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Neuron Digest Thursday, 14 Dec 1989
Volume 5 : Issue 55
Today's Topics:
Administrivia
ICANN91
tech report available
WANG INSTITUTE CONFERENCE
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Subject: Administrivia
From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator -- Peter Marvit" <neuron@hplabs.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 89 18:05:13 -0800
Neuron Digest will be going on vacation until shortly fater 1 Jan 1990.
I've finished my semester (how many of us think in academic time), and am
looking forward to a two week rest. A new volume will begin next year and
maybe I'll get through a fraction of the backlog. Aplogies for those who
have submitted messages and haven't seen them yet.
Best wishes for the holiday and may your new year be connected!
-Peter Marvit
Neuron DIgest Immoderator
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Subject: ICANN91
From: karit@axon.hut.fi (Kari Torkkola)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: 14 Dec 89 08:01:48 +0000
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| I C A N N - 91 |
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| International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, |
| Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, June 24-28, 1991 |
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
Theories, implementations, and applications of Artificial
Neural Networks are progressing at a growing speed in Europe
and elsewhere. The first commercial hardware for neural
circuits and systems are emerging. This conference will be
a major international contact forum for experts from
academia and industry worldwide. Around 1000 participants
are expected.
TOPICS: CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
networks and algorithms Prof. Teuvo Kohonen
neural software
neural hardware PROGRAM CHAIRMAN:
applications Prof. Igor Aleksander
brain and neural theories
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
ACTIVITIES: B.Angeniol
tutorials E.Caianiello
oral and poster sessions R.Eckmiller
prototype demonstrations J.Hertz
videopresentations L.Steels
industrial exhibition J.G.Taylor
Fore more information, please contact:
Prof. Olli Simula, chairman, organizations committee
ICANN-91, Helsinki University of Technology
SF-02150 Espoo, Finland
Fax: +358-04513277
Telex: 1251 61 htkk sf
Email: ollis@hutmc.hut.fi
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Subject: tech report available
From: Dave.Touretzky@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 89 05:59:41 -0500
Controlling Search Dynamics
by Manipulating Energy Landscapes
David S. Touretzky
CMU-CS-89-113
December, 1989
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Touretzky and Hinton's DCPS (Distributed Connectionist Production System)
is a neural network with complex dynamical properties. Visualization of
the energy landscapes of some of its component modules leads to a better
intuitive understanding of the model. Three visualization techniques are
used in this paper. Analysis of the way energy landscapes change as
modules interact during an annealing search suggests ways in which the
search dynamics can be controlled, thereby improving the model's
performance on difficult match cases.
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This report is available free by writing the School of Computer Science at
the address above, or by sending electronic mail to Ms. Catherine Copetas.
Her email address is copetas+@cs.cmu.edu. Be sure to ask for technical
report number CMU-CS-89-113.
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Subject: WANG INSTITUTE CONFERENCE
From: Michael Cohen <mike@bucasb.BU.EDU>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 89 14:05:11 -0500
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, A WORLD LEADER IN NEURAL NETWORK RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY,
PRESENTS TWO MAJOR SCIENTIFIC EVENTS:
MAY 6--11, 1990
NEURAL NETWORKS: FROM FOUNDATIONS TO APPLICATIONS
A self-contained systematic course by leading neural architects.
MAY 11--13, 1990
NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION
An international research conference presenting INVITED and CONTRIBUTED
papers, herewith solicited, on one of the most active research topics in
science and technology today.
SPONSORED BY
THE CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS,
THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS,
AND
THE WANG INSTITUTE
OF
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
WITH PARTIAL SUPPORT FROM
THE AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION
MAY 11--13, 1990
This research conference at the cutting edge of neural network science and
technology will bring together leading experts in academe, government, and
industry to present their latest results on automatic target recognition in
invited lectures and contributed posters. Automatic target recognition is a
key process in systems designed for vision and image processing, speech and
time series prediction, adaptive pattern recognition, and adaptive
sensory-motor control and robotics. It is one of the areas emphasized by the
DARPA Neural Networks Program, and has attracted intense research activity
around the world. Invited lecturers include:
JOE BROWN, Martin Marietta, "Multi-Sensor ATR using Neural Nets"
GAIL CARPENTER, Boston University, "Target Recognition by Adaptive Resonance:
ART for ATR"
NABIL FARHAT, University of Pennsylvania, "Bifurcating Networks for Target
Recognition"
STEPHEN GROSSBERG, Boston University, "Recent Results on Self-Organizing
ATR Networks"
ROBERT HECHT-NIELSEN, HNC, "Spatiotemporal Attention Focusing by Expectation
Feedback"
KEN JOHNSON, Hughes Aircraft, "The Application of Neural Networks to the
Acquisition and Tracking of Maneuvering Tactical Targets in High Clutter
IR Imagery"
PAUL KOLODZY, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, "A Multi-Dimensional ATR System"
MICHAEL KUPERSTEIN, Neurogen, "Adaptive Sensory-Motor Coordination using
the INFANT Controller"
YANN LECUN, AT&T Bell Labs, "Structured Back Propagation Networks for
Handwriting Recognition"
CHRISTOPHER SCOFIELD, Nestor, "Neural Network Automatic Target Recognition
by Active and Passive Sonar Signals"
STEVEN SIMMES, Science Applications International Co., "Massively Parallel
Approaches to Automatic Target Recognition"
ALEX WAIBEL, Carnegie Mellon University, "Patterns, Sequences and Variability:
Advances in Connectionist Speech Recognition"
ALLEN WAXMAN, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, "Invariant Learning and Recognition of
3D Objects from Temporal View Sequences"
FRED WEINGARD, Booz-Allen and Hamilton, "Current Status and Results of Two
Major Government Programs in Neural Network-Based ATR"
BARBARA YOON, DARPA, "DARPA Artificial Neural Networks Technology Program:
Automatic Target Recognition"
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CALL FOR PAPERS---ATR POSTER SESSION: A featured poster session on ATR
neural network research will be held on May 12, 1990. Attendees who wish to
present a poster should submit 3 copies of an extended abstract
(1 single-spaced page), postmarked by March 1, 1990, for refereeing. Include
with the abstract the name, address, and telephone number of the corresponding
author. Mail to: ATR Poster Session, Neural Networks Conference, Wang
Institute of Boston University, 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879. Authors
will be informed of abstract acceptance by March 31, 1990.
SITE: The Wang Institute possesses excellent conference facilities on a
beautiful 220-acre rustic setting. It is easily reached from Boston's Logan
Airport and Route 128.
REGISTRATION FEE: Regular attendee--$90; full-time student--$70. Registration
fee includes admission to all lectures and poster session, one reception, two
continental breakfasts, one lunch, one dinner, daily morning and afternoon
coffee service. STUDENTS: Read below about FELLOWSHIP support.
REGISTRATION: To register by telephone with VISA or MasterCard call (508)
649-9731 between 9:00AM--5:00PM (EST). To register by FAX, fill out the
registration form and FAX back to (508) 649-6926. To register by mail,
complete the registration form and mail with your full form of payment as
directed. Make check payable in U.S. dollars to "Boston University". See
below for Registration Form. To register by electronic mail, use the
address "rosenber@bu-tyng.bu.edu". On-site registration on a
space-available basis will take place from 1:00--5:00PM on Friday, May 11.
A RECEPTION will be held from 3:00--5:00PM on Friday, May 11. LECTURES
begin at 5:00PM on Friday, May 11 and conclude at 1:00PM on Sunday, May 13.
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NEURAL NETWORKS: FROM FOUNDATIONS TO APPLICATIONS
MAY 6--11, 1989
This in-depth, systematic, 5-day course is based upon the world's leading
graduate curriculum in the technology, computation, mathematics, and
biology of neural networks. Developed at the Center for Adaptive Systems
(CAS) and the Graduate Program in Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS) of
Boston University, twenty-eight hours of the course will be taught by six
CAS/CNS faculty. Three distinguished guest lecturers will present eight
hours of the course.
COURSE OUTLINE
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MAY 7, 1990
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MORNING SESSION (PROFESSOR GROSSBERG)
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW:
Introduction to the binary, linear, and continuous-nonlinear streams of
neural network research: McCulloch-Pitts, Rosenblatt, von Neumann; Anderson,
Kohonen, Widrow; Hodgkin-Huxley, Hartline-Ratliff, Grossberg.
CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY:
Classification and analysis of neural network models for absolutely stable CAM.
Models include: Cohen-Grossberg, additive, shunting, Brain-State-In-A-Box,
Hopfield, Boltzmann Machine, McCulloch-Pitts, masking field, bidirectional
associative memory.
COMPETITIVE DECISION MAKING: Analysis of asynchronous variable-load
parallel processing by shunting competitive networks; solution of
noise-saturation dilemma; classification of feedforward networks: automatic
gain control, ratio processing, Weber law, total activity normalization,
noise suppression, pattern matching, edge detection, brightness constancy
and contrast, automatic compensation for variable illumination or other
background energy distortions; classification of feedback networks:
influence of nonlinear feedback signals, notably sigmoid signals, on
pattern transformation and memory storage, winner-take-all choices, partial
memory compression, tunable filtering, quantization and normalization of
total activity, emergent boundary segmentation; method of jumps for
classifying globally consistent and inconsistent competitive decision
schemes.
ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING: Derivation of associative equations for short-term
memory and long-term memory. Overview and analysis of associative
outstars, instars, computational maps, avalanches, counterpropagation nets,
adaptive bidrectional associative memories. Analysis of unbiased
associative pattern learning by asynchronous parallel sampling channels;
classification of associative learning laws.
AFTERNOON SESSION (PROFESSORS JORDAN AND MINGOLLA)
COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION
PERCEPTRONS: Adeline, Madeline, delta rule, gradient descent, adaptive
statistical predictor, nonlinear separability.
INTRODUCTION TO BACK PROPAGATION:
Supervised learning of multidimensional nonlinear maps, NETtalk, image
compression, robotic control.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF BACK PROPAGATION: This two-hour guest tutorial
lecture will provide a systematic review of recent developments of the back
propagation learning network, especially focussing on recurrent back
propagation variations and applications to outstanding technological
problems.
EVENING SESSION: DISCUSSIONS WITH TUTORS
MAY 8, 1990
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MORNING SESSION (PROFESSORS CARPENTER AND GROSSBERG)
ADAPTIVE PATTERN RECOGNITION:
Adaptive filtering; contrast enhancement; competitive learning of recognition
categories; adaptive vector quantization; self-organizing computational maps;
statistical properties of adaptive weights; learning stability and causes of
instability.
INTRODUCTION TO ADAPTIVE RESONANCE THEORY: Absolutely stable recognition
learning, role of learned top-down expectations; attentional priming;
matching by 2/3 Rule; adaptive search; self-controlled hypothesis testing;
direct access to globally optimal recognition code; control of categorical
coarseness by attentional vigilance; comparison with relevant behavioral
and brain data to emphasize biological basis of ART computations.
ANALYSIS OF ART 1:
Computational analysis of ART 1 architecture for self-organized real-time
hypothesis testing, learning, and recognition of arbitrary sequences of
binary input patterns.
AFTERNOON SESSION (PROFESSOR CARPENTER)
ANALYSIS OF ART 2:
Computational analysis of ART 2 architecture for self-organized real-time
hypothesis testing, learning, and recognition for arbitrary sequences of analog
or binary input patterns.
ANALYSIS OF ART 3:
Computational analysis of ART 3 architecture for self-organized real-time
hypothesis testing, learning, and recognition within distributed network
hierarchies; role of chemical transmitter dynamics in forming a memory
representation distinct from short-term memory and long-term memory;
relationships to brain data concerning neuromodulators and synergetic ionic and
transmitter interactions.
SELF-ORGANIZATION OF INVARIANT PATTERN RECOGNITION CODES:
Computational analysis of self-organizing ART architectures for recognizing
noisy imagery undergoing changes in position, rotation, and size.
NEOCOGNITION:
Recognition and completion of images by hierarchical bottom-up filtering and
top-down attentive feedback.
EVENING SESSION: DISCUSSIONS WITH TUTORS
MAY 9, 1990
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MORNING SESSION (PROFESSORS GROSSBERG & MINGOLLA)
VISION AND IMAGE PROCESSING:
Introduction to Boundary Contour System for emergent segmentation and Feature
Contour System for filling-in after compensation for variable illumination;
image compression, orthogonalization, and reconstruction; multidimensional
filtering, multiplexing, and fusion; coherent boundary detection,
regularization, self-scaling, and completion; compensation for variable
illumination sources, including artificial sensors (infrared sensors,
laser radars); filling-in of surface color and form; 3-D form from
shading, texture, stereo, and motion; parallel processing of static form and
moving form; motion capture and induced motion; synthesis of static form and
motion form representations.
AFTERNOON SESSION (PROFESSORS BULLOCK, COHEN, & GROSSBERG)
ADAPTIVE SENSORY-MOTOR CONTROL AND ROBOTICS: Overview of recent progress in
adaptive sensory-motor control and related robotics research. Reaching to,
grasping, and transporting objects of variable mass and form under visual
guidance in a cluttered environment will be used as a target behavioral
competence to clarify subproblems of real-time adaptive sensory-motor
control. The balance of the tutorial will be spent detailing neural network
modules that solve various subproblems. Topics include: Self-organizing
networks for real-time control of eye movements, arm movements, and eye-arm
coordination; learning of invariant body-centered target position maps;
learning of intermodal associative maps; real-time trajectory formation;
adaptive vector encoders; circular reactions between action and sensory
feedback; adaptive control of variable speed movements; varieties of error
signals; supportive behavioral and neural data; inverse kinematics;
automatic compensation for unexpected perturbations; independent adaptive
control of force and position; adaptive gain control by cerebellar
learning; position-dependent sampling from spatial maps; predictive motor
planning and execution.
SPEECH PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION: Hidden Markov models; self-organization
of speech perception and production codes; eighth nerve Average Localized
Synchrony Response; phoneme recognition by back propagation, time delay
networks, and vector quantization.
MAY 10, 1990
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MORNING SESSION (PROFESSORS COHEN, GROSSBERG, & MERRILL)
SPEECH PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION:
Disambiguation of coarticulated vowels and consonants; dynamics of working
memory; multiple-scale adaptive coding by masking fields; categorical
perception; phonemic restoration; contextual disambiguation of speech tokens;
resonant completion and grouping of noisy variable-rate speech streams.
REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND PREDICTION: Recognition learning, reinforcement
learning, and recall learning are the 3 R's of neural network learning.
Reinforcement learning clarifies how external events interact with internal
organismic requirements to trigger learning processes capable of focussing
attention upon and generating appropriate actions towards motivationally
desired goals. A neural network model will be derived to show how
reinforcement learning and recall learning can self-organize in response to
asynchronous series of significant and irrelevant events. These mechanisms
also control selective forgetting of memories that are no longer
predictive, adaptive timing of behavioral responses, and self-organization
of goal directed problem solvers.
AFTERNOON SESSION
(PROFESSORS GROSSBERG & MERRILL AND DR. HECHT-NIELSEN)
REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND PREDICTION: Analysis of drive representations,
adaptive critics, conditioned reinforcers, role of motivational feedback in
focusing attention on predictive data; attentional blocking and unblocking;
adaptively timed problem solving; synthesis of perception, recognition,
reinforcement, recall, and robotics mechanisms into a total neural
architecture; relationship to data about hypothalamus, hippocampus,
neocortex, and related brain regions.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEUROCOMPUTER INDUSTRY:
This two-hour guest tutorial will provide an overview of the growth and
prospects of the burgeoning neurocomputer industry by one of its most
important leaders.
EVENING SESSION: DISCUSSIONS WITH TUTORS
MAY 11, 1990
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MORNING SESSION (DR. FAGGIN)
VLSI IMPLEMENTATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS: This is a four-hour self-contained
tutorial on the application and development of VLSI techniques for creating
compact real-time chips embodying neural network designs for applications
in technology. Review of neural networks from a hardware implementation
perspective; hardware requirements and alternatives; dedicated digital
implementation of neural networks; neuromorphic design methodology using
VLSI CMOS technology; applications and performance of neuromorphic
implementations; comparison of neuromorphic and digital hardware; future
prospectus.
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COURSE FACULTY FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY
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STEPHEN GROSSBERG, Wang Professor of CNS, as well as Professor of
Mathematics, Psychology, and Biomedical Engineering, is one of the world's
leading neural network pioneers and most versatile neural architects;
Founder and 1988 President of the International Neural Network Society
(INNS); Founder and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the INNS journal "Neural
Networks"; an editor of the journals "Neural Computation", "Cognitive
Science", and "IEEE Expert"; Founder and Director of the Center for
Adaptive Systems; General Chairman of the 1987 IEEE First International
Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN); Chief Scientist of Hecht-Nielsen
Neurocomputer Company (HNC); and one of the four technical consultants to
the national DARPA Neural Network Study. He is author of 200 articles and
books about neural networks, including "Neural Networks and Natural
Intelligence" (MIT Press, 1988), "Neural Dynamics of Adaptive Sensory-Motor
Control" (with Michael Kuperstein, Pergamon Press, 1989), "The Adaptive
Brain, Volumes I and II" (Elsevier/North-Holland, 1987), "Studies of Mind
and Brain" (Reidel Press, 1982), and the forthcoming "Pattern Recognition
by Self-Organizing Neural Networks" (with Gail Carpenter).
GAIL CARPENTER is Professor of Mathematics and CNS; Co-Director of the CNS
Graduate Program; 1989 Vice President of the International Neural Network
Society (INNS); Organization Chairman of the 1988 INNS annual meeting;
Session Chairman at the 1989 and 1990 IEEE/INNS International Joint
Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN); one of four technical consultants to
the national DARPA Neural Network Study; editor of the journals "Neural
Networks", "Neural Computation", and "Neural Network Review"; and a member
of the scientific advisory board of HNC. A leading neural architect,
Carpenter is especially well-known for her seminal work on developing the
adaptive resonance theory architectures (ART 1, ART 2, ART 3) for adaptive
pattern recognition.
MICHAEL COHEN, Associate Professor of Computer Science and CNS, is a
leading architect of neural networks for content addressable memory
(Cohen-Grossberg model), vision (Feature Contour System), and speech
(Masking Fields); editor of "Neural Networks"; Session Chairman at the 1987
ICNN, and the 1989 IJCNN; and member of the DARPA Neural Network Study
panel on Simulation/Emulation Tools and Techniques.
ENNIO MINGOLLA, Assistant Professor of Psychology and CNS, is holder of one
of the first patented neural network architectures for vision and image
processing (Boundary Contour System); Co-Organizer of the 3rd Workshop on
Human and Machine Vision in 1985; editor of the journals "Neural Networks"
and "Ecological Psychology"; member of the DARPA Neural Network Study panel
of Adaptive Knowledge Processing; consultant to E.I. duPont de Nemours,
Inc.; Session Chairman for vision and image processing at the 1987 ICNN,
and the 1988 INNS meetings.
DANIEL BULLOCK, Assistant Professor of Psychology and CNS, is developer of
neural network models for real-time adaptive sensory-motor control of arm
movements and eye-arm coordination, notably the VITE and FLETE models for
adaptive control of multi-joint trajectories; editor of "Neural Networks";
Session Chairman for adaptive sensory-motor control and robotics at the
1987 ICNN and the 1988 INNS meetings; invited speaker at the 1990 IJCNN.
JOHN MERRILL, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and CNS, is developing
neural network models for adaptive pattern recognition, speech recognition,
reinforcement learning, and adaptive timing in problem solving behavior,
after having received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of
Wisconsin at Madison, and completing postdoctoral research in computer
science and linguistics at Indiana University.
GUEST LECTURERS
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FEDERICO FAGGIN is co-founder and president of Synaptics, Inc. Dr. Faggin
developed the Silicon Gate Technology at Fairchild Semiconductor. He also
designed the first commercial circuit using Silicon Gate Technology: the
3708, an 8-bit analog multiplexer. At Intel Corporation he was responsible
for designing what was to become the first microprocessor---the 4000
family, also called MCS-4. He and Hal Feeney designed the 8008, the first
8-bit microprocessor introduced in 1972, and later Faggin conceived the
8080 and with M. Shima designed it. The 8080 was the first high-performance
8-bit microprocessor. At Zilog Inc., Faggin conceived the Z80
microprocessor family and directed the design of the Z80 CPU. Faggin also
started Cygnet Technologies, which developed a voice and data communication
peripheral for the personal computer. In 1986 Faggin co-founded Synaptics
Inc., a company dedicated to the creation of a new type of VLSI hardware
for artificial neural networks and other machine intelligence applications.
Faggin is the recipient of the 1988 Marconi Fellowship Award for his
contributions to the birth of the microprocessor.
ROBERT HECHT-NIELSEN is co-founder and chairman of the Board of Directors
of Hecht-Nielsen Neurocomputer Corporation (HNC), a pioneer in
neurocomputer technology and the application of neural networks, and a
recognized leader in the field. Prior to the formation of HNC, he founded
and managed the neurocomputer development and neural network applications
at TRW (1983--1986) and Motorola (1979--1983). He has been active in neural
network technology and neurocomputers since 1961 and earned his Ph.D. in
mathematics in 1974. He is currently a visiting lecturer in the Electrical
Engineering Department at the University of California at San Diego, and is
the author of influential technical reports and papers on neurocomputers,
neural networks, pattern recognition, signal processing algorithms, and
artificial intelligence.
MICHAEL JORDAN is an Assistant Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at
MIT. One of the key developers of the recurrent back propagation
algorithms, Professor Jordan's research is concerned with learning in
recurrent networks and with the use of networks as forward models in
planning and control. His interest in interdisciplinary research on neural
networks is founded in his training for a Bachelors degree in Psychology, a
Masters degree in Mathematics, and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from the
University of California at San Diego. He was a postdoctoral researcher in
Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst before
assuming his present position at MIT.
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REGISTRATION FEE: Regular attendee--$950; full-time student--$250.
Registration fee includes five days of tutorials, course notebooks, one
reception, five continental breakfasts, five lunches, four dinners, daily
morning and afternoon coffee service, evening discussion sessions with
leading neural architects.
REGISTRATION: To register by telephone with VISA or MasterCard call (508)
649-9731 between 9:00AM--5:00PM (EST). To register by FAX, fill out the
registration form and FAX back to (508) 649-6926. To register by mail,
complete the registration form and mail with you full form of payment as
directed. Make check payable in U.S. dollars to "Boston University". See
below for Registration Form. To register by electronic mail, use the
address "rosenber@bu-tyng.bu.edu". On-site registration on a
space-available basis will take place from 2:00--7:00PM on Sunday, May 6
and from 7:00--8:00AM on Monday, May 7, 1990. A RECEPTION will be held from
4:00--7:00PM on Sunday, May 6. LECTURES begin at 8:00AM on Monday, May 7
and conclude at 12:30PM on Friday, May 11.
STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS supporting travel, registration, and lodging for the
Course and the Research Conference are available to full-time graduate
students in a PhD program. Applications must be postmarked by March 1,
1990. Send curriculum vitae, a one-page essay describing your interest in
neural networks, and a letter from a faculty advisor to: Student
Fellowships, Neural Networks Course, Wang Institute of Boston University,
72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879.
CNS FELLOWSHIP FUND: Net revenues from the course will endow fellowships
for Ph.D. candidates in the CNS Graduate Program. Corporate and individual
gifts to endow CNS Fellowships are also welcome. Please write: Cognitive
and Neural Systems Fellowship Fund, Center for Adaptive Systems, Boston
University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215.
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REGISTRATION FOR COURSE AND RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Course: Neural Network Foundations and Applications, May 6--11, 1990
Research Conference: Neural Networks for Automatic Target Recognition,
May 11--13, 1990
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Wang Institute. Hotel names, rates, and telephone numbers are listed below.
A shuttle bus will take attendees to and from the hotels for the Course and
Research Conference. Attendees should make their own reservations by
calling the hotel. The special conference rate applies only if you mention
the name and dates of the meeting when making the reservations.
Sheraton Tara Red Roof Inn Stonehedge Inn
Nashua, NH Nashua, NH Tyngsboro, MA
(603) 888-9970 (603) 888-1893 (508) 649-4342
$70/night+tax $39.95/night+tax $89/night+tax
The hotels in Nashua are located approximately 5 miles from the Wang
Institute. A shuttle bus will be provided.
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