From ruppin@math.tau.ac.il Sun Mar 17 17:31:33 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 RAA04269 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:31:28 -0600 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 RAA23246 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:31:25 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa22840; 17 Mar 96 16:14:32 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa22835; 17 Mar 96 15:59:57 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa07968; 17 Mar 96 15:59:25 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa12931; 17 Mar 96 6:53:53 EST Received: from taurus.math.tau.ac.il by CS.CMU.EDU id aa02764; 17 Mar 96 6:53:25 EST Received: from gemini.math.tau.ac.il (ruppin@gemini.math.tau.ac.il [132.67.64.2]) by taurus.math.tau.ac.il (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA18326 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 13:53:47 +0200 (GMT+0200) From: Eytan Ruppin Received: (from ruppin@localhost) by gemini.math.tau.ac.il (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA17322 for Connectionists@CS.CMU.EDU; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 14:53:46 +0300 (GMT+0300) Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 14:53:46 +0300 (GMT+0300) Message-Id: <199603171153.OAA17322@gemini.math.tau.ac.il> To: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Memory Consolidation Workshop WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT - TAU - May 28-30, 1996 ---------------------------------------------- MEMORY ORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION: COGNITIVE AND COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ----------------------------------------- Adams Super Center for Brain Studies Tel-Aviv University A workshop on Memory Organization and Consolidation, sponsored by Branco Weiss, will be held during May 28-30, 1996 at Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Invited speakers from different disciplines of the Neurosciences will discuss psychological, neurological, physiological and computational perspectives of the subject. An informal atmosphere will be maintained, encouraging questions and discussions. WORKSHOP PROGRAM -------------------- ---------------------- Tuesday, May 28 ------------------ 8:45AM: Opening address Session 1: Chair: Bruce McNaughton ---------------------------------- 9:00AM: Morris Moscovitch and Lynn Nadel - Consolidation: The dynamics of memory systems in humans and animals. 9:50AM: James McClelland - Why there are complementary learning systems in the brain. 10:40AM: Coffee break 11:10AM: Daniel Amit - Thinking about learning in the context of active memory. 12:00AM: Discussion 12:30AM: Lunch break Session 2: Chair: Jay McClelland --------------------------------- 1:45PM: Bruce McNaughton - The Hippocampus, Space, and Memory Consolidation: Towards a Grand Unified Theory. PartI: A multichart neuronal architecture for both integration of self motionin arbitrary spatial reference frames and memory reprocessing. 2:40PM: Edi Barkai - Cellular mechanisms underlying memory consolidation in the Piriform Cortex. 3:30PM: Coffee break 3:50PM: Ilan Golani - Spatial memory in rat unconstrained exploratory behavior. 4:40PM: Michael Hasselmo - A model of human memory based on the cellular physiology of the hippocampal formation. 5:30PM: Discussion 6:00PM: Get Together and Poster Session. Wednesday, May 29 ------------------- Session 3: Chair: Daniel Amit ------------------------------ 9:00AM: Bruce McNaughton - The Hippocampus, Space, and Memory Consolidation: Towards a Grand Unified Theory. PartII: Coherence of hippocampal and neocortical memory reactivation during off-line processing. 9:50AM: Avi Karni - Cortical plasticity and adult skill learning: Time and practice are of essence. 10:40AM: Coffee break 11:10 Richard Thompson - Declarative memory in classical conditioning? Involvement of the hippocampus. 12:00AM: Discussion 12:30AM: Lunch break Session 4: Chair: David Horn ----------------------------- 1:45PM: James McClelland- Representation and memory in the hippocampal system: acquisition, maintenance and recovery of novel, arbitrary associations. 2:40PM: Mark Gluck - Neurocomputational approaches to integrating animal and human models of memory. 3:30PM: Coffee break 3:50PM: Alessandro Treves - Quantitative constraints on consolidation. 4:40PM: Eytan Ruppin - Synaptic maintenance, consolidation and sleep. 5:30PM: Discussion 6:00PM: Dinner Thursday, May 30 ------------------ Session 5: Chair: Mark Gluck ------------------------------ 9:00AM: Richard Thompson - Localization of a memory trace in the mammalian brain: The cerebellum and classical conditioning. 9:50AM Matty Mintz - Fast acquisition of fear and slow acquisition of motor reflexes in classical conditioning: Interdependent processes? 10:40AM: Coffee break 11:10AM Lynn Nadel - Memory consolidation: Multiple modules and multiple time-scales. 12:00AM: Discussion 12:30AM: Lunch break Session 6: Chair: Richard Thompson ----------------------------------- 1:45PM: Morris Moscovitch - Structural and functional components of memory in humans. 2:40PM: Yadin Dudai - Taste, novelty, and a molecular saliency switch in brain 3:30PM: Coffee break 3:50PM: Amos Korczyn - Clinical aspects of forgetting. 4:40PM: Martin Albert - Memory and Language 5:30PM: Discussion 6:00PM: Closing Remarks CALL FOR ABSTRACTS -------------------- Individuals wishing to present a poster related to any aspect of the workshop's theme should submit an abstract describing the nature of their presentation. The single page submission should include title, author(s), contact information (address and email/fax), and abstract, and will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Abstract submissions should be sent to Eytan Ruppin, Dept. of Computer-Science, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 69978. Email: ruppin@math.tau.ac.il. All submissions should arrive by April 15th, 1996. REGISTRATION -------------- To register for the workshop, contact Ms.Bila Lenczner, Adams Super Center for Brain Studies, Tel Aviv University, TelAviv 69978, Israel, Tel.: 972-3-6407377, Fax: 972-3-6407932, email:memory@neuron.tau.ac.il } Program Committee: ------------------ David Horn, Michael Myslobodsky and Eytan Ruppin Further Information and updates: -------------------------------- See our WWW homepage at http://www.brain.tau.ac.il, or http://neuron.tau.ac.il/Adams/memory. From xjwang@xjwang.ccs.brandeis.edu Mon Mar 18 01:33:22 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 BAA10028 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 01:33:17 -0600 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 BAA27361 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 01:33:15 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa23198; 17 Mar 96 20:42:31 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa23196; 17 Mar 96 20:31:43 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08089; 17 Mar 96 20:31:27 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa17610; 17 Mar 96 18:02:59 EST Received: from volen.ccs.brandeis.edu by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa08518; 17 Mar 96 18:02:16 EST Received: from xjwang.ccs.brandeis.edu (xjwang.ccs.brandeis.edu [129.64.55.125]) by volen (940816.SGI.8.6.9/8.6.11) with SMTP id MAA13059 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 12:38:09 -0500 Received: by xjwang.ccs.brandeis.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA06494; Sun, 17 Mar 96 18:05:20 EST Date: Sun, 17 Mar 96 18:05:20 EST From: Xiao Jing Wang Message-Id: <9603172305.AA06494@xjwang.ccs.brandeis.edu> To: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT THE SLOAN CENTER FOR THEORETICAL NEUROBIOLOGY BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ================================================================== Dear Colleagues, I am looking for a post-doctoral research associate in computational neuroscience, starting August/September, 1996. Current research in my lab is focused on two kinds of topics: coherent cortical oscillations and their functional roles; working-memory processes and their neuromodulation. Projects are expected to be carried out in close interactions and collaborations with experimental neurobiologists. Candidates with strong theoretical background, analytical and simulation skills, and knowledge in neuroscience, are encouraged to apply. Brandeis University, near Boston, offers excellent opportunities in this interdisciplinary field. Other faculty members at the Sloan Center include Drs. Laurence Abbott, Eve Marder, John Lisman, Sasha Nelson, Gina Turrigano. Applicants should send promptly a curriculum vitae and a brief description of fields of interest, and have three letters of recommandation sent to the following address. Xiao-Jing Wang Center for Complex Systems Brandeis University Waltham, MA 02254 phone: (617) 736-3147 email: xjwang@volen.brandeis.edu From payman@ebs330.eb.uah.edu Mon Mar 18 11:31:50 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 LAA17876 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:31:44 -0600 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 LAA03674 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:31:42 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa23210; 17 Mar 96 20:50:30 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa23200; 17 Mar 96 20:32:38 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08095; 17 Mar 96 20:31:38 EST replied: Sun, 17 Mar 96 04:49:55 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16079; 15 Mar 96 13:14:15 EST Received: from uahis1.uah.edu by CS.CMU.EDU id aa21793; 15 Mar 96 13:05:42 EST Received: from ebs330 by uahis1.uah.edu with SMTP ; Fri, 15 Mar 96 11:30:41 CST Received: from anahita.eb.uah.edu.uah.edu by ebs330 (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA24900; Fri, 15 Mar 96 11:33:17 CST Date: Fri, 15 Mar 96 11:33:17 CST From: Payman Arabshahi Message-Id: <9603151733.AA24900@ebs330> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: CIFEr'96 fast approaching - register now! (1st reminder announcement after publicizing the CFP on CONNECTIONISTS). The 1996 IEEE/IAFE Computational Intelligence in Financial Engineering Conference will be held March 24-26 1996 at the Crowne Plaza Manhattan, New York. This is one of the leading forums for new technologies and applications in the intersection of computational intelligence and financial engineering. You can still register for the conference. Please visit our homepage at http://www.ieee.org/nnc/conferences/cfp or drop me a line for complete information and registration details. -- 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 gps0%eureka@gte.com Mon Mar 18 19:59:31 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 TAA26265 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:59:17 -0600 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 TAA13535 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:59:13 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa24520; 18 Mar 96 16:54:31 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24493; 18 Mar 96 16:27:19 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08883; 18 Mar 96 16:26:54 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09387; 18 Mar 96 11:01:30 EST Received: from ns.gte.com by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa11490; 18 Mar 96 11:00:41 EST Received: from eureka.gte.com by ns.gte.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) id LAA06958; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:00:53 -0500 Received: by eureka.gte.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA22544; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:00:34 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:00:34 -0500 From: Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro Message-Id: <9603181600.AA22544@eureka.gte.com> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Job at GTE Laboratories: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery **** An Outstanding Applied Researcher/Developer needed for the ********** **** Knowledge Discovery in Databases project at GTE Laboratories ********** TASK: Participate in the design and development of state-of-the-art systems for data mining and knowledge discovery. While the job will have have significant research aspects, the focus will be on the development of prototypes to be used in production setting. Our current projects include predictive customer modeling and analysis of healthcare information. We are applying multiple learning and discovery methods to very large, high-dimensional real-world databases. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Machine Learning or related fields and 2-3 years of experience, or an M.S. with an equivalent experience. The candidate should have experience with a variety of machine learning algorithms, be familiar with statistical theory, have practical experience with databases, and be proficient with Web/Internet tools. Excellent coding skills in C/Unix environment and ability to quickly pick up new systems and languages are needed. Good communication skills, the ability to work as part of a team, and good system maintenance practices are very desirable. The candidate will join one of the leading R&D teams in the area of data mining and knowledge discovery. GTE Laboratories Incorporated is the central research facility for GTE and supports GTE's telecommunications businesses. We are the largest local exchange telephone company and the second largest mobile service provider in the United States. Our research facility is located on a quiet 50 acre campus-like setting in Waltham, MA, 20 minutes from downtown Boston. Our salaries are competitive, and our outstanding benefits include medical/life/dental insurance, pension plan, saving and investment plans, and an on-site fitness center. We have a workforce of approximately 500 employees. Proper work authorization required. Please send a resume and a cover letter (preferably by e-mail, in ASCII) to: Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro e-mail: gps@gte.com GTE Laboratories, MS-44 tel: 617-466-4236 40 Sylvan Road fax: 617-466-2960 Waltham MA 02154-1120 URL: http://info.gte.com/~kdd/gps.html From piuri@elet.polimi.it Mon Mar 18 19:59:32 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 TAA26263 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:59:14 -0600 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 TAA13533 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:59:11 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa24488; 18 Mar 96 16:44:07 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24484; 18 Mar 96 16:24:08 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08859; 18 Mar 96 16:23:27 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13375; 18 Mar 96 14:33:08 EST Received: from [131.175.21.1] by RI.CMU.EDU id aa09463; 18 Mar 96 14:32:46 EST Received: by ipmel2.elet.polimi.it (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3A) id AA24645; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 20:32:31 +0100 Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 20:32:31 +0100 From: Vincenzo Piuri Message-Id: <9603181932.AA24645@ipmel2.elet.polimi.it> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NICROSP'96 - call for participation ================================================================================ NICROSP'96 1996 International Workshop on Neural Networks for Identification, Control, Robotics, and Signal/Image Processing Ramada Hotel, Venice, Italy - 21-23 August 1996 ================================================================================ Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE CS Technical Committee on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. In cooperation with: ACM SIGART, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, IEEE Control Systems Society, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, IEEE Neural Network Council, IEEE North-Italy Section, IEEE Region 8, IEEE System, Man, and Cybernetics Society, IMACS, ISCA, AEI, AICA, ANIPLA, FAST. This first edition of the workshop is directed to create a unique synergetic discussion forum and a strong link between theoretical researchers and practitioners in the application fields of identification, control, robotics, and signal/image processing by using neural techniques. The three-days single-session schedule will provide the ideal environment for in-depth analysis and discussions concerning the theoretical aspects of the applications and the use of neural networks in the practice. Two keynote speakers (prof. T. Kohonen and prof. B. Widrow) will provide starting points for the discussion. ORGANIZERS General Chair: Prof. Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA Program Chair: Prof. Vincenzo Piuri Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Publication Chair: Dr. Jose' Pineda de Gyvez Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA Publicity, Registration & Local Arrangment Chair: Dr. Cesare Alippi Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Workshop Secretariat: Ms. Laura Caldirola (email caldirol@elet.polimi.it) Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Program Committee Shun-Ichi Amari, University of Tokyo, Japan Panos Antsaklis, University of Notre Dame, USA Magdy Bayoumi, University of Southwestern Louisiana, USA James C. Bezdek, University of West Florida, USA Pierre Borne, Ecole Politechnique de Lille, France Luiz Caloba, Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jill Card, Digital Equipment Corp., USA Chris De Silva, University of Western Australia, Australia Laurene Fausett, Florida Institute of Technology, USA C. Lee Giles, NEC, USA Karl Goser, University of Dortmund, Germany Yee-Wei Huang, Motorola Inc., USA Simon Jones, University of Loughborough, UK Michael Jordan, Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA Robert J. Marks II, University of Washington, USA Jean D. Nicoud, EPFL, Switzerland Eros Pasero, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Emil M. Petriu, University of Ottawa, Canada Alberto Prieto, University of Granada, Spain Gianguido Rizzotto, SGS-Thomson, Italy Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio, A&M University, USA Bernd Schuermann, Siemens, Germany Earl E. Swartzlander, University of Texas at Austin, USA Philip Treleaven, University College London, UK Kenzo Watanabe, Shizuoka University, Japan Michel Weinfeld, Ecole Politechnique de Paris, France GENERAL INFORMATION The conference location is on the mainland of Venice, Italy. The workshop will be held in the Ramada Hotel, in S. Giuliano, near the International Airport of Venice. A number of rooms has been reserved at the Ramada Hotel for the NICROSP attendees at the special rates shown in the Hotel Reservation Form. This American-style hotel is fully equipped to provide a high comfort during the whole stay. Buffet breakfast is included in the hotel rates. Lunches are included in the registration fee for registered attendees, as well as coffee breaks, entrance to sessions, and one copy of the proceedings. Additional lunch tickets for companions may be purchased at the registration desk. Hotel reservation must be made directly with the Ramada Hotel at S. Giuliano - Venice by sending the Hotel Reservation Form (fax is preferred). Reservations can be also made by contacting any other Ramada Reservation Center around the world and mentioning the special rates for the NICROSP conference. Reservation deadline is June 21, 1996. After this date, the hotel will not be able to guarantee room's availability; should the hotel be completely booked, Ramada will suggest equivalent accomodations in nearby hotels. Disable persons should contact the hotel for possible special requirements. Ramada Hotel grants the same workshop rates from August 16 till August 26. TRANSPORTATION Venice is served by an International Airport (about 15 minutes by car from the Ramada Hotel). Flights are daily available from most European towns and from some US cities. A special shuttle service for NICROSP attendees may be organized by the Ramada Hotel from/to the airport: since the shuttle fare is fixed and independent from the number of passengers, attendees should contact the Ramada Hotel to coordinate car pools. At the airport it is possible to rent a car to reach the Ramada Hotel (guest parking is available within the hotel). Maps and directions are available at the car rentals. Taxi cabs are also available; typical fare from the airport to the Ramada Hotel is approximately 40,000 Italian Liras. Venice has good and frequent international rail connections. Use the Mestre station (every train stops there). Taxi cabs are available at the station exit; typical fare is approximately 20,000 Italian Liras. If you decide to drive to the workshop site, ask for a map at the workshop secretariat: leave the highway to Venice at the Mestre-Est exit or at the Mestre-Ovest exit and, then, follow the map. Guest parking is available within the hotel. The entrance to downtown Venice (piazzale Roma) may be reached by a shuttle service for hotel guests (provided by Ramada Hotel at scheduled times), by public bus (also available at scheduled times), or by taxi cabs. Public boats for downtown Venice and for the laguna islands leave from piazzale Roma. Additional information and time scheduling for transportations between the Ramada Hotel and downtown Venice will be provided at the workshop registration desk or at the hotel reception. TECHNICAL PROGRAM It will be available after 8 April 1996. Ask it at the workshop secretariat. FURTHER QUESTIONS For any problem or further information, contact the workshop secretariat by July 26. After this date, contact prof. Vincenzo Piuri by email only (email piuri@elet.polimi.it). ================================================================================ NICROSP'96 HOTEL RESERVATION FORM Please: Return this form as soon as possible (fax is preferred) to: RAMADA HOTEL via Orlanda 4, I-30173 S. Giuliano, Venezia, Italy Fax +39-41-5312278 Reservation deadline is June 21, 1996. After this date, the hotel will not be able to guarantee room's availability; should the hotel be completely booked, Ramada will suggest equivalent accomodations in nearby hotels. Last / First Name_______________________________________________________________ Company/University______________________________________________________________ Department______________________________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________________________ City__________________________________State/Country_____________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________________ Fax_____________________________________________________________________________ Date__________________________________Signature_________________________________ Please reserve the following accomodations: o No. __ Single room(s) at 162,000 Italian Liras o No. __ Double room(s) at 262,000 Italian Liras o No. __ Twin room(s) at 262,000 Italian Liras Cross the preferred accomodation and insert the number of rooms that you are reserving for each type (otherwise, one is assumed for each cross). Room rates are per night and include buffet breakfast. Arrival date and approximate time:______________________________________________ Departure date and approximate time:____________________________________________ Number of nights:_______________________________________________________________ For late arrival, please give credit card information: o Eurocard o MasterCard o Access o VISA Credit Card Number_________________________________________Valid until__________ Card Holder (Last/First Name)___________________________________________________ Signature__________________________________________Date_________________________ ================================================================================ NICROSP'96 WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM Please: Return this form as soon as possible by fax or mail (email is not accepted) to the workshop's secretariat Ms. Laura Caldirola Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronics and Information Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy phone +39-2-2399-3623 fax +39-2-2399-3411 Last / First Name_______________________________________________________________ Company/University______________________________________________________________ Department______________________________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________________________ City______________________________________State/Country_________________________ Telephone_________________________________Fax___________________________________ E-mail__________________________________________________________________________ Date______________________________________Signature_____________________________ If received Registration fee before 1 June after 1 June o Member 320 US$ 385 US$ o IEEE o ACM o AEI o AICA o ANIPLA o IMACS o ISCA Member No.__________ o Non Member 400 US$ 480 US$ o Student (enclose copy of student identification card) 200 US$ 200 US$ o Banquet: No. ___ tickets at 70 US$ each: Total _________US$ Registration fees include entrance to sessions, one copy of the proceedings, and coffee breaks. Advance payment can be made by credit card: o MasterCard o VISA o American Express Credit Card Number __________________________________Valid until_____________ Card Holder (Last/First Name)________________________________________________ Total charged_______________________US$ Signature____________________________________________Date____________________ On-site registration can be paid in Italian Lira or in US$ (daily exchange rates - including bank exchange charge - will be provided at the registration desk), by credit card or cash. ================================================================================ From jose@scr.siemens.com Mon Mar 18 19:59:35 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 TAA26267 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:59:18 -0600 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 TAA13537 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:59:16 -0600 Message-Id: <199603190159.TAA13537@lucy.cs.wisc.edu> Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id ab24520; 18 Mar 96 16:55:58 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24495; 18 Mar 96 16:28:56 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08894; 18 Mar 96 16:28:45 EST Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:34:54 -0500 (EST) From: Stephen Hanson To: nips-board@salk.edu Subject: Fwd: test If you know of anyone that might have interest please pass this on to them, or please post locally---thanks. Steve Please circulate this job posting! ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Visiting Research Fellow The James S. McDonnell Foundation The James S. McDonnell Foundation, a major private philanthropy supporting research in education and the behavioral and biomedical sciences, is seeking an energetic, resourceful professional to fill the position of Visiting Research Fellow (VRF). The VRF will work closely with the President and the Program Officer on projects related to the Foundation's current national and international programs and assist in identifying new program opportunities related to the Foundation's interests. The VRF will be responsible for developing the Foundation's technological capabilities, specifically in the use of the Internet and other communication systems. The VRF will be encouraged to develop a research project relevant to the Foundation and the VRF's interests that includes using the Foundation to develop a model system of how foundations and non-profit organizations can best incorporate technology to achieve their mission and enhance their productivity and efficiency. The position will be filled by a recent graduate of a doctoral program in psychology, cognitive science or cognitive neuroscience interested in exploring career opportunities in academic administration, private philanthropy, or science policy. The successful candidate must possess superior oral and written communication skills and expertise in and enthusiasm for the application of computer and communication technologies. The VRF must be able to represent the Foundation at national and international meetings with senior representatives of other funding agencies, senior scientists, and high-level science administrators. The position is for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second. The anticipated start date is July 1, 1996. Competitive salary and benefits. Additional information about the McDonnell Foundation may be obtained via HTTP://www.jsmf.org. Qualified candidates must submit a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference by April 26, 1996 to: Susan M. Fitzpatrick, PhD James S. McDonnell Foundation 1034 South Brentwood Blvd., Suite 1610 St. Louis, Missouri 63117 email: c 6819sf@wuvmd.wustl.edu Application materials may be submitted electronically. The James S. McDonnell Foundation is an EO/AAE. From georgiou@csci.csusb.edu Wed Mar 20 00:03:13 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 AAA20030 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:02:58 -0600 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 AAA06273 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:02:56 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa26395; 19 Mar 96 23:37:32 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26393; 19 Mar 96 23:16:22 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09952; 19 Mar 96 23:15:36 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05211; 19 Mar 96 15:31:56 EST Received: from silicon.csci.csusb.edu by CS.CMU.EDU id aa24195; 19 Mar 96 15:30:45 EST Received: by silicon.csci.csusb.edu (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA12926; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:43:13 +0800 Received: by csci.csusb.edu id MAA04367; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:36:10 -0800 (PST) (8.7.1 Berkeley Sendmail) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:36:10 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199603192036.MAA04367@csci.csusb.edu> From: georgiou@csci.csusb.edu To: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: ICCIN'97: Call for papers X-Www-Home-Page: http://www.csci.csusb.edu/georgiou content-length: 2843 First Announcement 2nd International Conference on COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND NEUROSCIENCE (http://www.csci.csusb.edu/iccin) Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center Research Triangle Park, North Carolina March 2-5, 1997 Conference Co-chairs: Subhash C. Kak, Louisiana State University Jeffrey P. Sutton, Harvard University This conference is part of the Third Joint Conference Information Sciences. Plenary Speakers include the following: James S. Albus Jim Anderson Roger Brockett Earl Dowell David E. Goldberg Stephen Grossberg Y. C. Ho John H. Holland Zdzislaw Pawlak Lotfi A. Zadeh Organizing Committee: Grigorios Antoniou, Griffith University, Australia Catalin Buiu, Romania Ian Cresswell, U.K. S. Das, University of California, Berkeley S.C. Dutta Roy, India Laurie Fausett, FAU George M. Georgiou, California State University Paulo Gaudiano, Boston, University Ugur Halici, METU, Turkey Akira Hirose, University of Tokyo Arun Jagota, University of North Texas Jonathan Marshall, University of N. Carolina Bimal Mathur, Rockwell CA Kishan Mehrotra, Syracuse Haluk Ogmen, University of Houston Ed Page, South Carolina W.A. Porter, University of Alabama Ed Rietman, Bell Labs Christos Schizas, University of Cyprus Harold Szu, USL M. Trivedi, UCSD E. Vityaev, Russia Paul Wang, Duke University Areas for which papers are sought include: o Artificial Life o Artificially Intelligent NNs o Associative Memory o Cognitive Science o Computational Intelligence o Efficiency/Robustness Comparisons o Evaluationary Computation for Neural Networks o Feature Extraction & Pattern Recognition o Implementations (electronic, Optical, Biochips) o Intelligent Control o Learning and Memory o Neural Network Architectures o Neurocognition o Neurodynamics o Optimization o Parallel Computer Applications o Theory of Evolutionary Computation Summary Deadline: November 15, 1996 Proposals for sessions: November 15, 1996 Decision & Notification: January 5, 1997 Send summaries to: George M. Georgiou Computer Science Department California State University San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397 georgiou@csci.csusb.edu Papers will be accepted based on summaries. A summary shall not exceed 4 pages of 10-point font, double-column, single-spaced text, (1 page minimum) with figures and tables included. Any summary exceeding 4 pages will be charged $100 per additional page. Three copies of the summary are required by November 15,1996. A deposit of $150 check must be included to guarantee the publication of your 4 pages summary in the Proceedings. $150 can be deducted from registration fee later. NSF funding has been requested to support women, minorities, recent Ph.D. recipients, and graduate students. Conference Web site: http://www.csci.csusb.edu/iccin From josh@vlsia.uccs.edu Wed Mar 20 00:03:15 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 AAA20035 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:03:01 -0600 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 AAA06275 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:02:58 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id ab26395; 19 Mar 96 23:38:59 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id ab26393; 19 Mar 96 23:16:24 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09957; 19 Mar 96 23:15:47 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06110; 19 Mar 96 16:39:50 EST Received: from vlsia.uccs.edu by CS.CMU.EDU id aa24883; 19 Mar 96 16:38:32 EST Received: by vlsia.uccs.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA19258; Tue, 19 Mar 96 14:39:05 MST Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:39:04 -0700 (MST) From: Alspector X-Sender: josh@vlsia To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Cc: Alspector Subject: Postdoc in neural systems Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN NEURAL SYSTEMS There is a postdoctoral research associate position available in the electrical and computer engineering department at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It is supported by a grant from ARPA to study a neural-style VLSI vision system in collaboration with a group from Caltech. We are applying neural techniques to recognize patterns in handwritten documents and in remote-sensing images. We are also applying for new funding in the area of real-time underwater sound processing. The project will involve applying an existing VME-based neural network learning system to several demanding problems in signal processing. These include adaptive non-linear equalization of underwater acoustic communication channels and magnetic recording channels. It is likely also to involve integrating the learning electronics with micro-machined sonic transducers directly on silicon. The successful candidate will have skills in some or all of the following areas: 1) analog and digital VLSI design and test, 2) signal, sound and image processing, 3) neural network processing of complex data, and 4) working at the system level in a UNIX/C/C++ environment. Please send a curriculum vita, names and addresses of at least three referees, and copies of some representative publications to: Prof. Joshua Alspector Univ. of Colorado at Col. Springs Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng. P.O. Box 7150 Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150 The University of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer. From mcasey@volen.brandeis.edu Thu Mar 21 00:35:44 1996 Received: from cs.wisc.edu (cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.6]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id AAA15864 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:35:38 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU (TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.254.108]) by cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA10071 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:35:36 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa26549; 20 Mar 96 1:10:34 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26547; 20 Mar 96 1:03:07 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10160; 20 Mar 96 1:02:25 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10819; 20 Mar 96 0:50:53 EST Received: from volen.ccs.brandeis.edu by RI.CMU.EDU id aa17679; 20 Mar 96 0:50:06 EST Received: (from mcasey@localhost) by volen (940816.SGI.8.6.9/8.6.11) id AAA25791; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:50:12 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:50:02 +30000 From: Mike Casey To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Paper on Dynamical Sytems, RNNs and Computation Available Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dear connectionists, The following paper deals with the connection between computational and dynamical descriptions of systems and the analysis of recurrent neural networks in particular. It has been accepted for publication in Neural Computation, and will appear in Vol. 8, number 6 later this year. Comments are welcome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dynamics of Discrete-Time Computation, With Application to Recurrent Neural Networks and Finite State Machine Extraction [77 pages] Mike Casey Volen Center for Complex Systems Studies Brandeis University Waltham, MA 02254 To appear in Neural Computation 8:6. ABSTRACT: Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) can learn to perform finite state computations. It is shown that an RNN performing a finite state computation must organize its state space to mimic the states in the minimal deterministic finite state machine (DFA) which can perform that computation, and a precise description of the attractor structure of such systems is given. This knowledge effectively predicts activation space dynamics, which allows one to understand RNN computation dynamics in spite of complexity of activation dynamics. As a corollary of our main theorem, we prove that the only formal languages which RNNs are able to robustly recognize are those recognizable by DFA (i.e. the regular languages). By elucidating the necessary and sufficient dynamical properties which an RNN must possess in order to perform a DFA computation, we provide a framework for discussing the relationship between symbolic (algorithmic, finite state) and subsymbolic (dynamic, continuous phase space) aspects of computation in physical systems. This theory also provides a theoretical framework for understanding finite state machine extraction techniques and can be used to improve training methods for RNNs performing DFA computations. This provides an example of a successful top-down approach to understanding a general class of complex systems that have not been explicitly designed, e.g. systems that have evolved or learned their internal structure. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This paper is available via the WWW at http://eliza.cc.brandeis.edu/people/mcasey/papers.html or ftp://eliza.cc.brandeis.edu/pub/mcasey/mcasey_nc.ps ftp://eliza.cc.brandeis.edu/pub/mcasey/mcasey_nc.ps.gz ftp://eliza.cc.brandeis.edu/pub/mcasey/mcasey_nc.ps.Z FTP INSTRUCTIONS unix% ftp eliza.cc.brandeis.edu (or 129.64.55.200) Name: anonymous Password: (use your e-mail address) ftp> cd /pub/mcasey/ ftp> bin ftp> get mcasey_nc.ps.Z (or mcasey_nc.ps.gz or mcasey_nc.ps) ftp> bye unix% uncompress mcasey_nc.ps.Z (or gzip -d mcasey_nc.ps.gz) Please send comments to Mike Casey Volen Center for Complex Systems Studies Brandeis University Waltham, MA 02254 email: mcasey@volen.brandeis.edu http://eliza.cc.brandeis.edu/people/mcasey From weissg@informatik.tu-muenchen.de Thu Mar 21 07:53:11 1996 Received: from cs.wisc.edu (cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.6]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id HAA21511 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 07:52:42 -0600 Received: from cs.uwa.oz.au (bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au [130.95.1.11]) by cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id HAA13433 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 07:52:36 -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 QAA17781; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 16:45:21 +0800 Message-Id: <199603210845.QAA17781@cs.uwa.oz.au> From: Gerhard Weiss Sender: Gerhard Weiss To: reinforce@cs.uwa.edu.au Subject: Book Announcement: Learning in DAI Systems Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 15:51:21 +0100 (MET) Please distribute the following book announcement through your mailing list. Thanks in advance, Gerhard Weiss. ***************************************************************************** *** Book Announcement *** Book Announcement *** Book Announcement *** ***************************************************************************** ( http://www7.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~weissg/LNAI-1042 ) ADAPTION AND LEARNING IN MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS Edited by Gerhard Weiss and Sandip Sen Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Volume 1042 ISBN 3-540-60923-7, 238 pp., index, softcover, US$ 43.00 / DM 54.00 Available around March 15, 1996 (Europe) / March 25, 1996 (North America) Adaption and learning in multi-agent systems establishes a relatively new but significant topic in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Multi-agent systems typically are very complex and hard to specify in their behavior. It is therefore broadly agreed in both the Distributed AI and the Machine Learning community that there is the need to endow these systems with the ability to adapt and learn, that is, to self-improve their future performance. Despite this agreement, however, adaption and learning in multi-agent systems has been widely neglected in AI until a few years ago. On the one hand, work in Distributed AI mainly concentrated on developing multi-agent systems whose activity repertoires and coordination mechanisms are more or less fixed and thus less robust and effective particularly in changing environments. On the other hand, work in Machine Learning mainly concentrated on learning techniques and methods in single-agent or isolated-system settings. Today this situation has changed considerably, and there is an increasing number of researchers focussing on the intersection of Distributed AI and Machine Learning. This is the first available book on adaption and learning in multi-agent systems. It is intended to serve as a valuable reference for all researchers and practitioners interested in Distributed AI and/or Machine Learning, and to foster further investigations on this increasingly important topic. The book contains the revised and extended versions of fourteen papers that were first presented at the workshop on ``Adaptation and Learning in Multi-Agent Systems'' held August 21, 1995 in Montreal, Canada, as part of the 14th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-95). The papers reflect both the broad spectrum of and the progress made in the available work on learning and adaption in multi-agent systems. They address this topic from different points of view, and describe and experi- mentally and/or theoretically analyze new adaption and learning approaches for situations in which several agents have to cooperate or to compete with each other in order to solve a given task or set of tasks. Additionally, to assist the novice reader, an introductory and motivational article is in- cluded which provides a compact guide to this topic. This article takes a general look at multi-agent systems and at adaption and learning therein, and offers an extensive and interdisciplinary list of pointers to relevant and related work. Table of Contents: [INTRODUCTION] Adaptation and Learning in Multi-Agent Systems - Some Remarks and a Bibliography: Gerhard Weiss * [WORKSHOP CONTRIBUTIONS] Refinement in Agent Groups: Ciara Byrne and Peter Edwards * Opponent Modeling in Multi- Agent Systems: David Carmel and Shaul Markovitch * A Multi-Agent Environment for Department of Defense Distribution: Laurence Glicoes, Richard Staats, and Michael Huhns * Mutually Supervised Learning in Multiagent Systems: Claudia V. Goldman and Jeffrey S. Rosenschein * A Framework for Distributed Reinforcement Learning: Pan Gu and Anthony B. Maddox * Evolving Behavioral Strategies in Predators and Prey: Thomas Haynes and Sandip Sen * To Learn or Not to Learn: Anupam Joshi * A User-Adaptive Interface Agency for Inter- action with a Virtual Environment: Britta Lenzmann and Ipke Wachsmuth * Learning in Multi-Robot Systems: Maja J. Mataric * Learn Your Opponent's Strategy (in Polynomial Time): Yishay Mor, Claudia V. Goldman, and Jeffrey S. Rosenschein * Learning to Reduce Communication Cost on Task Negotiation among Multiple Autonomous Mobile Robots: Takuya Ohko, Kazuo Hiraki, and Yuichiro Anzai * On Multiagent Q-Learning in a Semi-Competitive Domain: Tuomas W. Sandholm and Robert H. 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In this book, the authors present a detailed formulation of neural networks from the information-theoretic viewpoint. They show how this perspective provides new insights into the design theory of neural networks. In particular they show how these methods may be applied to the topics of supervised and unsupervised learning including feature extraction, linear and non-linear independent component analysis, and Boltzmann machines. Readers are assumed to have a basic understanding of neural networks, but all the relevant concepts from information theory are carefully introduced and explained. Consequently, readers from several different scientific disciplines, notably cognitive scientists, engineers, physicists, statisticians, and computer scientists, will find this to be a very valuable introduction to this topic. Contents: --------- Acknowledgments vi Foreword vii CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2 Preliminaries of Information Theory and Neural Networks 7 Elements of Information Theory 8 Entropy and Information 8 Joint Entropy and Conditional Entropy 9 Kullback-Leibler Entropy 9 Mutual Information 10 Differential Entropy, Relative Entropy and Mutual Information 11 Chain Rules 13 Fundamental Information Theory Inequalities 15 Coding Theory 21 Elements of the Theory of Neural Networks 23 Neural Network Modeling 23 Neural Architectures 24 Learning Paradigms 27 Feedforward Networks: Backpropagation 28 Stochastic Recurrent Networks: Boltzmann Machine 31 Unsupervised Competitive Learning 35 Biological Learning Rules 36 PART I: Unsupervised Learning CHAPTER 3 Linear Feature Extraction: Infomax Principle 41 Principal Component Analysis: Statistical Approach 42 PCA and Diagonalization of the Covariance Matrix 42 PCA and Optimal Reconstruction 45 Neural Network Algorithms and PCA 51 Information Theoretic Approach: Infomax 57 Minimization of Information Loss Principle and Infomax Principle 58 Upper Bound of Information Loss 59 Information Capacity as a Lyapunov Function of the General Stochastic Approximation 61 CHAPTER 4 Independent Component Analysis: General Formulation and Linear Case 65 ICA-Definition 67 General Criteria for ICA 68 Cumulant Expansion Based Criterion for ICA 69 Mutual Information as Criterion for ICA 73 Linear ICA 79 Gaussian Input Distribution and Linear ICA 81 Networks With Anti-Symmetric Lateral Connections 84 Networks With Symmetric Lateral Connections 86 Examples of Learning with Symmetric and Anti-Symmetric Networks 89 Learning in Gaussian ICA with Rotation Matrices: PCA 91 Relationship Between PCA and ICA in Gaussian Input Case 93 Linear Gaussian ICA and the Output Dimension Reduction 94 Linear ICA in Arbitrary Input Distribution 95 Some Properties of Cumulants at the Output of a Linear Transformation 95 The Edgeworth Expansion Criteria and Theorem 4.6.2 99 Algorithms for Output Factorization in the Non-Gaussian Case 100 Experimental Results of Linear ICA Algorithms in the Non-Gaussian Case 102 CHAPTER 5 Nonlinear Feature Extraction: Boolean Stochastic Networks 109 Infomax Principle for Boltzmann Machines 110 Learning Model 110 Examples of Infomax Principle in Boltzmann Machine 113 Redundancy Minimization and Infomax for the Boltzmann Machine 119 Learning Model 119 Numerical Complexity of the Learning Rule 124 Factorial Learning Experiments 124 Receptive Fields Formation from a Retina 129 Appendix 132 CHAPTER 6 Nonlinear Feature Extraction: Deterministic Neural Networks 135 Redundancy Reduction by Triangular Volume Conserving Architectures 136 Networks with Linear, Sigmoidal and Higher Order Activation Functions 140 Simulations and Results 142 Unsupervised Modeling of Chaotic Time Series 146 Dynamical System Modeling 147 Redundancy Reduction by General Symplectic Architectures 156 General Entropy Preserving Nonlinear Maps 156 Optimizing a Parameterized Symplectic Map 157 Density Estimation and Novelty Detection 159 Example: Theory of Early Vision 163 Theoretical Background 164 Retina Model 165 PART II: Supervised Learning CHAPTER 7 Supervised Learning and Statistical Estimation 169 Statistical Parameter Estimation - Basic Definitions 171 Cramer-Rao Inequality for Unbiased Estimators 172 Maximum Likelihood Estimators 175 Maximum Likelihood and the Information Measure 176 Maximum A Posteriori Estimation 178 Extensions of MLE to Include Model Selection 179 Akaike's Information Theoretic Criterion (AIC) 179 Minimal Description Length and Stochastic Complexity 183 Generalization and Learning on the Same Data Set 185 CHAPTER 8 Statistical Physics Theory of Supervised Learning and Generalization 187 Statistical Mechanics Theory of Supervised Learning 188 Maximum Entropy Principle 189 Probability Inference with an Ensemble of Networks 192 Information Gain and Complexity Analysis 195 Learning with Higher Order Neural Networks 198 Partition Function Evaluation 198 Information Gain in Polynomial Networks 202 Numerical Experiments 203 Learning with General Feedforward Neural Networks 205 Partition Function Approximation 205 Numerical Experiments 207 Statistical Theory of Unsupervised and Supervised Factorial Learning 208 Statistical Theory of Unsupervised Factorial Learning 208 Duality Between Unsupervised and Maximum Likelihood Based Supervised Learning 213 CHAPTER 9 Composite Networks 219 Cooperation and Specialization in Composite Networks 220 Composite Models as Gaussian Mixtures 222 CHAPTER 10 Information Theory Based Regularizing Methods 225 Theoretical Framework 226 Network Complexity Regulation 226 Network Architecture and Learning Paradigm 227 Applications of the Mutual Information Based Penalty Term 231 Regularization in Stochastic Potts Neural Network 237 Neural Network Architecture 237 Simulations 239 References 243 Index 259 Ordering information: --------------------- ISBN 0-387-94666-7 US $49.95, DM 76 The book can be ordered directly from Springer via e-mail at the following addresses: orders@springer-ny.com in USA/Canada/Mexico orders@springer.de in other countries The message sent to one of these addresses should contain the book title, authors names, the ISBN number and the information about the customer (name, address and the mode of payment). Those who have access to WWW can use the Springer homepage with the on-line order form located at the following address: http://www.springer-ny.com:80/ordernew.html In addition, the book could be order from any scientific bookstore by providing the complete information including the ISBN number. ------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Gustavo Deco and Dr. Dragan Obradovic Siemens AG ZFE T SN 4 Corporate Research and Development Otto-Hahn-Ring 6 Phone: +49/89/636-49499 D-81739 Munich Fax: +49/89/636-49767 Germany E-Mail: Dragan.Obradovic@zfe.siemens.de Gustavo.Deco@zfe.siemens.de ----- End Included Message ----- From murre@psy.uva.nl Thu Mar 21 09:44:17 1996 Received: from cs.wisc.edu (cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.6]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA23799 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:44:12 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU (TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.254.108]) by cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA15100 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:44:05 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id ac27950; 20 Mar 96 21:49:00 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27943; 20 Mar 96 21:30:18 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01041; 20 Mar 96 21:29:18 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id ad28489; 19 Mar 96 9:16:03 EST Received: from uvapsy.psy.uva.nl by CS.CMU.EDU id aa20227; 19 Mar 96 9:12:21 EST Received: by uvapsy.psy.uva.nl id AA18392 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for connectionists-requests@cs.cmu.edu); Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:10:57 +0100 Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:10:57 +0100 From: "J.M.J. Murre" Message-Id: <199603191410.AA18392@uvapsy.psy.uva.nl> To: connectionists-requests@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Three jobs in connectionist modelling in psychology THREE GRADUATE RESEARCHERS (PH.D. STUDENTS) IN CONNECTIONIST MODELLING IN PSYCHOLOGY Application deadline: 12 April 1996 GENERAL DESCRIPTION Our group has job openings for three graduate researchers (Ph.D. students, or 'Onderzoekers-in-Opleiding' in Dutch) in connectionist modelling at the Graduate Research Institute for Experimental Psychology (EPOS) of the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The projects are located at the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University. The Graduate Research Institute EPOS was established by the University of Amsterdam, the Free University Amsterdam and Leiden University to foster and strengthen research and graduate training in the area of experimental psychology. The indiduvidual projects are funded by the Netherlands Society for Scientific Research (NWO) and form part of a larger research initiative 'Dynamic processes in self-organizing networks that interact with the environment'. One four-year postdoc has already been assigned to this project (this position is already filled). Several other graduate researchers within EPOS are working on similar projects (connectionist modelling and experimental psychology). CONDITIONS Each project runs for four years, starting 1 July 1996 at the earliest, and is expected to lead to a Ph.D. at the end of the four-year period. Full scholarships are available for each project to the amount of DFL 2100 (about $1320) per month in the first year, gradually increasing to DFL 3770 (about $2360) per month in the fourth year. (These figures are before taxes; a typical salary in the first year, after taxes, would be DFL 1680, but this depends on the experience of the applicant.) Succesful candidates will be required to move to the Netherlands. They will be required to follow and complete a number of graduate courses. In most cases, the graduate researchers are asked to participate in teaching of undergraduate students. This teaching load will be small and concerns only courses that are within their field of research. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Excellent command of Dutch (or English) is necessary. Applicants from computer science, physics, mathematics, or engineering must bear in mind that a strong, demonstrable background in psychology or related fields is necessary for these projects. PROJECT 1. 'ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AFFECTIVE PROCESSES'(QUOTE REF. 575-23-006). Description: Development of neural network models for direct and indirect affective processes. This work also has a strong neuroscience component. It builds on modelling work by the project supervisors (CALM approach to modelling). The simulations will keep pace with experimental research that occurs simultaneously in our group. Specific requirements: Master's (drs.) degree in experimental psychology. Strong interest in experimental research (especially from the cognitive neuroscience perspective). Experience with emotions research is desirable, as is experience with computer programming. This project is located at the University of Amsterdam. In case of urgent questions, further information can be obtained from Dr. R.H. Phaf (e-mail: pn_phaf@macmail.psy.uva.nl; phone: +31 20 525.6841 or +31 20 525.6840; fax: +31 20 639.1656). PROJECT 2. 'ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR MEMORY PROCESSES' (QUOTE REF. 575-23-007). Description: Development of neural network models for implicit and explicit memory phenomena and certain memory pathologies. Goal is implementation of a recently developed theoretical model of anterograde and retrograde amnesia. This implementation builds on existing work by the project supervisors (TraceNet and CALM approach to modelling, specifically TraceLink). Simulation results will be compared with research on memory in amnesic patients. Specific requirements: Master's (drs.) degree in experimental psychology or cognitive (neuro-)science. Strong interest in theoretical and empirical modelling of cognitive functions. Knowledge of neuroanatomy and neuropsychology is desirable, as is experience with psychological experimentation. Experience with computer programming is required (preferably in C). This project is located at Leiden University. In case of urgent questions, further information can be obtained from Dr. J.M.J. Murre (e-mail: murre@psy.uva.nl; phone: +31 20 525.6722 or +31 20 525.6840; fax: +31 20 639.1656). PROJECT 3. 'SEGMENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF VISUAL PATTERNS' (QUOTE REF. 575-23-008). Description: Development of neural network models for segmentation and classificatoin of visual patterns. This work builds on an approach that emphasizes research and simulation in the borderline area of stable and non-stable activation patterns. The simulations will keep pace with experimental research that occurs simultaneously in our group. Specific requirements: Master's (drs.) degree in cognitive science or experimental psychology, or in theoretical or medical biology or physics with a strongly interdisciplinary orientation and demonstrable interest in experimental research in psychology. Experience with computer programming is required. This project is located at the University of Amsterdam. In case of urgent questions, further information can be obtained from Dr. C. van Leeuwen (e- mail: pn_leeuwen@macmail.psy.uva.nl; phone: +31 20 525.6118 or +31 20 525.6840; fax: +31 20 525.1656). APPLICATION PROCESS Only applications by 'hardmail' are considered. Please include the following material: Cover letter Curriculum vitae One A4 in which you explain why you are interested in the project You may include up to 15 pages of excerpts taken from published material but this is not a requirement Two names of references (including fax and/or e-mail) Be sure to quote the reference number of the project to which you are applying Send the application to Dr. G. Wolters Department of Psychology Leiden University P.O. Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden The Netherlands THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS 12 APRIL 1996.  From reggia@cs.UMD.EDU Thu Mar 21 09:44:23 1996 Received: from cs.wisc.edu (cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.6]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA23797 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:44:06 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU (TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.254.108]) by cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA15098 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:43:59 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa27937; 20 Mar 96 21:36:42 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27935; 20 Mar 96 21:25:53 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01012; 20 Mar 96 21:25:35 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa22500; 20 Mar 96 13:01:16 EST Received: from avion.cs.umd.edu by CS.CMU.EDU id aa02525; 20 Mar 96 13:00:15 EST Received: by avion.cs.UMD.EDU (8.7.3/UMIACS-0.9/04-05-88) id MAA17041; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:59:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:59:57 -0500 (EST) From: "James A. Reggia" Message-Id: <199603201759.MAA17041@avion.cs.UMD.EDU> To: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu, ai-medicine@vuse.vanderbilt.edu, int-neuro@lsr.nei.nih.gov, neuron-request@CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU, neurosci@umdd.umd.edu, potomac@bernard.ninds.nih.gov, reggia@cs.UMD.EDU Subject: Postdoc Position in Computational Neuroscience POSTDOC POSITION IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE It is anticipated that a postdoctoral research position will be available starting this summer or fall involving neural modeling. The focus will be on modeling various aspects of cerebral cortex dynamics and plasticity. Ideally we are looking for someone with interdisciplinary interests and background in computation and neuroscience. Instructions for applying are given below; applications must be received by the April 8 deadline at the latest. They can be sent to Prof. Ja'Ja' as indicated below, or directly to me. James A. Reggia Dept. of Computer Science A. V. Williams Bldg. University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 USA Email: reggia@cs.umd.edu Phone: 301-405-2686 Fax: 301-405-6707 Position Announcement: The University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) invites applications for post doctoral positions, beginning summer/fall '96 in the following areas: Real-time Video Indexing, Natural Language Processing, and Neural Modeling. Exceptionally strong candidates from other areas will also be considered. UMIACS, a state-supported research unit, has been the focal point for interdisciplinary and applications-oriented research activities in computing on the College Park campus. The Institute's 40 faculty members conduct research in high performance computing, software engineering, artificial intelligence, systems, combinatorial algorithms, scientific computing, and computer vision. Qualified applicants should send a 1 page statement of research interest, curriculum vita and the names and addresses of 3 references to: Prof. Joseph Ja'Ja' UMIACS A.V. Williams Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 by April 8. UMIACS strongly encourages applications from minorities and women. EOE/AA From mccalla@cs.usask.ca Thu Mar 21 09:58:57 1996 Received: from cs.wisc.edu (cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.6]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA23909 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:58:49 -0600 Received: from cs.uwa.oz.au (bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au [130.95.1.11]) by cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA15325 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:58:40 -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 QAA17790; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 16:46:58 +0800 Message-Id: <199603210846.QAA17790@cs.uwa.oz.au> From: mccalla@cs.usask.ca To: inductive@unb.ca, reinforce@cs.uwa.edu.au, ml@ics.uci.edu, colt@cs.uiuc.edu, colibri@let.ruu.nl Subject: AI 96 Conference Announcement Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 16:58:05 -0600 This is the program of the upcoming AI 96 Conference. Thanks. Gord McCalla, Program Chair **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** AI 96 - PRELIMINARY PROGRAM (as of March 17, 1996) Wednesday, May 22, 1996 8:30-9:30: Invited Speaker: Bruce Porter, U. of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. 9:30-10:00 Coffee Break 10:00-11:20 Knowledge Representation I: Constraints 10:00-10:15 Constraint-Directed Improvisation for Complex Domains John Anderson, Mark Evans, U. of Manitoba, Canada 10:15-10:30 A New Model of Hard Binary Constraint Satisfaction Problems Michael Dent, Bob Mercer, U. of Western Ontario, Canada 10:30-10:45 Reasoning with Multi-Point Events R. Wetprasit, Abdul Sattar, Griffith U., Australia L. Khatib, Florida Institute of Technology, U.S.A. 10:45-11:00 Selecting the Right Heuristic Algorithm: Runtime Performance Predictors John Allen, Caelum Research Corporation, NASA Ames Research Center, U.S.A. Steve Minton, ISI, U. of Southern California, U.S.A. 11:00-11:20 questions 11:20-noon Knowledge Representation II: Actions 11:20-11:35 Reasoning About Unknown, Counterfactual, and Nondeterministic Actions in First-Order Logic Charles Elkan, U. of California at San Diego, U.S.A. 11:35-11:50 The Frame Problem and Bayesian Network Action Representations Craig Boutilier, U. of British Columbia, Canada Moises Goldszmidt, Rockwell Science Center, Palo Alto, U.S.A. 11:50-noon questions noon-1:30 Lunch Break 1:30-2:00 Workshop Reports 2:00-3:00 Natural Language I: Generation 2:00-2:15 Automatic Generation of a Complex Dialogue History Eli Hagen, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Adelheit Stein, GMD-IPSI, Darmstadt, Germany 2:15-2:30 A Chart Generator for Shake and Bake Machine Translation Fred Popowich, Simon Fraser U., Canada 2:30-2:45 Extending the Role of User Feedback in Plan Recognition and Response Generation for Advice Giving Systems Liliana Ardissono, U. di Torino, Italy Robin Cohen, U. of Waterloo, Canada 2:45-3:00 questions 3:00-3:30 Coffee Break 3:30-5:00 Debate Chair: Randy Goebel, U. of Alberta, Canada topic and debaters to be finalized Thursday, May 23, 1996 8:30-9:10 Natural Language II: Understanding 8:30-8:45 Corpus-Based Learning of Generalized Parse Tree Rules for Translation Altay Guvenir, Aysegul Tunc, Bilkent U., Turkey 8:45-9:00 ParseTalk About Functional Anaphora Udo Hahn, Michael Strube, Freiburg U., Germany 9:00-9:10 questions 9:10-9:50 Applications I: Intelligent Information Filtering 9:10-9:25 Knowledge-Based Approaches to Query Expansion in Information Retrieval Richard Bodner, Fei Song, U. of Guelph, Canada 9:25-9:40 Inferring What a User is Not Interested In Robert Holte, U. of Ottawa, Canada John Yan, BNR, Ottawa, Canada 9:40-9:50 questions 9:50-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-11:10 Applications II: Industrial Strength 10:30-10:45 Developing an Expert System Technology for Industrial Process Control: An Experience Report Bryan Kramer, John Mylopoulos, U. of Toronto, Canada Michael Benjamin, Q.B. Chou, Ontario Hydro, Toronto, Canada Peter Ahn, John Opala, CAE Electronics, Montreal, Canada 10:45-11:00 Planning and Learning in a Natural Resource Information System Daniel Charlebois, David Goodenough, Pacific Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada Victoria, Canada Stan Matwin, U. of Ottawa, Canada Pal Bhogal, Hugh Barclay, Pacific Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Victoria, Canada 11:00-11:10 questions 11:10-11:50 Knowledge Representation III: Agents 11:10-11:25 A Hierarchical Model of Agents Based on Skill, Rules, and Knowledge B. Chaib-draa, U. Laval, Canada 11:25-11:40 Semantics of Multiply Sectioned Bayesian Networks for Cooperative Multi-Agent Distributed Interpretation Yang Xiang, U. of Regina, Canada 11:40-11:50 questions 11:50-1:30 Lunch Break 1:30-2:30 Invited Speaker: Martha Pollack, U. of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. "Planning Algorithms and Planning Problems" 2:30-3:00 Coffee Break 3:00-4:00 Learning I: Induction 3:00-3:15 LPMEME: A Statistical Method for Inductive Logic Programming Karan Bhatia, Charles Elkan, U. of California at San Diego, U.S.A. 3:15-3:30 Efficient Induction of Recursive Prolog Definitions Riverson Rios, Stan Matwin, U. of Ottawa, Canada 3:30-3:45 Constructive Induction: A Preprocessor Yuh-Jyh Hu, U. of California at Irvine, U.S.A. 3:45-4:00 questions 4:00-5:00 Learning II: Challenging Domains and Problems 4:00-4:15 Reinforcement Learning for Real-World Control Applications Mark Pendrith, Malcolm Ryan, U. of New South Wales, Australia 4:15-4:30 A Two-Level Approach to Learning in Nonstationary Environments Wai Lam, U. of Iowa, U.S.A. Snehasis Mukhopadhyay, Purdue School of Science at Indianapolis, U.S.A. 4:30-4:45 Learning Classifications from Multiple Sources of Unsupervised Data Charles Ling, Handong Wang, U. of Western Ontario, Canada 4:45-5:00 questions 5:00-6:00 CSCSI/SCEIO Annual General Meeting evening Conference Banquet Friday, May 24, 1996 8:30-9:50 Knowledge Representation IV: Reasoning 8:30-8:45 Paraconsistent Circumscription Zuoquan Lin, Shantou U., Peoples Republic of China 8:45-9:00 Efficient Algorithms for Qualitative Reasoning About Imprecise Space Thodoros Topaloglou, U. of Toronto, Canada 9:00-9:15 A General Purpose Reasoner for Abstraction Fausto Giunchiglia, IRST and U. of Trento, Italy Roberto Sebastiani, DIST, Genoa, Italy Adolfo Villafiorita, DIST and U. of Ancona, Italy Toby Walsh, IRST, Trento, Italy 9:15-9:30 Reference Constraints and Individual Level Inheritance Andrew Fall, Simon Fraser U., Canada 9:30-9:50 questions 9:50-10:30 Learning III: Techniques and Issues 9:50-10:05 Decision Tree Learning System with Switching Evaluator Takeshi Koshiba, Fujitsu Laboratories, Shizuoka, Japan 10:05-10:20 Parity: The Problem that Won't Go Away Chris Thornton, U. of Sussex, U.K. 10:20-10:30 questions 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-noon Invited Speaker: CSCSI Distinguished Service Award Winner (TBA) noon-1:30 Lunch Break 1:30-2:30 Knowledge Representation V: Search 1:30-1:45 Polynomial-time Predicate-Logic Hypothetical Reasoning by Networked Bubble Propagation Method Yuki Ohsawa, Osaka U., Japan Mitsura Ishizuka, U. of Tokyo, Japan 1:45-2:00 Enhancing Maximum Satisfiability Algorithms with Pure Literal Strategies Richard Wallace, U. of New Hampshire, U.S.A. 2:00-2:15 Searching with Pattern Databases Joseph Culberson, Jonathan Schaeffer, U. of Alberta, Canada 2:15-2:30 questions 2:30-3:30 Knowledge Representation VI: Techniques for Application 2:30-2:45 Negoplan: A System for Logic-Based Decision Modelling Sunil Noronha, Carleton U., Canada Stan Szpakowicz, U. of Ottawa, Canada 2:45-3:00 Attribute Selection Strategies for Attribute-Oriented Generalization Brock Barber, Howard Hamilton, U. of Regina, Canada 3:00-3:15 Automating Model Acquisition by Fault Knowledge Re-Use: Introducing the Diagnostic Remodeler Algorithm Suhayya Abu-Hakima, IIT, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada 3:30-4:00 Coffee Break 4:00-5:00 Panel: AI: Love It or Leave It moderator: Rogatien "G." Cumberbatch, U. of North Bay, Canada panelists: Sydney J. Hurtubise, U. of North Bay, Canada Natch de Montreal, NFA, Canada others, to be finalized Notes on the conference agenda: Schedule is subject to change. Talks will be 15 minutes each. Question periods will be consolidated at the end of each session, 5 minutes per talk in that session, as shown on the schedule. All talks will have papers in the Proceedings, to be published by Springer-Verlag, and to be available at the conference. Coffee breaks have been staggered from GI 96 and VI 96 but lunch breaks have been coordinated with GI 96 and VI 96. A best paper will be selected and announced at the conference. A journal version of this paper will be published in the Computational Intelligence journal. Two conference workshops are being organized to happen directly prior to the conference. These are described below. Registration and housing information is also presented below. The AI 96 conference Web site is http://ai.iit.nrc.ca/cscsi/conferences/ai96.html Please check this for the latest information on the conference. **************************************************************************** Canadian AI Conference Workshop INFORMATION GATHERING FROM GLOBAL NETWORKS Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 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 With the rapid growth of the Internet, the information explosion is becoming an immediate concern for everyone. Both the number of users and the amount of accessible information on the internet have been growing exponentially. The sheer joy of browsing the world and the frustration of not finding the right nugget of information have attracted researchers from many fields to the problem of gathering knowledge from a network. What can AI researchers bring to the problem? Are we just trying to justify the time we waste surfing the net by calling it research? Or will software agents (or some other AI techniques) succeed where traditional Information Retrieval technology has stalled? The Workshop In the workshop, we hope to address some of the following questions in the context of information gathering work being conducted by AI researchers. Submitted papers may describe speculative, partial, or completed work, provided the work has clear, practical implications for other researchers. The Issues Submitted papers should address one or more of the following issues. 1) What are the core technical problems posed by the growth of global networks? 2) What will the future internet or intranet look like? 3) What's wrong with current models? For example: - They are based on single word indexing - Do not consider interactive models of retrieval - Assume a central, accurate index 4) What applications might harness the information explosion? For example: - Browsing - Identifying hypertext links - Keyword extraction - Mail Routing - Multiple text integration - News Filtering - Security - Text clustering and categorization - Text segmentation - Text summarization - Topic identification - Usage pattern analysis - User Modeling 5) Which AI techniques are most promising for information gathering? For example: - Agents Knowledge sharing - Database Mining - Diagnosis - Knowledge Representation - Machine Learning - Natural Language Processing and Generation Translation - Planning - Search Behaviour - Visualization 6) What counts as success? Workshop Format The workshop will consist of formatted presentations and speculation sessions. Of course, we also welcome demonstrations. The presenters will be asked to describe the view of networked information and the view of the future that led them to their work. Submission Information Submissions are due April 2, 1996. Your paper should not be longer than 8 pages (12 point font). All submissions will be refereed: We expect the papers to be well organized and to represent a contribution to the workshop. Please send email to joel@ai.iit.nrc.ca with the PostScript file or a URL pointer to your submission. Do not forget your name and physical mailing address. If you wish to show a demonstration or video, please describe your hardware/network requirements. Submission Address Email: joel@ai.iit.nrc.ca Important Dates: Papers Due Tuesday, April 2, 1996 Notification Wednesday, April 17, 1996 Workshop Tuesday, May 21, 1996 **************************************************************************** Canadian AI Conference Workshop 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 g(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. **************************************************************************** REGISTRATION FORM AI/GI/VI '96 - Toronto, Ontario - 21 to 24 May 1996 Mail Completed Form to: Box 817, Fort Macleod, AB, Canada T0L 0Z0 Or Fax to: 403-553-2745 e-mail: davis@cs.ualberta.ca Please Type or Print in Block Letters Mr Ms Dr Family Name _________________ Given Name_________________ Mailing Address___________________________________________________ City__________________ Province_________ Postal Code_______________ Country________________ Fax ________________Address: Office Home Business Phone____________Home Phone_________e-mail________________ All Registrations Include: 1- Proceedings, 1-Film Show Ticket & 1-Banquet Ticket Members Non-Members Before/After 15 Apr 96 Before/After 15 Apr 96 Totals Regular $ 250/310 $ 310/390 Student $ 90/150 $ 110/170 ________ Extra Tickets: _____Film @ $ 10 ea ______Banquet @ $ 40 ea ________ Extra Proceedings @ $ 40 ea. AI GI VI________ Workshops (specify) ___________ Regular/Student $ 60/30 per day________ Prices include GST (# R126170760) Proceedings Selected AI GI VI Grand Total_________ Society: CSCSI CHCCS CIPPRS (circle appropriate society) Membership # ____________(must be included if membership registration is claimed) All prices are stated in CDN$. If paid by cheque in US$ deduct 15%. Credit Card charges will be in CDN$ and charged at the current exchange rate. Students must be full-time students and must verify their status. To claim the membership rate, registrants must be paid up members of: CSCSI, CHCCS or CIPPRS. Registrants who are members of more than one society may claim the proceedings for each society that they are paid up members of. For Further Information: Phone 403-553-3092; Fax 403-553-2745 e-mail: davis@cs.ualberta.ca Payment: Cheque or Money Order (made out to: AI/GI/VI) in advance by mail only or on site or Credit Card: MasterCard or Visa Name on Credit Card _______________________Signature______________________ Credit Card Number ______________________________Expiry Date______________ Withdrawals and cancellations must be received in writing by 5 May 1996, and will be subject to a fee of $65, that includes handling and one copy of the proceedings to be mailed after the conference. After this date no refunds will be made. **************************************************************************** HOUSING FORM AI/GI/VI '96 - 21 to 24 May 1996 Mail to: Holiday Inn on King 370 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5V 1J9 Phone: 416-599-4000, or 1-800-263-6364; Fax: 416-599-7394 Please Reserve Accommodation For: _____ # of Persons Rate: $115.00 single or double Blocked Rooms will be held until 19 April 1996 Name ______________________ Signature ___________________ Address ________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ City______________________Province/State____Postal Code_______ Phone: Office_________________ Residence __________________ Arrival Date_________Time_________Departure Date________Checkout 11:00 am Credit Card ________________Expiry Date ____________ Credit Card # ______________________________________ All major credit cards are accepted. Reservations must be guaranteed with first night's deposit by cheque or credit card. Deposit is refundable if cancellation is received by the Holiday Inn 48 hours in advance. If Accommodations are requested by telephone, request the rate for Conference G9692 which is the AI/GI/VI '96 Rate Student housing is available at the University of Toronto. Please contact Wayne Davis at davis@cs.ualberta.ca for more details. **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** From juergen@idsia.ch Thu Mar 21 22:27:34 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 WAA04369 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:27:21 -0600 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 WAA11821 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:27:19 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa27950; 20 Mar 96 21:45:10 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27939; 20 Mar 96 21:26:45 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01018; 20 Mar 96 21:26:12 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa21992; 20 Mar 96 12:37:28 EST Received: from chsun.eunet.ch by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa23693; 20 Mar 96 12:36:37 EST Received: from fava.idsia.ch by chsun.eunet.ch (8.6.10/1.34) id SAA20503; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 18:36:15 +0100 Received: from kraut.idsia.ch by fava.idsia.ch (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA26310; Wed, 20 Mar 96 18:36:14 +0100 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 18:36:13 +0100 From: Juergen Schmidhuber Message-Id: <9603201736.AA26310@fava.idsia.ch> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: IDSIA postdoc position IDSIA POSTDOC POSITION IDSIA, the Swiss machine learning research institute, offers a 2-year postdoc position with possibility for renewal. Goal of the corresponding research project is to analyze, compare, extend, and apply `neural' algorithms for unsupervised learning and redundancy reduction. A main focus will be on `predictability minimization' (see refs below). Application areas include adaptive image pre-processing, classification, data compression. Applicants should be willing to build on our previous work. The ideal candidate combines strong mathematical skills and strong programming skills. Switzerland tends to be nice to scientists. It boasts the highest supercomputing capacity per capita, the most Nobel prizes per capita (with Sweden), the highest gross national product per capita (with Luxembourg), and the best chocolate. IDSIA is located in beautiful Lugano, capital of scenic Ticino (the southern part of Switzerland). Pictures in my home page. Milano, Italy's center of fashion and finance, is one hour away. CSCS, the Ticino supercomputing center, is nearby. Salary is competitive. To obtain an overview of IDSIA's activities, see our home page. If interested, please send CV, list of publications, and cover letter with brief statement of research interests plus email addresses of three references to juergen@idsia.ch Send them as separate, uncompressed ASCII or postscript files. ASCII greatly preferred. Please call subject headers of ASCII files: name.cv, name.pub, name.cover, respectively, where `name' stands for your name. Please call subject headers of postscript files: name.cv.ps, name.pub.ps, name.cover.ps, respectively. Please also send HARDCOPIES of 3 representative papers by PHYSICAL mail (no problem if they arrive after the deadline). DEADLINE: APRIL 10, 1996. Earlier applications preferred. Juergen Schmidhuber research director IDSIA, Corso Elvezia 36, 6900-Lugano, Switzerland juergen@idsia.ch http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen --------- Refs on predictability minimization -------- - J.Schmidhuber, M.Eldracher, and B.Foltin. Semilinear predictability minimization produces well-known feature detectors. Neural Computation, in press, 1996. - J.Schmidhuber and D.Prelinger. Discovering predictable classifications. Neural Computation, 5(4):625-635, 1993. - J.Schmidhuber. Learning factorial codes by predictability minimization. Neural Computation, 4(6):863-879, 1992. From panos@csc.umist.ac.uk Fri Mar 22 05:39:03 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 FAA10360 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 05:38:53 -0600 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 FAA15131 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 05:38:50 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa29374; 21 Mar 96 13:58:57 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa29372; 21 Mar 96 13:38:19 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01674; 21 Mar 96 13:37:30 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05602; 21 Mar 96 6:02:05 EST Received: from ursa.cns.umist.ac.uk by CS.CMU.EDU id aa09449; 21 Mar 96 6:01:15 EST Received: from csc.umist.ac.uk (actually jack.csc.umist.ac.uk) by ursa.cns.umist.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Thu, 21 Mar 1996 11:04:22 +0000 From: Panos Liatsis Date: Thu, 21 Mar 96 10:58:31 GMT Message-Id: <333.9603211058@isabel.csc.umist.ac.uk> To: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS: IWISP'96 3RD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE NOVEMBER 4-7, 1996, MANCHESTER, UK ORGANISER:UMIST CO-SPONSORS: IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY IEEE UK&RI IEE INST MEAS CONTROL CALL FOR PAPERS The 3rd International Workshop on Image and Signal Processing, IWSIP-96 organised by the Control Systems Centre, UMIST in assosiation with IEEE Region 8 and co-sponsored by the IEE, IMC and the IEEE Signal Processing Society, is an International Workshop on theoretical, experimental and applied signal and image processing. This is a specialized workshop, which intends to attract high quality research papers and bring together researchers working in the areas of signal/image processing from both sides of the Atlantic, as well as from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, The theme of the current workshop is on Advances in Computational Intelligence. SCOPE: General Techiques and Algorithms: Adaptive DSP algorithms, Digital Filter Implementations, Image Analysis, Image Enhancement and Restoration, Image Understanding. Technologies: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Wavelets, Fractals. Image Transmission: Encoding/Decoding, Compression, Transmission, ISDN, Internet, ATM, Modems, Radio, SATCOM and NAV. Applications: Automotive, Medical, Robotics, Control, Video, TV, Telepresence, Virtual Reality, Digital Production. SUBMISSION PROCEDURES: Prospective authors are invited to propose papers in any of the technical areas listed above, indicating whethear they are intended for oral/poster presentation. To submit a proposal, prepare a 2-3 page summary of the paper including figures and references. Send five copies of the paper summary and a cover sheet stating the (1) paper title, (2) technical area(s), (3) contact author' s name, (4) address, (5) telephone and fax number and (6) email address to: Professor Basil G. Mertzios, IWSIP-96, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, GR-67100 Xanthi, Greece e-mail: mertzios@demokritos.cc.duth.gr FAX:+30-541-26947, Tel:+30-541-79511, 79512 (Secr.) 79559 (Lab) Each selected paper (four-page limit) will be published in the Proceedings of IWSIP-96, by an International Publisher. SCHEDULE: Extended summaries/abstracts: 30th April 1996 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 31st May 1996 Final Draft: 15th July 1996 CONFERENCE SITE: IWSIP-96 will be held at The Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester, GENERAL CHAIR Peter Wellstead Control Systems Centre UMIST, UK PROGRAM CHAIR Basil Mertzios Democritus University of Thrace Department of Electr./Comp.Eng. 67100 Xanthi, Greece PUBLICITY & LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Panos Liatsis, Braham Levy UMIST, UK TUTORIALS CHAIR Marek Domanski Tech. University of Poznan Poznan, Poland PROCEEDINGS CHAIR Kalman Fazekas Tech. University of Budapest Budapest, Hungary FINANCIAL CHAIR Martin Zarrop UMIST, UK INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (TENTATIVE) I. Antoniou, Solvay Institute, Belgium Z. Bojkovic, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia M. Brady, University of Oxford, UK V. Cappellini, University of Florence, Italy G. Caragiannis, NTUA, Greece M. Christodoulou, Technical University of Crete, Greece A. Constantinidis, Imperial College, UK J. Cornelis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium A. Davies, King's College London, UK I. Erenyi, KFKI Research Institute, Hungary A. Fettweis, Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Germany S. van Huffel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium G. Istefanopoulos, Bosporous University, Turkey V. Ivanov, Dubna Research Institute, Russia T. Kaczorec, University of Warsaw, Poland M. Karny, UTIA, Czech Republic T. Kida, University of Tokyo, Japan J. Kittler, University of Surrey, UK S.Y. Kung, Princeton University, USA M. Kunt, University of Lausanne, Switzerland F. Lewis, University of Texas at Arlington, USA T. Nossek, Technical University of Munich, Germany C. Nikias, University of Southern California, USA D. van Ormondt, Technical University of Delft, Netherlands K. Parhi, University of Minessota, USA S. Tzafestas, NTUA, Greece J. Turan, Technical University of Kosice, Slovak Republic G. Vachtsevanos, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA A. Venetsanopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada From milanese@cui.unige.ch Fri Mar 22 05:39:05 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 FAA10358 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 05:38:50 -0600 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 FAA15129 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 05:38:48 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id ab27950; 20 Mar 96 21:47:01 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27941; 20 Mar 96 21:27:35 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01023; 20 Mar 96 21:26:43 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa21545; 20 Mar 96 12:14:17 EST Received: from chx400.switch.ch by RI.CMU.EDU id aa19642; 20 Mar 96 12:14:11 EST X400-Received: by mta chx400.switch.ch in /PRMD=Switch/ADMD=400net/C=Ch/; Relayed; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 18:13:34 +0100 X400-Received: by /PRMD=SWITCH/ADMD=400net/C=CH/; Relayed; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 18:13:24 +0100 X400-Received: by /PRMD=switch/ADMD=400net/C=ch/; Relayed; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 18:13:18 +0100 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 18:13:18 +0100 X400-Originator: milanese@cui.unige.ch X400-Recipients: non-disclosure:; X400-MTS-Identifier: [/PRMD=switch/ADMD=400net/C=ch/;960320181318] X400-Content-Type: P2-1984 (2) Content-Identifier: 2829 Alternate-Recipient: Allowed From: Ruggero Milanese Message-ID: <2829*/S=milanese/OU=cui/O=unige/PRMD=switch/ADMD=400net/C=ch/@MHS> To: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Research positions on neural networks and vision Two openings at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Geneva (Switzerland) on: COMPUTER and BIOLOGICAL VISION - One post-doc: for a person holding a Ph.D. degree in either Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics, with emphasis on neural networks, dynamic systems, computational neuroscience, and machine vision. Experience with the analysis of multidimensional EEG signals would be a plus. - One assistant (Ph.D. student): for a person holding a Diploma, or Master's degree in Computer Science, or comparable qualification, with experience in neuronal modeling and computer vision. Project description. -------------------- Development of neural networks for recognizing multiple objects over complex, textured background. The basic model, inspired by neurophysiological and psychophysical research in human vision, employs networks of oscillatory units capable of stimulus-dependent synchronization. Research issues include: the design of a complete neural network architecture employing integrate-and-fire units, the assessment of the role of visual attention in modifying neuronal dynamics, and the compatibility of the overall model with biological data. Both candidates will work in collaboration with a third researcher at the Brain Mapping Laboratory of the Geneva Cantonal Hospital (headed by Prof. T.Landis and C. Michael), and will contribute to the analysis of the data collected through experiments on human subjects using EEG-based tomography of brain activity. Position profiles. ------------------ Both positions are available *immediately*, for a minimum of 1.5 years (postdoc) and 2 years (assistant). An extension for another 2 years is likely. Salaries are approx. CHF 60,000 for the postdoc and CHF 58,000 for the assistant (both before taxes). Good written/oral knowledge of English is essential. Some knowledge of French would be desirable. Applicants should send a CV, a list of publications, a summary of M.Sc. thesis (assistant position only), together with one letter of recommendation, to the following address. Dr. Ruggero Milanese Dept. of Computer Science, University of Geneva 24 rue General-Dufour, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Phone: +41 (22) 705-7631, Fax: +41 (22) 705-7780 E-mail: milanese@cui.unige.ch URL: http://cuiwww.unige.ch/~milanese Geneva, march 1996. From perso@DI.Unipi.IT Fri Mar 22 05:39:06 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 FAA10362 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 05:38:54 -0600 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 FAA15133 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 05:38:52 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id ab29374; 21 Mar 96 14:00:30 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id ab29372; 21 Mar 96 13:38:22 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01679; 21 Mar 96 13:37:54 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05712; 21 Mar 96 6:18:11 EST Received: from apollo.di.unipi.it by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa28016; 21 Mar 96 6:15:39 EST Organization: Dipartimento di Informatica di Pisa - Italy Received: from neuron.di.unipi.it (neuron.di.unipi.it [131.114.4.65]) by mailserver.di.unipi.it (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id MAA17717 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 12:12:12 +0100 From: Alessandro Sperduti Received: (perso@localhost) by neuron.di.unipi.it (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA15961 for Connectionists@CS.CMU.EDU; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 12:12:08 +0100 Message-Id: <199603211112.MAA15961@neuron.di.unipi.it> Subject: NNSK deadline extension To: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 12:12:07 +0100 (MET) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1425 sorry for duplicated messages (if any...) ** E X T E N D E D D E A D L I N E ** Neural Networks and Structured Knowledge (NNSK) Call for Contributions ECAI '96 Workshop to be held on August 12/13, 1996 during the 12th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence from August 12-16, 1996 in Budapest, Hungary **************** N E W S C H E D U L E **************** Submission deadline April 3, 1996 Notification of acceptance/rejection May 2, 1996 Final version of papers due May 24, 1996 Deadline for participation without paper June 15, 1996 Date of the workshop August 12/13, 1996 *********************************************************** FOR MORE INFO: http://www.informatik.uni-ulm.de/fakultaet/abteilungen/ni/ECAI-96/NNSK/NNSK.html ** E X T E N D E D D E A D L I N E ** _________________________________________________________________ Alessandro Sperduti Dipartimento di Informatica, Corso Italia 40, Phone: +39-50-887264 56125 Pisa, Fax: +39-50-887226 ITALY E-mail: perso@di.unipi.it _________________________________________________________________ From jgreen@wjh.harvard.edu Sat Mar 23 02:39:11 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 CAA26705 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 02:39:05 -0600 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 CAA28829 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 02:39:03 -0600 Received: from TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU by telnet-1.srv.cs.CMU.EDU id aa01032; 22 Mar 96 16:29:38 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by TELNET-1.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01030; 22 Mar 96 16:06:50 EST Received: from DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU by DST.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02650; 22 Mar 96 16:06:11 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25605; 22 Mar 96 10:15:16 EST Received: from husc.harvard.edu by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa04448; 22 Mar 96 10:14:23 EST Received: from pop1.fas.HARVARD.EDU by husc.HARVARD.EDU with ESMTP id KAA26292 Received: from [128.103.8.159] by pop1.fas.HARVARD.EDU with SMTP id KAA17044 Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:14:15 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: kmgazzaniga@ucdavis.edu, Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu From: Jennifer Anne Greenhall Subject: POSTDOCTORAL JOB OPENINGS Cc: caram@wjh.harvard.edu COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY: Visual word and object recognition. A post-doctoral research position is available at the COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. The project investigates the role of visual and attentional mechanisms in word and object recognition. These issues are addressed principally through the analysis of the reading and object recognition performance in brain-damaged subjects with visual neglect and other perceptual disorders. In addition, computational modeling and functional imaging studies of visual word recognition are planned. Individuals with training in visual perception and/or attention, computational modeling, or cognitive neuropsychology are encouraged to apply. Candidates should send a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and a statement of research interests to Alfonso Caramazza, Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory, Harvard University, William James Hall, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138. E-mail inquiries may be sent to caram@broca.harvard.edu. Screening will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Harvard University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY: Lexical production. A post-doctoral research position is available at the COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. The project investigates the content and organization of the lexical system and, more specifically, the nature of lexical access mechanisms. These issues are investigated through the analysis of speech and writing disorders in brain-damaged subjects and the computational modeling of lexical access. We are also planning to carry out several functional imaging studies of word production. Individuals with training in psycholinguistics, computational modeling, or cognitive neuropsychology are encouraged to apply. Candidates should send a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and a statement of research interests to Alfonso Caramazza, Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory, Harvard University, William James Hall, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138. E-mail inquiries may be sent to caram@broca.harvard.edu. Screening will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Harvard University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. ****************************** * Jennifer Greenhall * * Harvard University * * Department of Psychology * * 33 Kirkland Street * * William James Hall, Rm. 884* * Cambridge, MA 02138 * * (617) 496-6374 * ******************************