pratt@zztop.rutgers.edu (Lorien Y. Pratt) (11/01/88)
Speaker schedule as of 10/31/88 for end of the semester talks in the
Fall, 1988 Neural Networks Colloquium Series.
Speaker Date Title
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Jack Gelfand 11/4/88 Neural networks, Intelligent Machines, and the AI wall
Mark Jones 11/11/88 Knowledge representation in connectionist networks,
including inheritance reasoning and default logic.
E. Tzanakou 11/18/88 ALOPEX: Another optimization method
Stefan Shrier 12/9/88 Abduction Machines for Grammar Discovery
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Lorien Y. Pratt Computer Science Department
pratt@paul.rutgers.edu Rutgers University
Busch Campus
(201) 932-4634 Piscataway, NJ 08854are@hcx.uucp (ALAN RAY ENGLAND) (11/03/88)
On 11/18/88 E. Tzanakou will give a talk titled "ALOPEX: Another
optimization method." As a PhD student studying optimal learning in
neural networks I am intrigued by the title. Could someone enlighten me
as to exactly what ALOPEX is. A reference to a publication would be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Alan R. England Electrical Engineering Dept.
are@hcx University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701tek@cmx.npac.syr.edu (Aman U. Joshi) (11/07/88)
In article <1072@cseg.uucp> are@hcx.uucp (ALAN RAY ENGLAND) writes: > > >On 11/18/88 E. Tzanakou will give a talk titled "ALOPEX: Another >optimization method." As a PhD student studying optimal learning in >neural networks I am intrigued by the title. Could someone enlighten me >as to exactly what ALOPEX is. A reference to a publication would be >greatly appreciated. > I am working with Prof. Erich Harth, the inventor of "ALOPEX", at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. I have used his technique for 3-d crystal formation, for pattern recognition, and (presently) for VLSI Standard Cell Placement. "ALOPEX" originated as an abbreviation of "ALgorithm fOr Pattern EXtraction", but also means 'fox' in greek. I have had the opportunity to run this on (perhaps the world's fastest) machine, The Connection Machine-2, by Thinking Machine Inc. The results are fantastic. Those interested in "ALOPEX"(an inherently parallel stochastic optimization technique) should contact Prof. Erich Harth, 201, Physics Building,Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY -13244. or, e-mail me at tek@cmx.npac.syr.edu. Prof. Harth's phone number :(315) 443-2565. Thank you, Aman U. Joshi, (315) 443-3573. aujoshi@sunlab.npac.syr.edu