[comp.ai.neural-nets] Neuron Digest V6 #17

neuron-request@hplabs.hpl.hp.com ("Neuron-Digest Moderator Peter Marvit") (02/27/90)

Neuron Digest	Monday, 26 Feb 1990
		Volume 6 : Issue 17

Today's Topics:
			FYI: super neurocomputer
	      Translation-Invariant Pattern Recognizer NN's
	    Re: Translation-Invariant Pattern Recognizer NN's
	    Re: Translation-Invariant Pattern Recognizer NN's
	    Re: Translation-Invariant Pattern Recognizer NN's
				 Edelman
		   3rd Intn'l Symposium on AI (Mexico)
		       Neocognitron (revised) Code
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Subject: FYI: super neurocomputer
From:    fletcher@hplabs.hp.com
Date:    Thu, 11 Jan 90 09:48:06 -0800 

[[ Editor's Note: A friend of mine sent this to me and I haven't looked
up the reference.  Does anyone have any additional information about
Fujitsu? -PM ]]

this is from a newswire abstract service I get:

*-*3  Fujitsu unveils fast neurocomputer

    Fujitsu has developed a `super neurocomputer' with processing
    speedsthat are several hundred times faster than those of models
    currently on the market.  The company added that it hoped to
    commercialise the new machine in 1991.

    International Herald Tribune. English. 1990-01-09. Size: 3 c.  Wall
    Street Journal/Europe. English. 1990-01-09. Size: 1 c


The 8 Jan 90 US WSJ is the issue most likely to have this story.

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Subject: Translation-Invariant Pattern Recognizer NN's
From:    linco@eng.umd.edu (Sam Lin)
Organization: Merriversity of Uniland, College Purgatory
Date:    08 Feb 90 00:03:19 +0000 

In their paper, "Neural Nets for Adaptive Filtering and Adaptive Pattern
Recognition (IEEE Computer, March 1988)," Bernard Widrow and Rodney
Winter describe a feed-forward network for pattern recognition, whose
responses are invariant to translation, rotation, and scale change of the
input pattern.  This network is based on multiple ADALINE neurodes, and
the Madaline rule II (MRII) training method.  Does anyone know where I
can find further information on this network?  Is there a follow-up
article?  Sources of information on the translation/rotation/scale
invariance of backpropagation (or other networks) in pattern recognition
would also be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Sam Lin
Internet:  linco@eng.umd.edu
UUCP:  ..!uunet!eng.umd.edu!linco

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Subject: Re: Translation-Invariant Pattern Recognizer NN's
From:    cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!aero!robert@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Statsinger)
Organization: Ahh...wouldntya like to know!
Date:    15 Feb 90 20:14:45 +0000 

A different approach to Invariant Pattern Recognition may be found in
Christoph von der Malsburg's Dynamic Link Architecture. Malsburg also
uses a layered architecture, but his approach is self-organization.
Patterns are represented as labeled topological graphs composed of the
*correlation* behavior of neighboring cells in a layer. Pattern
recognition is then implemented through graph matching. The correlational
graphs express neighborhood relationships between features in the input
and yield a robust invariance to translation, scaling, or distortion.

See "Pattern Recognition by Labeled Graph Matching"
	Neural Networks, vol. 1, pp 141-148, 1988


Bob Statsinger 				Robert@aerospace.aero.org

	The employers expressed herein are strictly mine and are
	not necessarily those of my opinion's....uh..er...whatever...

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Subject: Re: Translation-Invariant Pattern Recognizer NN's
From:    snorkelwacker!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!aero!aerospace.aero.org!plonski@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mike Plonski)
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
Date:    15 Feb 90 23:55:29 +0000 

You can also look at the following refernces which I sliced out of my
reference file in tib (sort of bib) style format.  The following
abreviations may help.  The %X are my comments and are not intended as a
complete summary.

- ---- ABREV. ----
ba:~ (52) tibabb neunet
D NEUNET Neural Networks\
ba:~ (53) tibabb icnn88
D ICNN88 IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks\
(55) tibabb icnn87
D ICNN87 IEEE First International Conference on Neural Networks\
ba:~ (57) tibabb aip151
D AIP151 AIP Conf. Proc. 151 - Neural Networks for Computing\

- ------REF.--------------------
ba:~ (56) tiblook invariant
%T Invariant Pattern Recognition by Means of Fast Synaptic Plasticity
%A Jochim Buhmann
%A Klaus Schulten
%J |ICNN88|
%V I
%P 125-13

%A H. H. Chen
%A Y. C. Lee
%A G. Z. Sun
%A H. Y. Lee
%A T. Maxwell
%A C. L. Giles
%T High Order Correlation Model for Associative Memory
%J |AIP151|
%P 86-99
%K symmetry invariant pattern recognition
%X Gives Lyapunov function for high order nets, shows convergence of high order
for synchronous and asynchronous schems, uses character recognition with
shift invariance, shows higher order models can store more patterns
than second order (normal) correlation models for assoc. memory
2nd order storage for hopfield net is limited to N/(4*log(N))

%T Neocognitron: A Hierarchical Neural Network Capable of Visual
Pattern Recognition
%A Kunihiko Fukushima
%J |NEUNET|
%V 1
%N 2
%P 119-130
%D 1988
%K scale, position invariant

%A C. L. Giles
%A T. Maxwell
%T Learning, invariance, and generalization in high order neural networks
%J Applied Optics
%V 26
%N 23
%D 1 |DEC| 1987
%P 4972-4978

%A C. L. Giles
%A R. D. Griffin
%A T. Maxwell
%T Encoding Geometric Invariances in Higher Order Neural Networks
%J Neural Information Processing Systems
%I AIP Conf. Proc.
%E D. Z. Anderson
%D 1988
%P 301-309
%X good paper, derives constraints for 3rd order network with
translational, rotational, and positional invariance;
Gives constraints for simultaneous translation and scale invariance;
Used 8x8 input size and and 1 output node to distinguish
the letters C and T, Claims good results for scale factors upto 4x;
Higher Order connections are equivalent to Sigma-Pi units;
Uses back propagation to train scale invariant weights in multilayers;
invariance is independent of training rules and sigmoid function;

%T Distortion Invariant Character Recognition by a Multi-Layer
Perceptron and Back Propogation Learning
%A A. Khotanzad
%A J. H. Lu
%J |ICNN88|
%V I
%P 625-632

%A G. Krishnan
%A D. Walters
%T Psychologically plausible features for shape recognition in a neural network
%J |ICNN88|
%V II
%P 127-134
%K image invariance

%A T. Maxwell
%A C. L. Giles
%A Y. C. Lee
%A H. H. Chen
%T Transformation Invariance Using Higher Order Correlations in
 Neural Net Architectures
%J Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
%C Atlanta, GA
%D 14-17 |OCT| 1986
%P 627-632
%K HOLU, group theory, tolerance, temporal invariance
%X Good Paper for introduction to positional invariance using HOLU
(Higher order learning units);
use group invariant approach;
invariant autoassociative memory;
good simple example of sign-change invariance for XOR problem;
transformation invariance is imposed by averaging the input of each unit over
transformation group using group theory;  The higher the order the more
storage capacity. position invariance - we have one output neuron that responds
the same invariant of the position; position tolerance - we have an output
neuron for each possible location that responds to the input;
Discusses storage limitations for higher order nets;

%A T. Pawlicki
%T Recognizing Image Invariants in a Neural Network Architecture
%J |ICNN88|
%V II
%P 135-142

%A W. L. Reber
%A J. Lyman
%T An Artificial Neural System Design for Rotation and
Scale Invariant Pattern Recognition
%V IV
%P 277-283
%J |ICNN87|
%K image processing
%X Good Paper,
has good intro with references for various transforms to achieve
invariance, strictly NN aproach with 7 slabs: 1 input, Polar
Transform,  Log/Polar Transform, 1D FT rows, 1D FT columns,
classifier, output display;  total of 5419 PE and 238,266 IC

%T Performance of Backpropagation for Rotation Invariant Pattern
Recognition
%A Hedong Yang
%A Clark C. Guest
%J |ICNN87|
%V IV
%P 365-370

%\def\Zzz{Special Issue on Neural Networks}
%J Applied Optics
%A \Zzz
%V 26
%N 23
%D 1 |DEC| 1987
%K special Issue
%X contains papers on Adaptive, associative, and self-orgainizing
functions in neural computing; ART 2: self-organization of stable
category recognition codes for analog input patterns;
Probing cognitive processes through the structure of event-related
potentials during learning: an experimental analysis;
Adaptive bidirectional associative memories;
Dynamic control of an artifical neural system: the property
inheritance network;
Learning, invariance, and generalization in high-order neural
networks;
Counterpropagation networks;
Neural network model for selective attention in visual pattern
recognition and associative recall;
Retinal model for adaptive contrast sensitivity and resolution;
Associative learning of scene parameters from images;
Optimization of the computational load of a hypercube supercomputer
onboard a mobile robot;
Neural dynamics of attentionaly modulated Pavlovian conditioning:
blocking interstimulus interval, and secondary reinforcement;
Dynamic optical interconnects: volume holograms as optical two-port
operators;
Optical implementations of associative networks with versatile
adaptive learning capabilities;
Designs and devices for optical bidirectional associative memories;
Multilayer optical learning networks;
Electronic neural network chips;
Building a hierarchy with neural networks: an example - image vector
quantization;
Electronic hardware implementations of neural networks;
Optoelectronic analogs of self-programming neural nets: architecture
and methodologies for implementing fast stochastic learning by
simulated annealing;
Optoelectronic resonator neural networks

%T Invariant Pattern Recognition and Recall by an Attentive Self
Organizing Art Architecture in a Nonstationary World
%A Gail A. Carpenter
%A Stephen Grossberg
%J |ICNN87|
%V II
%P 737-745

%T Coordinate Transformation From an Image Plane Directly to an
Invariant Feature Space
%A Richard A. Messner
%A Harold Szu
%J IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern
Recognition
%C Washington, D.C.
%P 522-530
%D 1983
%K image

%T Invariant Pattern Recognition Using Multiple Filter Image
Representations
%A Christoph Zetzsche
%A Terry Caelli
%J Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing
%V 45
%P 251-262
%D 1989
%K image

%T An Image Processing Architecture for Real Time Generation of Scale
and Rotation Invariant Patterns
%A Richard A. Messner
%A Harold H. Szu
%J Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing
%V 31
%P 50-66
%D 1985
%K image

%T Rotation Invariant Pattern Recognition Using Zernike Moments
%A Alireza Khotanzad
%A Yaw Hua Hong
%J 9th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition
%I IEEE
%V I
%P 326-328
%K image processing, othogonal functions
%D 1988

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.   . .__.			       The opinions expressed herein are soley
|\./| !__!	 Michael Plonski       those of the author and do not represent
|   | |		"plonski@aero.org"     those of The Aerospace Corporation.
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Subject: Re: Translation-Invariant Pattern Recognizer NN's
From:    debbiec@hprmokg.HP.COM (Debbie Clingingsmith)
Organization: HP Networked Computer Mfg. Operation
Date:    20 Feb 90 21:40:27 +0000 

     Dr. Widrow gave a presentation at the 1989 WESCON in S.F.  He 
presented his original 1960 paper where ADALINE and Madaline were
described (first time in WESCON history where a paper was presented
twice).  Anyway, the paper was reprinted in the conference proceedings.
     Hope this helps.

Debbie Clingingsmith             Telnet: 1-785-5226
NCMO - North                     Outside: (916) 785-5226
Hewlett-Packard                  Internet: debbiec%hprmokg@hplabs.hp.com
8000 Foothills Blvd.         
Roseville, Ca. 95678         

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Subject: Edelman
From:    Stephen Smoliar <smoliar@vaxa.isi.edu>
Date:    Mon, 26 Feb 90 13:06:17 -0800 

Patrick Thomas' suggestion to look at Gerald Edelman's new book, THE
REMEMBERED PRESENT, may very well be a good one.  I am about half way
through the book and find it fascinating reading.  [Unfortunately, Peter,
I have accepted a commitment to review it for ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; so
I'm not sure if I shall be able to provide you with a review as well.]
However, my personal feeling is that anyone who tries to use this as a
first exposure to Edelman's work will find it rather rough going.  The
book is the third volume of a trilogy, having been preceded by NEURAL
DARWINISM and TOPOBIOLOGY.

I think that anyone who is interested in "real" brains would do well to
start with NEURAL DARWINISM.  I shall now allow myself a shameless plug
and recommend the review of wrote of this book for ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE which appeared in Volume 39, Number 1 (May 1989).  I like to
think that I have written an essay which will "prime" any reader
interested in artificial intelligence for an approach to Edelman's way of
thinking.  Also, I organized a panel at the 1989 IJCAI for members of the
AI community to respond to Edelman (who had given an invited talk).  The
position papers for this panel were published in the conference
proceedings (pages 1669-1671).  As far as the middle volume of the
trilogy is concerned, I must confess that I skipped over TOPOBIOLOGY, not
for lack of interest but for lack of time.

[[ Editor's Note: Thanks, Stephen.  Perhaps someone else could give a
short synopsis, without any copyright infringement.  -PM ]]

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Subject: 3rd Intn'l Symposium on AI (Mexico)
From:    "Centro de Inteligencia Artificial(ITESM)" <ISAI@TECMTYVM.MTY.ITESM.MX>
Organization: Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Date:    Mon, 19 Feb 90 17:18:12 -0400 



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Subject: Neocognitron (revised) Code
From:    pasteur!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ncis.tis.llnl.gov!blackbird!efrethei
	 (Erik J. Fretheim)
Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology; WPAFB, OH
Date:    16 Feb 90 14:42:45 +0000 


I am interested in doing some experiments using a neocognitron in the
revised (1988 or so) version.  Does anyone have a PD version up and
running which they would be willing to share, or pointers which they
would be willing to provide.  I hate recoding the wheel (net).  Thank
you.

Erik Fretheim
 efrethei@afit.af.mil
 AFIT/ENA Box 4151
 WPAFB, OH 45431  USA
 (513)255-5276

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Subject: NEW JOURNAL: MINDS & MACHINES
From:    rapaport@cs.Buffalo.EDU
Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
Date:    02 Feb 90 18:42:17 +0000 


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