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Alife Digest Number 101
Alife Digest, Number 101
Thursday, May 6th 1993
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Today's Topics:
Calendar of Alife-related Events
Evolutionary Robotics: Journal Submission/Info Needed
Evol. Robotics: Tech Reports by ftp
Final Program for Conference on Understanding Images
KR94: Call for Papers
Call for Papers: SAB94
CFP: Cybernetics of Knowledge Symposium, EMCSR'94 (Vienna)
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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 16:31:40 -0700
From: liane@CS.UCLA.EDU (Liane Gabora)
Subject: Calendar of Alife-relaved Events
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Workshop On Computational Neurosciences, Austin, TX May 14-15, 1993 v94
European Conf on ALife, Brussels May 24-26, 1993 v82
Intnl Workshop on Neural Networks, Barcelona Spain June 9-11, 1993 v76
World Congress on Neural Networks, Portland, OR July 11-15, 1993 v95
Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, Washington July 7-9, 1993 v84
Fifth Intnl Conf on GAs, Urbana-Champaign IL July 17-22, 1993 v80,100
Dynamically Interacting Robots Workshop Late Aug, 1993 v91
Neural Networks and Telecommunications, Princeton, NJ October 18-20,1993 v100
Neural Information Processing Systems, Denver, CO Nov 29-Dec 2, 1993 v98
Intnl Conf Knowledge Rep and Reasoning, Bonn, Germany May 24-27, 1994 v101
Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Brighton, UK Aug 8-12, 1994 v101
Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna April 5-8, 1994 v101
Congress on Medical Informatics, Sao Paulo, Brazil Sept 9-14, 1995 v91
(Send announcements of other activities to alife@cognet.ucla.edu)
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From: A.Fraser@eee.salford.ac.uk
Date: 26 Apr 93 16:43
Subject: Evolutionary Robotics
Hi,
We are currently producing an overview of work in Evolutionary
Robotics for journal submission. If you are working in the field (or
those mentioned below) a paragraph detailing your work and references
to it would guarantee your entry. If still in the limbo stage before
publication we will gladly take internal documents for references.
Also pointers (email or snail addresses) to those carrying out
research would be gratefully recieved.
We concieve Evolutionary robotics as a fusion between artificial life
and the bottom-up approach to robotic control architectures. We also
believe that while real world automata is preferable temporal
constraints from computational limitations mean a lot of the work is
carried out in simulation, this is completely valid and will be
included.
Please send applications to:
A.Fraser@eee.salford.ac.uk
J.R.Rush@eee.salford.ac.uk
Apologies: This is being sent out to a number of lists if you recieve
it more than once we are sorry...
Thanks in advance,
Adam P. Fraser & Jon R. Rush
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 14:51 BST
From: inmanh@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Inman Harvey)
Subject: Evol. Robotics - tech reports by ftp
Evolutionary Robotics at Sussex -- Technical Reports by FTP
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Six Tech. Reports previously advertised, describing our recent work in
using genetic algorithms to develop neural-network controllers for a
simulated simple visually-guided robot, produced so many requests that
we have made them available by anonymous ftp. Brief abstracts and ftp
instructions follow:
---------MICRO-ABSTRACTS------------------
csrp219: Issues in evolutionary robotics
I. Harvey, P. Husbands, D. Cliff
Methodology proposed. Design by hand too difficult. Artificial evolution of
adaptive noise-tolerant dynamical neural networks. Simulation versus reality.
csrp220: Evolving visually guided robots
D. Cliff, P. Husbands, I. Harvey
Results, evolving accurately simulated robot with vision, using ray-tracing.
Visual morphology co-evolved. Hardware for doing same with real vision.
csrp256: Incremental evolution of neural network architectures for adaptive
behaviour, D. Cliff, I. Harvey, P. Husbands
Details of recurrent neural networks used, neuron model. Analysis of evolved
networks. Noise used in evolution, shown that networks utilise the noise.
csrp264: Analysis of evolved sensory-motor controllers
D. Cliff, P. Husbands, I. Harvey
Two evolved networks analysed. Same external behaviour achieved through very
different methods. Comparison with neuroethological analysis in biology.
csrp265: Analysing recurrent dynamical networks evolved for robot control
P. Husbands, I. Harvey, D. Cliff
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of evolved networks. Use of time plots
of sensor, neuron and motor activities.
csrp267: Genetic convergence in a species of evolved robot control
architectures, I. Harvey, P. Husbands, D. Cliff
Evolution not optimisation. Genetically converged species of robots. Analysis
of movement of population across genotype sequence space.
------------FTP INSTRUCTIONS--------------
unix> ftp ftp.cogs.susx.ac.uk [ or ftp 192.33.16.70 ]
login: anonymous
password: <your_email@your_address>
ftp> cd pub/reports/csrp
ftp> binary
ftp> get csrp???.ps.Z [ for ??? substitute 219,220,256,264,265,267 ]
ftp> bye
unix> uncompress csrp???.ps.Z
unix> lpr csrp???.ps <your_postscript_printer>
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 22:06:20 EDT
From: "Dr. Francis T. Marchese" <MARCHESF%PACEVM.BITNET@mvs.oac.ucla.edu>
Subject: Final Program for Conference on Understanding Images
FINAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE CONFERENCE ON
UNDERSTANDING IMAGES
____________________
SPONSORED BY THE ACM/NYC SIGGRAPH AND
PACE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
ON
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 21-22, 1993
AT
THE PACE DOWNTOWN THEATER, 1 PACE PLAZA, NEW YORK, NY 10038
IN HYPERMDIA, MULTIMEDIA AND VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS VAST AMOUNTS OF
INFORMATION CONFRONT THE OBSERVER OR PARTICIPANT. YET, IMAGE CONSTRUCTIO
, TRANSMISSION, RECEPTION, DECIPHERMENT AND ULTIMATE UNDERSTANDING ARE
COMPLEX TASKS STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY PHYSIOLOGY, EDUCATION AND CULTURE.
THEREFORE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONFERENCE IS TO BRING TOGETHER A BREADTH
OF DISPCIPLINES, INCLUDING PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL, COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES,
TECHNOLOGY, ART, PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, AND EDUCATION, IN ORDER TO
DEFINE AND DISCUSS THE ISSUES ESSENTIAL TO IMAGE UNDERSTANDING WITHIN TH
COMPUTER GRAPHICS CONTEXT.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE:
8:00AM-8:30AM REGISTRATION
8:30AM-9:00AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00AM-9:15AM OPENING ADDRESS - DR. SUSAN M. MERRITT, DEAN, SCHOOL OF
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, PACE UNIVERSIT
9:15AM-10:00AM "DESIGNING TECHNOLOGY: A CHALLENGE FOR ALL DESIGNERS"
10:00AM-10:30AM "PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION"
TOM HUBBARD, SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
10:30AM-11:00AM *BREAK*
11:00AM-11:45AM "COMPOSING AND UNDERSTANDING SPATIAL IMAGES"
LES M. SZTANDERA, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT,
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
11:45AM-12:30PM "SOME SPECULATIONS ABOUT GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION"
BARBARA TVERSKY, PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, STANFORD UNIV.
12:30PM-2:00PM *LUNCH BUFFET*
2:00PM-2:45PM "AUTOMATING PROCEDURES FOR GENERATING CHINESE CHARACTERS
JOHN LOUSTAU AND JONG-DING WANG, MATH AND STAT DEPARTMEN
HUNTER COLLEGE
2:45PM-3:30PM "IMPLEMENTATION OF COLLABORATIVE MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES
IN URBAN PLANNING SITUATIONS"
MICHAEL J. SHIFFER, COMPUTER RESOURCE LABORATORIES, MIT
3:30PM-4:00PM *BREAK*
4:00PM-4:45PM "GESTURE TRANSLATION: USING CONVENTIONAL MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS IN UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS"
ROBERT WILLIAMS, COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, PACE UNIV.
4:45PM-5:30PM "THE RULING EFFECT OF CONTOURS, SURFACE MARKINGS AND
BACKGROUND IN PERCEPTION OF SHAPE FROM SHADING"
XIAOPING HU AND NARENDA AHUJA, BECKMANN INSTITUTE AND
DEPARTMENT OF ECE, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
SATURDAY, MAY 22ND, 1993
8:30AM-9:00AM CONTINTENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00AM-9:45AM "VISUALIZATION FOR THE DOCUMENT SPACE"
XIA LIN, LAW LIBRARY, PACE UNIVERSITY
9:45AM-10:30AM "VISUAL LANGUAGE"
JUDSON ROSEBUSH, JUDSON ROSEBUSH COMPANY, NYC
10:30AM-11:00AM *BREAK*
11:00AM-11:45AM "NEUROMUSIC"
MATTHEW WITTEN AND ROBERT WYATT, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
AND CENTER FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
11:45AM-12:30PM "MASACCIO'S BAG OF TRICKS"
MARC DE MEY, UNIVERSITY OF GHENT
12:30PM-2:00PM *LUNCH BUFFET*
2:00PM-2:45PM "IS ALLIGATOR SKIN MORE WRINKLED THAN TREE BARK? THE
ROLE FO TEXTURE IN OBJECT DESCRIPTION"
A. RAVISHANKAR RAO, IBM WATSON RESEARCH CENTER AND
NALINI BHUSHAN, PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT, SMITH COLLEGE
2:45PM-3:30PM "UNIVERSALITY AND VARIABILITY IN HUMAN VISUAL INFORMATIO
PROCESSING"
BEVERELY J. JONES, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND APPLIED
ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
3:30PM-4:00PM *BREAK*
4:00PM-4:45PM "AESTHETICS AND NATURE: THE MANUFACTURING OF AN
AUTHORITATIVE VOICE IN SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION"
MARK BAJUK, NCSA, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
4:45PM-5:30PM "THE METAPHYSICS OF VIRTUAL REALITY"
5:30PM-6:15PM "SONIC ISSUES"
RORY STUART, NYNEX
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CONFERENCE ON UNDERSTANDING IMAGES - REGISTRATION FORM
NAME: ____________________________
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PRE-REGISTRATION (POSTMARKED BY MAY 1, 1993)
___ ACM/SIGGRAPH MEMBER $55 ___ NON-MEMBER $75
___ STUDENT REGISTRATION $40
REGISTRATION ____ ON-SITE OR AFTER MAY 1, 1993 $95
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO NYC/ACM SIGGRAPH AND REMIT BY MAY 1, 1993
SEND REGISTRATION FEES AND INFORMATION TO:
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VOICE: 212-346-1803 FAX: 212-346-1933
EMAIL: MARCHESF@PACEVM.BITNET
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 16:59:34 +0200
From: KR94 Conference Service <kr94@mail2.ai.univie.ac.at>
Subject: KR94: Call for Papers
KR'94 - CALL FOR PAPERS
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
PRINCIPLES OF
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND REASONING
Gustav Stresemann Institut, Bonn, Germany
May 24-27, 1994
with support from Gesellschaft fuer Informatik
Explicit representations of knowledge manipulated by inference
algorithms provide an important foundation for much work in Artificial
Intelligence, from natural language to expert systems, and a growing
number of researchers study the principles governing systems based on
such representations and reasoning. The KR conferences bring together
these researchers in a more intimate setting than that of general AI
conferences, and provide authors with the opportunity to give
presentations of adequate length to present substantial results.
This year's conference will take place in Europe for the first time.
The conference emphasizes both the theoretical principles of knowledge
representation and reasoning and the relationships between these
principles and their embodiments in working systems. Authors are
encouraged to relate their work to at least one of the following
questions:
(1) What issues arise in representing and using knowledge about real
problems, and how can they be addressed?
(2) What are the theoretical principles in knowledge representation
and reasoning?
(3) How can these principles be embodied in implemented knowledge
representation systems, and what practical tradeoffs arise?
(4) How do these approaches to problems relate to corresponding
approaches in other parts of AI (natural language, robotics, etc.)
or in other fields (psychology, philosophy, logic, economics,
cognitive science, computer science, management, engineering, etc.)
Submissions are encouraged in (but are not limited to) the following
topic areas:
REPRESENTATIONAL FORMALISMS REASONING METHODS AND TASKS
- logics of knowledge and belief - deduction
- nonmonotonic logics - abduction
- temporal logics - induction
- spatial logics - deliberation and decision analysis
- taxonomic logics - planning and plan analysis
- logics of uncertainty - learning
and evidence - diagnosis
- logics of preference and utility - classification
- logics of intentions and actions - inheritance
- deontic logics - belief management and revision
- constraint solving
- analogical reasoning
- reasoning about reasoning
GENERIC ONTOLOGIES FOR DESCRIBING ISSUES IN IMPLEMENTED KR&R SYSTEMS
- time - comparative evaluation
- space - empirical results
- causality - benchmarking and testing
- resources - reasoning architectures
- constraints - efficiency/completeness tradeoffs
- decisions - complexity
- activities - algorithms
- mental states - embedded systems
- multi-agent organizations - knowledge sharing and reuse
- applications classes, e.g. medicine - standards
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
The Program Committee will review EXTENDED ABSTRACTS rather than
complete papers. Abstracts must be at most twelve (12) pages with a
maximum of 38 lines per page and an average of 75 characters per line
(corresponding to the LaTeX article-style, 12pt), excluding the title
page and the bibliography. Overlength submissions will be rejected
without review. All abstracts must be submitted on 8 1/2" x 11" or A4
paper, and printed or typed in 12-point font (10 characters/inch on a
typewriter). Dot matrix printout, FAX, or electronic submission will
not be accepted. Each submission should include the names and
complete addresses (including email, when possible) of all authors.
Correspondence will be sent to the first author, unless otherwise
indicated. Also, authors should indicate under the title which of the
questions and/or topic areas listed above best describes their paper
(if none is appropriate, please give a set of keywords that best
describe the topic of the paper). To be considered, five (5) paper
copies of the extended abstract must be received by one of the program
co-chairs no later than November 8, 1993 (or must have been sent by
express courier no later than November 5). Authors are also
STRONGLY encouraged (it is to their advantage) to submit an electronic
abstract in the form described below. Electronic abstracts that
accurately reflect the contents of the papers will significantly aid
the reviewing process by helping direct the papers to the most
appropriate reviewers.
MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS
Submitted papers must be unpublished and substantively different from
papers currently under review. Papers may be submitted after January
1, 1994 to other conferences as long as (a) the prior submission to
KR'94 is noted on those submissions and (b) the paper is withdrawn
from the later conference if accepted by KR'94.
ELECTRONIC ABSTRACT
In addition to submitting the paper copies of the extended abstract,
authors should (if possible) send a short (200 word) electronic
abstract of their paper to KR94-abstracts@medg.lcs.mit.edu to aid in
the reviewing process. In order to make use of software for
classifying papers and selecting reviewers, most of the electronic
abstract must be in plain ASCII text (no LaTeX or other formatting
commands) in the following format, separating each field from the next
with a blank line.
TITLE: <title of paper>
FIRST AUTHOR: <last name, first name>
FIRST ADDRESS: <first author address or affiliation>
COAUTHORS: <their names, if any>
OTHER ADDRESSES: <addresses or affiliations of coauthors>
CONTENT AREAS: <at most three content areas, separated by commas>
KEYWORDS: <keywords, separated by commas>
ABSTRACT: <text of the abstract>
The content areas preferably should be drawn from the topics listed
above, with other areas added only if necessary. The keywords are to
aid the human reviewers only and may be chosen as desired. The text
of the abstract field may include formatting commands, if desired, but
these should be omitted from all other fields. A blank form for
electronic abstracts and an example abstract may be found at the end
of this Call.
REVIEW OF PAPERS
Submissions will be judged on clarity, significance, and originality.
An important criterion for acceptance is that the paper clearly
contributes to principles of representation and reasoning that are
likely to influence current and future AI practice. Extended
abstracts should contain enough information to enable the Program
Committee to identify and evaluate the principal contribution of the
research and its importance. It should also be clear from the
extended abstract how the work compares to related work in the field.
NOTIFICATION
Authors will be notified of the Program Committee's decision by
January 24, 1994. Notification will be made by electronic mail
whenever possible.
FINAL PAPERS
Authors of accepted papers will be expected to submit substantially
longer full papers for the conference proceedings. Final camera-ready
copies of the full papers will be due February 28, 1994. Final papers
will be allowed at most twelve (12) double-column pages in the
conference proceedings (corresponding to approximately 28
article-style LaTeX pages; a style file will be provided by the
publisher).
PLANNING TO ATTEND
People planning to attend the conference are asked to send a note
stating their intention as early as possible to the local conference
organizer, Ms. Christine Harms (Christine.Harms@gmd.de), in order to
help estimate the facilities needed for the conference. (Postal
address: Christine Harms, c/o GMD, Schloss Birlinghoven, W-5205 Sankt
Augustin 1, Germany. Phone: +49-2241-14-2473, Fax: +49-2241-14-2472.)
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Erik Sandewall
Department of Computer and Information Science
Linkoeping University
S-58183 Linkoeping
SWEDEN
Voice: +46 1328 1408
Fax: +46 1328 2606
Email: ejs@ida.liu.se
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Jon Doyle Piero Torasso
MIT Universita' di Torino
Laboratory for Computer Science Dipartimento di Informatica
545 Technology Square Corso Svizzera 185
Cambridge, MA 02139 I-10149 Torino
USA ITALY
Voice: +1 (617) 253-3512 Voice: +39 11 7712002
Fax: +1 (617) 258-8682 Fax: +39 11 751603
Email: doyle@lcs.mit.edu Email: torasso@di.unito.it
LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR
Gerhard Lakemeyer
Institute of Computer Science III
University of Bonn
Roemerstrasse 164
D-5300 Bonn 1
GERMANY
Voice: +49-228-550-281
Fax: +49-228-550-382
Email: gerhard@cs.uni-bonn.de
PUBLICITY CHAIR
Werner Horn
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Schottengasse 3
A-1010 Vienna
AUSTRIA
Voice: +43 1 53532810
Fax: +43 1 5320652
Email: werner@ai.univie.ac.at
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Giuseppe Attardi (U. Pisa, Italy),
Franz Baader (DFKI, Germany),
Fahiem Bacchus (U. Waterloo, Canada),
Philippe Besnard (IRISA, France),
Piero Bonissone (GE, USA),
Craig Boutilier (UBC, Canada),
Maurice Bruynooghe (KUL, Belgium),
Anthony Cohn (U. Leeds, UK),
Ernest Davis (NYU, USA),
Rina Dechter (UC Irvine, USA),
Johan de Kleer (Xerox, USA),
Oskar Dressler (Siemens, Germany),
Jennifer Elgot-Drapkin (Arizona State U., USA),
Richard Fikes (Stanford U., USA),
Alan Frisch (U. York, UK),
Hector Geffner (Simon Bolivar U., Venezuela),
Georg Gottlob (TU Wien, Austria),
Pat Hayes (U. Illinois, USA),
Hirofumi Katsuno (NTT, Japan),
Henry Kautz (AT&T, USA),
Sarit Kraus (Bar-Ilan U., Israel),
Maurizio Lenzerini (U. Rome, Italy),
Vladimir Lifschitz (U. Texas, USA),
David Makinson (Unesco, France),
Joao Martins (IST, Portugal)
David McAllester (MIT, USA),
John-Jules Meyer (U. Amsterdam, Netherlands),
Katharina Morik (U. Dortmund, Germany),
Johanna Moore (U. Pittsburgh, USA),
Hideyuki Nakashima (ETL, Japan),
Bernhard Nebel (DFKI, Germany),
Hans Juergen Ohlbach (Max Planck Institut, Germany),
Lin Padgham (Linkoeping U., Sweden),
Peter Patel-Schneider (AT&T, USA),
Ramesh Patil (USC/ISI, USA),
Raymond Perrault (SRI, USA),
David Poole (UBC, Canada),
Henri Prade (IRIT, France),
Anand Rao (AAII, Australia),
Jeff Rosenschein (Hebrew U., Israel),
Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley, USA),
Len Schubert (Rochester)
Marek Sergot (Imperial College, UK),
Lokendra Shastri (U. Pennsylvania, USA),
Yoav Shoham (Stanford U., USA),
Lynn Stein (MIT, USA),
Devika Subramanian (Cornell U., USA),
William Swartout (USC/ISI, USA),
Austin Tate (AIAI, Edinburgh, UK),
Peter van Beek (U. Alberta, Canada),
Michael Wellman (U. Michigan, USA)
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission receipt deadline: November 8, 1993
Author notification date: January 24, 1994
Camera-ready copy due to publisher: February 28, 1994
Conference: May 24-27, 1994
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KR'94 Electronic Abstract Form
Complete and send to KR94-abstracts@medg.lcs.mit.edu
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TITLE:
FIRST AUTHOR:
FIRST ADDRESS:
COAUTHORS:
OTHER ADDRESSES:
CONTENT AREAS:
KEYWORDS:
ABSTRACT:
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KR'94 Electronic Abstract Example
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TITLE: Begriffsschrift: A formula language, modeled upon that of
arithmetic, for pure thought
FIRST AUTHOR: Frege, Gottlob
FIRST ADDRESS: Department of Mathematics, University of Jena, Germany
CONTENT AREAS: logics, deduction
KEYWORDS: ideography, conceptual content, inferential sequence,
argument, function
ABSTRACT: I present an ideography to provide the most reliable test of
the validity of a chain of inferences, one that points out every
presupposition that tries to sneak in unnoticed, so that its origin
can be investigated. I am confident that my ideography can be
successfully used wherever special value must be placed on the
validity of proofs, as for example when the foundations of the
differential and integral calculus are established.
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From: Phil Husbands <philh@cogs.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 14:46:59 +0100
Subject: call for papers: SAB94
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Conference Announcement and Call For Papers
FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS
Third International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB94)
Brighton, UK, August 8-12, 1994
The object of the conference is to bring together researchers in
ethology, psychology, ecology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence,
robotics, and related fields so as to further our understanding of
the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow animals and,
potentially, robots to adapt and survive in uncertain environments.
The conference will focus particularly on well-defined models,
computer simulations, and built robots in order to help characterize
and compare various organizational principles or architectures
capable of inducing adaptive behavior in real or artificial animals.
Contributions treating any of the following topics from the
perspective of adaptive behavior will receive special emphasis.
Individual and collective behavior Autonomous robots
Neural correlates of behavior Hierarchical and parallel organizations
Perception and motor control Emergent structures and behaviors
Motivation and emotion Problem solving and planning
Action selection and behavioral Goal directed behavior
sequences Neural networks and evolutionary
Ontogeny, learning and evolution computation
Internal world models Characterization of environments
and cognitive processes Applied adaptive behavior
Authors should make every effort to suggest implications of their
work for both natural and artificial animals. Papers which do not
deal explicitly with adaptive behavior will be rejected.
Submission Instructions
Authors are requested to send five copies (hard copy only) of a full paper
to the Program Chair (Dave Cliff). Papers should not exceed 10 pages
(excluding the title page), with 1 inch margins all around, and no smaller
than 10 pt (12 pitch) type (Times Roman preferred).
Each paper must include a title page containing the following: (1) Full
names, postal addresses, phone numbers, email addresses (if available),
and fax numbers for each author, (2) A 100-200 word abstract, (3) The
topic area(s) in which the paper could be reviewed (see list above).
Camera ready versions of the papers, in two-column format, will be
required after acceptance. Computer, video, and robotic demonstrations
are also invited. Please contact Phil Husbands to make arrangements for
demonstrations. Other program proposals will also be considered.
Conference committee
Conference Chair
Philip HUSBANDS
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QN
UK
e-mail: philh@cogs.susx.ac.uk
Jean-Arcady MEYER
Groupe de Bioinformatique
URA686.Ecole Normale Superieure
46 rue d'Ulm
75230 Paris Cedex 05
France
e-mail: meyer@wotan.ens.fr
Stewart WILSON
The Rowland Institute for Science
100 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02142
USA
e-mail: wilson@smith.rowland.org
Program Chair
David CLIFF
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QN
UK
e-mail: davec@cogs.susx.ac.uk
Financial Chair: P. Husbands, H. Roitblat
Local Arrangements: I. Harvey, P. Husbands
Program Committee
M. Arbib, USA; R. Arkin, USA; R. Beer, USA; A. Berthoz, France; L. Booker,
USA; R. Brooks, USA; P. Colgan, Canada; T. Collett, UK; H. Cruse, Germany;
J. Daugman, UK; J. Delius, Germany; A. Dickinson, UK; J. Ferber, France;
N. Franceschini, France; S. Goss, Belgium; I. Harvey, UK; I. Horswill, USA;
L. Kaelbling, USA; H. Klopf, USA; L-J. Lin, USA; P. Maes, USA; M. Mataric,
USA; D. McFarland, UK; G. Miller, UK; R. Pfeifer, Switzerland; H. Roitblat,
USA; J. Slotine, USA; O. Sporns, USA; J. Staddon, USA; F. Toates, UK; P. Todd,
USA; S. Tsuji, Japan; W. Uttal, USA; D. Waltz, USA.
Official Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press/Bradford Books
Important Dates
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JAN 5, 1994: Submission deadline
MAR 10: Notification of acceptance or rejection
APR 10: Camera ready revised versions due
MAY 1: Early registration deadline
JUL 8: Regular registration deadline
AUG 8-12: Conference dates
General queries to: sab94@cogs.susx.ac.uk
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 15:41:33 +0100
From: fheyligh@vnet3.vub.ac.be (Francis Heylighen)
Subject: CFP: Cybernetics of Knowledge Symposium, EMCSR'94 (Vienna)
CALL FOR PAPERS
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* Symposium : *
* CYBERNETIC PRINCIPLES OF KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT *
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as part of the
12th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research
EMCSR'94, Vienna, April 5-8, 1994
About the Symposium:
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A symposium in collaboration with the Principia Cybernetica Project (PCP)
will be held at EMCSR'94. Chairmen are F. Heylighen (representing PCP) and
S. Umpleby. The theme is a cybernetic perspective on the creation and
evolution of knowledge, with special emphasis on methods of model
construction in science. We wish to focus on both fundamental principles
(what is knowledge, what is science, which criteria distinguish adequate
knowledge, how does knowledge originate and develop, what is the role of
induction, abduction, blind variation, selection, recombination, memetic
spreading...) and practical applications (which methods and tools can help
us to steer or improve the generation of knowledge). The latter is
especially important for the Principia Cybernetica Project, as a
collaborative computer-supported attempt to develop philosophical
knowledge.
The EMCSR meetings are possibly the most important and best organized large
congresses in their domain. Though they are traditionally called
"European", they really bring together researchers from all continents,
albeit with a relative large proportion of people from Central and Eastern
Europe. Among the distinctive features are the high quality,
well-distributed Proceedings, which are available at the start of the
Conference. This implies that papers should be submitted (to the Congress
secretariat, not to the chairpersons!) quite a while before the start of
the conference. The official CFP and preliminary programme of EMCSR'94 are
appended below.
After the succesful organization of a symposium at the 8th World Congress
of Systems and Cybernetics (New York, 1990), of the 1st Workshop of the
Principia Cybernetica Project (Brussels, 1991), and of a Symposium at the
13th Int. Congress on Cybernetics (Namur, 1992), this will be the fourth
official activity of the Principia Cybernetica Project.
For more information about the Symposium (not for paper submissions), contact:
Dr. Francis Heylighen
PO-PESP, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Fax: +32-2-641 24 89.
E-mail: fheyligh@vnet3.vub.ac.be.
Prof. Stuart Umpleby
Dep. of Management Science, School of Business and Public Management,
George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
Fax: +1-202-994 4930.
E-mail: umpleby@gwuvm.bitnet.
About Principia Cybernetica:
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The Principia Cybernetica Project (PCP) is a collaborative attempt to
develop a complete cybernetic and evolutionary philosophy. Such a
philosophical system should arise from a transdisciplinary unification and
foundation of the domain of Systems Theory and Cybernetics. Similar to the
metamathematical character of Whitehead and Russell's "Principia
Mathematica", PCP is meta-cybernetical in that we intend to use cybernetic
tools and methods to analyze and develop cybernetic theory.
These include the computer-based tools of hypertext, electronic mail,
electronic publishing, and knowledge structuring software. They are meant
to support the process of collaborative theory-building by a variety of
contributors, with different backgrounds and living in different parts of
the world. PCP will thus naturally develop in the "cyberspace" of data
shared through interlinked electronic networks, as implemented for example
in the World-Wide Web distributed hypertext software.
PCP is to be developed as a dynamic, multi-dimensional conceptual network.
The basic architecture consists of nodes, containing expositions and
definitions of concepts, connected by links, representing the associations
that exist between the concepts. Both nodes and links can belong to
different types, expressing different semantic and practical categories.
As its name implies, PCP will focus on the clarification of fundamental
concepts and principles of the broadly defined domain of cybernetics and
systems, which includes related disciplines such as the "sciences of
complexity", AI, ALife, Cognitive Science, Evolutionary Systems, etc.
Concepts include: Complexity, Information, Entropy, System, Freedom,
Control, Self-organization, Emergence, etc. Principles include Natural
Selection, and the Laws of Requisite Variety, of Requisite Hierarchy, and
of Regulatory Models.
The PCP philosophical system is to be seen as a clearly thought out and
well-formulated, global "world view", integrating the different domains of
knowledge and experience. It should provide an answer to the basic
questions: "Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going to?".
The PCP philosophy is systemic and evolutionary, based on the spontaneous
emergence of higher levels of organization or control (metasystem
transitions) through blind variation and natural selection. It includes:
a) a metaphysics, based on processes or actions as ontological primitives,
b) an epistemology, which understands knowledge as constructed by the
subject or group, but undergoing selection by the environment;
c) an ethics, with survival and the continuance of the process of
evolution as supreme values.
Philosophy and implementation of PCP are united by their common framework
based on cybernetic and evolutionary principles: the computer-support
system is intended to amplify the spontaneous development of knowledge
which forms the main theme of the philosophy.
PCP is managed by a board of editors, presently: V. Turchin [CUNY, New
York], C. Joslyn [NASA and SUNY Binghamton] and F. Heylighen [Free Univ. of
Brussels]. Contributors are kept informed through the PRNCYB-L electronic
mailing list, and the Principia Cybernetica Newsletter. Further activities
of PCP are publications in journals or books, and the organization of
meetings or symposia.
More information about PCP is available by anonymous ftp to is1.vub.ac.be,
directory /pub/projects/Principia_Cybernetica, or by email request to
fheyligh@vnet3.vub.ac.be.
About EMCSR'94:
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Twelfth European Meeting
on Cybernetics and Systems Research
April 5-8, 1994
at the University of Vienna (Main Building)
Organizers:
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Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
in co-operation with:
University of Vienna, Department of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial
Intelligence, and:
International Federation for Systems Research
Chairman: Robert Trappl, President of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic
Studies
Conference fee :
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Contributors : AS 2500 if paid before January 31, 1994
AS 3200 if paid later
Participants : AS 3500 if paid before January 31, 1994
AS 4200 if paid later
(AS 100 = about $ 9)
The conference fee includes participation in the Twelfth European Meeting,
attendance at official receptions, and the volume of the proceedings
available at the Meeting. Please send cheque, or transfer the amount free
of charges for beneficiary to our account no. 0026-34400/00 at
Creditanstalt-Bankverein Vienna. Please state your name clearly.
About the Congress:
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The international support of the European Meetings on Cybernetics and
Systems Research held in Austria in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982,
1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992 (when 300 scientists from more than 30
countries met to present, hear and discuss 210 papers) encouraged the
Council of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies (OSGK) to organize a
similar meeting in 1994 to keep pace with continued rapid developments in
related fields.
A number of Symposia will be arranged and we are grateful to colleagues who
have undertaken the task of preparing these events. As on the earlier
occasions, eminent speakers of international reputation will present latest
research results at daily plenary sessions.
The Proceedings of the 10th and 11th European Meetings on Cybernetics and
Systems Research, edited by R. Trappl, have been published by World
Scientific, Singapore as :
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '90 (1 vol., 1107 p.)
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '92 (2 vols., 1685 p.)
Symposia:
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A General Systems Methodology
G.J.Klir, USA
B Advances in Mathematical Systems Theory
M.Peschel, Germany & F.Pichler, Austria
C Fuzzy Sets, Approximate Reasoning & Knowledge Based Systems
C.Carlsson, Finland, K-P.Adlassnig, Austria & E.P.Klement, Austria
D Designing and Systems, and Their Education
B.Banathy, USA, W.Gasparski, Poland & G.Goldschmidt, Israel
E Humanity, Architecture and Conceptualization
G.Pask, UK, & G.de Zeeuw, Netherlands
F Biocybernetics and Mathematical Biology
L.M.Ricciardi, Italy
G Systems and Ecology
F.J.Radermacher, Germany & K.Freda, Austria
H Cybernetics and Informatics in Medicine
G.Gell, Austria & G.Porenta, Austria
I Cybernetics of Socio-Economic Systems
K.Balkus, USA & O.Ladanyi, Austria
J Systems, Management and Organization
G.Broekstra, Netherlands & R.Hough, USA
K Cybernetics of National Development
P.Ballonoff, USA, T.Koizumi, USA & S.A.Umpleby, USA
L Communication and Computers
A M.Tjoa, Austria
M Intelligent Autonomous Systems
J.W.Rozenblit, USA & H.Praehofer, Austria
N Cybernetic Principles of Knowledge Development
F.Heylighen, Belgium & S.A.Umpleby, USA
O Cybernetics, Systems & Psychotherapy
M.Okuyama, Japan & H.Koizumi, USA
P Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems
S.Grossberg, USA & G.Dorffner, Austria
Q Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
V.Marik, Czechia & R.Born, Austria
R Artificial Intelligence & Systems Science for Peace Research
S.Unseld, Switzerland & R.Trappl, Austria
Submission of papers :
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Acceptance of contributions will be determined on the basis of Draft Final
Papers. These Papers must not exceed 7 single-spaced A4 pages (maximum 50
lines, final size will be 8.5 x 6 inch), in English. They have to contain
the final text to be submitted, including graphs and pictures. However,
these need not be of reproducible quality.
The Draft Final Paper must carry the title, author(s) name(s), and
affiliation in this order. Please specify the symposium in which you would
like to present your paper. Each scientist shall submit only one paper.
Please send three copies of the Draft Final Paper to the Conference
Secretariat (not to symposia chairpersons!).
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION : October 8, 1993
In order to enable careful refereeing, Draft Final Papers received after
the deadline cannot be considered.
FINAL PAPERS : Authors will be notified about acceptance no later than
November 13, 1993. They will be provided by the conference secretariat at
the same time with the detailed instructions for the preparation of the
final paper.
PRESENTATION : It is understood that the paper is presented personally at
the Meeting by the contributor.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS will be handled by Oesterreichisches Verkehrsbuero,
Kongressabteilung, Opernring 5, A-1010 Vienna, phone +43-1-58800-113, fax
+3-1-5867127, telex 111 222. Reservation cards will be sent to all those
returning the attached registration form.
SCHOLARSHIPS : The Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research has
kindly agreed to provide a limited number of scholarships covering the
registration fee for the conference and part of the accommodation costs for
colleagues from eastern and south-eastern European countries. Applications
should be sent to the Conference Secretariat before October 8, 1993.
For further information about the Congress, contact:
EMCSR 94 - Secretariat :
Oesterreichische Studiengesellschaft fuer Kybernetik
A-1010 Wien 1, Schottengasse 3, Austria.
Phone : +43-1-53532810
Fax : +43-1-5320652
E-mail : sec@ai.univie.ac.at
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REGISTRATION FORM
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EMCSR-94
Twelfth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research
Please return to : Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
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o I intend to submit a paper to Symposium ...
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o My Draft Final Paper will arrive prior to October 8, 1993
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Creditanstalt Vienna
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