[mod.ai] Conference - Symposium on Connectionism

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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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