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Neuron Digest Wednesday, 24 Jan 1990 Volume 6 : Issue 6
Today's Topics:
summer institute in cognitive neuroscience
call for papers (medicine)
Conference report
Business Applications of Neural Networks
Updated call for papers (Pramgatics in AI)
CALL FOR PAPERS
Neural Net Course
Call for Papers Wang Conference
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Subject: summer institute in cognitive neuroscience
From: bharucha@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Jamshed Bharucha)
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 90 14:47:40 -0500
JAMES S. MCDONNEL FOUNDATION
THIRD ANNUAL SUMMER INSTITUTE IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Dartmouth College and Medical School
July 2 - July 13, 1990
The Third Annual Summer Institute will be held from July 2 through July
13, 1990. The two week course will examine how information about the
brain bears on issues in cognitive science, and how approaches in
cognitive science apply to neuroscience research. A distinguished
faculty will lecture on current topics in perception and language;
laboratories and demonstrations will offer practical experience with
cognitive neuropsychology experiments, connectionist/computational
modeling, and neuroanatomy. At every stage, the relationship between
cognitive issues and underlying neural circuits will be explored. The
Institute directors will be Michael Gazzaniga, George A. Miller, Wolf
Singer and Gordon Shepherd. Applications are invited from beginning and
established researchers. The Foundation is providing limited support for
travel expenses and room/board.
Visiting Faculty Include:
Sheila Blumstein Eric Knudsen Kenneth Nakayama
Patricia A. Carpenter Mark Konishi Steven Pinker
Albert M. Galaburda Stephen M. Kosslyn Michael I. Posner
Lila Gleitman Marta Kutas Marcus E. Raichle
David H. Hubel Ralph Linsker Pasko Rakic
Marcel A. Just Margaret Livingstone Gordon M. Shepherd
Jon H. Kaas James McClelland Wolf Singer
Herbert P. Killackey George A. Miller Barry E. Stein
Vernon B. Mountcastle
Host Faculty
Kathleen Baynes Carol A. Fowler Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz
Jamshed Bharucha Michael S. Gazzaniga Mark J. Tramo
Robert Fendrich Howard C. Hughes George L. Wolford
For further information please send email to:
reuter-lorenz@mac.dartmouth.edu
APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JANUARY 12, 1990
*************************Application form***********************
NAME:
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION:
POSITION:
HOME ADDRESS:
WORK ADDRESS:
TELEPHONES:
Housing and some meal costs will be covered by the Foundation. There
will also be limited travel support available. Please indicate the
percent of your need for this support: ___ %
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Postmarked by January 12, 1990
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: March 5, 1990
PLEASE SEND THIS FORM, TOGETHER WITH:
1. A one-page statement explaining why you wish to attend.
2. A curriculum vitae.
3. Two letters of recommendation.
(Supporting materials will be accepted until February 1).
TO:
Dr. M.S. Gazzaniga
McDonnell Summer Institute
HB 7915-A
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, New Hampshire 03756
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Subject: call for papers (medicine)
From: "James A. Reggia" <reggia@cs.UMD.EDU>
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 90 16:26:42 -0500
CALL FOR PAPERS: Connectionist/neural models in medicine
The 14th Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (Nov
4-7, 1990) will have sessions dealing with connectionist modelling
research relevant to biomedicine. Previous papers have included
presentations of new learning methods, models of portions of the nervous
system of specific organisms, methods for classification and diagnosis of
medical disorders, models of higher cortical functions and their
disorders (e.g., aphasia, dyslexia, dementia), and methods for device
control. Papers on these and a much broader range of topics are sought.
Manuscripts are due March 1, 1990. For a copy of instructions for
authors or any further information contact
SCAMC
Office of CME
George Washington University Medical Center
2300 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
or via phone call (202) 994-8928.
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Subject: Conference report
From: Shuji Akiyama <akiyama@etl.go.jp>
Organization: Electrotechnical Loboratory,Japan
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 90 17:16:59 +0200
+-------------------------------------------------+
| The First International Symposium |
| on Synaptic Plasticity and biocomputing. |
+-------------------------------------------------+
The 1'st international symposium on synaptic plasticity and biocomputing
was held on December 12-14,1989 in Tsukuba,Japan.
The symposium was held to discuss neural plasticity,the basic neural
process of the ability of the brain to store external influences for a
long-term period, and to survey the possibilities of developing bio- or
neuro-computers and artificial learning algorithms.
The symposium was not open and around 100 researchers participated.
Topics:
The symposium focused on the creation of a biocomputing system by
looking into neuroscientific aspects of neural plasticity in the brain ,
and had four sesseions.
Session I; Long-lasting synaptic changes
in hippocampus and molluscan ganglia.
Session II; Learning in neural networks---artificial and in situ.
Session III;Synaptic plasticity in brain cortex.
session IV; Techniques and workshop.
Symposium chairman:
Dr. Gen Matsumoto(Electrotechnical Laboratory)
Invited speakers:
Dr Terrence J. Sejnowski (The Salk Institute)
Dr. Thomas P. Vogl (Environmental Research Institute of Michigan)
Professor Ronald J. Williams (Northearstern University)
Profesor Shunichi Amari (The University of Tokyo)
and others.
The proceedings:
The proceeding will be published as a book (Maruzen publishing Co.
Ltd.,Tokyo) written in Japanese this Spring.
For more information ,please contact:
Dr. Gen Matsumoto (Electrotechnical Laoboratory),
Symposium chariman,
Dirctor of Supermolecular Science Division and
Head of Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience Section
Electrotechnical Laoboratory
Tsukuba,Ibaraki ,305,Japan
Fax:0298 (58) 5560
Phone:0298 (54) 5260
Email matumoto@etlcom.etl.go.jp
(spelling of Email name 'matumoto' is correct.
Or preferably please Email to akiyama@etlcom.etl.go.jp)
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Subject: Business Applications of Neural Networks
From: William Remus <CBADWRE@UHCCVM.BITNET>
Date: 09 Jan 90 00:10:01 -1000
From: William Remus Professor of Decision Sciences
CALL FOR PAPERS
HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES - 24
NEURAL NET APPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS II
KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII - JANUARY 9-11, 1991
The Emerging Technologies and Applications Track of HICSS-24 will
contain a special set of sessions focusing on a broad selection
of topics in the area of Neural Net Applications in Business.
The presentations will provide a forum to discuss new advances in
these applications.
Papers are invited that may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial,
or descriptive in nature. Of special interest, however, are
papers detailing solutions to practical problems. Those papers
selected for presentation will appear in the Conference
Proceedings, which are published by the Computer Society of the
IEEE. HICSS-24 is sponsored by the University of Hawaii in
cooperation with the ACM, the IEEE Computer Society, and the
Pacific Research Institute for Information Systems and Management
(PRIISM). Submissions are
solicited in the areas:
(1)The application of neural nets to model business tasks
performed by people (e.g. Dutta and Shekhar paper on
Applying Neural Nets to Rating Bonds, ICNN, 1988, Vol. II, pp.
443-450)
(2)The development of neural nets to model human decision tasks
(e.g. Gluck and Bower, Journal of Experimental Psychology:
General, 117(3), 227-247)
(3)The application of neural nets to improving modeling tools
commonly used in business (e.g. neural networks to perform
regression-like modeling)
(4)The embedding of neural nets in commercial products (e.g.
OCR scanners)
Our order of preference is from (1) to (4) above. Papers which detail actual u
sage of
neural networks are preferred to those which only propose uses.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS: Manuscripts should be 12-26 typewritten,
double-spaced pages in length. Do not send submissions that are significantly
shorter or
longer than this. Each manuscript will be subjected to refereeing. Manuscript
papers
should have a title pages that includes the title of the paper, full name(s) of
its author(s),
affiliation(s), complete mailing and electronic address(es), telephone number(s
), and a 300-
word abstract of the paper.
DEADLINES
A 300-word optional abstract may be submitted by April 30, 1990 by Email o
r mail.
(If no reply to email in 7 days, send by U.S. mail also.)
Feedback to author concerning abstract by May 31, 1990.
Six paper copies of the manuscript are due by June 26, 1990.
Notification of accepted papers by September 1, 1990.
Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, are due by October 1, 1990.
SEND SUBMISSIONS AND QUESTIONS TO:
Prof. William Remus OR Prof. Lance Eliot
College of Business System Sciences Department
University of Hawaii University of Southern California
2404 Maile Way P.O. Box 30041
Honolulu, HI 96822 USA Long Beach, CA 90853 USA
Tel.: (808)948-7608 (213)439-7021
EMAIL: CBADWRE@UHCCVM.BITNET ELIOT@ECLA.USC.EDU
FAX: (808)942-1591
College of Business Administration
2404 Maile Way
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2282 USA
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Subject: Updated call for papers (Pramgatics in AI)
From: paul@NMSU.Edu
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 90 23:00:33 -0700
SUBJECT: Please post the following in your Laboratory/Department/Journal:
CALL FOR PAPERS
Pragmatics in Artificial Intelligence
5th Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial Intelligence (RMCAI-90)
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, June 28-30, 1990
PRAGMATICS PROBLEM:
The problem of pragmatics in AI is one of developing theories, models,
and implementations of systems that make effective use of contextual
information to solve problems in changing environments.
CONFERENCE GOAL:
This conference will provide a forum for researchers from all subfields
of AI to discuss the problem of pragmatics in AI. The implications that
each area has for the others in tackling this problem are of particular
interest.
COOPERATION:
American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence (SIGART)
IEEE Computer Society
U S WEST Advanced Technologies and the Rocky Mountain Society
for Artificial Intelligence (RMSAI)
SPONSORSHIP:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence (SIGART)
U S WEST Advanced Technologies and the Rocky Mountain Society
for Artificial Intelligence (RMSAI)
INVITED SPEAKERS:
The following researchers have agreed to present papers at the
conference:
*Martin Casdagli, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos USA
*Arthur Cater, University College Dublin, Ireland EC
*Jerry Feldman, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley USA
& International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley USA
*Barbara Grosz, Harvard University, Cambridge USA
*James Martin, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder USA
*Derek Partridge, University of Exeter, United Kingdom EC
*Philip Stenton, Hewlett Packard, United Kingdom EC
*Robert Wilensky, University of California at Berkeley Berkeley USA
THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT:
Las Cruces, lies in THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT (New Mexico), USA and is
situated in the Rio Grande Corridor with the scenic Organ Mountains
overlooking the city. The city is close to Mexico, Carlsbad Caverns, and
White Sands National Monument. There are a number of Indian Reservations
and Pueblos in the Land Of Enchantment and the cultural and scenic cities
of Taos and Santa Fe lie to the north. New Mexico has an interesting
mixture of Indian, Mexican and Spanish culture. There is quite a
variation of Mexican and New Mexican food to be found here too.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
The Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial Intelligence is a major
regional forum in the USA for scientific exchange and presentation of AI
research.
The conference emphasizes discussion and informal interaction as well as
presentations.
The conference encourages the presentation of completed research, ongoing
research, and preliminary investigations.
Researchers from both within and outside the region are invited to
participate.
Some travel awards will be available for qualified applicants.
FORMAT FOR PAPERS:
Submitted papers should be double spaced and no more than 5 pages long.
E-mail versions will not be accepted. Papers will be published in the
proceedings and there is the possibility of a published book.
Send 3 copies of your paper to:
Paul Mc Kevitt,
Program Chairperson, RMCAI-90,
Computing Research Laboratory (CRL),
Dept. 3CRL, Box 30001,
New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001, USA.
DEADLINES:
Paper submission: April 1st, 1990
Pre-registration: April 1st, 1990
Notice of acceptance: May 1st, 1990
Final papers due: June 1st, 1990
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Local Arrangements Chairperson, RMCAI-90.
(same postal address as above).
INQUIRIES:
Inquiries regarding conference brochure and registration form
should be addressed to the Local Arrangements Chairperson.
Inquiries regarding the conference program should be addressed
to the Program Chairperson.
Local Arrangements Chairperson: E-mail: INTERNET: rmcai@nmsu.edu
Phone: (+ 1 505)-646-5466
Fax: (+ 1 505)-646-6218.
Program Chairperson: E-mail: INTERNET: paul@nmsu.edu
Phone: (+ 1 505)-646-5109
Fax: (+ 1 505)-646-6218.
TOPICS OF INTEREST:
You are invited to submit a research paper addressing Pragmatics
in AI, with any of the following orientations:
Philosophy, Foundations and Methodology
Knowledge Representation
Neural Networks and Connectionism
Genetic Algorithms, Emergent Computation, Nonlinear Systems
Natural Language and Speech Understanding
Problem Solving, Planning, Reasoning
Machine Learning
Vision and Robotics
Applications
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
*John Barnden, New Mexico State University
(Connectionism, Beliefs, Metaphor processing)
*Hans Brunner, U S WEST Advanced Technologies
(Natural language interfaces, Dialogue interfaces)
*Martin Casdagli, Los Alamos National Laboratory
(Dynamical systems, Artificial neural networks, Applications)
*Mike Coombs, New Mexico State University
(Problem solving, Adaptive systems, Planning)
*Thomas Eskridge, Lockheed Missile and Space Co.
(Analogy, Problem solving)
*Chris Fields, New Mexico State University
(Neural networks, Nonlinear systems, Applications)
*Roger Hartley, New Mexico State University
(Knowledge Representation, Planning, Problem Solving)
*Victor Johnson, New Mexico State University
(Genetic Algorithms)
*Paul Mc Kevitt, New Mexico State University
(Natural language interfaces, Dialogue modeling)
*Joe Pfeiffer, New Mexico State University
(Computer Vision, Parallel architectures)
*Keith Phillips, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
(Computer vision, Mathematical modelling)
*Yorick Wilks, New Mexico State University
(Natural language processing, Knowledge representation)
*Scott Wolff, U S WEST Advanced Technologies
(Intelligent tutoring, User interface design, Cognitive modeling)
REGISTRATION:
Pre-Registration: Professionals: $50.00; Students $30.00
(Pre-Registration cutoff date is April 1st 1990)
Registration: Professionals: $70.00; Students $50.00
(Copied proof of student status is required).
Registration form (IN BLOCK CAPITALS).
Enclose payment made out to New Mexico State University.
(ONLY checks in US dollars will be accepted).
Send to the following address (MARKED REGISTRATION):
Local Arrangements Chairperson, RMCAI-90
Computing Research Laboratory
Dept. 3CRL, Box 30001, NMSU
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001, USA.
Name:_______________________________ E-mail_____________________________ Phone__________________________
Affiliation: ____________________________________________________
Fax: ____________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
COUNTRY__________________________________________
Organizing Committee RMCAI-90:
Paul Mc Kevitt Yorick Wilks
Research Scientist Director
CRL CRL
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Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS
From: "Centro de Inteligencia Artificial(ITESM)" <ISAI@TECMTYVM.MTY.ITESM.MX>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 90 10:21:15 -0400
[[ Editor's note: Apologies for any strange capitalization in the
following message. It arrived in ALL CAPS, which I find a bit difficult
to read. I've "cased" the message, but may have botched things
somewhere. -PM ]]
CALL FOR PAPERS
Third International Symposium on
Artificial Intelligence:
Applications of Engineering Design, Manufacturing & Management in
Industrialized and Developing Countries
OCTOBER 22-26, 1990
ITESM, MEXICO
The third International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence will
be held in Monterrey, N.L. Mexico on October 22-26, 1990.
The symposium is sponsored by the ITESM (Instituto Tecnologico Y
De Estudios Superiores De Monterrey) in cooperation with the
International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Inc.,
The American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the Sociedad
Mexicana de Inteligencia Artificial and IBM of Mexico.
Papers from all countries are sought that (1) present innovative
applications of artificial intelligence technology to the solution
of industrial problems in engineering design, manufacturing and
management; (2) explore its relevance for developing countries;
and (3) describe research on techniques to accomplish such
applications.
Areas of application include but are not limited to:
* Production planing, * resource management, * quality management,
* automated assembly, * machine loads, * inventory control,
*computer aided product design, *computer aided product manufacturing,
* human resources management, * forecasting, *client/customer support,
* process control and es, * automatic process inspection, * use of
industrial robots, * market and competition analysis, * strategic
planning of manufacturing, * technology management and social impact
of ai technology in industrial environments.
AI techniques include but are not limited to:
* knowledge acquisition and representation, * natural language
processing, * robotincs, * speech recognition, * computer vision,
* neural networks and genetic algorithms, * parallel architectures,
* automated learning, * automated reasoning, * search and problem
solving, * knowledge engineering tools and methodologies,
* uncertainty management and ai programming languages.
Persons wishing to submit a paper should send five copies written
in english to:
Hugo Terashima
Program Chair
Centro de Inteligencia Artificial, ITESM
Sucursal de Correos "J", C.P. 64849
Monterrey, N.L. MEXICO
The paper should identify the area and technique to which it belong.
Extended abstract is not required.Use font similar to "times",size 12
single-spaced, with a maximum of 10 pages.No papers will be accepted
by electronic means.
Important dates:
Papers must be received by April 30, 1990.Papers received after the
deadline will be returned unopened. Authors will be notified by
June 30, 1990. A final copy of each accepted paper, camera ready
for inclusion in the sympsium proceedings, will be due by July 30,
1990.
Information.-
Centro De Inteligencia Artificial, ITESM.
SUC. DE CORREOS "J", C.P. 64849 MONTERREY, N.L. MEXICO.
TEL (52-83) 58-20-00 EXT.5134.
TELEFAX (52-83) 58-07-71, (52-83) 58-89-31,
Net Address:
ISAI AT TECMTYVM.BITNET
ISAI AT TECMTYVM.MTY.ITESM.MX
General Chair:
Francisco J. Cantu-Ortiz, ITESM, MEXICO
Advisory Board:
Saul Amarel, Rutgers University, USA
Woodrow Bledsoe, U. Of Texas At Austin, USA
Randolph Goebel, University Of Alberta, CANADA
Adolfo Guzman, International Software Systems, USA
Raj Reddy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Donald Walker, Bellcore, USA
Program Chairs:
Jose Luis Aguirre, ITESM, Mexico
Rocio Guillen, ITESM, Mexico
Hugo Terashima, ITESM, Mexico
Program Committee:
Ramon Brena, ITESM, Mexico
Ofelia Cervantes, U.Americas, Mexico
Francisco Cervantes, UNAM, Mexico
John Debenham, U.Technology, Sidney Australia
Gerhard Fischer, University Of Colorado, USA
Mark Fox, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
David Fuller, U.Catolica De Chile
Eugenio Garcia, ITESM, Mexico
Jose Luis Gonzalez, ITESM, Mexico
Ignacio Grossman, Carnegie Mellon University
Steffen Hoeldobler, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, FRG
S.Lakshmivarahan, University Of Oklahoma, USA
Fernando Lara, ITESO, Mexico
Christian Lemaitre, UNAM, Mexico
Lori Levin, Carnegie Mellon University
Jay Liebowitz, George Washington University, USA
Ramon Lopez-Mantaras, Blanes, Spain
Guillermo Morales, I.Politecnico Nacional, MEXICO
Judea Pearl, UCLA, USA
Jorge Phillips, Stanford University, USA
Francois Rechenmann, INRIA, Grenoble, France
Daniel Rehak, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Richard Stern, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Sarosh Talukdar, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Masaru Tomita, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
John Trujillo, EAFIT, Colombia
Manuel Valenzuela, ITESM, Mexico
Carlos Zozaya, CONDUMEX, Mexico
Publicity and Tutorial Chair:
Moraima Campbell, ITESM, Mexico
Local Arrangement Chair:
Leticia Rodriguez, ITESM, Mexico
Exhibits Chair:
Lucila Pena, ITESM, Mexico
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Subject: Neural Net Course
From: mike@bucasb.bu.edu (Michael Cohen)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 90 02:07:49 -0500
NEURAL NETWORKS:
FROM FOUNDATIONS TO APPLICATIONS
May 6--11, 1989
Sponsored by the Center for Adaptive Systems, the Graduate Program in
Cognitive and Neural Systems, and the Wang Institute of Boston University
with partial support from The Air Force Office of Scientific Research
This in-depth, systematic, 5-day course is based upon the world's leading
graduate curriculum in the technology, computation, mathematics, and
biology of neural networks. Developed at the Center for Adaptive Systems
(CAS) and the Graduate Program in Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS) of
Boston University, twenty-eight hours of the course will be taught by six
CAS/CNS faculty. Three distinguished guest lecturers will present eight
hours of the course.
COURSE OUTLINE
MAY 7, 1990
- -----------
- ---Morning Session (Professor Stephen Grossberg)
Historical Overview, Content Addressable Memory, Competitive Decision Making,
Associative Learning
- ---Afternoon Session (Professors Michael Jordan (MIT) and Ennio Mingolla)
Combinational Optimization, Perceptrons, Introduction to Back Propagation,
Recent Developments of Back Propagation
MAY 8, 1990
- -----------
- ---Morning Session (Professors Gail Carpenter and Stephen Grossberg)
Adaptive Pattern Recognition, Introduction to Adaptive Resonance Theory,
Analysis of ART 1
- ---Afternoon Session (Professor Gail Carpenter)
Analysis of ART 2, Analysis of ART 3, Self-Organization of Invariant Pattern
Recognition Codes, Neocognitron
MAY 9, 1990
- -----------
- ---Morning Session (Professors Stephen Grossberg and Ennio Mingolla)
Vision and Image Processing
- ---Afternoon Session (Professors Daniel Bullock, Michael Cohen, and
Stephen Grossberg)
Adaptive Sensory-Motor Control and Robotics, Speech Perception and Production
MAY 10, 1990
- ------------
- ---Morning Session (Professors Michael Cohen, Stephen Grossberg, and
John Merrill)
Speech Perception and Production, Reinforcement Learning and Prediction
- ---Afternoon Session (Professors Stephen Grossberg and John Merrill and
Dr. Robert Hecht-Nielsen, HNC)
Reinforcement Learning and Prediction, Recent Developments in the
Neurocomputer Industry
MAY 11, 1990
- ------------
- ---Morning Session (Dr. Federico Faggin, Synaptics Inc.)
VLSI Implementation of Neural Networks
TO REGISTER: By phone, call (508) 649-9731; by mail, write for further
information to: Neural Networks, Wang Institute of Boston University, 72
Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879. For further information about
registration and STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS, see below.
REGISTRATION FEE: Regular attendee--$950; full-time student--$250.
Registration fee includes five days of tutorials, course notebooks, one
reception, five continental breakfasts, five lunches, four dinners, daily
morning and afternoon coffee service, evening discussion sessions.
STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS supporting travel, registration, and lodging for the
Course are available to full-time graduate students in a PhD program.
Applications must be postmarked by March 1, 1990. Send curriculum vitae,
a one-page essay describing your interest in neural networks, and a
letter from a faculty advisor to: Student Fellowships, Neural Networks
Course, Wang Institute of Boston University, 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA
01879.
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Subject: Call for Papers Wang Conference
From: mike@bucasb.bu.edu (Michael Cohen)
Date: 12 Jan 90 23:30:09 +0000
CALL FOR PAPERS
NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION
MAY 11--13, 1990
Sponsored by the Center for Adaptive Systems, the Graduate Program in
Cognitive and Neural Systems, and the Wang Institute of Boston University
with partial support from The Air Force Office of Scientific Research
This research conference at the cutting edge of neural network science
and technology will bring together leading experts in academe,
government, and industry to present their latest results on automatic
target recognition in invited lectures and contributed posters. Invited
lecturers include:
JOE BROWN, Martin Marietta, "Multi-Sensor ATR using Neural Nets"
GAIL CARPENTER, Boston University, "Target Recognition by Adaptive
Resonance: ART for ATR"
NABIL FARHAT, University of Pennsylvania, "Bifurcating Networks for
Target Recognition"
STEPHEN GROSSBERG, Boston University, "Recent Results on Self-Organizing
ATR Networks"
ROBERT HECHT-NIELSEN, HNC, "Spatiotemporal Attention Focusing by
Expectation Feedback"
KEN JOHNSON, Hughes Aircraft, "The Application of Neural Networks to the
Acquisition and Tracking of Maneuvering Tactical Targets in High Clutter
IR Imagery"
PAUL KOLODZY, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, "A Multi-Dimensional ATR System"
MICHAEL KUPERSTEIN, Neurogen, "Adaptive Sensory-Motor Coordination
using the INFANT Controller"
YANN LECUN, AT&T Bell Labs, "Structured Back Propagation Networks for
Handwriting Recognition"
CHRISTOPHER SCOFIELD, Nestor, "Neural Network Automatic Target Recognition
by Active and Passive Sonar Signals"
STEVEN SIMMES, Science Applications International Co., "Massively Parallel
Approaches to Automatic Target Recognition"
ALEX WAIBEL, Carnegie Mellon University, "Patterns, Sequences and Variability:
Advances in Connectionist Speech Recognition"
ALLEN WAXMAN, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, "Invariant Learning and
Recognition of 3D Objects from Temporal View Sequences"
FRED WEINGARD, Booz-Allen and Hamilton, "Current Status and Results of Two
Major Government Programs in Neural Network-Based ATR"
BARBARA YOON, DARPA, "DARPA Artificial Neural Networks Technology
Program: Automatic Target Recognition"
CALL FOR PAPERS---ATR POSTER SESSION: A featured poster session on ATR
neural network research will be held on May 12, 1990. Attendees who wish
to present a poster should submit 3 copies of an extended abstract (1
single-spaced page), postmarked by March 1, 1990, for refereeing. Include
with the abstract the name, address, and telephone number of the
corresponding author. Mail to: ATR Poster Session, Neural Networks
Conference, Wang Institute of Boston University, 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro,
MA 01879. Authors will be informed of abstract acceptance by March 31,
1990.
SITE: The Wang Institute possesses excellent conference facilities on a
beautiful 220-acre campus. It is easily reached from Boston's Logan
Airport and Route 128.
REGISTRATION FEE: Regular attendee--$90; full-time student--$70.
Registration fee includes admission to all lectures and poster session,
abstract book, one reception, two continental breakfasts, one lunch, one
dinner, daily morning and afternoon coffee service. STUDENTS FELLOWSHIPS
are available. For information, call (508) 649-9731.
TO REGISTER: By phone, call (508) 649-9731; by mail, write for further
information to: Neural Networks, Wang Institute of Boston University, 72
Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879.
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