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Alife Digest Number 095
Alife Digest, Number 095
Friday, March 12th 1993
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Today's Topics:
Calendar of Alife-related Events
The definition of transients in Langton's Edge of Chaos
GENOME BIOCOMPUTING COURSE
Artificial Neural Network Conference
Workshop On Computational Neurosciences
International Symposium in Japan
ecal 93
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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 10:40:19 -0800
From: liane@CS.UCLA.EDU (Liane Gabora)
Subject: Calendar of Alife-related Events
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Biol and Tech of Autonomous Agents, Trento Italy Mar 1-12, 1993 v88
Evolutionary Robotics Symposium, Tokyo, Japan Mar 24-26, 1993 v95
Conf on Fuzzy Systems, San Francisco CA Mar 28-Apr 1, 1993 v79
AI and Simulation of Behaviour Conf, Birmingham UK Mar 29-Apr 2, 1993 v75
Intnl Conf on Neural Nets and GAs, Innsbruck, Austria Apr 13-16, 1993 v80
BEAM Robot Olympics, Toronto Canada Apr 22-25, 1993 v81
Workshop On Computational Neurosciences, Austin, TX May 14-15, 1993 v94
European Conf on ALife, Brussels May 24-26, 1993 v82
Intnl Workshop 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
Dynamically Interacting Robots Workshop Late Aug, 1993 v91
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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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 10:51:11 PST
From: abbott@aero.org
Subject: The definition of transients in Langton's Edge of Chaos
Complexity my Waldrop is a terrific layman's introduction to this field.
As a resulto reading it, I re-read Chris Langton's Computation at the
Edge of Chaos, and now I'm not sure I understand the definition of
transient in it. In some cases, transient appears to be defined as the
number of steps until the CA repeats a state. This is for low lambda
values, where the CA freezes or cycles in short cycles. For high lambda
values, transient seems to be defined as the number of states until the
CA reaches a typical state. Here is the commentary for lambda = 0.55.
"We have entered a new dynamical regime in which the transients [in the
first sense above] have become so long that - for all practical purposes
- they *are* the steady state behavior of the system over any period or
time for which we can observe them. Whereas before, the dynamics
*eventually* settled down to periodic behavior, we are now in a regime
in which the dynamics typically settles dowen to effectively *chaotic*
behavior. Furthermore, the previous trend of transient length
*increasing* with increasing lambda is reversed. The arrow to the right
of the evolutions of figs 1. lambda = 0.55 - 0.75 indicates the
approximate time by which the site-occupation density has settled down
to within 1% of its long term average." [This seems to be defining
transient length in the second sense.]
The paper goes on to graph average transient length as a function of
lambda in figure 3. It would appear that figure 3 uses two different
definitions of transient length: one for lambda less than the transition
point and another for lambda greater than the transition point. Is that
correct and if so, that appears to be misleading.
Can anyone clarify this for me? Thanks.
-- Russ Abbott
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From: Sandor Pongor <pongor@genes.icgeb.trieste.it>
Subject: GENOME BIOCOMPUTING COURSE
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 15:59:21 MET
INTERNATIONAL COURSE
"DATA BANKS AND COMPUTER SUPPORT OF THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT"
Moscow, September 13-17, 1993
Organizers: A.Mirzabekov (Engelhardt Institute of Molecular
Biology, Moscow), P.Pearson (GDB, Baltimore),
L.Philipson (EMBL, Heidelberg)
The International lecture course "Data banks and computer
support of the human genome project" under HUGO-UNESCO
sponsorship is aimed at disseminating information on the existing
data banks in the fields of molecular biology and genome studies.
Special attention will be given to the problem of integration of
scientists from Eastern Europe and developing countries into the
international information networks. The attendants will discuss
the structure of existing databanks, applied program packages, as
well as general principles of retrieval and use of biological
information. Special emphasis will be put on the nucleotide
sequence databases, human genes databases, physical mapping of
human chromosomes, medical-genetic and protein data banks.
Detailed information will be also given on the databases and
software available in Russia. The necessary facilities, both
hardware and software corresponding to the world standards, will
be provided by the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology and
the Russian National Human Genome Project.
The tentative list of speakers includes: P.Pearson
(Baltimore), K.Fasman (Baltimore), E.Branscomb (Livermore),
G.Cameron (Heidelberg), S.Pongor (Trieste), R.Landgridge (San
Francisco), Thomas Marr (Cold Spring Harbor), D.Brutlag (Stanford),
E.Uberbacher (Oak Ridge), A.Mironov (Moscow), Y.Lysov (Moscow),
V.Tumanyan (Moscow). A.Alexandrov (Moscow), V.Kulichkov (Novosibirsk),
N.Kolchanov (Novosibirsk).
The Course is open to qualified scientists from all countries.
Registration fee (including accomodation, meals, etc.) is US $500.
Travel expences to Moscow and back should be covered by applicants
themselves.
The deadline for applications is April 1, 1993.
Applications should be sent to
Mrs. Valentina Tsitovich,
The Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology,
Vavilov str., 32, Moscow 117984, Russia,
FAX: (7095) 135-14-05;
E-mail: tsitov@imb.msk.su.(internet)
or makarv%imb.mb.free@suearn2.(bitnet)
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From: mathiak@mailhost.sysc.pdx.edu (Karl Mathia)
Subject: Artificial Neural Network Conference
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 93 17:12:04 PST
Feb. 6, 1993
The World Congress on Neural Networks 1993, WCNN'93, the annual
meeting of the Internation Neural Network Society, will be held in
Portland, Oregon, July 11-15, 1993.
The sessions and turorials planned are listed below. For registration
please use the email version of the registration form at the end of
this announcement, or contact:
Attention: WCNN'93 Portland
Meeting Registration
875 Kings Highway, Suite 200
West Deptford, NJ 08096
Tel: (609) 845-1720
FAX: (609) 853-0411
We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference!
Prof. George G. Lendaris email: lendarisg&wcnn93.ee.pdx.edu
General Chair FAX: (503) 725-4882
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon 97207
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World Congress on Neural Networks 1993, WCNN'93
Portland, Oregon, Convention Center
July 11-15, 1993
SESSIONS
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Plenary Speakers include:
* Carver Mead, Real-Time-On-Chip Learning in Analog VLSI Networks
* Stephen Grossberg, 3-D Vision and Figure-Ground Pop-Out
* Bart Kosko, Neural Fuzzy Systems
* Wolf Singer, Coherence as an Organizing Principal of Cortical
Function
* Kumpati Narendra, Intelligent Control Using Neural Networks
Session Topics | Session Chairs
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- Applications | J. Dayhoff, R. Hecht-Nielsen
- Associative Memory | J. Andersen, J. Taylor
- Biological Sensory-Motor Control| A. Barto, S. Kelso
- Biological Vision | C. Malsburg, V.S. Ramachandran
- Cognitive Neuroscience | R. Desimone, L. Optician
- Electro-Optical Neurocomputers | L. Giles, H. Szu
- Intelligent Neural Systems | S. Grossberg, D. Levine
- Local Circuit Neurobiology | J. Byrne, J. Houk
- Machine Vision | R. Chellappa, K. Fukushima
- Neural Fuzzy Systems | W. Daugherty, B. Kosko
- Neurodynamics | S. Amari, H. White
- Pattern Recognition | T. Kohonen, D. Specht
- Robotics and Control | M. Kuperstein, K. Narendra
- Signal Processing | S.Y. Kung, B. Widrow
- Speech and Language | M. Cohen, D. Rumelhart
- Supervised Learning | L. Cooper, P. Werbos
- Unsupervised Learning | G. Carpenter, E. Oja
(TENTATIVE)
PROPOSED SESSION SCHEDULE
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The numbers associated with sessions refer to the list on the
registration form.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
7/11/93 7/12/93 7/13/93 7/14/93 7/15/93
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Tutorials (1) (10) (3) (8)
Biological Cognitive Speech and Pattern
Vision Neuro- Language Recognition
science
(12) (16) (5) (13)
Neural Associative Robotics and Signal
Fuzzy Memory Control Processing
Systems
SME- IFSA (14)
Symposium Symposium Neurodynamics
(4) (7) (2) (15)
Biological Unsupervised Machine E-O Neuro-
S-M Control Learning Vision Computers
(11) (9) (6) (17)
Intelligent Local Curcuit Supervised Applications
Neural Neurobiology Learning
Systems
Reception 2 Plenaries 2 Plenaries Reception
1 Plenary
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World Congress on Neural Networks 1993, WCNN'93
Portland, Oregon, Convention Center
July 11-15, 1993
TUTORIALS
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Tutorials will be offered on Sunday, July 11, 1993. Each two
hour tutorial will be offered twice.
A. Cognitive Neuroscience
(Robert Desimone, National Instituteof Mental Health)
B. Structural and Mathematical Approaches to Signal Processing
(S.Y. Kung, Princeton University)
C. Adaptive Resonance Theory
(Gail Carpenter, Boston University)
D. Practical Applications of Neural Network Theory
(Robert Hecht-Nielsen, HNC Corporation)
E. Cognitive Science
(David Rumelhart, Stanford University)
F. Neural Fuzzy Systems
(Fred Watkins, HyperLogic Corporation)
G. Neurobiology and Chaos
(Walter Freeman, University of California)
H. Neural Control and Robotics
(Michael Kuperstein, Symbus Technology)
I. Neural Computation and VLSI
(Eric Schwartz, Vision Applications)
J. Biological Vision
(V.S. Ramachandran, University of California)
K. Supervised Learning
(Hal White, University of California)
We are pleased to announce that in addition to the main program, we
will be offering special tracks in conjunction with the Society of
Manufacturing Engineers on Manufacturing (SME/INNS Track) and the
International Fuzzy Systems Association on Fuzzy Logic (IFSA/INNS
Track).
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World Congress on Neural Networks 1993, Portland
REGISTRATION FORM
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Tutorials will be offered on Sunday, July 11, 1993. Each two
hour tutorial will be offered twice.
A. Cognitive Neuroscience (Robert Desimone)
B. Structural and Mathematical Approaches to Signal Processing (S.Y. Kung)
C. Adaptive Resonance Theory (Gail Carpenter)
D. Practical Applications of Neural Network Theory (Robert Hecht-Nielsen)
E. Cognitive Science (David Rumelhart)
F. Neural Fuzzy Systems (Fred Watkins)
G. Neurobiology and Chaos (Walter Freeman)
H. Neural Control and Robotics (Michael Kuperstein)
I. Neural Computation and VLSI (Eric Schwartz)
J. Biological Vision (V.S. Ramachandran)
K. Supervised Learning (Hal White)
!!! ATTENTION !!!
If you must cancel your registration, all requests must be received in
writing by Ms. Connie Rebert, Registration Supervisor, 875 Kings High-
way, Suite 200, West Deptford, Nj 08096, no later than Monday, June 1,
1993. All fees paid will be refunded minus a $30.00 processing fee.
THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS AFTER THE JUNE 1ST DEADLINE.
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You may make a hardcopy of this form and mail it to the above address.
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From: mwitten@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu
Subject: Workshop On Computational Neurosciences
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 10:35:47 CST
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** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM CENTER FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING **
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** Workshop Series In Computational Medicine And Public Health**
** **
** Announces **
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** A Workshop On Computational Neurosciences **
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** 14-15 May 1993 **
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** Austin, Texas **
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Workshop Director:
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Dr. Matthew Witten
Associate Director,
University of Texas System - CHPC
Balcones Research Center
10100 Burnet Road, CMS 1.154
Austin, TX 78758-4497 USA
Phone: (512) 471-2472 or (800) 262-2472
Fax : (512) 471-2445
email: m.witten@chpc.utexas.edu
m.witten@uthermes.bitnet
***** Peliminary Program *****
List Of Current Speakers:
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Dr. Peter Fox, Director Research Imaging Center, UT HSC San Antonio
Dr. Terry Mikiten, Associate Dean, Grad School of Biomedical Sciences, UT HSC
San Antonio
Dr. Robert Wyatt, Director, Institute For Theoretical Chemistry, UT Austin
Dr. Elizabeth Thomas, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin
Dr. George Adomian, Director, General Analytics Corporation, Athens, Georgia
Dr. George Moore, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. William Softky, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Dr. Cathy Wu, Department of Biomathematics and Computer Science, UT Health
Center, Tyler, TX
Dr. Dan Levine, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington,
Arlington, TX
Dr. Michael Liebman, Senior Scientist, Amoco Technology Company, Naperville,
Illinois
Dr. George Stanford, Learning Abilities Center, UT Austin
Dr. Tom Oakland, School of Education, UT Austin
Dr. Matthew Witten, Associate Director, UT System - CHPC
Objective, Agenda and Participants:
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The 1990's have been declared the Decade of the Mind. Understanding the
mind requires the understanding of a wide variety of topics in
the neurosciences.
This Workshop is part of an ongoing series of workshops being held at
the UT System Center For High Performance Computing; addressing issues
of high performance computing and its role in medicine, dentistry,
allied health disciplines, and public health. Prior workshops have
covered Computational Chemistry and Molecular Design, and Computational
Issues in the Life Sciences and Medicine. Upcoming workshops will
focus on the subject areas of Computational Molecular Biology and Genetics,
Biomechanics, and Physiological Modeling and Simulation.
The purpose of this Workshop On Computational Neurosciences
is to bring together interested scientists
for the purposes of introducing them to state-of-the-art thinking and
applications in the domain of neuroscience. Topics to be discussed range
across the disciplines of neurosimulation, cognitive neuroscience, neural
nets and their theory/application to a variety of problems, methods for
solving numerical problems arising in neurology, learning
abilities and disabilities, and neurological imaging.
Lectures will be presented in a tutorial fashion, and time for questions
and answers will be allowed.
Attendence is open to anyone. A background in the neurosciences is
not required. The size of the workshop is limited due to
seating constraints. It is best to register as soon as possible.
Schedule:
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14 May 1993 - Friday
8:00am - 9:00am Registration and Refreshments
9:00am - 9:15am Opening Remarks - Dr. James C. Almond, Director,
UT System CHPC
9:15am - 10:00am Conference Overview - Dr. Matthew Witten
10:00am - 11:00am Dr. Peter Fox
11:00am - 11:30am Coffee Break
11:30am - 12:30pm Dr. Dan Levine
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm Dr. Michael Liebman
2:30pm - 3:30pm Dr. Cathy Wu
3:30pm - 4:00pm Coffee Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm Dr. Terry Mikiten
15 May 1993 - Saturday
8:00am - 9:00am Registration and Refreshments
9:00am - 10:00am Dr. George Moore
10:00am - 11:00am Dr. Robert Wyatt and Dr. Elizabeth Thomas
11:00am - 11:30am Coffee Break
11:30am - 12:30pm Dr. George Adomian
12:30am - 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30am - 2:30pm Dr. George Stanford and Dr. Tom Oakland
2:30am - 3:30pm Dr. William Softky
3:30pm - 4:00pm Coffee Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm Closing Discussion and Remarks
Poster Sessions:
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While no poster sessions are planned, if enough conference
participants indicate a desire to present a poster, we will
make every attempt to accommodate the requests. If you are interested
in presenting a poster presentation at this meeting, please contact
the workshop director.
Conference Proceedings:
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We will make every attempt to have a publication quality
conference proceedings. All of the speakers have been asked to
submit a paper covering the talk material. The proceedings will
appear as a special issue of the series Advances In Mathematics And
Computers In Medicine, which is part of the International Journal
of Computers and Mathematics With Applications (Pergamon Press).
Individuals wishing to have an appropriate paper included in this
proceedings should contact the workshop director for manuscript
details and deadlines.
Conference Costs and Funding:
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A nominal registration fee of US $50.00 will be charged by 1 April 93, and
US $60.00 after that date. The conference proceedings will be an additional
US $10.00 . The conference registration fee includes luncheon and
refreshments for both days of the workshop.
Accomodations:
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There are a number of very reasonable hotels near the UT System CHPC.
Additional information may be obtained by contacting the workshop coordinator
at the address below.
Registration and Information:
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Registration requests and further questions should be directed to:
Ms. Leslie Bockoven
Administrative Associate
Workshop On Computational NeuroSciences
UT System - CHPC
Balcones Research Center
10100 Burnet Road, CMS 1.154
Austin, TX 78758-4497
Phone: (512) 471-2472 or (800) 262-2472
Fax : (512) 471-2445
Email: neuro93@chpc.utexas.edu
neuro93@uthermes.bitnet
============ REGISTRATION FORM FOLLOWS - CUT HERE ==========
NAME (As will appear on badge):
AFFILIATION (As will appear on badge):
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
FAX :
EMAIL:
Please answer the following questions as appropriate:
Do you wish to purchase a copy of the conference proceedings?
If yes, make sure to include the proceedings purchase fee.
Do you have any special dietary requirements?
If yes, what are they?
Do you wish to present a poster?
If yes, what will the proposed title be?
Do you wish to include a manuscript in the conference proceedings?
If yes, what will the proposed topic be?
Do you wish to be on our Workshop Series mailing list?
If yes, please give the address for announcements (email is okay)
Do you need a hotel reservation?
Do you anticipate needing local transportation?
==================== END OF REGISTRATION FORM ============================
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Date: 27 Feb 93 16:37:57 EST
From: Ann Griffith <71021.2755@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: International Symposium in Japan
An International Symposium:
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The symposium attempts to explain the process of fusion between
Artificial Life (ALife) and Behavior Based Artificial Intelligence
research, thus describing a new field called Evolutionary Robotics.
To this end, top researchers in both ALife and Behavior Based AI
from the U.S., Europe and Japan are invited to speak at this
international symposium.
New robotics research which is centered around Behavior Based AI
research has demonstrated its potential for overcoming many of the
shortcomings of conventional intelligent robotics techniques such
as the lack of dynamism and flexibility, the uniformity of movement,
the voluminous control software required, the limited mobility, and
the closed nature of operation.
The breakthroughs being made by this new breed of robotics,
implemented in both physical and virtual forms, are expected to
solve multitudes of problems in bringing intelligent autonomous
agents into our daily lives. Furthermore, by combining Artificial
Life research with intelligent robot technology, it is hoped that
robots or agents that evolve in time in their operational
environments (habitats) can be realized. The impact of such
technology, founded on strong emergent sciences such as ALife and
Behavior Based AI, is expected to be profound.
Date: 24-26 March 1993
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Topics:
History of Artificial Life Research
Dr. Chris Langton, Santa Fe Institute and
Los Alamos National Laboratory
ALife and Robotics
Katsura Hattori, Asahi Shimbun
Tierra: A Model of Rise and Fall of Artificial Life Communities
Professor Tom Ray, University of Delaware
Autonomous Robots
Professor Rodney Brooks, MIT
Chaos and Simulation of Evolution
Professor Kunihiko Kaneko, Tokyo University
Intelligent Autonomous Agent
Professor Luc Steels, Free University Brussels
PolyWorld: "Life in New Context"
Larry Yaeger, Apple Computer, Inc.
Evolutionary Robotics
Takashi Gomi, Applied AI Systems, Inc.
March 26, 1993 will be dedicated to the demonstration of MIT's
Subsumption robots and discussion on the industrial application
of Behavior Based robots.
Registration Fee: JP72,100 for industrial participants or
JP50,500 for academic participants
or
US$600 for industrial participants or
US$430 for academic participants
This international symposium is sponsored jointly by Mitsubishi
Corporation of Japan and Applied AI Systems, Inc. of Canada.
For Further Information:
In North America, please contact:
Ann Griffith
Applied AI Systems, Inc.
340 March Road, Suite 500
Kanata, Ontario
CANADA
K2K 2E4
Tel: (613) 592-3030
Fax: (613) 592-2333
Email: 71021.2755@compuserve.com
In Japan, please contact:
Mr. M. Yoshizawa
Mitsubishi Corporation
6-3 Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-86
JAPAN
Tel: (03) 3210-7531
Fax: (03) 3210-7557
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From: sgoss@ulb.ac.be (Goss Simon)
Subject: ecal 93
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 16:19:30 MET
______________________________________________________________________________
ECAL '93
2nd European Conference on Artificial Life
SELF-ORGANIZATION AND LIFE, FROM SIMPLE RULES TO GLOBAL COMPLEXITY
Brussels, May 24-26th, 1993
Natural and artificial systems governed by simple rules exhibit self-
organisation leading to autonomy, self-adaptation and evolution. While these
phenomena interest an increasing number of scientists, much remains to be done
to encourage the cross-fertilisation of ideas and techniques. The aim of this
conference is to bring together scientists from different fields in the search
for common rules and algorithms underlying different systems. The following
themes have been selected :
- Origin of life and molecular evolution - Patterns and rhythms in
chemical and biochemical systems and interacting cells (neural network, immune
system, morphogenesis).
- Sensory and motor activities in animals and robots.
- Collective intelligence in natural and artificial groups
- Ecological communities and evolution .
- Ecological computation.
- Epistemology
We are also planning demonstrations of computer programmes, robots and
physico-chemical reactions, both in vivo and in video.
Invited Speakers
C. Biebricher (Germany), S. Camazine (USA), H. Cruse, P. De Kepper (France),
W. Fontana, N. Franks (UK), F. Hess (Holland),
B. Huberman (USA), S. Kauffman (USA), C. Langton (USA), M. Nowak (UK),
T. Ray (USA), P. Schuster (Germany), M. Tilden (Canada), J. Urbain (Belgium),
F. Varela (France).
Organising committee
J.L. Deneubourg, H. Bersini, S. Goss, G. Nicolis (Universite Libre de
Bruxelles) R. Dagonnier (Universite de Mons-Hainaut).
International Program committee
A. Babloyantz (Belgium), G. Beni (USA), P. Borckmans (Belgium),
P. Bourgine (France), H. Cruse (Germany), G. Demongeot (France), G. Dewel
(Belgium), P. De Kepper (France), S. Forrest (USA), N. Franks (UK),
T. Fukuda (Japan), B. Goodwin (UK), P. Hogeweg (Holland), M. Kauffman
(Belgium), C. Langton (USA), R. Lefever (Belgium), P. Maes (USA),
J.-A. Meyer (France), T. Ray (USA), P. Schuster (Austria), T. Smithers
(Belgium), F. Varela (France), R. Wehner (Germany).
Address:
ECAL '93,
Centre for Non-Linear Phenomena and Complex Systems, CP 231,
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Bld. du Triomphe, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Fax : 32-2-6505767; Phone : 32-2-6505776; 32-2-6505796;
EMAIL : sgoss@ulb.ac.be
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REGISTRATION
The registration fees for ECAL '93 (May 24-26) are as
follows ($1=34BF):
Payment before Payment after
May 1st May 1st
Academic: 10.000 BF 12.000 BF
Non-Academic: 12.000 BF 14.000 BF
Student: 6.500 BF 7.500 BF
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following credit card:
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Account no: 034-1629733-01
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Agence Ixelles-Universite
Chaussee de Boondael 466
1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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ECAL '93
Self-Organisation and life
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(Very) Provisional Program
(16 invited speakers, 40 oral communications, 50 posters)
Monday May 24th
9.00 Inauguration
9.10 Opening remarks
9.45 Coffee
10.15 Origins of life and 10.15 Chemical patterns
molecular evolution. and rhythms. Invited
Invited speakers: C. speaker: P. De Kepper
Biebricher, W. Fontana, P.
Schuster.
12.20 lunch 13.10 lunch
14.10 Theoretical biology 14.10 Collective
and artificial life. intelligence in animal
Invited speaker: C. groups (social insects).
Langton Invited speaker: N.R.
Franks
15.50 coffee 15.50 coffee
16.30 Theoretical biology 16.20 Collective
and artificial life intelligence in animal
groups (social insects).
Invited speaker: S.
Camazine
18.00 Beer and sandwiches
19.30 Theoretical biology
and artificial life:
General discussion.
Invited speaker: F. Varela
22.00 Close
Tuesday May 25th
9.00 Individual behaviour. 9.00 Patterns and rhythms
Invited speaker: M. Tilden in human societies.
Invited speaker: B.
Huberman
10.40 coffee 10.40 Coffee
11.10 Individual behaviour 11.10 Multi-robot systems
12.10 lunch 13.10 lunch
14.00 Posters and
demonstrations (robots,
simulations, videos,
chemical reactions, ...).
Invited speaker: F. Hess.
18.00 Cocktail
20.00 Banquet
Wednesday May 26th
9.00 Evolution. Invited 9.00 Sensory and motor
speakers: T. Ray, S. activities in animals and
Kauffman. robots. Invited Speaker:
H. Cruse
10.20 Coffee 10.40 coffee
11.10 11.40 Ecological
communities and evolution.
Invited speaker: M. Nowak
12.10 lunch 13.10 lunch
14.10 Collective pattern 14.10 Patterns and rhythms
in living systems in the immune system.
Invited speaker: J. Urbain
15.50 coffee 15.50 coffee
16.30 Collective pattern 16.20 Patterns and rhythms
in living systems in the immune system.
17.30 Closing remarks
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*** you may need a physical copy of the BIT hotel reservation form or the ***
*** Brussels Hotel Guide. See below for details ***
HOTEL ACCOMODATION FOR ECAL '93
We have reserved a number of rooms in the centre of
Brussels (see attached list), not far from the Metro line
1a which will take you to the conference (ULB, Campus
Plaine, Metro Station Delta, Metro Ligne 1a, direction
Hermann Debroux). There are unfortunately no hotels close
to the University. All prices include breakfast, TV,
bathroom (see enclosed official hotel guide for more
details).
Hotels are rather expensive in Brussels, and you will see
that we have not been able to reserve many low-priced
rooms. The earlier you make your reservation, therefore,
the surer you are of having one. Another possibility is
that you arrange to share a double room with a fellow
conferencier.
It is important that you try to reserve before the 15th
of April, otherwise our options on the rooms may be
cancelled. Please note that there are 3 ways of reserving
your room, depending on which hotel you choose.
1. Hotels President (World Trade Centre) and Palace
For the Hotels President and Palace you will see on the
enclosed ECAL selected hotel list that we have been able
to negotiate a substantial reduction on normal rates. To
do so we have had to agree to pay for the rooms in one
lump sum, including a down payment. Therefore, if you
wish to take a room in these hotels you must make the
reservation through us. We will only accept to do this if
you pay the necessary sum in advance (we will refund
cancellations, though these two hotels might impose a
cancellation charge if there are too many last minute
cancellations). Please reserve before April 15th. After
this date we cannot garuntee that the hotel will maintain
our unused reservations and group rate. We enclose a
special form for the registration and pre-payment of
these rooms.
2. Other hotels on selected ECAL list
For all the other hotels on our selected list, please
fill in the enclosed BTR reservation form and return it
to us. We will forward it to:
Mr. Freddy Meerkens
Group reservations
Belgian Tourist Reservations
Bld. Anspach 111, B4
B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel (322) 513.7484; Fax (322) 513.9277
He will make the reservation and should also notify you
that the reservation has been made. There is no charge
for this service, BTR being a state agency.
You can if you wish send or fax your reservation form
directly to M. Meerkens, group reservations, BTR. In this
case, please do not forget to mention in large letters
that you are attending the ECAL '93 conference (group
reservation), and please send us a copy (marked "COPY")
of your reservation form, so that we can keep track of
where everyone is staying.
3. Independent Reservations
Finally, for those of you that are more independently
minded, who wish to find a cheaper hotel, or have other
reasons, we enclose the Brussels Hotel Guide 1993, which
lists all the hotels in Brussels. If you choose one that
is not on the enclosed ECAL selected hotel list, you can
then reserve through Belgian Tourist Reservations (see
above), using the enclosed BTR form (you do not need in
this case to mention that you are attending ECAL). We
would nevertheless like you to send us a copy (marked
"COPY") of your BTR reservation form, so that we can keep
track of where everyone is staying.
ECAL selected Hotel list (do not contact these hotels
directly - see attached instructions) ($1=34BF approx.)
Hotel President (World Trade Centre) (100 rooms) *****
180 Bld. E. Jacqmain, 1210 Bruxelles
Tel: (322) 217.2020; Fax: (322) 218.8402
single room = double room: ECAL price: 4000 BF (<< Normal
price: 7500 BF)
Hotel Palace (lots of rooms) ****
3 Rue Gineste, 1210 Bruxelles
Tel: (322) 217.6200; Fax: (322) 218.1269
single room: ECAL price: 3780 BF (<< Normal price: 6000
BF)
double room: ECAL price: 4520 BF (<< Normal price: 7000
BF)
Hotel Atlas (30 singles, 10 doubles) ****
30-34 Rue du Vieux Marche-aux-Grains, 1000 Bruxelles
Tel: (322) 502.6006
single room: ECAL price: 3360 BF (just < Normal price:
3500 BF)
double room: ECAL price: 3780 BF (just < Normal price:
4100 BF)
Hotel Arcade Sainte Catherine (30 singles, 10 doubles)
***
2 Rue Joseph Plateau, 1000 Bruxelles
Tel (322) 513.7620; Fax (322) 514.2214
single room = double room: ECAL price: 3900 BF (= Normal
price)
Hotel Orion (15 singles) ***
51 Quai au Bois a Bruler, 1000 Bruxelles
Tel (322) 221.1411; Fax (322) 221.1599
single room: ECAL price: 3120 BF (= Normal price)
Hotel Vendome (30 singles) ***
96 Bld. Adolphe Max, 1000 Bruxelles
Tel (322) 218.00070; Fax (322) 218.0683
single room: ECAL price: 2875 BF (= Normal price)
Hotel Opera (20 singles) **
53 Rue Gretry, 1000 Bruxelles
Tel (322) 219.4343; Fax (322) 219.1720
single room: ECAL price: 2200 BF (= Normal price)
Hotel de Paris (20 singles) ** (shower not bathroom)
800 Bld. Poincarre, 1070 Bruxelles
Tel (322) 527.0920; Fax (322) 528.8153
single room: ECAL price: 1800 BF (= Normal price)
Reservation and pre-payment for Hotel President (World
Trade Centre) or Hotel Palace
I would like to reserve a single / double room at the
Hotel President / Hotel Palace for the nights of:
Signature Date
Name
Telephone Fax
e-mail
Address
_________________________________________________________
____________
a) I authorise payment to ECAL '93 of BF
by the following credit card:
American Express Visa/Eurocard/Master
(please indicate which card!)
Card Name
Card No
Valid from: to:
Signature
b) I enclose a Eurocheque (made put to ECAL '93) for
BF
c) I have ordered my bank to make a draft of
BF to :
ECAL '93
Account no: 034-1629733-01
CGER (Caisse Generale d'Epargne et de Retraite)
Agence Ixelles-Universite
Chaussee de Boondael 466
1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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