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Alife Digest, Number 076
Sunday, May 17th 1992
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Today's Topics:
Calendar of Alife-related Events
Primordial Soup Program
A review of ``The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience''
Tierra Update: V3.11 release
Ninth International Machine Learning Conference (ML92)
IWANN93 Workshop
Workshop: "Autopoiesis and Perception" - Call for Participation
AISB Call for Tutorial/Workshop Proposals
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Date: Sun, 17 May 92 16:24:21 -0700
From: liane@cs.ucla.edu (Liane Gabora)
Subject: Calendar of Alife-related Events
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CALENDAR OF ALIFE-RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Artificial Life III, Santa Fe, NM June 15-19, 1992
Biocomputation Workshop, Monterey, CA June 22-24, 1992 v74
9th Intnl Machine Learning Conf, Aberdeen, Scotland July 1-3, 1992, v76
10th National Conference on AI, San Jose, CA Jul 12-17, 1992
14th Conf of the Cognitive Science Soc, Bloomington IN Jul 29-Aug 1, 1992
10th European Conference on AI Aug 3-7, 1992
13th International Congress on Cybernetics, Belgium Aug 24-28, 1992
Autopoiesis and Perception, Dublin, Ireland Aug 25-26, 1992 v76
Worshop on Neural Networks, Liverpool, England Sep 7-8, 1992 v74
Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Brussels Sep 28-30, 1992
State of the Art in Ecological Modelling, Kiel Germany Sep 28-Oct 2, 1992
Neural Processing Information Systems (NIPS), Denver Nov 28-Dec 3, 1992 v73
2nd International Conf on
Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Honolulu, Hawaii Dec 7-11, 1992 v74
International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii Jan 5-8, 1993 v74
AI and Simulation of Behaviour Conf, Birmingham UK Mar 29-Apr 2, 1993 v75
Intnl Workshop on Artifiical Neural Networks,
Barcelona Spain June 9-11, 1993 v76
(Send announcements of other activities to alife@cognet.ucla.edu)
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Date: Sun, 19 Apr 92 06:12:24 PDT
From: marc@kg6kf.ampr.org (Marc de Groot - KG6KF)
Subject: Primordial Soup Program
ANNOUNCING PRIMORDIAL SOUP
I have recently completed Primordial Soup, an a-life program that
spontaneously generates self-reproducing organisms from a "sterile
soup", i. e. a memory space filled with pseudo-random numbers.
The program is similar in concept to Thomas Ray's Tierra software. I
used a number of his ideas in the design of Primordial Soup.
The code runs under UNIX. It has been tested on both SunOS
and System V platforms. I have uploaded the code to ftp.cognet.ucla.edu.
It is in the file /alife/public/psoup1.0.tar.Z.
If you do not have Internet FTP access, e-mail me and I will send
you a shar file by return e-mail.
The excerpt below is from the README file.
-Marc de Groot
marc@kg6kf.ampr.org
---Begin excerpt
Primordial Soup is an artificial life program. Organisms in the
form of computer software loops live in a shared memory space (the "soup")
and self-reproduce. The organisms mutate and evolve, behaving in
accordance with the principles of Darwinian evolution.
The program may be started with one or more organisms seeding the
soup. Alternatively, the system may be started "sterile", with no
organisms present. Spontaneous generation of self-reproducing organisms
has been observed after runs as short as 15 minutes.
Each organism is a software loop which block-copies itself to another
place in the soup and starts a new organism, or process, executing
at the start of the copied block.
The loops are written in a pseudo-assembly language. The
assembly language is executed by a multitasking interpreter. One instruction
is executed from each organism in turn, so that the organisms effectively
run simultaneously.
The organisms are in a completely shared memory space, and so
multiple organisms may have their program counters pointing at the
same block of code, executing the same program. Organisms may also
overwrite one another freely. This allows for a limited form of sexual
reproduction: the organisms share genes by the mechanism of one partially
overwriting another.
Another source of mutation besides sexual reproduction is provided.
It is a simulation of background radiation. Every so many instructions
one bit in the soup is complemented at random. The rate at which the
bit-flips occur is controllable by the user.
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1992 19:03:41 -0400
From: rangarajan-anand@cs.yale.edu (Anand Rangarajan)
Subject: A review of ``The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience''
``The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience''
{\em Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson and Eleanor Rosch}
The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991. xx + 308 pp. $25.00.
ISBN 0-262-22042-3.
``The Embodied Mind'' starts with the examination of a fundamental
circularity in the relationship between cognitive science and human
experience. The authors take the position that any scientific
description of behavior is itself a product of the structure of our
collective cognitive apparatus. Too often, they claim, when an abstract,
theoretical attitude is taken towards the study of the mind, this
fundamental circularity gets ignored leading to a belief that our
self-understanding which is based on experience is false and will
someday be replaced by a calculus of behavior. The tension between the
abstract attitude and experience is heightened in a field where the mind
itself is the focus of investigation, namely, cognitive science.
The authors review the current state of cognitive science.
They classify all of cognitive science into three categories;
{\em cognitivist\/}, {\em emergent\/} and {\em enactive\/}.
Cognitivism is described as ``no computation without representation.''
The world is pregiven with fixed objects and properties. The self
in turn carries around an internal representation which is used in
perception and in action. The emergent school is based on the paradigm
of {\em self-organization\/}. Here, the self is constantly adapting and
changing its internal representation in the face of a non-stationary
environment. The authors claim that both the emergent and cognitivist
schools are operating on tacit beliefs about the self and the world.
They argue that the basic idea of a world with a fixed set of properties
and a self which has an internal representation of these properties is
common to both schools. The authors plight their troth with the enactive
school which dispenses with the assumptions of a world with fixed
properties and with a self which is a constant reference point for
representation. The main point stressed here is that there is no ground
to be found in the world or in the self. Unlike arguments by Searle and
Dreyfus which are strongly humanistic, the authors do not retreat into a
solipsistic viewpoint from which cognitive science is criticized.
Instead, mutually structured coupling between organism and environment
now holds the key to understanding perception and action.
All foundationist theories of mind and nature are strongly criticized
including the belief that there are no foundations, namely, nihilism.
The authors refer to the craving for ultimate realist foundations of
self and world as ``the Cartesian anxiety'' since without foundations,
we would drown in a morass of skepticism, nihilism, insanity,
depression, darkness and chaos. The alternative offered is enaction as
embodied cognition. Meaning spontaneously emerges via a history of
structured coupling between an organism and an environment. The authors
cite Rod Brooks as paradigmatic of enactive cognitive science.
After describing enactive cognitive science as meeting human experience
half way, the authors then take up the task of the investigation of
human experience itself. Buddhist mindfulness/awareness meditation
is offered as a way of experiencing the examination of experience.
The authors point out that a key insight arising from the practice of
meditation is the extent to which our minds are occupied in unmindful,
and disembodied reflection on experience. They equate this abstract
activity with the general abstract attitude which is so pervasive in
approaches to cognitive science. The method of mindfulness/awareness
is described in detail along with several pointers to the Buddhist
tradition and doctrine of no self.
An example of the mindfulness/awareness approach to the examination of
experience can be seen by a three-way review of the book:
cognitivist, emergent and enactive.
In what is to follow, the three positions have been caricatured.
The cognitivist review is disembodied. The book is treated as an object
in the ``real'' world with fixed ideas and properties which can be
objectively described. The simplistic three-way distinction of
approaches to cognitive science follow from this standpoint.
The emergent review is describing the book as a deep object which has
resulted from a historical process. Likewise, the reviewer (also the
result of a long process) is reviewing the book with unavoidable bias.
The enactive review is not a review of the book but a view of the book
in the process of embodied reflection.
Cognitivist:
``The Embodied Mind'' starts with the examination of a fundamental
circularity in the relationship between cognitive science and human
experience. The authors take the position that any scientific
description of behavior is itself a
product of the structure of our collective cognitive apparatus.........
Emergent:
This book is an important collaboration between veterans Francisco
Varela and Eleanor Rosch and newcomer Evan Thompson. For about two and
a half decades now, Varela has been arguing for a mature phenomenology.
This book is a passionate and richly detailed argument warning us
that the fate of human experience might be in the hands of people who
ignore the fundamental circularity between cognitive science and human
experience. While it is not easy for me to see the progression of Eleanor
Rosch (not having read her Buddhist papers), it's clear that Varela has
achieved a personal synthesis of phenomenology, cognitive science and
Buddhism.......
Enactive:
.......Varela, Thompson and Rosch seem to be intent on smashing the myth
of representation. ``I'' like it but it's too aggressive.
Maybe Varela is tired of not getting his message
across. After all, ``we'' are trying to find a formalism for perception
and action into which ``we'' can bury ourselves. Looking for a formalism
is half the fun. The enactive approach seems to be not amenable to a
formalism but that might be because the examples like Brooks are
quasi-formalism free. Takes potshots at the transcendental self like
atman, the soul etc. Very radical and ``I'' like it but makes ``me''
uneasy. Formalisms are not closed, cognitivism yields quite
gracefully to emergent. Emergent to enactive becomes difficult if
prior sense of independent self and world are taken as absolute.
Instead, why not focus on self-organization which is common to enactive
and emergent? Wonder if these guys realize how radical they are. After
all, with no self {\em and world\/}, shouldn't their
enactive cognitive science actually be enactive science with a closed
loop between physics and perception.......
Notice that the enactive review is a view of the thoughts of the reviewer
in the process of reviewing the book. I decided to review the book and
then sat down and wrote down the thoughts as they occurred.
Consequently, the enactive review does not break the review down into
first person or third person. Hence, it is possible to extract an
objectivist or subjectivist review from the enactive review but
not vice-versa.
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Date: Thu, 7 May 92 15:53:04 -0600
From: ray@santafe.edu (Tom S. Ray)
Subject: Tierra Update: V3.11 release
TIERRA UPDATE:
(Version 3.11 now available, FTP site reorganized, New Tools, Bug Fixes,
Genebank Verification, Garbage Collection, New Genomes, Mneumonics
Shortened, Virtual Extraction, DEC Grant, Sex)
This message contains:
1) Availability of Tierra V3.11 source code
a) by ftp
b) by snail mail on disk
2) FTP Site Reorganized
2) New Tools
3) Bug Fixes
4) Genebank Verification
5) Garbage Collection
6) New genomes distributed
7) Opcode mneumonics limited to six characters
8) Virtual Extraction
9) Grant from Digital Equipment Corporation
10) Future Sex
1) Availability of Tierra V3.11 source code
a) by ftp
The V3.11 source code, the source code, and DOS executables of all tools
is available now. If you use the software, be sure to pick up new versions
soon from the ftp site. The source in the ftp site will be replace on a
roughly monthly or bi-monthly basis.
The complete source code and DOS executables are available by anonymous
ftp at:
tierra.slhs.udel.edu [128.175.41.34] and
life.slhs.udel.edu [128.175.41.33]
in the directories: DOS/, almond/, beagle/, doc/, and tierra/.
To get it, ftp to tierra or life, log in as user "anonymous" and give your
email address (eg. tom@udel.edu) as a password. Be sure to transfer binaries
in binary mode (it is safe to transfer everything in binary mode).
Each directory contains a compressed tar file (filename.tar.Z) and a SRC
directory that contains all the files in raw ascii format. You can just
pick up the .tar.Z files, and they will expand into the complete directory
strucutre with the following commands:
uncompress tierra.tar.Z
tar oxvf tierra.tar
b) by snail mail on disk
If you do not have ftp access you may obtain everything on DOS disks
by making a check for $65 (US dollars drawn on a US bank) payable to
Virtual Life. Specify 3.5" or 5.25" disks. Send the check to one of the
following addresses:
Tom Ray (January through August)
Santa Fe Institute
1660 Old Pecos Trail
Suite A
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Virtual Life (September through December)
P.O. Box 625
Newark, Delaware 19715
The DOS disks contain everything but ALmond. They include DOS
executables, source code and documentation. The DOS disks include an easy
installation program. This is the same source and executables available in
the ftp site. If you have ftp access, there is no need to buy the disks.
2) New Tools
Several new (and some old) tools, developed by Dan Pirone and Tom Ray,
are now fully documented and available in the ftp site:
rnd_inst - A tool for altering the physics of the system by randomly mapping
opcodes to instructions, with some optional restrictions on hamming
distances between pairs of instructions. The output is an opcode.map
file.
probe - A tool for surveying the genebank, with various optional selection
criteria (a new tool, but proving very useful).
tieout - A tool for generating x,y data from the tierra.log file. This is
used on a regular basis to generate graphics of size of creatures over
time during a run.
diverse - A tool that reads the birth and death records (break.X files) output
by Tierra and transforms them into various measures of diversity, for
graphical or other analysis.
beagle - A DOS only tool which provides a variety of graphical displays of
the output from the Tierra simulator. It is used after a run, and is
highly recommended as a tool for analyzing the results of a run.
run_info - A function of the beagle program, also available as a stand-alone,
due to its hunger for memory.
fragment - A function of the beagle program, also available as a stand-alone,
due to its hunger for memory.
ALmond - A UNIX only tool which runs as a separate process on the same or a
different machine. ALmond establishes socket communications with a
running Tierra, and provides a color display of the spatial distribution
of the creatures in the soup, showing all births and deaths. This tool
has some new functions: you can view the positions of the instruction
pointers, or the activity of the moviab instruction.
3) Bug Fixes
histograms - Version 3.1 included some obvious errors in the histogram
display. These have been corrected.
moviab - This instruction allows creatures to alter their own genome by
writing on themselves. Before V3.11, the genebanker did not watch
for genetic changes occurring in this manner. This created observational
errors comparable to the ploidy bug corrected in V3.1. The genebanker
now catalogs genetic change by this mechanism. It is believed that
the genebanker is now fully reliable (see below).
chmod - The chmod function was supposed to return a value, but did not.
This had the consequence that a flag was set every time a creature
allocated space for a daughter, and these were recorded with the
demography data associated with each creature. This has been corrected.
arg r option - The arg r option (replace or add) was not working, but
is now.
4) Genebank Verification
Error checking code has been added which completely verifies that the
distribution of genotypes in the soup matches that reflected in the genebank,
and that various counts are internally consistent within the genebank.
5) Garbage Collection
Routines have been added which clean-up the genebank once per million
exectued instructions. Among other things, once a size class is extinct,
all genomes of that size are eliminated from RAM. Permanent genomes are first
saved to disk.
6) New genomes distributed
Many new genomes were first distributed with V3.1, but they were not
mentioned in the announcement. These are the genomes of most of the
creatures described in the publications and videos: parasites,
hyper-parasites, social creatures, cheaters, etc.
7) Opcode mneumonics limited to six characters
To facilitate their display by the Beagle tools, the opcode mneumonics
have been limited to six characters. This affects push_ax, push_bx, push_cx,
push_dx, and mov_iab. These have been changed to pushax, pushbx, pushcx,
pushdx and moviab. This means that old ascii genome files can not be read
by the new tools. It does not affect binary genome files. Old binary files
will be mapped to the new names when they are converted to ascii by the new
software. All the ascii .tie files are redistributed in the new format.
8) Virtual Extraction
When a new genotype crosses one of the thresholds (SavThrMem or
SavThrPop) its name becomes permanent and it is ``extracted'' (written to
disk). This event is noted in the user interface and in the tierra.log
file like: ex = 0079aaa @ 13
The new feature is that when a genotype goes extinct, then reappears and
crosses the thresholds again, it experiences a ``virtual extraction'',
which means that it is not written to disk (since it is already there),
but the extraction event is written to the interface and the tierra.log
file like: ex = 0079aaa @ 13 v
This was done to facilitate the use of the tieout tool with cumulative
genebanks, but it results in nicer extraction data in other senses as well.
9) Grant from Digital Equipment Corporation
The Semiconductor Engineering Group of Digital Equipment Corporation has
donated two fully loaded DS5000 workstations to the Santa Fe Institute as a
part of a grant to Tom Ray titled: ``Computer Architectures for the Natural
Evolution of Machine Codes''. These two machines will be the primary platform
for Tierra research and development in the near future.
10) Future Sex
Walter Tackett (tackett@ipld01.hac.com or tackett@priam.usc.edu)
has implemented haploid sex based on cross-over (a random cross-over point
used by the moviab instruction) in his private copy of Tierra V3.0. The
methodology used by Tackett has been implemented in the Santa Fe verison of
Tierra. It will be released when it has undergone more testing to verify its
functions.
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Date: Fri, 08 May 92 14:02:30
From: ml92@computing-science.aberdeen.ac.uk (ML92 Aberdeen)
Subject: Ninth International Machine Learning Conference (ML92)
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NINTH INTERNATIONAL MACHINE LEARNING CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND
1 - 3 JULY 1992
Registration Information
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On behalf of the organizing committee, we are pleased to announce that
ML92, the Ninth International Machine Learning Conference, will be held
at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, July 1-3, 1992. Informal
workshop sessions will be held immediately after the conference on
Saturday, July 4, 1992.
The conference will feature invited speakers, technical and poster
sessions. The invited speakers for ML92 are:
* David Klahr Carnegie-Mellon University, USA
* Ivan Bratko Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
* Jude Shavlik University of Wisconsin, USA
REGISTRATION FEE
The registration fees for ML92 are as follows: Normal - Pound Sterling
115, Student - Pound Sterling 75. These fees cover conference
participation, proceedings, teas and coffees during breaks and a
number of evening receptions. The deadline for registration is May 29,
1992. After this date, a late fee of Pound Sterling 20 will be
charged. Cancellation fees are as follows: before May 29 - Pound
Sterling 10, May 30 to June 30 - Pound Sterling 20, after June 30 - at
the discretion of the General Chairman.
ACCOMMODATION
A large number of rooms in university halls of residence (student dorms)
have been available for ML92 delegates. Delegates requiring on-campus
accommodation must return completed forms by May 29, 1992 - after that
date accommodation cannot be guaranteed. In addition, block bookings
have been made with three city centre hotels (all approx. 30 minutes
walk, or a short bus ride from the conference venue.)
Rates are as follows:
University Hall
(Student Dorm)
Single: Pound Sterling 18.50
Copthorne Hotel
Single: Pound Sterling 72.50
Double: Pound Sterling 87.50
Brentwood Hotel
Tues June 30 - Thurs July 2: Single: Pound Sterling 48.00
Double: Pound Sterling 58.00
Fri July 3 & Sat July 4: Single: Pound Sterling 28.00
Double: Pound Sterling 38.00
Caledonian Thistle Hotel
Tues June 30 - Thurs July 2: Single: Pound Sterling 88.20
Double: Pound Sterling 103.50
Fri July 3 & Sat July 4: Single: Pound Sterling 38.00
Double: Pound Sterling 76.00
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All double room prices are based on 2 people occupying room.
All prices include breakfast except for Caledonian Thistle on June
30, July 1 & July 2.
University accommodation should be booked using the conference
registration form. Delegates requiring hotel accommodation should
contact the hotels directly using the contact information below. When
booking hotel accommodation delegates must mention ML92 to qualify for
conference rates and should contact hotels before May 29, 1992, after
which accommodation cannot be guaranteed.
Copthorne Hotel Brentwood Hotel
122 Huntly Street 101 Crown Street
Aberdeen, AB1 1SU Aberdeen, AB1 2HH
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Tel. +44 224 630404 Tel. +44 224 595440
Fax +44 224 640573 Fax +44 224 571593
Telex 739707 Telex 739316
Caledonian Thistle Hotel
Union Terrace
Aberdeen, AB9 1HE
SCOTLAND
Tel. +44 224 640233
Fax +44 224 641627
Telex 73758
LUNCH
Lunch will be provided on campus, close to the conference venue. Cost:
Pound Sterling 5.00 per day. All delegates are recommended to select
conference lunches - as there are no alternatives close to the campus.
Please indicate on the registration form the days on which you require
lunch. (The cost of lunch on Saturday July 4 is included in the
workshop fee.)
CONFERENCE DINNER
The conference dinner will be held on the evening of Friday, July 3 at
the Pittodrie House Hotel, a country hotel outside Aberdeen. Places are
limited and will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. Cost
of the meal plus transport: Pound Sterling 27.00.
WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY JULY 4
A number of informal workshops are to be held on Saturday July 4,
immediately after the conference. The five workshops are:
1. Biases in Inductive Learning
Coordinator: Diana Gordon (Naval Research Lab, Washington DC, USA)
2. Computational Architectures for Supporting Knowledge Acquisition &
Machine Learning
Coordinator: Mike Weintraub (GTE labs., USA)
3. Integrated Learning in Real-World Domains
Coordinator: Patricia Riddle (Boeing, Seattle, USA)
4. Knowledge Compilation & Speedup Learning
Coordinator: Prasad Tadepalli (Oregon State University, USA)
5. Machine Discovery
Coordinator: Jan Zytkow (Wichita State University, USA)
ACCOMPANYING PERSONS PROGRAM
An accompanying persons program will be organized if numbers merit it.
The area around Aberdeen has a high concentration of historic sites,
castles, etc. and some of the most beautiful countryside in Scotland.
TRAVELLING TO ABERDEEN
Delegates travelling from the USA can now fly direct to Scotland.
American Airlines fly Chicago to Glasgow, while British Airways fly New
York to Glasgow. A regular rail service links Glasgow's Queen Street
station to Aberdeen. A number of airlines fly direct to Aberdeen from
European cities: Air France (Paris), SAS (Copenhagen) & AirUK
(Amsterdam). Aberdeen is also served by regular flights from several UK
airports: Manchester (British Airways, DanAir), London Gatwick (DanAir),
London Heathrow (British Airways), Stansted (AirUK). A frequent high
speed rail service links Aberdeen to London - journey time approx. 8
hours (Sleeper services are available).
PRE- OR POST-CONFERENCE HOLIDAYS IN SCOTLAND
Delegates wishing to arrange holidays in Scotland for the period
immediately before or after the conference may wish to contact
Chieftain Tours Ltd, who can offer help with car hire, hotel bookings,
etc. Please mention ML92 when contacting Chieftain Tours. Please note
that all correspondence regarding holidays must be done direct with the
tour company and not through the ML92 organizers. Chieftain Tours can
also provide information about low-cost flights to Scotland from the USA
and Canada.
Contact details for Chieftain Tours:
Chieftain Tours Ltd.
A8 Whitecrook Centre Tel +44 41 9511470
Whitecrook Street, Clydebank Fax +44 41 9511467
Glasgow, Scotland G81 1QF Telex 778169
Delegates from the USA may wish to make use of the following toll free
fax number: 1 800 352 4350
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Payment may be by cheque or credit card (Visa or Mastercard). Cheques
must be in pounds sterling and must be made payable to "University of
Aberdeen".
Completed registration forms should be returned by mail or fax to:
ML92 Registrations
Department of Computing Science
King's College
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, AB9 2UB Tel +44 224 272296
SCOTLAND Fax +44 224 487048
(Please note - registration by email is not acceptable.)
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ML92 REGISTRATION FORM
Please complete this form in typescript or BLOCK capitals and send to:
ML92 Registrations, Department of Computing Science, King's College,
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB9 2UB, SCOTLAND.
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Date: Mon, 11 May 92 21:13:50 -0700
From: rsjuds@snll-arpagw.llnl.gov (judson richard s)
BIOCOMPUTATION WORKSHOP
Evolution as a computational process
June 22-24, 1992
Doubletree Hotel
2 Portola Plaza
Monterey, Ca 93940
Sponsored by the Institute for Scientific Computing Research at LLNL and
the Center for Computational Engineering at SNL
This workshop brings together biologists, physicists and computer
scientists with interests in the study of evolution. The premisis
of the workshop is that natural evolution is computational process
of adaption to an ever changing environment. Mathematical theory and
computer modeling are therefore ideally suited to study evolution
and conversely, evolution may be used as a model system to study the
computational processes of optimization and emergent pattern formation.
Fifteen invited speakers will provide general reviews and summaries of their
recent research. Although oral presentations will be limited to the invited
speakers, original research contributions are solicited for poster sessions
in the following areas:
natural evolution
artificial life
genetic algorithms and optimization
List of speakers:
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Stuart Kauffman --- University of Pensylvania, Santa Fe Institute
Alan Templeton* --- Washington University, St. Louis
Daniel Hillis --- Thinking Machines Inc.
Richard Hudson* --- University of California, Irvine
Steven Frank --- University of California, Irvine
Alan Hastings --- University of California, Davis
Warren Ewens* --- Melbourne University and University of Philadelphia
Marcus Feldman --- Stanford University
Lee Altenberg* --- Duke University
Aviv Bergman --- SRI and Stanford University
Mark Bedau --- Reed College
Gary Beluzo --- Holyoke Community College
Heinz Muehlenbein --- University of Bonn
(* invited, not confirmed)
Instructions for Submissions and registration:
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Authors should submit a single-page abstract clearly stating their results
by May 15, 1992, to the Meeting Coordinator at the address listed below.
Please indicate which of the above categories best applies to your paper.
There will be no parallel sessions, and the workshop will be structured to
stimulate and facilitate the active involvement of all attendees.
There will be sessions on the first 2 days from 9:00 AM till 5:00 PM with
1-2 hrs lunch breaks. On the third day there will be a morning session
and a short afternoon session only (maybe one talk until 3:00 PM).
Registration fees are $100 for full-time Ph.D. students and $250 for all
others. Fees include admission to a banquet, at the Monterey aquarium,
to be held on Monday night. (There is a $50 discount for students presenting
posters at the meeting.)
To obtain registration materials and housing
information, please contact the Meeting Coordinator.
For information only please contact eeckman@mozart.llnl.gov
Electronic abstract submissions only at jb@s1.gov
Meeting coordinator:
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Chris Ghinazzi
P.O. Box 808, L-426
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Livermore, CA 94550
phone: (510) 422-7132
email: ghinazzi@verdi.llnl.gov
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Please complete this form and return it to: Evolution as a Computational
Process, c/o Chris Ghinazzi, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
P.O. Box 808, L-426, Livermore, CA 94550-9900. Phone (510)422-7132 or
FAX: (510)422-7819
REGISTRATION FORM
Name:
Title:
Organization:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Country:
Citizenship:
Telephone:
email address:
Registration Fees:
Regular $250
Student $100
Student w/poster $50
Are you submitting a poster? yes no
Total Payment Enclosed $________
Check or Money Order (payable in US dollars to UC Regents)
Requests for refunds must be received in writing no later than June 1, 1992.
Attendance is on a first-pay, first-serve basis.
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Date: Tue, 12 May 1992 13:30:34 UTC+0100
From: JOAN CABESTANY <cabestan@eel.upc.es>
Subject: IWANN93 Workshop
Please find herewith the First announcement and Call for Papers of
IWANN93 (International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks) to
be held in Spain (near Barcelona) next June 1993.
Thanks
J.Cabestany
UPC cabestan@eel.upc.es
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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
ON
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
IWANN'93
First Announcement and Call for Papers
Sitges (Barcelona), Spain
June 9 - 11, 1993
SPONSORED BY
IFIP (Working Group in Neural Computer Systems, WG10.6)
IEEE Neural Networks Council
UK&RI communication chapter of IEEE
Spanish Computer Society chapter of IEEE
AEIA (IEEE Affiliate society)
ORGANISED BY
Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya
Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
Universidad de Barcelona
UNED (Madrid)
IWANN'91 (International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks) was held
in Granada (Spain) in September 1991. People from over 10 countries attended
the Workshop, and over 50 oral presentations were given.
IWANN'93 will be organised next June, 1993 in Sitges (Spain) with the
following Scope and Topics.
SCOPE
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) were first developed as structural or
functional models of biological systems in an attempt to emulate their unique
problem-solving abilities.
The main interest in neural topics stems from their advantages in
plasticity, speed and autonomy over conventional hardware and software, which
have traditionally proven inadequate for handling certain tasks such as
perception, learning, planning, knowledge acquisition and natural language
processing.
IWANN's main objective is to offer a forum for achieving a global,
innovative and advanced perspective on ANN. In addition to conventional Neural
Networks aspects, such as algorithms, architectures, software development tools
, learning, implementations and applications, IWANN'93 will also be concerned
with other complementary topics such as neural computation theory and
methodology, physiological and anatomical basis, local computation models,
organization and structures resembling biological systems.
Contributions on the following aspects are welcome:
* New models for biological networks.
* New algorithms and architectures for autonomy and self-
programmability using local learning strategies.
* Relationship with symbolic and knowledge-based systems.
* New implementation proposals using general or specific processors.
Implementations with embedded learning are especially invited.
* Applications.
Finally, it is expected that IWANN'93 will also serve as a meeting point
for engineers and scientists to establish professional contacts and
relationships.
TOPICS
1 - BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES: anatomical and physiological basis, local
circuits, biophysics and natural computation.
2 - THEORETICAL MODELS: analog, logic, inferential, statistical and
fuzzy models. Statistical mechanics.
3 - ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLES: network dynamics, self-organization,
competition, recurrency, evolutive optimization and genetic
algorithms.
4 - LEARNING: supervised and unsupervised strategies, local self-
programming, continuous learning, evolutive algorithms
5 - COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND AI: perception and psychophysics, symbolic
reasoning and memory.
6 - NEURAL SOFTWARE: languages, tools, simulation and benchmarks.
7 - HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION: VLSI, parallel architectures,
neurochips, preprocessing networks, neurodevices,
benchmarks, optical and other technologies.
8 - NEURAL NETWORKS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING: preprocessing, vision,
speech recognition, adaptive filtering, noise reduction.
9 - NEURAL NETWORKS FOR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS: modems and codecs,
network management, digital communications.
10 - NEURAL NETWORKS FOR CONTROL AND ROBOTICS: system identification,
motion, adaptive control, navigation, real time applications.
LOCATION
SITGES (BARCELONA), JUNE 9 - 11, 1993.
Sitges is located 35 km. south of Barcelona. The city is well known for
its beaches and its promenade facing the Mediterranean sea. Sitges is also
known for its cultural events and history (Maricel museum, painters like
Santiago Rusinol lived there and left part of their heritage).
Sitges can be easily reached by car or by train (about 30 minutes from
Barcelona).
LANGUAGE
English will be the official language of IWANN'93. Simultaneous translation
will not be provided.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Programme Committee seeks original papers on the above mentioned
Topics. Authors should pay special attention to the explanation of theoretical
and technical choices involved, point out possible limitations and describe the
current state of their work. Authors must take into account the following:
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Authors must submit four copies of full papers, not exceeding 6 pages in
DIN-A4 format.
The heading should be centered and include:
. Title in capitals.
. Name(s) of author(s).
. Address(es) of author(s).
. A 10 line abstract.
Three blank lines should be left between each of the above items, and
four between the heading and the body of the paper, 1.6 cm left, right, top and
bottom margins, single-spaced and not exceeding the 6 page limit.
In addition, one sheet should be attached including the following
information:
. Title and author(s) name(s).
. A list of five keywords.
. A reference to the Topics the paper relates to.
. Postal address, phone and fax numbers and E-mail (if
available).
All received papers will be reviewed by the Programme Committee.
Accepted papers may be presented orally or as poster panels, however all
accepted contributions will be published in full length.
(Springer-Verlag Proceedings are expected).
DATES
Second Call for Papers September 1, 1992
Final date for submission November 30, 1992
Committee's decision March 15, 1993
Workshop June 9-11, 1993
CONTRIBUTIONS MUST BE SENT TO:
Prof. Jose Mira
Dpto. Informatica y Automatica
UNED
Senda del Rey, s/n Phone:+ 34.1.544.60.00
28040 MADRID (Spain) Fax: + 34.1.544.67.37
E-mail: jose.mira@human.uned.es
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Jose Mira UNED. Madrid (E) **Chairman**
Senen Barro Unv. de Santiago (E)
Joan Cabestany Unv. Pltca. de Catalunya (E)
Trevor Clarkson King's College London (UK)
Ana Delgado UNED. Madrid (E)
Federico Moran Unv. Complutense. Madrid (E)
Conrad Perez Unv. de Barcelona (E)
Francisco Sandoval Unv. de Malaga (E)
Elena Valderrama CNM- Unv. Autonoma de Barcelona (E)
LOCAL COMMITEE
Joan Cabestany Unv. Pltca. de Catalunya (E) **Chairman**
Jordi Carrabina CNM- Unv. Autonoma de Barcelona (E)
Francisco Castillo Unv. Pltca. de Catalunya (E)
Andreu Catala Unv. Pltca. de Catalunya (E)
Gabriela Cembrano Instituto de Cibernetica. CSIC. Barcelona (E)
Conrad Perez Unv. de Barcelona (E)
Elena Valderrama CNM- Unv. Autonoma de Barcelona (E)
GENERAL CHAIRMAN
Alberto Prieto Unv. Granada. Spain
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Jose Mira UNED. Madrid (E) **Chairman**
Sanjeev B. Ahuja Nielsen A.I. Research & Development. Bannokburn (USA)
Igor Aleksander Imperial College. London (UK)
Luis B. Almeida INESC. Lisboa (P)
Shun-ichi Amari Faculty of Engineering. Unv. Tokyo (Jp)
Xavier Arreguit CSEM SA (CH)
Francois Blayo Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (CH)
Colin Campbell Bristol University of Bristol (UK)
Leon Chua University of California (USA)
Trevor Clarkson King's College London (UK)
Michael Cosnard Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon (F)
Marie Cottrell Unv. Paris I (F)
Dante Del Corso Politecnico di Torino (I)
Gerard Dreyfus ESPCI Paris (F)
J. Simoes da Fonseca Unv. de Lisboa (P)
Kunihiko Fukushima Faculty of Engineering Science. Osaka University (Jp)
Karl Goser Unv. Dortmund (D)
Francesco Gregoretti Politecnico di Torino (I)
Karl E. Grosspietsch Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD). St. Austin (D)
Mohamad Hassoun Wayne State University (USA)
Jeanny Herault INPG Grenoble (F)
Jaap Hoekstra Delft University of Technology (N)
P.T.W. Hudson Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen. Leiden University (N)
Jose Luis Huertas CNM- Universidad de Sevilla (E)
Simon Jones Unv. Nottingham (UK)
Chistian Jutten INPG Grenoble (F)
H. Klar Institut fur Mikroelektronik. Technische Universitat
Berlin (D)
Michael D. Lemmon University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame (USA)
Panos Ligomenides Unv. of Maryland (USA)
Javier Lopez Aligue Unv. de Extremadura. (E)
Robert J. Marks II University of Washington (USA)
Anthony N. Michel University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame (USA)
Roberto Moreno Unv. Las Palmas Gran Canaria (E)
Josef A. Nossek Inst. of Network Theory and Circuit Design. Tech. Univ.
of Munich (D)
Francisco J. Pelayo Unv. de Granada (E)
Franz Pichler Johannes Kepler Univ. (A)
Ulrich Ramacher Siemens AG. Munich (D)
Tamas Raska Comp. & Aut. Res. Inst. Hungarian Academy of Science.
Budapest (H)
Leonardo Reyneri University di Pisa (I)
Peter A. Rounce Dept. Computer Science. University College London (UK)
V.B. David Sanchez German Aerospace Research Establishment. Wessling (G)
E. Sanchez-Sinencio Texas A&M University (USA)
Renato Stefanelli Politecnico di Milano (I)
T.J. Stonham Brunel-University of West London (UK)
John G. Taylor Centre for Neural Networks. King's College London (UK)
Carme Torras Instituto de Cibernetica. CSIC. Barcelona (E)
Philip Treleaven Dept. Computer Science. University College London (UK)
Marley Vellasco Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (Br)
Michel Verleysen Unv. Catholique de Louvain (B)
Michel Weinfeld Ecole Polytechnique Paris (F)
INFORMATION FORM
to be returned as soon as possible to:
Prof. J.Cabestany
IWANN'93
Dep.Ingenieria Electronica UPC
P.O.Box 30.002
08080 Barcelona SPAIN
Phone:+34.3.401.67.42
Fax: +34.3.401.68.01
E-mail: cabestan@eel.upc.es
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IWANN'93
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
ON
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
Sitges (Barcelona), Spain
June 9 - 11, 1993
Name:____________________________________________________________________
Company/Organization:____________________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________________________________
State/Country:___________________________________________________________
Phone:_____________________
Fax:_______________________ E-mail:____________________________________
I intend to attend the Workshop: ______
I intend to submit a paper: _____
Tentative title:
Authors:
Related topics:
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Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 16:02 GMT
From: "Barry McMullin, DCU (Dublin, Ireland) <75008378@DCU.IE>"
Subject: Workshop: "Autopoiesis and Perception" - Call for Participation.
[The workshop announced below addresses an essentially cross-
disciplinary subject area, potentially involving philosophy, computer
science, engineering and biology - to name but a few. It is therefore
being posted across a variety of forums (fora?): so my apologies for the
noise if you see it more than once! All flames directly to me, please.
In case you wish to print out the plain ascii text, it has been
structured with 72 columns, 66 lines per page. Please pass on the
notice to anyone else who may be interested. If you require further
information, or wish to register, please follow the instructions below;
but note that, due to other commitments over the next fortnight, no
acknowledgements will be issued before May 27th. - Barry.]
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AUTOPOIESIS AND PERCEPTION
A Workshop within ESPRIT BRA 3352
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY: 25-26 August 1992
************ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ************
A common sense idea of perception is that, through the information
processing capabilities of our sensory/brain system, we come to know
"the" objectively real, external, world. However, this "spectator"
paradigm has not proved very effective (so far) in attempts to build
artificial perceptual systems. It therefore seems appropriate to
critically examine this concept of perception.
One alternative idea is to take a participatory rather than a spectator
view of the relationship between "us" and "the external world". To
perceive is not to process sensory data, but to apprehend meaning
through interaction.
Autopoiesis is an organizational paradigm which can support such a
participatory view of perception. The concept of autopoiesis (lit.
"self-producing"), was introduced to characterise the organisation which
makes living systems autonomous. An autopoietic organisation is one
which is self-renewing (in a suitable environment); autopoietic systems
maintain their organisation through a network of component-producing
processes such that the interacting components generate the same network
of processes which produced them. In the autopoietic paradigm,
perception is an emergent phenomenon characteristic of the interaction
between an autopoietic system and its environment: the system responds
to perturbations in just such a way as to maintain its (autopoietic)
identity.
Structure:
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The key objective of the workshop is to allow for extensive, open,
discussion, and it has been structured accordingly. It will consist of a
small number of prepared papers by invited keynote speakers, punctuated
with extended discussion periods; it will run over one and a half days
(from 9.30 AM on 25th August, to 1.00 PM on 26th August). To
maximize the benefit of the discussion, the workshop will be
limited to 30 participants.
Invited Speakers (Confirmed):
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Prof. Francisco Varela C.R.E.A., Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
Dr. David Vernon DG XIII, EC Commission, Brussels, and Computer
Science, Trinity College Dublin.
Dr. Dermot Furlong Department of Microelectronic and Electrical
Engineering, Trinity College Dublin.
Further Information: Barry McMullin, Electronic Engineering,
-------------------- Dublin City University, Dublin 9, IRELAND.
E-mail: <McMullinB@dcu.ie>
Phone: +353-1-7045432 Fax: +353-1-7045508
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AUTOPOIESIS AND PERCEPTION
A Workshop within ESPRIT BRA 3352
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY: 25-26 August 1992
************* REGISTRATION FORM *************
The deadline for receipt of registration information is Friday, 31st
July 1992. Due to the limit to 30 participants, early registration is
advisable. However, postal services to Dublin are currently severely
affected by an industrial dispute. Therefore, if you wish to register,
it is recommended that you return this form by E-mail or FAX as soon as
possible, paying the registration fee by Bank Transfer. Please advise if
you require information on hotel accomodation; campus accomodation will
be available at a rate of IRP 20 per night (approx.) - a separate
booking form will be provided on request. The DCU campus is situated in
the north Dublin suburb of Glasnevin, is less than 10 minutes from
Dublin International Airport, and has easy access to the city centre.
All correspondence should be directed to:
Barry McMullin, Electronic Engineering,
Dublin City University, Dublin 9, IRELAND.
E-mail: <McMullinB@dcu.ie> Phone:+353-1-7045432 Fax: +353-1-7045508
Name:...................................................................
Organisation:...........................................................
Address:................................................................
City:........................... Country:..........................
Phone:............... FAX:................. E-mail:...................
Is your organisation a member of the BRA 3352 Working Group on Vision?
YES___ NO___ If YES, which consortium? ...................
Registration Fee: Irish Pounds 60 (or equivalent)
Payment Form: (Check One)
1) Internal Accounting (working group members only) ____
Requires signature of partner representative listed
in BRA 3352 Technical Annex:
Partner Representative:................... Signature................
2) Bank Transfer: ____
Account Name: Dublin City University Conference a/c
Bank: AIB Bank, 7-12 Dame St., Dublin 2, IRELAND.
Account Number: 91765-215 Bank Sorting Code: 93 20 86
(IMPORTANT: Quote your NAME *and* "Ref: 421/01/121 (Autopoiesis)"
in all bank transfer documents.)
3) Bank Draft (made payable to "Dublin City University"): ____
Equivalent of Irish Pounds amount in any EC currency drawn
on a local bank -OR- DM, US$, or Sterling draft drawn on a
UK bank. All charges to be bourn by the remitter.
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From: Hyacinth Nwana <nwanahs@cs.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: AISB Call for Tutorial/Workshop Proposals
Date: Fri, 15 May 92 16:14:13 BST
Call for Tutorial & Workshop Proposals: AISB-93
9th Biennial Conference on Artificial Intelligence
University of Birmingham, England
29th March -- 2nd April 1993
Society for the Study of
Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB)
The AISB-93 Programme Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial
& Workshop Programme of the 9th Biennial Conference on Artificial
Intelligence (AISB-93) to be held at the University of Birmingham,
England, during 29th March - 2nd April 1993. The first day and a half
of the Conference are allocated to workshops and tutorials.
Proposals for full day or half day tutorials/workshops will be
considered. They may be offered both on standard topics and on new
and more advanced aspects of Artificial Intelligence or Simulation of
Behaviour.
The Technical Programme of AISB-93 (Programme Chairman: Aaron
Sloman) will include a special theme on:
* Prospect for AI as the general science of intelligence
Tutorials/Workshops related to this theme would be particularly
welcome.
Proposals from an individual or pair of presenters will be considered.
Anyone interested in presenting a tutorial should submit a proposal to
the AISB-93 Tutorial/Workshop Organiser, Dr Hyacinth Nwana, at
the address below.
Submission:
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A tutorial proposal should contain the following information:
1. Tutorial/Workshop Title
2. A brief description of the tutorial/workshop, suitable for
inclusion in the conference brochure.
3. A detailed outline of the tutorial/workshop.
This should include the necessary background and the potential
target audience for the tutorial/workshop.
4. A brief resume of the presenter(s).
This should include: background in the tutorial/workshop area,
references to published work in the topic area (ideally, a
published tutorial-level article on the subject), and teaching
experience, including previous conference tutorials or
short-courses presented.
5. Administrative information.
This should include: name, mailing address, phone number, Fax, and
email address if available. In the case of multiple presenters,
information for each presenter should be provided, but one presenter
should be identified as the principal contact.
Dates:
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Proposals must be received by September 17th, 1992.
Decisions about topics and speakers will be made by November 5th, 1992.
Speakers should be prepared to submit completed course materials by
February 4th, 1993.
Proposals should be sent to:
Dr. Hyacinth S. Nwana
Department of Computer Science
University of Keele
Keele, Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
UK
Email:
JANET: nwanahs@uk.ac.keele.cs
BITNET: nwanahs%cs.kl.ac.uk@ukacrl
UUCP: ...!ukc!kl-cs!nwanahs
OTHER: nwanahs@cs.keele.ac.uk
Tel: (+44) (0) 782 583413
Fax: (+44) (0) 782 713082
All other correspondence and queries regarding the conference should
be sent to the Local Organiser, Donald Peterson.
Dr. Donald Peterson
School of Computer Science
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
Email: aisb93-prog@cs.bham.ac.uk
(for communications relating to submission of papers)
aisb93-delegates@cs.bham.ac.uk
(for info. on accomodation, meals, programme, etc)
Tel: (+44) (0) 21 414 3711
Fax: (+44) (0) 21 414 4281
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