marwan@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Marwan Jabri) (09/24/88)
[This message was rather munged when it arrived. I have tried to reconstruct it as best as possible. -mod] Neural Networks - Their Implementation in VLSI A Two Day Workshop 5-6 November 1988 Sydney University Electrical Engineering Sponsored by Electrical Engineering Foundation, University of Sydney Introduction ------------- Research in artificial neural systems or, more commonly, artificial neural networks (NNs) has gained new momentum following a decline in the late 1960s as a result of unsuccesthe problem solving areas where conventional digital computers, with processing elements switching in nanoseconds, do not perform as well as ``biological'' neural systems that have electrochemical devices responding in milliseconds. These problem solving areas share important attributes in that they may be performed on noisy and distorted data. Vision, speech recognition and combinatorial optimisation are examples of such problems. VLSI implementations of NN systems have begun to appear as a natural solution to building large and fast computational systems. AT&T Bell Labs and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are two of the leading research institutions where VLSI NN systems have been developed recently. Successful development of VLSI NNs requires a robust design methodology. Objectives of the Workshop -------------------------- The workshop is organised by the Systems Engineering and Design Automation Laboratory (SEDAL), Sydney University Electrical Engineering (SUEE) and is sponsored by the Electrical Engineering Foundation. The workshop will present to academics, researchers and engineers state-of-the-art methodologies for the implementation of VLSI NN systems. It will also cover 6 important lectures of the program. Dr. Larry Jackel ---------------- Head Device Structures Research Department, AT\&T Bells Labs. Dr. Larry Jackel is a world expert on VLSI implementation of artificial NNs. He is leader of a group working on the implementation of VLSI chips with several hundreds of neurons for image classification, pattern recognition and associative memories. Dr Jackel has over 80 technical publications in professional journals and seven US patents. He is recipient of the 1985 IEEE Electron Device Society Paul Rappaport Award for best paper. Dr. Jackel is author and/or co-author of several invited papers on NN design, in particular, recently in the special issue on NNs of the IEEE Computer magazine (March 88). Ms. Mary Ann Maher ------------------ Member of the technical staff, Computer Science Department, Caltech. Ms Mary Ann Maher is member of the research group headed by professor Carversimulation of VLSI implementations of NNs. She has participated as an invited speaker at several conferences and workshops on VLSI implementation of NNs including the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 1988 at Helsinki. Invited Speakers ---------------- The seminar will also feature speakers from several Australian research institutions with a diverse background who will give the participants a broad overview of the subject. Prof. Max Benne Wales Prof. Rigby will present an introduction to important MOS building blocks used in the VLSI implementation of NNs. Other lectures and tutorials will be presented by the following speakers from Sydney University Electrical Engineering: Peter Henderson, SEDAL Marwan Jabri, SEDAL Dr. Peter Nickolls, Laboratory for Imaging Science and Engineering Clive Summerfield, Speech Technology Research Venue ----- The course will be held in Lecture Theatre 450, Sydney University Electrical Engineering on November 5 and 6, 1988. Registration ------------ The workshop registration cost is $400 for a private institution For more information please contact: Marwan Jabri, SEDAL, Sydney University Electrical Engineering, NSW 2006 or by: Tel: 02 692 2240 Fax: 02 692 2012 ACSnet marwan@extro.ucc.su.oz