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Neuron Digest Volume 02 Number 14
NEURON Digest Mon Jun 15 12:36:17 CDT 1987
Volume 2 / Issue 14
Today's Topics:
CAIP Seminar
Conference - Genetic Algorithms
Special Issue of Computer Magazine on Neural Networks
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 87 11:02:11 CDT
From: gately@resbld.ti (Michael T. Gately)
Subject: Neural Networks Mini-Symposium
NEURAL NETWORKS MINI-SYMPOSIUM
The University of Texas at Arlington (UT-A) and the
Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics (MIND) are jointly
sponsoring a Mini-Symposium on Neural Networks. For additional
program information, please call Dr. Dan Levine at UT-A: (817)
273-3598 (or me at GATELY@TI-CSL.CSNET).
----- Schedule -----
Date: Thursday, June 18, 1987
Time: Registration begins at 8:30 am (continues to 10:00 am).
Location: Red River/Concho Room,
University Center (Hereford Student Center),
University of Texas at Arlington,
Arlington, Texas
Fee: $20
Registration: Preregistration and luncheon reservations may
be made through:
Robert L. Dawes, Treasurer
100 Allentown Pkwy., Suite 211
Allen, TX 75002
(214) 422-4570
Lunch: A catered lunch will be provided at the Student Center.
The cost is $6.95 and reservations must be made at least
one day in advance (to Robert Dawes).
----- Program -----
9:00 - 9:30 Circuit Gating in Behavioral Context & Neural
Modulators, D. WOODWARD, Dept. Cell. Bio.,
UT-Health Science Center, Dallas TX
9:30 - 10:00 Multielectrode Burst Analysis in Monolayer
Networks, G. GROSS, Dept Bio., North Texas
State University, Denton TX
Coffee Break
10:10 - 11:00 Neural Dynamics of Planned Arm Movements, D.
BULLOCK, Boston University, Boston MA
11:00 - 11:30 A Systems Strategy for Characterization of
Neuromuscular Performance, J. CAROLLO & M.
JAFARI, Biomed. Eng., UTA, Arlington TX
11:30 - 12:00 Effects of Reinforcement on Knowledge Retrieval
and Evaluation, S. LEVEN, Dept. Math.,
UTA, Arlington TX
Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 Neural Networks in Recognition of Handwritten
Numerals, F. KAMANGAR, Dept. Comp. Sci.,
UTA, Arlington TX
2:00 - 2:50 Neural Network Models for Computing, H. SZU,
Naval Research Lab., Washington DC
Coffee Break
3:00 - 3:50 A Chipset for High Speed Simulation of Neural
Network Systems, S, GARTH, TI, Bedford, England
3:50 - 4:20 SYSPRO: A New Neural Network Simulator for the
Small Budget, R. DAWES, Martingale Research
Corporation, Allen TX
4:20 - 4:50 CYCLES: A Simulation Tool for Studying Cyclic
Neural Networks, M. GATELY, TI, Dallas TX
----- Comment -----
A major reason for setting up this conference was to allow
residents of the Metroplex (Dallas/Ft. Worth) to hear some of the
talks to be given at the ICNN. If you happen to be passing
through Dallas/Ft. Worth airport on your way to San Diego for the
ICNN, you may want to come early, and spend the day in Texas.
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Date: 10 Jun 87 11:52:53 GMT
From: terrano@caip.rutgers.edu (Anthony Terrano)
Subject: CAIP Seminar
CAIP SEMINAR
Optical/Neural/Connectionist Architectures for
Supercomputing and AI Processing
Dr. Kai Hwang
Professor and Director, Computer Research Institute
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
In this talk, Dr. Hwang will address recent advances in computing technologies
and innovative architectures for numerical supercomputing and AI applications.
He will assess the impacts of emerging hardware technologies: GaAs circuits,
optical gate arrays, and neural networks. Several connectionist architectures
will be compared in the context of hardware connections and communication
complexities.
In particular, two new architectures will be presented: Pipeline nets are
introduced for compound vector supercomputing and possibly optical
implementation. Hypernets are presented as a new connectionist architectures
for large-scale distributed processing. Hypernets will be compared
with hypercubes, hectagon, and tree architectures in terms of easiness
in mapping parallel algorithms, communication efficiencies, and
cost-effectiveness in VLSI/WSI, optical, and neural circuit implementations.
Time: 11:00 AM, Thursday, 11 June 1987
Place: Room 705, Hill Center, Busch Campus
For further information, call 201/932-3443
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 87 15:40:35 edt
From: John Grefenstette <gref@nrl-aic.ARPA>
Subject: Conference - Genetic Algorithms
Second International Conference on
Genetic Algorithms and Their Applications
July 28-31, 1987
MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sponsored By
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
Naval Research Laboratory
Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc.
Genetic algorithms are adaptive search techniques based on
principles derived from natural population genetics, and are
currently being applied to a variety of difficult problems in
science, engineering, and artificial intelligence. Topics for
discussion will include:
Fundamental research on genetic algorithms
Machine learning using genetic algorithms
Implementation techniques,
especially on parallel processors
Relationships to connectionism and other
search and learning techniques
Application of genetic algorithms
Conference Committee:
John H. Holland University of Michigan
(Conference Chair)
Lashon B. Booker Navy Center for Applied Research in AI
Dave Davis Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc.
Kenneth A. De Jong George Mason University
David E. Goldberg University of Alabama
John J. Grefenstette Navy Center for Applied Research in AI
(Program Chair)
Stephen F. Smith Carnegie-Mellon Robotics Institute
Stewart W. Wilson Rowland Institute for Science
(Local Arrangements)
The registration fee is $120 ($175 after June 15) and
includes admission to all sessions, the Conference Proceedings,
a Welcoming Reception, and all coffee breaks and lunches.
The Conference Banquet is $30 additional per person. The
Registration fee for students is $60. For registration forms
and information concerning local arrangements, contact:
Conference Services Office
Room 7-111
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-1703
For copies of the Conference Proceedings, contact:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers
365 Broadway
Hillsdale, New Jersey 07642
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1987
5:00 - 9:00 REGISTRATION
7:00 - 9:00 WELCOMING RECEPTION
7:00 - 9:00 TUTORIAL (if sufficient interest)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1987
8:00 REGISTRATION
9:00 OPENING REMARKS
9:20 - 10:40 GENETIC SEARCH THEORY
Finite Markov chain analysis of genetic algorithms
David E. Goldberg and Philip Segrest
An analysis of reproduction and crossover in a
binary-coded genetic algorithm
Clayton L. Bridges and David E. Goldberg
Reducing bias and inefficiency in the selection algorithm
James E. Baker
Altruism in the bucket brigade
Thomas H. Westerdale
10:40 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 ADAPTIVE SEARCH OPERATORS I
Schema recombination in pattern recognition problems
Irene Stadnyk
An adaptive crossover distribution mechanism for
genetic algorithms
J. David Schaffer and Amy Morishima
Genetic algorithms with sharing for multimodal
function optimization
David E. Goldberg and Jon Richardson
12:00 - 2:00 LUNCH
2:00 - 3:20 REPRESENTATION ISSUES
The ARGOT strategy: adaptive representation genetic
optimizer technique
Craig G. Shaefer
Nonstationary function optimization using genetic
algorithms with dominance and diploidy
David E. Goldberg and Robert E. Smith
Genetic operators for high-level knowledge representations
H. J. Antonisse and K. S. Keller
Tree structured rules in genetic algorithms
Arthur S. Bickel and Riva Wenig Bickel
3:20 - 3:40 COFFEE BREAK
3:40 - 5:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Genetic algorithms and classifier systems: foundations
and future directions
John H. Holland
7:00 - 9:00 BUSINESS MEETING
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1987
9:00 - 10:20 ADAPTIVE SEARCH OPERATORS II
Greedy genetics
G.E. Liepins, M.R. Hilliard, Mark Palmer
and Michael Morrow
Incorporating heuristic information into genetic search
Jung Y. Suh and Dirk Van Gucht
Using reproductive evaluation to improve genetic
search and heuristic discovery
Darrell Whitley
Toward a unified thermodynamic genetic operator
David J. Sirag and Paul T. Weisser
10:20 - 10:40 COFFEE BREAK
10:40 - 12:00 CONNECTIONISM AND PARALLELISM I
Toward the evolution of symbols
Charles P. Dolan and Michael G. Dyer
SUPERGRAN: a connectionist approach to learning,
integrating genetic algorithms and graph induction
Deon G. Oosthuizen
Parallel implementation of genetic algorithms in a
classifier system
George G. Robertson
Punctuated equilibria: a parallel genetic algorithm
J.P. Cohoon, S.U. Hegde, W.N. Martin and D. Richards
12:00 - 2:00 LUNCH
2:00 - 3:20 PARALLELISM II
A parallel genetic algorithm
Chrisila B. Pettey, Michael R. Leuze and John J. Grefenstette
Genetic learning procedures in distributed environments
Adrian V. Sannier II and Erik D. Goodman
Parallelisation of probabilistic sequential search algorithms
Prasanna Jog and Dirk Van Gucht
Parallel genetic algorithms for a hypercube
Reiko Tanese
3:20 - 3:40 COFFEE BREAK
3:40 - 5:00 CREDIT ASSIGNMENT AND LEARNING
Bucket brigade performance: I. Long sequences of classifiers
Rick L. Riolo
Bucket brigade performance: II. Default hierarchies
Rick L. Riolo
Multilevel credit assignment in a genetic learning system
John J. Grefenstette
On using genetic algorithms to search program spaces
Kenneth A. De Jong
6:30 - 10:00 CLAM BAKE
FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1987
9:00 - 10:20 APPLICATIONS I
A genetic system for learning models of consumer choice
David Perry Greene and Stephen F. Smith
A study of permutation crossover operators on the
traveling salesman problem
I.M. Oliver, D.J. Smith and J. R. C. Holland
A classifier based system for discovering scheduling heuristics
M.R. Hilliard, G.E. Liepins, Mark Palmer,
Michael Morrow and Jon Richardson
Using the genetic algorithm to generate LISP source code
to solve the prisoner's dilemma
Cory Fujiko and John Dickinson
10:20 - 10:40 COFFEE BREAK
10:40 - 12:00 APPLICATIONS II
Optimal determination of user-oriented clusters:
an application for the reproductive plan
Vijay V. Raghavan and Brijesh Agarwal
The genetic algorithm and biological development
Stewart W. Wilson
Genetic algorithms and communication link speed design:
theoretical considerations
Lawrence Davis and Susan Coombs
Genetic algorithms and communication link speed design:
constraints and operators
Susan Coombs and Lawrence Davis
12:00 - 2:00 LUNCH
2:00 - 3:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: GA's and AI
3:20 - 3:40 COFFEE BREAK
3:40 - 5:00 INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND FAREWELL
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Date: 10 June 1987, 07:00:18 EDT
From: Bruce Shriver <SHRIVER@ibm.com>
Subject: Special Issue of Computer Magazine on Neural Networks
Call for Papers and Referees
Special Issue of Computer Magazine
on Neural Networks
The March, 1988 issue of Computer magazine will be devoted
to a wide range of topics in Neural Computing. Manuscripts
that are either tutorial, survey, descriptive, case-study,
applications-oriented or pedagogic in nature are immediately
sought in the following areas:
o Neural Network Architectures
o Electronic and Optical Neurocomputers
o Applications of Neural Networks in Vision, Speech
Recognition and Synthesis, Robotics, Image Process-
ing, and Learning
o Self-Adaptive and Dynamically Reconfigurable Systems
o Neural Network Models
o Neural Algorithms and Models of Computation
o Programming Neural Network Systems
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts should be no more than 32-34 typewritten,
double-spaced pages in length including all figures and ref-
erences. No more than 12 references should be cited. Papers
must not have been previously published nor currently sub-
mitted for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should have a
title page that includes the title of the paper, full name
of its author(s), affiliation(s), complete physical and
electronic address(es), telephone number(s), a 200 word ab-
stract, and a list of keywords that identify the central is-
sues of the manuscript's content.
DEADLINES
o A 200 word abstract on the manuscript is due as soon
as possible.
o Eight (8) copies of the full manuscript is due by
August 30, 1987.
o Notification of acceptance is November 1, 1987.
o Final version of the manuscript is due no later than
December 1, 1987.
SEND SUBMISSIONS AND QUESTIONS TO
Bruce D. Shriver
Editor-in-Chief, Computer
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
P. O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Phone: (914) 789-7626
Electronic Mail Addresses:
arpanet: shriver@ibm.com
bitnet: shriver at yktvmh
compmail+: b.shriver
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