From payman@uw-isdl.ee.washington.edu Sun Feb 11 20:00:31 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Sun, 11 Feb 96 20:00:29 -0600; AA10300 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Sun, 11 Feb 96 20:00:27 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa24098; 11 Feb 96 19:52:37 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24096; 11 Feb 96 19:26:29 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa17654; 11 Feb 96 19:26:23 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25319; 11 Feb 96 17:48:28 EST Received: from uw-isdl.ee.washington.edu by RI.CMU.EDU id aa29140; 11 Feb 96 17:48:11 EST Received: (from payman@localhost) by uw-isdl.ee.washington.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) id OAA11919 for connectionists@cs.cmu.edu; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 14:48:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 14:48:03 -0800 (PST) From: Payman Arabshahi Message-Id: <199602112248.OAA11919@uw-isdl.ee.washington.edu> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: IEEE NNC Homepage - Call for Submissions The IEEE Neural Network Council's Homepage (http://www.ieee.org/nnc) is seeking information about Computational Intelligence Research Programs Worldwide, both in academia and industry. If you know of a relevant research group's homepage or would like a link to your homepage from the IEEE NNC research page, please let me know. At present we maintain links to some 64 Neural Computing Programs, and are especially seeking information on programs in Canada, Central and South America, Asia and the Middle East, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Africa. Thank you for your cooperation. -- Payman Arabshahi Tel : (205) 895-6380 Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng. Fax : (205) 895-6803 University of Alabama in Huntsville payman@ebs330.eb.uah.edu Huntsville, AL 35899 http://www.eb.uah.edu/ece/ From tony@discus.anu.edu.au Tue Feb 13 00:19:54 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Tue, 13 Feb 96 00:19:20 -0600; AA05117 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Tue, 13 Feb 96 00:19:18 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa25454; 12 Feb 96 23:02:36 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25452; 12 Feb 96 22:43:46 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18868; 12 Feb 96 22:43:02 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa15355; 12 Feb 96 22:33:09 EST Received: from discus.anu.edu.au by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa07190; 12 Feb 96 22:31:20 EST Received: (from tony@localhost) by discus.anu.edu.au (8.7.1/8.7.1) id OAA24815; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 14:30:29 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 14:30:29 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199602130330.OAA24815@discus.anu.edu.au> From: Tony BURKITT To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: ACNN'96 registration information REGISTRATION INFORMATION ACNN'96 SEVENTH AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON NEURAL NETWORKS 10th - 12th APRIL 1996 Australian National University Canberra, Australia ADVANCE REGISTRATION REMINDER To receive a 20% discount for registration at ACNN'96, you must post a registration form before Friday, February 16th. ACNN'96 The seventh Australian conference on neural networks will be held in Canberra on April 10th - 12th 1996 at the Australian National University. ACNN'96 is the annual national meeting of the Australian neural network community. It is a multi-disciplinary meeting, with contributions from Neuroscientists, Engineers, Computer Scientists, Mathematicians, Physicists and Psychologists. The program will include keynote talks, lecture presentations and poster sessions. Proceedings will be printed and distributed to the attendees. Invited Keynote Speakers ACNN'96 will feature two keynote speakers: Professor Wolfgang Maass, Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Technical University Graz, "Networks of spiking neurons: The third generation of neural network models," and Professor Steve Redman, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, "Modelling versus measuring: a perspective on computational neuroscience." Pre-Conference Workshops There will be two Pre-Conference Workshops on Tuesday 9th April: Memory, time, change and structure in ANNs: Distilling cognitive models into their functional components Convenors: Janet Wiles and J. Devin McAuley, Depts of Computer Science and Psychology, University of Queensland janet@psy.uq.edu.au devin@psy.uq.edu.au The workshop aim is to identify the functional roles of artificial neural network (ANN) components and to understand how they combine to explain cognitive phenomena. Existing ANN models will be distilled into their functional components through case study analysis, targeting three traditional strengths of ANNs - mechanisms for memory, time and change; and one area of weakness - mechanisms for structure. (see http://psy.uq.edu.au/CogPsych/acnn96/workshop.html) Neural Networks in the Australian Public Service Convenor: Andrew Freeman phone: (06) 264 3698 fax: (06) 264 4717 afreeman@pcug.org.au This workshop will provide a venue for an informal exchange of views and experiences between researchers, users, and suppliers of neural technologies for forms processing in the Australian Public Service. (see http://www.pcug.org.au/~afreeman/otsig.html) Special Poster Session ACNN'96 will include a special poster session devoted to recent work and work-in-progress. Abstracts are solicited for this session (1 page limit), and may be submitted up to one week before the commencement of the conference. They will not be refereed or included in the proceedings, but will be distributed to attendees upon arrival. Students are especially encouraged to submit abstracts for this session. Venue Huxley Lecture Theatre, Leonard Huxley Building, Mills Road, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Further Information For more information on the conference (including the list of accepted papers, pointers to information on pre-conference workshops and tutorials, registration and accomodation information, and the registration form), see the ACNN96 web page: http://wwwsyseng.anu.edu.au/acnn96/ or contact: ACNN'96 Secretariat Department of Engineering FEIT Australian National University Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia Phone: +61 6 249 5645 ftp site: syseng.anu.edu.au:pub/acnn96 email: acnn96@anu.edu.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACNN'96 Seventh Australian Conference on Neural Networks Registration Form Title & Name: ___________________________________________________________ Organisation: ___________________________________________________________ Department: _____________________________________________________________ Occupation: _____________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________ State: ____________________ Post Code: _____________ Country: ___________ Tel: ( ) __________________________ Fax: ( ) _____________________ E-mail: _________________________________________________________________ [ ] Find enclosed a cheque for the sum of @: ______________________ [ ] Charge my credit card for the sum of # :________________________ Mastercard/Visa/Bankcard# Number : _____________________________ Valid until: ________ Signature: __________________ Date: ______ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To register, please fill in this form and return it together with payment to : ACNN'96 Secretariat L. 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Box 228 Australian National University Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @ Registration fees: Before 16 Feb 96 After 16 Feb 96 Full Time Students A$ 96.00 A$120.00 Academics A$208.00 A$260.00 Other A$304.00 A$380.00 # Please encircle type of card ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From mozer@neuron.cs.colorado.edu Wed Feb 14 02:04:46 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Wed, 14 Feb 96 02:04:44 -0600; AA11116 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Wed, 14 Feb 96 02:04:41 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa27099; 14 Feb 96 1:43:00 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27096; 14 Feb 96 1:23:55 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19807; 14 Feb 96 1:23:06 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26046; 13 Feb 96 14:05:43 EST Received: from neuron.cs.Colorado.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa08613; 13 Feb 96 14:03:39 EST Received: from neuron.cs.colorado.edu (mozer@localhost.cs.colorado.edu [127.0.0.1]) by neuron.cs.colorado.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA29791 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 12:03:26 -0700 Message-Id: <199602131903.MAA29791@neuron.cs.colorado.edu> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NIPS*96 CALL FOR PAPERS Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 12:03:20 -0700 From: Mike Mozer [ Moderator's note: Below is the NIPS*96 call for papers. I would like to remind people that many of the papers from NIPS*95 are now accessible online via the NIPS web site; the URL is given below. Also, NIPS*95 t-shirts and mousepads with the Wizard of Oz theme can now be ordered by mail at heavily discounted prices; see the NIPS web site for details. -- Dave Touretzky ] CALL FOR PAPERS Neural Information Processing Systems -- Natural and Synthetic Monday December 2 - Saturday December 7, 1996 Denver, Colorado This is the tenth meeting of an interdisciplinary conference which brings together cognitive scientists, computer scientists, engineers, neuro- 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. The conference is single track and is highly selective. Preceding the main session, there will be one day of tutorial presentations (Dec. 2), and following will be two days of focused workshops on topical issues at a nearby ski area (Dec. 6-7). Major categories for paper submission, with example subcategories, are as follows: Algorithms and Architectures: supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms, constructive/pruning algorithms, decision trees, localized basis functions, layered networks, recurrent networks, Monte Carlo algorithms, combinatorial optimization, performance comparisons Applications: database mining, DNA/protein sequence analysis, expert systems, fault diagnosis, financial analysis, medical diagnosis, music processing, time-series prediction Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science: perception, natural language, human learning and memory, problem solving, decision making, inductive reasoning, hybrid symbolic-subsymbolic systems Control, Navigation, and Planning: robotic motor control, process control, navigation, path planning, exploration, dynamic programming, reinforcement learning Implementation: analog and digital VLSI, optical neurocomputing systems, novel neuro-devices, simulation tools, parallelism Neuroscience: systems physiology, signal and noise analysis, oscillations, synchronization, mechanisms of inhibition and neuromodulation, synaptic plasticity, computational models Speech, Handwriting, and Signal Processing: speech recognition, coding, and synthesis, handwriting recognition, adaptive equalization, nonlinear noise removal, auditory scene analysis Theory: computational learning theory, complexity theory, dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, probability and statistics, approximation and estimation theory Visual Processing: image processing, image coding and classification, object recognition, stereopsis, motion detection and tracking, visual psychophysics Review Criteria: All submitted papers will be thoroughly refereed on the basis of technical quality, significance, and clarity. Novelty of the work is also a strong consideration in paper selection, but, to encourage interdisciplinary contributions, we will consider work which has been submitted or presented in part elsewhere, if it is unlikely to have been seen by the NIPS audience. Authors should not be dissuaded from submitting recent work, as there will be an opportunity after the meeting to revise accepted manuscripts before submitting final camera-ready copy. Paper Format: Submitted papers may be up to seven pages in length, including figures and references, using a font no smaller than 10 point. Submissions failing to follow these guidelines will not be considered. Authors are encouraged to use the NIPS LaTeX style files obtainable by anonymous FTP at the site given below. Papers must indicate (1) physical and e-mail addresses of all authors; (2) one of the nine major categories listed above, and, if desired, a subcategory; (3) if the work, or any substantial part thereof, has been submitted to or has appeared in other scientific conferences; (4) the authors' preference, if any, for oral or poster presentation; this preference will play no role in paper acceptance; and (5) author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Submission Instructions: Send six copies of submitted papers to the address 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 MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 24, 1996. From within the U.S., submissions will be accepted if mailed first class and postmarked by May 21, 1996. Mail submissions to: Michael Jordan NIPS*96 Program Chair Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, E10-034D Massachusetts Institute of Technology 79 Amherst Street Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Mail general inquiries and requests for registration material 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 Copies of the LaTeX style files for NIPS are available via anonymous ftp at ftp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.206.173) in /afs/cs/Web/Groups/NIPS/formatting The style files and other conference information may also be retrieved via World Wide Web at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/Groups/NIPS 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. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS IS MAY 24, 1996 - please post - From dcrespin@euler.ciens.ucv.ve Wed Feb 14 02:04:54 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Wed, 14 Feb 96 02:04:47 -0600; AA11122 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Wed, 14 Feb 96 02:04:44 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id ab27099; 14 Feb 96 1:44:23 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id ab27096; 14 Feb 96 1:23:58 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19811; 14 Feb 96 1:23:13 EST Return-Path: Date: Tue, 13 Feb 96 10:52:30-040 From: "Daniel Crespin(UCV" Mmdf-Warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU Message-Id: <9602131452.AA26199@euler.ciens.ucv.ve.ciens.ucv.ve> To: Dave_Touretzky@cs.cmu.edu Subject: papers available The preprints abstracted below could be of interest. To obtain the preprints use a WWW browser and go to http://euler.ciens.ucv.ve/Professors/dcrespin/Pub/ [1] Neural Network Formalism: Neural networks are defined using only elementary concepts from set theory, without the usual connectionistic graphs. The typical neural diagrams are derived from these definitions. This approach provides mathematical techniques and insight to develop theory and applications of neural networks. [2] Generalized Backpropagation: Global backpropagation formulas for differentiable neural networks are considered from the viewpoint of minimization of the quadratic error using the gradient method. The gradient of (the quadratic error function of) a processing unit is expressed in terms of the output error and the transposed derivative of the unit with respect to the weight. The gradient of the layer is the product of the gradients of the processing units. The gradient of the network equals the product of the gradients of the layers. Backpropagation provides the desired outputs or targets for the layers. Standard formulas for semilinear networks are deduced as a special case. [3] Geometry of Perceptrons: It is proved that perceptron networks are products of characteristic maps of polyhedra. This gives insight into the geometric structure of these networks. The result also holds for more general (algebraic, etc.) perceptron networks, and suggests a new technique to solve pattern recognition problems. [4] Neural Polyhedra: Explicit formulas to realize any polyhedron as a three layer perceptron neural network. Useful to calculate directly and without training the architecture and weights of a network that executes a given pattern recognition task. [5] Pattern Recognition with Untrained Perceptrons: Gives algorithms to construct polyhedra directly from given pattern recognition data. The perceptron network associated to these polyhedra (see preprint above) solves the recognition problem proposed. No network training is necessary. Daniel Crespin From goldfarb@unb.ca Wed Feb 14 10:03:40 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Wed, 14 Feb 96 10:03:38 -0600; AA19178 Received: from bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Wed, 14 Feb 96 10:03:34 -0600 Received: from (mafm@parma.cs.uwa.oz.au [130.95.1.7]) by cs.uwa.oz.au (8.6.8/8.5) with SMTP id TAA20510; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 19:10:17 +0800 Message-Id: <199602141110.TAA20510@cs.uwa.oz.au> From: Lev Goldfarb To: reinforce@cs.uwa.edu.au Cc: mccalla@cs.usask.ca Subject: Workshop: What is inductive learning? [connectionists] Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 03:05:51 -0400 (AST) My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. Please, post it. %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*% Call for extended abstracts: WHAT IS INDUCTIVE LEARNING? On the foundations of AI and Cognitive Science Toronto - Canada May 20 - 21, 1996 A workshop in conjunction with the 11th Biennial Canadian AI Conference to be held at the Holiday Inn on King, Toronto during 21 - 24 May 1996 This workshop is a long overdue attempt to look at the inductive learning process (ILP) as the central process generating various representations of objects (events). To this end one needs, first of all, to have a working definition of the ILP, which has been lacking. Here is a starting point: ILP is the process that constructs class representation on the basis of a (small) finite set of examples, i.e. it constructs the INDUCTIVE class representation. This class representation must, in essence, provide INDUCTIVE definition (or construction) of the class. The constructed class representation, in turn, modifies the earlier representation of the objects (within the context specified by the ILP). Thus, any subsequent processes, e.g. pattern recognition, recall, problem solving, are performed on the basis of the newly constructed object (event) representations. To put it somewhat strongly, there are only inductive representations. Two main and strongly related reasons why ILPs have not been perceived as the very central processes are a lack of their adequate understanding and a lack of their satisfactory formal model. Most of the currently popular formal models of ILPs (including connectionist models) do not provide satisfactory inductive class representations. One can show that inductive class representations (in other words, representations of concepts and categories) cannot be adequately specified within the classical (numeric) mathematical models. We encourage all researchers (including graduate students) seriously interested in the foundations of the above areas to participate in the workshop. Both theoretical and applied contributions are welcomed (including, of course, those related to vision, speech, and language). While extended abstracts will be available at the workshop, we are planning to publish the expanded and reviewed versions of the presentations as a special issue of journal Pattern Recognition. EXTENDED ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ---------------------------- Submit a copy (or e-mail version) of a 3-4 page extended abstract to Lev Goldfarb ILP Workshop Chair Faculty of Computer Science University of New Brunswick P.O. Box 4400 E-mail: goldfarb@unb.ca Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5A3 Tel: 506-453-4566 Canada Fax: 506-453-3566 E-mail submissions are encouraged. Important dates: ---------------- Extended abstract due: Monday, March 25, 1996. Notification & review back to the author: Friday April 5, 1996. Final extended abstract due: Monday April 22, 1996. For more information about the Canadian AI Conference which is held in conjunction with two other conferences (Vision Interface and Graphics Interface) see: http://ai.iit.nrc.ca/cscsi/conferences/ai96.html %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*% -- Lev Goldfarb http://wwwos2.cs.unb.ca/profs/goldfarb/goldfarb.htm Please e-mail to me: _____________________________________________________________________________ I intend to submit an abstract __ I plan to attend the workshop __ _____________________________________________________________________________ From iconip@cs.cuhk.hk Thu Feb 15 00:01:51 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Thu, 15 Feb 96 00:01:47 -0600; AA29784 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Thu, 15 Feb 96 00:01:45 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa28355; 14 Feb 96 19:57:44 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28353; 14 Feb 96 19:45:50 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa20493; 14 Feb 96 19:45:30 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa07809; 14 Feb 96 7:55:22 EST Received: from cucs18.cs.cuhk.hk by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa14133; 14 Feb 96 7:54:47 EST Received: from sun6.cs.cuhk.hk by cs.cuhk.hk with SMTP id SAA00808; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 18:13:26 +0800 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 18:13:26 +0800 From: ICONIP96 Message-Id: <199602141013.SAA00808@cs.cuhk.hk> To: iconip96-list@cs.cuhk.hk Subject: ICONIP'96 EXTENSION OF PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE ====================================================================== We apologize should you receive multiple copies of this CFP from different sources. ====================================================================== ************************************************ ICONIP'96 EXTENSION OF PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE ************************************************ 1996 International Conference on Neural Information Processing The Annual Conference of the Asian Pacific Neural Network Assembly ICONIP'96, September 24 - 27, 1996 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong In cooperation with IEEE / NNC --IEEE Neural Networks Council INNS - International Neural Network Society ENNS - European Neural Network Society JNNS - Japanese Neural Network Society CNNC - China Neural Networks Council ====================================================================== In consideration of many requests from Europe, USA as well as Asia Pacific region for a possible extension of paper submission deadline for ICONIP'96, the ICONIP'96 Organizing Committee has decided to extend the paper submission deadline. ----- The Extended Paper Submission Deadline : March 10, 1996 ---- The goal of ICONIP'96 is to provide a forum for researchers and engineers from academia and industry to meet and to exchange ideas on the latest developments in neural information processing. The conference also further serves to stimulate local and regional interests in neural information processing and its potential applications to industries indigenous to this region. The conference consists of two tracks. One is SCIENTIFIC TRACK for the latest results on Theories, Technologies, Methods, Architectures and Algorithms in neural information processing. The other is APPLICATION TRACK for various neural network applications in any engineering/technical field and any business/service sector. There will be a one-day tutorial on the neural networks for capital markets which reflects Hong Kong's local interests on financial services. In addition, there will be several invited lectures in the main conference. Hong Kong is one of the most dynamic cities in the world with world-class facilities, easy accessibility, exciting entertainment, and high levels of service and professionalism. Come to Hong Kong! Visit this Eastern Pearl in this historical period before Hong Kong's return to China in 1997. ********************* CONFERENCE'S SCHEDULE ********************* Submission of paper (extended) March 10, 1996 Notification of acceptance May 1, 1996 Tutorial on Financial Engineering Sept. 24, 1996 Conference Sept. 25-27, 1996 *** *** *** The Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag. *** *** *** Registration forms, detailed tutorial information, invited talks and other related information will be available on the WWW site in due course. ********************************** Tutorials On Financial Engineering ********************************** 1. Professor John Moody, Oregon Graduate Institute, USA "Time Series Modeling: Classical and Nonlinear Approaches" 2. Professor Halbert White, University California, San Diego, USA "Option Pricing In Modern Finance Theory and the Relevance Of Artificial Neural Networks" 3. Professor A-P. N. Refenes, London Business School, UK "Neural Networks in Financial Engineering" ************* Keynote Talks ************* 1. Professor Shun-ichi Amari, Tokyo University. "Information Geometry of Neural Networks" 2. Professor Yaser Abu-Mostafa, California Institute of Technology, USA "The Bin Model for Learning and Generalization" 3. Professor Leo Breiman, University California, Berkeley, USA "Democratizing Predictors" 4. Professor Christoph von der Malsburg, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany "Scene Analysis Based on Dynamic Links" (tentatively) 5. Professor Erkki Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland "Blind Signal Separation by Neural Networks " ************** Honored Talks ************** 1. Rolf Eckmiller, University of Bonn, Germany "Concerning the Development of Retina Implants with Neural Nets" 2. Mitsuo Kawato, ATR Human Information Processing Research Lab, Japan "Generalized Linear Model Analysis of Cerebellar Motor Learning" 3. Kunihiko Fukushima, Osaka University, Japan "To be announced" *** PLUS AROUND 20 INVITED PAPERS GIVEN BY WELL KNOWN RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD. *** ***************** CONFERENCE TOPICS ***************** SCIENTIFIC TRACK: APPLICATION TRACK: ----------------- ------------------ * Theory * Foreign Exchange * Algorithms & Architectures * Equities & Commodities * Supervised Learning * Risk Management * Unsupervised Learning * Options & Futures * Hardware Implementations * Forecasting & Strategic Planning * Hybrid Systems * Government and Services * Neurobiological Systems * Geophysical Sciences * Associative Memory * Telecommunications * Visual & Speech Processing * Control & Modeling * Intelligent Control & Robotics * Manufacturing * Cognitive Science & AI * Chemical Engineering * Recurrent Net & Dynamics * Transportation * Image Processing * Environmental Engineering * Pattern Recognition * Remote Sensing * Computer Vision * Defense * Time Series Prediction * Multimedia Systems * Optimization * Document Processing * Fuzzy Logic * Medical Imaging * Evolutionary Computing * Biomedical Application * Other Related Areas * Other Related Applications ********************** SUBMISSION INFORMATION ********************** Authors are invited to submit one camera-ready original (do not staple) and five copies of the manuscript written in English on A4-format (or letter) white paper with 25 mm (1 inch) margins on all four sides, in one column format, no more than six pages (four pages preferred) including figures and references, single-spaced, in Times-Roman or similar font of 10 points or larger, without page numbers, and printed on one side of the page only. Electronic or fax submission is not acceptable. Additional pages will be charged at USD $50 per page. Centered at the top of the first page should be the complete title, author(s), affiliation, mailing, and email addresses, followed by an abstract (no more than 150 words) and the text. Each submission should be accompanied by a cover letter indicating the contacting author, affiliation, mailing and email addresses, telephone and fax number, and preference of track, technical session(s), and format of presentation, either oral or poster. All submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the field based on quality, clarity, originality, and significance. Authors may also retrieve the ICONIP style, "iconip.tex" and "iconip.sty" files for the conference by anonymous FTP at ftp.cs.cuhk.hk in the directory /pub/iconip96. The address for paper submissions, registration and information inquiries: ICONIP'96 Secretariat Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Fax (852) 2603-5024 E-mail: iconip96@cs.cuhk.hk http://www.cs.cuhk.hk/iconip96 ***************************** CONFERENCE'S REGISTRATION FEE ***************************** On & Before July 1, 1996, Member HKD $2,800 On & Before July 1, 1996, Non-Member HKD $3,200 Late & On-Site, Member HKD $3,200 Late & On-Site, Non-Member HKD $3,600 Student Registration Fee HKD $1,000 ====================================================================== General Co-Chairs ================= Omar Wing, CUHK Shun-ichi Amari, Tokyo U. Advisory Committee ================== International ------------- Yaser Abu-Mostafa, Caltech Michael Arbib, U. Southern Cal. Leo Breiman, UC Berkeley Jack Cowan, U. Chicago Rolf Eckmiller, U. Bonn Jerome Friedman, Stanford U. Stephen Grossberg, Boston U. Robert Hecht-Nielsen, HNC Geoffrey Hinton, U. Toronto Anil Jain, Michigan State U. Teuvo Kohonen, Helsinki U. of Tech. Sun-Yuan Kung, Princeton U. Robert Marks, II, U. Washington Thomas Poggio, MIT Harold Szu, US Naval SWC John Taylor, King's College London David Touretzky, CMU C. v. d. Malsburg, Ruhr-U. Bochum David Willshaw, Edinburgh U. Lofti Zadeh, UC Berkeley Asia-Pacific Region ------------------- Marcelo H. Ang Jr, NUS, Singapore Sung-Yang Bang, POSTECH, Pohang Hsin-Chia Fu, NCTU., Hsinchu Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya U., Nagoya Kunihiko Fukushima, Osaka U., Osaka Zhenya He, Southeastern U., Nanjing Marwan Jabri, U. Sydney, Sydney Nikola Kasabov, U. Otago, Dunedin Yousou Wu, Tsinghua U., Beijing Organizing Committee ==================== L.W. Chan (Co-Chair), CUHK K.S. Leung (Co-Chair), CUHK D.Y. Yeung (Finance), HKUST C.K. Ng (Publication), CityUHK A. Wu (Publication), CityUHK B.T. Low (Publicity), CUHK M.W. Mak (Local Arr.), HKPU C.S. Tong (Local Arr.), HKBU T. Lee (Registration), CUHK K.P. Chan (Tutorial), HKU H.T. Tsui (Industry Liaison), CUHK I. King (Secretary), CUHK Program Committee ================= Co-Chairs --------- Lei Xu, CUHK Michael Jordan, MIT Erkki Oja, Helsinki U. of Tech. Mitsuo Kawato, ATR Members ------- Yoshua Bengio, U. Montreal Jim Bezdek, U. West Florida Chris Bishop, Aston U. Leon Bottou, Neuristique Gail Carpenter, Boston U. Laiwan Chan, CUHK Huishen Chi, Peking U. Peter Dayan, MIT Kenji Doya, ATR Scott Fahlman, CMU Francoise Fogelman, SLIGOS Lee Giles, NEC Research Inst. Michael Hasselmo, Harvard U. Kurt Hornik, Technical U. Wien Yu Hen Hu, U. Wisconsin - Madison Jeng-Neng Hwang, U. Washington Nathan Intrator, Tel-Aviv U. Larry Jackel, AT&T Bell Lab Adam Kowalczyk, Telecom Australia Soo-Young Lee, KAIST Todd Leen, Oregon Grad. Inst. Cheng-Yuan Liou, National Taiwan U. David MacKay, Cavendish Lab Eric Mjolsness, UC San Diego John Moody, Oregon Grad. Inst. Nelson Morgan, ICSI Steven Nowlan, Synaptics Michael Perrone, IBM Watson Lab Ting-Chuen Pong, HKUST Paul Refenes, London Business School David Sanchez, U. Miami Hava Siegelmann, Technion Ah Chung Tsoi, U. Queensland Benjamin Wah, U. Illinois Andreas Weigend, Colorado U. Ronald Williams, Northeastern U. John Wyatt, MIT Alan Yuille, Harvard U. Richard Zemel, CMU Jacek Zurada, U. Louisville From lawrence@s4.elec.uq.edu.au Thu Feb 15 00:01:53 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Thu, 15 Feb 96 00:01:49 -0600; AA29786 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Thu, 15 Feb 96 00:01:47 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa28400; 14 Feb 96 20:06:10 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28358; 14 Feb 96 19:47:26 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa20499; 14 Feb 96 19:46:12 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id ab09713; 14 Feb 96 12:00:13 EST Received: from [130.102.96.4] by RI.CMU.EDU id aa13083; 14 Feb 96 10:05:11 EST Received: (from lawrence@localhost) by s4.elec.uq.edu.au (8.7.1/8.6.12) id BAA05378; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 01:02:10 +1000 (EST) From: Steve Lawrence Message-Id: <199602141502.BAA05378@s4.elec.uq.edu.au> Subject: Paper on neural network simulation available To: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu, neuron@CATTELL20.psych.upenn.edu Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 01:02:07 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It has been estimated that 85% of neural network researchers write their own simulation software. The following paper deals with correctness and efficiency in neural network simulation. We present several techniques which we have used in the implementation of our own simulator. We welcome your comments. http://www.elec.uq.edu.au/~lawrence - Australia http://www.neci.nj.nec.com/homepages/lawrence - USA Correctness, Efficiency, Extendability and Maintainability in Neural Network Simulation ABSTRACT A large number of neural network simulators are publicly available to researchers, many free of charge. However, when a new paradigm is being developed, as is often the case, the advantages of using existing simulators decrease, causing most researchers to write their own software. It has been estimated that 85% of neural network researchers write their own simulators. We present techniques and principles for the implementation of neural network simulators. First and foremost, we discuss methods for ensuring the correctness of results - avoiding duplication, automating common tasks, using assertions liberally, implementing reverse algorithms, employing multiple algorithms for the same task, and using extensive visualization. Secondly, we discuss efficiency concerns, including using appropriate granularity object-oriented programming, and pre-computing information whenever possible. From ronnyk@starry.engr.sgi.com Thu Feb 15 23:33:47 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Thu, 15 Feb 96 23:33:45 -0600; AA20867 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Thu, 15 Feb 96 23:33:42 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa00371; 15 Feb 96 22:59:21 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00369; 15 Feb 96 22:44:15 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa21664; 15 Feb 96 22:43:34 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04283; 15 Feb 96 17:59:34 EST Received: from SGI.COM by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa22464; 15 Feb 96 17:58:11 EST Received: from starry.engr.sgi.com by sgi.sgi.com via ESMTP (950405.SGI.8.6.12/910110.SGI) for <@sgi.engr.sgi.com:connectionists@cs.cmu.edu> id OAA00255; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:58:03 -0800 Received: by starry.engr.sgi.com (940816.SGI.8.6.9/940406.SGI.AUTO) id OAA15759; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:58:02 -0800 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:58:02 -0800 From: Ronny Kohavi Message-Id: <199602152258.OAA15759@starry.engr.sgi.com> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: MLC++ : Machine learning library in C++ Reply-To: ronnyk@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com MLC++ is a machine learning library developed in C++. MLC++ is public domain and can be used free of charge, including use of the source code. MLC++ contains common induction algorithms, such as ID3, nearest-neighbors, naive-bayes, oneR (Holte), winnow, and decision tables, all written under a single framework. MLC++ also contains interfaces to common algorithms, such as C4.5, PEBLS, IB1-4, OC1, CN2. MLC++ contains wrappers to wrap around algorithms. These include: feature selection, discretization filters, automatic parameter setting for C4.5, bagging/combinining classifiers, and more. Finally, MLC++ contains common accuracy estimation methods, such as holdout, cross-validation, and bootstrap .632. Interfaces to existing algorithms are not hard to create and implementing new algorithms in MLC++ is possible with added benefits (some procedures work only on induction algorithms implemented in MLC++ as opposed to interfaced ones). Object code for MLC++ utilities is provided for Silicon Graphic machines running Irix 5.3. To contact us, send e-mail to: mlc@postofc.corp.sgi.com Visit our web page at: http://www.sgi.com/Technology/mlc/ -- Ronny Kohavi (ronnyk@sgi.com, http://robotics.stanford.edu/~ronnyk) From ertel@fbe.FH-Weingarten.DE Fri Feb 16 21:23:27 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Fri, 16 Feb 96 21:23:23 -0600; AA10282 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Fri, 16 Feb 96 21:23:21 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa00423; 15 Feb 96 23:18:48 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00421; 15 Feb 96 23:10:16 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa21686; 15 Feb 96 23:10:02 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id ac02752; 15 Feb 96 16:51:37 EST Received: from noc.BelWue.DE by RI.CMU.EDU id aa19882; 15 Feb 96 14:45:51 EST Received: from rz-sun1.FH-Weingarten.DE (rz-sun1.fh-weingarten.de [141.69.1.1]) by noc.belwue.de with SMTP id UAA03631 (8.6.12/IDA-1.6); Thu, 15 Feb 1996 20:43:44 +0100 Received: from fl-sun00.fbe.fh-weingarten.de ([141.69.201.201]) by rz-sun1.FH-Weingarten.DE (4.1/BelWue-1.2SUN+) id AA29352; Thu, 15 Feb 96 20:43:23 +0100 Received: from ti-doz10.fbe.fh-weingarten.de by fl-sun00.fbe.fh-weingarten.de (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA23203; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 20:42:43 +0100 Received: by ti-doz10.fbe.fh-weingarten.de (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA06742; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 20:41:41 +0100 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 20:41:41 +0100 Message-Id: <9602151941.AA06742@ti-doz10.fbe.fh-weingarten.de> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu, hybrid-list@cs.ua.edu, mix@loria.fr Cc: Subject: CFA: Autumn School on HYBRID SYSTEMS From: ertel@fbe.FH-Weingarten.DE Replyto: ertel@fbe.fh-weingarten.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * web page: http://www.fh-weingarten.de/homepags/doz/ertel/ashs.htm * LaTeX source: enclosed below ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTUMN SCHOOL on HYBRID SYMBOLIC CONNECTIONIST SYSTEMS Ravensburg -- Weingarten (Germany) September 25--28, 1996 organized by ESPRIT BASIC RESEARCH PROJECT 9119 (MIX) "Modular Integration of Connectionist and Symbolic Processing in Knowledge-Based Systems" The combination of symbolic and connectionist systems is one of the currently most challenging and interesting fields of Artificial Intelligence. This school introduces students as well as active researchers to this new and promising direction of research. Most symbolic systems are more or less logic based and therefore perform deductive reasoning on expert knowledge, but have severe problems with inductive reasoning. On the other hand neural networks are good in inductive reasoning based on data, but are less apt to perform deductive reasoning. Another view of this problem is the integration of prior knowledge (e.g. expert knowledge) into an inductive system. The lectures will give an insight into the ongoing research in the field where the fundamental theory as well as practical solutions for concrete applications will be presented. Participants are expected to have basic knowledge of Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence. LECTURES There will be 6 lectures each consisting of 4 x 45 min lessons. 1) Melanie Hilario (Univ. Geneva), Abderrahim Labbi (Univ. Grenoble), Wolfgang Ertel (FH Weingarten): A Framework for the Modular Integration of Knowledge and Data in Hybrid Systems 2) Alessandro Sperduti (Univ. Pisa): Neural Networks for the Processing of Structures 3) Jose Gonzales and Juan R. Velasco (Univ. Madrid): A Comprehensive View of Fuzzy-Neural Hybrids 4) Michael Kaiser (Univ. Karlsruhe): Combining Symbolic and Connectionist Techniques in Adaptive Control 5) NN 6) NN POSTER SESSION The attendees of the autumn school are encouraged to bring along a poster (size about 40 60 cm) which gives insight into their research work, the project they are working in, etc. which shall be presented in a poster session. DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL Wolfgang Ertel, FH Ravensburg-Weingarten Bertram Fronhoefer TU Munich GENERAL INFORMATION PARTICIPATION FEES: - Students: ECU 150.-- - University: ECU 250.-- - Industry: ECU 400.-- DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: April 12, 1996 NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: May 22, 1996 Applications should be sent preferably by email to: ashs@fl-sun00.fbe.fh-weingarten.de Applications should contain a full address and a short statement about the applicants scientific qualification (student, PhD student, industrial researcher, etc.) and his interests in the topics of the autumn school. If email is not available, applications by surface mail should be sent to: Wolfgang Ertel Phone: +49--751--501--721 FH Ravensburg-Weingarten Fax: +49--751--501--749 Postfach 1261 D-88241 Weingarten Attendance to the school will be limited to about 50 participants. LANGUAGE: All lectures will be in English. LECTURE SITE: The lectures will be given in the Informatik Zentrum of the Fachhochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten and will start on September 25 in the morning. ACCOMODATION: Apart from a large range of hotels with prizes from DM 40.-- till DM 200.--, there are also limited occasions for inexpensive student lodging. Low price lunch will be provided by the Mensa (canteen) of the Fachhochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten. LOCATION: Weingarten and its immediate neighbour-city Ravensburg with about 70000 inhabitants represent the economic and cultural heart of Oberschwaben. Above the valley of the river Schussen the famous basilica of Weingarten together with the adjacent old Benedictine abbey is one of the most significant baroque constructions north of the alps. Close to and partly inside the baroque buildings of the abbey is the Fachhochschule, a university for engineering and social sciences where the school will take place. Oberschwaben is a rural pre-alpine area with various little lakes and fens, located in the south-west of Germany, close to the lake of Konstanz and the borders to Austria and Switzerland. The alps are not far (an hour by car or train) and the lake of Konstanz provides all facilities for marine outdoor activities. For further information and inquiries concerning participation please send an e-mail message to the above address. This call as well as futher information is available from the WWW-page: http://www.fh-weingarten.de/homepags/doz/ertel/ashs.htm %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LaTeX source %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \documentstyle[12pt]{article} \nonstopmode \parindent=0pt \parskip=4pt \hoffset=-10mm \voffset=-15mm \textheight=240mm \textwidth=175mm \oddsidemargin=0mm \evensidemargin=0mm \topmargin=0mm \newcommand{\tit}[1]{{\em #1.}} \newenvironment{alist}{\begin{list}{}{\itemsep 1mm \parsep 0mm}}{\end{list}} \begin{document} \bibliographystyle{alpha} \begin{centering} {\Large\bf AUTUMN SCHOOL on HYBRID SYMBOLIC CONNECTIONIST SYSTEMS } {\large FH Ravensburg--Weingarten (Germany) September 25--28, 1996 } \bigskip organized by \\[1ex] {\large ESPRIT BASIC RESEARCH PROJECT 9119 (MIX) }\\[1ex] "Modular Integration of \\ Connectionist and Symbolic Processing \\ in Knowledge-Based Systems" \\ \end {centering} \bigskip \bigskip The combination of symbolic and connectionist systems is one of the currently most challenging and interesting fields of Artificial Intelligence. This school introduces students as well as active researchers to this new and promising direction of research. Most symbolic systems are more or less logic based and therefore perform deductive reasoning on expert knowledge, but have severe problems with inductive reasoning. On the other hand neural networks are good in inductive reasoning based on data, but are less apt to perform deductive reasoning. Another view of this problem is the integration of prior knowledge (e.g.\ expert knowledge) into an inductive system. The lectures will give an insight into the ongoing research in the field where the fundamental theory as well as practical solutions for concrete applications will be presented. Participants are expected to have basic knowledge of Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence. \bigskip \begin{centering} {\bf Lectures} \\ There will be 6 lectures each consisting of 4 x 45 min lessons. \end {centering} \begin{alist} \item[1.] Melanie Hilario (Univ.\ Geneva), Abderrahim Labbi (Univ.\ Grenoble), Wolfgang Ertel \\(FH~Weingarten):\\ \tit{A Framework for the Modular Integration of Knowledge and Data in Hybrid Systems} \item[2.] Alessandro Sperduti (Univ.\ Pisa): \tit{Neural Networks for the Processing of Structures} \item[3.] Jose Gonzales and Juan R. Velasco (Univ.\ Madrid):\\ \tit{A Comprehensive View of Fuzzy-Neural Hybrids} \item[4.] Michael Kaiser (Univ.\ Karlsruhe):\\ \tit{Combining Symbolic and Connectionist Techniques in Adaptive Control} \item[5.] NN \item[6.] NN \end{alist} \medskip \begin{centering} {\bf Poster Session \\} \end {centering} The attendees of the autumn school are encouraged to bring along a poster (size about 40 $\times$ 60 cm) which gives insight into their research work, the project they are working in, etc. which shall be presented in a poster session. \newpage \begin{centering} {\bf Directors of the School } Wolfgang Ertel, FH Ravensburg-Weingarten \\ Bertram Fronh\"ofer, TU Munich \\ \bigskip {\bf General Information \\ } \end {centering} {\bf Participation fees:} \\ \begin{tabular}{ll} -- Students : & ECU 150.-- \\ -- University : & ECU 250.-- \\ -- Industry : & ECU 400.-- \end{tabular} {\bf Deadline for Application:} April 12, 1996 {\bf Notification of Acceptance:} May 22, 1996 Applications should be sent preferably by email to: {\tt ashs@fl-sun00.fbe.fh-weingarten.de} \\ Applications should contain a full address and a short statement about the applicants scientific qualification (student, PhD student, industrial researcher, etc.) and his interests in the topics of the autumn school. If email is not available, applications by surface mail should be sent to: % \begin{center} \parbox[t]{6cm}{Wolfgang Ertel\\ FH Ravensburg-Weingarten\\ Postfach 1261\\ D-88241 Weingarten} \parbox[t]{6cm}{Phone: +49--751--501--721\\ Fax: +49--751--501--749} \end{center} % Attendance to the school will be limited to about 50 participants. {\bf Language:} All lectures will be in English. {\bf Lecture site:} The lectures will be given in the Informatik Zentrum of the Fachhochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten and will start on September 25 in the morning. {\bf Accomodation:} Apart from a large range of hotels with prizes from DM 40.-- till DM 200.--, there are also limited occasions for inexpensive student lodging. Low price lunch will be provided by the Mensa (canteen) of the Fachhochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten. {\bf Location:} Weingarten and its immediate neighbour-city Ravensburg with about 70000 inhabitants represent the economic and cultural heart of Oberschwaben. Above the valley of the river Schussen the famous basilica of Weingarten together with the adjacent old Benedictine abbey is one of the most significant baroque constructions north of the alps. Close to and partly inside the baroque buildings of the abbey is the Fachhochschule, a university for engineering and social sciences where the school will take place.\\ Oberschwaben is a rural pre-alpine area with various little lakes and fens, located in the south-west of Germany, close to the lake of Konstanz and the borders to Austria and Switzerland. The alps are not far (an hour by car or train) and the lake of Konstanz provides all facilities for marine outdoor activities. For further information and inquiries concerning participation please send an e-mail message to the above address. This call as well as futher information is available from the WWW-page:\\ {\tt http://www.fh-weingarten.de/homepags/doz/ertel/ashs.htm} \end{document} From erik@bbf.uia.ac.be Fri Feb 16 21:23:32 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Fri, 16 Feb 96 21:23:26 -0600; AA10290 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Fri, 16 Feb 96 21:23:24 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id ab00438; 15 Feb 96 23:28:22 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00432; 15 Feb 96 23:15:24 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa21716; 15 Feb 96 23:14:59 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25317; 15 Feb 96 7:40:26 EST Received: from kuifje.bbf.uia.ac.be by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa19407; 15 Feb 96 7:39:39 EST Received: by kuifje.bbf.uia.ac.be; (8.7.1/1.1.8.2/22Feb95-0943AM) id NAA02343; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 13:38:40 GMT Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 13:38:40 GMT From: Erik De Schutter Message-Id: <199602151338.NAA02343@kuifje.bbf.uia.ac.be> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience SECOND CALL CRETE COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE AUGUST 25 - SEPTEMBER 20, 1996 CRETE, GREECE DIRECTORS: Erik De Schutter (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Idan Segev (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) Jim Bower (California Institute of Technology, USA) Adonis Moschovakis (University of Crete, Greece) The Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience introduces students to the practical application of computational methods in neuroscience, in particular how to create biologically realistic models of neurons and networks. The course consists of two complimentary parts. A distinguished international faculty gives morning lectures on topics in experimental and computational neuroscience. The rest of the day is spent learning how to use simulation software and how to implement a model of the system the student wishes to study. The first week of the course introduces students to the most important techniques in modeling single cells, networks and neural systems. Students learn how to use the GENESIS, NEURON, XPP and other software packages on their individual unix workstations. During the following three weeks the lectures will be more general, moving from modeling single cells and subcellular processes through the simulation of simple circuits and large neuronal networks and, finally, to system level models of the cortex and the brain. The course ends with a presentation of the student modeling projects. The Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience is designed for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in a variety of disciplines, including neurobiology, physics, electrical engineering, computer science and psychology. Students are expected to have a basic background in neurobiology as well as some computer experience. A total of 25 students will be accepted, the majority of whom will be from the European Union and affiliated countries. A tuition fee of 500 ECU ($700) covers lodging, travel from EC countries to Crete and all course-related expenses for European nationals. We specifically encourage applications from researchers younger than 35, from researchers who work in less-favoured regions, from women and from researchers from industry. We encourage students from the Far East and the USA to also apply to this inter- national course. More information and application forms can be obtained: - WWW access: http://bbf-www.uia.ac.be/CRETE/Crete_index.html - by mail: Prof. E. De Schutter Born-Bunge Foundation University of Antwerp - UIA, Universiteitsplein 1 B2610 Antwerp Belgium FAX: +32-3-8202541 - email: crete_course@bbf.uia.ac.be APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 10th, 1996. Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection procedures before May 1st. FACULTY: M. Abeles (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel), D.J. Amit (University of Rome, Italy and Hebrew University, Israel), A. Berthoz (College de France, France), R.E. Burke (NIH, USA), C.E. Carr (University of Maryland, USA), A. Destexhe (Universite Laval, Canada), R.J. Douglas (Institute of Neuroinformatics, Zurich, Switzerland), T. Flash (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel), A. Grinvald (Weizmann Institute, Israel), J.J.B. Jack (Oxford University, England), C. Koch (California Institute of Technology, USA), H. Korn (Institut Pasteur, France), A. Lansner (Royal Institute Technology, Sweden), R. Llinas (New York University, USA), E. Marder (Brandeis University, USA), M. Nicolelis (Duke University, USA), J.M. Rinzel (NIH, USA), W. Singer (Max-Planck Institute, Frankfurt, Germany), S. Tanaka (RIKEN, Japan), A.M. Thomson (Royal Free Hospital, England), S. Ullman (Weizmann Institute, Israel), Y. Yarom (Hebrew University, Israel). The Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience is supported by the European Commission (4th Framework Training and Mobility of Researchers program) and by The Brain Science Foundation (Tokyo). Local administrative organization: the Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics of FORTH (Crete, GR). From harnad@cogsci.soton.ac.uk Fri Feb 16 21:23:35 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Fri, 16 Feb 96 21:23:25 -0600; AA10284 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Fri, 16 Feb 96 21:23:22 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa00438; 15 Feb 96 23:27:04 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00429; 15 Feb 96 23:12:53 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa21693; 15 Feb 96 23:12:20 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa29501; 15 Feb 96 13:09:37 EST Received: from beech.soton.ac.uk by CS.CMU.EDU id aa21748; 15 Feb 96 13:01:15 EST Received: from cogsci.soton.ac.uk (neuro.psy.soton.ac.uk [152.78.226.32]) by beech.soton.ac.uk (8.6.12/hub-8.5a) with SMTP id RAA02577; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 17:57:29 GMT Received: from cogsci.ecs.soton.ac.uk by cogsci.soton.ac.uk (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA08965; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 17:50:28 GMT From: Stevan Harnad Date: Thu, 15 Feb 96 17:58:05 GMT Message-Id: <18060.9602151758@cogsci.ecs.soton.ac.uk> To: cogneuro@ptolemy-ethernet.arc.nasa.gov, connectionists@cs.cmu.edu, Eye Movement List , neuro1-l@uicvm.bitnet, neuromotor-control@ai.mit.edu Subject: Cerebellum and Sequences: BBS Call for Commentators Below is the abstract of a forthcoming target article on: THE DETECTION AND GENERATION OF SEQUENCES AS A KEY TO CEREBELLAR FUNCTION. EXPERIMENTS AND THEORY by V. Braitenberg, D. Heck and F. Sultan This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. Commentators must be current BBS Associates or nominated by a current BBS Associate. 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An electronic draft of the full text is available for inspection by anonymous ftp (or gopher or world-wide-web) according to the instructions that follow after the abstract. ____________________________________________________________________ THE DETECTION AND GENERATION OF SEQUENCES AS A KEY TO CEREBELLAR FUNCTION. EXPERIMENTS AND THEORY Valentino Braitenberg, Detlef Heck and Fahad Sultan Max-Planck-Institute for biological cybernetics Spemannstr. 38 72076 Tuebingen Germany KEYWORDS: Cerebellum; motor control; allometric relation; parallel fibers; synchronicity; spatio-temporal activity; sequence addressable memory; cerebro-cerebellar interaction. ABSTRACT:Starting from macroscopic and microscopic facts of cerebellar histology, we propose a new functional interpretation which may elucidate the role of the cerebellum in movement control. Briefly, the idea is that the cerebellum is a large collection of individual lines (Eccles' "beams") which respond specifically to certain sequences of events in the input and in turn produce sequences of signals in the output. We believe that the sequence in - sequence out mode operation is as typical for the cerebellar cortex as the transformation of sets into sets of active neurons is typical for the cerebral cortex, and that both the histological differences between the two and their reciprocal functional interactions become understandable in the light of this dichotomy. The response of Purkinje cells to sequences of stimuli in the mossy fiber system was shown experimentally by Heck on surviving slices of rat and guinea pig cerebellum. Sequential activation of a row of eleven stimulating electrodes in the granular layer, imitating a "movement" of the stimuli along the folium, produces a powerful volley in the parallel fibers which strongly excites Purkinje cells, as evidenced by intracellular recording. The volley, or "tidal wave" has maximal amplitude when the stimulus moves towards the recording site at the speed of conduction in parallel fibers, and much smaller amplitudes for lower or higher "velocities". The succession of stimuli has no effect when they "move" in the opposite direction. Synchronous activation of the stimulus electrodes also had hardly any effect. We believe that the sequences of mossy fiber activation which normally produce this effect in the intact cerebellum are a combination of motor planning, relayed to the cerebellum by the cerebral cortex, and information about ongoing movement, reaching the cerebellum from the spinal cord. The output elicited by the specific sequence to which a "beam" is tuned may well be a succession of well timed inhibitory volleys "sculpting" the motor sequences so as to adapt them to the complicated requirements of the physics of a multi-jointed system. -------------------------------------------------------------- To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable by anonymous ftp from ftp.princeton.edu according to the instructions below (the filename is bbs.braitenberg). Please do not prepare a commentary on this draft. 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To one or the other of them, send the following one line message: help for instructions (which will be similar to the above, but will be in the form of a series of lines in an email message that ftpmail or bitftp will then execute for you). ------------------------------------------------------------- From goldfarb@unb.ca Sat Feb 17 03:02:19 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Sat, 17 Feb 96 03:02:15 -0600; AA14706 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Sat, 17 Feb 96 03:02:12 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa01666; 16 Feb 96 15:36:27 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01663; 16 Feb 96 15:18:31 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00321; 16 Feb 96 15:17:16 EST Return-Path: Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 14:30:54 -0400 (AST) From: Lev Goldfarb X-Sender: goldfarb@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca To: Dave_Touretzky@cs.cmu.edu Cc: Lev Goldfarb CS Subject: Workshop: What is inductive learning? Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dear connectionists: The following workshop should be of particular interest to the connectionist community, since not only the topic itself was motivated by the resent developments in cognitive science and AI as they are being affected by connectionist movement, but also one of the main arguments that is going to be presented at the workshop is that to capture the main goals of the "connectionist movement" one needs to change fundamentally the underlying architectures from the numeric to the appropriately redefined "symbolic" architectures. My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. Please, post it. %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*% Call for extended abstracts: WHAT IS INDUCTIVE LEARNING? On the foundations of AI and Cognitive Science Toronto - Canada May 20 - 21, 1996 A workshop in conjunction with the 11th Biennial Canadian AI Conference to be held at the Holiday Inn on King, Toronto during 21 - 24 May 1996 This workshop is a long overdue attempt to look at the inductive learning process (ILP) as the central process generating various representations of objects (events). To this end one needs, first of all, to have a working definition of the ILP, which has been lacking. Here is a starting point: ILP is the process that constructs class representation on the basis of a (small) finite set of examples, i.e. it constructs the INDUCTIVE class representation. This class representation must, in essence, provide INDUCTIVE definition (or construction) of the class. The constructed class representation, in turn, modifies the earlier representation of the objects (within the context specified by the ILP). Thus, any subsequent processes, e.g. pattern recognition, recall, problem solving, are performed on the basis of the newly constructed object (event) representations. To put it somewhat strongly, there are only inductive representations. Two main and strongly related reasons why ILPs have not been perceived as the very central processes are a lack of their adequate understanding and a lack of their satisfactory formal model. Most of the currently popular formal models of ILPs (including connectionist models) do not provide satisfactory inductive class representations. One can show that inductive class representations (in other words, representations of concepts and categories) cannot be adequately specified within the classical (numeric) mathematical models. We encourage all researchers (including graduate students) seriously interested in the foundations of the above areas to participate in the workshop. Both theoretical and applied contributions are welcomed (including, of course, those related to vision, speech, and language). While extended abstracts will be available at the workshop, we are planning to publish the expanded and reviewed versions of the presentations as a special issue of journal Pattern Recognition. EXTENDED ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ---------------------------- Submit a copy (or e-mail version) of a 3-4 page extended abstract to Lev Goldfarb ILP Workshop Chair Faculty of Computer Science University of New Brunswick P.O. Box 4400 E-mail: goldfarb@unb.ca Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5A3 Tel: 506-453-4566 Canada Fax: 506-453-3566 E-mail submissions are encouraged. Important dates: ---------------- Extended abstract due: Monday, March 25, 1996. Notification & review back to the author: Friday April 5, 1996. Final extended abstract due: Monday April 22, 1996. For more information about the Canadian AI Conference which is held in conjunction with two other conferences (Vision Interface and Graphics Interface) see: http://ai.iit.nrc.ca/cscsi/conferences/ai96.html %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*% -- Lev Goldfarb http://wwwos2.cs.unb.ca/profs/goldfarb/goldfarb.htm Please e-mail to me: _____________________________________________________________________________ I intend to submit an abstract __ I plan to attend the workshop __ _____________________________________________________________________________ From steven@strontium.lexicus.mot.com Sat Feb 17 03:02:19 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Sat, 17 Feb 96 03:02:16 -0600; AA14708 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Sat, 17 Feb 96 03:02:14 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa02189; 16 Feb 96 21:43:39 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02183; 16 Feb 96 21:30:42 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00547; 16 Feb 96 21:30:07 EST From: Steve Nowlan Message-Id: <9602161624.ZM14139@strontium.lexicus.mot.com> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 16:24:10 -0800 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.1.0 22feb94 MediaMail) To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Position Available Mime-Version: 1.0 Please respond to the address at the end of the article, thank you. Motorola, Lexicus Division is currently seeking qualified applicants for the position of Recognition Scientist. Lexicus, a Division of Motorola, specializes in handwriting and speech recognition products for the mobile and wireless markets. Located in Palo Alto, California, across from Stanford University, the company numbers about 50 people, and is continuing to grow. JOB DESCRIPTION This individual will join a team of scientists working on technology for hand writing and speech recognition applications. Application areas range from low-cost embedded systems to high-end work station applications. The technology areas of interest include pattern recognition, vector quantization, neural networks, hidden Markov models and statistical language modeling. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE The ideal candidate has an established record of significant contributions to research efforts in an academic or industrial environment and a strong background in statistical methods of pattern recognition. Specific skills include: * knowledge of current state of the art algorithms for pattern recognition and mathematical and statistical analysis/modeling techniques * the ability to work within a group to quickly implement and evaluate algorithms in a UNIX/C/C++ environment. Asian Language Skills also desirable. Applicants should be interested in developing state of the art technology and moving that technology into products in a rapid research/development cycle. SALARY: Depending on experience Please send resumes and a list of references (and include the title of the position) to: Human Resources Lexicus, a Division of Motorola 490 California Avenue, Suite 300 fax: (415) 323-4772 Palo Alto, CA 94306 email: hr@lexicus.mot.com Debbie Mayer Human Resources Motorola, Lexicus Division 490 California Ave, Suite #300 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Tel: (415) 617-1115 Fax: (415) 323-4772 From mozer@neuron.cs.colorado.edu Sat Feb 17 13:02:44 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Sat, 17 Feb 96 13:02:42 -0600; AA19264 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by lucy.cs.wisc.edu; Sat, 17 Feb 96 13:02:39 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa02162; 16 Feb 96 21:37:02 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02160; 16 Feb 96 21:27:25 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00531; 16 Feb 96 21:27:16 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19745; 16 Feb 96 16:30:59 EST Received: from neuron.cs.Colorado.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa05015; 16 Feb 96 16:29:17 EST Received: (from mozer@localhost) by neuron.cs.colorado.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA09088 for connectionists@cs.cmu.edu; Fri, 16 Feb 1996 14:28:57 -0700 Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 14:28:57 -0700 From: "Michael C. Mozer" Message-Id: <199602162128.OAA09088@neuron.cs.colorado.edu> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NIPS*96 CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS CALL FOR PROPOSALS NIPS*96 Post Conference Workshops December 6 and 7, 1996 Snowmass, Colorado Following the regular program of the Neural Information Processing Systems 1996 conference, workshops on current topics in neural information processing will be held on December 6 and 7, 1996, in Snowmass, Colorado. Proposals by qualified individuals interested in chairing one of these workshops are solicited. Past topics have included: Active Learning, Architectural Issues, Attention, Audition, Bayesian Analysis, Bayesian Networks, Benchmarking, Computational Complexity, Computational Molecular Biology, Control, Neuroscience, Genetic Algorithms, Grammars, Hybrid HMM/ANN Systems, Implementations, Music, Neural Hardware, Network Dynamics, Neurophysiology, On-Line Learning, Optimization, Recurrent Nets, Robot Learning, Rule Extraction, Self-Organization, Sensory Biophysics, Signal Processing, Symbolic Dynamics, Speech, Time Series, Topological Maps, and Vision. The goal of the workshops is to provide an informal forum for researchers to discuss important issues of current interest. There will be two workshop sessions a day, for a total of six hours, 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. Workshop organizers will have responsibilities including: 1) coordinating workshop participation and content, which involves arranging short informal presentations by experts working in an area, arranging for expert commentators to sit on a discussion panel and formulating a set of discussion topics, etc. 2) moderating or leading the discussion and reporting its high points, findings, and conclusions to the group during evening plenary sessions 3) writing a brief summary and/or coordinating submitted material for post-conference electronic dissemination. Submission Instructions ----------------------- Interested parties should submit via e-mail a short proposal for a workshop of interest by May 20, 1996. 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), the planned format (mini-conference, panel discussion, or group discussion, combinations of the above, etc), and the proposed number of speakers. Where possible, please also indicate potential invitees (particularly for panel discussions). Please note that this year we are looking for fewer "mini-conference" workshops and greater variety of workshop formats. Also, the time allotted to workshops has been increased to six hours each day. We strongly encourage that the organizers reserve a significant portion of time for open discussion. The proposal should motivate why the topic is of interest or controversial, why it should be discussed and who 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. Submissions should include contact name, address, e-mail address, phone number and fax number if available. Proposals should be mailed electronically to mpp@watson.ibm.com. All proposals must be RECEIVED by May 20, 1996. If e-mail is unavailable, mail so as to arrive by the deadline to: NIPS*96 Workshops c/o Michael P. Perrone IBM T. J. Watson Research Center P.O. Box 218, 36-207 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Questions may be addressed to either of the Workshop Co-Chairs: Michael P. Perrone Steven J. Nowlan IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Motorola, Lexicus Division mpp@watson.ibm.com steven@lexicus.mot.com PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 20, 1996 -Please Post-