neuron-request@HPLABS.HP.COM ("Neuron-Digest Moderator Peter Marvit") (04/01/89)
Neuron Digest Friday, 31 Mar 1989
Volume 5 : Issue 16
Today's Topics:
Administrivia
network meeting announcement for distribution
ACAI'89 - course announcement
CALL FOR PAPERS - AIST
Neural Networks Seminar Ghent, 25 april 1989, FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
resumitting call for papers
Call for Abstracts - Symbolic Problem Solving
Call for papers - HICSS-23 Neural Net track
(U.K.) Lectureship or Assistant Lectureship in Psychology
two preprints available
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Subject: Administrivia
From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator -- Peter Marvit" <neuron@hplabs.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 89 15:39:49 -0800
Well, apparently issuing the Digest once per week is insufficient and I've
got a backlog again. As many readers know, this digest is gatewayed to the
USENET group comp.ai.neural-nets. In fact, submissions to that (open)
bboard also come to me and I often edit them for this Digest. However, the
level of discussion there has been quite high and I've given priority to
submissions sent directly to me, rather than the USENET postings.
However, since much of the discussions are interesting and relevant (though
now not so timely), I will send several issues of this Digest next to week
to catch up (after wading through the best postings). I may try to put out
Digests more frequently, but I'd rather keep the volume low and quality
high... if possible.
The current issue contains calls for papers, conference announcements,
technical reports, and academic positions. As readers will recall, I try to
group these types of submissions together in a single issue and keep the
"discussions" separate.
BTW, I hope to see many of you at ICNN this June. I just got my travel
request approved!
-Peter Marvit
Immoderator
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Subject: network meeting announcement for distribution
From: mike@bucasb.BU.EDU (Michael Cohen)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 89 12:22:14 -0500
NEURAL NETWORK MODELS OF CONDITIONING AND ACTION
12th Symposium on Models of Behavior
Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, 1989
105 William James Hall, Harvard University
33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Michael Commons, Harvard Medical School
Stephen Grossberg, Boston University
John E.R. Staddon, Duke University
JUNE 2, 8:30AM--11:45AM
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Daniel L. Alkon, ``Pattern Recognition and Storage by an Artificial
Network Derived from Biological Systems''
John H. Byrne, ``Analysis and Simulation of Cellular and Network Properties
Contributing to Learning and Memory in Aplysia''
William B. Levy, ``Synaptic Modification Rules in Hippocampal Learning''
JUNE 2, 1:00PM--5:15PM
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Gail A. Carpenter, ``Recognition Learning by a Hierarchical ART Network
Modulated by Reinforcement Feedback''
Stephen Grossberg, ``Neural Dynamics of Reinforcement Learning, Selective
Attention, and Adaptive Timing''
Daniel S. Levine, ``Simulations of Conditioned Perseveration and Novelty
Preference from Frontal Lobe Damage''
Nestor A. Schmajuk, ``Neural Dynamics of Hippocampal Modulation of Classical
Conditioning''
JUNE 3, 8:30AM--11:45AM
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John W. Moore, ``Implementing Connectionist Algorithms for Classical
Conditioning in the Brain''
Russell M. Church, ``A Connectionist Model of Scalar Timing Theory''
William S. Maki, ``Connectionist Approach to Conditional Discrimination:
Learning, Short-Term Memory, and Attention''
JUNE 3, 1:00PM--5:15PM
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Michael L. Commons, ``Models of Acquisition and Preference''
John E.R. Staddon, ``Simple Parallel Model for Operant Learning with
Application to a Class of Inference Problems''
Alliston K. Reid, ``Computational Models of Instrumental and Scheduled
Performance''
Stephen Jose Hanson, ``Behavioral Diversity, Hypothesis Testing, and
the Stochastic Delta Rule''
Richard S. Sutton, ``Time Derivative Models of Pavlovian Reinforcement''
FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION SEE ATTACHED OR WRITE:
Dr. Michael L. Commons
Society for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior
234 Huron Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
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REGISTRATION FEE BY MAIL
(Paid by check to Society for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior)
(Postmarked by April 30, 1989)
Name: ______________________________________________
Title: _____________________________________________
Affiliation: _______________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________
Telephone(s): ______________________________________
E-mail address: ____________________________________
( ) Regular $35
( ) Full-time student $25
School ____________________________________________
Graduate Date _____________________________________
Print Faculty Name ________________________________
Faculty Signature _________________________________
PREPAID 10-COURSE CHINESE BANQUET ON JUNE 2
( ) $20 (add to pre-registration fee check)
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(cut here and mail with your check to)
Dr. Michael L. Commons
Society for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior
234 Huron Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
REGISTRATION FEE AT THE MEETING
( ) Regular $45
( ) Full-time Student $30
(Students must show active student I.D. to receive this rate)
ON SITE REGISTRATION
5:00--8:00PM, June 1, at the RECEPTION in Room 1550, William James Hall,
33 Kirkland Street, and 7:30--8:30AM, June 2, in the LOBBY of William
James Hall.
Registration by mail before April 30, 1989 is recommended
as seating is limited
HOUSING INFORMATION
Rooms have been reserved in the name of the symposium for the Friday
and Saturday nights at:
Best Western Homestead Inn
220 Alewife Brook Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02138
Single: $72
Double: $80
Reserve your room as soon as possible. The hotel will not hold them past
March 31. Because of Harvard and MIT graduation ceremonies, space will
fill up rapidly. Other nearby hotels:
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge
777 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 492-7777
(800) 654-2000
Single: $115--$135
Double: $115--$135
Suisse Chalet
211 Concord Turnpike Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 661-7800
(800) 258-1980
Single: $48.70
Double: $52.70
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Subject: ACAI'89 - course announcement
From: "Thomas E. Rothenfluh" <rothen%ifi.unizh.ch@RELAY.CS.NET>
Date: 14 Mar 89 11:53:00 +0100
ACAI'89
3rd Advanced Course in Artificial Intelligence
Neuchatel, Switzerland
8 - 16 August, 1989
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An ECCAI (European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence)
event organized by SGAICO (Swiss Group for Artificial Intelligence and
Cognitive Science), a special interest group of the SI (Schweizerische
Informatiker Gesellschaft)
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Topic
Advanced Knowledge Representation
and
Methodology of Knowledge Engineering
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Lecturers
Hector J. Levesque University of Toronto, Canada
Paul Smolensky University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
John F. Sowa IBM Systems Research Inst., Thornwood, New York, USA
Luc Steels Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Yorick Wilks New Mexico State University, USA
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Date Tuesday, 8 August - Wednesday, 16 August 1989
Location Neuchatel, Switzerland
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Course Director Thomas Rothenfluh,
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Local Organizing Chair Philippe Dugerdil,
University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Program Committee Pierre Bonzon, Rolf Pfeifer, Johannes Retti,
Oliviero Stock, Bob Wielinga, Yorick Wilks
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The course
ECCAI (European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence)
organizes biannual Advanced Courses in Artificial Intelligence open to
researchers and practitioners of AI from all countries. The level of
presentation is aimed at a highly capable and well prepared audience.
After the first two Courses (Vignieu, France in 1985; Oslo, Norway in
1987), the Swiss Group for Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive
Science (SGAICO) is happy to announce that the third course in 1989
will take place in Neuchatel (Switzerland).
With respect to evaluations of previous courses, ACAI'89 will focus on
two major topics, namely advanced knowledge representation and the
methodology of knowledge engineering.
Knowledge engineering and its related topics are not restricted to
expert system development methodology exclusively but to the
development of AI systems in general. It is well recognized that the
lack of an established theory and methodology is one of the most
crucial issues within AI and pertinent to most of current research and
development efforts.
The course in 1989 will try to highlight different approaches to those
problems and should lay the grounds for interesting and productive
discussions.
The course is structured into the following main components
A series of lectures are to cover advanced concepts in the field of
knowledge "handling" in general as well as in its various subfields,
e.g. knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, knowledge
verification, and the entire development of "intelligent" systems,
etc. Tutorial-style lectures, hands-on training, and case-studies
should expose methodology and techniques together with pertinent
problems, solutions, and limitations. These detailed, practical and
even technical lectures and workshops should provide the opportunity
to gain insights and experiences with current "hot topics" in AI and
allow participants to evaluate these new trends with respect to their
own work.
Theory lectures will also cover the general philosophical and
epistemological background of AI. The topics relevant to that
discussion, e.g. the relation of logic or of empirical methodology to
AI, the deep questions about the "nature" of mind, etc., need to be
discussed and reflected by the community of advanced AI workers. In
general, there is not enough time to cover these issues in congresses
and workshops. Also, hopefully these lectures could provide some means
of integration for people working within the many different subfields
of AI.
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Course site
Neuchatel, the beautiful course site in the French speaking part of
Switzerland, is within easy reach of public transportation from all
over Europe. It is located at the border of Lake Neuchatel and at the
foot of the Jura mountains. It is part of the charming littoral with
its picturesque villages, old boroughs, vineyards, fields, and woods.
Together with its university, Neuchatel is well prepared to provide
the participants with a pleasant working atmosphere as well as
enjoyable surroundings for sports, leisure, and weekend journeys.
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The lectures
The speakers are all well known within AI and a fair description of
their work cannot be given within the limited space of this
announcement. A large number of reference points may be found in
books, scientific journals, conference proceedings a.s.o. (preparatory
reading lists will be sent to the participants).
Some of the topics to be presented and discussed at ACAI'89 within the
general perspective of advanced knowledge representation and
methodologies of knowledge engineering are:
Belief Systems, Conceptual Graphs, Connectionist Principles of
Knowledge Representation, Deep Reasoning, Development Strategies for
Knowledge-based Systems, Foundations of AI, Functional Approach to
Knowledge Representation, Learning, Metaphors, Natural Language
Issues, Philosophical Issues, Role of Logic, Second Generation Expert
Systems, Situations and attitudes, Statistical Inference, Symbolic and
Neural Modeling Paradigms.
The lectures will be held in a tutorial style, the necessary
prerequisite to follow the classes is some background and knowledge of
the basic themes and techniques of AI (e.g. inference mechanisms,
search), basic representation formalisms (e.g. logic, semantic
networks), and some experience with the more applied side of AI,
namely research traditions (e.g. solved and unsolved problems) as well
as applications of AI (e.g. implementation, programming).
The structure of the course is based on the lectures, which will be
held mainly in morning and afternoon sessions. For special interest
groups, evening sessions may be organized on request (e.g. mini-
tutorials, demonstration of software, presentation of whole research
groups).
Another part of ACAI'89 will be devoted to discussions, round tables,
demonstrations, and expositions. There will also be space and time to
present and discuss the participants own work with lecturers and other
participants. In this respect, the organizers will try to arrange
informal meetings in small groups having common interests.
In order to facilitate discussions and the exchange of ideas, a
"poster exhibition" will allow participants to present their own work
in the pertinent fields. Participants who are willing to give
demonstrations should contact the organizers to provide the necessary
infrastructure.
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The Small Print
Organization
ECCAI (European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence)
SGAICO (Swiss Group for Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive
Science)
Course Location
University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Dates
Deadline for application: 15 April 1989
(reception of application form)
Notification of acceptance: 1 May 1989
Payment of course fees: 1 July 1989
Arrivals: Participants will arrive Monday, 7 August in the evening
Lectures start at Tuesday, 8 August and last until Wednesday, 16
August.
Departures: Participants will leave Wednesday, 16 August in the
afternoon.
Participants
The course is open to practitioners and researchers of AI from all
countries. The level of presentation will be aimed at an advanced
audience, i.e. all participants should have good knowledge of the
basics of AI as well as practical experience. To preserve the
character of such a course and due to space limitations, the number
of participants will be limited. Applicants should complete the
attached form and return it to the address given below at their
earliest possible convenience.
Course Fee
Course fees include:
- admission to all lectures and workshops
- accommodation for 9 nights (Nights of Monday, 7 August until
and including Tuesday, 15 August, extended stays are possible)
- breakfast; lunch (except Sunday), refreshments
- reductions for evening meals (if desired)
- documentation, working material
On the basis of double rooms, the overall course fee is ECU 900 or
the equivalent in a convertible currency; for single rooms, the fee
is ECU 1000.
For applicants without a need for hotel etc. other arrangements are
possible; contact the organizers in advance.
In most countries, funding for participation of such educational
events is possible. Please contact your local authorities and
national AI-societies for details. A limited number of reduced fees
are available for graduate students/assistants. Please enclose with
your application a request for financial support which is well
justified and which proves your current status (photocopy of
student ID, letter of recommendation, or similar).
Payment
Please remit the fee only upon receipt of admission notice and
invoice by the organizers. The acceptance letter will indicate the
paying modalities.
Final admission to the course may be guaranteed after the reception
of the payment only.
Accommodation
Costs for accommodation are included in the course fee (see above).
The rooms have already been reserved by the organizers. Double
rooms are standard, a limited number of single rooms is available.
Some hotels are located outside Neuchatel in its beautiful
surroundings. If you intend to come with your private car, you may
also want to check a hotel out of town on the application form.
Cancellations
If an (admitted) registration is cancelled, there will be a
cancellation charge of 10% after 1 July 1989, unless you name a
replacement.
Language
The language of the course is English.
Sponsors
Ascom Tech (Switzerland)
Cables Cortaillod S.A.
City of Neuchatel
ECCAI
Electricite Neuchateloise S.A.
IBM (Switzerland)
NEWIS S.A.
Schweizerische Kreditanstalt
SGAICO and SI
Texas Instruments (Switzerland)
UNISYS (Switzerland)
University of Neuchatel
University of Zurich
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Contact Address
To get more information and application forms, please contact:
ACAI'89
Zurichbergstr. 43
CH-8044 Zurich
Switzerland
Phone +41 1 257 30 98
Telex 817 260 uniz ch
Fax +41 1 257 23 04
E-mail rothen@ifi.unizh.ch
rothen@unizh.UUCP
K715311@CZHRZU1A.BITNET
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Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS - AIST
From: russelr@RADC-LONEX.ARPA (Robert L. Russel)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 89 16:53:01 -0500
* * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * *
-- The Association for Intelligent Systems Technology (AIST) --
The Association for Intelligent Systems Technology (AIST), a chartered
not-for-profit organization, is seeking noteworthy papers to appear in the
Spring 1989 issue of the association's official publication, INTELLIGENT
SYSTEMS REVIEW.
In keeping with the AIST purpose, papers may be one of four kinds:
1. A description of original research accomplished and findings
contributing to the advancement of artificial intelligence and neural
networks technology.
2. A description of the applications of AI annd neural networks
technology to a problem in business, engineering, financial operations, or
education.
3. A description of a business engaged in engineering, systems
development, financial operations, medicine, education, etc. for which one
or more applications of intelligent systems technology has had a significant
impact on the effectiveness, productivity or profitability of the business,
including a description of the application and how it was implemented.
4. Description of an educational program intended to impart knowledge
and develop skills on the part of individuals having interest in the
application of AI/Neural Networks to business and the professions.
The ISR accepts written submissions featuring items such as:
-- Original Research: Peer-reviewed, high quality research results
representing new and significant contributions to AI/Neural Networks and its
applications.
-- Articles: Unrefereed technical articles focused on the informative
review or tutorials on the author(s)' specialty area, or invited articles as
solicited by the ISR editors.
-- Letters to the editor: Comments on research papers or articles published
in ISR and other matters of interest to AIST.
-- Editorials: Commentary on technical/professional issues significant to
the AIST community.
-- Institutional Research/Project: Introduction of R&D or contract work
performed by an organization.
Original research papers in the ISR are refereed by one or more peer
researchers selected by the Editorial Board. All other articles in the ISR
are unrefereed working papers. Authors of the papers accepted for
publication will be provided with specific instructions for preparing the
final camera-ready manuscript. Author(s) also must sign and date a Transfer
of Copyright form to be sent to AIST, Inc.
Papers should be about 5000 words (10 pages) in length. They may include
line drawings but photography requiring color or gray scale reproduction
should not be included. Papers must be submitted by May 15, 1989 to appear
in the Spring issue.
Contributions are welcomed from any person. All contributions sent to the
editors will be assumed to be for consideration for publication unless
specified otherwise. The written material will not be returned.
Send papers to: For Additional Information Call:
Editorial Board Major Bob Russel
AIST, Inc. Neural Networks Applications Editor
6310 Fly Road (315)330-7069
E. Syracuse, N.Y. 13057
Mr. Doug White
Military (C3I) Applications Editor
(315)330-3564
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Subject: Neural Networks Seminar Ghent, 25 april 1989, FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
From: "Rob A. Vingerhoeds / Ghent State University"
<ROB%BGERUG51.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 89 09:24:00 +0100
BIRA SEMINAR ON NEURAL NETWORKS
"APPLICATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS IN INDUSTRY, WHEN AND HOW"
25 APRIL 1989
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTRE GHENT
BELGIUM
FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
BIRA (Belgian Institute for Control Engineering and Automation) is
organising a seminar on the state of the art in Neural Networks. The central
theme will be
"Application of Neural Networks in Industry, when and how"
To be able to give a good and reliable verdict to this theme, some of the
most important and leading scientists in this fascinating area have been
invited to present a lecture at the seminar and take part in a panel
discussion.
The following program is foreseen:
8.30 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 - 9.15 Opening on behalf of BIRA
Prof. L. Boullart, Ghent State University
9.15 - 10.00 Learning Algorithms and applications in A.I.
Prof. Fogelman Soulie, Universite de Paris V
10.00 - 10.30 coffee
10.30 - 11.30 The Neural Network Framework
Prof. B. Kosko, University of Southern California
11.30 - 12.00 Presentation of ANZA+ products, hardware and software
Patrick Dumont, Digilog, France
12.00 - 14.00 lunch / exhibition
14.00 - 15.00 Integration of knowledge-based system and neural network
techniques for robotic control
Dr. David Handelman, Princeton, USA
15.00 - 16.00 Application in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
(Neocognitron)
Dr. S. Miyake, ATR, Japan
16.00 - 16.30 tea
16.30 - 17.15 panel discussion over the central theme
17.15 - 17.30 closing and conclusions
The seminar will be held in the same period as the famous Flanders
Technology International (F.T.I.) exhibition is held. This exhibition is for
both representatives from industry and for other interested people very
interesting and going to both the seminar and the exhibition is double
interesting.
VENUE
International Congress Centre Ghent
- - Orange Room -
Citadelpark
B-9000 Ghent
DATE
Tuesday 25 april 1989
LANGUAGE
The seminar language is English. No translation will be provided.
REGISTRATION FEES
members BIRA/IBRA 12.500 BEF
non-members 15.000 BEF
Teachers/Assistants 7.500 BEF
including coffee/tea, lunch and proceedings.
Students can get a special price of 1.500 BEF, which does NOT include a
lunch.
Tickets for FLANDERS TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL can be obtained at the
registration desk.
Payments in Belgian Franks only, to be made on receipt of an invoice from
the BIRA office.
Registration will close on 18 april 1989.
Confirmations will NOT be send.
For further information or a printed announcement with a registration form
please contact either the BIRA coordinator (adress below) or one of us
(using e-mail).
You can also use the registration form printed below and send this via
e-mail back to us. We will then make sure it reaches BIRA in time.
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REGISTRATION FORM
Tuesday 25 april 1989
I.C.C.-Ghent
BIRA Seminar on NEURAL NETWORKS
NAME: ..................................................
FIRST NAME: ..................................................
ADRESS: ..................................................
..................................................
POSITION: ..................................................
CONCERN OR INSTITUTE: ..................................................
..................................................
TEL: ..................................................
FAX: ..................................................
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Member BIRA/IBRA : ........ BEF
Non-members : ........ BEF
Teachers/Assistants : ........ BEF
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Please only settle payment upon receipt of an invoice from the BIRA-Office.
Please indicate whether the invoice should be adressed to the company or
the personal adress.
Date:
Please send back before 17 april 1989.
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Seminar Coordinators
Rob Vingerhoeds Leo Vercauteren
<ROB@BGERUG51.BITNET> <LEO@BGERUG51.BITNET>
BIRA COORDINATOR
L. Pauwels
BIRA-Office
Het Ingenieurshuis
Desguinlei 214
2018 Antwerpen
Belgium
tel: +32-3-216-09-96
fax: +32-3-216-06-89 (attn. BIRA L. Pauwels)
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Subject: resumitting call for papers
From: beanw@flopn2.csc.ti.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 89 08:16:20 -0600
NEURAL NETWORKS FOR ADAPTIVE
SENSOR-MOTOR COORDINATION
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ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Third Annual Neural Network Workshop
of the
Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics
May 11,12,13, 1989
at the
Automation & Robotics Research Institute (ARRI)
Fort Worth, Texas
The Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics (MIND) announces its third
annual Workshop on Neural Networks. The Workshop will be held at the
Automation & Robotics Research Institute (ARRI) of the University of
Texas at Arlington (Riverbend Campus), located at 7300 Jack Newell
Blvd S., Fort Worth, Texas, 76118. The recommended hotel for out-of-
town registrants is the Sheraton Centre Park Hotel near Arlington
Stadium, and D/FW Airport. MIND Workshop rate is $59 per night. Make
reservations before April 27: Telephone 1-800-442-7275.
This well-known series of workshops provides researchers and students
with a unique opportunity to focus on a single timely and important
topic each year with a friendly and informal setting between the
"Coasts". All presentations are given in a single series (no parallel
sessions). Previous workshops have featured such well-known speakers
as Harold Szu, Harry Klopf, Dan Bullock, and Karl Pribram.
The focus for the 1989 Workshop is the role of neural network methods
in the coordination of sensory perception and motor control signal
generation. The scope of the presentations will span the spectrum
from biological sensorimotor transductions to neurocomputing models
and paradigms. The emphasis is on recent progress and enlightening
new problems and approaches. Key speakers for this year's workshop
will include Rich Sutton, James Houk, and Michael Kuperstein and Dan
Bullock.
Registration fee is $50 ($25 for students, $40 for MIND members).
Lunch will be catered both days for an additional fee of $30. Due to
sparse dining in the vicinity of ARRI, lunch reservations are recom-
-mended. A registration form follows.
Abstracts will be received and reviewed until April 20 and selected
speakers will be notified the following week. Abstracts will be
distributed to all registrants. For more information, please call or
write the Workshop coordinator:
Artie Briggs, ARRI, 7300 Jack Newell Blvd. S.
Fort Worth, TX, 76118. (817) 284-6120
or Metro (817) 589-0172
REGISTRATION FORM
Mail to:
Artie Briggs, Workshop Coordinator
Automation & Robotics Research Institute
7300 Jack Newell Blvd S.
Fort Worth, TX 76118
_____________________________________________
Name
_____________________________________________
Affiliation
_____________________________________________
Address
_____________________________________________
City, State, ZIP
_____________________________________________
Phone (optional)
Registration (check one):
[ ] Regular $ 50.
[ ] Student $ 25.
[ ] MIND member $ 40.
Tutorial Registration (check any):
[ ] NN & Control Theory $ 75.
[ ] Neurobiological sensorimotor
Control Systems $ 75.
[ ] Neural Planning Systems $ 75.
[ ] Neural Control of Manu-
facturing Processes $ 75.
Lunch Reservations:
[ ] Workshop (two days) $ 30.
[ ] Tutorials (one day) $ 15.
TOTAL ENCLOSED ................... ___________
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Subject: Call for Abstracts - Symbolic Problem Solving
From: cfields@NMSU.Edu
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 89 17:56:24 -0700
Call for Participants / Call for Abstracts
Symbolic Problem Solving in Noisy, Novel, and
Uncertain Task Environments
20-21 August, 1989 (tentative), Detroit, MI, USA
An IJCAI-89 Workshop, Sponsored by AAAI
Goals.
Brittleness in the face of noise, novelty, and uncertainty is a well-known
failing of symbolic problem solvers. The goals of this Workshop are to
characterize the features of task environments that cause brittleness, to
investigate mechanisms for decreasing the brittleness of symbolic problem
solvers, and to review case histories of implemented systems that function
in task environments high in noise, novelty, and data of uncertain
relevance.
Topics of interest for the Workshop include the following.
Analysis of task environments: Definitions of noisy, novelty, and uncertain
relevance; exploration of related concepts in general systems theory or
logic; parameters for characterizing task environments; knowledge
engineering strategies.
Mechanisms for addressing noise and novelty: Plasticity and learning;
constructive problem solving; fragmentation of knowledge structures; dynamic
modification of rules, schemata, or cases; coherence maintenance; adaptive
control mechanisms.
Representations: Data structures allowing dynamic abstraction and
modification; representation of ``unstructured'' knowledge; knowledge
implicit in control or learning procedures; ordering of knowledge
structures; tradeoffs between explicit and implicit knowledge
representation.
Implementation issues: Implementing symbolic problem solvers on parallel
machines; concurrency control strategies; integrating symbolic systems with
artificial neural networks; general systems integration.
Researchers interested in participating in the Workshop are invited to
submit abstracts describing work in any of these topic areas.
Format.
All participants will present their current work, either as a brief oral
report or as a poster. Most presentations will be posters, as these provide
the greatest opportunity for presentation and discussion of technical
details. Presentations will be on the first day of the Workshop, followed
by discussions in working groups organized by application domain and a panel
discussion on the second day.
Attendance at IJCAI Workshops is limited to fifty participants.
Participants not registered for IJCAI must pay a $50/day fee.
Abstract Submission.
Please submit a 1 page abstract of the work to be presented, together with a
cover letter summarizing previous work in relevant areas and expected
contribution to the Workshop, to Mike Coombs, Box 30001/3CRL, New Mexico
State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001 USA, by 15 May 1989. Authors
will be notified as to acceptance by 1 June 1989. Accepted abstracts will
be distributed at the Workshop. A volume collecting selected papers from
the Workshop is planned; papers for this volume will be solicited at the
Workshop.
Organizers.
Mike Coombs and Chris Fields (NMSU), Russ Frew (GE), David Goldberg
(Alabama), Jim Reggia (Maryland). Points of contact: Mike Coombs,
505-646-5757, mcoombs@nmsu.edu; Chris Fields, 505-646-2848,
cfields@nmsu.edu.
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Subject: Call for papers - HICSS-23 Neural Net track
From: Okan K Ersoy <ersoy@ee.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 89 12:22:20 -0500
CALL FOR PAPERS AND REFEREES
HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES - 23
NEURAL NETWORKS AND RELATED EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII - JANUARY 3-6, 1990
The Neural Networks Track of HICSS-23 will contain a special set of papers
focusing on a broad selection of topics in the area of Neural Networks and
Related Emerging Technologies. The presentations will provide a forum to
discuss new advances in learning theory, associative memory,
self-organization, architectures, implementations and applications.
Papers are invited that may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or
descriptive in nature. Those papers selected for presentation will appear
in the Conference Proceedings which is published by the Computer Society of
the IEEE. HICSS-23 is sponsored by the University of Hawaii in cooperation
with the ACM, the Computer Society,and the Pacific Research Institute for
Informaiton Systems and Management (PRIISM).
Submissions are solicited in:
Supervised and Unsupervised Learning
Associative Memory
Self-Organization
Architectures
Optical, Electronic and Other Novel Implementations
Optimization
Signal/Image Processing and Understanding
Novel Applications
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS
Manuscripts should be 22-26 typewritten, double-spaced pages in length. Do
not send submissions that are significantly shorter or longer than this.
Papers must not have been previously presented or published, nor currently
submitted for journal publication. Each manuscript will be put through a
rigorous refereeing process. Manuscripts should have a title page that
includes the title of the paper, full name of its author(s),
affiliations(s), complete physical and electronic address(es), telephone
number(s) and a 300-word abstract of the paper.
DEADLINES
Six copies of the manuscript are due by June 10, 1989.
Notification of accepted papers by September 1, 1989.
Accpeted manuscripts, camera-ready, are due by October 3, 1989.
SEND SUBMISSIONS AND QUESTIONS TO
O. K. Ersoy H. H. Szu
Purdue University Naval Research Laboratories
School of Electrical Engineering Code 5709
W. Lafayette, IN 47907 4555 Overlook Ave., SE
(317) 494-6162 Washington, DC 20375
E-Mail: ersoy@ee.ecn.purdue (202) 767-2407
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Subject: (U.K.) Lectureship or Assistant Lectureship in Psychology
From: UAP001%DDOHRZ11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 89 09:17:52 +0700
University of Cambridge, UK
Department of Experimental Psychology
LECTURESHIP or ASSISTANT LECTURESHIP in Psychology
An appointment of a Lecturer or Assistant Lecturer in Experimental
Psychology will be made shortly under the New Academic Appointments Scheme,
subject to funding from the University Grants Committee. The starting date
will be October 1, 1989, or as soon afterwards as possible. The appointment
will be made in the general area of cognitive psychology, cognitive
neuroscience or developmental psychology; preference may be given to
candidates working on computational modelling of cognitive processes or on
associative or neural networks.
The salary for a University Assistant Lecturer is UKL 10,460 p.a. rising by
four annual increments to UKL 12,760, and for a University Lecturer, UKL
13,365 p.a., rising by eleven annual increments to UKL 20,615. All
Assistant Lecturers are considered for upgrading to Lecturer during their
appointment.
Further formal particulars may be obtained from Dr. D. Franks, Secretary to
the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Biology B, 19 Trumpington St.,
Cambridge CB2 1QA, to whom applications should be sent by 17 April, 1989.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Professor N. J. Mackintosh
(223-333551) Department of Experimental Psychology, Downing St., Cambridge,
CB2 3EB, United Kingdom; or, if urgent, to jm123@uk.ac.cam.phx.
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Subject: two preprints available
From: granger@ICS.UCI.EDU
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 89 19:12:21 -0800
Preprints of two recent publications are available from the Computational
Neuroscience Program at the University of California at Irvine:
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DERIVATION OF ENCODING CHARACTERISTICS OF LAYER II CEREBRAL CORTEX
Richard Granger, Jose Ambros-Ingerson, and Gary Lynch
Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
University of California
Irvine, CA. 92717
Computer simulations of layers I and II of piriform (olfactory) cortex
indicate that this biological network can generate a series of distinct
output responses to individual stimuli, such that different responses encode
different levels of information about a stimulus. In particular, after
learning a set of stimuli modeled after distinct groups of odors, the
simulated network's initial response to a cue indicates only its group or
category, whereas subsequent responses to the same stimulus successively
subdivide the group into increasingly specific encodings of the individual
cue. These sequences of responses amount to an automated organization of
perceptual memories according to both their similarites and differences,
facilitating transfer of learned information to novel stimuli without loss
of specific information about exceptions. Human recognition performance
robustly exhibits multiple levels: a given object can be identified as a
vehicle, as an automobile, or as a Mustang. The findings reported here
suggest that a function as apparently complex as hierarchical recognition
memory, which seems suggestive of higher `cognitive' processes, may be a
fundamental intrinsic property of the operation of this single cortical cell
layer in response to naturally-occurring inputs to the structure. We offer
the hypothesis that the network function of superficial cerebral cortical
layers may simultaneously acquire and hierarchically organize information
about the similarities and differences among perceived stimuli.
Experimental manipulation of the simulation has generated hypotheses of
direct links between the values of specific biological features and
particular attributes of behavior, generating testable physiological and
behavioral predictions.
(Appears in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1:61-84, 1989).
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MEMORIAL OPERATION OF MULTIPLE, INTERACTING SIMULATED BRAIN STRUCTURES
Richard Granger, Jose Ambros-Ingerson, Ursula Staubli and Gary Lynch
Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
University of California
Irvine, CA. 92717
Primary findings from simulations of the superficial layers of olfactory
cortex have been that repeated sampling of stimuli has two major effects:
first, multiple samples greatly increase the information capacity of a
network compared to that for a single sample, and second, the breaking of
the response into distinct samples imposes an organization on the memories
thus read out. It was found that repetitive sampling allows the network to
form and read out a sequence of different representations of a stimulus,
denoting information ranging from the membership of that stimulus in a group
of similar stimuli, to specific information unique to the stimulus itself.
This led us to the hypothesis that the combination of particular cellular
physiological features, anatomical designs, and repetitive sampling
performance, allows cortical networks to construct perceptual hierarchies
(Lynch and Granger, 1989)*. Those initial simulation experiments did not
address what is presumably an essential feature of repetitive sampling:
namely, the interaction between the cortex and its inputs. The present
paper reviews both our isolated cortical simulations and our first efforts
to explore the issue of interaction between cortex and peripheral
structures. New findings indicate that the mechanism of repeated sampling
enables active analysis of stimuli into their learned components.
*[Lynch, G. and Granger, R. (1989). Simulation and analysis of a cortical
network. The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Vol.23 (in press).]
(To appear in: Neuroscience and Connectionist Models,
M.Gluck and D.Rumelhart, Eds., Hillsdale: Erlbaum Associates, 1989.)
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Send requests for reprints to:
Richard Granger
Computational Neuroscience Program
Bonney Center
University of California
Irvine, California 92717
(granger@ics.uci.edu)
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