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Neuron Digest Monday, 15 Jun 1992 Volume 9 : Issue 26
Today's Topics:
SAB92 Call for papers
Computational Biology Conference
1st CFP: Third IEE International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks
Workshop: "Autopoiesis and Perception" - Call for Participation.
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Subject: SAB92 Call for papers
From: Lashon Booker <booker@starbase.MITRE.ORG>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 92 13:52:58 -0500
Please post the following announcement. Thanks.
Lashon Booker
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Conference Announcement and Call For Papers
FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS
Second International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB92)
Ilikai Hotel
Honolulu, Hawaii, December 7-11, 1992
This conference is the successor to SAB90 - which was held in Paris
in September, 1990. Its object is to bring together researchers in
ethology, psychology, 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.
The conference will focus particularly on simulation models in order
to help characterize and compare various organizational principles
or architectures capable of inducing adaptive behavior in real or
artificial animals.
Contributions treating any of the following topics from the
perspective of adaptive behavior will receive special emphasis.
Individual and collective behavior Autonomous robots
Neural correlates of behavior Hierarchical and parallel organizations
Perception and motor control Emergent structures and behaviors
Motivation and emotion Problem solving and planning
Action selection and behavioral Goal directed behavior
sequences Neural networks and classifier systems
Ontogeny, learning and evolution Characterization of environments
Internal world models Applied adaptive behavior
and cognitive processes
Submission Instructions
Authors are requested to send two copies (hard copy only) of a full paper
to each of the Conference co-chairs (Meyer, Roitblat, & Wilson). Papers
should not exceed 10 pages (excluding the title page), with 1 inch margins
all around, and no smaller than 10 pt (12 pitch) type (Times Roman preferred).
Each paper must include a title page containing the following: (1) Full
names, postal addresses, phone numbers, email addresses (if available),
and fax numbers for each author, (2) A 100-200 word abstract, (3) The
topic area(s) in which the paper could be reviewed (see list above). Camera
ready versions of the papers will be required after acceptance.
Computer, video, and robotic demonstrations are also invited. Please contact
Herbert Roitblat to make arrangements for demonstrations. Other program
proposals will also be considered.
Conference committee
Conference Chair
Jean-Arcady MEYER
Groupe de Bioinformatique
URA686.Ecole Normale Superieure
46 rue d'Ulm
75230 Paris Cedex 05
France
e-mail: meyer@wotan.ens.fr
meyer@frulm63.bitnet
Herbert ROITBLAT
Department of Psychology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2430 Campus Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
USA
email: roitblat@uhunix.bitnet,
roitblat@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
Stewart WILSON
The Rowland Institute for Science
100 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02142
USA
e-mail: wilson@smith.rowland.org
Organizing Committee S. Gagnon, H. Harley, D. Helweg, M. Hoffhines,
Program Committee
A. Berthoz, France M. Bitterman, USA
L. Booker, USA R. Brooks, USA
P. Colgan, Canada J. Delius, Germany
S. Goss, Belgium L. Steels, Belgium
R. Sutton, USA F. Toates, UK
S. Tsuji, Japan W. Uttal, USA
D. Waltz, USA
Official Language: English
Important Dates
JUL 15, 1992 Submissions must be received by the organizers
SEP 1, 1992 Deadline for early registration
OCT 1, 1992 Notification of acceptance or rejection
NOV 7, 1992 Deadline for regular registration
NOV 15, 1992 Camera ready revised versions due
DEC 7-11, 1992 Conference dates
Registration
All participants must register. Early registration fee will be $180,
regular registration will be $220 and late registration will be $250.
Students will be allowed to register for $50. Students should submit
proof of their status along with their registration fee. The fee for
accompanying persons is $75, which includes the reception and the cruise.
Meeting Site
The conference activities will be held at the Ilikai Hotel. The Ilikai is
situated at the gateway to Waikiki within walking distance of many fine
restaurants, Ala Moana Shopping Center, and Ala Moana Park. The Hotel
overlooks the Ala Wai Yacht Marina where Waikiki Beach begins. Room
rates for the conference are $110 or $125 per night (single or double).
Most rooms have been recently remodelled and provide ocean or city views.
The hotel is adjacent to the beach and also offers two swimming pools, a
fitness center, and tennis courts. Reservations must be made directly
with the hotel. Conference rates will be available for the weekend
before and the weekend following the conference as well. Arrangements
have been made for a small number of student rooms in a nearby hotel at
about $55 per night (single or double). Students are, of course, welcome
to stay in the conference hotel. Reservations for student rooms will be
made through the official travel agent. A small number of travel
scholarships may be available to defray part or all of the expenses of
attending the conference. Interested students should submit a letter of
application describing their research interests, the year they expect to
receive their degree, and a brief letter of recommendation from their
major professor. Please state the amount of support required. The number
and size of awards will be limited by the total money available.
Persons with disabilities may contact Herbert Roitblat for information on
accessibility. Advance notice is advised, if you have special needs and
request an accomodation. The University of Hawaii is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.
Travel Information
Theo Stahl, Associated Travel, 947 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 949-1033, (800) 745-3444, (808) 949-1037 (fax) is the official
travel agent for the conference. Participants are encouraged, but not
required, to make their travel arrangements through Ms Stahl. United
Airlines is offering a special conference rate for participants from US
as well as European, Japanese, and Australian gateway cities served by
United. Ms Stahl is very knowledgeable about the local travel market and
can make arrangements to visit neighbor islands (including Hawaii with
its active volcano) and for other activities.
Please make your travel arrangements early because Hawaii is a popular
destination in December and the conference is scheduled just before the
start of the busiest season.
Tentative Conference Schedule
Sunday, December 6, 1992
1800-2000 Cocktail Reception at the Ilikai
Monday, December 7, 1992
0800-1230 Paper presentations
Break
1630-1900 Paper and poster presentations
Tuesday, December 8, 1992
0800-1230 Paper presentations
Break
1630-1900 Paper and poster presentations
Wednesday, December 9, 1992
0800-1230 Paper presentations
Break
1630-1900 Paper and poster presentations
Thursday, December 10, 1992
0800-1230 Paper presentations
Break
1630-1900 Paper and poster presentations
2100-2400 Cruise on the Navatek I
Friday, December 11, 1992
0800-1330 Paper presentations
1900 Optional Luau (not included in registration).
SAB92 December 7-11, 1992
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu, HI
SAB92, December 7-11, 1992
____________________________________________________________
Last Name First Name Middle
____________________________________________________________
Professional Affiliation
____________________________________________________________
Street Address and Internal Mail Code
____________________________________________________________
City State/Country Zip/Postal Code
____________________________________________________________
E-mail Telephone Fax
Registration Fees (includes reception, cruise, continental
breakfasts)
___ Early (Before September 1, 1992) $180
___ Regular (Before November 7, 1992) $220
___ Late (After November 7, 1992) $250
___ Student (with proof of status) $50
___ Accompanying person (number of persons) $75
___ Luau (number of tickets) $45
___ Donation to support student scholarship fund $____
Enclosed is a check or money order (US $ only, payable to
University of Hawaii) for $_______
Return to: SAB92 Registration, Conference Center, University
of Hawaii, 2530 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822.
SAB92 December 7-11, 1992
Hotel Registration
Ilikai Hotel
Name _____________________________________________________
Address _________________________________________________
City ____________________________________________________
State/Country, Zip ______________________________________
Telephone Number ________________________________________
Arrival Date ____________________________________________
Departure Date __________________________________________
No. of Persons __________________________________________
Preferred Room rate:
_____ 1 or 2 persons $110+tax
_____ 1 or 2 persons $125+tax
_____ 1 Bed _____ 2 Beds
_____ Handicapped Accessible
All reservations must be guaranteed by check or credit card
deposit for one night lodging.
Amount of enclosed check: $_____
Charge to: ___Visa ___ Mastercard ___American Express
___Diner's Club ___Discover
Credit card Number: _______________________
Expiration Date: ________
Signature ___________________________________
Request and deposit must be received by November 7, 1992.
Check-in time is 3:00. Check-out time is 12:00.
Mail hotel registration directly to the Ilikai Hotel,
1777 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96815. (800) 367-8434.
(808) 947-4523 (fax). In Britain: 0800 282502
In Tokyo: 03-3281-4321
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Subject: Computational Biology Conference
From: George Berg <berg@cs.albany.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 92 18:01:31 -0500
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
UPDATE: SECOND ALBANY CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
"PATTERNS OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Second Albany Conference on Computational Biology will be
held October 8-11, 1992 in Rensselaerville near Albany, New York. The
aim of this conference (like that of the 1990 Albany Conference) is to
explore the computational tools and approaches being developed in diverse
fields within biology, with emphasis this year on topics related to
organization and self-assembly. The conference will be designed to
provide an environment for a frank and informal exchange among scientists
and mathematicians that is not normally possible within the constraints
of topical, single-discipline meetings. The theme of the Conference,
"Patterns of Biological Organization", will be developed in five sessions
on topics ranging from the level of sequence to the level of embryo
development. Leading specialists in the various disciplines are being
invited, with the degree of involvement in novel computational approaches
as one of the most important criteria for selection.
We are seeking an interdisciplinary audience, mathematicians, and
computer scientists as well as biologists. All participants will be
invited to submit abstracts for posters, although submission is not
mandatory. Also, if funding permits, we will sponsor "young
investigator" travel awards as we did in 1990 for the first Albany
Conference on Computational Biology.
CONFERENCE FORMAT
The conference will consist of three morning and two evening
sessions over a period of three nights and days (Thursday afternoon
through Sunday morning). Each session will be comprised of four
30-minute talks interspersed by question-and-answer periods of 15-20
minutes. Afternoons are free for discussion and workshops (some planned,
others impromptu). Tentative workshop topics include visualization tools
and structure data bases. In addition, a workshop is planned for
Thursday afternoon that will introduce non-biologists to the main issues
of macromolecular and cellular structure to be addressed at the meeting.
The following is an outline of the conference sessions, including
a partial listing of confirmed speakers:
Keynote Address: Prof. Hermann Haken
=-------------- Institute for Theoretical Physics and Synergetics
University of Stuttgart
Session 1 Sequence analysis and secondary structure
=---------------------------------------------------
Discussion leader: Charles Lawrence
Wadsworth Center, and State Univ. of New York, Albany
518-473-3382
CEL@BIOMETRICS.PH.ALBANY.EDU
Speakers: David L. Waltz
Thinking Machines, Inc., and Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Jean Michel Claverie
National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH,
Bethesda, MD
Michael Zucker
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Stephen Altschul
National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH,
Bethesda, MD
Session 2 Tertiary structure prediction
=---------------------------------------
Discussion leader: George Berg
State Univ. of New York, Albany
518-442-4267
BERG@CS.ALBANY.EDU
Speakers: Rick Fine
Biosym Technologies, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Stephen Bryant
National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH
Bethesda, MD
James Bowie
University of California
Los Angeles, CA
Francois Michel
Centre de Genetique Moleculaire, CNRS
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Session 3 Macromolecular function
=---------------------------------
Discussion leader: Jacquelyn Fetrow
State Univ. of New York, Albany
518-442-4389
JACQUE@ISADORA.ALBANY.EDU
Speakers: Judith Hempel
Biosym Technologies, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Fred Cohen
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Chris Lee
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Session 4 Recognition and assembly
=----------------------------------
Discussion leader: Joachim Frank
Wadsworth Center and State Univ. of New York, Albany
518-474-7002
JOACHIM@TETHYS.PH.ALBANY.EDU
Speakers: David DeRosier
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Phoebe Stewart
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
John Sedat
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Session 5 Development
=---------------------
Discussion leader: John Reinitz
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT
203-785-7049
REINITZ-JOHN@CS.YALE.EDU
Speakers: Michael Levine
University of California
San Diego, CA
John Reinitz
Yale University
New Haven, CT
George Oster
University of California
Berkeley, CA
Brian Goodwin
Open University
Milton Keynes, UK
Questions about individual sessions may be sent to the respective
Discussion Leaders (phone numbers and email addresses provided above).
For general conference information, you may contact any of the discussion
leaders or any other member of the Organizing Committee (chair: Carmen
Mannella) or Program Committee (chair: Joachim Frank). Phone numbers and
email addresses of the other members of these committees are listed
below:
Jeff Bell, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
518-276-4075
BELL@VAX1.CHEM.RPI.EDU
Stephen Bryant, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH,
Bethesda, MD
301-496-2475 (ext. 65)
BRYANT@NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV
Carmen Mannella, Wadsworth Center and State Univ. of New York, Albany
518-474-2462
CARMEN@TETHYS.PH.ALBANY.EDU
Patrick Van Roey, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY
518-473-1336
VANROEY@TETHYS.PH.ALBANY.EDU
CONFERENCE SITE
The conference, one of the Albany Conference series held annually
since 1984, will take place at the Rensselaerville Conference Center,
located 30 miles southwest of Albany, NY in the Helderberg Mountains.
The Institute offers on-campus facilities including a large auditorium
with all necessary audio-visual equipment, and smaller conference halls
for informal workshops and poster sessions. The Weathervane Restaurant,
located on-campus and formerly the carriage house of the Huyck estate,
provides meals and refreshments, while overnight lodging is available in
the modern and classic estate houses. Rooms are assigned in advance to
registrants, and transportation to and from Rensselaerville is provided
from the airport, as well as train and bus stations. The rural, secluded
setting of the conference, the limited number of participants and the
scheduling of sessions in the morning and the evening -- leaving the
afternoons free -- are intended to facilitate informal discussions among
conference participants.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
CONFERENCE FEE: $475 includes registration, accomodations (double
occupancy), meals and transportation between the conference center and
Albany airport. A limited number of single occupancy accomodations are
available for an extra $100. Payment of the full fee will be required by
AUGUST 31, 1992. Please note that neither the Albany Conferences nor the
Rensselaerville Conference Center accepts credit cards.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 31, 1992.
For further registration information and a copy of the application form
for the 1992 Albany Conference on Computational Biology, please call the
conference coordinator, Carole Keith, 518-442-4327, FAX 518-442-4767,
Bitnet: CAROLE@ALBNYVM1, or write to The 1992 Albany Conference, P.O.
Box 8836, Albany, NY 12208-0836.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Individuals may also use the following "E-Mail application form" to
register for this meeting:
Name:
Organization:
Business Address:
City: State: Zip:
Business Phone: Fax:
Because attendance is limited, please describe briefly your research
interests or activities which explain your interest in participating in
this conference. If you plan to submit a poster, please include its
title and (if ready) a short abstract. (You will be asked to provide a
one-page, camera-ready version of the poster abstract, using 1.5 inch
borders, for the meeting workbook.)
Send this E-mail application to CAROLE@ALBNYVM1 before the registration
deadline (July 31).
TRAVEL AWARDS
Graduate students and postdocs who would like to be considered for a
Young Investigators travel award should submit with their registration
form a brief letter explaining his/her research interests. Graduate
students should also include a letter of recommendation from a faculty
advisor. Applications from members of groups that are underrepresented
in this field (women and racial minorities) are encouraged.
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Subject: 1st CFP: Third IEE International Conference on Artificial NN
From: "John V. Black @ DRA Malvern" <"MVUB::BLACK%hermes.mod.uk"@relay.MOD.UK>
Date: Fri, 08 May 92 11:45:00 +0000
IEE 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
Date : 25-27 May 1993
Venue : Conference Centre, Brighton, United Kingdom
Contributions & Conference format: Oral & poster presentations in single,
non-parallel sessions
Scope: 3 principal areas of interest
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Architecture & Learning Algorithms : Theory & design of neural networks,
modular systems, comparison with
classical techniques
Applications & industrial systems : Vision and image processing,
speech and language processing,
biomedical systems, robotics & control,
AI applications, expert systems,
financial and business systems
Implementations : parallel simulation/architecture,
hardware implementations (analogue &
digital), VLSI devices or systems,
optoelectronics
Travel: Frequent trains from London (journey time 60 mins) and from Gatwick
airport (30 mins)
Deadlines:
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1st September 1992 : Receipt of synopsis by secretariat. The synopsis should
not exceed 1 A4 page
October 1992 : Notification of provisional acceptance
25th January 1993 : Receipt of full typescript for final review by
secretariat. This should be a maximum of 5 A4 pages -
approximately 5,000 words, less if illustrations are
included.
Further details and contributions to:
Sheila Griffiths
ANN 93 Secretariat
IEE Conference Services
London WC2R 0BL
United Kingdom
Telephone (+44) 71 240 1871 Ext 222
Fax (+44) 71 497 3633
Telex 261176 IEE LDN G
David Lowe Janet: lowe@uk.mod.hermes
Internet: lowe%hermes.mod.uk@relay.mod.hermes
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Subject: Workshop: "Autopoiesis and Perception" - Call for Participation.
From: "Barry McMullin, DCU (Dublin, Ireland)"
<75008378%dcu.ie@BITNET.CC.CMU.EDU>
Date: Thu, 14 May 92 16:02:00 +0000
[The workshop announced below addresses an essentially cross-
disciplinary subject area, potentially involving philosophy, computer
science, engineering and biology - to name but a few. It is therefore
being posted across a variety of forums (fora?): so my apologies for the
noise if you see it more than once! All flames directly to me, please.
In case you wish to print out the plain ascii text, it has been
structured with 72 columns, 66 lines per page. Please pass on the notice
to anyone else who may be interested. If you require further
information, or wish to register, please follow the instructions below;
but note that, due to other commitments over the next fortnight, no
acknowledgements will be issued before May 27th. - Barry.]
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AUTOPOIESIS AND PERCEPTION
A Workshop within ESPRIT BRA 3352
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY: 25-26 August 1992
************ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ************
A common sense idea of perception is that, through the information
processing capabilities of our sensory/brain system, we come to know
"the" objectively real, external, world. However, this "spectator"
paradigm has not proved very effective (so far) in attempts to build
artificial perceptual systems. It therefore seems appropriate to
critically examine this concept of perception.
One alternative idea is to take a participatory rather than a spectator
view of the relationship between "us" and "the external world". To
perceive is not to process sensory data, but to apprehend meaning through
interaction.
Autopoiesis is an organizational paradigm which can support such a
participatory view of perception. The concept of autopoiesis (lit.
"self-producing"), was introduced to characterise the organisation which
makes living systems autonomous. An autopoietic organisation is one which
is self-renewing (in a suitable environment); autopoietic systems
maintain their organisation through a network of component-producing
processes such that the interacting components generate the same network
of processes which produced them. In the autopoietic paradigm, perception
is an emergent phenomenon characteristic of the interaction between an
autopoietic system and its environment: the system responds to
perturbations in just such a way as to maintain its (autopoietic)
identity.
Structure:
----------
The key objective of the workshop is to allow for extensive, open,
discussion, and it has been structured accordingly. It will consist of a
small number of prepared papers by invited keynote speakers, punctuated
with extended discussion periods; it will run over one and a half days
(from 9.30 AM on 25th August, to 1.00 PM on 26th August). To maximize the
benefit of the discussion, the workshop will be limited to 30
participants.
Invited Speakers (Confirmed):
-----------------------------
Prof. Francisco Varela C.R.E.A., Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
Dr. David Vernon DG XIII, EC Commission, Brussels, and Computer
Science, Trinity College Dublin.
Dr. Dermot Furlong Department of Microelectronic and Electrical
Engineering, Trinity College Dublin.
Further Information: Barry McMullin, Electronic Engineering,
-------------------- Dublin City University, Dublin 9, IRELAND.
E-mail: <McMullinB@dcu.ie>
Phone: +353-1-7045432 Fax: +353-1-7045508
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AUTOPOIESIS AND PERCEPTION
A Workshop within ESPRIT BRA 3352
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY: 25-26 August 1992
************* REGISTRATION FORM *************
The deadline for receipt of registration information is Friday, 31st July
1992. Due to the limit to 30 participants, early registration is
advisable. However, postal services to Dublin are currently severely
affected by an industrial dispute. Therefore, if you wish to register,
it is recommended that you return this form by E-mail or FAX as soon as
possible, paying the registration fee by Bank Transfer. Please advise if
you require information on hotel accomodation; campus accomodation will
be available at a rate of IRP 20 per night (approx.) - a separate booking
form will be provided on request. The DCU campus is situated in the north
Dublin suburb of Glasnevin, is less than 10 minutes from Dublin
International Airport, and has easy access to the city centre. All
correspondence should be directed to:
Barry McMullin, Electronic Engineering,
Dublin City University, Dublin 9, IRELAND.
E-mail: <McMullinB@dcu.ie> Phone: +353-1-7045432 Fax: +353-1-7045508
Name:...................................................................
Organisation:...........................................................
Address:................................................................
City:........................... Country:..........................
Phone:............... FAX:................. E-mail:...................
Is your organisation a member of the BRA 3352 Working Group on Vision?
YES___ NO___ If YES, which consortium? ...................
Registration Fee: Irish Pounds 60 (or equivalent)
Payment Form: (Check One)
1) Internal Accounting (working group members only) ____
Requires signature of partner representative listed
in BRA 3352 Technical Annex:
Partner Representative:................... Signature................
2) Bank Transfer: ____
Account Name: Dublin City University Conference a/c
Bank: AIB Bank, 7-12 Dame St., Dublin 2, IRELAND.
Account Number: 91765-215 Bank Sorting Code: 93 20 86
(IMPORTANT: Quote your NAME *and* "Ref: 421/01/121 (Autopoiesis)"
in all bank transfer documents.)
3) Bank Draft (made payable to "Dublin City University"): ____
Equivalent of Irish Pounds amount in any EC currency drawn
on a local bank -OR- DM, US$, or Sterling draft drawn on a
UK bank. All charges to be bourn by the remitter.
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