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Neuron Digest Volume 11 Number 01
Neuron Digest Sunday, 10 Jan 1993 Volume 11 : Issue 1
Today's Topics:
Administrivia - Welcome to a new Volume
NATO ASI on Statistics and Neural Networks
CNE Workshop/USC Call For Papers
CNS*93
CFP: Intl. Conf. on Tools for AI
CFP - Turkish Sumposium on AI and ANNs
CFP - DEFECT AND FAULT TOLERANCE IN VLSI SYSTEMS
CFP - APPLICATION-SPECIFIC ARRAY PROCESSORS
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Subject: Administrivia - Welcome to a new Volume
From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator, Peter Marvit" <neuron@cattell.psych.upenn.edu>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 16:07:41 -0500
Faithful Readers,
Again, welcome to a new year and a new Volume number of Neuron Digest. We
now have over 1600 subscriber addresses, many of which are further
redistributed to many more people all over the world. At the moment, the
Digest is gatewayed to the USENET grou comp.ai.neural-nets, though I
understand our gaateway may disappear soon. I will try to re-establish a
local connection, but would be grateful for someone to volunteer their
machine's services.
As always, I have quite a backlog of paper and conference announcements
(especially with my recent holiday). I thank you all for making this
Digest successful. I'm sure you join with me wishing our field great
success during this coming year...
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Subject: NATO ASI on Statistics and Neural Networks
From: John Moody <moody@chianti.cse.ogi.edu>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 92 14:35:24 -0800
NATO Advanced Studies Institute (ASI) on
Statistics and Neural Networks
June 21 - July 2, 1993, Les Arcs, France
Directors:
Professor Vladimir Cherkassky
Department of Electrical Eng.
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
tel.(612) 625-9597
fax (612) 625- 4583
email: cherkass@ee.umn.edu
Professor Jerome H. Friedman
Statistics Department
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94309
tel (415 )723-9329
fax(415) 926-3329
email: jhf@playfair.stanford.edu
Professor Harry Wechsler
Computer Science Department
George Mason University
Fairfax VA 22030
tel (703) 993-1533
fax (703) 993-1521
email: wechsler@gmuvax2.gmu.edu
List of invited lecturers: I. Alexander, L. Almeida, A. Barron, A. Buja,
E. Bienenstock, G. Carpenter, V. Cherkassky, T. Hastie, F. Fogelman, J.
Friedman, H. Freeman, F. Girosi, S. Grossberg, J. Kittler, R. Lippmann, J.
Moody, G. Palm, R. Tibshirani, H. Wechsler, C. Wellekens.
Objective, Agenda and Participants: Nonparametric estimation is a problem
of fundamental importance for many applications involving pattern
classification and discrimination. This problem has been addressed in
Statistics, Pattern Recognition, Chaotic Systems Theory, and more recently
in Artificial Neural Network (ANN) research. This ASI will bring together
leading researchers from these fields to present an up-to-date review of
the current state-of-the art, to identify fundamental concepts and trends
for future development, to assess the relative advantages and limitations
of statistical vs neural network techniques for various pattern recognition
applications, and to develop a coherent framework for the joint study of
Statistics and ANNs. Topics range from theoretical modeling and adaptive
computational methods to empirical comparisons between statistical and
neural network techniques. Lectures will be presented in a tutorial manner
to benefit the participants of ASI. A two-week programme is planned,
complete with lectures, industrial/government sessions, poster sessions and
social events. It is expected that over seventy students (which can be
researchers or practitioners at the post-graduate or graduate level) will
attend, drawn from each NATO country and from Central and Eastern Europe.
The proceedings of ASI will be published by Springer-Verlag.
Applications: Applications for participation at the ASI are sought.
Prospective students, industrial or government participants should send a
brief statement of what they intend to accomplish and what form their
participation would take. Each application should include a curriculum
vitae, with a brief summary of relevant scientific or professional
accomplishments, and a documented statement of financial need (if funds are
applied for).
Optionally, applications may include a one page summary for making a
short presentation at the poster session. Poster presentations focusing on
comparative evaluation of statistical and neural network methods and
application studies are especially sought. For junior applicants, support
letters from senior members of the professional community familiar with the
applicant's work would strengthen the application. Prospective participants
from Greece, Portugal and Turkey are especially encouraged to apply.
Costs and Funding: The estimated cost of hotel accommodations and meals
for the two-week duration of the ASI is US$1,600. In addition,
participants from industry will be charged an industrial registration
fee, not to exceed US$1,000. Participants representing industrial
sponsors will be exempt from the fee. We intend to subsidize costs of
participants to the maximum extent possible by available funding.
Prospective participants should also seek support from their national
scientific funding agencies. The agencies, such as the American NSF or
the German DFG, may provide some ASI travel funds upon the recommendation
of an ASI director. Additional funds exist for students from Greece,
Portugal and Turkey. We are also seeking additional sponsorship of ASI.
Every sponsor will be fully acknowledged at the ASI site as well as in
the printed proceedings.
Correspondence and Registration: Applications should be forwarded to Dr.
Cherkassky at the above address. Applications arriving after March 1,
1993 may not be considered. All approved applicants will be informed of
the exact registration arrangements. Informal email inquiries can be
addressed to Dr. Cherkassky at nato_asi@ee.umn.edu.
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Subject: CNE Workshop/USC Call For Papers
From: Jean-Marc Fellous <fellous%hyla.usc.edu@usc.edu>
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 92 11:42:41 -0800
CALL FOR PAPERS
SCHEMAS AND NEURAL NETWORKS: INTEGRATING SYMBOLIC AND SUBSYMBOLIC
APPROACHES TO COOPERATIVE COMPUTATION
A Workshop sponsored by the
Center for Neural Engineering
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520
April 13th and 14th, 1993
Program Committee: Michael Arbib (Organizer), John Barnden,
George Bekey, Francisco Cervantes-Perez, Damian Lyons, Paul
Rosenbloom, Ron Sun, Akinori Yonezawa.
To design complex technological systems and to analyze complex
biological and cognitive systems, we need a multilevel methodolo-
gy which combines a coarse-grain analysis of cooperative or dis-
tributed computation (we shall refer to the computing agents at
this level as "schemas") with a fine-grain model of flexible,
adaptive computation (for which neural networks provide a power-
ful general paradigm). Schemas provide a language for distri-
buted artificial intelligence, perceptual robotics, cognitive
modeling, and brain theory which is "in the style of the brain",
but at a relatively high level of abstraction relative to neural
networks. The proposed workshop will provide a 2-hour introducto-
ry tutorial and problem statement by Michael Arbib, and sessions
in which an invited paper will be followed by several contributed
papers, selected from those submitted in response to this call
for papers. Preference will be given to papers which present
practical examples of, theory of, and/or methodology for the
design and analysis of complex systems in which the overall
specification or analysis is conducted in terms of schemas, and
where some but not necessarily all of the schemas are implemented
in neural networks.
A list of sample topics for contributions is as follows, where a
hybrid approach means one in which the abstract schema level is
integrated with neural or other lower level models:
Schema Theory as a description language for neural networks.
Modular neural networks.
Linking DAI to Neural Networks to Hybrid Architecture.
Formal Theories of Schemas.
Hybrid approaches to integrating planning & reaction.
Hybrid approaches to learning.
Hybrid approaches to commonsense reasoning by integrating
neural networks and rule-based reasoning (using
schema for the integration).
Programming Languages for Schemas and Neural Networks.
Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming for Distributed AI
and Neural Networks.
Schema Theory Applied in Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics,
Robotics, AI and Neuroscience.
Prospective contributors should send a hard copy of a five-page
extended abstract, including figures with informative captions
and full references (either by regular mail or fax) by February
15, 1993 to:
Michael Arbib
Center for Neural Engineering
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520, USA
Tel: (213) 740-9220,
Fax: (213) 746-2863,
email: arbib@pollux.usc.edu.
Please include your full address, including fax and email,
on the paper.
Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by email no
later than March 1, 1993. There are currently no plans to issue
a formal proceedings of full papers, but revised versions of ac-
cepted abstracts received prior to April 1, 1993 will be collect-
ed with the full text of the Tutorial in a CNE Technical Report
which will be made available to registrants at the start of the
meeting. [A useful way to structure such an abstract is in
short numbered sections, where each section presents (in a small
type face!) the material corresponding to one transparency/slide
in a verbal presentation. This will make it easy for an audi-
ence to take notes if they have a copy of the abstract at your
presentation.]
Hotel Information: Attendees may register at the hotel of their
choice, but the closest hotel to USC is the University Hilton,
3540 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007, Phone: (213)
748- 4141, Reservation: (800) 872-1104, Fax: (213) 748- 0043.
A single room costs $70/night while a double room costs
$75/night. Workshop participants must specify that they are
"Schemas and Neural Networks Workshop" attendees to avail of the
above rates.
The registration fee of $150 includes a copy of the abstracts,
coffee breaks, and a dinner to be held on the evening of April
13th.
Those wishing to register should send a check payable to Center
for Neural Engineering, USC for $150 together with the following
information to:
Paulina Tagle
Center for Neural Engineering
University of Southern California
University Park
Los Angeles CA 90089-2520
USA
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SCHEMAS AND NEURAL NETWORKS
Center for Neural Engineering, USC
April 13 - 14, 1992
NAME: ____________________________________________
ADDRESS: ____________________________________________
____________________________________________
PHONE NO.: _______________ FAX:___________________
EMAIL: ____________________________________________
I intend to submit a paper: YES [ ] NO [ ]
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Subject: CNS*93
From: Jim Bower <jbower@cns.caltech.edu>
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 92 13:23:40 -0800
CALL FOR PAPERS
Second Annual
Computation and Neural Systems Meeting
CNS*93
July 31 - August 8
1993
Washington D.C.
This is the second annual meeting of an inter-disciplinary
conference intended to address the broad range of research
approaches and issues involved in the general field of
computational neuroscience. Last year's meeting in
San Francisco brought 300 experimental and theoretical
neurobiologists along with engineers, computer scientists,
cognitive scientists, physicists, and mathematicians
together to consider the functioning of biological nervous
systems. 85 peer reviewed papers were presented at the
meeting on a range of subjects related to understanding
how biological neural systems compute.
As last year, the meeting is intended to equally emphasize
experimental, model-based, and more abstract theoretical
approaches to understanding neurobiological computation.
The first day of the meeting will be devoted to tutorial
presentations and workshops focused on particular technical
issues confronting computational neurobiology. The main body
of the meeting will include plenary, contributed and poster
sessions. There will be no parallel sessions and the full
text of presented papers will be published in a proceedings
volume. Following the regular session, there will be
two days of focused workshops at a rural site outside of the D.C.
area.
With this announcement we solicit the submission of presented
papers to the meeting. All papers will be refereed.
Submission Procedures: Original research contributions are
solicited. Authors must submit a 1000-word (or less) summary
and a separate single page 50-100 word abstract clearly stating
their results. Accepted abstracts will be published in the
conference program. Summaries are for program committee use only.
At the bottom of each abstract page and on the first summary page,
indicate preference for oral or poster presentation and specify
at least one appropriate category and theme from the following
list:
Presentation categories:
A. Theory and Analysis
B. Modeling and Simulation
C. Experimental
D. Tools and Techniques
Themes:
A. Development
B. Cell Biology
C. Excitable Membranes and Synaptic Mechanisms
D. Neurotransmitters, Modulators, Receptors
E. Sensory Systems
1. Somatosensory
2. Visual
3. Auditory
4. Olfactory
5. Other
F. Motor Systems and Sensory Motor Integration
G. Behavior
H. Cognitive
I. Disease
Include addresses of all authors on the front of the summary and the
abstract including email for each author. Indicate on the front of
the summary to which author correspondence should be
addressed. Program committee decisions will be sent to the
correspondence author only. Submissions will not be considered
that lack category information, separate abstract sheets,
author addresses, or are late.
Submissions can be made by either surface mail or email. Authors
submitting via surface mail should send 6 copies of the abstract
and summary to:
Chris Ploegaert
CNS*93 Submissions
Division of Biology
216-76
Caltech
Pasadena, CA. 91125
email submissions should be sent to:
cp@smaug.cns.caltech.edu
(asci, postscript, or latex files accepted)
in each case, submissions must be postmarked (emailed) by
January 26th, 1993.
Registration information: All submitting authors will be sent
registration material automatically. Others interested in
obtaining registration material once they become available should
contact Chris Ploegaert at the above address or via email at:
cp@smaug.cns.caltech.edu
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CNS*93 Organizing Committee:
Meeting Coordination:
Dennis Glanzman, National Institute of Mental Health
Frank Eeckman, Lawrence Livermore Labs
Program Co-Chairs:
James M. Bower, Caltech
Eve Marder, Brandeis University
John Rinzel, National Institute of Health
Finances:
John Miller, University of California, Berkeley
Gwen Jacobs, University of California, Berkeley
Workshop Chair:
Bartlett Mel, Caltech
European Liaison:
Herbert Axelrad, Faculte de Medecine Pitie-Salpetriere Paris
======================================================================
Potential participants interested in the content of last year's
meeting can ftp last year's agenda using the following procedure
(you enter ""):
yourhost% "ftp 131.215.137.69"
220 mordor FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready.
Name (131.215.137.69:<yourname>): "ftp"
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password: "yourname@yourhost.yourside.yourdomain"
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> "cd cns93"
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> "get cns92.agenda"
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for cns92.agenda (131.215.137.69,1363)
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
local: cns92.agenda remote: cns92.agenda
17598 bytes received in 0.33 seconds (53 Kbytes/s)
ftp> "quit"
221 Goodbye.
yourhost% (use any editor to look at the file)
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**DEADLINE FOR SUMMARIES & ABSTRACTS IS January 26, 1993**
please post
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Subject: CFP: Intl. Conf. on Tools for AI
From: Cris Koutsougeras <ck@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 12:32:34 -0600
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CALL FOR PAPERS
5th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence
November 8-11, 1993
Boston, Massachusetts
This conference encompasses the technical aspects of specifying,
designing, implementing and evaluating computer tools which use
artificial intelligence techniques as well as tools for artificial
intelligence applications. The topics of interest include the
following aspects:
o Machine learning, Theory and Algorithms
o AI and Software Engineering
o Intelligent Multimedia Systems
o AI Knowledge Base Architecture
o AI Algorithms
o AI Language Tools
o Reasoning Under Uncertainty, Fuzzy Logic
o Logic and Intelligent Databases
o Expert Systems and Environments
o Artificial Neural Networks
o Parallel Processing and Hardware Support
o AI and Object-Oriented Systems
o AI Applications
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
Authors are requested to submit five copies (in English) of their
doubled-spaced typed manuscript (maximum of 25 pages) with an abstract to
the program chair by April 15, 1993. The conference language is English
and the final papers are restricted seven IEEE model pages. A submission
letter that indicates which of the conference areas is most relevant to
your paper and the postal address, electronic mail address, telephone
number, and fax number(if available) of the contact author must accompany
the paper. Authors will be notified of acceptance by July 15, 1993 and
will be given instructions for final preparation of their papers at than
time. Outstanding papers will be eligible for publication in the
International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools.
Submit papers and panel proposals by April 15, 1993 to:
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai
Dept. of EECS (M/C 154) (312)996-9324 (office)
P.O. Box 4348 (312)996-3422 (secretary)
University of Illinois (312)413-0024 (fax)
Chicago, IL 60680 tsai@bert.eecs.uic.edu
An internet computer account is maintained to provide periodically
updated information regarding the conference. Send a message to
"tai@rex.cs.tulane.edu" to obtain the latest information including:
registration forms, advanced program, tutorials, hotel info, etc.
For more information please contact:
Conference Chair Steering Committee Chair
John Mylopoulos Nikolaos G. Bourbakis
Dept. of Computer Science Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Toronto SUNY at Binghamton
6 King's College Road Binghamton, NY 13902
Toronto, Ontario Tel: (607)777-2165
Canada M5S 1A4
Tel: (416)978-5180
jm@cs.toronto.ca
Program Vice-Chairs
Machine Learning
Bernard Silver
GTE Lab
AI and Software Engineering
Matthias Jarke
Technical University of Aachen
Logic and Intelligent Database
Clement Yu
University of Illinois at Chicago
AI Knowledge Base Architectures
Robert Reynolds
Wayne State University
Intelligent Multimedia Systems
Forouzan Golshani
Arizona State University
Artificial Neural Networks
Ruediger W. Brause
J.W.Goethe University
Parallel Processing and Hardware Support
Ted Lewis
Oregon State University
AI Applications
Kiyoh Nakamura
Fujitsu Limited
Expert Systems and Environments
Philip Sheu
Rutgers University
Natural Language Processing
Fernando Gomez
Florida Central University
AI Algorithms
Jun Gu
University of Calgary
AI and Object-Oriented Systems
Mamdouh H. Ibrahim
EDS Corporation
Reasoning under Uncertainty, Fuzzy Logic
John Yen
Texas A&M University
Registration and Publication Chair
C.Koutsougeras
Tulane University
Publicity Chairs
Mark Perlin
Carnegie Mellon University
A. Delis
University of Maryland
E. Kounalis
University de NICE
Mikio Aoyama
Fujitsu Limited
J.Y. Juang
National Taiwan University
Local Arrangement Chairs
John Vittall, GTE Lab
M.Mortazavi, SUNY Binghamton
Steering Committee
Nikolaos G. Bourbakis
SUNY-Binghamton
C.V. Ramamoorthy
University of California-Berkeley
Harry E. Stephanou
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Wei-Tek Tsai
University of Minnesota
Benjamin. W. Wah
University of Illinois-Urbana
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Subject: CFP - Turkish Sumposium on AI and ANNs
From: akin02%TRBOUN.BitNet@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 13:53:11 -0500
CALL FOR PAPERS
2nd Turkish Symposium on
Artificial Intelligence and
Artificial Neural Networks
Bogazici University
Istanbul, Turkey
June 24-25, 1993
Supported by :
Bogazici University, Istanbul; Bilkent University, Ankara;
IEEE Computer Society Turkiye Section; Middle East Technical University,
Ankara; TUBITAK, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey.
Scope
Commonsense Reasoning, Knowledge Representation, Learning, Natural Language
Processing, Control and Planning, Expert Systems, Theorem Proving,
Intelligent Databases, Signal Processing, Speech Processing,
Vision and Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Robotics,
Programming Languages, Simulation Environments, Theoretical Foundations,
Hardware Implementations, Industrial Applications,
Social, Legal, and Ethical Aspects,
Paper submissions
Deadline for full papers limited to 6 single spaced (12 point) A4 pages:
March 1, 1993.
Author notification: April 1, 1993.
Camera ready copies: May 1, 1993.
Send submissions (in English or Turkish) to
Dr. L. Akin, Department of Computer Engineering,
Bogazici University, TR-80815 Istanbul, Turkey.
Tel (voice): +90 1 263 15 00 x 1323 (fax): +90 1 265 84 88
E-mail: yz@trboun.bitnet
Symposium Chair: Selahattin Kuru, Bogazici Univ.
Program Committee:
Levent Akin, Bogazici Univ.; Varol Akman, Bilkent Univ.;
Ethem Alpaydin, (chair) Bogazici Univ.; Isil Bozma, Bogazici Univ.;
M. Kemal Ciliz, Bogazici Univ.; Fikret Gurgen, Bogazici Univ.;
H. Altay Guvenir, Bilkent Univ.; Ugur Halici METU; Yorgo Istefanopulos,
Bogazici Univ.; Sakir Kocabas, TUBITAK Gebze Res. Center; Selahattin Kuru,
Bogazici Univ.; Kemal Oflazer, Bilkent Univ.; A. C. Cem Say, Bogazici Univ.;
Nese Yalabik, METU
Local Organizing Committee:
Levent Akin (chair); Ethem Alpaydin; Hakan Aygun; Sema Oktug; A. C. Cem Say;
Mehmet Yagci
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Subject: CFP - DEFECT AND FAULT TOLERANCE IN VLSI SYSTEMS
From: PIURI@IPMEL1.POLIMI.IT
Date: 14 Dec 92 19:19:45 +0001
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1993 IEEE International Workshop on == = =
DEFECT AND FAULT TOLERANCE IN VLSI SYSTEMS = = =
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27-29 October 1993, Venice, Italy
============================================================= =
Sponsored by the EUROMICRO Association and
by the IEEE Computer Society (pending).
In cooperation with IFIP WG 10.5, AEI (pending), AICA (pending).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CALL FOR PAPERS <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The goal of this workshop is to provide a discussion forum for
researchers and practitioners dealing with digital, analog and
mixed VLSI integrated circuits. All aspects of design,
manufacturing, test, reliability, and availability which are
affected by defects during manufacturing and by faults during
system operation are of interest.
The scope of the workshop includes, but is not limited to, the
following topics:
Defect and fault tolerant VLSI architectures
Defect and fault tolerant memories
Defect and fault tolerant analog and mixed ICs
Case studies of defect and fault tolerance
Fault models and defect models
Techniques for yield enhancement
Statistical yield modeling
Defect and fault tolerant VLSI systems
Repair and restructuring techniques
Technology issues for defect tolerant architectures
Packaging techniques for WSI, 3-d VLSI, and MCMs
On-line reconfiguration
Run-time fault modeling
Self-testable designs for DFT in VLSI and WSI
Multiple-fault diagnosis
Parametric testing for DFT
Manuscripts describing novel results from industry are strongly
encouraged. Presentations will consist of regular papers (20
min. talk, 10 min. discussion) and short papers (15 min. talk, 5
min. discussion). In addition, evening working groups for the
continuation of discussion initiated during the presentations
will be organized.
GENERAL CHAIRPERSONS
prof. Fabrizio LOMBARDI prof. Mariagiovanna SAMI
Dept. of Computer Science Dept. Electronics & Information
Texas A&M University Politecnico di Milano
College Station piazza L. da Vinci 32
TX 77843-3112, USA I-20133 Milano, Italy
phone no. (409) 845-8641 phone no. (39-2) 2399-3516
fax no. (409) 847-8578 fax no. (39-2) 2399-3411
e-mail lombardi@cs.tamu.edu e-mail sami@ipmel1.polimi.it
PROGRAM CHAIRPERSONS
prof. Yvon SAVARIA prof. Renato STEFANELLI
Dept. of Electrical Engineering Dept. Electronics & Information
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Politecnico di Milano
Room A-330.11 piazza L. da Vinci 32
Campus de l'Universite Montreal I-20133 Milano, Italy
PO Box 6079, Station A phone no. (39-2) 2399-3513
2900, Edouard Montpetit fax no. (39-2) 2399-3411
Montreal, Canada e-mail stefanelli@ipmel1.polimi.it
phone no. (514) 340-4737
fax no. (514) 340-4147
e-mail savaria@vlsi.polymtl.ca
FINANCIAL & REGISTRATION CHAIRMAN
prof. Vincenzo PIURI
Dept. of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano
piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
phone no. (39-2) 2399-3606, fax no. (39-2) 2399-3411
e-mail piuri@ipmel1.polimi.it
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
Authors are invited to submit 5 copies of the summary of a paper
no later than APRIL 16, 1993 to the Program Chairpersons (prof.
Savaria for Americas, Australia, and Japan; prof. Stefanelli for
Europe, Africa, and the rest of the Asia). Paper submission
should be an extended summary of 5 pages of text plus an
unlimited number of figures.
Proposals and requests for panel discussions and working groups
should be sent to one of the Program Chairpersons as soon as
possible, but no later than APRIL 10, 1993.
Notification of acceptance will be posted by June 10, 1993.
Final manuscripts (10 pages including figures) must be received
by AUGUST 1, 1993 for inclusion in the workshop proceedings.
Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press.
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Subject: CFP - APPLICATION-SPECIFIC ARRAY PROCESSORS
From: PIURI@IPMEL1.POLIMI.IT
Date: 14 Dec 92 19:20:05 +0001
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1993 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
APPLICATION-SPECIFIC ARRAY PROCESSORS
ASAP'93
25-27 October 1993, Venice, Italy
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Sponsored by the EUROMICRO Association.
In cooperation with IEEE Computer Society (pending),
IFIP WG 10.5, AEI, AICA (pending).
.................:::::: CALL FOR PAPERS ::::::.................
ASAP'93 is an international conference encompassing the theory,
design, implementation, and evaluations of application-specific
computing. This conference is a successor to the First
International Workshop on Systolic Arrays held in Oxford,
England, in July 1986. The title has been modified to reflect the
expanded interest in highly-parallel algorithmically-specialized
processors as well as the application-driven nature of
contemporary systems.
Since application-specific array-processor research represents a
cross-disciplinary field of interest to a broad audience, this
conference will present a balanced program covering technical
subjects encompassing conceptual design, programming techniques,
electronic and optical implementations, and analysis and
evaluation of final systems. It is expected that participants
will include people from research institutions in government,
industry, and academia around the world.
The conference will feature an opening keynote address, technical
presentations, a panel discussion, and poster displays. One of
the poster sessions will be reserved for very recent results,
ongoing projects and exploratory work. The official language is
English.
The themes emphasized at this conference include architectures,
algorithms, applications, hardware, software, and design
methodology for application-specific parallel computing systems.
Papers are expected to address both theoretical and practical
aspects of such systems. Of particular interest are contributions
that achieve large performance gains with application-specific
parallel processors, introduce novel architectural concepts,
propose formal and practical frameworks for the specification,
design and evaluation of these systems, discuss technology
dependencies and the integration of hardware and software
components, and describe fabricated systems and their testing.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the
following:
Application-Specific Architectures
- - systolic, SIMD, MIMD, dataflow systems
- - homogeneous, heterogeneous, reconfigurable systems
- - intelligent memory systems and interconnection network
- - embedded systems and interfaces
Algorithms for Application-Specific Computing
- - matrix operations
- - transformations (e.g., FFT, Hough)
- - sorting algorithms
- - graph algorithms
Applications that Require Specialized Computing Systems
- - signal processing
- - image processing and vision
- - communications
- - robotics and manufacturing
- - neural networks
- - scientific computing
- - artificial intelligence and data bases
Software for Application-Specific Computing
- - languages
- - operating systems
- - optimizing compilers
Hardware for Application-Specific Computing
- - VLSI/WSI systems
- - optical systems
- - custom and commercial processors
- - implementation and testing issues
- - fabricated systems
- - synchronous vs asynchronous systems
Design Methodology for Application-Specific Systems
- - mapping algorithms onto architectures
- - partitioning large problems
- - design tools
- - fault tolerance (hardware and software)
- - benchmarks and performance modeling
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
Authors are invited to send a one-page abstract, the title of the
paper and the author's address by electronic or postal mail to
the Program Chair by MARCH 27, 1993.
Authors must submit five copies of their double-spaced typed
manuscript (maximum 5000 words) with an abstract to the Program
Chair by APRIL 16, 1993. In the submission letter, the authors
should indicate which conference areas are most relevant to the
paper, and the author responsible for correspondence and the
camera-ready version. Papers submitted should be unpublished and
not currently under review by other conferences.
Notification of acceptance will be posted by JUNE 10, 1993.
The camera-ready version must arrive by AUGUST 1, 1993.
Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press.
GENERAL CHAIR
Prof. Luigi DADDA
Dept. of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano
p.za L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
phone no. (39-2) 2399-3405, fax no. (39-2) 2399-3411
e-mail dadda@ipmel2.elet.polimi.it
PROGRAM CHAIR
Prof. Benjamin W. WAH
Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois
1308 West Main Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
phone no. (217) 333-3516, fax no. (217) 244-7175
e-mail wah@manip.crhc.uiuc.edu
FINANCIAL & REGISTRATION CHAIR
Prof. Vincenzo PIURI
Dept. of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano
p.za L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
phone no. (39-2) 2399-3606, fax no. (39-2) 2399-3411
e-mail piuri@ipmel1.polimi.it
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