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Neuron Digest Volume 02 Number 20
NEURON Digest Wed Sep 2 10:20:42 CDT 1987 Volume 2 / Issue 20
Today's Topics:
Neural Net Research in Universities (a question)
references wanted
Re: references wanted
Some comic relief
Vienna conference
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 87 14:18:17 EDT
From: "Charles S. Roberson" <csrobe@icase.arpa>
Subject: Neural Net Research in Universities (a question)
Greetings!
This is my first day on this list, so forgive me if this
question has already been answered in some fashion. I would like
to get an idea of what Universities (parituclarly in the US, but
elsewhere also) are currently conducting research into Computing
with Neural Networks.
I realize this is a broad category, but I would like to
get an idea of size and growth of this field and this seemed
like a nice place to start. Has anyone already compiled such a
list? Is idts so extensive that I am likely to be swamped by mail?
or is it still only a small pocket of scientists here and there?
Sorry about my naivete but I'm just beginning to really
delve into this field of study. Thank you for any and all
responses.
-chip
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Date: 21 Aug 87 12:47:37 GMT
From: Roel Wieringa <mcvax!botter!roelw@seismo.css.gov>
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
Subject: references wanted
I am looking for short and accessible references on connection machines,
Boltzmann machines, etc. E.g. published articles, introductions and overviews
in proceedings or books, etc.
Can anyone give me some hints?
Thanks in advance.
Roel Wieringa
Roelw@cs.vu.nl
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Date: 21 Aug 87 14:11:56 GMT
From: "Lorien Y. Pratt" <vanhalen.rutgers.edu!pratt@rutgers.edu>
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
Subject: Re: references wanted
I have tons of references (I think that I'm really a librarian at heart),
but if you want some of a more introductory flavor, I found the following
pretty good. I hope that they're the area you're looking for:
"Mindworks" in Science86 magazine, May 1986 pp 23-31. NetTalk,
connectionism, natural categories, Hopfield nets, computational cognitive
models.
"Toy Universes: using miniature computer universes that can learn to adapt
and evolve, an eclectic band of scientists is unlocking the secrets of
complex systems" in the June, 1986 issue of Science86, pp 55-59. Classifier
systems, genetic algorithms, dynamical systems theory.
Of course, the PDP books are the definitive scholarly introduction
to this general area. (Rummelart, McClelland et. al. "Parallel Distributed
Processing", volumes 1, 2, soon to be 3. MIT Press (Bradford books)).
--Lorien
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 87 10:04:11 EST
From: "Peter H. Schmidt" <peter@mit-nc.mit.edu>
Subject: Some comic relief
The ideas came fast and furious
To the neural-net scientist curious
His fight to contain
Them in models was vain -
Their number caused maxima spurious
Peter H. Schmidt
peter%nc@mc.lcs.mit.edu
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 87 10:15:10 est
From: Stan Kwasny <sck@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: EMCSR (Vienna, Austria)
Announcement and Call for Papers
EMCSR 88
NINTH EUROPEAN MEETING
ON
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH
University of Vienna, Austria
Session K:
Parallel Distributed Processing
in Man and Machine
Chairs:
D.E.Rumelhart (Stanford, CA)
G.Dorffner (Vienna, Austria)
Other Sessions at the meeting will be:
A: General Systems Methodology
B: Designing and Systems
C: Humanity, Architecture, and Conceptualisation
D: Cybernetics in Biology and Medicine
E: Cybernetics in Socio-Economic Systems
F: Fuzzy Sets and Systems: Expert Systems and Approximate
Reasoning
G: Computer-Aided Systems Theory
H: Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing
I: Systems Engineering for Peace Research
J: Artificial Intelligence
L: Innovation Systems in Business and Administration
M: The Management and Cybernetics of Organizations
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
Acceptance of contributors will be determined on the basis of
Draft Final Papers. These papers must not exceed 7
single-spaced A4 pages, in English. They have to contain the
final text to be submitted, however, graphs and pictures need
not be of reproducable quality.
The Draft Final Paper must carry the title, author(s) name(s),
and affiliation in this order. Please specify the symposium in
which you would like to present the paper (one of the letters
above). Each scientist shall submit only 1 paper.
Please send 3 copies of the Draft Final Paper to:
EMCSR 88 - Conference Secretariat
Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
Schottengasse 3
A-1010 Vienna, Austria
Deadline for submission: Oct 15, 1987
Authors will be notified about acceptance no later than Nov 20,
1987. They will then be provided with the detailed instructions
for the preperation of the Final Paper.
For further information write to the above address, call +43 222
63 32 810 (from Sep 18, 1987: +43 222 535 32 810), or send
email to: A5421DAA@AWIUNI11.BITNET.
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Date: Wed 19 Aug 87 19:23:15-EDT
From: Dave.Touretzky@C.CS.CMU.EDU
Subject: Vienna conference
The announcement about the European cybernetics conference in Vienna next
year did not include the dates. They are April 5-8, 1988. Their message
to me did not include any info about registration fees, etc. Please
contact the organizers, not me, if you need to know more.
-- Dave
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