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Neuron Digest Volume 09 Number 19
Neuron Digest Saturday, 18 Apr 1992 Volume 9 : Issue 19
Today's Topics:
neurosimulators which produce source code?
Software patents
IJCNN '92 requests for video demonstrations - Immediate replies needed
Conference : AISB'93
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Subject: neurosimulators which produce source code?
From: Ruthie Dare <MT01%NEMOMUS.bitnet@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 13:18:13 -0500
Does anyone know of any neurosimulator software packages which produce
the actual source code (eg Pascal or C) for the networks which have been
specified? Any help is greatly appreciated. You may reply directly to
me at MT01@NEMOMUS.BITNET
Thank you.
Ruthie Dare
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Subject: Software patents
From: Marcus Speh <marcus@apollo.desy.de>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 16:25:29 +0100
[[ Editor's Note: Though this is, strictly speaking, outside the
immediate domain of neural nets, software patenting impacts all of us
whether in research or industry. The legal system has not kept pace with
technology. We may find open communication and use of what is now
considered common practice to be severely compromised. -PM ]]
Please post this message - it might be of interest for people who had or
are going to have ideas and are not aware of the fact that they might
give licenses on them (WHAT an IDEA is..that is a matter for the
philosophy-of-moneymaking-digest).
One should also think about giving patents on "future ideas" - this
would be really revolutionary an approach and make a lot more people rich
and famous.
Marcus Speh
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 09:02:06 +0200
Reply-To: Mike Sendall <sting@DXCERN.CERN.CH>
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From: Mike Sendall <sting@DXCERN.CERN.CH>
Subject: Software Patenting gets closer
>From: myersdr@epcinext3
>Keywords:Software Patents computing GNU
This is just for information; there is not much to be done about it.
Last year Richard Stallman, of the Free Software Foundation, gave a talk
at CERN in which he discussed the dangers of patenting and/or copywriting
software. I have just come across an example.
For some years both I.S.O. and national standards for software have been
using the concept of a "functional specification", independent of any
particular language, plus a series of "language bindings". This provides
a mechanism to implement the standard in the best way possible in each
computer language, whilst ensuring that all implementations offer
identical functionality. In particular, all the graphics standards are
defined this way (GKS, GKS-3D, PHIGS, CGM, etc.)
It now seems that as of 21 January, 1992, IBM has been granted a patent
on the idea of language binding. Although they are willing to licence the
patent, the situation would seem to be that IBM has it within its power
to invalidate a substantial number of standards.
As many ideas get used in computer programs without being explicitly
written up and published, this leaves scope for companies with the time
and money to patent all sorts of algorithms and techniques. Witness the
situation with Graphical User Interfaces, or Adobe and Compaction
Algorithms. It does not look like the problem will go away...
David Myers.
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Subject: IJCNN '92 requests for video demonstrations - Immediate replies needed
From: penz@resbld.csc.ti.com
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 16:12:58 -0600
Dear Colleague:
This year, at the IJCNN-92 Baltimore, Dr. David Rumelhart and Tom J.
Schwartz will cochair a special interest group session on neural network
demonstrations. To enter a demonstration video for consideration by the
organizers, send it to Tom J. Schwartz, 1470 Wildrose Way, Mountain View
CA 94043, USA. The organizers will select for presentation up to 10 of
the most technically interesting neural net videos.
Please limit the video to no more than 10 minutes. We will accept
videos in ALL VHS (only) formats: NTSC, PAL, SECAM 1 and SECAM 2. If
your video is accepted, we hope that you will be at IJCNN to help present
it or that the video has sufficient narration to be presented on its own.
If you would like your video returned, please enclose a USA stamped (with
sufficient postage) self-addressed mailer. If you are from outside the
USA, please enclose a self addressed mailer with $5.00 for surface return
or $15.00 for airmail return. Please pay by cash; checks will only be
accepted if drawn on a USA bank in dollars, made payable to Tom J.
Schwartz. If you have any questions, you may contact Mr. Schwartz via
FAX at 415/968-4561. Thank you.
Best regards,
Tom J. Schwartz, President
The Schwartz Associates
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Subject: Conference : AISB'93
From: Donald Peterson <aisb93-prog@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 14:25:38 +0000
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AISB'93 CONFERENCE : ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Theme: "Prospects for AI as the General Science of Intelligence"
29 March -- 2 April 1993
University of Birmingham
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1. Introduction
2. Invited talks
3. Topic areas for submitted papers
4. Timetable for submitted papers
5. Paper lengths and submission details
6. Call for referees
7. Workshops and Tutorials
8. LAGB Conference
9. Email, paper mail, phone and fax.
1. INTRODUCTION
The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation
of Behaviour (one of the oldest AI societies) will hold its ninth
bi-annual conference on the dates above at the University of Birmingham.
The site is Manor House, a charming and convivial residential hall close
to the University.
Tutorials and Workshops are planned for Monday 29th March and the morning
of Tuesday 30th March, and the main conference will start with lunch on
Tuesday 30th March and end on Friday 2nd April.
The Programme Chair is Aaron Sloman, and the Local Arrangements Organiser
is Donald Peterson, both assisted by Petra Hickey.
The conference will be "single track" as usual, with invited speakers and
submitted papers, plus a "poster session" to allow larger numbers to
report on their work, and the proceedings will be published.
The conference will cover the usual topic areas for conferences on AI and
Cognitive Science. However, with the turn of the century approaching, and
with computer power no longer a major bottleneck in most AI research
(apart from connectionism) it seemed appropriate to ask our invited
speakers to look forwards rather than backwards, and so the theme of the
conference will be "Prospects for AI as the general science of
intelligence". Submitted papers exploring this are also welcome, in
addition to the normal technical papers.
2. INVITED TALKS
So far the following have agreed to give invited talks:
Prof David Hogg (Leeds)
"Prospects for computer vision"
Prof Allan Ramsay (Dublin)
"Prospects for natural language processing by machine"
Prof Glyn Humphreys (Birmingham)
"Prospects for connectionism - science and engineering".
Prof Ian Sommerville (Lancaster)
"Prospects for AI in systems design"
Titles are provisional.
3. TOPIC AREAS for SUBMITTED PAPERS
Papers are invited in any of the normal areas represented at AI and
Cognitive Science conferences, including:
AI in Design,
AI in software engineering
Teaching AI and Cognitive Science,
Analogical and other forms of Reasoning
Applications of AI,
Automated discovery,
Control of actions,
Creativity,
Distributed intelligence,
Expert Systems,
Intelligent interfaces
Intelligent tutoring systems,
Knowledge representation,
Learning,
Methodology,
Modelling affective processes,
Music,
Natural language,
Naive physics,
Philosophical foundations,
Planning,
Problem Solving,
Robotics,
Tools for AI,
Vision,
Papers on neural nets or genetic algorithms are welcomed, but should be
capable of being judged as contributing to one of the other topic areas.
Papers may either be full papers or descriptions of work to be presented
in a poster session.
4. TIMETABLE for SUBMITTED PAPERS
Submission deadline: 1st September 1992
Date for notification of acceptances: mid October 1992
Date for submission of camera ready final copy: mid December 1992
The conference proceedings will be published. Long papers and invited
papers will definitely be included. Selected poster summaries may be
included if there is space.
5. PAPER LENGTH and SUBMISSION DETAILS
Full papers:
10 pages maximum, A4 or 8.5"x11", no smaller than 12 point print
size Times Roman or similar preferred, in letter quality print.
Poster submissions
5 pages summary
Excessively long papers will be rejected without being reviewed.
All submissions should include
1. Full names and addresses of all authors
2. Electronic mail address if available
3. Topic area
4. Label: "Long paper" or "Poster summary"
5. Abstract no longer than 10 lines.
6. Statement certifying that the paper is not being
submitted elsewhere for publication.
7. An undertaking that if the paper is accepted at least
one of the authors will attend the conference.
THREE copies are required.
6. CALL for REFEREES
Anyone willing to act as a reviewer during September should write to the
Programme Chair, with a summary CV or indication of status and
experience, and preferred topic areas.
7. WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS
The first day and a half of the Conference are allocated to workshops
and tutorials. These will be organised by Dr Hyacinth S. Nwana, and
anyone interested in giving a workshop or tutorial should contact her
at:
Department of Computer Science,
University of Keele,
Staffs.
ST5 5BG.
U.K.
phone: +44 782 583413, or +44 782 621111(x 3413)
email
JANET: nwanahs@uk.ac.keele.cs
BITNET: nwanahs%cs.kl.ac.uk@ukacrl
UUCP : ...!ukc!kl-cs!nwanahs
other : nwanahs@cs.keele.ac.uk
8. LAGB CONFERENCE.
Shortly before AISB'93, the Linguistics Association of Great Britain
(LAGB) will hold its Spring Meeting at the University of Birmingham
from 22-24th March, 1993. For more information, please contact Dr.
William Edmondson: postal address as below; phone +44-(0)21-414-4763;
email EDMONDSONWH@vax1.bham.ac.uk
9. EMAIL, PAPER MAIL, PHONE and FAX.
Email:
* aisb93-prog@cs.bham.ac.uk
(for communications relating to submission of papers to the programme)
* aisb93-delegates@cs.bham.ac.uk
(for information on accommodation, meals, programme etc. as it
becomes available --- enquirers will be placed on a mailing list)
Address:
AISB'93 (prog) or AISB'93 (delegates),
School of Computer Science,
The University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston,
Birmingham,
B15 2TT,
U.K.
Phone:
+44-(0)21-414-3711
Fax:
+44-(0)21-414-4281
Donald Peterson and Aaron Sloman, April 1992.
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