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Neuron Digest Volume 09 Number 13
Neuron Digest Monday, 23 Mar 1992 Volume 9 : Issue 13
Today's Topics:
neural networks course at Sussex University, UK
IJCNN - reminder
FUZZ-IEEE'93 call for papers (revised)
NEC Symposium - Computational Learning and Cognition
CFP - Philosophical Issues in Connectionists Modelling
CACS92 Announcement
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Subject: neural networks course at Sussex University, UK
From: James Goodlet <jamesg@cogs.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 92 11:36:59 +0000
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* CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS *
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* The University of Sussex *
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* We are pleased to offer the following 1 and 2 day Advanced Technology *
* Courses: *
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* April 8th Computer Vision *
* April 9th Neural Networks *
* April 10th Computer Supported Cooperative Work
* April 13-14th Software Analysis & Design: Practical Techniques for *
* Managing Uncertainty *
* *
* Due to generous sponsorship from COMETT, these courses are offered at the *
* reduced rate of 130 pounds (240 pounds for the 2 day course). The course *
* fee covers tuition, documentation, light refreshments and lunch. *
* *
* Sussex University is a major centre for Artificial Intelligence and *
* Computer Science research and teaching. All CASA courses are presented *
* by recognised experts in the field. Places are restricted: please book *
* early! *
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* For further details and bookings contact: *
* *
* Alison White *
* CASA *
* The University of Sussex *
* Brighton *
* BN1 9QH *
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* (0273) 678448 *
* alisonw@cogs.susx.ac.uk *
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School of Cognitive & Computing Sciences, Talk: +44-(0)273-606755 x2407
University of Sussex, JANET: jamesg@uk.ac.susx.cogs
Brighton BN1 9QH, UUCP: ...!mcsun!uknet!cogs!jamesg
United Kingdom Internet: jamesg%cogs.susx.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
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Subject: IJCNN - reminder
From: "Clifford G. Lau" <clau@isi.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 92 09:07:41 -0800
Please post the following reminder for IJCNN-92 Baltimore.
******************* I J C N N ' 9 2 *******************
Baltimore Convention Center
June 7, 1992 Day of Tutorials
June 8 - 11, 1992 Conference and Exhibits
Registration: $245 for IEEE or INNS members before April 20, 1992
$285 for non-members before April 20, 1992
$75 for full-time students before April 20, 1992
$295, $335, and $90 respectively afterwards.
Send registration to:
IJCNN'92 Baltimore
Meeting Management
5665 Oberlin Drive, Suite #110
San Diego, CA 92121
This promises to be the biggest IJCNN ever. We have over 700 papers and
we are expecting at least 1500 people. Everyone is welcome to this best
neural network conference IJCNN'92.
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Subject: FUZZ-IEEE'93 call for papers (revised)
From: Hamid Berenji <berenji@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 92 17:06:11 -0800
CALL FOR PAPERS
SECOND IEEE INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON FUZZY SYSTEMS
FUZZ-IEEE'93
San Francisco, California
March 28 - April 1, 1993
In recent years, increasing attention has been devoted to fuzzy-logic
approaches and to their application to the solution of real-world
problems.
The Second IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE '93)
will be dedicated to the discussion of advances in:
* Basic Principles and Foundations of Fuzzy Logic
* Relations between Fuzzy Logic and other Approximate
Reasoning Methods
* Qualitative and Approximate-Reasoning Modeling
* Hardware Implementations of Fuzzy-Logic Algorithms
* Learning and Acquisition of Approximate Models
* Relations between Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks
* Applications to
* System Control
* Intelligent Information Systems
* Case-Based Reasoning
* Decision Analysis
* Signal Processing
* Image Understanding
* Pattern Recognition
* Robotics and Automation
* Intelligent Vehicle and Highway Systems
This conference will be held concurrently with the 1993 IEEE
International Conference on Neural Networks. Participants will be able
to attend the technical events of both meetings.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
This conference is sponsored by the IEEE Neural Networks Council, in
cooperation with:
International Fuzzy Systems Association
North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society
Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Systems.
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
ELITE - European Laboratory for Intelligent Techniques Engineering
The conference includes tutorials, exhibits, plenary sessions, and
social events.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
GENERAL CHAIR: Enrique H.Ruspini
Artificial Intelligence Center
SRI International
CHAIR: Piero P. Bonissone
General Electric CR&D
PROGRAM ADVISORY BOARD:
J. Bezdek E. Sanchez E. Trillas
D. Dubois Ph. Smets T. Yamakawa
G. Klir M. Sugeno L.A. Zadeh
H. Prade T. Terano H.J. Zimmerman
FINANCE:
R. Tong (Chair)
R. Nutter
PUBLICITY:
H. Berenji (Chair)
B. D'Ambrosio
R. Lopez de Mantaras
T. Takagi
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
S. Ovchinnikov
TUTORIALS:
J. Bezdek (Chair)
H. Berenji
H. Watanabe
EXHIBITS:
A. Ralescu
M. Togai
L. Valverde
W. Xu
T. Yamakawa
H.J. Zimmerman
TUTORIAL INFORMATION
The following tutorials have been scheduled:
Introduction to Fuzzy-Set Theory, Uncertainty, and Fuzzy Logic
Prof. George J. Klir, SUNY
Fuzzy Logic in Databases and Information Retrieval
Prof. Maria Zemankova, NSF
Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition
Prof. James C. Bezdek, Univ. of West Florida
Hardware Approaches to Fuzzy-Logic Applications
Prof. Hiroyuki Watanabe, Univ. North Carolina
Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks for Control Systems
Dr. Hamid R. Berenji, NASA Ames Research Center
Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks for Computer Vision
Prof. James Keller, Univ. of Missouri
EXHIBIT INFORMATION
Exhibitors are encouraged to present the latest innovations in fuzzy
hardware, software, and systems based on applications of fuzzy logic.
For additional information, please contact Meeting Management at Tel.
(619) 453-6222, FAX (619) 535-3880.
CALL FOR PAPERS
In addition to the papers related to any of the above areas, the program
committee cordially invites interested authors to submit papers dealing
with any aspects of research and applications related to the use of fuzzy
models. Papers will be carefully reviewed and only accepted papers will
appear in the FUZZ-IEEE '93 Proceedings.
DEADLINE FOR PAPERS: September 21, 1992
Papers must be received by September 21, 1992. Six copies of the paper
must be submitted. The paper must be written in English and its length
should not exceed 8 pages including figures, tables, and references.
Papers must be submitted on 8-1/2" x 11" white paper with 1" margins on
all four sides. They should be prepared by typewriter or letter-quality
printer in one column format, single-spaced, in Times or similar type
style, 10 points or larger, and printed on one side of the paper only.
Please include title, author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s) on top of
first page followed by an abstract. FAX submissions are not acceptable.
Please send submissions prior to the deadline to:
Dr. Piero P. Bonissone
General Electric Corporate Research and Development
Building K-1, Room 5C32A
1 River Road
Schenectady, New York 12301
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING FUZZ-IEEE'93 PLEASE
CONTACT:
Meeting Management
5665 Oberlin Drive Suite 110
San Diego CA 92121
Tel. (619) 453-6222
FAX (619) 535-3880
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Subject: NEC Symposium - Computational Learning and Cognition
From: "Eric B. Baum" <eric@RESEARCH.NJ.NEC.COM>
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 92 09:08:21 -0500
Third Annual NEC Symposium:
COMPUTATIONAL LEARNING AND COGNITION
PRINCETON NJ
MAY 27-28, 1992
NEC is pleased to announce that the Third Annual NEC Symposium will
be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Princeton NJ on May 27 and 28,
1992. The title of this year's symposium is Computational Learning and
Cognition. The conference will feature 12 invited talks. The speakers
are:
Dana Angluin, Yale U. , "Learning with Queries"
Kunihiko Fukushima, Osaka U., "An Improved Neocognitron Architecture and
Learning Algorithm"
Charles Gross, Princeton U. "Inferior Temporal Cortex is a Pattern
Recognition Device"
David Haussler, UCSC, "How Well Do Bayes Methods Work?"
Mitsuo Kawato, ATR, "Supervised Learning for Coordinative Motor Control"
Hector Levesque, U. Toronto, "Is Reasoning Too Hard?"
Tom Mitchell, CMU, "Software Agents that Learn from Users"
David Rumelhart, Stanford U., To be announced
Stuart Russell, UC Berkeley, "On Rational Agents with Limited Performance
Hardware"
Haim Sompolinsky, Hebrew U., "Continuous and Discontinuous Learning"
Manfred Warmuth, UCSC, "On Weak Learnability"
Kenji Yamanishi, NEC, "Statistical Approach to Computational Learning
Theory."
There will be no contributed papers. Registration is free of charge but
space is limited. Registrations will be accepted on a first come first
served basis. YOU MUST PREREGISTER. There will be no onsite
registration. To preregister by e-mail send a request to
dale@research.nj.nec.com. You will receive an acknowledgement and an
invitation, space allowing. Preregistration is also possible by regular
mail to Ms. Dale Ronan, NEC Research Institute, 4 Independence Way,
Princeton NJ 08540.
Registrants are expected to make their own arrangements for
accomodations. As a service, we provide below a list of hotels in the
area, together with corporate rates. You should ask for the Corporate
Rate when reserving your room. Sessions will start at around 8:30 AM
Wednsday, and will be scheduled to finish at around 3:30 PM on Thursday
May 28.
Red Roof Inn, South Bruswick-(908)821-8800 $29.99
McIntosh Inn, Lawrenceville-(609)896-3700 $39.95
Days Inn, South Bruswick-(908)329-4555 $44.95
Palmer Inn, Princeton-(609)452-2500 $65.00
Novotel Hotel, Princeton-(609)520-1200 $85.00
Summerfield Suites, Princeton-(609)951-0009 $89.00*
Ramada Inn, Princeton-(609)452-2400 $89.50
Marriott Residence Inn, Princeton-(908)329-9600 $94.00*
Hyatt Regency, Princeton-(609)987-1234 $105.00*
Marriott Hotel, Princeton-(609)452-7900 $140.00
*In order to obtain these rates, the person making the reservation must
state that he or she is attending the NEC Research Symposium to the
reservationist.
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Subject: CFP - Philosophical Issues in Connectionists Modelling
From: Noel Sharkey <sharkey@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 92 13:05:51 -0800
Connection Science
Journal of Neural Computing, Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Research
* * * Call for Papers * * *
Connection Science Special Issue
PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN CONNECTIONIST MODELLING
Editor
Noel Sharkey
Guest Editor
Andy Clark
Special Board:
Daniel Andler
David Chalmers
Adrian Cussins
Tim van Gelder
Matthias Gutknecht
Kim Plunkett
Chris Sinha
Georg Schwarz
The journal Connection Science would like to encourage submissions from
researchers interested in philosophical issues in connectionist
modelling. The special issue aims to promote the analysis of specific
issues and concepts central to connectionist modelling. Discussions
should concentrate on some particular concept or issue and make reference
to specific connectionist models. Ideally, we are seeking highly focussed
yet relatively theoretical discussions which make direct contact with
actual work in the field. Submissions from theorists working in all
areas of cognitive science are welcome.
Authors wishing to submit papers to the special issue should mark them
SPECIAL PHILOSOPHY ISSUE. Good quality papers not accepted for the
special issue may appear in later regular issues.
Deadline for submission: April 20, 1992
Expected Publication Date: Late 1992
Notification of acceptance or rejection will be by the beginning of July.
Submissions should be sent to:
Andy Clark
School of Cognitive & Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9QH
England
UK
Instructions for authors can be found in any edition of Connection
Science, or obtained by e-mail from lyn@uk.ac.exeter.dcs
An inspection copy of a recent issue is available from Stefan Lacny,
Carfax Publishing Co., PO Box 25, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3UE, UK.
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Subject: CACS92 Announcement
From: meyer%FRULM63.BITNET@BITNET.CC.CMU.EDU,
Jean-Arcady MEYER <meyer%FRULM63.BITNET@BITNET.CC.CMU.EDU>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 92 12:10:33 +0100
Call for Participation
COMPARATIVE APPROACHES TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE (CACS92):
An International Summer School
CACS92 is an international summer school to be held in Aix en
Provence, France, July 6-17, 1992 on comparative approaches to cognitive
science. This school will bring together leading investigators in animal
and human cognition, artificial intelligence, and robotics to discuss,
compare, and share the concepts, problems, and techniques that
characterize their fields of investigation. It will also offer numerous
opportunities for collaboration. Its main goals are to discuss the role
that investigations of animals and machines can play in the development
of cognitive science generally, and to provide the intellectual and
methodological tools necessary to the advancement of such developments.
A major focus in cognitive science has been on modeling the
performance of tasks that are characteristic of human intelligence, such
as planning, problem solving, scientific creativity, and the like.
Several investigators have recently suggested the possibility of a
complementary comparative approach to cognitive science. Rather than
modeling toy problems from the larger domain of human expert behavior,
this approach advocates the modeling of whole, albeit simple, organisms
in a real environment, performing real biological tasks (surviving,
exploring, mating, feeding, escaping predators, etc.). The goal of the
approach is to develop coherent incremental models out of functionally
complete components. Achieving this goal requires that we investigate
animal performance and the mechanisms they use as the basis for our
growing models. It also requires extensive collaborations among
ethologists, psychologists, computer scientists, engineers, and cognitive
scientists because no one of these fields, by itself, has the tools to
thoroughly understand the mechanisms of such complex processes. The
purpose of this summer school is to review the state of the art in this
interdisciplinary approach and to share the tools and perspectives it
requires.
The summer school will be held at the Ecole d'Art d'Aix en Provence,
France, from July 6-17, 1992. Aix is in a beautiful part of France known
as a favorite location for many of the Impressionist painters.
The summer school will consist of morning lectures followed by
afternoon discussions. English will be the officinal language. We have
asked the instructors to prepare presentations that are accessible as tutorials to the students and are broader than normal,
that describe not only the investigator's own interests, but also review
the state of the art, and describe the theoretical and empirical tools
that are employed. We have also asked them to draw explicit conclusions
concerning how the work they describe impacts on cognitive science more
generally. Presentations will draw specific conclusions about the role
that cognition plays in solving behavioral problems and identify the
kinds of organisms and environments in which such mechanisms may be
useful.
During the summer school, the Ecole d'Art d'Aix will simultaneously
organize a series of artistic activities and demonstrations including
conferences, workshops, and shows, for which artists of many
nationalities have been invited to contribute works along themes related
to those of the planned summer school (artificial life, behavioral
organization, networks, interconnectedness, robots, animal behavior,
etc.). Many opportunities for interaction among the scientific and
artistic participants will be available.
This promises to be an excellent and influential summer school. In
addition to the invited speakers, a limited number of
participants/students can be accommodated. Advanced graduate students,
young researchers, new PhDs, and post-docs are particularly welcome.
Participants are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations
during the summer school.
The costs to participants have not yet been determined. We expect
that the registration fee for the summer school will be approximately
FF4,500, which would cover summer school registration, room (in student
housing at the University of Aix) and board. We expect some scholarship
support to be available to help offset these costs.
Prospective participants are urged to indicate their interest as
soon as possible because space is limited. Participants should submit the
following: A letter describing their interest in the subject matter of
the conference and a curriculum vitae. Include a full mailing address,
electronic mail address, and FAX number. If scholarship support is
desired then a letter of recommendation from the participant's advisor or
department chair is also required. Please indicate the amount of
scholarship support desired. Those desiring to present posters should
submit a one-page abstract. Centered at the top of the page should be
the complete title, author name(s) with the presenting author underlined,
affiliation(s), and complete mailing address. This is followed by a
blank space and the text of the abstract.
One copy of all material should be sent to each of the
summer school organizers:
Herbert ROITBLAT Jean-Arcady MEYER
Department of Psychology Groupe de Bioinformatique
University of Hawaii at Manoa URA686. Ecole Normale Superieure
2430 Campus Road 46 rue d'Ulm
Honolulu, HI 96822 75230 Paris Cedex 05
USA France
email: roitblat@uhunix.bitnet e-mail: meyer@wotan.ens.fr
roitblat@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu meyer@frulm63.bitnet
Tentative Program
Comparative Approaches to Cognitive Science (CACS92)
* Indicates participation to be confirmed
Introduction
Jean-Pierre Changeux (France) From non-human to human cognition:
challenge and prospects
Herbert Roitblat (USA) Comparative approach as a tool in
cognitive science
Jean-Arcady Meyer (France) Computational approaches to cognition
Marc Bekoff (USA) Cognitive ethology, common sense, and the
explanation of animal behavior
Perception and action
Tom Bourbon (USA) Perceptual control theory: Modelling conflict,
cooperation and control
George Butterworth (UK) Factors in visual attention eliciting
manual pointing in human infancy
Steven Whitehead (USA) Towards a computational theory of
perception, action and learning
Concept formation
Roger Thompson (USA) Natural concepts and self-concept in
animals
Lorenzo Von Fersen (Germany) Abstract and natural concept
formation in animals
Keith Holyoak (USA) Natural and artificial induction
Internal world models
Julie Neiworth (USA) Internal models of space, time, and
movement in animals
Catherine Thinus-Blanc (France) Spatial information processing
in animals
Bartlett Mel (USA) Mechanisms and applications of associative
learning in biological sensory and motor systems
Motivation and emotion
Frederick Toates (UK) Animal motivation and cognition
Janet Halperin (Canada) Cognition and emotion in animals and
machines
Niko Frijda (Netherlands) Emotions in robots
Intentionality
Daniel Dennett (USA) Animals and human beings as intentional
systems: The fundamental difference
David McFarland(UK) Goals, no-goals and own-goals
Peter Kugler (USA) Informational fields and intentional action
Colin Allen (USA) Intentionality: natural and artificial
Language, Communication and Cooperative Behavior
* Peter Marler (USA) Communication in animals
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh (USA) Cooperative communication by pygmy
chimpanzees
Giulio Sandini (Italy) Cellular robotic systems
Learning
Randy Gallistel (USA) Time representation and conditioning in
animals
Jean Delacour (France) The memory system of the mammalian brain
Richard Sutton (USA) Learning and planning
Leslie Kaelbling (USA) Reinforcement learning in robots
Evolution
David Premack (France) Evolution of cognition from primates to man
Michael Dyer (USA) Symbol Grounding and Evolution of Primitive
Communication
Rik Belew (USA) Interacting models of evolution, ontogeny and
learning
Conclusions
John Anderson (USA)
Margaret Boden (UK): Creativity in Humans and Machines
Rodney Brooks (USA)
Organizing Committee and local arrangements
CYPRES Groupe de BioInformatique
Ecole d'Art Ecole Normale Superieure
Rue Emile Tavan 46 rue d'Ulm
13100 Aix-en-Provence 75230 Paris Cedex 05
France France
Tel (33) 42 27 57 35 Tel (33) 44 32 36 23
FAX (33) 42 27 63 99 FAX (33) 44 32 39 01
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