From cas-cns@cns.bu.edu Thu Aug 1 13:07:54 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu (lucy.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.11]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA12009 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 13:07:48 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU (TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.254.108]) by lucy.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA25807 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 13:07:46 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa13413; 1 Aug 96 12:07:00 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13411; 1 Aug 96 11:38:41 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02359; 1 Aug 96 11:38:07 EDT Received: from MAILBOX.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa22582; 1 Aug 96 9:35:07 EDT Received: from MAILBOX.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by MAILBOX.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06523; 1 Aug 96 9:34:10 EDT Received: from CNS.BU.EDU by MAILBOX.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06520; 1 Aug 96 9:33:59 EDT Received: from mac-duffee.bu.edu by cns.bu.edu (SMI-8.6/BU-11/2/94) id JAA05650; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 09:29:03 -0400 Message-Id: <199608011329.JAA05650@cns.bu.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 09:29:15 -0400 From: Boston University - CAS/CNS To: massmail@cns.bu.edu Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS: Vison, Recognition, Action Organization: Boston University - Dept. of Cognitive & Neural Systems Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.2.0b13 CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on VISION, RECOGNITION, ACTION: NEURAL MODELS OF MIND AND MACHINE May 29--31, 1997 Sponsored by the Center for Adaptive Systems and the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems Boston University with financial support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research This conference will include 21 invited lectures and contributed lectures and posters by experts on the biology and technology of how the brain and other intelligent systems see, understand, and act upon a changing world. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Contributed abstracts by active modelers of vision, recognition, or action in cognitive science, computational neuroscience, artificial neural networks, artificial intelligence, and neuromorphic engineering are welcome. They must be received, in English, by January 31, 1997. Notification of acceptance will be given by February 28, 1997. A meeting registration fee of $35 for regular attendees and $25 for students must accompany each Abstract. See Registration Information below for details. The fee will be returned if the Abstract is not accepted for presentation and publication in the meeting proceedings. Each Abstract should fit on one 8 x 11" white page with 1" margins on all sides, single-column format, single-spaced, Times Roman or similar font of 10 points or larger, printed on one side of the page only. Fax submissions will not be accepted. Abstract title, author name(s), affiliation(s), mailing, and email address(es) should begin each Abstract. An accompanying cover letter should include: Full title of Abstract, corresponding author and presenting author name, address, telephone, fax, and email address. Preference for oral or poster presentation should be noted. (Talks will be 15 minutes long. Posters will be up for a full day. Overhead, slide, and VCR facilities will be available for talks.) Abstracts which do not meet these requirements or which are submitted with insufficient funds will be returned. The original and 3 copies of each Abstract should be sent to: Neural Models of Mind and Machine, c/o Cynthia Bradford, Boston University, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215. The program committee will determine whether papers will be accepted in an oral or poster presentation, or rejected. REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Since seating at the meeting is limited, early registration is recommended. To register, please fill out the registration form below. Student registrations must be accompanied by a letter of verification from a department chairperson or faculty/research advisor. If accompanied by an Abstract or if paying by check, mail to: Neural Models of Mind and Machine, c/o Cynthia Bradford, Boston University, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215. If paying by credit card, mail as above, or fax to (617) 353-7755, or email to cindy@cns.bu.edu. The registration fee will help to pay for a reception, 6 coffee breaks, and the meeting proceedings. STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS: A limited number of fellowships for PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows are available to at least partially defray meeting travel and living costs. The deadline for applying for fellowship support is January 31, 1997. Applicants will be notifed by February 28, 1997. Each application should include the applicant's CV, including name; mailing address; email address; current student status; faculty or PhD research advisor's name, address, and email address; relevant courses and other educational data; and a list of research articles. A letter from the listed faculty or PhD advisor on offiicial institutional stationery should accompany the application and summarize how the candidate may benefit from the meeting. Students who also submit an Abstract need to include the registration fee with their Abstract. Reimbursement checks will be distributed after the meeting. Their size will be determined by student need and the availability of funds. TUTORIALS: A day of tutorials will be held on May 28. Details will follow soon. MEETING INFORMATION: For meeting updates, see the web site at http://cns-web.bu.edu/cns-meeting/. REGISTRATION FORM (Please Type or Print) Vision, Recognition, Action: Neural Models of Mind and Machine Boston University Boston, Massachusetts May 29--31, 1997 Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof: Name: Affiliation: Address: City, State, Postal Code: Phone and Fax: Email: The registration fee includes the meeting program, reception, coffee breaks, and meeting proceedings. [ ] $35 Regular [ ] $25 Student Method of Payment: Enclosed is a check made payable to "Boston University". Checks must be made payable in US dollars and issued by a US correspondent bank. Each registrant is responsible for any and all bank charges. I wish to pay my fees by credit card (MasterCard, Visa, or Discover Card only). Type of card: Name as it appears on the card: Account number: Expiration date: Signature and date: From JEROEN.vanDEUTEKOM@wkap.nl Thu Aug 1 20:31:44 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu (lucy.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.11]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id UAA20392 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 20:31:30 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU (TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.254.108]) by lucy.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA01815 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 20:31:27 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa13827; 1 Aug 96 16:49:09 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13825; 1 Aug 96 16:38:38 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02611; 1 Aug 96 16:38:12 EDT Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 11:49:07 +0200 From: Jeroen van Deutekom Message-ID: <3156481031071996/A02085/WKVAX5/11A7FAA82300*@MHS> To: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Neural Processing Letters Considering the background of this mailinglist it might be of interest to inform you about the journal NEURAL PROCESSING LETTERS Editors in Chief: Michel Verleysen Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Francois Blayo EERIE, Lyon, France This journal is published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. More and current information on the journal of Neural Processing Letters and table of contents can be obtained from the following sites: Gopher: gopher.wkap.nl WWW: ftp://gopher.wkap.nl/journal/nepl gopher://gopher.wkap.nl:70/00gopher_root1%3A%5Bjournal.nepl%5Dnepl.inf Information can also be obtained via: E-mail from North and South America: kluwer@wkap.com E-mail from the Rest of the World : services@wkap.nl From sajda@peanut.sarnoff.com Thu Aug 1 20:31:46 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu (lucy.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.11]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id UAA20397 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 20:31:33 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU (TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.254.108]) by lucy.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA01819 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 20:31:29 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa13858; 1 Aug 96 16:58:19 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13829; 1 Aug 96 16:39:28 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02616; 1 Aug 96 16:38:45 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26799; 1 Aug 96 14:57:12 EDT Received: from nova.sarnoff.com by CS.CMU.EDU id aa11915; 1 Aug 96 14:56:52 EDT Received: from sgate.sarnoff.com (sgate.sarnoff.com [130.33.15.244]) by nova.sarnoff.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id PAA29662 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 15:02:48 -0400 Received: from ironman.sarnoff.com ([130.33.8.7]) by sgate.sarnoff.com (Netscape Mail Server v1.1) with SMTP id AAA8214; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 15:09:19 -0400 Received: by ironman.sarnoff.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA00702; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 14:54:46 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 14:54:46 -0400 From: Paul Sajda x2961 Message-Id: <9608011854.AA00702@ironman.sarnoff.com> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Positions in Adaptive Information and Signal Processing Cc: ralonso@peanut.sarnoff.com, jcp@peanut.sarnoff.com X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII David Sarnoff Research Center The Computing Sciences Research Group of The David Sarnoff Research Center currently has openings for two technical positions in Adaptive Information and Signal Processing. 1. Member Technical Staff PhD. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science or related discipline. Experience in image and/or signal processing (preferably medical image or signal processing), neural networks, pattern recognition and computer vision. Will conduct research and build and explore commercial opportunities in areas of medical imaging, object recognition/detection, speech recognition, and/or datamining. Special Requirements: Interest in applying neural networks and image understanding to applications in medical image and speech processing. Ambition for helping to develop new commercial neural network/vision business. Excellent communication skills and willingness to bring in new business and extend application domain of group. Experience in MATLAB, C and C++ programming and the UNIX operating system. 2. Associate Member Technical Staff Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Computer Science. Experience in image and/or signal processing. Responsibilities will include developing and proto-typing software for applications in medical imaging, signal processing and datamining. Special Requirements: Experience in MATLAB, C and C++ programming and the UNIX operating system. Background in image and/or signal processing. Experience in neural networks and datamining preferred. Comfortable with building X-based graphical user interfaces. Please send resumes and correspondence via mail to: Dr. Paul Sajda David Sarnoff Reseach center CN5300 Princeton, NJ 08543-5300 or preferably by e-mail to: csrg@sarnoff.com Postscript is preferred for e-mail submissions. From mm@santafe.edu Sat Aug 3 14:54:41 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu (lucy.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.11]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA16814 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 14:54:30 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU (TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.254.108]) by lucy.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA21361 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 14:54:28 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id ab02127; 3 Aug 96 13:44:56 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02102; 3 Aug 96 13:21:55 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02388; 3 Aug 96 13:21:42 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16143; 2 Aug 96 18:58:46 EDT Received: from sfi.santafe.edu by CS.CMU.EDU id aa22884; 2 Aug 96 18:58:11 EDT Received: from shabikeschee.santafe.edu by sfi.santafe.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA12794; Fri, 2 Aug 96 16:06:17 MDT Received: by shabikeschee.santafe.edu (8.7.5/SMI-4.1) id QAA26640; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 16:06:16 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 16:06:16 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199608022206.QAA26640@shabikeschee.santafe.edu> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu From: Melanie Mitchell Subject: book announcement Announcing a new book: ADAPTIVE INDIVIDUALS IN EVOLVING POPULATIONS: MODELS AND ALGORITHMS edited by Richard K. Belew and Melanie Mitchell Proceedings Volume XXVI, Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1996 ABOUT THE BOOK The theory of evolution has been most successful explaining the emergence of new species in terms of their morphological traits. Ethologists teach that behaviors, too, qualify as first-class phenotypic features, but evolutionary accounts of behaviors have been much less satisfactory. In part this is because maturational "programs" transforming genotype to phenotype are "open" to environmental influences affected by behaviors. Further, many organisms are able to continue to modify their behavior, i.e., learn, even after fully mature. This creates an even more complex relationship between the genotypic features underlying the mechanisms of maturation and learning and the adapted behaviors ultimately selected. A meeting held at the Santa Fe Institute during the summer of 1993 brought together a small group of biologists, psychologists, and computer scientists with shared interests in questions such as these. This volume consists of approximately two dozen papers that explore interacting adaptive systems from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. About half the articles are classic, seminal references on the subject, ranging from biologists like Lamarck and Waddington to psychologists like Piaget and Skinner. The other papers represent new work by the workshop participants. The role played by mathematical and computational tools, both as models of natural phenomena and as algorithms useful in their own right, is particularly emphasized in these new papers. In all cases the chapters have been augmented by specially written prefaces. In the case of the reprinted classics, the prefaces help to put the older papers in a modern context. For the new papers, the prefaces have been written by colleagues from a discipline other than the paper's authors, and highligh, for example, what a computer scientist can learn from a biologist's model, or vice versa. Through these cross-disciplinary "dialogues" and a glossary collecting multidisciplinary connotations of pivotal terms, the process of interdisciplinary investigation itself becomes a central theme. ORDERING INFORMATION This series is published by The Advanced Book Program, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, One Jacob Way, Reading, MA 01867. Please contact your local bookstore or, for credit card orders, call Addison-Wesley Publishing Company at (800)447-2226. For more information on this book, visit the web page: http://www.santafe.edu/sfi/publications/Bookinfo/aiineptofc.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ ADAPTIVE INDIVIDUALS IN EVOLVING POPULATIONS: MODELS AND ALGORITHMS TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction - R. K. Belew & M. Mitchell BIOLOGY OVERVIEW Chapter 2: Adaptive Computation in Ecology and Evolution: A Guide to Future Research - J. Roughgarden, A. Bergman, S. Shafir, and C. Taylor REPRINTED CLASSICS Chapter 3: The Classics in Their Context, and in Ours - J. Schull Chapter 4: Of the Influence of the Environment on the Activities and Habits of Animals, and the Influence of the Activities and Habits of These Living Bodies in Modifying Their Organisation and Structure - J. B. Lamarck Chapter 5: A New Factor in Evolution - J. M. Baldwin Chapter 6: On Modification and Variation - C. Lloyd Morgan Chapter 7: Canalization of Development and the Inheritance of Acquired Characters - C. H. Waddington Chapter 8: The Baldwin Effect - G. G. Simpson Chapter 9: The Role of Somatic Change in Evolution - G. Bateson NEW WORK Chapter 10: A Model of Individual Adaptive Behavior in a Fluctuating Environment - L. A. Zhivotovsky, A. Bergman, and M. W. Feldman (Preface by R. K. Belew) Chapter 11: The Baldwin Effect in the Immune System: Learning by Somatic Hypermutation - R. Hightower, S. Forrest, and A. S. Perelson (Preface by W. Hart) Chapter 12: The Effect of Memory Length on Individual Fitness in a Lizard - S. Shafir and J. Roughgarden (Preface by M. L. Littman and F. Menczer; Appendix by F. Menczer, W. E. Hart, and M. L. Littman) Chapter 13: Latent Energy Environments - F. Menczer and R. K. Belew (Preface by J. Roughgarden) PSYCHOLOGY OVERVIEW Chapter 14: The Causes and Effects of Evolutionary Simulation in the Behavioral Sciences - P. M. Todd REPRINTED CLASSICS Chapter 15: Excerpts from "Principles of Biology" - H. Spencer (Preface by P. G. Godfrey-Smith) Chapter 16: Excerpts from "Principles of Psychology" - H. Spencer (Preface by P. G. Godfrey-Smith) Chapter 17: William James and the Broader Implications of a Multilevel Selectionism - J. Schull Chapter 18: Excerpts from "The Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Behavior" - B. F. Skinner Chapter 19: Excerpts from "Adaptation and Intelligence: Organic Selection and Phenocopy" - J. Piaget (Preface by O. Miglino & R. K. Belew) Chapter 20: Selective Costs and Benefits of Learning - T. D. Johnston (Preface by P. M. Todd) NEW WORK Chapter 21: Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Learning - P. M. Todd (Preface by S. Shafir) Chapter 22: Discontinuity in Evolution: How Different Levels of Organization Imply Preadaptation - O. Miglino, S. Nolfi, and D. Parisi (Preface by M. Mitchell) Chapter 23: The Influence of Learning on Evolution - D. Parisi and S. Nolfi (Preface by W. Hart) COMPUTER SCIENCE OVERVIEW Chapter 24: Computation and the Natural Sciences - R. K. Belew, M. Mitchell, and D. Ackley REPRINTED CLASSICS Chapter 25: How Learning Can Guide Evolution - G. Hinton & S. Nowlan (Preface by M. Mitchell and R. K. Belew) Natural Selection: When Learning Guides Evolution - J. Maynard Smith NEW WORK Chapter 26: Simulations Combining Evolution and Learning - M. L. Littman (Preface by M. Mitchell) Chapter 27: Optimization with Genetic Algorithm Hybrids that Use Local Search - W. Hart & R. K. Belew (Preface by C. Taylor) GLOSSARY INDEX From scott@cpl_mmag.nhrc.navy.mil Sat Aug 3 14:54:42 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu (lucy.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.11]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA16816 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 14:54:31 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU (TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.254.108]) by lucy.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA21363 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 14:54:29 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id ac02127; 3 Aug 96 13:45:32 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02109; 3 Aug 96 13:26:02 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02408; 3 Aug 96 13:25:41 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00459; 1 Aug 96 18:33:49 EDT Received: from cpl_mma.nhrc.navy.mil by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa19429; 1 Aug 96 18:32:50 EDT Received: by cpl_mmag.nhrc.navy.mil (8.7.1/) id PAA09986 for delivery to ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 15:27:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 15:27:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott Makeig Message-Id: <199608012227.PAA09986@cpl_mmag.nhrc.navy.mil> To: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: possible postdoctoral positions in biomedical signal processing POSSIBLE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL POSTDOCTORAL OPPORTUNITY I anticipate possible funding this autumn of one or two National Research Council postdoctoral Research Associate positions in a Neural Human-System Interface Development project for Online Alertness Monitoring using EEG and video signals. One position would involve design and testing of experiments in use of EEG-based alertness information to improve human-computer interfaces in military and transportation-related settings. An ideal candidate would have a strong background in engineering and signal processing, with interests in cognitive neuroscience and applications to human-computer interface design. A second position would focus on combining time-series analysis, neural networks, and information theory to study applications of independent component analysis to brain imaging and EEG data. The ideal candidate would have a strong background in time-series analysis, information theory, and neural networks, with interests in blind separation and biomedical information processing. Interested persons can learn more via www at: http://128.49.52.9. As there is an Aug. 12 deadline for application to the NRC program, immediate inquiries via email are advisable. Scott Makeig makeig@nhrc.navy.mil From postma@cs.rulimburg.nl Sat Aug 3 14:54:43 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu (lucy.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.11]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA16812 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 14:54:28 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU (TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.254.108]) by lucy.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA21359 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 14:54:26 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa02127; 3 Aug 96 13:43:56 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02099; 3 Aug 96 13:21:04 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02380; 3 Aug 96 13:20:28 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09866; 2 Aug 96 9:52:06 EDT Received: from bommel.cs.rulimburg.nl by CS.CMU.EDU id aa17931; 2 Aug 96 9:50:32 EDT Received: from argus.cs.rulimburg.nl by bommel.cs.rulimburg.nl (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA02835; Fri, 2 Aug 96 15:48:43 +0200 Date: Fri, 2 Aug 96 15:48:43 +0200 Message-Id: <9608021348.AA02835@bommel.cs.rulimburg.nl> X-Sender: postma@bommel.cs.rulimburg.nl X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu From: Eric Postma Subject: geometric phase shift The following paper (draft version) is available from our archive: GEOMETRIC PHASE SHIFT IN A NEURAL OSCILLATOR Eric Postma, Jaap van den Herik and Patrick Hudson Computer Science Department University of Maastricht P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht The Netherlands ABSTRACT This paper studies the effect of slow cyclic variation of parameters on the phase of the oscillating Morris-Lecar model. In chemical oscillators it is known that a phase shift, called the geometric phase shift, is observed upon return to an initial point in parameter space. We find geometric phase shifts for a two-parameter variation in the Morris-Lecar model. As with the chemical oscillator, the magnitude of the shift is proportional to the area enclosed by the path traced through the parameter space. It is argued that the geometric phase shift may subserve many biological functions. We conclude that the geometric phase shift may be functionally relevant for neural computation. ftp://ftp.cs.rulimburg.nl/pub/papers/postma/gps.ps.Z (or gps.ps) We welcome your comments and suggestions Eric Poatma From becker@curie.psychology.mcmaster.ca Sat Aug 3 15:02:11 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu (lucy.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.11]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id PAA16840 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 15:02:05 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU (TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.254.108]) by lucy.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA21389 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 15:02:03 -0500 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa02095; 3 Aug 96 13:36:21 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02093; 3 Aug 96 13:18:40 EDT Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02373; 3 Aug 96 13:18:19 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa03493; 1 Aug 96 22:28:53 EDT Received: from [130.113.128.1] by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa20215; 1 Aug 96 22:28:38 EDT Received: from curie (curie.psychology.McMaster.CA) by blackadder.cis.mcmaster.ca with SMTP id AA10356 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for <@blackadder.cis.mcmaster.ca:Connectionists@CS.CMU.EDU>); Thu, 1 Aug 1996 22:28:20 -0400 Received: by curie (940816.SGI.8.6.9/940406.SGI) id WAA06304; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 22:28:19 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 22:28:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Sue Becker Reply-To: becker@mcmaster.ca To: connectionist Subject: REGISTRATION FOR NIPS*96 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII REGISTRATION FOR NIPS*96 Neural Information Processing Systems Tenth Annual Conference Monday December 2 - Saturday December 7, 1996 Denver, Colorado The NIPS*96 registration brochure is now available online. NIPS*96 is the tenth meeting of an interdisciplinary conference which brings together cognitive scientists, computer scientists, engineers, neuroscientists, 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. The conference is single track and is highly selective. Preceding the main session (Dec. 3-5), there will be one day of tutorial presentations (Dec. 2), both in Denver, Colorado. Following will be two days of focused workshops on topical issues at Snowmass, Colorado, a world class ski resort (Dec. 6-7). The registration brochure and other conference information may be retrieved via the World Wide Web at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/Groups/NIPS We expect to offer online registration soon from the NIPS web site. Registration material and other information may also be obtained by writing to: NIPS*96 Registration Conference Consulting Associates 451 N. Sycamore Monticello, IA 52310 fax: (319) 465-6709 (attn: Denise Prull) e-mail: nipsinfo@salk.edu REGISTRATION FEES: Conference (includes Proceedings, Reception, Banquet and 3 Continental Breakfasts) Regular $285.00 ($360.00 after Oct. 31, 1996) Full-time students, with I.D. $100.00 ($150.00 after Oct. 31, 1996) Workshops Regular $150.00 ($200.00 after Oct. 31, 1996) Full-time students, with I.D. $75.00 ($125.00 after Oct. 31, 1996) Tutorials Regular $150.00 Full-time students, with I.D. $50.00 TUTORIAL PROGRAM December 2, 1996 Session I: 09:30-11:30 Mostly statistical methods for language processing Dan Jurafsky, University of Colorado at Boulder >From traditional statistical models to neural networks Trevor Hastie, Stanford University Session II: 13:00-15:00 Practical pattern recognition via neural networks Brian Ripley, University of Oxford Reinforcement learning Richard S. Sutton, University of Massachusetts Session III: 15:30-17:30 Neural networks for the human genome project and beyond Frank Eeckman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Challenges of time series prediction John Moody, Oregon Graduate Institute CONFERENCE: INVITED TALKS December 3-5, 1996 Computer graphics for film: Automatic versus manual techniques Eric Enderton (Banquet Speaker), Industrial Light and Magic Wavelets, wavelet packets, and beyond: Applications of new adaptive signal representations David Donoho, Stanford University and UC Berkeley Plasticity of dynamics as opposed to absolute strength of synapses Henry Markram, Weizmann Institute Transition between rate and temporal coding in neocortex as determined by synaptic depression Misha Tsodyks, Weizmann Institute The CONDENSATION algorithm - Conditional density propagation and applications to visual tracking Andrew Blake, University of Oxford Compositionality, MDL priors and object recognition Stuart Geman and Elie Bienenstock, Brown University WORKSHOPS: PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE December 6-7, 1996 Friday, December 6 Neural modulation and neural information processing A. Tang and C. Linster Population coding: Interpreting the responses of neuronal populations A. Pouget, R. Zemel, P. Dayan Model complexity C. Williams & J. Utans ANNs and continuous optimization: Local minima, sub-optimality and computational complexity M. Gori and M. Protasi The structure of natural images and efficient image coding D. Ruderman and B. Olshausen Dynamical recurrent networks Day 1: J. Kolen and S. Kremer Connectionist modelling of auditory scene analysis G. Brown and D. Wang Rule extraction from ANNs R. Andrews Saturday, December 7 Cortical magnification G. Blasdell Synaptic transmission: Reliability and variability V. Murthy and T. Zador Tricks of the trade: How to really make algorithms work G. Orr, K. Mueller, & R. Caruana What does accuracy really mean? H. Burke and A. Hoang Modelling error surfaces S. Mukherjee and T. Fine Learning vision A. Yuille and A. Blake Dynamical recurrent networks Day 2: James Howse and Bill Horne Nature inspired algorithms for combinatorial optimization A. Jagota Blind signal processing A. Cichocki and A. Back NIPS*96 is sponsored by the NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS Foundation, Inc. with additional sponsorship of student and young investigator travel awards from the Office of Naval Research. NIPS*96 Organizing Committee: General Chair, Michael Mozer, U. Colorado; Program Chair, Michael Jordan, MIT; Publications Chair, Thomas Petsche, Siemens; Tutorial Chair, John Lazzaro, Berkeley; Workshops Co-Chairs, Michael Perrone, IBM, and Steven Nowlan, Lexicus; Publicity Chair, Suzanna Becker, McMaster; Local Arrangements, Marijke Augusteijn, U. Colorado; Treasurer, Eric Mjolsness, UCSD; Government/Corporate Liaison, John Moody, OGI; Contracts, Steve Hanson, Siemens, Scott Kirkpatrick, IBM, Gerry Tesauro, IBM. Conference arrangements by Conference Consulting Associates, Monticello, IA.