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Neuron Digest Volume 13 Number 16
Neuron Digest Sunday, 20 Mar 1994 Volume 13 : Issue 16
Today's Topics:
e-mail address
Neurocomputer information request
References for finding global minimum error
Grossberg's ARTMAP?
CONFERENCES IN NEURAL NETWORK AND ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOL
Job available
Studentship
Fellowship available U. Sheffield
Postdoctoral opportunities at U Wisconsin, Madison
PhD at Sussex
WCCI book announcement
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Subject: e-mail address
From: bhumpert@bcm.tmc.edu (Benedikt Humpert)
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 15:47:42 -0600
[[ Editor's Note: I don't know what/which NN Sigs (Special interest
groups) focus on finance. Could one of *you*, dear readers, help out?
If so, please send a copy to neuron@psych.upenn.edu so we all may
benefit. Of course, if you have a model which *accurately* predicts
financial markets, please email me personally... -PM ]]
Peter,
Could you please send me the e-mail address of the NN Sig
which focuses on the application of NNs in the bankinking/finance
industry.
I believe the coordinator is at the Worldbank.
Thank you for your kind help.
Yours, Benedikt Humpert (Baylor College, Houston).
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Subject: Neurocomputer information request
From: cshsfong <cshsfong@cssmtpgw.comp.hkp.hk>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 10:29:10 -0800
[[ Editor's Note: I'm not completely sure what a neurocomputer is, in
this context. Perhaps someone has a good current list of commercial
hardware and simulation products? The whole list would probably
appreciate this information. -PM ]]
Hello,
I am a graduate student, working on a neural network related
research. I would like to suggest the institute to purchase a
neurocomputer. Do you have any suggestion? It would be nice if
the information is provided in detail, as fas as you can.
Experience sharing on working with neurocomputer (or a particular model
of neurocomputer, positive/negative) is welcome too.
Regards
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FONG Hak-shun
Department of Computing
Hong Kong Polytechnic
HONG KONG.
Tel : (852) 766 7312
Fax : (852) 764 2528
Email : cshsfong@comp.hkp.hk
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Subject: References for finding global minimum error
From: gary@cs.st-andrews.ac.uk (Gary Polhill)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 17:30:20 +0000
This may sound like a daft question, but I am looking for any technique that
finds, claims to find, or aims to find global minimum classification error of
patterns -- the given architecture may not be capable of separating the
patterns, so this error might not be zero. No neural gardening techniques,
please (i.e. growing and pruning of units) -- strictly fixed feed-forward
MLP architectures.
Thank you for your help
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J Gary Polhill email: gary@dcs.st-and.ac.uk
Department of Computer Science jgp@st-and.ac.uk
University of St. Andrews
ST. ANDREWS "The brain is rational -- the mind may not be"
Fife. KY16 9SS [Douglas R Hofstadter]
SCOTLAND
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Subject: Grossberg's ARTMAP? ARTMAP implementations?
From: aquavelveeta <kotanchj@elwha.evergreen.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 18:01:37 -0800
I am currently working with Grossberg's ARTMAP and am interested
in any information available regarding what has been done with it and
whether or not it has been written in C++. Are there any articles that
you would have in it, or would you have any suggestions as to where I
could find more info.?
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Subject: CONFERENCES IN NEURAL NETWORK AND ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOL
From: "R.S.Habib" <R.S.Habib@lut.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 18:45:16 +0000
Dear Sir/Madam,
I will be grateful if somebody advice me on the call for papers on a
conference in neural network aplications in medicine and biolog y and/or
neural network in underwater mediacl application orany simislar related
topic.
Thank you very much and look forward to hearing from you.
Robert H. Istepanian
E-mail: R.S.Habib@lut.ac.uk
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Subject: Job available
From: Melanie Mitchell <mm@santafe.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 14:16:38 -0700
JOB AVAILABLE:
INTERVAL RESEARCH POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN ADAPTIVE COMPUTATION
AT THE SANTA FE INSTITUTE
The Santa Fe Institute has an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow in
Adaptive Computation beginning in September, 1994. The position is
sponsored by Interval Research Corporation. The fellowship will last
for one-to-two years.
The Institute's research program is devoted to the study of complex
systems, especially complex adaptive systems. SFI's Adaptive
Computation program is an interdisciplinary effort focusing on
computational aspects of the study of complex adaptive systems. Its
purpose is to make fundamental progress on issues in computer science
that are related to complex adaptive systems, and to export the
results to researchers in other fields. These issues include both
computational models of complex adaptive systems and theory and
application of adaptive algorithms inspired by natural systems.
Systems and techniques currently under study at the Santa Fe Institute
include genetic algorithms, classifier systems, neural networks, and
other adaptive computation techniques; the immune system; biomolecular
sequence and structure; the origin of life; artificial life; models of
evolution; the physics of information; nonlinear modeling and
prediction; the economy; and others.
Candidates should have a Ph.D. (or expect to receive one before
September, 1994) and should have backgrounds in computer science,
mathematics, economics, theoretical physics or chemistry, game theory,
cognitive science, theoretical biology, dynamical systems theory, or
related fields. A strong background in computational approaches is
essential, as is an interest in interdisciplinary work. Evidence of
these interests, in the form of previous research experience and
publications, is helpful.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, list of publications, and
statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of
recommendation to be sent. Incomplete applications will not be
processed.
All application materials must be received by April 15, 1994.
Decisions will be made in early May.
Send applications to: Interval Research Postdoctoral Committee,
Santa Fe Institute, 1660 Old Pecos Trail, Suite A, Santa Fe, New Mexico
87501. Applications or inquiries may also be sent by electronic mail
to: postdoc@santafe.edu. SFI is an equal opportunity employer.
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Subject: Studentship
From: Kim Plunkett <plunkett@psy.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 12:38:08 +0000
Connectionism and Language Acquisition
SERC Postgraduate Studentship
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford
The Science and Engineering Research Council has allocated a
postgraduate studentship within the area of "Connectionism
and Language Acquisition" to the Department of Experimental
Psychology, Oxford University, starting in October 1994.
Individuals interested in applying for this studentship
should have or expect to obtain a good undergraduate degree
in Psychology, Linguistics or Computer Science. The success-
ful applicant will be expected to engage in both connection-
ist modelling and experimental work within the area of
language acquisition. The studentship is expected to lead to
the award of D.Phil at the University of Oxford.
Application forms can be obtained from:
Mrs. B. Hammond
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3UD
UK
Tel: 0865-271379
Applications should be marked "SERC IT Application".
Further information concerning the studentship and research
facilities in the Department can be obtained from
Kim Plunkett
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3UD
UK
Tel: 0865-271398
email: plunkett@psy.ox.ac.uk
Please note that SERC studentship awards can only be held by
UK or EEC nationals.
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Subject: Fellowship available U. Sheffield
From: Yorick Wilks <yorick@dcs.shef.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 16:41:27 +0000
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
The Department of Computer Science wishes to recruit a Lecturer Grade
A to a fixed 5 year appointment arising from the award of an SERC
Advanced Research Fellowship to Dr.P Mc Kevitt, who lectures in natural
language processing. The lectureship is to replace his teaching and will
be tenable from 1/10/94 and applications are invited from anyone with
research interests in the following areas:
Cognitive Systems
Computational Models of Hearing
Speech Technology
Natural Language Processing
Computer Graphics
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Computer Argumentation
Connectionist Language Processing
Formal Methods and Software Engineering
Theory of Computer Science
Software and systems engineering
Communication Networks
Neural Networks
Parallel Systems
Safety Critical Systems
Parallel Databases
CASE Tools for Parallel Systems
Further details are available from the Department of Computer
Science: jean@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk.
Closing date for applications 1st April, 1994 to the Personnel
Department, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield,
S10 2TN.
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Subject: Postdoctoral opportunities at U Wisconsin, Madison
From: Bill Lytton <billl@head.neurology.wisc.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 14:45:03 -0600
Postdoctoral fellowships available in Computational Neuroscience
starting immediately or in the fall. Realistic simulations of single
neurons and neuronal networks are being performed to better understand
neural function with particular emphasis on epileptogenesis and
seizure spread.
Close collaborations are available on-site with physiologists using
electrophysiology and optical methods to assess activity in thalamus,
piriform cortex and hippocampus in vivo and in vitro. Opportunities
for involvement in ongoing projects or development of new research
directions are available.
Computational laboratory uses networked UNIX workstations. Parallel
supercomputing facilities are available as well as collaboration on
VLSI implementations.
Send or email CV and statement of research experience/interests to
billl@head.neurology.wisc.edu.
Bill Lytton
Dept. of Neurology
University of Wisconsin
1300 University Ave., MSC 103
Madison, WI 53703
(EOAAE)
Tiring of the bicoastal lifestyle? Try the midcoast next.
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Subject: PhD at Sussex
From: Dave Cliff <davec@cogs.susx.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 14:36:11 +0000
DPhil Studentship
The Sussex Centre for Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences
and
The School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
Applications are invited for a three-year SERC DPhil (PhD) studentship to
commence in October 1994. The project will use computational modelling
techniques to study small neural networks involved in pattern generation and
motor coordination in invertebrates. The successful candidate will be based in
the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, but will be required to work
closely with a group of researchers in the School of Biological Sciences, lead
by Prof. P. Benjamin.
Candidates should possess or expect to gain at least a 2i or equivalent degree
in a numerate discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, etc),
although candidates from other disciplines may also be considered.
For further information, contact Dr Dave Cliff, School of Coginitive and
Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK.
Tel: 0273 606755 ext 3205; Fax 0273 671320; e-mail davec@cogs.susx.ac.uk
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Subject: WCCI book announcement
From: Robert Marks <marks@u.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 18:10:25 -0800
Please consider placing this in Neuron Digest.
Robert J. Marks II, Technical Director
1994 WCCI
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From IEEE Press and
the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI)
comes an exciting new book.
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COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: IMITATING LIFE
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edited by
Jacek Zurada, University of Loisville
Robert J. Marks II, University of Washington
Charles J. Robinson, University of Pittsburgh
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This book will be given to all full participants at WCCI.
All papers will be orally presented at WCCI in a special
Plenary Symposium.
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Jacek Zurada, University of Loisville
Robert J. Marks II, University of Washington
Charles J. Robinson, University of Pittsburgh
WHAT IS COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE?
James C. Bezdek, University of West Florida
SECTION I: COMPUTATIONAL LEARING THEORY
1. Unsupervised Learning for Feature Extraction
Erkki Oja, Helsinki University of Technology
Joulo Lampinen, Lappeenranta University of
Technology
2. Fuzzy Systems that Can Learn
Hamid Berenji, NASA Ames Research Center
3. Learning as Adaptive Interpolation
in Neural Fuzzy Systems
Pratap Khedkar, General Electric
4. Context Vectors
Robert Hecht-Nielsen, HNC Corporation
5. Neural Representations of Space
in Rats and Robots
Dave Touretzky, Carnegie Mellon University
SECTION II: COMPUTATIONAL LEARING THEORY
1. Similarity-based Approximate Reasoning
Didier Dubois and Henri Prade,
Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse
2. Computational Intelligence in High Level Computer
Vision Determining Spatial Relationships
James Keller, University of Missouri-Columbia
3. Fuzzy Modelling:
Methodology, Algorithms, and Practice
Witold Pedrycz, University of Manitoba
4. Reasoning Under Uncertainty and Learning in
Knowledge Based Systems: Imitating Human Problem
Solving Behavior
Ramon Lopez de Mantaras
Artificial Research Institute, Spain
SECTION III: EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION
1. On the Evolution of Evolutionary Computation
Hans-Paul Schwefel
University of Dortmund, Germany
2. Genetic Algorithms: a 25 Year Perspective
Kenneth DeJong, George Mason University
3. Evolutionary Programming in Perspective
Lawrence J. Fogel
Natural Selections Inc., CA
4. Evolution Strategy
Ingo Rechenberg
Technische Universit\"{a}t Berlin
5. Beyond AI: The Double Helix of Artificial
Intelligence and Artificial life
Kiroaki Kitano, Sony Computer Science Laboratory
6. How to Improve GA-performance for Combinatorial
Optimization Problems by Analyzing their Fitness
Landscape
Bernard Manderick and Piet Spiessens
Free University of Brussels
7. Theory and Applications of the
Breeder Genetic Algorithm
Heinz M\"{u}ehlenbein and Dirk Schlierkamp-Voosen
GMB Schloss Birlinghoven
SECTION IV: BIOLOGICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL PATTERN RECOGNITION
1. Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition
Anil K. JAin and Jianchang Mao
Michigan State University
2. Neurobiological Computational Systems
Charles H. Anderson and David C. Van Essen
Washington University
3. Visual Preprocessing: First and Second Order
Processes in the Perception of Motion and Texture
George Sperling, J. A. Solomon and Zhong-Lin Lu
University of California, Irvine
Charles Chubb, Rutgers University
4. Visual Learning of Objects:
Neural Models of Shape, Color, Motion and Space
Allen Waxman, Michael Seibert and Alan N. Gove
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
5. Computational Color Vision Model by Neural Networks
Shiro Usui and S. Nakauchi
Toyohashi University of Technology
6. Status of Auditory Modeling Research and
its Relationship toAutomatic Speech Recognition
Karen Payton, University of Massachusetts
7. Biology-Inspired Pulse Processing Neural Nets with
Adaptive Weights and Delays - Sources from
Neuroscience versus Applications in Industry and
Medicine
Rolf Eckmiller, University of Bonn
SECTION V: INTELLIGENT CONTROL
1. Learning on Neural-Controllers in Intelligent
Control Systems
Sigeru Omatu, University of Tokushima
2. Integration of Fuzzy Control Within Hierarchically
Structured Control Systems
Reza Langari
Texas A&M University
3. Qualitative Modeling based on Numberical Data and
Knowledge Data, and its Application to Control
Michio Sugeno and Takahiro Yashukawa
Tokyo Institute of Technology
4. Fuzzy Logic Controllers: An Industrial Reality
Piero P. Bonissone, General Electric
5. Learning Control Aspects in Terms of Neuro-control
Tetsuro Yabuta, Takayuka and Tetsuya Manabe
NTT Telecommunication Field Systems R&D Center
6. Self-Generation of Neural-Net Controller by Training
in Natural Environment
Teruo Fujii and Tamaki Ura, University of Tokyo
SECTION VI: HYBRID COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
1. Fuzzy-Neuro-GA Based Intelligent Robotics
Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya University
Takanori Shibata, MITI
2. Hybrid Approaches for Fuzzy Data Analysis and
Configuration Using Genetic Algorithms and
Evolutionary Methods
H.J. Zimmerman, Technical University of Aachen
3. Combinations of Genetic Algorithms with NNs
or Fuzzy Systems
David Schaffer, Philips Laboratories
4. A Neo Fuzzy Neuron and Its Applications to System
Identification and Expectation of Chaotic Behavior
Takeshi Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology
SECTION VII: APPLICATIONS
1. Integrating Neural Networks for Real World
Applications
Fran\>{c}oise Fogelman Souli\`{e}
2. Neural Networks for Fighting Crime
Steven K. Rogers, Matthew Kabrisky,
Dennis W. Ruck and Mark E. Oxley,
Air Force Institute of Technology
3. Genetic Algorithms for Optimization:
Three Case Studies
Lawrence Davis, Tica Technologies
4. Neural Computing Technology Transfer -
A UK Government Programme
Robert A. Wiggins,
Department of Trade and Industry, London
5. New Paradigms in Technology Transfer
Joseph R. Brown, Microelectronics and Computer
Technology Corporation
>From the Preface:
To our knowledge, the publication of this book marks the
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networks, fuzzy systems and evolutionary programming. A
special plenary symposium, addressing emerging issues in
computational intelligence, was conceived as glue to provide
continuity among the three conferences. The contributions
to the symposium were thought to be so outstanding, that an
archival volume of the contributions was felt appropriate.
The result is this book.
Anticipated Publication Date: July 1994
THIS BOOK WILL BE GIVEN TO ALL FULL REGISTRANTS AT WCCI.
Additional copies will be on sale at the conference.
Post conference copies can be purchased from IEEE Press
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