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Neuron Digest Wednesday, 17 Apr 1991
Volume 7 : Issue 20
Today's Topics:
Postdoc available in Spain.
Full Professor Position in Australia
Conference Announcement - NN's & Power Systems (ANNPS 91)
ACNN'92 Call For Papers
Call for Papers
Informal Computing Workshop
Call For Papers - Intelligent Conference and Instrumentation
International Scientific Conference
Conference announcement: ML91
Language Sciences Conference at U. Rochester
Going to IJCAI-91? Here's a relevant workshop.
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Subject: Postdoc available in Spain.
From: Seshashayee Murthy <MURTHY%EMDCCI11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Organization: IBM Scientific Center, Madrid
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 91 18:51:00 -0500
Instituto de Ingeniera del Conocimiento
Post Doctoral Position in Artificial Intelligence
The Instituto de Ingeniera del Conocimiento is an R&D Institute at the
Univeristy Autonoma de Madrid concerned with Research in Expert Systems
and Neural Networks. Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral
Position starting after March 1991 in Neural Networks research. Starting
gross salary up to 3.000.000 pts per annum.
Applications must include curriculum vitae, and a brief description of
the applicants previous research. In addition two letters of reference
sent from persons who are familiar with the applicant's ability are
required. Applications and References should be sent to
Dr. Vincente Lopez
Instituto de Ingeniera del Conocimiento
Univeristy Autonoma de Madrid, Canto Blanco,
Modulo C-XVI, P.4.
28049 Madrid, Spain
send e-mail queries to lopez at emdcci11.earn
[[ Editor's Note: Non-European applicant should send email to
lopez@emdcci11.bitnet. BITNET folks should send to lopez@emdcci11. -PM ]]
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Subject: Full Professor Position in Australia
From: Max Coltheart <ps_coltheart@vaxa.mqcc.mq.oz.au>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 91 08:44:23 -0500
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY VACANCY
Applications are invited for appointment to the position of Professor of
Psychology at Macquarie University in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Applicants
with interests in any area of psychology will be considered. Professor
M. Coltheart and Professor J. K. Collins currently hold chairs within the
department. Further information about the University, conditions of
appointment and method of application may be obtained from the Academic
Staff Office, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 or by telephoning (02)
805-7390.
Closing date for applications 14 June 1991.
Initial enquiries may be directed to Professor Max Coltheart
(ps_coltheart@vaxa.mqcc.mq.oz.au, telephone (02) 805-8086, confidential
fax (02) 805-8127) or Professor John Collins (tel (02) 805-8030) or
Associate Professor George Cooney (ps_cooney@vaxa.mqcc.mq.oz.au,
telephone (02) 805-8067).
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Subject: Conference Announcement - NN's & Power Systems (ANNPS 91)
From: Richard D. Christie <christie@ee.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 91 12:06:48 -0800
*** Conference Announcement ***
First International Forum on
Applications of Neural Networks to Power Systems (ANNPS 91)
*** July 23-26, 1991 ***
Seattle, Washington
(This is the hot and sunny time of the year in Seattle - Don't miss it!)
Focus is on state of the art applications of Neural Network technology to
complex power system problems. There will be papers, tutorials and panel
discussions. A banquet cruise, one free lunch and a tour of the Boeing
747 plant in Everett are included in the conference fee.
Conference fee: $125, $150 after July 1
Students: (Meetings and proceedings, no fun stuff) $25
For registration information, forms and questions, contact Jan Kvamme (kwa-mi)
at
email: jmk6112@u.washington.edu
FAX: (206) 543-2352
Phone: (206) 543-5539
snailmail: Engineering Continuing Education, GG-13
University of Washington
4725 30th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Sponsored by: National Science Foundation
University of Washington
IEEE Power Engineering Society, Seattle Section
Puget Sound Power & Light Company
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Subject: ACNN'92 Call For Papers
From: "Barry G. Flower, Sydney Univ" <barryf@ee.su.OZ.AU>,
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 91 15:53:26 -0500
PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
Third Australian Conference On Neural Networks
(ACNN'92)
February 1992
The Australian National University,
Canberra, Australia
The third Australian conference on neural networks will be held in
Canberra at the Australian National University, during the first week of
February 1992. This conference is interdisciplinary, with emphasis on
cross discipline communication between Neuroscientists, Engineers,
Computer Scientists, Mathematicians and Psychologists concerned with
understanding the integrative nature of the nervous system and its
implementation in hardware/software. The categories for submissions
include:
1 - Neuroscience: Integrative function of neural networks in vision,
audition, motor, somatosensory and autonomic functions; Synaptic
function; Cellular information processing;
2 - Theory: Learning; generalisation; complexity; scaling; stability;
dynamics;
3 - Implementation: Hardware implementation of neural nets; Analogue and
digital VLSI implementation; Optical implementations;
4 - Architectures and Learning Algorithms: New architectures and
learning algorithms; hierarchy; modularity; learning pattern
sequences; Information integration;
5 - Cognitive Science and AI: Computational models of cognition and
perception; Reasoning; Concept formation; Language acquisition;
Neural net implementation of expert systems;
6 - Applications: Application of neural nets to signal processing and
analysis; Pattern recognition: Speech, machine vision; Motor
control; Robotic;
ACNN'92 will feature invited keynote speakers in the areas of
neuroscience, learning, modelling and implementations. The program will
include pre-conference tutorials, presentations and poster sessions.
Proceedings will be printed and distributed to the attendees. There will
be no parallel sessions.
Submission Procedures:
Original research contributions are solicited and will be internationally
refereed. Authors must submit by August 30, 1991:
1- five copies of an up to four pages manuscript,
2- five copies of a single-page 100 words maximum abstract and
3- a covering letter indicating the submission title and the full
names and addresses of all authors and to which author
correspondence should be addressed.
Authors need to indicate on the top of each copy of the manuscript and
abstract pages their preference for an oral or poster presentation and
specify one of the above six broad categories. Note that names or
addresses of the authors should be omitted from the manuscript and the
abstract and should be included only on the covering letter. Authors will
be notified by November 1, 1991 whether their submissions are accepted or
not, and are expected to prepare a revised manuscript (up to four pages)
by December 13, 1991.
Submissions should be mailed to: Mrs Agatha Shotam
Secretariat ACNN'92
Sydney University
Electrical Engineering
NSW 2006 Australia
Registration material may be obtained by writing to Mrs Agatha Shotam at
the address above or by:
Tel: (+61-2) 692 4214; Fax: (+61-2) 692 3847;
Email: acnn92@ee.su.oz.au.
Deadline for Submissions is August 30, 1991
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Subject: Call for Papers
From: Kenneth Goldberg <goldberg@iris.usc.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 91 11:12:01 -0800
Announcing:
Workshop on Neural Networks in Robotics
University of Southern California
October 23-25, 1991
Sponsor: The Center for Neural Engineering at USC
The goal of the workshop will be to stimulate discussion
on the current status and potential advances in this
field. The workshop will be concerned with (but not limited
to) issues such as:
Connectionist approaches to robot control
Combined machine/connectionist learning
Path planning and obstacle avoidance
Inverse kinematics and dynamics
Transfer of skills from humans to robots
Intelligent robots in manufacturing
Multiple interacting robot systems
Neural network architectures for robot control
Sensor fusion and interaction
Task learning by robots
Biological models for robot control
The Organizing Committee includes Michael Arbib (USC),
Jacob Barhen (JPL), Andrew Barto (Univ of Massachussetts),
George Bekey (USC) and Ken Goldberg (USC).
Submissions: 3 copies of extended abstracts of proposed
presentations (2 to 4 pages in length) by May 15, 1990 to
Prof. George Bekey, Chairman, Technical Program Committee,
c/o Computer Science Department, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0782
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Subject: Informal Computing Workshop
From: Jon Shultis <jon@incsys.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 91 17:21:12 -0500
Workshop on Informal Computing
29-31 May 1991
Santa Cruz, California
Fundamental questions about the nature of informality are gaining
importance in computer science. What is informal understanding? What is
the nature of informal reasoning? Why is it so powerful and efficient?
How are the inconsistency, vagueness, and incompleteness of informal
thought managed? How does natural language manage to communicate
informal knowledge and reasoning? Computer applications in many fields,
ranging from economics and medicine to software engineering and
artificial intelligence, demand effective and cognitively accurate
answers to these questions in order to capture, represent, and process
informal information in computer systems.
Inspired by trends toward formalization in logic, mathematics,
linguistics, and philosophy, computer scientists historically have tended
to regard informal processes as approximate, or imperfect, realizations
of formal ideals. Increasingly, however, the idea that informal
languages, ontology, and reasoning can (or should) be reduced to (or
supplanted by) regimented and "perfected" formalisms is being challenged.
Far from being flawed formalisms, informal processes are emerging as
fundamental to human understanding and language. From the "informalist"
perspective, formalism has been mistaken for the paradigm of
intelligence, rather than simply a useful outgrowth of intelligence.
The purpose of the Workshop on Informal Computing is to define the study
of Informalism, and to begin a coordinated attack on the fundamental
issues and problems of the field, bringing together the insights and
experience of those who have been working to understand informality in
specialized domains.
Discussion at the workshop will focus on three major themes: informal
knowledge and reasoning; modelling and interpretation; and conversational
computing and adaptive languages. Relevant topics include, but are not
limited to: intentionality and consciousness; dialogue management;
informal meaning and pragmatics; evidential reasoning and belief;
resource- and information-limited reasoning; neurocomputation; lessons
and techniques from computational linguistics; dynamical and chaotic
representations and reasoning; and philosophy of language.
The program will be divided between hour-long presentations by invited
speakers, and discussion sessions aimed at defining and clarifying
informal computing issues, and at identifying promising directions and
approaches for future research. The discussion sessions should provide
ample opportunity for participants to exchange views, and the schedule
will be flexible enough to permit impromptu presentations as appropriate.
Also, a follow-up conference may be organized if there is sufficient
interest. We are busy making arrangements for speakers and drawing up
the schedule, but the basic plan is to devote one day to each of the
three themes mentioned above. A preliminary list of speakers includes
Bruce d'Ambrosio (Oregon State University)
Sandra Carberry (University of Delaware)
David Fisher (Incremental Systems)
Donald Good (Computational Logic)
David Mundie (Incremental Systems)
Larry Reeker (IDA)
Jeff Rothenberg (RAND)
Jon Shultis (Incremental Systems)
Tim Standish (University of California at Irvine)
Edward Zalta (Stanford University)
The final program will be announced on or before 8 May 1991.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please submit, by
12 April 1991, a brief summary of your interests, and previous or ongoing
research that is relevant to the workshop themes. The summaries will be
reviewed, and notices of acceptance sent out on 26 April 1991, together
with local arrangements information. Summaries should be sent to
Jon Shultis
Incremental Systems Corporation
319 South Craig Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
e-mail: jon@incsys.com
tel: (412) 621-8888
FAX: (412) 621-0259
Funding for the Workshop on Informal Computing is being provided by
DARPA/ISTO in conjunction with ongoing research at Incremental Systems
Corporation on adaptive languages for software engineering.
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Subject: Call For Papers - Intelligent Conference and Instrumentation
From: "What is your real name?" <ecbsoh@ntivax.bitnet>
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 91 13:39:00 +0800
C A L L F O R P A P E R S
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON
INTELLIGENT CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION
_________________________________
Hilton International Singapore
Feb 18 - 21, 1992
The conference is organised by the IEEE Singapore Section, Control
Chapter and co-sponsored by the Computer Chapter, Industrial Electronics
Chapter and the Instrumentation and Control Society, Singapore (National
Member Organisation of IFAC). The Conference will be concerned with the
state-of-the-art in design, theory and application of Intelligent Control
and Instrumentation in Robotics, Automation, Control, Manufacturing and
related fields. Topics includes, but are not limited to:
* Adaptive Control * Neural Network in Control
* Robust Control * Intelligent Process Planning
* Robotics * Distributed Control Systems
* Real-Time Systems * Fault Diagnostics and Detection
* Intelligent Control * Intelligent Instrumentation
* Discrete Event Control * Communications in Control
* System Identification * CAD
* Optimal Control * Large Scale Systems
* Expert Systems * Motion Control
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
K. J. Astrom Sweden F. Harashima Japan
Y. C. Ho USA L. Gerhardt USA
T. Fukuda Japan H. Kimura Japan
G. A. Bekey USA N. H. McClamroch USA
G. B. Andeen USA I. Postlethwaite UK
M. G. Rodd UK M. H. Rashid USA
A. C. Sanderson USA Y. Sunahara Japan
M. Vidyasagar India M. Mansour Switzerland
Brian Lee Singapore C. C. Hang Singapore
M. Tomizuka USA James C. Hung USA
S. Yamamoto Japan B. H. Krogh USA
B. K. Bose USA G. C. Goodwin Australia
Joseph Chen Singapore P. C. Sen Canada
H. A. El-Maraghy Canada Tony Woo USA
S. Sankaran Australia K. W. Lim Australia
Authors are invited to submit 4 copies of 800-words abstracts of the
papers headed by the title, author's name(s), address(es), telephone,
facsimile and telex numbers to:
Prof C. C. Hang
Technical Programme Chairman
SICICI '92
IEEE Singapore Section
200 Jalan Sultan
#11-03 Textile Centre
Singapore 0719
E-Mail: FENGHCC@NUS3090.BITNET
Abstracts must be received by 15 June 1991. Notification of acceptance
will be sent by 2 September 1991. Proposals for tutorials are also
invited.
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Subject: International Scientific Conference
From: Emil Pelikan <CVS45%CSPGCS11@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU>
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 91 10:44:06 +0700
International Scientific Conference
" REALITY AND TRENDS IN NEUROCOMPUTING "
sponsored by the Computer World Co.,Czechoslovakia
Prague,Palace of Culture, May, 16-17, 1991
in parallel with the exhibition "WORLD COMPUTER FORUM 1991"
within the framework of "JUBILEE EXHIBITION PRAGUE 1991"
Registration: May 16,1991 since 8.00 a.m. in Palace of Culture, Prague
The conference will have the following three scientific sections:
-expected development of neurocomputers.
Language: English
The program of each section will involve the blocks of talks
presented by invited speakers with enough space for discussions.
The conference will be closed by the overall panel discussion.
Conference fee: 499 USD
Contact address:
Dr.Mirko Novak Phone:(+422)8152080
REALITY AND TRENDS IN NEUROCOMPUTING Fax: (+422)8585789
Institute of Computer and Information Science
Pod vodarenskou vezi 2
182 07 Prague 8
Czechoslovakia
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Subject: Conference announcement: ML91
From: Gregg Collins <collins@z.ils.nwu.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 91 11:28:13 -0500
ML91 -- The Eighth International Workshop on Machine Learning
Registration Information
On behalf of the organizing committee, and the individual workshop
committees, we are pleased to announce that ML91, the Eighth
International Workshop on Machine Learning, will be held at Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, June 27-29, 1991. ML91 comprises
eight workshop tracks:
o Automated Knowledge Acquisition
o Computational Models of Human Learning
o Constructive Induction
o Learning from Theory and Data
o Learning in Intelligent Information Retrieval
o Learning Reaction Strategies
o Learning Relations
o Machine Learning in Engineering Automation
In addition there will be plenary talks by noted researchers in
machine learning and related fields.
Registration
The registration fee will be $70 for students, $100 for everyone else.
This fee will cover conference participation, proceedings, and
receptions. To register please send a check for the appropriate amount,
made out to Northwestern University, along with a completed copy of the
form to be found at the end of this message. The deadline for
registration is May 22, 1991. After this date, a late fee of $25 will be
charged.
Accomodations
We have reserved rooms at the following hotels:
Omni Orrington Hotel
1710 Orrington Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60201
(708) 866-8700 or
1-800-THE-OMNI
Rates: $78.00 single per night
$88.00 double per night
The Orrington is a five minute walk from the conference site.
Holiday Inn -- Evanston
1501 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60201
(708) 491-6400 or
1-800-HOLIDAY
Rates: $60.00 single per night
$70.00 double per night
The Holiday Inn is a fifteen minute walk from the conference site.
You must make hotel reservations yourself. When you reserve your
room, please inform the hotel that you are registering for the Machine
Learning Workshop.
We are currently trying to arrange dorm space on campus. A message
about this will be forthcoming shortly.
Travel
By air:
Chicago has two airports: O'Hare and Midway. Most flights go to
O'Hare, which is also the most convenient to Evanston.
To get from O'Hare to Evanston, the following options are available:
Taxi: The fare from O'Hare to Evanston should be about $25.
Bus Service: Continental Air Tranport (312-454-7799) and Larry Webb Bus
Service (312-866-7163) leave O'Hare for Evanston every hour from the
American Airlines baggage area. Each line will take you to the Omni
Orrington Hotel in Evanston. The Holiday Inn is 3 blocks south of the
Orrington.
Public Transportation: The CTA (1-800-972-7000) "El" trains run from
O'Hare to downtown Chicago, and from Chicago to Evanston. Follow the
airport signs to locate the O'Hare "El" stop. The fare is $1 per person.
Take the "El" to the Washington St. stop, which is the end of the line.
Transfer to a Northbound train. Take this train to the Howard St.
Station. Transfer to a Northbound Evanston train. Get off at the Davis
St. station in Evanston. To get to the Holiday Inn, walk east to Sherman
Ave., turn right and go south two blocks. To get to the Orrington, walk
east to Orrington Ave., turn left and go north one block. This trip will
take at least an hour. It's reasonably safe but we don't recommend it
because of the aggravation involved.
By car:
To get to Evanston, take Dempster St. east from either the Tri-State
Tollway (I-294) or the Edens Expressway (I-94). Follow Dempster east to
Chicago Ave. (one block past the "El" train overpass). Turn left on
Chicago and go north. To get to the Holiday Inn, turn left on Grove St.,
go one block west. To get to the Orrington, turn left on Davis St., go
one block west to Orrington, turn right and go one and a half blocks
north to the hotel.
By train:
Amtrack trains stop at Union Station in downtown Chicago. Walk 4 blocks
north on Canal St. to the Chicago & Northwestern Commuter Train Station.
Take a Northbound train to the Davis St. station in Evanston. Directions
from there to the hotels are as from the "El" above.
**************************Registration Form**************************
Please send this form, along with a check in the appropriate amount made
out to Northwestern University, to the following address:
Machine Learning 1991 The Institute for the Learning Sciences 1890 Maple
Avenue Evanston, Illinois, 60201 USA
phone (708) 491-3500
fax (708) 491-5258
email ml91@ils.nwu.edu
Registration information (please type or print):
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Type of registration:
( ) Student -- $70
( ) Others -- $100
Registration is due May 22, 1991. If your registration will arrive after
that date, please add a late fee of $25.
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Subject: Language Sciences Conference at U. Rochester
From: "A. Zukowski" (CUNY Coordinator) <cuny91@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 91 15:27:43 -0400
ANNOUNCEMENT
Language Sciences
Conference Weekend
at the University of Rochester
May 9 - 12, 1991
There will be three overlapping conferences:
The 1991 CUNY Sentence Processing Conference May 9-11
Workshop on Japanese Linguistics May 10-12
"Belief and Belief Attribution" Philosophy Conference May 11-12
==> Conference fares are available from USAIR. <==
==> Travel scholarships are available for students. <==
We will arrange group vans from nearby cities.
**** If you are interested in more information about schedule ****
or registration details, please forward a simple YES to:
cuny91@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu
**** If you plan to attend ANY events please let us know. ****
This is the second of three messages sent to newsgroups;
a final conference schedule will be posted next week.
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Subject: Going to IJCAI-91? Here's a relevant workshop.
From: Wray Buntine <wray@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 18:06:06 -0700
Some of the nice work on engineering network structures for a given
problem, multiple networks, etc., etc., would seem suitable for the
following workshop.
Call for Papers:
IJCAI-91 Workshop
Evaluating and Changing Representation in Machine Learning
The influence of knowledge representation for the success of machine
learning systems is well known. The representation language for a
learning application is formed by the vocabulary (signature) as well as
by the restrictions on the chosen formalism (e.g.\ number of literals).
In practical applications the design of the representation for input,
available domain knowledge, expert interaction and output can be
time-consuming and critical for success. This workshop will focus on
studies that empirically or theoretically evaluate representations, their
change, and the construction of new terms.
Areas of interest include: logical, relational, probabilistic and neural
network representations; concept or classifier learning, model-building,
knowledge-intensive learning, theory refinement, and other learning
tasks; Bayesian, MDL, PAC or complexity theory; and methodologies for
acquisition, evaluation and presentation of different representations and
their individual components.
The workshop will be held on Saturday, 24 August. Submissions (extended
abstracts or short papers, 8-15 pages, 1 copy) should be sent to either
of the Program Chairpersons. The collection of accepted papers will be
provided to participants, and later collective publication of selected
papers will be organised.
CHAIRPERSONS
Katharina Morik Francesco Bergadano
GMD University of Torino
GMD - PO Box 1240 Dipartimento di Informatica
Schloss Birlinghoven corso Svizzera 185
D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1, Germany Torino, 10149, Italy
(+49) 2241 14 2670, fax. 14 2889 (+39) 11 7712002, fax. 11 751603
morik@gmdzi.gmd.de bergadan@di.unito.it
Wray Buntine
RIACS and AI Research Branch
NASA Ames Research Center
Mail Stop 244-17
Moffett Field, CA, 94035, USA
(+1) 415 6043389, fax. 6046997
wray@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission: May 15th
Acceptance notified: June 15th
Final camera ready copy of full paper: July 15th
Workshop: August 24th (Sat.)
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