marwan@ee.su.oz.au (Marwan A. Jabri, Sydney Univ. Elec. Eng., Tel: (+61-2) 692 2240) (01/17/91)
CONFERENCE PROGRAM SECOND AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON NEURAL NETWORKS (ACNN'91) 4th - 6th FEBRUARY 1991 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA PROGRAMME Monday, 4th February 1991 9.00 - 11.10 am Registration 10.30 - 11.00 am Morning Tea 11.10 - 11.20 am Conference Opening 11.20 - 12.30 pm Session 1 Chairperson: Tom Downs (invited) Grammatical Inference with Second Order Nets Lee Giles NEC Princeton, USA A Recurrent Network which Learns Chaotic Dynamics Yoshihiko Murakami and Masaaki Sato ATR Research Laboratories, Japan Neural Network Architectures for Frequency Line Tracking Greg Adams and Rob Evans Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia 12.30 - 2.00 pm Lunch 2.00 - 3.30 pm Session 2 Chairperson: Alex Waibel (invited) Neurocomputing - Past, Present and Future Robert Hecht-Nielsen HNC Inc, USA Adaptive Pattern Classification by Decision Surface Mapping Shlomo Geva and J Sitte Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology Enhanced Supervised Learning Algorithms with Hierarchical Clusterings Myungsook Klassen Information Engineering Dept Chinese University of Hong Kong An Adaptive Resonance Theory (Art) Based Neural Network Approach to Classifying Targets in Infrared Images D Nandagopal, P Lozo, R P Johnson, G Nussey and T Zyweck Guided Weapons Division Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Australia 3.30 - 4.00 pm Afternoon Tea 4.00 - 5.30 pm Session 3 Chairperson: Neil Bergmann (invited) VLSI Implementations of Neural Computation Models: A Review Mark Holler Intel Corporation, USA An Analog VLSI Framework for Sensory-Motor Feedback S DeWeerth California Institute of Technology, USA The Toroidal Neural Processor: An Architecture for the Support of Multiple Learning and Recall Algorithms S Jones and K Sammut Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Nottingham, UK Connection Topologies for Digital Neural Networks Philip Leong and Marwan Jabri School of Electrical Engineering The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 6.00 - 8.00 pm Poster Session 1 and Drinks & BBQ Evening Poster program is at the end of the Oral Program. Papers marked with '*' are papers that have spot highlights during the oral program. Tuesday, 5th February 1991 9.00 - 10.30 am Session 4 Chairperson: Max Coltheart Using Extended Kohonen-Feature Maps in a Language Acquisition Model Jan Scholtes Dept of Computational Linguistics University of Amsterdam Patterns of Activation are Operators in Recurrent Networks Janet Wiles, Julie E M Stewart and Anthony Bloesch, Max Coltheart and Michael S Johnson Dept of Psychology University of Queensland, Australia Memory Access using Multiple Independent Cues: An Additive Model Simon Dennis, Janet Wiles and Mike Humphreys Dept of Computer Science University of Queensland, Australia Comparisons of Feature Weighting in Human Subjects and Perceptrons During Character Classification and Recognition Cyril Latimer Dept of Psychology The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 10.30 - 11.00 am Morning Tea 11.00 - 12.30 pm Session 5 Panel on Research Frontiers of NN 12.30 - 2.00 pm Lunch ( "Soap Box" Session ) "Soap Box" Session program follows the Poster Program. 2.00 - 3.30 pm Session 6 Chairperson: Steve Redman (invited) Chemical Control of Neural Circuits Allen I Selverston University of California, San Diego, USA A Model of the Muscle Stretch Reflex Circuitry B P Graham and S J Redman Division of Neuroscience Australian National University, ACT, Australia A Model of the Peristaltic Reflex A D Coop and S J Redman Division of Neuroscience Australian National University, ACT, Australia Modelling Biological Nervous Systems - Insect Locomotion Chris Karadaglis La Trobe University, VIC, Australia 3.30 - 4.00 Afternoon Tea 4.00 - 5.30 Session 7 Chairperson: Bill Levick Circuit Representation of Dendritic Neurones S J Redman Division of Neuroscience Australian National University, ACT, Australia Local Circuitry in the Hippocampus: New Perspectives on the Tri-Synaptic Pathway L Reece Division of Neuroscience Australian National University, ACT, Australia Vector White Noise: A Technique for Detecting Optimum Flow Fields of Motion Sensitive Neurones M V Srinivasan, Z Jin, G F Stange and M R Ibbotson Visual Neuroscience Australian National University, ACT, Australia Organization of Cerebral Cortical Neural Networks for Tactile Sensation Mark Rowe School of Physiology and Pharmacology University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia 6.00 - 8.00 pm Poster Session 2 and Drinks & BBQ Evening Wednesday, 6th February 1991 9.00 - 10.30 am Session 8 Chairperson: Lee Giles Binary Tree and Perceptron Combination for Pattern Classification Hong Yan School of Electrical Engineering The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Paradigms for Patter Classification C J S deSilva, M D Alder and Y Attikiouzel Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Western Australia, WA, Australia The Boltzman Machine should Look Before it Leaps Raymond Lister Basser Dept of Computer Science University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 10.30 - 11.00 am Morning Tea 11.00 - 12.30 pm Session 9 Chairperson: Joaquin Sitte Optimization by Genetic Annealing Xin Yao Computer Sciences Lab Australian National University, ACT, FIR and IIR Synapses, a New Neural Network Architecture Andrew Back, A C Tsoi and T Downs Dept of Electrical Engineering University of Queensland, Australia Contour Extraction of Natural Images Based on a Multi-layered MRF Model Sadayuki Hongo Cognitive Processes Dept ATR Research Laboratories, Japan A Generalized Gradient Scheme for the Measurement M V Srinivasan and P Sobey Centre for Visual Sciences Australian National University, ACT, Australia 12.30 - 2.00 pm Lunch 2.00 - 3.30 pm Session 10 Panel on Industrial Applications of NN 3.30 - 4.00 pm Afternoon Tea 4.00 - 5.30 pm Session 11 Chairperson: A C Tsoi Human-Face Identification Using Mosaic Pattern and BPN Makoto Kosugi Human Interface Laboratories NTT, Japan Predicting the Number of Vias and Dimensions of Full Custom VLSI Building Blocks Using Neural Network Techniques M A Jabri and Xiaoquan Li School of Electrical Engineering The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Applications of Neural Networks to the Operation Robert E Uhrig College of Engineering University of Tennessee, USA (invited) (Title to be announced) Alex Waibel Computer Science Dept CMU, USA 5.50 - 6.00 pm Closing Poster Session 1 Monday, 4th February 1991 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm Learning Hyper-Cubic and Convex Polyhedral Decision Regions Using Perceptron-Like Algorithms Robert C Williamson and William Sethares Dept of Systems Engineering Australian National University * Using Random Weights to Train Multi-layer Networks of Hard-Limiting Units Peter Bartlett and Tom Downs Dept of Electrical Engineering University of Queensland A Backpropagation Algorithm for Networks of Neurons with Non-Differentiable Characteristics Tom Downs and P Bartlett Dept of Electrical Engineering University of Queensland Integration of Directionally Selective Units Akio Yamamoto and Mikio Takagi Institute for Industrial Science University of Tokyo Associative Memory and Pattern Classification with an Exponential Response Neural Net Shlomo Geva and J Sitte Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology Determination of Higher Order Separability and Minimal Fan-In of Hidden Units in Feed-Forward Networks Nicholas Redding and Adam Kowalczyk Dept of Electrical Engineering University of Queensland Self-Organizations of Neural Maps Hua Yang and T S Dillon Dept of Computer Science La Trobe University E-Entropy, Functional Representation and Feedforward Neural Networks Robert Williamson and Andrew Paice Dept of Systems Engineering Australian National University * Learning with Additive Noise in Fully-Connected Acyclic Networks Yianni Attikiouzel and Keith Godfrey Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Western Australia CMOS Implementation of Linear Synaptic Junction for ANN's Neil Bergmann Dept of Electrical Engineering University of Queensland Benchmarking and Fast Learning in Neural Networks: Results for Backpropagation Geoffrey Holmes and A C Veitch Computer Science Dept University of Waikato Benchmarking and Fast Learning in Neural Networks: Results for Real-Time Recurrent Learning Geoffrey Holmes and A C Veitch Computer Science Dept University of Waikato An Alternative Classification Criterion for Adaptive Resonance Theory Ronan Waldron Dept of Computer Science Trinity College * A Nonlinear Model for Human Associative Memory Based on System Identification Richard A Heath Dept of Psychology University of Newcastle An Artificial Neural Network for Cluster Detection Using Competitive Learning S J Kia and G Coghill Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Auckland A Neural Network Approach to Multivariate Surface Fitting Cesar F Bertino Dept of Computer Science University of Western Australia Enhancement of Neural Network Performance using Entropy Selection of Quantisers and Distributed Encoding Adam Kowalczyk, Herman Ferra and Gordon Jenkins Articifial Intelligence Systems Section Telecom Australia Research Labs A Simple Architecture of High Order Network with Positive Bounded Integer Weights Adam Kowalczyk, Greg Aumann and Jacob L Cybulski Articifial Intelligence Systems Section Telecom Australia Research Labs Investigations into the Stability of Input Patterns in Hopfield Nets George Coghill and W K Lai Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Auckland Poster Session 2 Tuesday, 5th February 1991 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm The Performance of a Neural Network Detector in a Digital Communications System with Non-Gaussian Interferers John Hefferan and Sam Reisenfeld School of Electrical Engineering University of Technology, Sydney * Two-dimensional Networks in Nonlinear Psychophysical Dynamics Robert A M Gregson and Edward Campbell Dept of Psychology University of New England * A Neural Net Structure for Decision Feedback Equalisers Graham Pulford, R A Kennedy and B D O Anderson Dept of Systems Engineering Australian National University Implementation of a Chemical Reactor Selection Expert System in a Feed-Forward Neural Network A B Bulsari Institutionen for Varmeteknik Abo Akademi A Connectionist Model for Object Recognition System Chung Mong Lee and Dan Patterson Institute of Systems Science National University of Singapore Neural Information Carried by One Spike Guido Bugmann NEC Fundam Research Labs Ternary Neurons for Rule Based Diagnosis Christine Parey CEA/DEIN CEN-Saclay Robot Control Using Neural Network with High Frequency Generating Neurons Kuniharu Arai Engineering Development Laboratory Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation Discrimination of Rust Disease from Green Leaf Using Neural Networks Wey Jing Ho and C F Osborne Dept of Physics Monash University (Caulfield Campus) Teaching a Neural Network to Count Peter Boord and R E Bogner Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Adelaide * Internal Representation in an Image-Classifying Neural Network P Whitbread and R E Bogner Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Adelaide Vector Quantization of Images Using the Competitive Networks Yanni Attikiouzel, Nhi P Ta and Greg Crebbin Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Western Australia A Comparison of MLP and ID3 approaches for ECG Classification Zheru Chi and Marwan Jabri School of Electrical Engineering The University Sydney Image Compression using Hopfield Neural Networks Hong Yan School of Electrical Engineering The University of Sydney Recognition of Handwritten Pascal Source Text Richard Thomas Basser Dept of Computer Science The University of Sydney Initial Stages of a Nonlinear Adaptive Neural Network Model of Human Associative Memory Trevor Phelps School of Psychology University of New South Wales Phoneme Discrimination Using Hierarchically Organized Connectionist Networks Shuping Ran and J Bruce Millar Computer Sciences Laboratory Australian National University "Soap Box" Session Tuesday, 5th February 1991 12.30 pm - 2.00 pm Detecting Bacterial Growths Using Neural Networks Vic Ciesielski, J Zhu, J Spicer and C Franklin Dept of Computer Science Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Neurobackgammon - An Alternative Approach Jeff Shaw, Ah Chung Tsoi and Tom Downs Dept of Elec Eng Queensland University An Artificial Neural Network for Speaker Verification Brian Lovell and Ah Chung Tsoi Dept of Elec Eng Queensland University Optimal Sigmoid Function Based on Bayes Estimation Zijun Zhao The Moore School of Electrical Engineering University of Pennsylvania An Analyatic Look at Neural Network Methods for the TSP Chee Kit Looi Knowledge Systems Lab Information Technology Institute Cognitive Knowledge Representation in Neural Net Young S Han, Key-Sun Choi and Hyun S Yoon Computer Science Dept Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Robotic Sensory Visualisation and Trajectory Plan David L Tuck, Edwin W K Ng and George G Coghill Electronics Group DSIR Industrial Development Adaptive Pattern Classification and the Inverted Shlomo Geva and J Sitte Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology Location of the Conference The Conference is being held at the Stephen Roberts Theatre, located between Eastern Avenue and Barff Road. The location of the building is indicated on the attached Sydney University Map (refer 20J). Registration Registration will take place between 9.00 am and 11.10 am in the foyer of Stephen Roberts Theatre, for those who have not already registered. Registration fees to attend ACNN'91 are: Academics A$200 Full Time Students A$ 50 Other A$400 Accommodation To assist attendees in obtaining accommodation, a list of hotels, motels and colleges close to the conference venue is shown below. University Motor Inn Broadway Gardens International 25 Arundel St 60-68 City Rd Broadway Broadway Tel: +61(2) 660 5777 Tel: +61(2) 690 9100 Toll Free: 008 263 909 Fax: +61(2) 698 2007 Fax: +61(2) 660 2929 Camperdown Travelodge Metro Motor Inn cnr Missenden Rd & Marsden St 1 Meagher St Camperdown (near Parramatta Rd) Chippendale Tel: +61(2) 516 1522 Tel: +61(2) 319 4133 Fax: +61(2) 519 4020 Fax: +61(2) 698 7665 Womens College Western Ave University of Sydney Tel: +61(2) 516 1642 Fax: +61(2) 516 6944 Transport The most convenient form of transport from Sydney Airport to the Conference is by Taxi. The distance is approximately 8 km. There is also an Airport Express bus route 300 which runs from 6 am to 9 pm at 20 minutes intervals. The Airport Express will take you to Central Station in the city. From there, you can take bus routes 422, 423, 426 or 428 to Sydney University. Alight at the stop at the footbridge at Sydney University on City Road. Stephen Roberts Theatre is between Eastern Avenue and Barff Road (next to Carslaw Building). There will be signs to guide you. The closest railway station is Redfern, however, it is advisable to alight at Central and catch a bus from there (Routes 422, 423, 426 & 428). Parking Unfortunately, there are no parking facilities on campus for visitors. However, there is a parking station on Shepherd St (corner Cleveland/Shepherd Sts), behind the Seymour Centre. The charge is currently $3.00 per day. Stephen Roberts Theatre is about ten minutes walk from the parking station. Facilities Shops - The attached map shows locations of shops on King St, Newtown and Grace Brothers, Broadway. Banks - There is a Commonwealth Bank, a National Australia Bank and an Advance Bank in Wentworth Building (shown in the uni map) Automatic OAteller machines are available also at these banks. The Commonweath Bank and the National Australia Bank will provide exchange facilities. The Wentworth Building houses a newsagency, pharmacy, hairdresser, sport store, coffee shop and snack bars, travel agents and a restaurant. However, some of these may be closed at this time of the year. Messages to Delegates If you have to be contacted during the day, messages can be faxed to you care of ACNN'91 on +61 (2) 692 3847 or by electronic mail on "acnn91@ee.su.oz.au". Messages will be posted on the Notice Board outside the conference hall. Lunch Lunch can be bought from snack bars at the Wentworth Building or Holme Building (refer uni map). Some of the shops may be closed at this time of the year. There are also many "eat-in" or "take-away" places along City Road, heading towards Newtown. Social Events Volley Ball facilities will be provided for Monday and Tuesday evening. More information will be announced at the conference. Local Assistance If you need any assistance, please feel free to ask any of the conference 'local arrangements' personnel. They can be spotted easily as they will be wearing blue badges. SPONSORS ACNN'91 has been kindly sponsored by: Australian Neurosciences Society Australian Telecoms & Electroncis Research Board (ATERB) Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO) Electrical Engineering Foundation, University of Sydney Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEAust) Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Systems Engineering & Design Automation Laboratory (SEDAL), University of Sydney Telectronics Pacing Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marwan Jabri Email: marwan@ee.su.oz.au SEDAL, Electrical Engineering, Tel: (+61-2) 692-2240 Sydney University, NSW 2006, Australia Fax: (+61-2) 692-3847