simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) (02/24/91)
Volume: 20, Issue: 5, Sat Feb 23 21:38:54 EST 1991 +----------------+ | TODAY'S TOPICS | +----------------+ (1) CALL: Int. Conference on Computers and Learning (2) RE: Distributed Memory MultiProcessor Simulator (3) Visual Orientation Multiplexing Simulation (4) RE: F-18 Flight Simulator Availability (5) CALL: Neural Information Processing Systems (6) CALL: Simulation in Education (7) AISB: Technical Program * Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida * Send topical mail to: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu OR post to comp.simulation via USENET * Archives available via FTP to bikini.cis.ufl.edu (128.227.224.1). Login as 'ftp', use your last name as the password, change directory to pub/simdigest. Do 'type binary' before any file xfers. * Simulation Tools available by doing above and changing the directory to pub/simdigest/tools. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.ai,comp.simulation Path: 852028e From: 852028e@aucs.acadiau.ca (Amari M. Elammari) To: <watmath!comp-simulation@cs.dal.ca> Subject: 4-th International Conference on Computers and Learning Reply-To: 852028e@aucs.acadiau.ca (Amari M. Elammari) Organization: School of Computer Science, Acadia Univ., Nova Scotia Date: Thu, 21 Feb 1991 20:21:56 -0400 Apparently-To: watmath!comp-simulation@cs.dal.ca 4-th International Conference on Computers and Learning ICCAL'92 - June 17-20, 1992 ICCAL is dedicated to the presentation of new results in the theory and practice of computers and learning. Areas considered for ICCAL'92 include theoretical as well as practical topics such as Authoring Systems, AI Applications, Computers in Distance Education, Computer-Supported Cooperative Learning, Discourse Management, Evaluation of Learning Environments, Human-Computer Interaction/Interface, Human Problem Solving, Hypermedia, Innovative Educational Software, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Knowledge Acquisition and Representation, Knowledge-Based CAI Systems, Media-Based CAI, Performance Monitoring, Presentation CAI and ICAI, Problem Generation, Simulations, Student Modelling and Cognitive Diagnosis, Visualization of Algorithms, and Innovative Applications in Medicine, Arts, Music, Engineering, Business, Sciences, Humanities, Language Learning, etc. Workshops, tutorials, and panels on subjects of current interest will also be offered. Anticipated workshop/tutorial themes are Authoring Software, Cognitive Science, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Human-Computer Interfaces, Hypermedia, and Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Six invited speeches will be given by the world's leading experts in areas covering the major themes of the conference and exhibits of software and hardware products are being planned. The previous ICCAL conferences were held in Calgary, Canada (1987), Dallas Texas (1989), and Hagen, Germany (1990). ICCAL'92 will take place at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. ICCAL usually attracts around 300 attendees and the proceedings of the last two conferences have been published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer Verlag. This will be the case for ICCAL'92 as well. Deadline for submission of papers: October 4, 1991. Paper format: 4 copies of paper consisting of a title page with author name(s) and affiliation(s), one page with a 200-word abstract, keywords, and names of relevant conference topics, and a 2,500 to 3,500 word long manuscript. Send submissions and enquiries to Dr. I. Tomek, Jodrey School of Computer Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B0P 1X0, Canada, phone: (902)-542-2201/467, fax: (902)-542-7224, e-mail: INTERNET:ICCAL@AcadiaU.ca ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Feb 91 08:00:37 -0500 From: fpst@hubcap.clemson.edu (Steve Stevenson) To: simulation-request@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Subject: Cross post request Newsgroups: comp.simulation Path: ezra.mcs.anl.gov!mosley From: mosley@ezra.mcs.anl.gov (James L. Mosley) Subject: Re: Distributed memory multiprocessor simulator Sender: news@antares.mcs.anl.gov In article <1991Feb19.080504.18189@cs.umu.se> jacob@nydala.cs.umu.se (Peter Jacobson) writes: > >I am working on a simulator ... >The kind of architectures in mind are mainly hypercube architectures >like the Intel iPSC/2, NCUBE etc. > >Does anyone know of work related to this project? >Please respond by email, and I will summarize if there is interest. Intel Scientific Computers already has such a beast. It simulates the iPSC/2 on unix machines. You could probably contact them for more information. Intel Scientific Computers 15201 N.W. Greenbrier Parkway Beaverton, Or 97006 Hope this helps. Steve Hammond send responses to hammond@mcs.anl.gov (this is a friends account) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Feb 91 11:05:50 -0500 From: Jonathan Marshall <marshall@cs.unc.edu> To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Subject: Paper available -- visual orientation multiplexing simulation **** Please do not re-post to other bboards. **** Papers available, hardcopy only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAPTIVE NEURAL METHODS FOR MULTIPLEXING ORIENTED EDGES Jonathan A. Marshall Department of Computer Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Edge linearization operators are often used in computer vision and in neural network models of vision to reconstruct noisy or incomplete edges. Such operators gather evidence for the presence of an edge at various orientations across all image locations and then choose the orientation that best fits the data at each point. One disadvantage of such methods is that they often function in a winner-take-all fashion: the presence of only a single orientation can be represented at any point; multiple edges cannot be represented where they intersect. For example, the neural Boundary Contour System of Grossberg and Mingolla implements a form of winner-take-all competition between orthogonal orientations at each spatial location, to promote sharpening of noisy, uncertain image data. But that competition may produce rivalry, oscillation, instability, or mutual suppression when intersecting edges (e.g., a cross) are present. This "cross problem" exists for all techniques, including Markov Random Fields, where a representation of a chosen favored orientation suppresses representations of alternate orientations. A new adaptive technique, using both an inhibitory learning rule and an excitatory learning rule, weakens inhibition between neurons representing poorly correlated orientations. It may reasonably be assumed that neurons coding dissimilar orientations are less likely to be coactivated than neurons coding similar orientations. Multiplexing by superposition is ordinarily generated: combinations of intersecting edges become represented by simultaneous activation of multiple neurons, each of which represents a single supported oriented edge. Unsupported or weakly supported orientations are suppressed. The cross problem is thereby solved. [to appear in Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Advances in Intelligent Systems, Boston, November 1990.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Also available: J.A. Marshall, "A Self-Organizing Scale-Sensitive Neural Network." In Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, San Diego, June 1990, Vol.III., pp.649-654. J.A. Marshall, "Self-Organizing Neural Networks for Perception of Visual Motion." Neural Networks, 3, pp.45-74 (1990). = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Jonathan A. Marshall marshall@cs.unc.edu = = Department of Computer Science = = CB 3175, Sitterson Hall = = University of North Carolina Office 919-962-1887 = = Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175, U.S.A. Fax 919-962-1799 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = **** Please do not re-post to other bboards. **** ------------------------------ To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Subject: Re: F-18 Flight Simulator Newsgroups: comp.simulation References: <26863@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 91 12:08:47 EST From: dcousins@BBN.COM Sender: dcousins@BBN.COM Regarding a previously requested F18 flight simulator... Thanks to your post, I went hunking and found acm. It can be found on expo.lcs.mit.edu (sorry, I forgot the path, but it was contribution or something...). Unless you have a real hummer of a machine, expect the response time to be a bit disappointing..... Dave Cousins ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Feb 91 14:58:54 EST From: jcp@sarnoff.com (John Pearson W343 x2385) Subject: NIPS Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS Neural Information Processing Systems -Natural and Synthetic- Monday, December 2 - Thursday, December 5, 1991 Denver, Colorado This is the fifth meeting of an inter-disciplinary conference which brings together neuroscientists, engineers, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, physicists, and mathematicians interested in all aspects of neural processing and computation. There will be an afternoon of tutorial presentations (Dec 2) preceding the regular session and two days of focused workshops will follow at a nearby ski area (Dec 6-7). Major categories and examples of subcategories for paper submissions are the following; Neuroscience: Studies and Analyses of Neurobiological Systems, Inhibition in cortical circuits, Signals and noise in neural computation, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics. Theory: Computational Learning Theory, Complexity Theory, Dynamical Systems, Statistical Mechanics, Probability and Statistics, Approximation Theory. Implementation and Simulation: VLSI, Optical, Software Simulators, Implementation Languages, Parallel Processor Design and Benchmarks. Algorithms and Architectures: Learning Algorithms, Constructive and Pruning Algorithms, Localized Basis Functions, Tree Structured Networks, Performance Comparisons, Recurrent Networks, Combinatorial Optimization, Genetic Algorithms. Cognitive Science & AI: Natural Language, Human Learning and Memory, Perception and Psychophysics, Symbolic Reasoning. Visual Processing: Stereopsis, Visual Motion Processing, Image Coding and Classification. Speech and Signal Processing: Speech Recognition, Coding, and Synthesis, Text-to-Speech, Adaptive Equalization, Nonlinear Noise Removal. Control, Navigation, and Planning Navigation and Planning, Learning Internal Models of the World, Trajectory Planning, Robotic Motor Control, Process Control. Applications Medical Diagnosis or Data Analysis, Financial and Economic Analysis, Timeseries Prediction, Protein Structure Prediction, Music Processing, Expert Systems. Technical Program: Plenary, contributed and poster sessions will be held. There will be no parallel sessions. The full text of presented papers will be published. Submission Procedures: Original research contributions are solicited, and will be carefully refereed. Authors must submit six copies of both a 1000-word (or less) summary and six copies of a separate single- page 50-100 word abstract clearly stating their results postmarked by May 17, 1991. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference program. Summaries are for program committee use only. At the bottom of each abstract page and on the first summary page indicate preference for oral or poster presentation and specify one of the above nine broad categories and, if appropriate, sub-categories (For example: Poster, Applications- Expert Systems; Oral, Implementation-Analog VLSI). Include addresses of all authors at the front of the summary and the abstract and indicate to which author correspondence should be addressed. Submissions will not be considered that lack category information, separate abstract sheets, the required six copies, author addresses, or are late. Mail Submissions To: Stephen J. Hanson NIPS*91 Submissions Siemens Research Center 755 College Road East Princeton NJ, 08540 Mail For Registration Material To: NIPS*91 Registration Siemens Research Center 755 College Road East Princeton, NJ, 08540 All submitting authors will be sent registration material automatically. Program committee decisions will be sent to the correspondence author only. NIPS*91 Organizing Committee: General Chair, John Moody, Yale U.; Program Chair, Stephen J. Hanson, Siemens Research & Princeton U.; Publications Chair, Richard Lippmann, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Publicity Chair, John Pearson, SRI, David Sarnoff Research Center; Treasurer, Bob Allen, Bellcore; Local Arrangements, Mike Mozer, University of Colorado; Program Co-Chairs:, David Ackley, Bellcore; Pierre Baldi, JPL & Caltech; William Bialek, NEC; Lee Giles, NEC; Mike Jordan, MIT; Steve Omohundro, ICSI; John Platt, Synaptics; Terry Sejnowski, Salk Institute; David Stork, Ricoh & Stanford; Alex Waibel, CMU; Tutorial Chair: John Moody, Workshop CoChairs: Gerry Tesauro, IBM & Scott Kirkpatrick, IBM; Domestic Liasons: IEEE Liaison, Rodney Goodman, Caltech; APS Liaison, Eric Baum, NEC; Neurobiology Liaison, Tom Brown, Yale U.; Government & Corporate Liaison, Lee Giles, NEC; Overseas Liasons: Mitsuo Kawato, ATR; Marwan Jabri, University of Sydney; Benny Lautrup, Niels Bohr Institute; John Bridle, RSRE; Andreas Meier, Simon Bolivar U. DEADLINE FOR SUMMARIES & ABSTRACTS IS MAY 17, 1991 please post ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Feb 91 01:11:30 GMT From: mcleod@M5.Sdsc.Edu Subject: Digest inputs To: fishwick@bikini.cis.ufl.edu X-St-Vmsmail-To: ST%"fishwick@bikini.cis.ufl.edu" *** CALL FOR PAPERS *** SIMULATION IN EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND MIS 1992 SCS Western Multiconference January 20-22, 1992 - Newport Beach, CA SCS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS - At the 1991 SCS WMC a significant portion of the Business/Management papers dealt with the use of simulation as a education/training environment for the teaching of simulation to Business/Management students. Our 1992 conference will focus on these areas, and have special interest for professors of IE, Decision Sciences, Management Science, Finance, etc. THE USE OF SIMULATION IN EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS FOR BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MIS Possible topic areas include: * Design and implementation of training environments using simulation. * Testing and validation of training simulation environments. * Determining the effectiveness of training simulation environments. * Applications of training simulation environments in corporate management training centers. * Applications of training simulations environments in academic schools of business. THE EDUCATION OF BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MIS STUDENTS IN THE USE OF SIMULATION Possible topic areas include: * Descriptions of curriculums for teaching simulation skills in business schools. * Curriculums, methods & tools for teaching simulation * for business policy & strategy analysis. * for business planning & decision support. * for business operations & control. * for business information systems support. * for marketing & product development. TUTORIALS AND PANELS ON THE ABOVE AREAS OF INTEREST Possible topic areas include: * Simulation languages applicable to building training environments for business training. * Problems of obtaining funding and approval to establish simulation education within schools of business and/or MIS. IMPORTANT DATES AND CHAIRPERSONS: Abstracts or full papers due: July 1, 1991 Notification of acceptance/rejection: Aug 1, 1991 Tutorial Commitments due: Oct 1, 1991 Camera-ready papers due: Oct 15, 1991 Submit papers or abstracts for review to the appropriate program chair, in care of the conference name, to SCS, P.O. Box 17900, San Diego, CA 92177. Only previously unpublished papers will be considered. Conference Chair: Joseph E. Hilber, AT&T (201) 231-6370 attmail!hilber@att.com Program Chair - Robert S. Roberts, New Mexico State Teaching Simulation University in Business Schools: (505) 646-4903 rroberts@nmsu.edu Program Chair - Simulation as Angela J. Dixon, University of Tulsa Training Environment: (918) 631-8861 adixon@tulsa.bitnet Sponsored by The Society for Computer Simulation P.O. Box 17900, San Diego, CA 92177 TEL: (619) 277-3888 FAX: (619) 277-3930 mcleod@sdsc.bitnet ****************************************************************** *** CALL FOR PAPERS *** (Revised) SIMTEC '91 Simulation Technology Conference International 1991 October 21-23, 1991 / Orlando Twin Towers / Orlando, FL SimTec '91 will be the first in a series of Fall technical conferences organized by Regional Councils of The Society for Computer Simulation. The conference is expected to attract internationally-known experts in simulation who wish to exchange their latest research results, ideas, and refereed papers to other simulationists in an atmosphere conducive to the advancement of simulation and its applications. * Massively Parallel and * Simulation Laboratories Distributed Systems Keith Klukis, Stephen Seidman, Martin Marietta Missile Systems Auburn University (407) 356-6381 (205) 844-4330 * Manufacturing * Signal Processing Bernard Schroer, Jerry Viviano, University of Alabama-Huntsville UDS (205) 895-6361 (205) 430-8351 * Control Systems * Sensors, Pattern Recognition C.F. Chen, Mary Lou Padgett, Boston University Auburn University (617) 353-2567 (205) 821-2472 * Computer Image Generation * Robotics Greg Sauer, Gary Workman, Martin Marietta Missile Systems Univ. of Alabama-Huntsville (407) 356-6381 (205) 895-6578 * Biomedical Simulation * Networks Mailen Kootsey, Neal Bengtson, Simulation Resources IBM Network Analysis Center (919) 490-1966 (919) 254-4388 * Real Time Systems * Materials Engineering Richard Wavell, Warton Jemian, Martin Marietta Missile Systems Auburn University (407) 356-6381 (205) 844-3321 * AI, KBS, and Neural Networks Mary Lou Padgett, Auburn University (205) 821-2472 BEST SIMTEC '91 PAPER AWARDS Selected papers will be considered for publication in the SCS monthly journal, SIMULATION. Paper contest categories are: Academic, Industrial, and Government. **SPECIAL NOTE FOR STUDENTS** Papers submitted by students, accompanied by a cover letter from their supervising professor, will be considered for the SESC '91 Student Paper Competition Award: $500. DEADLINES AND DATES One page abstracts, session, tutorial, discussion, and working group proposals are due by APRIL 15, 1991. Include a cover letter stating the name, address and phone number of each author. Specify category: academic, industrial, or government. Authors and presenters will be notified by MAY 15, 1991. Draft papers are due JUNE 15, 1991. Final papers or briefing slides MUST be received by AUGUST 1, 1991 for inclusion in the Proceedings. *General Chairman* *Program Chairman* Joseph Gauthier M. Keith Klukis Mitchell & Gauthier Martin Marietta Missile Associates, Inc. Systems (205) 881-0947 (407) 356-6381 *Technical Editor* *Treasurer* Mary Lou Padgett James Newell Auburn University OMMCS, Redstone Arsenal (205) 821-2472 (205) 876-9406 SUBMIT ONE PAGE ABSTRACTS TO: Mary Lou Padgett, 1165 Owens Road, Auburn, Alabama 36830. Phone: (205) 821-2472 Sponsored by The Society for Computer Simulation P.O. Box 17900, San Diego, CA 92177 TEL: (619) 277-3888 FAX: (619) 277-3930 mcleod@sdsc.bitnet (in cooperation with SPIE) ***************************************************************** ------------------------------ From: B M Smith <bms@dcs.leeds.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 91 17:16:03 GMT Fri, 22 Feb 91 17:16:03 GMT To: simulation@UFL.edu Subject: Item for Distribution ************************************************************************** ***************** * * * A I S B 9 1 * * * ***************** UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK 16 - 19 APRIL 1991 TUTORIAL PROGRAMME 16 APRIL TECHNICAL PROGRAMME 17-19 APRIL with sessions on: * Distributed Intelligent Agents * Situatedness and Emergence in Autonomous Agents * New Modes of Reasoning * The Knowledge Level Perspective * Theorem Proving * Machine Learning Programmes and registration forms are now available from: Barbara Smith AISB91 Local Organizer School of Computer Sudies University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT, UK email: aisb91@ai.leeds.ac.uk *************************************************************************** ------------------------------ END OF SIMULATION DIGEST ************************