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Neuron Digest Volume 13 Number 08
Neuron Digest Sunday, 20 Feb 1994 Volume 13 : Issue 8
Today's Topics:
Administrivia - back again
NIPS*94 Call for Papers
Telluride Workshops
NIPS*94 Call for Workshops
2nd An. Utah Workshop on the Applicat. of Intelligent and Adap. Systems
12th EUROPEAN MEETING on CYBERNETICS and SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium
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Subject: Administrivia - back again
From: "Neuron-Digest Moderator, Peter Marvit" <neuron@psych.upenn.edu>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 20:20:01 -0500
Dear readers,
I'm afraid your Moderator had a case of bad fingers and accidently
deleted a significant sectino of the Neuron Digest files (including teh
subscriber list). Becasue of the weather here, it took a few days to get
everything back. So, we should resume with the set of conference
announcements for the next few days or so. We will then resume with the
usual mix of topics.
I am happy to say the new email archives seem to be doing well, with only
a few problems. Now if I could only automate the maintenance of the
mailing list itself...
-Peter
: Peter Marvit, Neuron Digest Moderator <neuron-request@psych.upenn.edu> :
: Courtesy of the Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania :
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Subject: NIPS*94 Call for Papers
From: Bartlett Mel <mel@klab.caltech.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 12:05:47 -0800
********* PLEASE NOTE NEW SUBMISSIONS FORMAT FOR 1994 *********
CALL FOR PAPERS
Neural Information Processing Systems
-Natural and Synthetic-
Monday, November 28 - Saturday, December 3, 1994
Denver, Colorado
This is the eighth meeting of an interdisciplinary conference
which brings together neuroscientists, engineers, computer
scientists, cognitive scientists, physicists, and mathematicians
interested in all aspects of neural processing and
computation. The conference will include invited talks, and oral
and poster presentations of refereed papers. There will be no
parallel sessions. There will also be one day of tutorial
presentations (Nov 28) preceding the regular session, and two
days of focused workshops will follow at a nearby ski area (Dec
2-3).
Major categories for paper submission, and examples of keywords
within categories, are the following:
Neuroscience: systems physiology, cellular physiology, signal
and noise analysis, oscillations, synchronization, inhibition,
neuromodulation, synaptic plasticity, computational models.
Theory: computational learning theory, complexity theory,
dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, probability and
statistics, approximation theory.
Implementations: VLSI, optical, parallel processors, software
simulators, implementation languages.
Algorithms and Architectures: learning algorithms,
constructive/pruning algorithms, localized basis functions,
decision trees, recurrent networks, genetic algorithms,
combinatorial optimization, performance comparisons.
Visual Processing: image recognition, coding and
classification, stereopsis, motion detection, visual
psychophysics.
Speech, Handwriting and Signal Processing: speech recognition,
coding and synthesis, handwriting recognition, adaptive
equalization, nonlinear noise removal.
Applications: time-series prediction, medical diagnosis,
financial analysis, DNA/protein sequence analysis, music
processing, expert systems.
Cognitive Science & AI: natural language, human learning and
memory, perception and psychophysics, symbolic reasoning.
Control, Navigation, and Planning: robotic motor control,
process control, navigation, path planning, exploration,
dynamic programming.
Review Criteria: All submitted papers will be thoroughly
refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, significance
and clarity. Submissions should contain new results that have
not been published previously. Authors are encouraged to submit
their most recent work, as there will be an opportunity after the
meeting to revise accepted manuscripts before submitting final
camera-ready copy.
********** PLEASE NOTE NEW SUBMISSIONS FORMAT FOR 1994 **********
Paper Format: Submitted papers may be up to eight pages in
length. The page limit will be strictly enforced, and any
submission exceeding eight pages will not be considered. Authors
are encouraged (but not required) to use the NIPS style files
obtainable by anonymous FTP at the sites given below. Papers must
include physical and e-mail addresses of all authors, and must
indicate one of the nine major categories listed above, keyword
information if appropriate, and preference for oral or poster
presentation. Unless otherwise indicated, correspondence will be
sent to the first author.
Submission Instructions: Send six copies of submitted papers to
the address given below; electronic or FAX submission is not
acceptable. Include one additional copy of the abstract only, to
be used for preparation of the abstracts booklet distributed at
the meeting. Submissions mailed first-class within the US or
Canada must be postmarked by May 21, 1994. Submissions from
other places must be received by this date. Mail submissions to:
David Touretzky
NIPS*94 Program Chair
Computer Science Department
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890 USA
Mail general inquiries/requests for registration material to:
NIPS*94 Conference
NIPS Foundation
PO Box 60035
Pasadena, CA 91116-6035 USA
(e-mail: nips94@caltech.edu)
FTP sites for LaTex style files "nips.tex" and "nips.sty":
helper.systems.caltech.edu (131.215.68.12) in /pub/nips
b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.242.8) in /usr/dst/public/nips
NIPS*94 Organizing Committee: General Chair, Gerry Tesauro, IBM;
Program Chair, David Touretzky, CMU; Publications Chair, Joshua
Alspector, Bellcore; Publicity Chair, Bartlett Mel, Caltech;
Workshops Chair, Todd Leen, OGI; Treasurer, Rodney Goodman,
Caltech; Local Arrangements, Lori Pratt, Colorado School of
Mines; Tutorials Chairs, Steve Hanson, Siemens and Gerry Tesauro,
IBM; Contracts, Steve Hanson, Siemens and Scott Kirkpatrick, IBM;
Government & Corporate Liaison, John Moody, OGI; Overseas
Liaisons: Marwan Jabri, Sydney Univ., Mitsuo Kawato, ATR, Alan
Murray, Univ. of Edinburgh, Joachim Buhmann, Univ. of Bonn,
Andreas Meier, Simon Bolivar Univ.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MAY 21, 1994 (POSTMARKED)
-please post-
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Subject: Telluride Workshops
From: Terry Sejnowski <terry@salk.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 19:44:00 -0800
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN TWO WORKSHOPS ON "NEUROMORPHIC ENGINEERING"
JULY 3 - 9, 1994 AND JULY 10 - 16, 1994
TELLURIDE, COLORADO
Christof Koch (Caltech) and Terry Sejnowski (Salk Institute/UCSD)
invite applications for two different workshops that will be held in
Telluride, Colorado in July 1994. Travel and housing expenses will be
provided for ten to twenty active researchers for each workshop.
Deadline for application is March 10, 1994.
GOALS:
Carver Mead has introduced the term "Neuromorphic Engineering" for a new field
based on the design and fabrication of artificial neural systems, such as
vision systems, head-eye systems, and roving robots, whose architecture and
design principles are based on those of biological nervous systems. The goal
of these workshops is to bring together young investigators and more
established researchers from academia with their counterparts in industry
and national laboratories, working on both neurobiological as well as
engineering aspects of sensory systems and sensory-motor integration. The
focus of the workshop will be on ``active" participation, with
demonstration systems and hands-on-experience for all participants.
Neuromorphic engineering has a wide range of applications from nonlinear
adaptive control of complex systems to the design of smart sensors. Many of
the fundamental principles in this field, such as the use of learning methods
and the design of parallel hardware, are inspired by biological systems.
However, existing applications are modest and the challenge of scaling up
from small artificial neural networks and designing completely autonomous
systems at the levels achieved by biological systems lies ahead. The
assumption underlying these workshops is that the next generation of
neuromorphic systems would benefit from closer attention to the principles
found through experimental and theoretical studies of brain systems.
WORKSHOPS:
NEUROMORPHIC ANALOG VLSI SYSTEMS
Sunday, July 3 to Saturday, July 9, 1994
Organized by Rodney Douglas (Oxford), Misha Mahowald (Oxford)
and Stephen Lisberger (UCSF).
The goal of this week is to bring together biologists and engineers who are
interested in exploring neuromorphic systems through the medium of analog VLSI.
The workshop will cover methods for the design and fabrication of
multi-chip neuromorphic systems. This framework is suitable both for
creating analogs of specific biological systems, which can serve as a
modeling environment for biologists, and as a tool for engineers to
create cooperative circuits based on biological principles.
The workshop will provide the community with a
common formal language for describing neuromorphic systems.
Equipment will be present for participants to evaluate
existing neuromorphic chips (including silicon retina, silicon neurons,
oculomotor system).
SYSTEMS LEVEL MODELS OF VISUAL BEHAVIOR
Sunday, July 10 to Saturday, July 16, 1994
Organized by Dana Ballard (Rochester) and Richard Andersen (Caltech).
The goal of this week is to bring together biologists and engineers who are
interested in systems level modeling of visual behaviors and their
interactions with the motor systems.
Sessions will cover issues of sensory-motor integration in the mammalian
brain. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding neural algorithms
used by the brain which can provide insights into constructing electrical
circuits which can accomplish similar tasks. Issues to be covered will include
spatial localization and constancy, attention, motor planning, eye
movements, and the use of visual motion information for motor control.
Two or three prominent neuroscientists will be invited to give lectures on
the above subjects. These researchers will also be asked to bring their own
demonstrations, classroom experiments, and software for computer models.
Demonstrations include recording eye movements and simple eye
movement psychophysical experiments, neural network models for
coordinate transformations and the representation of space, visual
attention psychophysical experiments. Participants can conduct their own
experiments using the Virtual Reality equipment.
FORMAT:
Time in both workshops will be divided between planned presentation, free
interaction, and contributed material. Each day will consist of a lecture in
the morning that covers the theory behind the hands-on investigation in the
afternoon. Following each lecture, there will be a demonstration that
introduces participants to the equipment that will be available in the
afternoon session. Participants will be free to explore and play with whatever
they choose in the afternoon. Participants are encouraged to bring their own
material to share with others. After dinner, time for participants to provide
an informal lecture/demonstration is reserved.
LOCATION AND ARRANGEMENTS:
The two workshops will take place at the "Telluride Summer Research
Center," located in the small town of Telluride, 9000 feet high in Southwest
Colorado, about 6 hours away from Denver (350 miles) and 4 hours from
Aspen. Continental and United Airlines provide many daily flights directly
into Telluride. Participants will be housed in shared condominiums,
within walking distance of the Center.
The workshop is intended to be very informal and hands-on. Participants are
not required to have had previous experience in analog VLSI circuit design,
computational or machine vision, systems level neurophysiology or modeling
the brain at the systems level. However, we strongly encourage active
researchers with relevant backgrounds from academia, industry and
national laboratories to apply, in particular if they are prepared to talk about
their work or to bring demonstrators to Telluride (e.g. robots, chips,
software).
We expect to be able to pay for shipping necessary equipment
to Telluride and will have at least three technical staff present
throughout both workshops to assist us with software and hardware
problems. We will have a network of SUN workstations running UNIX and
connected to the Internet at the Center available to us.
All domestic travel and housing expenses will be provided.
Participants are expected to pay for food and incidental expenses.
HOW TO APPLY:
The deadline for receipt of applications is March 10, 1994
Applicants should be at the level of graduate students or above (i.e. post-
doctoral fellows, faculty, research and engineering staff and the equivalent
positions in industry and national laboratories). We actively encourage
qualified women and minority candidates to apply.
Each participant can apply for only one workshop and the application should include:
1. Name, address, telephone, e-mail, FAX, and and minority status (optional).
2. Resume.
3. One page summary of background and interests relevant to the workshop.
4. Description of special equipment needed for demonstrations.
5. Two letters of recommendation
Complete applications should be sent to:
Prof. Terrence Sejnowski
The Salk Institute
Post Office Box 85800
San Diego, CA
92186-5800
Applicants will be notified by April 15, 1994.
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Subject: NIPS*94 Call for Workshops
From: Bartlett Mel <mel@klab.caltech.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 18:00:32 -0800
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
NIPS*94 Post-Conference Workshops
December 2 and 3, 1994
Vail, Colorado
Following the regular program of the Neural Information Processing
Systems 1994 conference, workshops on current topics in neural
information processing will be held on December 2 and 3, 1994, in
Vail, Colorado. Proposals by qualified individuals interested in
chairing one of these workshops are solicited. Past topics have
included: active learning and control, architectural issues,
attention, bayesian analysis, benchmarking neural network
applications, computational complexity issues, computational
neuroscience, fast training techniques, genetic algorithms, music,
neural network dynamics, optimization, recurrent nets, rules and
connectionist models, self- organization, sensory biophysics, speech,
time series prediction, vision and audition, implementations, and
grammars.
The goal of the workshops is to provide an informal forum for
researchers to discuss important issues of current interest. Sessions
will meet in the morning and in the afternoon of both days, with free
time in between for ongoing individual exchange or outdoor activities.
Concrete open and/or controversial issues are encouraged and preferred
as workshop topics. Representation of alternative viewpoints and
panel-style discussions are particularly encouraged. Individuals
proposing to chair a workshop will have responsibilities including:
1) arranging short informal presentations by experts working on the
topic, 2) moderating or leading the discussion and reporting its high
points, findings, and conclusions to the group during evening plenary
sessions (the ``gong show''), and 3) writing a brief summary.
Submission Procedure: Interested parties should submit a short
proposal for a workshop of interest postmarked by May 21, 1994.
(Express mail is not necessary. Submissions by electronic
mail will also be accepted.) Proposals should include a title, a
description of what the workshop is to address and accomplish, the
proposed length of the workshop (one day or two days), and the planned
format. It should motivate why the topic is of interest or
controversial, why it should be discussed and what the targeted group
of participants is. In addition, please send a brief resume of the
prospective workshop chair, a list of publications and evidence of
scholarship in the field of interest.
Mail submissions to:
Todd K. Leen, NIPS*94 Workshops Chair
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
P.O. Box 91000 Portland
Oregon 97291-1000 USA
(e-mail: tleen@cse.ogi.edu)
Name, mailing address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail net
address should be on all submissions.
PROPOSALS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MAY 21, 1994
Please Post
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Subject: 2nd An. Utah Workshop on the Applicat. of Intelligent and Adap. Systems
From: Jerome Soller <soller@asylum.cs.utah.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 17:13:34 -0700
- ------------------------------------------------
2nd Annual Utah Workshop on:
"Applications of Intelligent and Adaptive Systems"
Sponsored by:
The University of Utah Cognitive Science Industrial Advisory Board
and
The Joint Services Software Technology Conference '94
- --------------------------------------------------
Date: April 15, 1994 Time: 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Cost: contact Jerome Soller or Dale Sanders for the cost for
non-conference attendees, free for conference attendees
Location: Salt Lake City Marriott, Salon E, 75 South and West Temple
- --------------------------------------------------
Talk 1:
"The Use of Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks in the Automatic
Interpretation of Medical Images",
Dr. Charles Rosenberg
Research Investigator,
VA Geriatric, Research, Education, and Clinical Center
and
Adjunct Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychology,
University of Utah
(crr@cogsci.psych.utah.edu)
((801) 582-1565, x-2458)
- --------------------------------------------------
Talk 2:
"A Hybrid On-line Handwriting Recognition System"
Dr. Nicholas S. Flann.
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science Department,
Utah State University.
(flann@nick.cs.usu.edu)
((801) 750-2451)
- --------------------------------------------------
Talk 3:
"Prototyping Activities in Robotics, Control, and Manufacturing"
Dr. Tarek M. Sobh
Research Assistant Professor
Computer Science Department
University of Utah
(sobh@wingate.cs.utah.edu)
((801) 585-5047)
- --------------------------------------------------
Talk 4:
"Software Architecture and Unmanned Ground Vehicles"
Dr. David Morgenthaler
Program Manager
Sarcos Research Corporation
Salt Lake City, UT
(David_Morgenthaler@ced.utah.edu)
((801) 581-0155)
- --------------------------------------------------
Lunch Break: 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
- --------------------------------------------------
Talk 5:
"Use of Decision Support in a Hospital Information System"
Dr. Allan Pryor
Professor of Medical Informatics
University of Utah
and
Assistant Vice President of Informatics
Intermountain Health Care
Salt Lake City UT
(tapryor@cc.utah.edu)
((801) 321-2128)
- --------------------------------------------------
Talk 6:
"Applications of Neural Networks in Critical Care Monitoring"
Dr. Joe Orr
Research Instructor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Utah
(jorr@soma.med.utah.edu)
((801) 581-6393)
- --------------------------------------------------
Pre-registration required; For registration, copies of the abstracts,
or references for publications relating to these talks, please contact:
Jerome Soller, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and
University of Utah Computer Science
(801) 582-1565, ext 2469; (801) 581-7977
soller@cs.utah.edu
or
Dale Sanders, TRW Inc., Ogden Engineering Services
(801) 625-8343
dale_sanders@oz.bmd.trw.com
- --------------------------------------------------
We wish to thank the following for their support of this workshop:
Applied Information and Management Systems, Inc.; Intermountain Health Care;
The Joint Services Software Technology Conference; Salt Lake Veterans Affairs
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Sarcos Corporation; 3M
Health Information Systems; TRW Systems Integration Group; University of Utah
Departments of Computer Science, Medical Informatics, and Physiology; Utah
Information Technology Association
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Subject: 12th EUROPEAN MEETING on CYBERNETICS and SYSTEMS RESEARCH
From: sec@ai.univie.ac.at
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 1994 14:54:03 +0100
* *
* *
* TWELFTH EUROPEAN MEETING *
* ON *
* CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH *
* (EMCSR 1994) *
April 5 - 8, 1994
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
organized by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
in cooperation with
Dept.of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Univ.of Vienna
and
International Federation for Systems Research
Plenary lectures:
*****************
MARGARET BODEN (United Kingdom):
"Artificial Intelligence and Creativity"
STEPHEN GROSSBERG (USA):
"Neural Networks for Learning, Recognition, and Prediction"
STUART A. UMPLEBY (USA):
"Twenty Years of Second Order Cybernetics"
241 papers will be presented and discussed in the following symposia:
*********************************************************************
GENERAL SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY
G.J.Klir (USA)
ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS THEORY
J.Miro (Spain), M.Peschel (Germany), F.Pichler (Austria)
FUZZY SYSTEMS, APPROXIMATE REASONING AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
C.Carlsson (Finland), K.-P.Adlassnig (Austria), E.P.Klement
(Austria)
DESIGNING AND SYSTEMS, AND THEIR EDUCATION
B.Banathy (USA), W.Gasparski (Poland), G.Goldschmidt
(Israel)
HUMANITY, ARCHITECTURE AND CONCEPTUALIZATION
G.Pask (United Kingdom), G.de Zeeuw (Netherlands)
BIOCYBERNETICS AND MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
L.M.Ricciardi (Italy)
SYSTEMS AND ECOLOGY
F.J.Radermacher (Germany), K.Fedra (Austria)
CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATICS IN MEDICINE
G.Gell (Austria), G.Porenta (Austria)
CYBERNETICS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
K.Balkus (USA), O.Ladanyi (Austria)
SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
G.Broekstra (Netherlands), R.Hough (USA)
CYBERNETICS OF COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT
P.Ballonoff (USA), T.Koizumi (USA), S.A.Umpleby (USA)
COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTERS
A M.Tjoa (Austria)
INTELLIGENT AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
J.Rozenblit (USA), H.Praehofer (Austria)
CYBERNETIC PRINCIPLES OF KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT
F.Heylighen (Belgium), S.A.Umpleby (USA)
CYBERNETICS, SYSTEMS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
M.Okuyama (Japan), H.Koizumi (USA)
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
S.Grossberg (USA), G.Dorffner (Austria)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE
V.Marik (Czech Republic), R.Born (Austria)
TUTORIALS:
**********
A SYNTACTIC APPROACH TO HEURISTIC NETWORKS: LINGUISTIC GEOMETRY
Prof.Boris Stilman, University of Colorado, Denver, USA
FUZZY SETS AND IMPRECISE BUT RELEVANT DECISIONS
Prof.Christer Carlsson, Abo Akademi University, Abo, Finland
CONTEXTUAL SYSTEMS: A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
Dr.Irina V. Ezhkova, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
TWENTY YEARS OF SECOND ORDER CYBERNETICS
Prof.Stuart A. Umpleby, George Washington University,
Washington, D.C., USA
PROCEEDINGS:
************
Trappl R.(ed.): CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '94,
2 vols, 1911 pages, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
***************************************
EMCSR'94 Secretariat
c/o Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
Schottengasse 3
A-1010 Vienna
Austria
Phone: +43-1-53532810
Fax: +43-1-5320652
E-mail: sec@ai.univie.ac.at
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Subject: Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium
From: "Eric B. Baum" <eric@research.nj.nec.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 11:11:29 -0500
Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium
NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PARALLEL COMPUTATION
PRINCETON, NJ
MAY 4 - 5, 1994
NEC Research Institute is pleased to announce that
the Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium will be
held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Princeton, New
Jersey on May 4 and 5, 1994. The title of this
year's symposium is Natural and Artificial Parallel
Computation. The conference will feature ten
invited talks. The speakers are:
- - Larry Abbott, Brandeis University, "Activity-
Dependent Modulation of Intrinsic Neuronal
Properties"
- - Catherine Carr, University of Maryland, "Time
Coding in the Central Nervous System"
- - Bill Dally, MIT, "Bandwidth, Granularity, and
Mechanisms: Key Issues in the Design of
Parallel Computers"
- - Amiram Grinvald, Weitzmann Institute,
"Architecture and Dynamics of Cell Assemblies in
the Visual Cortex; New Perspectives From Fast
and Slow Optical Imaging"
- - Akihiko Konagaya, NEC C&C Research Labs,
"Knowledge Discovery in Genetic Sequences"
- - Chris Langton, Santa Fe Institute, "SWARM: An
Agent Based Simulation System for Research in
Complex Systems"
- - Thomas Ray, University of Delaware and ATR,
"Evolution and Ecology of Digital Organisms"
- - Shuichi Sakai, Real World Computing Partnership,
"RWC Massively Parallel ComputerProject"
- - Shigeru Tanaka, NEC Fundamental Research Labs,
"A Mathematical Theory for the Experience-
Dependent Development of Visual Cortex"
- - Leslie Valiant, Harvard University and NECI, "A
Computational Model for Cognition"
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 on-site registration. To preregister by
e-mail, send a request to:
symposium@research.nj.nec.com.
Registrants will receive an acknowledgment, space
allowing. A request for preregistration is also
possible by regular mail to Mrs. Irene Parker, NEC Research
Institute, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Registrants will also be invited to an Open
House/Poster Session and Reception at NEC Research
Institute on Tuesday, May 3. The Open House will
begin at 3:30 PM and the Reception will begin at
5:30 PM. In order to estimate headcount, please
indicate in your preregistration request whether
you plan to attend the Open House on May 3.
Registrants are expected to make their own
arrangements for accommodations. Provided below is
a list of hotels in the area together with daily
room rates. Please ask for the NEC Corporate Rate
when reserving a room. Sessions will start at 8:15
AM Wednesday, May 4 and will be scheduled to finish
at approximately 3:30 PM on Thursday, May 5.
Red Roof Inn, South Brunswick (908)821-8800 $37.99
Novotel Hotel, Princeton (609)520-1200 $68.00
($74.00/w breakfast)
Palmer Inn, Princeton (609)452-2500 $73.00
Marriott Residence Inn, Princeton (908)329-9600 $85.00
w/continental breakfast
Summerfield Suites, Princeton (609)951-0009 $92.00
Hyatt Regency, Princeton (609)987-1234 $105.00
Marriott Hotel, Princeton (609)452-7900 $125.00
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
PLEASE RESPOND BY E-MAIL TO:
symposium@research.nj.nec.com
I would like to attend:
_____ Open House
_____ Symposium
Name: ____________________________
Organization: ____________________________
E-mail address: ____________________________
Phone number: ____________________________
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