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AIList Digest Thursday, 20 Oct 1988 Volume 8 : Issue 106
Announcements:
Congress on Cybernetics and Systems
MIRRORS/II Connectionist Simulator Now Available
6th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis
Neural Network Symposium Announcement
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Date: 8 Oct 88 03:28:19 GMT
From: spnhc@cunyvm.bitnet (Spyros Antoniou)
Subject: Congress on Cybernetics and Systems
WORLD ORGANIZATION OF SYSTEMS AND CYBERNETICS
8 T H I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O N G R E S S
O F C Y B E R N E T I C S A N D S Y S T E M S
JUNE 11-15, 1990 at Hunter College, City University of New York, USA
This triennial conference is supported by many international
groups concerned with management, the sciences, computers, and
technology systems.
The 1990 Congress is the eighth in a series, previous events
having been held in London (1969), Oxford (1972), Bucharest (1975),
Amsterdam (1978), Mexico City (1981), Paris (1984) and London (1987).
The Congress will provide a forum for the presentation
and discussion of current research. Several specialized sections
will focus on computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive
science, biocybernetics, psychocybernetics and sociocybernetics.
Suggestions for other relevant topics are welcome.
Participants who wish to organize a symposium or a section,
are requested to submit a proposal ( sponsor, subject, potential
participants, very short abstracts ) as soon as possible, but not
later than September 1989. All submissions and correspondence
regarding this conference should be addressd to:
Prof. Constantin V. Negoita
Congress Chairman
Department of Computer Science
Hunter College
City University of New York
695 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021 U.S.A.
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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 88 15:05:29 EDT
From: C Lynne D'Autrechy <lynne@brillig.umd.edu>
Subject: MIRRORS/II Connectionist Simulator Now Available
MIRRORS/II Connectionist Simulator Available
MIRRORS/II is a general-purpose connectionist simulator
which can be used to implement a broad spectrum of connec-
tionist (neural network) models. MIRRORS/II is dis-
tinguished by its support of an extensible high-level non-
procedural language, an indexed library of networks, spread-
ing activation methods, learning methods, event parsers and
handlers, and a generalized event-handling mechanism.
The MIRRORS/II language allows relatively inexperienced
computer users to express the structure of a network that
they would like to study and the parameters which will con-
trol their particular connectionist model simulation. Users
can select an existing spreading activation/learning method
and other system components from the library to complete
their connectionist model; no programming is required. On
the other hand, more advanced users with programming skills
who are interested in research involving new methods for
spreading activation or learning can still derive major
benefits from using MIRRORS/II. The advanced user need only
write functions for the desired procedural components (e.g.,
spreading activation method, control strategy, etc.). Based
on language primitives specified by the user MIRRORS/II will
incorporate the user-written components into the connection-
ist model; no changes to the MIRRORS/II system itself are
required.
Connectionist models developed using MIRRORS/II are not
limited to a particular processing paradigm. Spreading
activation methods, and Hebbian learning, competitive learn-
ing, and error back-propagation are among the resources
found in the MIRRORS/II library. MIRRORS/II provides both
synchronous and asynchronous control strategies that deter-
mine which nodes should have their activation values updated
during an iteration. Users can also provide their own con-
trol strategies and have control over a simulation through
the generalized event handling mechanism.
Simulations produced by MIRRORS/II have an event-
handling mechanism which provides a general framework for
scheduling certain actions to occur during a simulation.
MIRRORS/II supports system-defined events (constant/cyclic
input, constant/cyclic output, clamp, learn, display and
show) and user-defined events. An event command (e.g., the
input-command) indicates which event is to occur, when it is
to occur, and which part of the network it is to affect.
Simultaneously occurring events are prioritized according to
user specification. At run time, the appropriate event
handler performs the desired action for the currently-
occurring event. User-defined events can redefine the work-
ings of system-defined events or can create new events
needed for a particular application.
MIRRORS/II is implemented in Franz Lisp and will run
under Opuses 38, 42, and 43 of Franz Lisp on UNIX systems.
It is currently running on a MicroVAX, VAX and SUN 3. If
you are interested in obtaining more detailed information
about the MIRRORS/II system see D'Autrechy, C. L. et al.,
1988, "A General-Purpose Simulation Environment for Develop-
ing Connectionist Models," Simulation, 51, 5-19. The
MIRRORS/II software and reference manual are available for
no charge via tape or ftp. If you are interested in obtain-
ing a copy of the software send your U.S. Mail address via
e-mail to
mirrors@mimsy.umd.edu
or
...!uunet!mimsy!mirrors
or send your U.S. Mail address to
Lynne D'Autrechy
University of Maryland
Department of Computer Science
College Park, MD 20742
and we will send you back a license which you must sign and
return to us and further instructions on how to obtain the
MIRRORS/II software and manual.
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 88 16:18:11 +0200
From: scia@steks.oulu.fi (SCIA confrence in OULU)
The 6th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis
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June 19 - 22, 1989
Oulu, Finland
Second Call for Papers
INVITATION TO 6TH SCIA
The 6th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis (6SCIA)
will be arranged by the Pattern Recognition Society of Fin-
land from June 19 to June 22, 1989. The conference is spon-
sored by the International Association for Pattern Recogni-
tion. The conference will be held at the University of Oulu.
Oulu is the major industrial city in North Finland, situated
not far from the Arctic Circle. The conference site is at
the Linnanmaa campus of the University, near downtown Oulu.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Erkki Oja, Conference Chairman
Matti Pietik{inen, Program Chairman
Juha R|ning, Local organization Chairman
Hannu Hakalahti, Exhibition Chairman
Jan-Olof Eklundh, Sweden
Stein Grinaker, Norway
Teuvo Kohonen, Finland
L. F. Pau, Denmark
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The program will consist of contributed papers, invited
talks and special panels. The contributed papers will cov-
er:
* computer vision
* image processing
* pattern recognition
* perception
* parallel algorithms and architectures
as well as application areas including
* industry
* medicine and biology
* office automation
* remote sensing
There will be invited speakers on the following topics:
Industrial Machine Vision
(Dr. J. Sanz, IBM Almaden Research Center)
Vision and Robotics
(Prof. Y. Shirai, Osaka University)
Knowledge-Based Vision
(Prof. L. Davis, University of Maryland)
Parallel Architectures
(Prof. P. E. Danielsson, Link|ping University)
Neural Networks in Vision
(to be announced)
Image Processing for HDTV
(Dr. G. Tonge, Independent Broadcasting Authority).
Panels will be organized on the following topics:
Visual Inspection in the Electronics Industry (moderator:
prof. L. F. Pau);
Medical Imaging (moderator: prof. N. Saranummi);
Neural Networks and Conventional Architectures (moderator:
prof. E. Oja);
Image Processing Workstations (moderator: Dr. A. Kortekan-
gas).
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors are invited to submit four copies of an extended
summary of at least 1000 words of each of their papers to:
Professor Matti Pietik{inen
6SCIA Program Chairman
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Oulu
SF-90570 OULU, Finland
tel +358-81-352765
fax +358-81-561278
telex 32 375 oylin sf
net scia@steks.oulu.fi
The summary should contain sufficient detail, including a
clear description of the salient concepts and novel features
of the work. The deadline for submission of summaries is
December 1, 1988. Authors will be notified of acceptance by
January 31st, 1989 and final camera-ready papers will be re-
quired by March 31st, 1989.
The length of the final paper must not exceed 8 pages. In-
structions for writing the final paper will be sent to the
authors.
EXHIBITION
An exhibition is planned. Companies and institutions in-
volved in image analysis and related fields are invited to
exhibit their products at demonstration stands, on posters
or video. Please indicate your interest to take part by con-
tacting the Exhibition Committee:
Matti Oikarinen
P.O. Box 181
SF-90101 OULU
Finland
tel. +358-81-346488
telex 32354 vttou sf
fax. +358-81-346211
SOCIAL PROGRAM
A social program will be arranged, including possibilities
to enjoy the location of the conference, the sea and the
midnight sun. There are excellent possibilities to make
post-conference tours e.g. to Lapland or to the lake dis-
trict of Finland.
The social program will consist of a get-together party on
Monday June 19th, a city reception on Tuesday June 20th, and
the conference Banquet on Wednesday June 21st. These are all
included in the registration fee. There is an extra fee for
accompanying persons.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The registration fee will be 1300 FIM before April 15th,
1989 and 1500 FIM afterwards. The fee for participants cov-
ers: entrance to all sessions, panels and exhibition;
proceedings; get-together party, city reception, banquet and
coffee breaks.
The fee is payable by
- check made out to 6th SCIA and mailed to the
Conference Secretariat; or by
- bank transfer draft account or
- all major credit cards
Registration forms, hotel information and practical travel
information are available from the Conference Secretariat.
An information package will be sent to authors of accepted
papers by January 31st, 1989.
Secretariat:
Congress Team
P.O. Box 227
SF-00131 HELSINKI
Finland
tel. +358-0-176866
telex 122783 arcon sf
fax +358-0-1855245
There will be hotel rooms available for participants, with
prices ranging from 135 FIM (90 FIM) to 430 FIM (270 FIM)
per night for a single room (double room/person).
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Date: Sat, 15 Oct 88 13:10:39 EDT
From: RUSS EBERHART <RCE1%APLVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Neural Network Symposium Announcement
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
SYMPOSIUM ON THE BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL NETWORKS
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Saturday, April 22, 1989
Parsons Auditorium
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, Maryland
The study and application of neural networks has increased significantly
in the past few years. This applications-oriented symposium focuses on
the use of neural networks to solve biomedical tasks such as the
classification of biopotential signals.
Abstracts of not more than 300 words may be submitted prior to January
31, 1989. Accepted abstracts will be allotted 20 minutes for oral
presentation.
Registration fee is $20.00 (U.S.); $10.00 for full-time students.
Registration fee includes lunch. For more information and/or to
register, contact Russ Eberhart (RCE1 @ APLVM), JHU Applied Physics
Lab., Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20707.
The Symposium is sponsored by the Baltimore Chapter of the IEEE Engineering
in Medicine and Biology Society. Make check for registration fee payable
to "EMB Baltimore Chapter".
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