simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) (07/28/90)
Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Fri Jul 27 16:41:41 EDT 1990
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| TODAY'S TOPICS |
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(1) CALL: Simulation of Adaptive Behavior
(2) REQUEST: Data Structures for Simulation
(3) Chemical Fate Modelling
(4) CALL: Object Oriented Simulation
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Date: Tue, 24 Jul 90 16:14:58 EDT
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From: CYBSYS-L Moderator <cybsys%bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu>
Subject: SAB90 Announcement
To: "Paul A. Fishwick" <fishwick@FISH.CIS.UFL.EDU>
Really-From: Eric T. Freeman <efreeman@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
[ The following is a cross-post from the Artificial Life Research List
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 90 16:07:48 EDT
From: Stewart Wilson <wilson@Think.COM>
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Simulation of Adaptive Behavior: From Animals to Animats
An International Conference
To be held in Paris, September 24-28, 1990
Sponsored by
Ecole Normale Superieure
US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Electricite de France
IBM France
Computers, Communications and Visions (C2V)
Offilib
and a Corporate Donor
1. Conference dates and site
The conference will take place Monday through Friday, September 24-28, 1990
at the Ministere de la Recherche et de la Technologie, 1 rue Descartes, Paris,
France.
2. Conference Committee
Conference chair
Dr. Jean-Arcady Meyer Dr. Stewart W. Wilson
Ecole Normale Superieure The Rowland Institute for Science
France USA
Organizing Committee
Groupe de BioInformatique
Ecole Normale Superieure
France
Program Committee
Lashon Booker, U.S. Naval Research Lab, USA
Rodney Brooks, MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, USA
Patrick Colgan, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada
Patrick Greussay, Universite Paris VIII, France
David McFarland, Oxford Balliol College, UK
Luc Steels, VUB AI Lab, Belgium
Richard Sutton, GTE Laboratories, USA
Frederick Toates, The Open University, UK
David Waltz, Thinking Machines Corp. and Brandeis University, USA
3. Official language: English
4. Conference Objective
The conference objective is to bring together researchers in ethology,
ecology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, and related fields
so as to further our understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms
that allow animals and, potentially, robots to adapt and survive in uncertain
environments. Said somewhat differently, the objective is to investigate
how the robot can aid in comprehending the animal and, inversely, to seek
inspiration from the animal in the construction of autonomous robots.
The conference will provide opportunities for dialogue between specialists
with different scientific perspectives--ethology and artificial intelligence
notably--a dialogue that will be enhanced by the common technical language
imposed by simulation models. As the first of its kind in the world, the
conference will make it possible to establish not only the state of the art
of "adaptive autonomous systems, natural and artificial", but a list of the
most promising future research topics.
The conference is expected to promote:
1. Identification of the organizational principles, functional laws, and
minimal properties that make it possible for a real or artificial system
to persist in an uncertain environment.
2. Better understanding of how and under what conditions such systems
can themselves discover these principles through conditioning, learning,
induction, or processes of self-organization.
3. Specification of the applicability of the theoretical knowledge thus
acquired to the building of autonomous robots.
4. Improved theoretical and practical knowledge concerning adaptive systems
in general, both natural and artificial.
Finally, special emphasis will be given to the following topics, as viewed
from the perspective of adaptive behavior:
Individual and collective behaviors Autonomous robots
Action selection and behavioral Hierarchical and parallel organizations
sequences Self organization of behavioral
Conditioning, learning and induction modules
Neural correlates of behavior Problem solving and planning
Perception and motor control Goal directed behavior
Motivation and emotion Neural networks and classifier
Behavioral ontogeny and evolution systems
Cognitive maps and internal Emergent structures and behaviors
world models
5. Conference Proceedings
The proceedings will be published about two months after the end of the
conference by The MIT Press/Bradford Books.
6. Conference Organization
Among the papers received by the organizers and reviewed by the Program
Committee members, approximately 50 have been accepted for publication in
the proceedings. They will be presented as talks or posters.
(To receive by e-mail a preliminary program please contact one of the
conference chairmen).
Since the conference intersects animal and "animat" research,
lively interaction can be expected, including controversy. At least
one panel discussion will be organized around the theme of what each
viewpoint can contribute to the other.
Because the conference is emphasizing simulation models, it is anticipated
that many participants will have computer programs demonstrating their
work. To make such demonstrations possible, the Organizers will provide
workstations and video equipment. An evening session during the week
will be devoted to demonstrations.
Morning and afternoon coffee breaks will be provided. To further promote
interaction among a diverse group of participants, the conference will
provide lunch each day.
7. Additional Information
Additional information can be obtained from the chairmen:
Dr. Jean-Arcady Meyer
Groupe de Bioinformatique
URA686.Ecole Normale Superieure
46 rue d'Ulm
75230 Paris Cedex 05
France
e-mail: meyer@frulm63.bitnet
meyer@hermes.ens.fr
Tel: (1) 43.29.12.25
FAX: (1) 43.29.81.72
Dr. Stewart W. Wilson
The Rowland Institute for Science
100 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02142
USA
e-mail: wilson@think.com
Tel: (617) 497-4650
FAX: (617) 497-4627
8. Travel and Lodging
Participants will be responsible for their own travel and lodging arrangements.
However, you may contact any of three hotel reservations services which have
agreed to offer advantageous locations and rates to participants in SAB90.
We advise making early reservations and mentioning "SAB90" in your request.
These services are:
- Hotel Pullman Saint-Jacques(****): rooms at 800-900 FF,
fax (33 1 45 88 43 93)
- Tradotel(*** and **): rooms at 440-520 FF, fax (33 1 47 27 05 87)
- AJF: student rooms at 80-90 FF, fax (33 1 40 27 08 71)
9. Registration fees
Attendance at SAB90 will be open to any person paying the registration fee
which is set at $ 220 (or 1200 FF) for non-students and $ 110 (or 600 FF)
for students. The registration fee covers five lunches, coffee-breaks,
and a copy of the Proceedings.
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*WARNING: The audience size is strictly limited to 150 persons. Registrations*
*will be closed beyond this number. *
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REGISTRATION FORM
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Last name: First name:
Profession/Title:
Organization:
Address:
State/Zip Code/Country:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail:
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This form should be sent to:
Dr. Jean-Arcady MEYER
Groupe de BioInformatique
URA686. Ecole Normale Superieure
46 rue d'Ulm
75230 PARIS Cedex 05
FRANCE
with a check for the registration fee to the order of:
J.A. MEYER 'SAB90'
The check can be in US Dollars or French Francs. To receive the student rate,
please attach evidence of student status from your University or Scientific
Advisor.
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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 90 16:10:11 -0400
From: steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson)
To: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu
Subject: Request for help - data structures.
I am supposed to teach a data structures course to a class restricted to
engineering, math, and science majors. I am looking for useful data
structures and techniques that one would expect them to see in practice.
I would like to get suggestions on possible data structures to concentrate
on related to discrete and continuous simulations. Also, any small and
instructive programming problem suggestions would be appreciated.
Please reply directly to me and I'll post results if there
is sufficient interest.
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Steve (really "D. E.") Stevenson steve@hubcap.clemson.edu
Department of Computer Science, (803)656-5880.mabell
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906
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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 1990 9:54:54 GMT
From: JCG852@csc1.anu.oz.au
Subject: Chemical Fate Models wanted for research project
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From: jcg852@csc.anu.oz
Newsgroups: sci.environment,comp.simulation
Subject: Chemical Fate Models wanted for research project
Date: 27 Jul 90 09:53:37 GMT
Keywords: simulation, chemical fate models
Organization: Computer Services, Australian National University
News-Moderator: Approval required for posting to comp.simulation
I am a Master's student at CRES (Centre for Resource and
Environmental Studies) at the Australian National University in
Canberra, Australia. I am undertaking a research project for
the Federal Government's Department of Arts, Sport, Environment,
Tourism and Territories (DASETT). (Take a breath!).
The project is to examine the available models of chemical fates
(movement and chemical transformation) for agricultural pesticides
and industrial chemicals. The end use of these models will be as an
aid to assessing the environmental hazard of new (and some
existing) chemicals.
I am looking for models currently in use and under development,
and information on validation of models.
I would also like information on assembling data sets suitable for
chemical hazard assessments.
Any information anyone? I would also like to converse with
interested persons involved in this field.
Thanks
John Gallant jcg852@csc.anu.oz.au
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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 90 11:56:00 EDT
From: ege@scs.fiu.edu (Dr. Raimund K. Ege)
To: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
The Society for Computer Simulation Presents ...
Object-Oriented Simulation
... part of the 1991 SCS Western Multiconference
January 23-25, 1991, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers and proposals for panel sessions related to Object-Oriented
Simulation are invited. Specific topics include, but are not limited to:
- Simulation specification and modeling - Object-oriented architectures
- Simulation software, tools and languages - Object-oriented database support
- Object-oriented user interfaces - Object distribution and
- Visualization networking
DEADLINES
Papers must contain original contributions. Panel proposal must
address topics relevant to object-oriented simulation. All submissions are
due August 15, 1990 and will be refereed. Full papers or abstracts may be
submitted. Full papers will receive preferential treatment. An abstract
must include the title of the proposed paper with a short summary, so
that it can be properly positioned in the Conference. Authors must obtain
employer, client, or governmental releases prior to submittal of the final
manuscript. Authors will be notified of acceptance by September 20, 1990.
Camera-ready copy is due October 20, 1990.
Authors and other participants are expected to register early, at a
reduced rate, and to attend the Conference and participate at their own
expense. Submissions with a cover letter stating the name, address, phone
number and e-mail address of the authors should be sent to:
Dr. Raimund K. Ege
Conference Chairman
Florida International University
School of Computer Science
University Park
Miami, FL 33199
Tel: (305) 348--3381
FAX: (305) 348--3549
Internet: ege@scs.fiu.edu
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