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Neuron Digest Volume 11 Number 12
Neuron Digest Friday, 19 Feb 1993 Volume 11 : Issue 12
Today's Topics:
BIOSCI/bionet Frequently Asked Questions
mailing list for cognitive neuroscientists
NATO ASI: March 5 Deadline Approaching
VLSI NN
Re: "neural-net based software for digitization of maps"
Applications for particle track segment detection??
Pattern Recognition
Re: chip design
neural net applications to fixed-income security markets
Room sharing for ICNN
pattern recognition (pratical database considerations) ?
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Subject: BIOSCI/bionet Frequently Asked Questions
From: Dave Kristofferson <kristoff@net.bio.net>
[[ Editor's Note: This contains the information about the Neuroscience
list which many of you readers have asked about. The entire file is
about 48K long, so I've heavily edited the following with enough
information about the Neuroscience list for you. If you (or colleagues)
are biologically oriented (e.g., genetic sequencing, molecular biology,
tropical ecology, etc), I highly recommend the BIOSCI/bionet resources.
Consider browsing through the newsgroups or archives. -PM ]]
BIOSCI/bionet Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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(last revised - 1/15/93)
This document describes the general purpose and uses of the
BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups and provides details on how to participate in
these forums. It is available for anonymous FTP from net.bio.net
[134.172.2.69] in pub/BIOSCI/biosci.FAQ. This document may also be
requested by e-mail to biosci@net.bio.net (use plain English - this is
not a server address). It is posted the first of each month to the
BIONEWS/bionet.announce newsgroup along with the BIOSCI information
sheet and the list of changes to the newsgroups during the preceding
month. The FAQ is also posted monthly to the USENET newsgroup
news.answers and is archived along with other USENET newsgroup FAQs at
pit-manager.mit.edu [18.172.1.27].
[[...]]
Dissemination is by normal electronic mail and also over USENET in the
form of the "bionet" newsgroups (see below for USENET details). The
contents of the electronic mail distribution is identical to the USENET
news distribution, but we encourage BIOSCI users to access the system
through USENET news software whenever possible. E-mail distributions may
eventually be phased out. As of October 1992, 59% of our readers used
USENET news software instead of e-mail.
[[...]]
Two versions of the BIOSCI info sheet are available, one for the Americas
and the Pacific Rim countries, and the second for Europe, Africa, and
Central Asia. The former may be requested by e-mail to
biosci@net.bio.net, while the latter may be requested from
biosci@daresbury.ac.uk.
[[...]]
How do I request or cancel e-mail subscriptions to BIOSCI newsgroups?
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If you have access to USENET news software, then YOU DO NOT NEED AN
E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION! Only those people who need to receive postings
by e-mail must request to be added to the mailing lists. USENET users
can simply read the various bionet newsgroups using their news
software. If your site has USENET news but does not get the bionet
newsgroups, please request help by sending a message to
biosci@net.bio.net.
For those who need e-mail subscriptions or who want to cancel current
e-mail subscriptions, please send a request to one of the following
addresses. Please choose the site that serves your location. Simply
pick the newsgroup(s) from the list above that you wish to subscribe
to and request that your address be added to the chosen mailing lists.
Please use plain English; no special message syntax is required in
your subscription or cancellation request.
Address Serving
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biosci@net.bio.net The Americas and Pacific Rim
biosci@daresbury.ac.uk Europe, Africa, and Central Asia
****If you are changing e-mail addresses****, please be sure to send a
message to your appropriate biosci address above and request that your
subscriptions be changed or canceled!!
How can I get a list of newsgroups or my subscriptions?
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As with any other subscription correspondence, simply send a request
to your appropriate BIOSCI distribution site:
Address Serving
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biosci@net.bio.net The Americas and Pacific Rim
biosci@daresbury.ac.uk Europe, Africa, and Central Asia
The most recent list of BIOSCI newsgroups/mailing addresses and the
latest revision of the BIOSCI/bionet FAQ are posted the first of each
month on the BIONEWS/bionet.announce newsgroup. You should save these
postings for future reference.
[[...]]
MAILING LIST NAME USENET Newsgroup Name
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AGEING bionet.molbio.ageing
AGROFORESTRY bionet.agroforestry
ARABIDOPSIS bionet.genome.arabidopsis
BIOFORUM bionet.general
BIO-INFORMATION-THEORY + bionet.info-theory
BIONAUTS bionet.users.addresses
BIONEWS ** bionet.announce
BIO-JOURNALS bionet.journals.contents
BIO-MATRIX bionet.molbio.bio-matrix
BIO-SOFTWARE bionet.software
CHROMOSOME-22 bionet.genome.chrom22
COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY ** bionet.biology.computational
EMBL-DATABANK bionet.molbio.embldatabank
EMPLOYMENT bionet.jobs
GDB bionet.molbio.gdb
GENBANK-BB bionet.molbio.genbank
GENETIC-LINKAGE bionet.molbio.gene-linkage
HIV-MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY bionet.molbio.hiv
HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM bionet.molbio.genome-program
IMMUNOLOGY bionet.immunology
JOURNAL-NOTES bionet.journals.note
METHODS-AND-REAGENTS bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION bionet.molbio.evolution
NEUROSCIENCE bionet.neuroscience
PLANT-BIOLOGY bionet.plants
POPULATION-BIOLOGY bionet.population-bio
PROTEIN-ANALYSIS bionet.molbio.proteins
PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY bionet.xtallography
SCIENCE-RESOURCES bionet.sci-resources
TROPICAL-BIOLOGY bionet.biology.tropical
VIROLOGY bionet.virology
WOMEN-IN-BIOLOGY bionet.women-in-bio
+ full name is BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION-THEORY-AND-CHOWDER-SOCIETY
** Note that newsgroups flagged with ** are moderated, i.e., postings
are directed to a moderator (editor) who later forwards messages
(possibly edited or condensed) to the newsgroup.
NEWSGROUP NAME TOPIC
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AGEING Discussions about ageing research
AGROFORESTRY Discussions about agroforestry research
ARABIDOPSIS Newsgroup for the Arabidopsis Genome Project
BIOFORUM Discussions about biological topics for
which there is not yet a dedicated newsgroup
BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION-
THEORY-AND-CHOWDER-SOCIETY Applications of information theory to biology
BIONAUTS Question/answer forum for help using
electronic networks, locating e-mail
addresses, etc.
BIONEWS ** General announcements of widespread
interest to biologists
BIO-JOURNALS Tables of Contents of biological journals
BIO-MATRIX Applications of computers to biological databases
BIO-SOFTWARE Information on software for the biological
sciences
CHROMOSOME-22 Mapping and Sequencing of Human Chromosome 22
COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY ** Mathematical and computer applications in biology
EMBL-DATABANK Messages to and from the EMBL database staff
EMPLOYMENT Job opportunities
GDB Messages to and from the Genome Data Bank staff
GENBANK-BB Messages to and from the GenBank database staff
GENETIC-LINKAGE Newsgroup for genetic linkage analysis
HIV-MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY Discussions about the molecular biology of HIV
HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM NIH-sponsored newsgroup on human genome issues
IMMUNOLOGY Discussions about research in immunology
JOURNAL-NOTES Practical advice on dealing with professional
journals
METHODS-AND-REAGENTS Requests for information and lab reagents
MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION Discussions about research in molecular evolution
NEUROSCIENCE Discussions about research in the neurosciences
PLANT-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in plant biology
POPULATION-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in population biology
PROTEIN-ANALYSIS Discussions about research on proteins and
messages for the PIR and SWISS-PROT databank
staffs.
PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY Discussion about crystallography of macromolecules
and messages for the PDB staff
SCIENCE-RESOURCES Information from/about scientific funding
agencies
TROPICAL-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in tropical biology
VIROLOGY Discussions about research in virology
WOMEN-IN-BIOLOGY Discussions about issues concerning women
biologists
** Note that newsgroups flagged with ** are moderated, i.e., postings
are directed to a moderator (editor) who later forwards messages
(possibly edited or condensed) to the newsgroup.
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Subject: mailing list for cognitive neuroscientists
From: kpc@pluto.arc.nasa.gov (k p c)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center AI Research Branch; Sterling.
Date: 27 Oct 92 01:26:08 +0000
[[ Editor's Note: Here is another mailing list of interest to some. I
attempted to joi, but have received nothing. I sent a new message a
couple of days ago, still without reply. I can therefore not personally
vouch for this list's existance. -PM ]]
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COGNEURO (COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE) MAILING LIST
SUBJECT
this list is an informal, intentionally low-volume way to discuss
matters at the interface of cognitive science and neuroscience.
the discussion will be scientific and academic, covering biological aspects
of behavior and cognitive issues in neuroscience. also discussable are
curricula, graduate programs, and jobs in the field.
HOW TO USE THE LIST
please follow these examples exactly, so that my software works.
to SUBSCRIBE, send mail like this.
To: cogneuro-request@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
Subject: cogneuro: subscribe
to UNSUBSCRIBE, send mail like this.
To: cogneuro-request@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
Subject: cogneuro: unsubscribe
you don't need to put anything in the body of the message. there will be
no automatic confirmation, but you might get a note from me.
to CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS (also very polite to do if you know that your
MACHINE WILL GO DOWN for a while, or in case you LEAVE THE NET) simply
unsubscribe from your old address and resubscribe from your new address.
this prevents error messages and prevents me from having to verify your
address manually.
to POST (send a message to everybody on the list), send mail to
cogneuro@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov, or followup to an existing message.
e.g.
To: cogneuro@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
Subject: corpus callosum
to ask a METAQUESTION, send it to cogneuro-request@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov.
suggestions for improving this announcement or the list are welcome.
GUIDELINES
the language of the list is english.
the list is meant to be low in volume and high in s/n ratio. since
cogneuro is a huge field, submissions shouldn't be too off-topic or
otherwise not essentially scientific or academic.
controversy and speculation are welcome, as are lack of controversy and
rigor. since the emphasis is scientific and academic, participants are
expected to be extremely tolerant of other participants' opinions and
choice of words.
the list is initially open to anybody who is interested. although i don't
expect ever to need to exercise it, i reserve the right to remove anybody
from the list if there are problems. i want to keep a spirit of free
exchange of cognitive neuroscience.
other than this, the list is unmoderated and informal.
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Subject: NATO ASI: March 5 Deadline Approaching
From: John Moody <moody@chianti.cse.ogi.edu>
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 93 17:38:08 -0800
As the March 5th application deadline is now four weeks away, I am
posting this notice again.
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 VA22030, 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 5,
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: VLSI NN
From: Gasser Auda <gasser@cs.uregina.ca>
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 93 13:30:14 -0600
[[ Editor's Note: I'm starting to reject these vague general calls for
help, due to the increased volume of submissions to the Digest. However,
I don't want to shut out the rank beginners from this exciting field
either. So, I hope faithful readers will take pity on those who are just
starting out with some pointers. -PM ]]
Dear neural networkers,
I'm performing a survey on NN solutions of the handwriting
problems, especialy VLSI implemented solutions.
If you have any advise, information, paper, or commercial
product, just email me at:
gasser@cs.uregina.ca
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
gasser
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Subject: Re: "neural-net based software for digitization of maps"
From: eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr (Michel Eytan, LILoL)
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 93 11:24:26 +0100
>A colleague from India is asking me if there is any effort on "neural
>network based software for the digitization of maps and photos (maps and
>photos presumably obtained from remotely-sensed data)" Is there any one
>who can help answer this question? Thanks
>
>Rao Vemuri
>Dept. of Applied Science
>UC Davis, Livermore, CA
>vemuri@icdc.llnl.gov
My colleague J. Korczak <korczak@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> has a student, Ms.
Hamadi, doing a Ph. D. on a similar subject. Hope this helps.
Michel Eytan, U. Strasbourg II eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr
Lab Info, Log & Lang, Dpt. Info V: +33 88 41 74 29
22 rue Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg F: +33 88 41 74 40
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Subject: Applications for particle track segment detection??
From: "Martin J. Dudziak" <DUDZIAK@vms.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 93 14:09:00 -0500
I am involved in a joint collaboration involving U-Pitt and the Institute
of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk (Russia) wherein we are studying the
possible useful applications of neural networks for particle track
segment detection and track reconstruction. The process is now handled
by some effective and well-established algorithms developed at CERN,
Novosibirsk and elsewhere, but we believe that neural nets may have
applicability for both improved detection (picking up on track segments
registered in the drift chamber portion of the detector) and performance,
particularly as the data rates in the detection process will be quite
high (@40-100MBytes/sec.) in the next generation accelerator and we are
working with a parallel processing architecture already to meet that
computing requirement.
We are aware of some work in the high energy physics community involving
neural networks, most of which is more concerned with classification of
particle interactions - the step that follows after one has identified
tracks of interest. Much of that work has also not involved the
low-level end of the detection process such as we are concerned about,
nor has it involved the density of tracks.
I thought it would be useful to inquire through the neural network
community in grapevines such as Neuron-Digest to see if people are aware
of projects applying neural nets to problems such as the above. Any
information on NNs in HEP and for track detection/reconstruction in
particular will be greatly appreciated.
Whatever is sent will be compiled into a bibliography and redistributed
to those who are interested.
Martin Dudziak
c/o J. Thompson, School of Physics, Univ. of Pittsburgh
dudziak@vms.cis.pitt.edu
Thank you!
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Subject: Pattern Recognition
From: VOGLINOG@AGR04.ST.IT
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 93 11:47:55 +0700
[[ Editor's Note: Again, a rather general and vague request. Perhaps
someone from Italy on this mailing list could help out a fellow
countryperson? -PM ]]
Hello.
Where to get some software on pattern recognition based on neural
network ?
Thank you.
GIuseppe Voglino
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Neural Network Group R&D
Agrate B. _ MILAN - ITALY
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Subject: Re: chip design
From: blam@Engn.Uwindsor.Ca (B Lam)
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 93 13:06:16 -0500
[[ Editor's Note: This plucky person rephrased his question from "Tell me
about neural nets" to the follow (somewhat more specific) question...
after I rejected his first attempt. My public reply to the specifics of
his questio would be to look at Carver Mead's book (MIT Press?) "Analog
VLSI" to start, but I don't know whether it covers fuzzy stuff. -PM ]]
I'm looking the analog VLSI design for the Neural Network. I'm thinking
to combine Fuzzy into NN. Is there any paper that talk about this topic?
I'd look the journal of IEEE Tran. on NN but it seems to talk about the
theory or software only. So please help me with this one. Thanks!
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Subject: neural net applications to fixed-income security markets
From: danlap@internet.sbi.com (Dan LaPushin)
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 93 18:26:43 -0500
To The Editor,
I am new to the field of neural networks but have a strong background
in mathematics, economics, and some computer programming. I work at
a large Wall St. firm and am interested in applying neural network
technology to the field of fixed-income research. Such instruments
include bonds, mortgage-backed securities and the like. There seems
to be, as far as I can tell, little research into neural net
application to such markets. I suspect this is because the data is
hard to come by for those not in the field, but I'm not sure. Could
you direct me to any research in this area so that I don't
inadvertently recreate the wheel? Thanks for your help!
Dan LaPushin
I'm on your mailing list as danlap@sp_server.sbi.com
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Subject: Room sharing for ICNN
From: nanda@ogicse.cse.ogi.edu (Nandakishore Kambhatla)
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR
Date: 10 Feb 93 18:02:30 +0000
Hi,
I am a male graduate student attending ICNN'93 at SF. I am looking for
roommates (1) to share a hotel room with at San Fransisco for ICNN'93.
The conference runs from Mar 29th to April 1st. Please respond thru
email in case you are interested.
- -Nanda
Nandakishore Kambhatla
email: nanda@cse.ogi.edu
phone: daytime-(503)-690-1121 (Extn-7051)
evenings-(503)-646-5777
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Subject: pattern recognition (pratical database considerations) ?
From: "Duane A. White" <KFRAMXX%TAIVM2.BITNET@TAIVM1.taiu.edu>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 03:45:41 -0600
I am interested in pattern recognition. In my particular application I
would like to compare a 2D monochrome bitmap image with those in a
database. The program should determine if there is a match, and if not
then add it to the database. Most of the literature I've read on pattern
matching networks use a relatively small set of classification patterns
(such as letters of the alphabet, numbers). In my case it wouldn't seem
practical to train a single network to identify every entry in the
database (on the order of hundreds or thousands of entries). Is there
something fundemental in the approach that I'm missing?
Also the program should to a small degree be rotation and translation
invariant.
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