory of plausible reasoning. While Bayesian nets have recently blossomed in this area, the role of logic and symbolic representa- tions continue to be prominent. Besides, the monopoly of probability theory as a tool for modelling uncertainty has been challenged by alternative ap- proaches such as belief functions and possibility theory. Current efforts search for a knowledge representation framework that combines the merits of classical logic and Bayesian probability. The aim of this talk is to try and provide a perspective view of uncertainty theories in plausible reasoning. The lecture will touch on the following issues: - The use of ordering relations in uncertainty modelling and its link to non-monotonic reasoning. - The problem of compositionality, and the difference between partial truth (as in fuzzy logic) and uncertainty. - Why Bayesian probabilities might be questioned in reasoning tasks that are not decision-driven. - The importance of representing generic, exception-tolerant, knowledge as distinct from uncertain evidence in plausible reasoning tasks. - The analysis of three forms of belief change: updating, revision, and focusing and their role in defeasible inference systems. Knowledge Representation Issues in Integrated Planning and Learning Systems Jaime Carbonell --- Carnegie Mellon University, USA Advances in Machine Learning and in non-linear planning systems in Artificial Intelligence have proceeded somewhat independently of Knowledge Representation issues. In essence, both fields borrow from KR the very essentials (e.g. typed FOL, or simple inheritance methods), and then proceed to address other important issues. However, the increasing sophistication of integrated archi- tectures such as SOAR. PRODIGY and THEO at CMU (that combine problem solving, planning and learning) place new demands on their KR infrastructures. These demands include reasoning about strategic knowledge as well as factual knowledge, supporting representational shifts in domain knowledge, and meta- reasoning about the system's own reasoning and learning processes. The presentation will focus on the PRODIGY architecture and its needs and implica- tions for KR, especially when these may be in divergence with the primary ac- tive topics in modern KR research. PROGRAM Monday, May 23: Registration and informal get-together, 5:00-10:00 p.m. ____________________________________________________________ Tuesday, May 24: Plenary Session: Invited Talk 9:00 Beyond Ignorance-Based Systems William A. Woods (Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc., USA) 10:10 Break Track A: Description Logics I 10:30 A Framework for Part-of Hierarchies in Terminological Logics Lin Padgham and Patrick Lambrix (Linkoeping U., Sweden) 11:05 A Computational Account for a Description Logic of Time and Action Alessandro Artale and Enrico Franconi (IRST, Italy) 11:40 Probabilistic Reasoning in Terminological Logics Manfred Jaeger (Max Plank Institut, Germany) 12:15 Lunch Track B: Logics of Knowledge and Belief 10:30 Knowledge, Certainty, Belief, and Conditionalisation Philippe Lamarre and Yoav Shoham (Stanford, USA) 11:05 Belief Ascription, Its Existence and Uniqueness Ronen I. Brafman (Stanford, USA) and Moshe Tennenholtz (Technion, Israel) 11:40 Strong Circumscription in Epistemic Logic Wiebe van der Hoek (Utrecht U., Netherlands), Jan Jaspars and Elias Thijsse (Tilburg U., Netherlands) 12:15 Lunch Track A: Description Logics II 1:45 Foundations of a Unified Theory for Class-Based Representation Formalisms Diego Calvanese, Maurizio Lenzerini, Daniele Nardi (U. Roma, Italy) 2:20 Making the Difference: A Subtraction Operation for Description Logics Gunnar Teege (TU Munich, Germany) 2:55 Terminological Cycles and the Propositional Mu-Calculus Klaus Schild (DFKI, Germany) 3:30 Break Track B: Planning 1:45 Refinement Search as a Unifying Framework for Analyzing Planning Algorithms Subararao Kambhampati (Arizona State U., USA) 2:20 The Complexity of Approximately Optimal Planning Bart Selman (AT&T, USA) 2:55 Representing Uncertainty in Simple Planners Robert P. Goldman and Mark S. Boddy (Honeywell, USA) 3:30 Break Track A: Reasoning I 4:00 Enhancing the Power of a Decidable First-Order Reasoner Gerhard Lakemeyer and Susanne Meyer (U. Bonn, Germany) 4:35 A Decision Method for Nonmomotonic Reasoning Based on Autoepistemic Reasoning Ilkka Niemela (Helsinki U. of Technology, Finland) 5:10 Proofs in Context Giuseppe Attardi (ICSI, USA) and Maria Simi (U. Pisa, Italy) 5:45 End of session Track B: Logics of Preference and Utility 4:00 Toward a Logic for Qualitative Decision Theory Craig Boutilier (U. British Columbia, Canada) 4:35 Specification and Evaluation of Preferences for Planning Under Uncertainty Sek-Wah Tan and Judea Pearl (UCLA, USA) 5:10 Risk-Sensitive Planning with Decision Graphs Sven Koenig and Reid Simmons (CMU, USA) 5:45 End of session ____________________________________________________________ Wednesday, May 25: Track A: Multiagent Reasoning 9:00 Mutual Belief Revision Ron van der Meyden (NTT, Japan) 9:35 On Multiagent Autoepistemic Logic - an Extrospective View Yuejun Jiang (Imperial College, UK) 10:10 Break Track B: Temporal Reasoning 9:00 An Efficient Method for Managing Disjunctions in Qualitative Temporal Reasoning Alfonso Gerevini (IRST, Italy) and Lenhart Schubert (U. Rochester, USA) 9:35 Complexity Results for First-Order Theories of Temporal Constraints Manolis Koubarakis (Nat. Tech. U. of Athens, Greece) 10:10 Break Track A: Reasoning about the Physical World 10:30 Reasoning in Logic about Continuous Systems Benjamin J. Kuipers and Benjamin Shults (U. Texas, USA) 11:05 How Far Can We 'C'? Defining a 'Doughnut' using Connection Alone N. M. Gotts (U. Leeds, UK) 11:40 Spatial Reasoning with Propositional Logics Brandon Bennett (U. Leeds, UK) 12:15 Lunch Track B: Nonmonotonic Reasoning I 10:30 On the Relation Between Default and Modal Consequence Relations Alexander Bochman (Bar-Ilan U., Israel) 11:05 Preferential Entailments for Circumscriptions Yves Moinard (IRISA, France) 11:40 Conditional Objects as Nonmonotonic Consequence Relations Didier Dubois and Henri Prade (U. Paul Sabatier, France) 12:15 Lunch Track A: Panel 1:45 Exploiting Natural Language for KR&R Lenhart Schubert (U. Rochester, USA), moderator 4:00 Break Track B: Complexity of Reasoning 1:45 On the Complexity of Conditional Logics Nir Friedman (Stanford, USA) and Joseph Y. Halpern (IBM, USA) 2:20 Reasoning with Minimal Models: Efficient Algorithms and Applications Rachel Ben-Eliyahu (Technion, Israel) and Luigi Palopoli (U. Calabria, Italy) 2:55 Default Logic as a Query Language Marco Cadoli (U. Roma, Italy), Thomas Eiter and Georg Gottlob (TU Wien, Austria) 3:30 Break 5:00 Social event: Banquet Cruise on the Rhine ____________________________________________________________ Thursday, May 26: Plenary Session: Invited Talk 9:00 Non-Standard Theories of Uncertainty in KR&R Didier Dubois (U. Paul Sabatier, France) 10:10 Break Track A: Tractable Reasoning 10:30 Tractable Closed World Reasoning With Updates Oren Etzioni, Keith Golden, Daniel Weld (U. Washington, USA) 11:05 Tractable Databases: How to Make Propositional Unit Resolution Complete Through Compilation Alvaro del Val (Stanford, USA) 11:40 Constraint Tightness Versus Global Consistency Peter van Beek (U. Alberta, Canada) and Rina Dechter (UC Irvine, USA) 12:15 Lunch Track B: Theory of Action 10:30 Modalities Over Actions L. Thorne McCarty (Rutgers U., USA) 11:05 Actions with Indirect Effects G. Neelakantan Kartha and Vladimir Lifschitz (U. Texas, USA) 11:40 How to Progress a Database (and Why) I. Logical Foundations Fangzhen Lin and Raymond Reiter (U. Toronto, Canada) 12:15 Lunch Track A: Description Logics III 1:45 An Application of Terminological Logics to Case-Based Reasoning Jana Koehler (DFKI, Germany) 2:20 Action Representation and Natural Language Instructions Barbara Di Eugenio (CMU, USA) 2:55 Experimental Results on Learning in a Description Logic William W. Cohen (AT&T, USA) 3:30 Break Track B: Belief Revision 1:45 A Knowledge-Based Framework for Belief Change, Part II: Revision and Update Nir Friedman (Stanford, USA) and Joseph Y. Halpern (IBM, USA) 2:20 Transmutations of Knowledge Systems M.A. Williams (U. Newcastle, Australia) 2:55 REVISE: Extended Logic Programmming System for Revising Knowledge Bases Carlos Viegas Damasio and Luis Moniz Pereira (U. Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) and Wolfgang Nejdl (RWTH Aachen, Germany) 3:30 Break Track A: Knowledge Sharing and Ontology 4:00 An Ontology for Engineering Mathematics Thomas R. Gruber (Stanford, USA) 4:35 An Ontology of Meta-Level Categories Nicola Guarino and Massimiliano Carrara (LADSEB, Italy) and Pierdaniele Giaretta (U. Padova, Italy) 5:10 The Role of Reversible Grammars in Translating Between Representation Languages Jeffrey Van Baalen (U. Wyoming, USA) and Richard E. Fikes (Stanford, USA) 5:45 End of session Track B: Nonmonotonic Reasoning II 4:00 A General Approach to Specificity in Default Reasoning James P. Delgrande (Simon Fraser U., Canada) and Torsten H. Schaub (IRISA, France) 4:35 Defeasible Reasoning with Structured Information Anthony Hunter (Imperial College, UK) 5:10 On Positive Occurrences of Negation as Failure Katsumi Inoue (Toyohashi U., Japan) and Chiaki Sakama (ASTEM Kyoto, Japan) 5:45 End of session Plenary Session: Panel 8:00 Theory vs Systems vs ...: KR&R Research Methodologies Lin Padgham (Linkoeping U., Sweden), moderator ____________________________________________________________ Friday, May 27: Plenary Session: Invited Talk 9:00 Knowledge Representation Issues in Integrated Planning and Learning Systems Jaime Carbonell (CMU, USA) 10:10 Break Track A: Reasoning II 10:30 Generating Tests Using Abduction Sheila McIlraith (U. Toronto, Canada) 11:05 Means-End Plan Recognition--Towards a Theory of Reactive Recognition Anand S. Rao (AAII, Australia) 11:40 An Integrated Implementation of Simulative, Uncertain and Metaphorical Reasoning about Mental States J. A. Barnden, S. Helmreich, E. Iverson, and G. C. Stein (New Mexico State U., USA) 12:15 Lunch & End of conference Track B: Search and Deduction 10:30 GSAT and Dynamic Backtracking Matthew L. Ginsberg (U. Oregon, USA) 11:05 Easy to be Hard: Difficult Problems for Greedy Algorithms Kurt Konolige (SRI, USA) 11:40 Directional Resolution: the Davis-Putnam Procedure, Revisited Rina Dechter and Irina Rish (UC Irvine, USA) 12:15 Lunch & End of conference PROCEEDINGS As in previous years, Morgan Kaufmann will be the distributor of the proceed- ings. REGISTRATION Due to space limitations and the success of earlier KR conferences, early registration is strongly recommended. FEE SCHEDULE (all fees are in German marks) Early: Registration and payment received by April 15, 1994 Regular DM 600 Student DM 330 Banquet DM 80 (optional) Late: Registration or payment received after April 15, 1994 Regular DM 700 Student DM 400 Banquet DM 80 (optional) The registration fee entitles participants to + attend all Invited Lectures, Technical Sessions, and Panels + receive all conference documentation including the conference proceedings + attend the reception on Monday + lunch and dinner during the time of the conference + morning and afternoon refreshments HOUSING We reserved rooms at the Gustav Stresemann Institut at the following rates (per night and per person, breakfast included): single room DM 95 double room DM 75 Rooms will be allocated at a first-come first-served basis. We reserve the right to change a reservation from double to single room if demand exceeds supply. To book a room, please fill in the room reservation section on the registra- tion form and return it to the conference office. Please note that rooms can- not be occupied before 5 p.m. on Monday, May 23. However, it is possible to stay at the GSI over the weekend following the conference (Friday-Sunday). Rooms need to be prepaid at the time of registration except for extra nights following the conference. SOCIAL EVENTS On Monday evening, 5:00-10:00 p.m., a buffet style dinner will be offered to set the stage for an informal get-together. The banquet on Wednesday evening will be a knight's meal at the castle of Linz. The participants will be taken to Linz by boat. The boat will sail along the beautiful Rhine valley and also pass by the historically interesting bridge of Remagen. This was the very last bridge destroyed by the Germans at the end of World War II. AIRLINE DISCOUNT FARES (U.S.) Special discount fares on Delta Airlines have been arranged for KR'94 atten- dees traveling from the U.S. to Germany. To take advantage of these fares, you must call Young's Travel/American Express at 1-800-682-0141 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. E.S.T. and identify yourself as a KR'94 attendee. In addition to the lowest available airfares quoted at the time of ticketing, they offer a 5% reduction on fares booked on B and Y class. (Some restrictions apply.) CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS A written notification of cancellation must be sent to the conference office. If received before May 2 all fees, except for a cancellation charge of DM 50, will be refunded. We regret that no refunds can be made for cancellations re- ceived after May 2. INSURANCE The Local Arrangements Committee can accept no liability for personal inju- ries, or for loss or damage to property belonging to conference participants, either during or as a result of the conference. Please check the validity of your personal insurance. SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND COUNTRIES OF THE FORMER USSR We have applied for funds to partially subsidize conference participants from East European countries including countries of the former USSR. Participants of KR'94 from these countries who wish to apply for such subsidy should send an e-mail message IMMEDIATELY to kr94-subsidy@cs.uni-bonn.de to obtain further instructions. If you do not have e-mail access, you should send a fax or write to KR'94 Subsidy Program Institute of Computer Science III University of Bonn Roemerstr. 164 D-53117 Bonn Germany Fax: +49 228 550 382 Please note that there is no guarantee that any funding will be available. HOW TO REGISTER 1. Fill in the registration form 2. Payment Your payment must be for the total amount in German marks. In Germany: Payment may be made by - money transfer (see bank account information below) - cheque, payable to "KR Inc., c/o Gerhard Lakemeyer" Outside Germany: Payment may be made by - SWIFT money transfer (see bank account information below), free of charges to the beneficiary - Bank Draft or International Money Order, free of charges to the beneficiary, payable to "KR Inc., c/o Gerhard Lakemeyer" Outside Germany, personal and company cheques are not accepted. We regret that it is not possible to accept Euro Cheques or Credit Cards. Please, make sure that your own name is clearly legible in order to ensure that your payment will be correctly registered. Bank Account Information: Bank: Volksbank Bonn Beneficiary: "KR Inc., c/o Gerhard Lakemeyer" Account No: 1602522012 Bank code: 380 601 86 SWIFT code: DGWGDEDW31860 3. Return the registration form and cheque, draft or money order (if applicable) to: Christine Harms c/o GMD KR'94 Schloss Birlinghoven D-53757 Sankt Augustin Germany 4. In order to receive the early registration discount rate, your registration and payment must be received by April 15, 1994. Confirmations may not be mailed for registrations received after April 15. 5. Spaces will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis to the maximum that the facility can accommodate. Therefore, participants are strongly ad- vised to register as soon as possible. 6. On-site registration is possible at the late registration fee. In that case, the only acceptable form of payment is cash. REGISTRATION FORM Print out the form below on paper, fill it in and return it with your cheque, draft or money order (if applicable) to the address below. Electronic mail registrations are *not* allowed. Christine Harms c/o GMD KR'94 Schloss Birlinghoven D-53757 Sankt Augustin Germany Name _________________________________________________________________ Title ________________________________________________________________ Organization/Affiliation _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Zip/Postal Code _____________________ Country _______________________ Telephone ___________________________________________________________ Fax __________________________________________________________________ Internet E-mail address _____________________________________________ Are you presenting a paper at the conference? Yes ___ No ___ Check here if you have a disability that requires special needs. _______ Please explain _________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ The GSI offers both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals. Please indicate any other dietary restrictions (honored to the best of our ability): ________________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION/BANQUET: Early Registration Late Registration Conference fee DM ______________ DM _____________ Student fee DM ______________ DM _____________ Banquet fee ___ Persons x 80 = DM ______________ DM _____________ ACCOMMODATION: single: ___ nights x 95 DM ______________ double: ___ nights x 75 DM ______________ Please prepay only for nights during the conference (Monday night - Thursday night). Extra nights should be paid directly to GSI at the time of the conference. Please indicate: Arrival (date, time): ___________________________________________________ Departure (date, time): _________________________________________________ Roommate (for double rooms): ____________________________________________ TOTAL: (Registration + Banquet + Accommodation) DM ________________ Please indicate your form of payment below: __ Cheque, draft, or money order (must be included with the registration) __ Money transfer Date: ___________________________________________________________________ Signature: ______________________________________________________________ Note: Registrations received by April 15, 1994 will receive the early regis- tration discount rate. Confirmations may not be mailed for registrations re- ceived after April 15. ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 13 Issue 7] **************************************** Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 6336; Sun, 20 Feb 94 22:54:37 EST Received: from noc4.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Sun, 20 Feb 94 22:54:34 EST Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc4.dccs.upenn.edu id AA11085; Sun, 20 Feb 94 22:47:34 -0500 Return-Path: Received: by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA22279; Sun, 20 Feb 94 20:50:02 EST Posted-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 20:49:03 EST From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V13 #8 (Administrivia + Conferences) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 20:49:03 EST Message-Id: <22230.761795343@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Sunday, 20 Feb 19?4 Volume 13 : Issue 8 Today's Topics: Administrivia - back again NIPS*94 Call for Papers Telluride Workshops NIPS*94 Call for Workshops 2nd An. Utah Workshop on the Applicat. of Intelligent and Adap. Systems 12th EUROPEAN MEETING on CYBERNETICS and SYSTEMS RESEARCH Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@psych.upenn.edu". The ftp archives are available from psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31) in pub/Neuron-Digest or by sending a message to "archive-server@psych.upenn.edu". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Administrivia - back again From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator, Peter Marvit" Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 20:20:01 -0500 Dear readers, I'm afraid your Moderator had a case of bad fingers and accidently deleted a significant sectino of the Neuron Digest files (including teh subscriber list). Becasue of the weather here, it took a few days to get everything back. So, we should resume with the set of conference announcements for the next few days or so. We will then resume with the usual mix of topics. I am happy to say the new email archives seem to be doing well, with only a few problems. Now if I could only automate the maintenance of the mailing list itself... -Peter : Peter Marvit, Neuron Digest Moderator : : Courtesy of the Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania : : 3815 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 w:215/898-6274 h:215/387-6433 : ------------------------------ Subject: NIPS*94 Call for Papers From: Bartlett Mel Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 12:05:47 -0800 ********* PLEASE NOTE NEW SUBMISSIONS FORMAT FOR 1994 ********* CALL FOR PAPERS Neural Information Processing Systems -Natural and Synthetic- Monday, November 28 - Saturday, December 3, 1994 Denver, Colorado This is the eighth meeting of an interdisciplinary conference which brings together neuroscientists, engineers, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, physicists, and mathematicians interested in all aspects of neural processing and computation. The conference will include invited talks, and oral and poster presentations of refereed papers. There will be no parallel sessions. There will also be one day of tutorial presentations (Nov 28) preceding the regular session, and two days of focused workshops will follow at a nearby ski area (Dec 2-3). Major categories for paper submission, and examples of keywords within categories, are the following: Neuroscience: systems physiology, cellular physiology, signal and noise analysis, oscillations, synchronization, inhibition, neuromodulation, synaptic plasticity, computational models. Theory: computational learning theory, complexity theory, dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, probability and statistics, approximation theory. Implementations: VLSI, optical, parallel processors, software simulators, implementation languages. Algorithms and Architectures: learning algorithms, constructive/pruning algorithms, localized basis functions, decision trees, recurrent networks, genetic algorithms, combinatorial optimization, performance comparisons. Visual Processing: image recognition, coding and classification, stereopsis, motion detection, visual psychophysics. Speech, Handwriting and Signal Processing: speech recognition, coding and synthesis, handwriting recognition, adaptive equalization, nonlinear noise removal. Applications: time-series prediction, medical diagnosis, financial analysis, DNA/protein sequence analysis, music processing, expert systems. Cognitive Science & AI: natural language, human learning and memory, perception and psychophysics, symbolic reasoning. Control, Navigation, and Planning: robotic motor control, process control, navigation, path planning, exploration, dynamic programming. Review Criteria: All submitted papers will be thoroughly refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, significance and clarity. Submissions should contain new results that have not been published previously. Authors are encouraged to submit their most recent work, as there will be an opportunity after the meeting to revise accepted manuscripts before submitting final camera-ready copy. ********** PLEASE NOTE NEW SUBMISSIONS FORMAT FOR 1994 ********** Paper Format: Submitted papers may be up to eight pages in length. The page limit will be strictly enforced, and any submission exceeding eight pages will not be considered. Authors are encouraged (but not required) to use the NIPS style files obtainable by anonymous FTP at the sites given below. Papers must include physical and e-mail addresses of all authors, and must indicate one of the nine major categories listed above, keyword information if appropriate, and preference for oral or poster presentation. Unless otherwise indicated, correspondence will be sent to the first author. Submission Instructions: Send six copies of submitted papers to the address given below; electronic or FAX submission is not acceptable. Include one additional copy of the abstract only, to be used for preparation of the abstracts booklet distributed at the meeting. Submissions mailed first-class within the US or Canada must be postmarked by May 21, 1994. Submissions from other places must be received by this date. Mail submissions to: David Touretzky NIPS*94 Program Chair Computer Science Department Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890 USA Mail general inquiries/requests for registration material to: NIPS*94 Conference NIPS Foundation PO Box 60035 Pasadena, CA 91116-6035 USA (e-mail: nips94@caltech.edu) FTP sites for LaTex style files "nips.tex" and "nips.sty": helper.systems.caltech.edu (131.215.68.12) in /pub/nips b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.242.8) in /usr/dst/public/nips NIPS*94 Organizing Committee: General Chair, Gerry Tesauro, IBM; Program Chair, David Touretzky, CMU; Publications Chair, Joshua Alspector, Bellcore; Publicity Chair, Bartlett Mel, Caltech; Workshops Chair, Todd Leen, OGI; Treasurer, Rodney Goodman, Caltech; Local Arrangements, Lori Pratt, Colorado School of Mines; Tutorials Chairs, Steve Hanson, Siemens and Gerry Tesauro, IBM; Contracts, Steve Hanson, Siemens and Scott Kirkpatrick, IBM; Government & Corporate Liaison, John Moody, OGI; Overseas Liaisons: Marwan Jabri, Sydney Univ., Mitsuo Kawato, ATR, Alan Murray, Univ. of Edinburgh, Joachim Buhmann, Univ. of Bonn, Andreas Meier, Simon Bolivar Univ. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MAY 21, 1994 (POSTMARKED) -please post- ------------------------------ Subject: Telluride Workshops From: Terry Sejnowski Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 19:44:00 -0800 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN TWO WORKSHOPS ON "NEUROMORPHIC ENGINEERING" JULY 3 - 9, 1994 AND JULY 10 - 16, 1994 TELLURIDE, COLORADO Christof Koch (Caltech) and Terry Sejnowski (Salk Institute/UCSD) invite applications for two different workshops that will be held in Telluride, Colorado in July 1994. Travel and housing expenses will be provided for ten to twenty active researchers for each workshop. Deadline for application is March 10, 1994. GOALS: Carver Mead has introduced the term "Neuromorphic Engineering" for a new field based on the design and fabrication of artificial neural systems, such as vision systems, head-eye systems, and roving robots, whose architecture and design principles are based on those of biological nervous systems. The goal of these workshops is to bring together young investigators and more established researchers from academia with their counterparts in industry and national laboratories, working on both neurobiological as well as engineering aspects of sensory systems and sensory-motor integration. The focus of the workshop will be on ``active" participation, with demonstration systems and hands-on-experience for all participants. Neuromorphic engineering has a wide range of applications from nonlinear adaptive control of complex systems to the design of smart sensors. Many of the fundamental principles in this field, such as the use of learning methods and the design of parallel hardware, are inspired by biological systems. However, existing applications are modest and the challenge of scaling up from small artificial neural networks and designing completely autonomous systems at the levels achieved by biological systems lies ahead. The assumption underlying these workshops is that the next generation of neuromorphic systems would benefit from closer attention to the principles found through experimental and theoretical studies of brain systems. WORKSHOPS: NEUROMORPHIC ANALOG VLSI SYSTEMS Sunday, July 3 to Saturday, July 9, 1994 Organized by Rodney Douglas (Oxford), Misha Mahowald (Oxford) and Stephen Lisberger (UCSF). The goal of this week is to bring together biologists and engineers who are interested in exploring neuromorphic systems through the medium of analog VLSI. The workshop will cover methods for the design and fabrication of multi-chip neuromorphic systems. This framework is suitable both for creating analogs of specific biological systems, which can serve as a modeling environment for biologists, and as a tool for engineers to create cooperative circuits based on biological principles. The workshop will provide the community with a common formal language for describing neuromorphic systems. Equipment will be present for participants to evaluate existing neuromorphic chips (including silicon retina, silicon neurons, oculomotor system). SYSTEMS LEVEL MODELS OF VISUAL BEHAVIOR Sunday, July 10 to Saturday, July 16, 1994 Organized by Dana Ballard (Rochester) and Richard Andersen (Caltech). The goal of this week is to bring together biologists and engineers who are interested in systems level modeling of visual behaviors and their interactions with the motor systems. Sessions will cover issues of sensory-motor integration in the mammalian brain. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding neural algorithms used by the brain which can provide insights into constructing electrical circuits which can accomplish similar tasks. Issues to be covered will include spatial localization and constancy, attention, motor planning, eye movements, and the use of visual motion information for motor control. Two or three prominent neuroscientists will be invited to give lectures on the above subjects. These researchers will also be asked to bring their own demonstrations, classroom experiments, and software for computer models. Demonstrations include recording eye movements and simple eye movement psychophysical experiments, neural network models for coordinate transformations and the representation of space, visual attention psychophysical experiments. Participants can conduct their own experiments using the Virtual Reality equipment. FORMAT: Time in both workshops will be divided between planned presentation, free interaction, and contributed material. Each day will consist of a lecture in the morning that covers the theory behind the hands-on investigation in the afternoon. Following each lecture, there will be a demonstration that introduces participants to the equipment that will be available in the afternoon session. Participants will be free to explore and play with whatever they choose in the afternoon. Participants are encouraged to bring their own material to share with others. After dinner, time for participants to provide an informal lecture/demonstration is reserved. LOCATION AND ARRANGEMENTS: The two workshops will take place at the "Telluride Summer Research Center," located in the small town of Telluride, 9000 feet high in Southwest Colorado, about 6 hours away from Denver (350 miles) and 4 hours from Aspen. Continental and United Airlines provide many daily flights directly into Telluride. Participants will be housed in shared condominiums, within walking distance of the Center. The workshop is intended to be very informal and hands-on. Participants are not required to have had previous experience in analog VLSI circuit design, computational or machine vision, systems level neurophysiology or modeling the brain at the systems level. However, we strongly encourage active researchers with relevant backgrounds from academia, industry and national laboratories to apply, in particular if they are prepared to talk about their work or to bring demonstrators to Telluride (e.g. robots, chips, software). We expect to be able to pay for shipping necessary equipment to Telluride and will have at least three technical staff present throughout both workshops to assist us with software and hardware problems. We will have a network of SUN workstations running UNIX and connected to the Internet at the Center available to us. All domestic travel and housing expenses will be provided. Participants are expected to pay for food and incidental expenses. HOW TO APPLY: The deadline for receipt of applications is March 10, 1994 Applicants should be at the level of graduate students or above (i.e. post- doctoral fellows, faculty, research and engineering staff and the equivalent positions in industry and national laboratories). We actively encourage qualified women and minority candidates to apply. Each participant can apply for only one workshop and the application should include: 1. Name, address, telephone, e-mail, FAX, and and minority status (optional). 2. Resume. 3. One page summary of background and interests relevant to the workshop. 4. Description of special equipment needed for demonstrations. 5. Two letters of recommendation Complete applications should be sent to: Prof. Terrence Sejnowski The Salk Institute Post Office Box 85800 San Diego, CA 92186-5800 Applicants will be notified by April 15, 1994. ------------------------------ Subject: NIPS*94 Call for Workshops From: Bartlett Mel Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 18:00:32 -0800 CALL FOR PROPOSALS NIPS*94 Post-Conference Workshops December 2 and 3, 1994 Vail, Colorado Following the regular program of the Neural Information Processing Systems 1994 conference, workshops on current topics in neural information processing will be held on December 2 and 3, 1994, in Vail, Colorado. Proposals by qualified individuals interested in chairing one of these workshops are solicited. Past topics have included: active learning and control, architectural issues, attention, bayesian analysis, benchmarking neural network applications, computational complexity issues, computational neuroscience, fast training techniques, genetic algorithms, music, neural network dynamics, optimization, recurrent nets, rules and connectionist models, self- organization, sensory biophysics, speech, time series prediction, vision and audition, implementations, and grammars. The goal of the workshops is to provide an informal forum for researchers to discuss important issues of current interest. Sessions will meet in the morning and in the afternoon of both days, with free time in between for ongoing individual exchange or outdoor activities. Concrete open and/or controversial issues are encouraged and preferred as workshop topics. Representation of alternative viewpoints and panel-style discussions are particularly encouraged. Individuals proposing to chair a workshop will have responsibilities including: 1) arranging short informal presentations by experts working on the topic, 2) moderating or leading the discussion and reporting its high points, findings, and conclusions to the group during evening plenary sessions (the ``gong show''), and 3) writing a brief summary. Submission Procedure: Interested parties should submit a short proposal for a workshop of interest postmarked by May 21, 1994. (Express mail is not necessary. Submissions by electronic mail will also be accepted.) Proposals should include a title, a description of what the workshop is to address and accomplish, the proposed length of the workshop (one day or two days), and the planned format. It should motivate why the topic is of interest or controversial, why it should be discussed and what the targeted group of participants is. In addition, please send a brief resume of the prospective workshop chair, a list of publications and evidence of scholarship in the field of interest. Mail submissions to: Todd K. Leen, NIPS*94 Workshops Chair Department of Computer Science and Engineering Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology P.O. Box 91000 Portland Oregon 97291-1000 USA (e-mail: tleen@cse.ogi.edu) Name, mailing address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail net address should be on all submissions. PROPOSALS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MAY 21, 1994 Please Post ------------------------------ Subject: 2nd An. Utah Workshop on the Applicat. of Intelligent and Adap. Systems From: Jerome Soller Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 17:13:34 -0700 - ------------------------------------------------ 2nd Annual Utah Workshop on: "Applications of Intelligent and Adaptive Systems" Sponsored by: The University of Utah Cognitive Science Industrial Advisory Board and The Joint Services Software Technology Conference '94 - -------------------------------------------------- Date: April 15, 1994 Time: 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: contact Jerome Soller or Dale Sanders for the cost for non-conference attendees, free for conference attendees Location: Salt Lake City Marriott, Salon E, 75 South and West Temple - -------------------------------------------------- Talk 1: "The Use of Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks in the Automatic Interpretation of Medical Images", Dr. Charles Rosenberg Research Investigator, VA Geriatric, Research, Education, and Clinical Center and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Utah (crr@cogsci.psych.utah.edu) ((801) 582-1565, x-2458) - -------------------------------------------------- Talk 2: "A Hybrid On-line Handwriting Recognition System" Dr. Nicholas S. Flann. Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, Utah State University. (flann@nick.cs.usu.edu) ((801) 750-2451) - -------------------------------------------------- Talk 3: "Prototyping Activities in Robotics, Control, and Manufacturing" Dr. Tarek M. Sobh Research Assistant Professor Computer Science Department University of Utah (sobh@wingate.cs.utah.edu) ((801) 585-5047) - -------------------------------------------------- Talk 4: "Software Architecture and Unmanned Ground Vehicles" Dr. David Morgenthaler Program Manager Sarcos Research Corporation Salt Lake City, UT (David_Morgenthaler@ced.utah.edu) ((801) 581-0155) - -------------------------------------------------- Lunch Break: 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. - -------------------------------------------------- Talk 5: "Use of Decision Support in a Hospital Information System" Dr. Allan Pryor Professor of Medical Informatics University of Utah and Assistant Vice President of Informatics Intermountain Health Care Salt Lake City UT (tapryor@cc.utah.edu) ((801) 321-2128) - -------------------------------------------------- Talk 6: "Applications of Neural Networks in Critical Care Monitoring" Dr. Joe Orr Research Instructor Department of Anesthesiology University of Utah (jorr@soma.med.utah.edu) ((801) 581-6393) - -------------------------------------------------- Pre-registration required; For registration, copies of the abstracts, or references for publications relating to these talks, please contact: Jerome Soller, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Utah Computer Science (801) 582-1565, ext 2469; (801) 581-7977 soller@cs.utah.edu or Dale Sanders, TRW Inc., Ogden Engineering Services (801) 625-8343 dale_sanders@oz.bmd.trw.com - -------------------------------------------------- We wish to thank the following for their support of this workshop: Applied Information and Management Systems, Inc.; Intermountain Health Care; The Joint Services Software Technology Conference; Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Sarcos Corporation; 3M Health Information Systems; TRW Systems Integration Group; University of Utah Departments of Computer Science, Medical Informatics, and Physiology; Utah Information Technology Association ------------------------------ Subject: 12th EUROPEAN MEETING on CYBERNETICS and SYSTEMS RESEARCH From: sec@ai.univie.ac.at Date: Wed, 09 Feb 1994 14:54:03 +0100 * * * * * TWELFTH EUROPEAN MEETING * * ON * * CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH * * (EMCSR 1994) * April 5 - 8, 1994 UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA organized by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies in cooperation with Dept.of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Univ.of Vienna and International Federation for Systems Research Plenary lectures: ***************** MARGARET BODEN (United Kingdom): "Artificial Intelligence and Creativity" STEPHEN GROSSBERG (USA): "Neural Networks for Learning, Recognition, and Prediction" STUART A. UMPLEBY (USA): "Twenty Years of Second Order Cybernetics" 241 papers will be presented and discussed in the following symposia: ********************************************************************* GENERAL SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY G.J.Klir (USA) ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS THEORY J.Miro (Spain), M.Peschel (Germany), F.Pichler (Austria) FUZZY SYSTEMS, APPROXIMATE REASONING AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS C.Carlsson (Finland), K.-P.Adlassnig (Austria), E.P.Klement (Austria) DESIGNING AND SYSTEMS, AND THEIR EDUCATION B.Banathy (USA), W.Gasparski (Poland), G.Goldschmidt (Israel) HUMANITY, ARCHITECTURE AND CONCEPTUALIZATION G.Pask (United Kingdom), G.de Zeeuw (Netherlands) BIOCYBERNETICS AND MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY L.M.Ricciardi (Italy) SYSTEMS AND ECOLOGY F.J.Radermacher (Germany), K.Fedra (Austria) CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATICS IN MEDICINE G.Gell (Austria), G.Porenta (Austria) CYBERNETICS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS K.Balkus (USA), O.Ladanyi (Austria) SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION G.Broekstra (Netherlands), R.Hough (USA) CYBERNETICS OF COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT P.Ballonoff (USA), T.Koizumi (USA), S.A.Umpleby (USA) COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTERS A M.Tjoa (Austria) INTELLIGENT AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS J.Rozenblit (USA), H.Praehofer (Austria) CYBERNETIC PRINCIPLES OF KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT F.Heylighen (Belgium), S.A.Umpleby (USA) CYBERNETICS, SYSTEMS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY M.Okuyama (Japan), H.Koizumi (USA) ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS S.Grossberg (USA), G.Dorffner (Austria) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE V.Marik (Czech Republic), R.Born (Austria) TUTORIALS: ********** A SYNTACTIC APPROACH TO HEURISTIC NETWORKS: LINGUISTIC GEOMETRY Prof.Boris Stilman, University of Colorado, Denver, USA FUZZY SETS AND IMPRECISE BUT RELEVANT DECISIONS Prof.Christer Carlsson, Abo Akademi University, Abo, Finland CONTEXTUAL SYSTEMS: A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT Dr.Irina V. Ezhkova, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow TWENTY YEARS OF SECOND ORDER CYBERNETICS Prof.Stuart A. Umpleby, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA PROCEEDINGS: ************ Trappl R.(ed.): CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '94, 2 vols, 1911 pages, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: *************************************** EMCSR'94 Secretariat c/o Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies Schottengasse 3 A-1010 Vienna Austria Phone: +43-1-53532810 Fax: +43-1-5320652 E-mail: sec@ai.univie.ac.at ------------------------------ Subject: Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium From: "Eric B. Baum" Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 11:11:29 -0500 Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PARALLEL COMPUTATION PRINCETON, NJ MAY 4 - 5, 1994 NEC Research Institute is pleased to announce that the Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Princeton, New Jersey on May 4 and 5, 1994. The title of this year's symposium is Natural and Artificial Parallel Computation. The conference will feature ten invited talks. The speakers are: - - Larry Abbott, Brandeis University, "Activity- Dependent Modulation of Intrinsic Neuronal Properties" - - Catherine Carr, University of Maryland, "Time Coding in the Central Nervous System" - - Bill Dally, MIT, "Bandwidth, Granularity, and Mechanisms: Key Issues in the Design of Parallel Computers" - - Amiram Grinvald, Weitzmann Institute, "Architecture and Dynamics of Cell Assemblies in the Visual Cortex; New Perspectives From Fast and Slow Optical Imaging" - - Akihiko Konagaya, NEC C&C Research Labs, "Knowledge Discovery in Genetic Sequences" - - Chris Langton, Santa Fe Institute, "SWARM: An Agent Based Simulation System for Research in Complex Systems" - - Thomas Ray, University of Delaware and ATR, "Evolution and Ecology of Digital Organisms" - - Shuichi Sakai, Real World Computing Partnership, "RWC Massively Parallel ComputerProject" - - Shigeru Tanaka, NEC Fundamental Research Labs, "A Mathematical Theory for the Experience- Dependent Development of Visual Cortex" - - Leslie Valiant, Harvard University and NECI, "A Computational Model for Cognition" There will be no contributed papers. Registration is free of charge, but space is limited. Registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. YOU MUST PREREGISTER. There will be no on-site registration. To preregister by e-mail, send a request to: symposium@research.nj.nec.com. Registrants will receive an acknowledgment, space allowing. A request for preregistration is also possible by regular mail to Mrs. Irene Parker, NEC Research Institute, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, NJ 08540. Registrants will also be invited to an Open House/Poster Session and Reception at NEC Research Institute on Tuesday, May 3. The Open House will begin at 3:30 PM and the Reception will begin at 5:30 PM. In order to estimate headcount, please indicate in your preregistration request whether you plan to attend the Open House on May 3. Registrants are expected to make their own arrangements for accommodations. Provided below is a list of hotels in the area together with daily room rates. Please ask for the NEC Corporate Rate when reserving a room. Sessions will start at 8:15 AM Wednesday, May 4 and will be scheduled to finish at approximately 3:30 PM on Thursday, May 5. Red Roof Inn, South Brunswick (908)821-8800 $37.99 Novotel Hotel, Princeton (609)520-1200 $68.00 ($74.00/w breakfast) Palmer Inn, Princeton (609)452-2500 $73.00 Marriott Residence Inn, Princeton (908)329-9600 $85.00 w/continental breakfast Summerfield Suites, Princeton (609)951-0009 $92.00 Hyatt Regency, Princeton (609)987-1234 $105.00 Marriott Hotel, Princeton (609)452-7900 $125.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PLEASE RESPOND BY E-MAIL TO: symposium@research.nj.nec.com I would like to attend: _____ Open House _____ Symposium Name: ____________________________ Organization: ____________________________ E-mail address: ____________________________ Phone number: ____________________________ ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 13 Issue 8] **************************************** Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 7844; Mon, 21 Feb 94 13:14:39 EST Received: from noc4.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Mon, 21 Feb 94 13:14:34 EST Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc4.dccs.upenn.edu id AA15931; Mon, 21 Feb 94 12:32:37 -0500 Return-Path: Received: by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA06716; Mon, 21 Feb 94 11:32:58 EST Posted-Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 11:31:34 EST From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V13 #9 (conferences & CFPs) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 11:31:34 EST Message-Id: <6643.761848294@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Monday, 21 Feb 19?4 Volume 13 : Issue 9 Today's Topics: 2AI and Stats Workshop ECAL95 First Announcement IEE Colloquia CFP: Combining symbolic and statistical approaches to language CfP: Workshop "Logic and Reasoning with Neural Networks" Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@psych.upenn.edu". The ftp archives are available from psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31) in pub/Neuron-Digest or by sending a message to "archive-server@psych.upenn.edu". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: AI and Stats Workshop From: "Douglas H. Fisher" Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 06:39:55 -0600 Call For Papers Fifth International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics January 4-7, 1995 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida PURPOSE: This is the fifth in a series of workshops which has brought together researchers in Artificial Intelligence and in Statistics to discuss problems of mutual interest. The exchange has broadened research in both fields and has strongly encouraged interdisciplinary work. This workshop will have as its primary theme: ``Learning from data'' Papers on other topics at the interface of AI & Statistics are *strongly* encouraged as well (see TOPICS below). FORMAT: To encourage interaction and a broad exchange of ideas, the presentations will be limited to about 20 discussion papers in single session meetings over three days (Jan. 5-7). Focussed poster sessions will provide the means for presenting and discussing the remaining research papers. Papers for poster sessions will be treated equally with papers for presentation in publications. Attendance at the workshop will *not* be limited. The three days of research presentations will be preceded by a day of tutorials (Jan. 4). These are intended to expose researchers in each field to the methodology used in the other field. The Tutorial Chair is Prakash Shenoy. Suggestions on tutorial topics can be sent to him at pshenoy@ukanvm.bitnet. LANGUAGE: The language will be English. TOPICS OF INTEREST: The fifth workshop has a primary theme of ``Learning from data'' At least one third of the workshop schedule will be set aside for papers with this theme. Other themes will be developed according to the strength of the papers in other areas, including but not limited to: - integrated man-machine modeling methods - empirical discovery and statistical methods for knowledge acquisition - probability and search - uncertainty propagation - combined statistical and qualitative reasoning - inferring causation - quantitative programming tools and integrated software for data analysis and modeling. - discovery in databases - meta data and design of statistical data bases - automated data analysis and knowledge representation for statistics - connectionist approaches - cluster analysis SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Three copies of an extended abstract (up to four pages) should be sent to H. Lenz, Program Chair or D. Fisher, General Chair 5th Int'l Workshop on AI & Stats 5th Int'l Workshop on AI & Stats Free University of Berlin Box 1679, Station B Department of Economics Department of Computer Science Institute for Statistics Vanderbilt University and Econometrics Nashville, Tennessee 37235 14185 Berlin, Garystr 21 USA Germany or electronically (postscript or latex documents preferred) to ai-stats-95@vuse.vanderbilt.edu Submissions for discussion papers (and poster presentations) will be considered if *postmarked* by June 30, 1994. If the submission is electronic (e-mail), then it must be *received* by midnight June 30, 1994. Abstracts postmarked after this date but *before* July 31, 1994, will be considered for poster presentation *only*. Please indicate which topic(s) your abstract addresses and include an electronic mail address for correspondence. Receipt of all submissions will be confirmed via electronic mail. Acceptance notices will be mailed by September 1, 1994. Preliminary papers (up to 20 pages) must be returned by November 1, 1994. These preliminary papers will be copied and distributed at the workshop. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: General Chair: D. Fisher Vanderbilt U., USA Program Chair: H. Lenz Free U. Berlin, Germany Members: W. Buntine NASA (Ames), USA J. Catlett AT&T Bell Labs, USA P. Cheeseman NASA (Ames), USA P. Cohen U. of Mass., USA D. Draper U. of Bath, UK Wm. Dumouchel Columbia U., USA A. Gammerman U. of London, UK D. J. Hand Open U., UK P. Hietala U. Tampere, Finland R. Kruse TU Braunschweig, Germany S. Lauritzen Aalborg U., Denmark W. Oldford U. of Waterloo, Canada J. Pearl UCLA, USA D. Pregibon AT&T Bell Labs, USA E. Roedel Humboldt U., Germany G. Shafer Rutgers U., USA P. Smyth JPL, USA MORE INFORMATION: For more information write dfisher@vuse.vanderbilt.edu or write to ai-stats-request@watstat.uwaterloo.ca to subscribe to the AI and Statistics mailing list. Traditionally, the Workshop has attracted many with an interest in connectionism, and we encourage even more for the 1995 Workshop. ------------------------------ Subject: ECAL95 First Announcement From: Arantza Etxeberria Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 18:34:31 +0000 First Announcement 3rd. EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL LIFE ECAL95 Granada, Spain, 4-6 June, 1995 It is a pleasure to announce the forthcoming 3rd European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL95). Despite its short life, Artificial Life (AL) is already a mature scientific field. In trying to discover the rules of life and extract its essence so that it can be implemented in different media, AL research has led us to a better understanding of a large set of interesting biology-related problems, such as self organization, emergence, origins of life, self-reproduction, computer viruses, learning, growth and development, animal behavior, ecosystems, autonomous agents, adaptive robotics, etc. The Conference will be organized into Scientific Sessions, Demonstrations, Videos and Comercial Exhibits. Scientific Sessions will consist of Lectures (invited), Oral Presentations, and Posters. The site of ECAL95 will be the city of Granada, located in the south of Spain, in the region of Andalucia. Granada was the last moors site in the Iberic Peninsula, and it has the inheritance of their culture with the legacy of marvelous constructions such as the Alhambra and the Gardens of Generalife. ECAL95 will be organized in collaboration with the International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks (IWANN95) to be held at Malaga (Costa del Sol, Spain), June 7-9, 1995. These places are only one hour apart by car. Special inscription fees will be offered to those attending both meetings. Scientific Sessions and Topics 1. Foundations and Epistemology: Philosophical Issues. Emergence. Levels of organization. Evolution of Hierarchical Systems. Evolvability. Computation and Dynamics. Ethical Problems. 2. Evolution: Prebiotic Evolution. Origins of Life. Evolution of Metabolism. Fitness Landscapes. Ecosystem Evolution. Biodiversity. Evolution of Sex. Natural Selection and Sexual selection. Units of Selection. 3. Adaptive and Cognitive Systems: Reaction, Neural and Immune Networks. Growth and Differentiation. Self-organization. Pattern Formation. Multicellulars and Development. Natural and Artificial Morphogenesis. 4. Artificial Worlds: Simulation of Adaptive and Cognitive Systems. System-Environment Correlation. Sensor-Effector Coordination. Environment Design. 5. Robotics and Emulation of Animal Behavior: Sensory and Motor Activity. Mobile Agents. Adaptive Robots. Autonomous Robots. Evolutionary Robotics. Ethology. 6. Societies and Collective Behavior: Swarm Intelligence. Cooperation and Communication among Animals and Robots. Evolution of Social Behavior. Social Organizations. Division of Tasks. 7. Applications and Common Tools: Optimization. Problem Solving. Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics. Genetic Algorithms. Neural Networks. Fuzzy Logic. Evolutionary Computation. Genetic Programming. Inscription / Information Those interested please send (mail/fax/e-mail) the Intention Form to the Programme Secretary, Juan J. Merelo, at the following address: Dept. Electronica | Facultad de Ciencias | Phone: +34-58-243162 Campus Fuentenueva | Fax: +34-58-243230 18071 Granada, Spain | E-mail: ecal95@ugr.es Organization Committee Federico Moran. UCM. Madrid (E) Chair Alvaro Moreno. UPV. San Sebastian (E) Chair Arantza Etxeberria Univ. Sussex (UK) Julio Fernandez. UPV. San Sebastian (E) Francisco Montero. UCM. Madrid (E) Alberto Prieto. UGr. Granada (E) Carme Torras. UPC. Barcelona (E) Programm Committee Francisco Varela. CNRS/CREA. Paris (F) Chair Juan J. Merelo. UGr. Granada (E) Secretary (Definitive list of this Committee will be completed and announced in the forthcoming Call-for-Papers) - -------------------------------- cut here -------------------------------- INTENTION FORM 3rd. EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL LIFE ECAL95 Granada, Spain, 4-6 June, 1995 Family Name: First Name: Institution: Address: Phone No.: Fax No.: e-mail: Signature: Date: ------------------------------ Subject: IEE Colloquia From: N.Sharkey@dcs.shef.ac.uk Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 13:08:29 +0000 IEE COLLOQUIUM IN LONDON, UK SYMBOLIC AND NEURAL COGNITIVE ENGINEERING Colloquium organised by Professional Group C4 (Artificial intelligence) of the Institute of Electical Engineers (IEE) to be held at Savoy Place on Monday, 14 February 1994 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME 9.30 am Registration and coffee Chairman: Professor I Aleksander (Imperial College) 10.00 Chairman's introduction 1 10.10 A review of cognitive symbolic engineering: Professor B Richards (Imperial College) 2 10.40 The interplay of symbolic and adaptive techniques: R Garigliano and D J Nettleton (University of Durham) 3 11.10 Engineering cognitive systems - some conceptual issues: R Paton (University of Liverpool) 4 11.40 Variable binding in a neural network using a distributed representation: A Browne and J Pilkington (South Bank University) 12.10 LUNCH 5 1.30 Connectionist advances in natural language processing: Professor N Sharkey (University of Sheffield) 6 2.00 Systematicity and generalisation in connectionist models: L F Niklasson (University of Exeter) 7 2.30 Hierarchical symbolic structures and knowledge chunking: B K Purhoit (BT Laboratories) and J F Boyce (King's College London) 3.00 TEA 8 3.15 Relational computing: Professor J Taylor (King's College London) 9 3.45 The research challenge for symbolic and neural approaches: Professor I Aleksander (Imperial College) 4.15 Discussion 4.45 CLOSE The IEE is not, as a body, responsible for the views or opinions expressed by individual authors or speakers. 151/36/38 ref: 94/038 MB OTHER EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE COMPUTING AND CONTROL DIVISION TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 1994 1 Tue Colloquium on High performance applications of parallel PG C2 architectures 7 Mon Colloquium on Intelligent front-ends for existing systems PG C4 10 Thur 11TH COMPUTING AND CONTROL LECTURE Out of control into systems engineering research? By Professor C J Harris (University of Southampton) 21 Mon Colloquium on Modelling of controlled natural energy PG C6 systems 23 Wed Colloquium on Vehicle diagnostics in Europe PG C12 24 Thur Colloquium on Implications of the new legislation on PG C5 work with display screen equipment 28 Mon Colloquium on Molecular bioinformatics PG C4 Joint meeting with PAPAGENA Further details of the above events can be obtained from the Secretary, LS(D)CA, IEE, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL or by telephoning 071 240 1871 Ext: 2206 ------------------------------ Subject: CFP: Combining symbolic and statistical approaches to language From: Philip Resnik - Sun Microsystems Labs BOS Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 10:30:07 +0500 Hello, Although the following workshop does not specifically concern connectionist approaches, one of our goals is to initiate new discussions with the wide variety of researchers who have been thinking about similar issues. That includes many members of this list, and I would like to encourage connectionist researchers to participate. Philip - ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***** CALL FOR PAPERS ****** THE BALANCING ACT: Combining Symbolic and Statistical Approaches to Language 1 July 1994 New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA A workshop in conjunction with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (27-30 June 1994) A renaissance of interest in corpus-based statistical methods has rekindled old controversies -- rationalist vs. empiricist philosophies, theory-driven vs. data-driven methodologies, symbolic vs. statistical techniques. The aim of this workshop is to set aside a priori biases and explore the balancing act that must take place when symbolic and statistical approaches are brought together. We plan to accept papers from authors having a wide range of perspectives, and to initiate a discussion that includes philosophical, theoretical, and practical issues. Submissions to the workshop must describe research in which both symbolic and statistical methods play a part. All research of this kind requires that the researcher make choices: What knowledge will be represented symbolically and how will it be obtained? What assumptions underlie the statistical model? What is the researcher gaining by combining approaches? Questions like these, and the metaphor of the balancing act, will provide a unifying theme to draw contributions from a wide spectrum of language researchers. ORGANIZERS: Judith Klavans, Columbia Univerisity Philip Resnik, Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc. REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe original work; they should clearly emphasize the type of paper to be presented (e.g. implementation, philosophical, etc.) and the state of completion of the research. A paper accepted for presentation cannot be presented or have been presented at any other meeting. In addition to the workshop proceedings, plans for publication as a book require that papers not have been published in any other publicly available proceedings. Papers submitted to other conferences will be considered, as long as this fact is clearly indicated in the submission. FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Following guidelines for the ACL meeting, authors should submit preliminary versions of their papers, not to exceed 3200 words (exclusive of references). Papers outside the specified length and formatting requirements are subject to rejection without review. Papers should be headed by a title page containing the paper title, a short (5 line) summary and a specification of the subject area(s). If the author wishes reviewing to be blind, a separate page with author identification information must be submitted. SUBMISSION MEDIA: Papers may be submitted electronically or in hard copy to either organizer at the addresses given below. Electronic submissions should be either self-contained LaTeX source or plain text. LaTeX submissions must use the ACL submission style (aclsub.sty) retrievable from the ACL LISTSERV server (access to which is described below) and should not refer to any external files or styles except for the standard styles for TeX 3.14 and LaTeX 2.09. A model submission modelsub.tex is also provided in the archive, as well as a bibliography style acl.bst. Note that the bibliography for a submission cannot be submitted as separate .bib file; the actual bibliography entries must be inserted in the submitted LaTeX source file. Be sure that e-mail submissions have no lines longer than 80 characters to avoid mailer problems. Hard copy submissions should consist of four (4) copies of the paper. A plain text version of the identification page should be sent separately by electronic mail if possible, giving the following information: title, author(s), address(es), abstract, content areas, word count. Schedule: Papers must be received by 15 March 1994. Late papers will not be considered. Notification of receipt will be mailed to the first author (or designated author) soon after receipt. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 10 April 1994. Camera-ready copies of final papers prepared in a double-column format, preferably using a laser printer, must be received by 10 May 1994, along with a signed copyright release statement. The ACL LaTeX proceedings format is available through the ACL LISTSERV. REGISTRATION: Registration fees are $25 for participants who register by 15 May 1994. Late registrations will be $30. Registration includes a copy of the proceedings, lunch, and refreshments during the day. Payment in US$ checks payable to ACL or credit card payment (Visa/Mastercard) can be sent to Philip Resnik at the address below. Please submit the following information along with payment: name affiliation postal address email method of payment (check or credit card) credit card info (name, card number, expiration date) dietary requirements (vegetarian, kosher, etc) ACL INFORMATION: For other information on the ACL conference which precedes the workshop and on the ACL more generally, please use the ACL LISTSERV, described below. ACL LISTSERV: Listserv is a facility to allow access to an electronic document archive by electronic mail. The ACL LISTSERV has been set up at Columbia University's Department of Computer Science. Requests from the archive should be sent as e-mail messages to listserv@cs.columbia.edu with an empty subject field and the message body containing the request command. The most useful requests are "help" for general help on using LISTSERV, "index acl-l" for the current contents of the ACL archive and "get acl-l " to get a particular file named >from the archive. For example, to get an ACL membership form, a message with the following body should be sent: get acl-l membership-form.txt Answers to requests are returned by e-mail. Since the server may have many requests for different archives to process, requests are queued up and may take a while (say, overnight) to be fulfilled. The ACL archive can also be accessed by anonymous FTP. Here is an example of how to get the same file by FTP (user typein is underlined): $ ftp cs.columbia.edu ------------------- Name (cs.columbia.edu:pereira): anonymous --------- Password:pereira@research.att.com << not echoed ------------------------ ftp> cd acl-l -------- ftp> get membership-form.txt.Z ------------------------- ftp> quit ---- $ uncompress membership-form.txt.Z -------------------------------- This file is listed under acl-l/ACL94/Workshop_balancing_act.ascii.Z. SPONSORSHIP: This workshop is sponsored by the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). It is organized by: Judith L. Klavans Philip Resnik Columbia University Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc. Department of Computer Science Mailstop UCHL03-207 500 W 120th Street Two Elizabeth Drive New York, NY 10027, USA Chelmsford, MA 01824-4195 USA klavans@cs.columbia.edu philip.resnik@east.sun.com Phone: (212) 939-7120 Phone: (508) 442-0841 Fax: (914) 478-1802 Fax: (508) 250-5067 [94-01-27] ------------------------------ Subject: CfP: Workshop "Logic and Reasoning with Neural Networks" From: Franz Kurfess Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 15:44:07 +0100 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS "Logic and Reasoning with Neural Networks" Workshop at the International Conference on Logic Programming ICLP'94 Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy June 17 or 18, 1994 Description of the Workshop =========================== The goal of the workshop is to initiate discussions and foster interaction between researchers interested in the use of neural networks and connectionist models for various aspects of logic and reasoning. There are a number of domains where the combination of neural networks and logic opens up interesting perspectives: * Methods for Reasoning - - cognitively plausible models of reasoning - - reasoning with vague knowledge - - neural inference mechanisms - - probabilistic reasoning with neural networks * Knowledge Representation Aspects - - representation of non-symbolic information - - knowledge acquisition from raw data (rule extraction) with neural networks - - representation of vague knowledge - - similarity-based access to knowledge - - context-dependent retrieval of facts * Integration of Symbolic and Neural Components - - combining sub-symbolic and symbolic information - - pattern recognition - - sensor fusion * Implementation Techniques - - connectionist implementations of symbolic inference mechanisms - - neural networks as massively parallel implementation technique - - neural networks for learning of search heuristics There are at least three major aspects where a discussion of neural networks / connectionist models can be beneficial to the logic programming community at this time: * development of reasoning techniques which are closer to the way humans reason in everyday situation * dealing with vague knowledge, i.e. imprecise, uncertain, incomplete, inconsistent information, possibly from different sources and in various formats * efficiency improvements for symbolic inference mechanisms, e.g. through adaptive learning from previously solved problems, or content-oriented access to rules and facts Submission of Papers ==================== Prospective contributors are invited to submit papers or extended abstracts to the organizers by April 1, 1994. They will be notified about acceptance or rejection by May 1. The final version of the papers is due June 1. We are planning to make the full papers accessible to the workshop participants in an ftp archive, and hand out only copies of the abstracts. If possible, please use a text processing program that allows you to produce PostScript output; otherwise it might be difficult to print out copies on other systems than the one you used. Preliminary Agenda ================== There will be one or two talks of approximately 30 min. where the essential background on the use of neural networks for logic and reasoning will be presented. The main purpose for this is to offer a brief introduction to those attendants with little knowledge of neural networks, and to provide a common framework of reference for the workshop. Care will be taken that these presentations concentrate on fundamental aspects, providing an overview of the field rather than a detailed technical review of one particular system or approach. The rest of the time slots will be used for presentations of submitted papers, i.e. approximately two in each section, with enough time for discussion. The final time schedule will be distributed after May 1. The workshop will be concluded by a final discussion and a wrap-up of important aspects. Important Dates =============== Submission deadline April 1, 1994 Notification of acceptance/rejection May 1, 1994 Final version of papers due June 1, 1994 Date of the workshop June 17 or 18, 1994 Registration ============ According to the standard policy of LP post-coference workshops, the workshops are integrating part of the conference. This means that participants of the workshop are expected to register for the conference. Workshop Organizers =================== Franz Kurfess Dept. of Neural Information Processing University of Ulm D-89069 Ulm, Germany Voice : +49/731 502-41+4953 Fax : +49/731 502-4156 E-mail: kurfess@neuro.informatik.uni-ulm.de Alessandro Sperduti CSD - University of Pisa Corso Italia 40 56100 Pisa, Italy Voice : +39/50 510 248 Fax : +39/50 510 226 E-mail: perso@di.unipi.it ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 13 Issue 9] ****************************************