Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 2820; Sat, 17 Oct 92 21:39:56 EDT Received: from noc2.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Sat, 17 Oct 92 21:39:53 EDT Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc2.dccs.upenn.edu id AA12369; Sat, 17 Oct 92 21:37:30 -0400 Return-Path: Received: from LOCALHOST by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA03876; Sat, 17 Oct 92 17:50:18 EDT Posted-Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 17:49:52 -0400 From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V10 #7 (CFP + Conferences) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 17:49:52 -0400 Message-Id: <3872.719358592@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Saturday, 17 Oct 1992 Volume 10 : Issue 7 Today's Topics: Administrivia - archive IP address changed Summer School of Brain Research CFP: integrating neural and symbolic processes World Neural Network Conference Call for Papers World Congress on Neural Networks ESANN'93 symposium Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu". 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Thank you for your patience; I hope to get to them quite soon. -Peter : Peter Marvit, Neuron Digest Moderator : Courtesy of Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania : neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu ------------------------------ Subject: Summer School of Brain Research From: mark@nibr.uucp Date: 29 Sep 92 15:38:00 +0000 18TH INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL OF BRAIN RESEARCH THE SELF-ORGANIZING BRAIN: FROM GROWTH CONE TO FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS August 23-27, 1993 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Organized by The Netherlands Institute for Brain Research under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and the Amsterdam Neuroscience Network In August 1993, the traditional bi-annual Summer School of Brain Research will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Summer School will feature tutorial lectures about up-to-date experimental and mathematical research on self-organization in neurons and networks, structure-function relations and their role in the development and functional adaptation of the brain. These themes will be explored at different levels of organization in the brain: growth cones, neurons, networks and interrelated networks. Participation is open for all researchers interested in the subject, and participants are invited to present their work in poster sessions. Information and application forms can be obtained from: smail: T. Eikelboom and W. Verweij Netherlands Institute for Brain Research Meibergdreef 33 NL - 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Phone: (31) 20 5665508 FAX: (31) 20 6961006 email: M. van Veen, mark%nibr@nluug.nl N.B. All applications should be sent in by regular mail. Organizing Committee: J. van Pelt, M. Corner, H. Uylings, T. Eikelboom, W. Verweij, A. van Ooyen and M. van Veen. Advisory Committee: F. H. Lopes da Silva (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), H. Parnas (Jerusalem, Israel), A. Schierwagen (Leipzig, Germany). Sessions and confirmed speakers: - ------------------------------ 0- Introduction M. Corner, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1- Growth Cone Dynamics, Neuritic Outgrowth and Neuronal Morphogenesis P. Letourneau, Minneapolis, USA. S. Kater, Ft. Collins, USA. M. Black, Philadelphia, USA. M. van Veen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. H. Uylings, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2- Neuronal Morphology, Excitability and Signal Processing J. van Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands A. Schierwagen, Leipzig, Germany. R. Llinas, New York, USA. N. Spitzer, San Diego, USA. H. Parnas, Jerusalem, Israel. A. Holden, Leeds, UK. B. Connors, Providence, USA. 3- Factors Controlling Neuronal Network Development R. Oppenheim, Winston-Salem, USA. D. O'Leary, La Jolla, USA. Y. Ben-Ari, Paris, France. M. Bear, Providence, USA. M. Constantine-Paton, New Haven, USA. C. M"uller, T"ubingen, Germany. 4- Neuronal Network Dynamics J. Taylor, London, UK. R. Traub, Yorktown Heights, USA. M. Abeles, Jerusalem, Israel. A. van Ooyen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 5- Functional Operation of Multiple Circuits in the Brain W. Freeman, Berkeley, USA. F. Lopes da Silva, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. D. Purves, Durham, USA. R. Eckhorn, Marburg, Germany. ------------------------------ Subject: CFP: integrating neural and symbolic processes From: rsun@athos.cs.ua.edu (Ron Sun) Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama Date: 29 Sep 92 20:06:18 +0000 CALL FOR PAPERS ARCHITECTURES FOR INTEGRATING NEURAL AND SYMBOLIC PROCESSES A Special Issue of Connection Science: a journal of AI, cognitive science and neurocomputing Although there has been a great deal of research in integrating neural and symbolic processes, both from a cognitive and/or applications viewpoint, there has been relatively little effort in comparing, categorizing and combining these fairly isolated approaches, especially from a cognitive perspective. This special issue is intended to address the cognitive architectural aspects of this integration: the issue will bring together various architectural approaches as well as focus on specific architectures that solve particular problems, that exhibit cognitive plausibility, that yield new insights, and that show potential for scaling up. Papers are expected to address the following questions, but are not limited to such questions: * What have we achieved so far by integrating neural and symbolic processes? * What are the relative advantages/disadvantages of each approach? * How cognitively plausible is each proposed approach? * Is there any commonality among various architectural approaches? Should we try to synthesize existing approaches? How do we synthesize these approaches? (Does there exist a generic and uniquely correct cognitive architecture?) * What are the problems, difficulties and outstanding issues in integrating neural and symbolic processes? * How do symbolic representation and connectionist learning schemes interact in integrated systems? The papers can be either theoretical or experimental in scope, and can comment on the current state of affairs and address what advances are necessary so that continued progress can be made. However, prospective authors should emphasize the principles involved along with an explanation of why the particular model works or does not work, and what it is we can learn from the model. For example, does the model predict some testable behavior which can lead to new insights? All papers will be rigorously refereed, and should conform to the following rules, in addition to the usual requirements of the journal. Authors must submit five (5) printed copies of their papers to either of the addresses listed below by January 5, 1993. Notification of receipt will be electronically mailed to the first author (or designated author) soon after receipt. Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers will be mailed to the first author (or designated author) by March 31, 1993. Final verson of accepted papers will be due May, 28, 1993. All 5 copies of a submitted paper must be clearly legible. Neither computer files nor fax submissions are acceptable. Submissions must be printed on 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. or A4 paper using 12 point type (10 characters per inch for typewriters). Each copy of the paper must have a title page (separate from the body of the paper) containing the title of the paper, the names and addresses of all authors, including e-mail addresses, and a short (less than 200 word) abstract. Submissions should be delivered to one of the following addresses: Dr. Lawrence Bookman Prof. Ron Sun Sun Microsystems Laboratories Department of Computer Science Two Federal Street The Universi ty of Alabama Billerica MA 01821, USA Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA lbookman@east.sun.com rsun@athos.cs.ua.edu Potential arthors are strongly encouraged to contact the editors as early as possible regarding their plans for submission. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Review Criteria [Significance:] How important is the work reported? Does it attack an important/difficult problem or a peripheral/simple one? Does the approach offered advance the state of the art? [Originality:] Has this or similar work been previously reported? Are the problems and approaches new? Is this a novel combination of familiar techniques? Does the paper point out differences from related research? Is it re-inventing the wheel using new terminology? [Quality:] Is the paper technically sound? Does it carefully evaluate the strengths and limitations of its contribution? How are its claims backed up? [Clarity:] Is the paper clearly written? Does it motivate the research? Does the paper properly situate itself with respect to previous work? Are the results described and evaluated? Is the paper organized in a logical fashion? ------------------------------ Subject: World Neural Network Conference Call for Papers From: mike@park.bu.edu (Michael Cohen) Organization: Information Technology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA Date: 25 Sep 92 22:51:30 +0000 ---CALL FOR PAPERS--- WORLD CONGRESS ON NEURAL NETWORKS 1993 INTERNATIONAL NEURAL NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING July 11--15, 1993 Portland Convention Center Portland, Oregon This international research conference will be the largest and most interdisciplinary meeting in 1993 covering all the areas relevant to neural network research. Neural network models in psychology and cognitive science, neuroscience and neuropsychology, engineering and design, technology and applications, and computational and mathematical analysis will all be featured. The meeting structure will particularly emphasize the dynamic interplay of neurobiological modelling with advanced engineering and technological applications. Hybrid systems wherein neural network models are linked to fuzzy, genetic, and symbolic models are also most welcome. GENERAL CHAIR: George Lendaris PROGRAM CHAIRS: Stephen Grossberg and Bart Kosko COOPERATING SOCIETIES CHAIR: Mark Kon Plenary Lectures include: - ------------------------- 3-D VISION AND FIGURE-GROUND POP-OUT, Stephen Grossberg COHERENCE AS AN ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE OF CORTICAL FUNCTION, Wolf Singer REAL-TIME ON-CHIP LEARNING IN ANALOG VLSI NETWORKS, Carver Mead INTELLIGENT CONTROL USING NEURAL NETWORKS, Kumpati Narendra NEURAL FUZZY SYSTEMS, Bart Kosko Tutorials, which will be offered on Sunday, July 11, 1993, include: - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAPTIVE RESONANCE THEORY, Gail Carpenter BIOLOGICAL VISION, V.S. Ramachandran COGNITIVE SCIENCE, David Rumelhart COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, Robert Desimone NEURAL COMPUTATION AND VLSI, Eric Schwartz NEURAL CONTROL AND ROBOTICS, Michael Kuperstein NEURAL FUZZY SYSTEMS, Fred Watkins NEUROBIOLOGY AND CHAOS, Walter Freeman PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL NETWORK THEORY, Robert Hecht-Nielsen STRUCTURAL AND MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES TO SIGNAL PROCESSING, S.Y. Kung SUPERVISED LEARNING, Hal White PROGRAM COMMITTEE: - ------------------ D. Alkon, S. Amari, J. Anderson, P. Baldi, A. Barto, D. Bullock, J. Byrne, G. Carpenter, D. Casasent, T. Caudell, R. Chellappa, M. Cohen, L. Cooper, W. Daugherty, J. Daugman, J. Dayhoff, R. Desimone, R. Eckmiller, B. Ermentrout, K. Fukushima, S. Gielen, L. Giles, P. Gochin, R. Granger, S. Grossberg, A. Guez, D. Hammerstrom, R. Hecht-Nielsen, J. Houk, W. Karplus, S. Kelso, B. Kosko, S.Y. Kung, M. Kuperstein, D. Levine, C. von der Malsburg, E. Marder, A. Maren, J. Marshall, J. McClelland, E. Mingolla, K. Narendra, H. Ogmen, E. Oja, L. Optican, F. Pineda, V.S. Ramachandran, D. Rumelhart, E. Schwartz, M. Seibert, J. Shynk, D. Specht, H. Szu, R. Taber, Y. Takefugi, J. Taylor, P. Werbos, H. White, B. Widrow, R. Williams Technical Sessions include: - --------------------------- TOPIC SESSION CHAIRS - ----- -------------- Biological Vision C. von der Malsburg, V.S. Ramachandran Machine Vision R. Chellappa, K. Fukushima Speech and Language M. Cohen, D. Rumelhart Biological Sensory-Motor Control A. Barto, S. Kelso Robotics and Control M. Kuperstein, K. Narendra Supervised Learning L. Cooper, P. Werbos Unsupervised Learning G. Carpenter, E. Oja Pattern Recognition T. Kohonen, D. Specht Local Circuit Neurobiology J. Byrne, J. Houk Cognitive Neuroscience R. Desimone, L. Optican Intelligent Neural Systems S. Grossberg, D. Levine Neural Fuzzy Systems W. Daugherty, B. Kosko Signal Processing S.Y. Kung, B. Widrow Neurodynamics S. Amari, H. White Electro-Optical Neurocomputers L. Giles, H. Szu Associative Memory J. Anderson, J. Taylor Applications J. Dayhoff, R. Hecht-Nielsen International Neural Network Society - ------------------------------------ President: Paul Werbos President-Elect & Treasurer: Harold Szu Secretary: Judith Dayhoff Board of Governors - ------------------ Shun-ichi Amari Stephen Grossberg Richard Andersen Mitsuo Kawato James A. Anderson Christof Koch Andrew Barto Teuvo Kohonen Gail Carpenter Bart Kosko Walter Freeman Christoph von der Malsburg Kunihiko Fukushima David Rumelhart Lee Giles Bernard Widrow Cooperating Societies include: - ------------------------------ European Neural Network Society Japanese Neural Network Society IEEE Neural Networks Council IEEE Computer Society International Fuzzy Systems Association Call for Papers - --------------- Papers must be received by January 15, 1993. International authors should submit their work via Air Mail or Express Courier so as to ensure timely arrival. All submissions will be acknowledged by mail, and accepted papers will be published as submitted. Papers will be reviewed by session co-chairs and the program committee, and all authors will be informed of the decision. All papers accepted for presentation will be published in full in the Conference Proceedings, which is expected to be available at the conference for distribution to all regular conference registrants. Six (6) copies (one original and five copies) of the paper are required for submission. Do not fold or staple the original camera-ready copy. The paper must be complete within 4 pages, including figures, tables, and references, and should be written in English. There will be a charge of $20 per page for papers exceeding 4 pages. Checks for over-length charges should be made payable to WCNN'93, and must be included with the submitted paper; if the paper is not accepted, the check will be returned. Only complete papers will be considered. Papers must be submitted camera-ready on 8-1/2" x 11" white paper with one-inch margins on all four sides. Papers should be prepared by typewriter or letter quality printer in one-column format, single-spaced, in Times Roman or similar type style of 10 points or larger, and printed on one side of the page only. All text, figures, captions, and references must be clean, sharp, readable, and high contrast. FAX submissions are not acceptable. Centered at the top of the first page should be the complete title, author name(s), affiliation(s), and mailing address(es). This is to be followed by a blank space, then the abstract (up to 15 lines), followed by the text. In an accompanying letter, the following information must be included: Full title of the paper Corresponding author name, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers Technical session (1st and 2nd choices) Oral or poster session preferred Presenter name, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers Audio/Visual requirements Send papers to: - --------------- WCNN'93 Talley Management Group Inc. 1825 I Street NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 TEL: (609) 845-1720 FAX: (609) 853-0411 Registration Fees: - ------------------ MEETING: - -------- Before Before After 01/15/93 06/15/93 06/15/93 -------- -------- -------- Member $175 $270 $350 Non-Member * $275 $370 $450 Student $50 $75 $95 * Includes a 1993 INNS membership and a 1-year subscription to the INNS journal Neural Networks TUTORIALS: - ---------- Member/ $225 $295 $345 Non-Member Student $50 $75 $95 For additional information regarding the meeting, including special travel rates, hotels, the planning of exhibits, or INNS membership please call or fax the numbers listed above. - -- Boston University (617-353-7857) Email: mike@park.bu.edu Smail: Michael Cohen 111 Cummington Street, RM 242 Center for Adaptive Systems Boston, Mass 02215 Boston University ------------------------------ Subject: World Congress on Neural Networks From: mike@PARK.BU.EDU Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 16:13:28 -0500 WORLD CONGRESS ON NEURAL NETWORKS 1993 INTERNATIONAL NEURAL NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING July 11--15, 1993 Portland Convention Center Portland, Oregon This international research conference will be the largest and most interdisciplinary meeting in 1993 covering all the areas relevant to neural network research. Neural network models in psychology and cognitive science, neuroscience and neuropsychology, engineering and design, technology and applications, and computational and mathematical analysis will all be featured. The meeting structure will particularly emphasize the dynamic interplay of neurobiological modelling with advanced engineering and technological applications. Hybrid systems wherein neural network models are linked to fuzzy, genetic, and symbolic models are also most welcome. GENERAL CHAIR: George Lendaris PROGRAM CHAIRS: Stephen Grossberg and Bart Kosko COOPERATING SOCIETIES CHAIR: Mark Kon Plenary Lectures include: - ------------------------- 3-D VISION AND FIGURE-GROUND POP-OUT, Stephen Grossberg COHERENCE AS AN ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE OF CORTICAL FUNCTION, Wolf Singer REAL-TIME ON-CHIP LEARNING IN ANALOG VLSI NETWORKS, Carver Mead INTELLIGENT CONTROL USING NEURAL NETWORKS, Kumpati Narendra NEURAL FUZZY SYSTEMS, Bart Kosko Tutorials, which will be offered on Sunday, July 11, 1993, include: - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAPTIVE RESONANCE THEORY, Gail Carpenter BIOLOGICAL VISION, V.S. Ramachandran COGNITIVE SCIENCE, David Rumelhart COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, Robert Desimone NEURAL COMPUTATION AND VLSI, Eric Schwartz NEURAL CONTROL AND ROBOTICS, Michael Kuperstein NEURAL FUZZY SYSTEMS, Fred Watkins NEUROBIOLOGY AND CHAOS, Walter Freeman PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL NETWORK THEORY, Robert Hecht-Nielsen STRUCTURAL AND MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES TO SIGNAL PROCESSING, S.Y. Kung SUPERVISED LEARNING, Hal White PROGRAM COMMITTEE: - ------------------ D. Alkon, S. Amari, J. Anderson, P. Baldi, A. Barto, D. Bullock, J. Byrne, G. Carpenter, D. Casasent, T. Caudell, R. Chellappa, M. Cohen, L. Cooper, W. Daugherty, J. Daugman, J. Dayhoff, R. Desimone, R. Eckmiller, B. Ermentrout, K. Fukushima, S. Gielen, L. Giles, P. Gochin, R. Granger, S. Grossberg, A. Guez, D. Hammerstrom, R. Hecht-Nielsen, J. Houk, W. Karplus, S. Kelso, B. Kosko, S.Y. Kung, M. Kuperstein, D. Levine, C. von der Malsburg, E. Marder, A. Maren, J. Marshall, J. McClelland, E. Mingolla, K. Narendra, H. Ogmen, E. Oja, L. Optican, F. Pineda, V.S. Ramachandran, D. Rumelhart, E. Schwartz, M. Seibert, J. Shynk, D. Specht, H. Szu, R. Taber, Y. Takefugi, J. Taylor, P. Werbos, H. White, B. Widrow, R. Williams Technical Sessions include: - --------------------------- TOPIC SESSION CHAIRS - ----- -------------- Biological Vision C. von der Malsburg, V.S. Ramachandran Machine Vision R. Chellappa, K. Fukushima Speech and Language M. Cohen, D. Rumelhart Biological Sensory-Motor Control A. Barto, S. Kelso Robotics and Control M. Kuperstein, K. Narendra Supervised Learning L. Cooper, P. Werbos Unsupervised Learning G. Carpenter, E. Oja Pattern Recognition T. Kohonen, D. Specht Local Circuit Neurobiology J. Byrne, J. Houk Cognitive Neuroscience R. Desimone, L. Optican Intelligent Neural Systems S. Grossberg, D. Levine Neural Fuzzy Systems W. Daugherty, B. Kosko Signal Processing S.Y. Kung, B. Widrow Neurodynamics S. Amari, H. White Electro-Optical Neurocomputers L. Giles, H. Szu Associative Memory J. Anderson, J. Taylor Applications J. Dayhoff, R. Hecht-Nielsen International Neural Network Society - ------------------------------------ President: Paul Werbos President-Elect & Treasurer: Harold Szu Secretary: Judith Dayhoff Board of Governors - ------------------ Shun-ichi Amari Stephen Grossberg Richard Andersen Mitsuo Kawato James A. Anderson Christof Koch Andrew Barto Teuvo Kohonen Gail Carpenter Bart Kosko Walter Freeman Christoph von der Malsburg Kunihiko Fukushima David Rumelhart Lee Giles Bernard Widrow Cooperating Societies include: - ------------------------------ European Neural Network Society Japanese Neural Network Society IEEE Neural Networks Council IEEE Computer Society International Fuzzy Systems Association Call for Papers - --------------- Papers must be received by January 15, 1993. International authors should submit their work via Air Mail or Express Courier so as to ensure timely arrival. All submissions will be acknowledged by mail, and accepted papers will be published as submitted. Papers will be reviewed by session co-chairs and the program committee, and all authors will be informed of the decision. All papers accepted for presentation will be published in full in the Conference Proceedings, which is expected to be available at the conference for distribution to all regular conference registrants. Six (6) copies (one original and five copies) of the paper are required for submission. Do not fold or staple the original camera-ready copy. The paper must be complete within 4 pages, including figures, tables, and references, and should be written in English. There will be a charge of $20 per page for papers exceeding 4 pages. Checks for over-length charges should be made payable to WCNN'93, and must be included with the submitted paper; if the paper is not accepted, the check will be returned. Only complete papers will be considered. Papers must be submitted camera-ready on 8-1/2" x 11" white paper with one-inch margins on all four sides. Papers should be prepared by typewriter or letter quality printer in one-column format, single-spaced, in Times Roman or similar type style of 10 points or larger, and printed on one side of the page only. All text, figures, captions, and references must be clean, sharp, readable, and high contrast. FAX submissions are not acceptable. Centered at the top of the first page should be the complete title, author name(s), affiliation(s), and mailing address(es). This is to be followed by a blank space, then the abstract (up to 15 lines), followed by the text. In an accompanying letter, the following information must be included: Full title of the paper Corresponding author name, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers Technical session (1st and 2nd choices) Oral or poster session preferred Presenter name, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers Audio/Visual requirements Send papers to: - --------------- WCNN'93 Talley Management Group Inc. 1825 I Street NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 TEL: (609) 845-1720 FAX: (609) 853-0411 Registration Fees: - ------------------ MEETING: - -------- Before Before After 01/15/93 06/15/93 06/15/93 -------- -------- -------- Member $175 $270 $350 Non-Member * $275 $370 $450 Student $50 $75 $95 * Includes a 1993 INNS membership and a 1-year subscription to the INNS journal Neural Networks TUTORIALS: - ---------- Member/ $225 $295 $345 Non-Member Student $50 $75 $95 For additional information regarding the meeting, including special travel rates, hotels, the planning of exhibits, or INNS membership please call or fax the numbers listed above. ------------------------------ Subject: ESANN'93 symposium From: esann@dice.ucl.ac.be Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 21:27:21 +0100 ====================================================================== Could you please include this call for papers in the next issue of Neuron-Digest? Thank you. ====================================================================== ESANN '93 ========= European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks Brussels (Belgium), April 7-8-9, 1993 First annoucement and call for papers 1) general scope of the conference __________________________________ Research on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) has been increasing for recent years, due to the interest of a large number of academic institutions and companies in this field. However, theoretical works and new trends are disseminated over a wide range of conferences and journals, and scientists find it difficult to continuously be aware of the ;state-of-the-art< of the domain. The aim of the ESANN conferences is to provide an European forum for the presentation of recent top-level advancements in the research on artificial neural networks. Instead of focusing on applications, the symposium will emphasize on the basic concepts and the essential as well as new or promising ways of research in the field of neural networks. The conference will also promote contacts between participants on the various aspects of the field with time for panel sessions and impromptu discussions. The program committee invites contributions for the 1993 conference in Brussels in the following areas: D ;biologically plausible< neural networks D neurobiological systems D adaptive behavior D theory D models D learning algorithms D neural networks architectures D evolutive (incremental) neural networks D self-organized networks D relations with classical methods (statistics,...) D signal processing (image and speech) D optimization 2) call for contributions _________________________ Prospective authors are invited to submit six originals of their contribution before December 11, 1992. Working language of the conference (including proceedings) is English. Papers should not exceed six A4 pages (including figures and references). Printing area will be 12.2 x 19.3 cm (centered on the A4 page), and 10-point Times font will be used for the main text. AUTHORS ARE INVITED TO WRITE TO THE CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT TO GET EXAMPLES OF CAMERA-READY CONTRIBUTIONS. 3) local details ________________ The conference will be held in the center of Brussels (Belgium), close to the famous ;Grand-Place<. The center of Brussels can easily be reached by air (train shuttle between the airport and the central station), by train or by car. A list of hotels near the conference center will be provided to the participants. Social events will be organized for participants and accompanying persons. 4) deadlines ____________ Submission of papers: December 11, 1992 Notification of acceptance: January 29, 1993 Symposium: April 7-9, 1993 5) grants _________ A limited number of grants (travel, subsistence and registration fees) will be given to young scientists. Please write to the conference secretariat for details. 6) conference secretariat _________________________ Dr. Michel Verleysen D Facto Conference Services 45 rue Masui B - 1210 Brussels Belgium phone: + 32 2 245 43 63 Fax: + 32 2 245 46 94 E-mail: esann@dice.ucl.ac.be 7) steering committee _____________________ Fran+ois Blayo EERIE, Nmes (F) Marie Cottrell Univ. Paris I (F) Nicolas Franceschini CNRS Marseille (F) Jeanny H)rault INPG Grenoble (F) Michel Verleysen UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B) scientific committee ____________________ Robert Azencott DIAM - ENS Paris (F) Fran+ois Blayo EERIE Nmes (F) Herv) Bourlard Lernout & Hauspie Sp.P. (B) Joan Cabestany Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E) Dave Cliff University of Sussex (UK) Pierre Comon Thomson-Sintra Sophia (F) Marie Cottrell Universit) Paris I (F) Holk Cruse Universit Jacques Demongeot Universit) de Grenoble (F) Marc Duranton Philips / LEP (F) Jean-Claude Fort Universit) Paris V (F) Nicolas Franceschini CNRS Marseille (F) Karl Goser Universit Martin Hasler EPFL Lausanne (CH) Jeanny H)rault INPG Grenoble (F) Philip Husbands University of Sussex (UK) Paul Jespers UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B) Christian Jutten INPG Grenoble (F) Jean-Didier Legat UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B) Gilles Pag[s Universit) Paris I (F) Eros Pasero Politecnico di Torino (I) Alberto Prieto Universitad de Granada (E) Pierre Puget LETI Grenoble (F) Jean-Pierre Rospars INRA Versailles (F) Andr) Roucoux UCL Louvain-en-Woluwe (B) Jean-Pierre Royet Universit) Claude-Bernard (F) Giulio Sandini Universita di Genova (I) John Stonham Brunel University (UK) John Taylor King3s College London (UK) Vincent Torre Universita di Genova (F) Claude Touzet EERIE Nmes (F) Joos Vandewalle KUL Leuven (B) Michel Verleysen UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B) Eric Vittoz CSEM Neuchatel (CH) Christian Wellekens Lernout & Hauspie Sp.P. (B) 8) Reply form _____________ In order to help the organization of the conference, please complete this form (capitals) and return it as soon as possible to the conference secretariat. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ................................................................ First Name: .......................................................... University or company: ............................................... Address: ............................................................. ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ZIP: ................................................................ Town: ............................................................... Country: ............................................................ Tel: ................................................................. Fax: ................................................................ E-mail: ............................................................. I intend to attend the symposium O I intend to submit a paper by December 10, 1993 O Provisional title: ................................................... ................................................... Please send me the program of the conference O - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send this call for papers to my colleague: Name: ................................................................ First Name: .......................................................... University or company: ............................................... 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E-mail: ............................................................. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This form is to send as soon as possible to the conference secretariat: Dr. Michel Verleysen D Facto Conference Services 45 rue Masui B - 1210 Brussels Belgium phone: + 32 2 245 43 63 Fax: + 32 2 245 46 94 E-mail: esann@dice.ucl.ac.be ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 10 Issue 7] **************************************** Received: from BUACCA by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF009) with BSMTP id 1951; Tue, 20 Oct 92 15:07:24 EDT Received: from noc2.dccs.upenn.edu by BUACCA.BU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with TCP; Tue, 20 Oct 92 15:07:21 EDT Received: from CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU by noc2.dccs.upenn.edu id AA06629; Tue, 20 Oct 92 15:03:26 -0400 Return-Path: Received: from LOCALHOST by cattell.psych.upenn.edu id AA14573; Tue, 20 Oct 92 14:10:49 EDT Posted-Date: Tue, 20 Oct 92 14:10:20 -0400 From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator" To: Neuron-Distribution:; Subject: Neuron Digest V10 #8 (discussion + jobs + software) Reply-To: "Neuron-Request" X-Errors-To: "Neuron-Request" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Date: Tue, 20 Oct 92 14:10:20 -0400 Message-Id: <14565.719604620@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> Sender: marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Neuron Digest Tuesday, 20 Oct 1992 Volume 10 : Issue 8 Today's Topics: Some refs to work on inference and variable binding in NN ISSNNet Editor Wanted ISSNNet Election Results COLT'92 publisher? re: NNs and Predicate Claculus (V10 #5) RE: Fuzzy logic newsletter vi e-mail. Postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Rochester I was wondering if you could help. Release of Self-Organizing Map PD program package New version of Learning Vector Quantization PD program package Send submissions, questions, address maintenance, and requests for old issues to "neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu". The ftp archives are available from cattell.psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31). Back issues requested by mail will eventually be sent, but may take a while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Some refs to work on inference and variable binding in NN From: Lokendra Shastri Date: Sun, 04 Oct 92 20:04:56 -0500 Here are some refs and the abstract of a paper on work on Knowledge rep., inference, and variable binding in neural nets. Several other references may be found in these papers. -- Shastri Lokendra Shastri Computer and Information Sci. Dept. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 --------------------------- Barnden, J., \& Srinivas, K.~(1991) Encoding Techniques for Complex Information Structures in Connectionist Systems. {\it Connection Science}, Vol.~3, No.~3, 269-315. Lange, T.~E., \& Dyer, M.~G.~(1989) High-level Inferencing in a Connectionist Network. {\it Connection Science}, Vol.~1, No.~2, 181-217. Shastri, L. (1991) Relevance of Connectionism to AI: A representation and reasoning perspective. In {\it Advances in Connectionist and Neural Computation Theory}, vol. 1, ed. J. Barnden and J. Pollack. Ablex. V. Ajjanagadde and L. Shastri, Rules and variables in neural nets, {\it Neural Computation}. 3, 121--134, 1991. Shastri, L. \& Ajjanagadde, V.~G.~(1992). >From Simple associations to systematic reasoning: A connectionist representation of rules, variables and dynamic bidings using temporal synchrony. To appear in {\it Behavioral and Brain Sciences}. This article is available via anonymous ftp, instructions and abstract are given below. [A paper by Ron Sun on variable bindings is also to appear in Connection Science in the near future.] -------------------- Abstract of the Shastri Ajjanagadde paper to appear in BBS. FROM SIMPLE ASSOCIATIONS TO SYSTEMATIC REASONING: A Connectionist representation of rules, variables, and dynamic bindings using temporal synchrony Lokendra Shastri Computer and Information Science Department University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 shastri@central.cis.upenn.edu Venkat Ajjanagadde Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut University of Tuebingen Sand 13 W-7400 Tuebingen, Germany nnsaj01@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de Abstract Human agents draw a variety of inferences effortlessly, spontaneously, and with remarkable efficiency --- as though these inferences are a reflex response of their cognitive apparatus. Furthermore, these inferences are drawn with reference to a large body of background knowledge. This remarkable human ability seems paradoxical given the results about the complexity of reasoning reported by researchers in artificial intelligence. It also poses a challenge for cognitive science and computational neuroscience: How can a system of simple and slow neuron-like elements represent a large body of systematic knowledge and perform a range of inferences with such speed? We describe a computational model that is a step toward addressing the cognitive science challenge and resolving the artificial intelligence paradox. We show how a connectionist network can encode millions of facts and rules involving n-ary predicates and variables, and perform a class of inferences in a few hundred msec. Efficient reasoning requires the rapid representation and propagation of dynamic bindings. Our model achieves this by i) representing dynamic bindings as the synchronous firing of appropriate nodes, ii) rules as interconnection patterns that direct the propagation of rhythmic activity, iii) and long-term facts as temporal pattern-matching sub-networks. The model is consistent with recent neurophysiological findings which suggest that synchronous activity occurs in the brain and may play a representational role in neural information processing. The model also makes specific predictions about the nature of reflexive reasoning that are psychologically significant. It identifies constraints on the form of rules that may participate in such reasoning and relates the capacity of the working memory underlying reflexive reasoning to biological parameters such as the lowest frequency at which nodes can sustain synchronous oscillations and the coarseness of synchronization. ------------- You may get a copy of a the above article by anonymous ftp. %ftp linc.cis.upenn.edu Name: anonymous Password: ftp> cd pub ftp> binary ftp> get bbs.shastri.tar.Z ftp> quit %uncompress bbs.shastri.tar.Z % tar xf bbs.shastri.tar you should get 4 postscript files under the directory bbs.shastri. These will be: text.ps, table.ps, bhfigs1.ps and bhfigs2.ps. % psprint text.ps % psprint table.ps % psprint bhfigs1.ps % psprint bhfigs2.ps ------------------------------ Subject: ISSNNet Editor Wanted From: worth@cns.bu.edu (Andrew J. Worth) Organization: International Student Society for Neural Networks (ISSNNet) Date: 05 Oct 92 01:24:03 +0000 The International Student Society for Neural Networks (ISSNNet) is looking for an Editor for its Newsletter. If you are interested in taking a visible part in student issues relating to Neural Networks, this is your chance to work on probably the most tangible form of ISSNNet. As Editor, you will be in charge of collecting, editing, and putting together news items. You will also direct the distribution and electronic publication of the Newsletter. This is currently a volunteer position, but this may change in the future. If you are interested, please respond to issnnet@cns.bu.edu. Andy. =-------------------------------------------------------------------= Andrew J. Worth (617) 353-6741 ISSNNet, Inc. ISSNNet Director P.O. Box 15661 worth@cns.bu.edu Boston, MA 02215 USA =-------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------ Subject: ISSNNet Election Results From: worth@cns.bu.edu (Andrew J. Worth) Organization: International Student Society for Neural Networks (ISSNNet) Date: 05 Oct 92 01:26:21 +0000 After arduously counting ballots, the results of the first ISSNNet elections are as follows: ISSNNet President Weilan Wu Washington University ISSNNet Vice President James W. Conley George Mason University ISSNNet Treasurer Rick Gilmore Carnegie Mellon University ISSNNet Director Andrew J. Worth Boston University The first job of these newly elected officers is to complete the re-organization of ISSNNet. As soon as we can put one together, we will be mailing out a Newsletter to describe the state of the society and the programs we are currently working on. If you wish to discuss issues related to students and Neural Networks, feel free to post your concerns in this USENET group, comp.org.issnnet, or else send email to issnnet@cns.bu.edu. Please let us know what you want from this International Student Society for Neural Networks. Andy. =-------------------------------------------------------------------= Andrew J. Worth (617) 353-6741 ISSNNet, Inc. ISSNNet Director P.O. Box 15661 worth@cns.bu.edu Boston, MA 02215 USA =-------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------ From: pb@cse.iitb.ernet.in (Pushpak Bhattacharya) Subject: COLT'92 publisher? Date: Mon, 05 Oct 92 17:07:29 +0700 Dear Sir, Could you tell me who the publisher of COLT'92 (proceedings of computational learning theory conference, 1992) is ? Usually it Morgan Kaufmann. But for '92, it seems, somebody else has published it. Also it the volume out yet ? Pushpak Bhattacharyya IIT Bombay pb@cse.iitb.ernet.in ------------------------------ Subject: re: NNs and Predicate Claculus (V10 #5) From: sims@starbase.MITRE.ORG (Jim Sims) Date: Mon, 05 Oct 92 07:21:00 -0500 I seem to recall attending a session at AAAI or IJCAI in 90 or 91 that dealt with neural nets and predicate calculus.... jim ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Fuzzy logic newsletter vi e-mail. From: James Rash Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 10:01:58 -0500 Thanks to those who responded to my query back in June (ND Vol. 9 Issue 23) concerning the existence of fuzzy logic newsletters. >From Brian Schott (qmdbms@gsusgi2.gsu.edu) came the suggestion to subscribe to the LISTSERV organized by NAFIPS (North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society): subscribe to NAFIPS-L by sending a subscribe message to NAFIPS-L@GSUVM1.BITNET. Ulf Rimkus provided information on two other lists (ND Vol. 9, Issue 25). The above represents all of the responses so far to my original query, the latest of which was received on 2 October. Hope it helps those who expressed interest. Again, many thanks to Brian and Ulf. Jim Rash ------------------------------ Subject: Postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Rochester From: Thomas Bever Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 13:29:50 -0500 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN THE LANGUAGE SCIENCES AT ROCHESTER The Center for the Sciences of Language [CSL] at the University of Rochester has a total of three NIH-funded postdoctoral trainee positions: one can start right away, the other two start anytime after July 1, 1993: all can run from one to two years. CSL is an interdisciplinary unit which connects programs in American Sign Language, Psycholinguistics, Linguistics, Natural language processing, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Vision. Fellows will be expected to participate in a variety of existing research and seminar projects in and between these disciplines. Applicants should have a relevant background and an interest in interdisciplinary research training in the language sciences. We encourage applications from minorities and women: applicants must be US citizens or otherwise eligible for a US government fellowship. Applications should be sent to Tom Bever, CSL Director, Meliora Hall, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627; Bever@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu; 716-275-8724. Please include a vita, a statement of interests, the names and email addresses and/or phone numbers of three recommenders: also indicate preferred starting date.  ------------------------------ Subject: I was wondering if you could help. From: "Mark Fleharty" Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 21:38:00 -0700 [[ Editor's Note: I am flattered that we get a note from a high school student interested in this work. I hope some kind reader will offer some suggestions and assistance to this fellow. -PM ]] To whom this may concern, My name is Mark Fleharty, I am currently a junior in High School and I am working on a neural-network for a Super Computing Challenge that is sponsered by Los Alamos Labs. I was wondering if you could maybe help me on my project and maybe give me some ideas for my project. I want to make a neural-network that will recognise shapes and other visual patterns. I will have access to a Cray and hopefully a connection machine so I will have enough processing power to drive a neural-network. Please e-mail me if you have any suggestion or if you think that you could be of any help to me. Thanks in advance, Mark Fleharty scc26mf@carina.unm.edu ------------------------------ Subject: Release of Self-Organizing Map PD program package From: LVQ_PAK Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 15:14:44 +0700 ************************************************************************ * * * SOM_PAK * * * * The * * * * Self-Organizing Map * * * * Program Package * * * * Version 1.0 (October 9, 1992) * * * * Prepared by the * * SOM Programming Team of the * * Helsinki University of Technology * * Laboratory of Computer and Information Science * * Rakentajanaukio 2 C, SF-02150 Espoo * * FINLAND * * * * Copyright (c) 1992 * * * ************************************************************************ Some time ago we released the software package "LVQ_PAK" for the easy application of Learning Vector Quantization algorithms. Corresponding public-domain programs for the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) algorithms are now available via anonymous FTP on the Internet. "What does the Self-Organizing Map mean?", you may ask --- See the following reference, then: Teuvo Kohonen. The self-organizing map. Proceedings of the IEEE, 78(9):1464-1480, 1990. In short, Self-Organizing Map (SOM) defines a 'non-linear projection' of the probability density function of the high-dimensional input data onto the two-dimensional display. SOM places a number of reference vectors into an input data space to approximate to its data set in an ordered fashion. This package contains all the programs necessary for the application of Self-Organizing Map algorithms in an arbitrary complex data visualization task. This code is distributed without charge on an "as is" basis. There is no warranty of any kind by the authors or by Helsinki University of Technology. In the implementation of the SOM programs we have tried to use as simple code as possible. Therefore the programs are supposed to compile in various machines without any specific modifications made on the code. All programs have been written in ANSI C. The programs are available in two archive formats, one for the UNIX-environment, the other for MS-DOS. Both archives contain exactly the same files. These files can be accessed via FTP as follows: 1. Create an FTP connection from wherever you are to machine "cochlea.hut.fi". The internet address of this machine is 130.233.168.48, for those who need it. 2. Log in as user "anonymous" with your own e-mail address as password. 3. Change remote directory to "/pub/som_pak". 4. At this point FTP should be able to get a listing of files in this directory with DIR and fetch the ones you want with GET. (The exact FTP commands you use depend on your local FTP program.) Remember to use the binary transfer mode for compressed files. The som_pak program package includes the following files: - Documentation: README short description of the package and installation instructions som_doc.ps documentation in (c) PostScript format som_doc.ps.Z same as above but compressed som_doc.txt documentation in ASCII format - Source file archives (which contain the documentation, too): som_p1r0.exe Self-extracting MS-DOS archive file som_pak-1.0.tar UNIX tape archive file som_pak-1.0.tar.Z same as above but compressed An example of FTP access is given below unix> ftp cochlea.hut.fi (or 130.233.168.48) Name: anonymous Password: ftp> cd /pub/som_pak ftp> binary ftp> get som_pak-1.0.tar.Z ftp> quit unix> uncompress som_pak-1.0.tar.Z unix> tar xvfo som_pak-1.0.tar See file README for further installation instructions. All comments concerning this package should be addressed to som@cochlea.hut.fi. ************************************************************************ ------------------------------ Subject: New version of Learning Vector Quantization PD program package From: LVQ_PAK Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 15:18:43 +0700 ************************************************************************ * * * LVQ_PAK * * * * The * * * * Learning Vector Quantization * * * * Program Package * * * * Version 2.1 (October 9, 1992) * * * * Prepared by the * * LVQ Programming Team of the * * Helsinki University of Technology * * Laboratory of Computer and Information Science * * Rakentajanaukio 2 C, SF-02150 Espoo * * FINLAND * * * * Copyright (c) 1991,1992 * * * ************************************************************************ Public-domain programs for Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ) algorithms are available via anonymous FTP on the Internet. "What is LVQ?", you may ask --- See the following reference, then: Teuvo Kohonen. The self-organizing map. Proceedings of the IEEE, 78(9):1464-1480, 1990. In short, LVQ is a group of methods applicable to statistical pattern recognition, in which the classes are described by a relatively small number of codebook vectors, properly placed within each class zone such that the decision borders are approximated by the nearest-neighbor rule. Unlike in normal k-nearest-neighbor (k-nn) classification, the original samples are not used as codebook vectors, but they tune the latter. LVQ is concerned with the optimal placement of these codebook vectors into class zones. This package contains all the programs necessary for the correct application of certain LVQ algorithms in an arbitrary statistical classification or pattern recognition task. To this package three options for the algorithms, the LVQ1, the LVQ2.1 and the LVQ3, have been selected. This code is distributed without charge on an "as is" basis. There is no warranty of any kind by the authors or by Helsinki University of Technology. In the implementation of the LVQ programs we have tried to use as simple code as possible. Therefore the programs are supposed to compile in various machines without any specific modifications made on the code. All programs have been written in ANSI C. The programs are available in two archive formats, one for the UNIX-environment, the other for MS-DOS. Both archives contain exactly the same files. These files can be accessed via FTP as follows: 1. Create an FTP connection from wherever you are to machine "cochlea.hut.fi". The internet address of this machine is 130.233.168.48, for those who need it. 2. Log in as user "anonymous" with your own e-mail address as password. 3. Change remote directory to "/pub/lvq_pak". 4. At this point FTP should be able to get a listing of files in this directory with DIR and fetch the ones you want with GET. (The exact FTP commands you use depend on your local FTP program.) Remember to use the binary transfer mode for compressed files. The lvq_pak program package includes the following files: - Documentation: README short description of the package and installation instructions lvq_doc.ps documentation in (c) PostScript format lvq_doc.ps.Z same as above but compressed lvq_doc.txt documentation in ASCII format - Source file archives (which contain the documentation, too): lvq_p2r1.exe Self-extracting MS-DOS archive file lvq_pak-2.1.tar UNIX tape archive file lvq_pak-2.1.tar.Z same as above but compressed An example of FTP access is given below unix> ftp cochlea.hut.fi (or 130.233.168.48) Name: anonymous Password: ftp> cd /pub/lvq_pak ftp> binary ftp> get lvq_pak-2.1.tar.Z ftp> quit unix> uncompress lvq_pak-2.1.tar.Z unix> tar xvfo lvq_pak-2.1.tar See file README for further installation instructions. All comments concerning this package should be addressed to lvq@cochlea.hut.fi. ************************************************************************ ------------------------------ End of Neuron Digest [Volume 10 Issue 8] ****************************************