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Symposium and Workshop on
CONNECTIONISM :
MULTIPLE AGENTS, PARALLELISM AND LEARNING
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Symposium 9th of September 1986
Workshop 10th - 12th of September 1986
LOCATION Geneva University, UNI II, Switzerland
The symposium and workshop are sponsored by the Swiss Group for
Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (SGAICO), the Jean
Piaget Foundation and the Faculty of Psychology and Education
Science of the University of Geneva.
Symposium Programme : SYMPOSIUM DAY : 9TH OF SEPTEMBER
At the 9th of September a one day symposium will be held on
"CONNECTIONISM : Multiple Agents , Parallelism and Learning"
where the main ideas of this paradigm in Artificial Intelligence
and Cognitive Science will be presented. The symposium is open to
the public. The goal of this symposium is to give an introduction
and survey of the problems of Connectionism.
09.00 - 10.30 THE SOCIETY THEORY OF MIND:
Marvin Minsky, MIT
10.45 - 12.00 THE LOCALIST POSITION IN CONNECTIONISM:
ON REPRESENTATION AND LEARNING
Jerome Feldman, University of Rochester
14.00 - 15.15 THE DISTRIBUTIONIST POSITION IN CONNECTIONISM:
ON REPRESENTATION AND LEARNING
Terry Sejnowski, John Hopkins University
15.30 - 16.45 LEARNING PARADIGMS IN CONNECTIONISM:
David Rumelhart, University of California
16.45 - 18.00 BUILDING WORKING CONNECTIONIST MODELS
David Waltz, Intelligent Thinking Machines, USA
Entry fees for the SYMPOSIUM: STUDENTS: SFRS 40,- ;
UNIVERSITY MEMBERS: SFRS 100,- ; INDUSTRY: SFRS 250,-
The following persons get a entry-price reduction of 20 Percent:
- Members and Students of the Faculty of Psychology and Education
Science of the University of Geneva
- Members of the Swiss Informatitions Society (SI)
- Members of the Swiss Group for Artificial Intelligence and
Cognitive Science (SGAICO)
For further information and registration apply to the SYMPOSIUM
SECRETARY Mrs. Manuela Mounir
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
After the Symposium a two and a half day workshop will take place
at the Geneva University. The workshop is limited to 20 invited
attendees, whose research interests are in different aspects of
multiple agents, parallelism and learning. The goal of the
workshop is to discuss and elucidate different approaches and
their interrelations and to further conceptualise the present
problems and future promising research directions in
Connectionism. The workshop will be videotaped and later made
accessible to a wider audience.
Participants are:
Guenter Albers Genetic A.I. and Epistemics Lab. Geneva Uni.
Andre Boder MIT and Geneva University
Heiner Brand University of Bielefeld, Germany
Guy Cellerier Genetic A.I. and Epistemics Lab. Geneva Uni.
Stefano Cerri Mario Negri Institute, Milan
Jean-Jaques Ducret Genetic A.I. and Epistemics Lab. Geneva Uni.
Jerome Feldman University of Rochester, Rochester
Ken Haase Artificial Intelligence Lab., MIT
John Holland University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Marvin Minsky Artificial Intelligence Lab., MIT
Rolf Pfeifer Institute for Informatics,Zuerich University
Mike Rosner ISSCO, Geneva University
Thomas Rothenfluh Conflict Research Center, Zuerich University
David Rumelhart University of California, San Diego
Terrence Sejnowski John Hopkins University, Baltimore
Zoltan Schreter Genetic A.I. and Epistemics Lab. Geneva Uni.
Luc Steels A.I. Lab, Free University, Brussels
John Sutton GTE Labs, Walton, USA
David Waltz Intelligent Thinking Machines, Cambridge USA
ORGANISATION: Guenter Albers
GENETIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EPISTEMICS LABORATORY
University of Geneva, Switzerland
TEL.: (0041) 22 20 93 33 EXT.2623 (Switzerland)
REGISTRATION and SYMPOSIUM SECRETARY: Mrs. Manuela Mounir
FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA
CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
TEL.: (0041) 22 20 93 33 EXT.2657 (Switzerland)
Telex: 423801 UNI CH Geneve
For further (non-organisation-related) information send mail to
Guenter Albers or reply by email to Daniel Schneider:
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