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Neuron Digest Volume 02 Number 18
NEURON Digest Fri Jul 24 15:11:45 CDT 1987 Volume 2 / Issue 18
Today's Topics:
Neural Net Research in Universities (a question)
radical hardware
Meeting: Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics
Symposium Announcement
Conference Announcement
Tech Report: A Computational Model for Neural Feature Extraction
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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: Fri, 24 Jul 87 11:44:04 EDT
From: "Christopher A. Welty" <weltyc@nic.nyser.net>
Subject: radical hardware
I read somewhere once that some guys at Bell Labs were working
on variable resistors, and when they finished they felt they could be
used to implement neural connections on a wafer. Depending on the
density, I beleive it was a few hundred million "neural cells" per
wafer. String a couple of these together and you've got billions.
Also , I seem to recall reading somwhere about work in optical neural
nets at Caltech (Psaltis and Farhat I think), and at UCSD (Guest and
Kosko, again I think). the idea with optical networks is that
connections, when optical, can overlap without interference, allowing
for huge numbers of connections in small spaces...
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Christopher Welty - Asst. Director, RPI CS Labs
weltyc@cs.rpi.edu ...!seismo!rpics!weltyc
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 87 17:25:17 CDT
From: gately@resbld.ti (Michael T. Gately)
Subject: Meeting: Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics
July General Session
July 18, 1987
12:30 pm
UT-Dallas, McDermott Library, Room 2.408
12:30 Dr. Jacek Kowalski - Spin Glasses
1:00 Steven Deiss - Grossberg/Carpenter/Cohen's ART
July PDP Workshop
July 25, 1987
12:30 pm
UT-Dallas, McDermott Library, Room 2.408
12:30 Chapter 8 of PDP, "Learning Internal Representations"
Discussion Leader: Dr. Daniel Levine (UT-Arlington)
August General Session
August 8, 1987
12:30 pm
Southern Methodist University, Caruth (EE Building),
Sophus Thompson Seminar Room (Level 2, 128)
12:30 Panel Discussion - Summary of ICNN
2:30 Review of June Woods Hole meeting.
MIND is a non-profit professional association chartered to bring
together professionals from various fields with a common interest
in Neural Network - both natural and artificial. If you are in
the Dallas/Ft.Worth/Denton area, please attend.
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 87 11:08:44 CDT
From: gately@resble.ti (Michale T. Gately)
Subject: Symposium Announcement
What : 3rd Annual Symposium on Networks in Brain and Computer Architecture
When : September 18-20, 1987
Where: North Texas State University, Denton Texas
University Union Lyceum
Sponsored by: The NTSU Center for Network Neuroscience
Program:
[Full program will be published when available - MTG]
SESSION 1: Network Analysis in Neurobiological Systems
SESSION 2: Application and Implementation of Neural Network Models
SESSION 3: Workshop: Multichannel Recording and Display Technology
Chairman: Guenter Gross, Center for Network Neuroscience, NTSU
Registration fee: $55 professional
$5 student
Further information:
Networks Conference Management
P.O. Box 5344
North Texas State University
Denton TX 76203
(817) 565-2656
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 87 08:09:19 CDT
From: ECKMILLE@DD0RUD81.BITNET
Subject: Conference Announcement
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
N E U R A L C O M P U T E R S
-FROM COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE TO COMPUTER DESIGN-
An Advanced Research Workshop (ARW).Sponsored by the
North Atlantic Scientific Affairs Division/Brussels,
the Minister for Science and Research/Dsseldorf,
and the International Computer Science Institute/
Berkeley
28.9. - 2.10.1987, RHEINPARK PLAZA NEUSS, vis a vis D]SSELDORF
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Eckmiller, R., Dsseldorf (W.GERMANY); ARW Director
Bienenstock, E., Orsay (FRANCE)
Feldman, J. A., Rochester (USA)
v. d. Malsburg, C., G|ttingen (W.GERMANY)
OBJECTIVE: Promotion of international collaboration among scientists
from the fields of Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience,
Cellular Automata, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Design.
Critical assessment of our present knowledge regarding novel computers
with neural network architecture. Identification of promising directions
for future research towards asynchronous parallel computers with neural
network architecture (NEURAL COMPUTERS). Recommendation of international
interdisciplinary joint projects on Neural Computers.
FORMAT: A) Review papers with subsequent extensive discussion
B) Poster presentations or short papers
C) Group work with several small groups simultaneously
D) Panel discussions on: "Computer Designer's Perspective"
and on: "Research Funds for Neural Computers"
MAJOR TOPICS AND AUTHORS FOR REVIEW PAPERS:
1. ARCHITECTURE AND TOPOLOGY OF NEURAL NETWORKS:BRAIN VS.NOVEL COMPUTERS
Feldman J.A. /Computer Science, Rochester (USA)
v. d. Malsburg, C. /Theoretical Neurobiology MPI, G|ttingen (FRG)
2. FAULT TOLERANCE IN BIOLOGICAL VS. TECHNICAL NEURAL NETWORKS
Moore, W. R. /Engineering, Oxford (UK)
v. Seelen, W. /Biophysics, Mainz (FRG)
3. VISUAL AND AUDITORY PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS
Fukushima, K. /Research Labs. NHK, Tokyo (JAPAN)
Koenderink, J. /Physics, Utrecht (NETHERLANDS)
4. LEARNING AND MEMORY IN NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS
Bienenstock, E. /Develop. Neurobiology, Orsay (FRANCE)
Sejnowski, T. /Biophysics, Baltimore (USA)
5. MOTOR PROGRAM GENERATION WITH NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS
Barhen, J. /Machine Intelligence, Oak Ridge (USA)
Eckmiller, R. /Biophysics, Dsseldorf (FRG)
6. ASYNCHRONOUS VS. SYNCHRONOUS PARALLEL COMPUTERS AND CELLULAR AUTOMATA
Huberman, B. A. /Xerox, Palo Alto (USA)
Treleaven, P. /Computer Science, london (UK)
S C I E N T I F I C P R O G R A M
TIME TABLE:
Mo.28.9 10:30 Opening Addresses by Sponsores and Organizers
11:00 Opening Lecture by Konrad Zuse:
Faust, Mephistopheles and Computers
12:00 Discussion of Expectations for this ARW
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Review Paper on Topic 1: v.d. Malsburg/G|ttingen
14:45 Discussion
15:15 Three Papers
16:00 Coffee
16:30 Review Paper on Topic 3: Koenderink/Utrecht
17:15 Discussion
17:45 Group Work
19:00 Dinner
Tu.29.9. 9:00 Review Paper on Topic 2: Moore/Oxford
9:45 Discussion
10:15 Coffee + Posters
11:15 Review Paper on Topic 6: Treleaven/London
12:00 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Group Work
16:00 Coffee
16:30 Review Paper on Topic 5: Barhen/Oak Ridge
17:15 Discussion
17:45 Discussion of Posters
18:30 Dinner
20:30 Evening Lecture by Teuvo Kohonen:
The role of adaptive and associative circuits
in future computer designs
We.30.9. 9:00 Review Paper on Topic 4: Sejnowski/Baltimore
9:45 Discussion
10:15 Coffee + Posters
11:15 Review Paper on Topic 3: Fukushima/Tokyo
12:00 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Group Work
16:00 Coffee
16:30 Review Paper on Topic 1: Feldman/Rochester
17:15 Discussion
17:45 Discussion of Posters
18:30 Dinner
20:30 Special Evening Social Program
Th.1.10. 9:00 Review Paper on Topic 6: Huberman/Palo Alto.
9:45 Discussion
10:15 Coffee + Posters
11:15 Review on Topic 5: Eckmiller/Dsseldorf
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Review Paper on Topic 2: v. Seelen/Mainz
14:45 Discussion
15:15 Three Papers
16:00 Coffee
16:30 Review Paper on Topic 4: Bienenstock/Orsay
17:15 Discussion
17:45 Panel Discussion: "Research Funds for Neural Computers"
19:00 Dinner
Fr.2.10. 9:00 Panel Discussion: "Computer Designer's Perspective"
10:15 Coffee
10:45 Reports from Rapporteurs and Discussion
12:30 Farewell Lunch
JULY 1987
PRELIMINARY LIST OF INVITED PARTICIPANTS
FOR WORKSHOP ON NEURAL COMPUTERS
28.9. - 2.10.1987 / D]SSELDORF
Aleksander, Igor (UK)
Imperial College of Sci.& Technol.
Department of Computing, 180 Queens Gate
London SW7 2BZ, Tel.:(1)5895111 ext.4985
de Almeida, Luis B. (PORTUGAL)
University of Lisboa
Inst. Eng. Comp. Systems, Rua Alves Redol 9
P-1000 Lisboa, Tel.:(1)544607
Anderson, Dana Z. (USA)
University of Colorado
Department of Physics
Boulder, CO 80309, Tel.:(303)492-5202
Comp.Net: DANA@JILA.BITNET
Anninos, Photios (GREECE)
University of Thraki
Dept. Medicine, Neurol.& Med. Physics
G-68100 Alexandroupolis, Tel.:(551)25292
Arbib, Michael A. (USA)
University of Southern California
Computer Science Dept., University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0782, Tel.:(213)743-6452
Comp.Net: ARBIB@USC-CSE.USC.EDU.CSNET
Barhen, Jacob (USA)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O.Box X
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, Tel.:(615)5746162
Comp.Net: JBY@ORNL-MSR.ARPA
Beroule, Dominique (FRANCE)
LIMSI-CNRS
Lab. Inform. Mecan.& Sci. l'Ing.
F-91406 Orsay, Tel.:(16)9418250
Berthoz, Alain (FRANCE)
CNRS
Laboratoire de Physiol. Neurosensorielle
15 rue de l'Ecole de Medicine
F-75270 Paris, Tel.:(1)4329-6154
Bienenstock, Elie (FRANCE)
Universite de Paris-Sud
Laboratoire de Neurobiol. du Developement
Centre d'Orsay - Bat. 440
F-91405 Orsay, Tel.:(16)941-7825
Comp.Net: UNHA002@FRORS12.BITNET
Caianiello, Eduardo R. (ITALY)
Universita di Salerno
Dipartimento di Fiscia Teorica
I-84100 Salerno, Tel.:(89)878299
Cotterill, Rodney M. J. (DENMARK)
Technical University of Denmark
Div. Molecular Biophysics, Building 307
DK-2800 Lyngby, Tel.:(2)882488
Daunicht, Wolfgang (W.GERMANY)
Universitt Dsseldorf
Dept. Biophysics, Universittsstr. 1
D-4000 Dsseldorf 1, Tel.:(211)311-4538
Comp.Net: DAUNICHT@DD0RUD81.BITNET
Dreyfus, Gerard (FRANCE)
ESPCI
Lab. d'Electronique, 10 rue Vauquelin
F-75005 Paris, Tel.:(1)3377700
Comp.Net: UIFR000@FRORS31.BITNET
Eckmiller, Rolf (W.GERMANY)
Universitt Dsseldorf
Dept. Biophysics, Universittsstr. 1
D-4000 Dsseldorf 1, Tel.:(211)311-4540
Comp.Net: ECKMILLE@DD0RUD81.BITNET
Feldman, Jerome A. (USA)
University of Rochester
Computer Science Department
Rochester, NY 14627, Tel.:(716)275-5492
Comp.Net: FELDMAN@ROCHESTER.ARPA
FUKUSHIMA, KUNIHIKO (JAPAN)
NHK
BROADCASTING SCIENCE RESEARCH LAB.
1-10-11, KINUTA, SETAGAYA
TOKYO 157, JAPAN
TEL.:(3)415-5111
GARTH, SIMON (UK)
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS LTD.
MANTON LANE, M/S 4223
BEDFORD MK41 7PA
TEL.:(234)223843
HARTMANN,KLAUS-PETER(W.GERMANY)
UNIVERSITAET PADERBORN
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
POHLWEG 7
D-4790 PADERBORN
TEL:(5251)601-2206
HECHT-NIELSEN, ROBERT (USA)
NEUROCOMPUTER CORP.
5893 OBERLIN DRIVE
SAN DIEGO, CA 92121
TEL.: (619)546-8877
HERTZ, JOHN (DENMARK)
NORDITA
TEORETISK ATOMFYSIK
BLEGDAMSVEJ 17
DK-2100 KOBENHAVN 0
TEL.:(1)421616
HOFFMANN, KLAUS-PETER (W.GERMANY)
UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM
DEPT.GEN.ZOOLOGY
UNIVERSITAETSSTR.150
D-4630 BOCHUM
TEL.:(234)700-4364
HUBERMAN, BERNARDO A. (USA)
XEROX PALO ALTO
RESEARCH CENTER
3333 COYOTE HILL ROAD
PALO ALTO, CA 94304
TEL.:(415)494-4147
COMP.NET: HUBERMAN@XEROX.ARPA
JACKEL, LARRY D.
AT & T BELL LABS.
ROOM 4D-433
HOLMDEL, NJ 07733
TEL.:(201)949-7773
KOCH, CHRISTOF (USA)
CALTECH
DIVISION OF BIOLOGY, 216-76
PASADENA, CA 91125
TEL.:(818)356-6855
COMP.NET:KOCH@HAMLET.BITNET
KOENDERNIK, JAN J. (NETHERLAND)
RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
FYSISCH LAB.
PRINCETONPLEIN 5
NL-3508 TA UTRECHT
TEL.:(30)533985
KOHONEN, TEUVO (FINLAND)
HELSINKI UNIV. OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPT. OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS
SF-02150 ESPOO 15
TEL.:(0)460144
KORN, AXEL (W.GERMANY)
FRAUNHOFER-INSTITUT
INFORMATIONS- UND DATENVERARBEITUNG
SEBASTIAN-KNEIPP-STR. 12-14
D-7500 KARLSRUHE 1
TEL.:(721)60911
V. D. MALSBURG, CHRISTOPH (W.GERMANY)
MPI BIOPHS. CHEMIE
DEPT. NEUROBIOLOGY
NIKOLAUSBERG
D-3400-GOETTINGEN
TEL.:(551)201-623
COMP.NET: MPC07M AT DGOGWD01..BITNET
MAY, DAVID (UK)
INMOS LTD.
1000 AZTEC WEST, ALMONDSBURY
BRISTOL BS124 SQ
TEL.:(454)616616
MOORE, WILL R. (UK)
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
DEPT. OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE
PARKS ROAD
OXFORD OX1 3PJ
TEL.:(865)273000
NIJMAN,A.(LOEK)J.(NETHERLANDS)
PHILIPS RESEARCH LABS.
WB3,P.O.BOX 80 000
NL-5600 JA EINDHOVEN
TEL.:(40)742558
ORBAN, GUY (BELGIUM)
KATHOL. UNIVERSITY LEUVEN
LAB. NEURO- AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
B-3000 LEUVEN
TEL.:(16)215740
PALM, GUENTHER (W.GERMANY)
MPI FUER BIOLOGISCHE KYBERNETIK
SPEMANNSTR. 38
D-7400 TUEBINGEN 1
TEL.:(7071)601551
COMP.NET:DKWA001@DTUZDV5A.BITNET
PATARNELLO, STEFANO (ITALY)
IBM ECSEC
VIA GIORGIONE 159
I-00147 ROME
TEL.:(6)54861
COMP.NET: PATARNEL AT IECSEC.BITNET
PELLIONISZ, ANDRAS J. (USA)
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
DEPT. PHYSIOLOGY & BIOPHYSICS
550 FIRST AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10016
TEL.:(212)340-5422
PHILLIPS, WILLIAM A. (UK)
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING
DEPT. PSYCHOLOGY
STIRLING FK9 4LA
TEL.:(786)73171
REEKE, GEORGE N.
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
1230 YORK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10021
TEL.:(212)570-7627
COMP.NET:CDRNI@CUNYVM.BITNET
SAMI, MARIAGIOVANNA (ITALY)
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
DEPT. ELECTRONICS
PLAZA L. DA VINCI 32
I-20133 MILANO
TEL.:(2)2367241
SCHULTEN, KLAUS (W.GERMANY)
TU MUENCHEN
PHYSIK-DEPARTMENT
JAMES-FRANCK-STR.
D-8046 GARCHING B. MUENCHEN
TEL.:(89)3209-2368
V. SEELEN, WERNER (W.GERMANY)
JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITAET
DIVISION OF BIOPHYSICS
SAARSTR. 21
D-6500 MAINZ
TEL.:(6131)39-2471
SEJNOWSKI, TERRENCE J. (USA)
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF BIOPHYSICS, JENKINS HALL
BALTIMORE, MD 21218
TEL.:(301)338-8687
SINGER, WOLF (W.GERMANY)
MPI FUER HIRNFORSCHUNG
DIV. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
DEUTSCHORDENSTR. 46
D-6000 FRANKFURT 71
TEL.:(69)6704-218
TORRAS, CARME (SPAIN)
UNIV. DE POLITECH. DE CATALONIA
INSTITUTE FOR CYBERNETICS, DIAGONAL 647
E-08028 BARCELONA
TEL.:(3)249-2842
TRELEAVEN, PHILIP (UK)
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
DEPT. OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
GOWER STREET
LONDON WC1E 6BT
TEL.: 13877050
COMP.NET: TRELEAVEN@CS.UCL.AC.UK.ARPA
WALLACE,DAVID J.(UK)
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
DEPT.PHYSICS
MAYFIELD ROAD
EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ
TEL:(31)6671081 ext.2850
WEISBUCH, GERARD (FRANCE)
ECOLE NORMAL SUPERIEURE
PHYSIQUE DES SOLIDES
24 RUE LHOMOND
F-75231 PARIS
TEL.:(1)43291225 EXT.3475
ZEEVI, JOSHUA Y. (ISRAEL)
TECHNION ISRAEL INST. TECHNOL.
DEPT. OD ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
HAIFA 32000, ISRAEL
TEL.: (4)293111
ZUCKER,STEVEN(CANADA)
MCGILL UNIVERSITY
DEPT.ELECTRICAL ENG.
MONTREAL,P.Q.
TEL:(514)398-7134
COMP.NET:ZUCKER@SRI-IU.ARPA
ZUSE, KONRAD (W.GERMANY) -
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D-6518 HUENFELD
TEL.:(6652)2928
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 87 14:37:36 CDT
From: MEL@LEOPARD.CCSR.UIUC.EDU
Subject: Tech Report: A Computational Model for Neural Feature Extraction
A Computational Model for Neural Feature Extraction
by
Bartlett W. Mel
Center for Complex Systems Research
University of Illinois
508 South Sixth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
mel@complex.ccsr.uiuc.edu
Tech Report No. UIUCDCS-R-87-1357
ABSTRACT
This work addresses the nature and limitations of sensory feature-
extraction in nervous systems. A *Hierarchical Unit Description
Language* (HUDL) was developed for describing receptive field
structures in multi-layered sensory systems, embodying a number of
biologically-motivated structural constraints on neural network
architecture. Using HUDL as a conceptual framework, a strong family
resemblance structure was identified among the response properties of
neurons in a wide variety of biological sensory systems. Examples are
given of HUDL's use in the simulation of several single-unit response
functions, including a unit selective for images of faces. HUDL's
biologically-motivated architectural constraints are then shown to
impose profound limitations on the number and kind of features that a
neural network may ``extract''.
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