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Machine Learning List: Vol. 4 No. 9
Saturday, April 25, 1992
Contents:
ML92 CONFERENCE: Bursaries for European Graduate Students
Workshop on MACHINE LEARNING IN DESIGN
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIMENTS IN MACHINE LEARNING OF NATURAL LANGUAGE
COLT '92
1992 Cognitive Science Society Conference Info
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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 92 18:04:10 BST
From: Derek Sleeman <sleeman@computing-science.aberdeen.ac.UK>
Subject: ML92 CONFERENCE: Bursaries for European Graduate Students
ML92 CONFERENCE
ABERDEEN, JULY 1-4 1992
The European Commission (DGXIII) has agreed to sponsor a number of student
Bursaries to enable European graduate students to attend this meeting. These
Bursaries will cover:
- Student Conference fee (#75)
- Workshop fee (#15)
- Lunches (#15)
- upto 5 nights accommodation in the student hall/dorm.
So they are worth about #200 each. However, they are NOT available to those
involved in any Community supported project.
Priority for Bursaries will be given to those students who are presenting
papers and posters at the main Conference; second priority will be given to
those contributing to a Workshop; thirdly those attending will be eligible.
If you would like to be considered for a Bursary, please have your
advisor/supervisor write me a letter (no email please).
Bursaries will be assigned on a first come basis.
Applications & Enquiries to:
Prof Derek SLEEMAN (EEC Bursaries)
Computing Science Department
KING's COLLEGE
The University
ABERDEEN AB9 2UE
Scotland UK
Telephone +44 224 272288/95
FAX +44 224 273422
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Subject: MACHINE LEARNING IN DESIGN
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 20:45:26 -0700
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Workshop on MACHINE LEARNING IN DESIGN
to be held in conjunction with the
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DESIGN
22-25 June 1992,
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
SUMMARY:
This workshop is intended to provide a forum for provocative discussion
related to the application and extension of machine learning techniques
in design. Various machine learning techniques have been applied in
domains such as medical diagnosis and classification. The paradigms
for machine learning range from symbolic approaches such as conceptual
clustering, to subsymbolic approaches, such as neural networks.
The premise to the development of this workshop is that design provides
distinct challenges to the application of machine learning techniques.
The current techniques as developed in the AI community do not address
many of the issues relevant to design. This workshop will focus on the
issues that make machine learning in design difficult. The expected
outcome is a set of issues that the AI in design community should be
addressing in the next few years.
ATTENDANCE:
Participation will be limited to keep the group small enough for
discussion to be possible (approximately 20 people). Participants will
be selected based on the submission of a two-page position paper
on the use of machine learning in design
(including title and references). Participants must be registered
attendees of the AID'92 conference. The positions papers of the
participants will be distributed in advance of the workshop. A
workshop registration fee of $50, to be paid by all participants,
will cover costs.
FORMAT:
The format of the workshop is to be discussion with discussion leaders.
It will be held during a half day session just prior to the full
conference. There may be a chance to submit extended versions of the
position papers to a special edition of a journal after the workshop.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Send one copy of the two page position statement via email to Mary Lou
Maher at mary@archsci.arch.su.oz.au by May 8th. Submissions may be
in hard copy form, but email submissions of plain text files is
preferred. Authors of selected submissions will be notified as soon as
possible after that date. Submit three copies of hard copy statements
to:
Dr Mary Lou Maher
Department of Architectural and Design Science
University of Sydney, NSW 2006
AUSTRALIA
Telephone: 011 612 692 4108
Fax: 011 612 692 3031
WORKSHOP ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Mary Lou Maher, University of Sydney, Australia.
Email: mary@archsci.arch.su.oz.au
David C. Brown, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA.
Email: dcb@cs.wpi.edu
Alex Duffy, University of Strathclyde, Scotland.
Email: alex@cad-centre.strathclyde.ac.uk
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 92 17:11:02 +0200
From: Walter Daelemans <walter@kub.nl>
Subject: BACKGROUND AND EXPERIMENTS IN MACHINE LEARNING OF NATURAL LANGUAGE
For those who missed the workshop, available soon:
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIMENTS IN MACHINE LEARNING OF NATURAL LANGUAGE
(Proceedings First International SHOE Workshop)
Walter Daelemans and David Powers (eds.)
ITK
Institute for Language Technology and AI
Tilburg University
ITK Proceedings 92/1, 282 pages, ISBN: 90-74029-02-7, May 1992.
To obtain a copy, send request (preferably by email) to Walter
Daelemans, ITK, P.O.Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands, Tel:
+31 13 663070, Fax: +31 13 663110, (Email: walter@kub.nl).
SHOE is a Europe-wide informal consortium focussing on the Extraction
of Hierarchical Structure for machine learning of the lower levels of
natural language.
o - E xtraction
/
o - O f
/
o - H ierarchical
/
o - S tructure
for Machine Learning of Natural Language
CONTENTS
PART I: BACKGROUND
The Logic of Learning: An introduction to concept learning and
Inductive Logic Programming.
(Peter Flach)
Topics in `Natural' Natural Language Acquisition: An Introduction.
(Steven Gillis)
The Genetic Algorithm.
(Bernard Manderick)
Probabilistic Performance Analysis of Heuristic Search using
Parallel Hash Tables.
(Giovanni Manzini and Marco Somalvico)
SHOE: The Extraction of Hierarchical Structure for Machine
Learning of Natural Language: Project Summary.
(David Powers and Walter Daelemans)
SHOE related project research in SATUS, SCIPS, and LLAMA.
(Burghard Rieger)
Aims and Perspectives of Quantitative and Synergetic Linguistics.
(Juergen Schrepp)
Language Learning, Cognition and Computing: A Summary.
(Gerry Wolff)
PART II: IMPLEMENTATION
Linguistic Pattern Matching Capabilities of Connectionist Networks.
(Antal van den Bosch and Walter Daelemans)
Analogical Modelling of Main Stress Assignment in
Dutch Simplex Words.
(Gert Durieux)
Learning Vowel Harmony.
(Mark Ellison)
Bootstrapping Syntactic Categories Using Statistical Methods.
(Steven Finch and Nick Chater)
Inductive Learning of Reversible Grammars.
(Sven Naumann and Jurgen Schrepp)
On the Significance of Closed Classes and Boundary Conditions:
Experiments in Lexical and Syntactic Learning.
(David Powers)
Filtering the Pravda with a Self-Organizing Neural Net.
(Jan Scholtes)
Resolving Linguistic Ambiguities with a Neural Data-Oriented
Parsing System.
(Jan Scholtes)
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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 92 15:48:10 -0400
From: Ming Li <mli@watmath.waterloo.EDU>
Message-Id: <9204241948.AA23495@watmath.waterloo.edu>
To: colt-92@watmath.waterloo.EDU
Subject: COLT'92 Program & Registration Form
COLT '92
Workshop on Computational Learning Theory
Sponsored by ACM SIGACT and SIGART
July 27 - 29, 1992
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
GENERAL INFORMATION
Registration & Reception: Sunday, 7:00 - 10:00 pm, 2M56-2P56 Forbes Quadrangle
Conference Banquet: Monday, 7:00 pm
The conference sessions will be held in the William Pitt Union.
Late Registration, etc.: Kurtzman Room (during technical sessions)
Lectures & Impromptu Talks: Ballroom
Poster Sessions: Assembly Room
SCHEDULE OF TALKS
Sunday, July 26
RECEPTION: 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Monday, July 27
SESSION 1: 8:45 - 10:05 am
8:45 - 9:05 Learning boolean read-once formulas with arbitrary symmetric
and constant fan-in gates,
by Nader H. Bshouty, Thomas Hancock, and Lisa Hellerstein
9:05 - 9:25 On-line Learning of Rectangles,
by Zhixiang Chen and Wolfgang Maass
9:25 - 9:45 Cryptographic lower bounds on learnability of AC^1 functions on
the uniform distribution,
by Michael Kharitonov
9:45 - 9:55 Learning hierarchical rule sets,
by Jyrki Kivinen, Heikki Mannila and Esko Ukkonen
9:55 - 10:05 Random DFA's can be approximately learned from sparse uniform
examples,
by Kevin Lang
SESSION 2: 10:30 - 11:50 am
10:30 - 10:50 An O(n^loglog n) Learning Algorithm for DNF,
by Yishay Mansour
10:50 - 11:10 A technique for upper bounding the spectral norm with
applications to learning,
by Mihir Bellare
11:10 - 11:30 Exact learning of read-k disjoint DNF and not-so-disjoint DNF,
by Howard Aizenstein and Leonard Pitt
11:30 - 11:40 Learning k-term DNF formulas with an incomplete membership
oracle,
by Sally A. Goldman, and H. David Mathias
11:40 - 11:50 Learning DNF formulae under classes of probability
distributions,
by Michele Flammini, Alberto Marchetti-Spaccamela and Ludek Kucera
SESSION 3: 1:45 - 3:05 pm
1:45 - 2:05 Bellman strikes again -- the rate of growth of sample
complexity with dimension for the nearest neighbor classifier,
by Santosh S. Venkatesh, Robert R. Snapp, and Demetri Psaltis
2:05 - 2:25 A theory for memory-based learning,
by Jyh-Han Lin and Jeffrey Scott Vitter
2:25 - 2:45 Learnability of description logics,
by William W. Cohen and Haym Hirsh
2:45 - 2:55 PAC-learnability of determinate logic programs,
by Savso Dvzeroski, Stephen Muggleton and Stuart Russell
2:55 - 3:05 Polynomial time inference of a subclass of context-free
transformations,
by Hiroki Arimura, Hiroki Ishizaka, and Takeshi Shinohara
SESSION 4: 3:30 - 4:40 pm
3:30 - 3:50 A training algorithm for optimal margin classifiers,
by Bernhard Boser, Isabell Guyon, and Vladimir Vapnik
3:50 - 4:10 The learning complexity of smooth functions of a single
variable,
by Don Kimber and Philip M. Long
4:10 - 4:20 Absolute error bounds for learning linear functions online,
by Ethan Bernstein
4:20 - 4:30 Probably almost discriminative learning,
by Kenji Yamanishi
4:30 - 4:40 PAC Learning with generalized samples and an application to
stochastic geometry,
by S.R. Kulkarni, S.K. Mitter, J.N. Tsitsiklis and O. Zeitouni
POSTER SESSION #1 & IMPROMPTU TALKS: 5:00 - 6:30 pm
BANQUET: 7:00 pm
Tuesday, July 28
SESSION 5: 8:45 - 10:05 am
8:45 - 9:05 Degrees of inferability,
by P. Cholak, R. Downey, L. Fortnow, W. Gasarch, E. Kinber, M. Kummer,
S. Kurtz, and T. Slaman
9:05 - 9:25 On learning limiting programs,
by John Case, Sanjay Jain, and Arun Sharma
9:25 - 9:45 Breaking the probability 1/2 barrier in FIN-type learning,
by Robert Daley, Bala Kalyanasundaram, and Mahendran Velauthapillai
9:45 - 9:55 Case based learning in inductive inference,
by Klaus P. Jantke
9:55 - 10:05 Generalization versus classification,
by Rolf Wiehagen and Carl Smith
SESSION 6: 10:30 - 11:50 am
10:30 - 10:50 Learning switching concepts,
by Avrim Blum and Prasad Chalasani
10:50 - 11:10 Learning with a slowly changing distribution,
by Peter L. Bartlett
11:10 - 11:30 Dominating distributions and learnability,
by Gyora M. Benedek and Alon Itai
11:30 - 11:40 Polynomial uniform convergence and polynomial-sample
learnability,
by Alberto Bertoni, Paola Campadelli, Anna Morpurgo, and Sandra Panizza
11:40 - 11:50 Learning functions by simultaneously estimating errors,
by Kevin Buescher and P.R. Kumar
INVITED TALK: 1:45 - 2:45 pm: Reinforcement learning,
by Andy Barto, University of Massachusetts
SESSION 7: 3:10 - 4:40 pm
3:10 - 3:30 On learning noisy threshold functions with finite precision
weights,
by R. Meir and J.F. Fontanari
3:30 - 3:50 Query by committee,
by H.S. Seung, M. Opper, H. Sompolinsky
3:50 - 4:00 A noise model on learning sets of strings,
by Yasubumi Sakakibara and Rani Siromoney
4:00 - 4:10 Language learning from stochastic input,
by Shyam Kapur and Gianfranco Bilardi
4:10 - 4:20 On exact specification by examples,
by Martin Anthony, Graham Brightwell, Dave Cohen and John Shawe-Taylor
4:20 - 4:30 A computational model of teaching,
by Jeffrey Jackson and Andrew Tomkins
4:30 - 4:40 Approximate testing and learnability,
by Kathleen Romanik
IMPROMPTU TALKS: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
BUSINESS MEETING: 8:00 pm
POSTER SESSION #2: 9:00 - 10:30 pm
Wednesday, July 29
SESSION 8: 8:45 - 9:45 am
8:45 - 9:05 Characterizations of learnability for classes of 0,...,n-valued
functions,
by Shai Ben-David, Nicol`o Cesa-Bianchi and Philip M. Long
9:05 - 9:25 Toward efficient agnostic learning,
by Michael J. Kearns, Robert E. Schapire, and Linda Sellie
9:25 - 9:45 Approximating Bayes decisions by additive estimations
by Svetlana Anoulova, Paul Fischer, Stefan Polt, and Hans Ulrich Simon
SESSION 9: 10:10 - 10:50 am
10:10 - 10:30 On the role of procrastination for machine learning,
by Rusins Freivalds and Carl Smith
10:30 - 10:50 Types of monotonic language learning and their
characterization,
by Steffen Lange and Thomas Zeugmann
SESSION 10: 11:10 - 11:50 am
11:10 - 11:30 An improved boosting algorithm and its implications on learning
complexity,
by Yoav Freund
11:30 - 11:50 Some weak learning results,
by David P. Helmbold and Manfred K. Warmuth
SESSION 11: 1:45 - 2:45 pm
1:45 - 2:05 Universal sequential learning and decision from individual data
sequences,
by Neri Merhav and Meir Feder
2:05 - 2:25 Robust trainability of single neurons,
by Klaus-U. Hoffgen and Hans-U. Simon
2:25 - 2:45 On the computational power of neural nets,
by Hava T. Siegelmann and Eduardo D. Sontag
===============================================================================
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
The workshop is being held on the Pitt campus which is located in the
Oakland section (East End) of the City of Pittsburgh. There are numerous
things to do in Pittsburgh at this time of year, including a visit to the
Carnegie Museum which is located two blocks from the conference site.
1. Flight tickets:
The Greater Pittsburgh International Airport is about a 30 minute drive from
campus. Special discount air fares on USAir flights are available to
conference attendees (35% off full coach round trip fares; and 5% off
discounted round trip fares). You can obtain these by contacting USAir's
Meeting and Convention Reservation Office (800) 334-8644 between 8:00 am and
9:00 pm. Eastern Time; or through your own travel agent. Be sure to refer to
Gold File Number 45950265 when making your reservations.
2. Transportation from the airport to Pitt:
The Airline Transportation Company (412) 471-2250 provides limosene service
between the airport and the Holiday Inn at University Center (two blocks from
the conference site). Departures from the airport are every two hours between
9:00 am and 5:00 pm on Saturday; and at 10:00 am and every hour between 2:00 pm
and 9:00 pm on Sunday. Departures from the Holiday Inn are at 10 minutes to
the hour between 6:50 am and 7:50 pm Monday through Friday. The cost one-way
is $10.50 and round-trip is $18.00. It is also possible to take the airport
limosene which stops at the William Penn Hotel (and which operates more
frequently) in downtown Pittsburgh, and then take a city bus into Oakland. The
cost of a taxi from the airport to Oakland is approximately $32.
3. Driving to Pittsburgh:
>From the East:
Exit the PA Turnpike at Monroeville and take I376 West to the Oakland exit
(Exit 7A, 1-1/2 miles past the Squirrel Hill Tunnel). Turn right off the exit
ramp onto Bates Street, and proceed until it terminates at S. Bouquet Street.
Turn left onto S. Bouquet and proceed until the first traffic light (Forbes
Avenue), and turn right onto Forbes Avenue. (Continue with Directions to
Hotels).
>From the North, West and South:
Follow signs to Pittsburgh and I376 East, and from downtown take I376 East
towards Monroeville. Take the Forbes Avenue exit (first exit on right after
downtown), and enter Forbes Avenue (which is a one way street). (Continue
with Directions to Hotels).
Directions to Hotels:
Continue on Forbes Avenue until Bigelow Boulevard (the 40 storey Cathedral of
Learning will be diagonally opposite on your left). Turn left onto Bigelow
Boulevard and proceed to the second traffic light:
To reach the Holiday Inn turn right at this light and proceed one block
and turn right on Lytton Avenue. The Holiday Inn is on the left in the middle
of the block.
To reach the University Club turn left at this light and proceed one
block and turn left onto University Place. The University Club is on the right
in the middle of the block.
4. Conference and room registration:
Please fill out the enclosed conference registration form and send it to us
with your payment. IT MUST BE POSTMARKED by JUNE 19 and RECEIVED by JUNE 25 to
obtain the EARLY REGISTRATION RATE.
Registration forms are also provided for each of the conference hotels:
the Holiday Inn and the University Club.
ATTENDEES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ALL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACCOMODATIONS.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Please fill in the information needed for registration on the attached form.
Make your payment by check or international money order, in US dollars and
payable through a US bank, to ACM COLT '92. Mail this form together with
payment (BY JUNE 19 TO AVOID THE LATE FEE) to:
Betty Brannick
COLT '92
Department of Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
In case of questions, please contact Betty Brannick:
E-mail: brannick@cs.pitt.edu
PHONE: (412) 624-8493
FAX: (412) 624-8854.
Confirmations will be done by e-mail. If you don't receive a confirmation
within three weeks of payment, please contact Betty. Updated versions of this
document can be obtained by sending E-mail to brannick@cs.pitt.edu (please
specify PLAIN text or LATEX format).
ACCOMODATIONS AND DINING
There are two conference hotels, both within two blocks of the conference site.
The Holiday Inn at University Center (412) 682-6200 (FAX 682-5745) is a
recently built hotel. The rate is $76 per room for up to 4 persons (for rooms
which have two double beds). Arrangements can be made to have roll-away cots
at the rate of $10 per cot per day. These room rates are guaranteed only for
reservations received ON OR BEFORE JULY 3.
The University Club (412) 621-1890 (FAX 621-8382) is an older but elegantly
appointed facility. The rates are $65/single and $70/double. When having
meals at the University Club CASUAL CONSERVATIVE DRESS is required. These room
rates are guaranteed only for reservations received ON OR BEFORE JULY 15.
ATTENDEES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ALL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACCOMODATIONS.
There is a large assortment of eateries for lunch and dinner in Oakland,
downtown and in neighboring communities within Pittsburgh.
===============================================================================
Conference Registration Form
Name:_________________________________________________________________________
Affiliation:__________________________________________________________________
Address:______________________________________________________________________
City:_____________________________________ State:_______________ Zip:_________
Country:______________________________________________________________________
Telephone: (______)___________________________________________________________
E-mail address:_______________________________________________________________
The registration fee includes a copy of the proceedings. The registration fee
includes one banquet ticket (except for student registrations). Lunches are
NOT included in the registration fee.
Member ACM, SIGACT, SIGART: $165 $_____________
Non-member: $185 $_____________
Late: (postmarked after June 19) $220 $_____________
Full time students: (no banquet) $80 $_____________
Extra banquet tickets: (quantity) x $35 = $_____________
How many in your party have dietary restrictions?
Vegetarian:______________________________ Other:______________________________
_____ Please check here if you are disabled or require special services.
Attach a written description of needs.
Shirtsize, please circle one of:
small medium large x-large
AMOUNT ENCLOSED:
Registration $__________
Banquet tickets $__________
TOTAL $__________
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HOLIDAY INN at University Center
Registration Form
This reservation card must be used to insure accommodations and be received no
later than 7/3/92 @5:00 pm or room will be sold on a space available basis.
CHECK IN TIME: Room may not be occupied until after 2:00 pm.
CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 Noon.
PHONE: (412) 682-6200; FAX (412) 682-5745
DAILY PARKING CHARGE: $9.00
PLEASE SEND TO:
HOLIDAY INN UNIVERSITY CENTER
100 Lytton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Attn: Reservations Department
or FAX to Above Number.
Rate: $76 per room
Group: COMPUTATIONAL LEARNING THEORY
Function Date: July 25 - 29, 1992
Please Reserve ________ Room(s) For ______ Persons
Please Indicate Desired Accomodations:
_____ One Person - 1 Bed
_____ Two Persons - 1 Bed
_____ Two to Four Persons - 2 Beds
_____ Check here if you would like a Non Smoking Room
Name________________________________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________________________
City_____________________________________ State___________ Zip______________
Telephone (_____)___________________________________________________________
Sharing with________________________________________________________________
For Arrival On____________________________ Depart On________________________
Guarantee Arrival By Sending First Night's Deposit or Furnishing:
Credit Card #_____________________________ Exp. Date________________________
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THE UNIVERSITY CLUB
Registration Form
Reservations must be made no later than 7/15/92 @5:00 pm.
CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 Noon.
PHONE: (412) 621-1890; FAX (412) 621-8382
DAILY PARKING CHARGE: $3.50
PLEASE SEND TO:
Lorraine Lutz
THE UNIVERSITY CLUB
123 University Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
or FAX to Above Number or PHONE in reservation.
GUEST OF: U. PITT COMPUTER SCIENCE
CHARGE TO: GUEST
Please Reserve ________ Room(s) For ______ Persons
Please Indicate Desired Accomodations:
_____ Single Room ($65 per night)
_____ Double Room ($70 per night)
Name________________________________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________________________
City_____________________________________ State___________ Zip______________
Telephone (_____)___________________________________________________________
For Arrival On____________________________ Depart On________________________
Guarantee Arrival By Sending First Night's Deposit or Furnishing:
Credit Card #_____________________________ Exp. Date________________________
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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 92 16:12:46 EST
From: "CANDACE SHERTZER, 5-4658, PSYCHOLOGY 341" <CSHERTZE@ucs.indiana.EDU>
Subject: 1992 Cognitive Science Society Conference Info
To: ML@ics.uci.edu
Message-ID: <9204241412.aa13230@q2.ics.uci.edu>
================================================================
REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
for
The Fourteenth Annual Conference
of the Cognitive Science Society
July 29 -- August 1, 1992
Cognitive Science Program
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
The Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science
Society will be held July 29 - August 1, 1992, at Indiana
University in Bloomington. The conference will feature seven
invited plenary speakers, nine symposia, 110 submitted talks,
and approximately 90 posters. There are also special evening
events scheduled.
================================================================
PROGRAM (subject to change)
Wednesday, July 29:
2:00 - 5:30 p.m. Registration
5:30 - 7:00 Reception
7:00 - 8:15 Plenary Talk
Thursday, July 30:
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. Plenary Talk
10:15 - 10:50 Break
10:50 - 12:30 p.m. Talks and Symposia
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:40 Talks and Symposia
3:40 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:30 Plenary Talk
5:30 - 8:00 Banquet (optional)
Friday, July 31:
9:00 - 5:30 Same as Thursday
5:30 - 8:00 Poster Session I
Saturday, August 1
9:00 - 2:00 Same as Thursday and Friday
2:00 - 3:40 Poster Session II
3:40 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:30 Plenary Talk
5:30 - 8:00 Concert (optional)
Sunday Morning, August 2:
Buses depart for the Indianapolis Airport
=============================================================================
PLENARY SPEAKERS and talk titles:
Elizabeth Bates
Crosslinguistic studies of language breakdown in aphasia.
Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego
Daniel Dennett
Problems with some models of consciousness.
Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University
Martha Farah
Neuropsychology.
Department of Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon University
Douglas Hofstadter
The centrality of analogy-making in human cognition.
Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, Indiana University
John Holland
Must learning precede cognition?
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
Richard Shiffrin
Memory representation, storage, and retrieval.
Department of Psychology, Indiana University
Michael Turvey
Ecological foundations of cognition.
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut
==============================================================================
SYMPOSIA: Topics and organizers
Representation: Who needs it?
Timothy van Gelder, Indiana University
Beth Preston, University of Georgia
Computational models of evolution as tools for cognitive science
Rik Belew, University of California, San Diego
Dynamic processes in music cognition
Caroline Palmer, The Ohio State University
Allen Winold, Indiana University
Dynamics in the control and coordination of action
Geoffrey Bingham, Indiana University
Bruce Kay, Brown University
Goal-Driven Learning
David Leake, Indiana University
Ashwin Ram, Georgia Institute of Technology
Similarity and representation in early cognitive development
Mary Jo Rattermann, Hampshire College
Reasoning and visual representations
K. Jon Barwise, Indiana University
Speech perception and spoken language processing
David Pisoni, Indiana University
Robert Peterson, Indiana University
Analogy, high-level perception, and categorization
Douglas Hofstadter, Indiana University
Melanie Mitchell, University of Michigan
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SPECIAL EVENING EVENTS:
* Welcoming Reception - Wednesday, July 29.
* Gala Banquet - Thursday, July 30.
* Indiana University Opera performance of "Carousel" - Saturday,
August 1.
(The full program will be sent to all registered participants in early
July, and will also be available at the Registration Desk.)
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About the Conference Site:
Bloomington, a city of 60,000 people, is located in a region of state
and national forests amid rolling hills and numerous lakes in south
central Indiana. Within a twenty minute drive there are a number
of state parks, several large lakes offering recreational activities
such as sailing, boating, swimming, and waterskiing, and a winter
ski resort. Brown County State Park attracts thousands of visitors
year-round and is renowned for its spectacular fall colors; nearby
is the picturesque artist community of Nashville, Indiana.
The Conference will be held at the student union building of
Indiana University. The building is the largest single-structure
student union in the nation and offers many amenities and
services, including automated teller machines, check-cashing
services, post office, newsstand, photocopy shop, barber and hair
styling shops, lost-and-found, hearing-aid compatible public
phones and fax, several eateries, bowling alleys, bookstore, etc.
Also located in the IMU is the University Computing Services,
which can provide guest login, so that conference participants can
access their home computers through the Internet. The IMU is
fully wheelchair accessible.
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LODGING:
********
Forms for reserving rooms at any of these locations are included
at the end of this note.
On-Campus:
**********
Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) Hotel:
The conference will be held in the IMU, so these rooms offer
maximal convenience. All rooms have air-conditioning, bathrooms,
telephone, cable TV and services.
Type of room Number of people*
1 2 3 4
Standard Double (1 double bed) $52.00 $60.00 xxx xxx
Deluxe $57.00 $65.00 xxx xxx
Standard Double (2 double beds) $60.00 $68.00 $76.00 $84.00
Deluxe $66.00 $74.00 $82.00 $90.00
King (1 king-sized bed) $58.00 $66.00 xxx xxx
Residence Halls:
Rooms have air conditioning and telephones. Bathrooms are
shared. It is an easy half-mile walk to the Union, but shuttle vans
will also be available.
Single rooms only - $22.50*
Off-Campus:
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Rooms have also been reserved at two off-campus hotels.
Both hotels offer amenities, and are approximately one mile from
the IMU. Free shuttle service will be provided.
Hampton Inn (2100 N. Walnut)*
Single room..............................................$43.00
Double room..............................................$43.00
Econo Lodge (4501 E. 3rd Street)*
Single room..............................................$38.00
Double room..............................................$45.00
King-sized room..........................................$45.00
*all rates subject to 10% hotel tax
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FOOD:
*****
Meals other than the special conference banquet and
reception are available in many different venues. The IMU has
several eating establishments: Cafeteria, Deli, and Tudor Room.
Costs range from $3 for a sandwich and drink at the Deli to more
than $20 for a full-service dinner in the Tudor Room. (The Tudor
Room is not open for breakfast.)
There are many restaurants within walking distance of the
IMU. These include a Thai restaurant, Tibetan, Chinese,
Ethiopian, Middle Eastern and others. A wide variety of
vegetarian selections are also available on local menus.
Conference participants who stay in the residence halls may
purchase individual meal tickets. Meals are "all you can eat." The
price for breakfast is $2.95, lunch $4.90 and dinner $7.45.
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TRAVEL:
*******
USAir is the official airline for Cognitive Science 1992, and
offers the following discounts on travel to the Conference.
USAir Conference Rates:
Within the USA:
40% off the full round trip day coach fare with no advance ticket
purchase.
5% off published fares excluding first class, government contract
fares, senior fares, system fares, and tour fares following all
restrictions.
>From Canada:
35% off the full round trip day coach fare with no advance ticket
purchase.
Reservations:
To obtain this meeting discount, call USAir's Meeting and
Convention Reservation Office at 1-800-334-8644, 8:00 AM -
9:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time. Refer to Gold File Number:
36570038.
Participants will need to fly into Indianapolis Airport, which is a
one hour drive (50 miles) from Bloomington. Several options are
available for travel between Indianapolis and Bloomington:
*Buses* will be chartered from Indiana University, for
Wednesday arrivals and Sunday departures. They are scheduled
to leave every hour, on the hour, from Indianapolis Airport on
Wednesday starting at 12:00 noon through 7:00 p.m., with two
additional buses leaving at 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. On Sunday,
they will leave Bloomington on the hour from 6:00 a.m. through
12:00 noon, plus an additional bus leaving at 3:00 p.m. These
charters will cost $20.00 per person, round trip. These buses are
not equipped with wheelchair elevators, but wheelchairs can be
stowed on board and disabled persons assisted into a regular seat.
*Private limousine services* cost approximately $70 round
trip. Participants choosing this option can make their own
arrangements directly with the limousine companies. Two services
available are Classic Touch Limousine Service, Inc. (812-339-7269)
and Indy Connection Limousines, Inc. (1-800-888-4639).
*Rental cars* are also available at Indianapolis Airport.
Bloomington is easily reached from Indianapolis via a divided
highway.
Parking:
For those participants who will drive to Bloomington, free
parking is available at the IMU for guests of the Union; others
may purchase a temporary decal for $3.00/day which allows access
to campus parking garages. These decals will be available at the
residence hall or at the registration desk.
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REGISTRATION:
*************
Registration fees are outlined below. To register for the
conference, please complete the enclosed form and return with
appropriate payment to:
Conference Registrar
Conference #199-92
Indiana University Conference Bureau
Indiana Memorial Union Rm. 677
Bloomington, IN 47405
On-site registration will be held from 2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, July 29, in the East Lounge of the IMU. This will be
staffed each day of the Conference from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,
providing information and assistance to participants and their
guests.
Fees:
before
Status June 27, 1992 Late
Member $155.00 $200.00
Non-Member $180.00 $230.00
Student $80.00 $100.00
The registration fee may be paid by check or money order in
US currency made payable to: Indiana University #199-92.
Visa and MasterCard will also be accepted. Those paying by
credit card may register by fax (812-855-8077) or by phone
(812-855-9824 or 812-855-4661). Please refer to 199-92 as our
Conference number.
Cancellations:
Cancellations received in writing prior to July 10, 1992, will be
entitled to a full refund, less a $25 administrative fee. No refunds
will be granted after that date.
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THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY
Indiana University, Bloomington
July 29 -- August 1, 1992
REGISTRATION FORM
please print
Name:
Address:
City: State: Zip:
Country: Daytime phone: ( )
E-Mail Address:
PLEASE COMPLETE ONE REGISTRATION FORM PER PERSON ATTENDING. DUPLICATE
IF NECESSARY.
after
Registration type Fees June 27, 1992 Total Paid
Member $155.00 $200.00 __________
If you are not a member, but wish to apply, complete the application form
and include a photocopy of it and of your membership fee check with this
registration.
Non-Member $180.00 $230.00 __________
Student $80.00 $100.00 __________
If you are registering as a student, please include a photocopy of a
university form or letter from a faculty member indicating current enrollment.
Bus trip on Wed. July 29, and Sun. Aug. 1: no. riding ____ @ $20.00=________
Gala Banquet on Thursday, July 30: no. attending ____ @ $25.00 = ________
Opera perf. of "Carousel" on Sat., Aug. 1: no. attending ____ @ $16.00=_____
Method of payment: ________ MC ________ Visa ________ Check
Credit Card Number: _________________________ Exp. date: ________
Signature of Cardholder ________________________
Make checks payable to: Indiana University #199-92
Registration fee includes admission to all sessions and coffee breaks of
the conference, one copy of the Conference Proceedings, and an information
packet.
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THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY
Indiana University, Bloomington
July 29 -- August 1, 1992
ON-CAMPUS HOUSING FORM
Indiana Memorial Union
*all rooms will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis.
Type of room Number of people
1 2 3 4
Standard Double (1 double bed) $52.00 $60.00 xxx xxx
Deluxe $57.00 $65.00 xxx xxx
Standard Double (2 double beds) $60.00 $68.00 $76.00 $84.00
Deluxe $66.00 $74.00 $82.00 $90.00
King (1 king-sized bed) $58.00 $66.00 xxx xxx
*all rates subject to 10% hotel tax
check-in date: check-out date:
roommate
_____ I prefer to have a roommate assigned
______ male ______ female ______ smoker ______ non-smoker
*Confirmation will come directly from the IMU. Cancellation must be
made by 6:00 p.m. on the day of arrival to avoid penalties. Provide
credit card information below to hold room past 6:00 p.m.
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Halls of Residence
Only single rooms are available - $22.50 per night, plus 10% tax
check-in date: check-out date:
_______ male _______ female
Method of Payment
______ same as reg. fees ______ MC ______ Visa ______ Check
Credit Card Number: __________________________ Exp. date: __________
Signature of Cardholder: ______________________________
*make checks payable to: Indiana University #199-92
Send REGISTRATION and ON-CAMPUS HOUSING forms to:
Conference Registrar
Indiana University Conference Bureau
Indiana Memorial Union Rm. 677
Bloomington, IN 47405
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THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY
Indiana University, Bloomington
July 29 - August 1, 1992
OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING FORM
*all rooms will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis.
Hampton Inn, 2100 N. Walnut, Bloomington, IN 47401, (812)334-2100
Single room..............................................$43.00/night
Double room..............................................$43.00/night
check-in date: __________ check-out date: __________
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Econo Lodge, 4501 E. 3rd, Bloomington, IN 47403, (812)332-2141
Single room..............................................$38.00/night
Double room..............................................$45.00/night
King-sized room..........................................$45.00/night
check-in date: __________ check-out date: __________
*all room rates are subject to 10% tax.
earliest check-in time for both hotels is: 2:00 p.m.
latest check-out time for both is: 12:00 noon
Name:
Address:
City: State: Zip:
Daytime phone ( )
Your reservations will be held until 6:00 p.m. unless accompanied by an
accepted credit card number, expiration date, and signature.
________ Hold until 6 p.m. only
________ Hold until arrival (credit card information below)
Method of Payment
__________ MC __________ Visa
Credit card number: Exp. date:
Signature of Cardholder
IMPORTANT: DO NOT mail this form with the registration, and/or campus
housing form. Mail it directly to the appropriate hotel.
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COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY
1992 Membership Application
Includes a one year subscription to the journal Cognitive Science
Name:
(last/first/middle)
Mailing address:
FEES
Member - $50.00 Student - $25.00
Foreign Postage (excluding Canada) - $14.00
Spouse of Member (no journal) - $25.00
Name of Spouse:
TOTAL: $ ______________
METHOD OF PAYMENT
[ ]Check in U.S. $ on U.S. bank
[ ]VISA/MasterCard/Access (fill in below)
Card Number: Exp. date: /
Name on Card (please print):
Signature of Card Holder:
Telephone Number (including area codes):
Electronic Mail:
FAX Number:
Full member applicants please provide either (a) the signatures of two
current members of the Society who are sponsoring your application,
(b) evidence of a Ph.D. degree or equivalent in a cognitive science related
field, or (c) a curriculum vita indicating publications in a cognitive
science related field.
Sponsor 1 ___________________ Sponsor 2 ________________________
Students must provide a xerox of university form or letter from faculty
member indicating current enrollment.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT mail this form with any of the forms for registration.
Mail this directly to:
Alan Lesgold, Secretary/Treasurer
Cognitive Science Society
LRDC
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
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For more information or a hard copy of this brochure contact
Candace Shertzer
Cognitive Science Program
Indiana University
(812)855-4658
cshertze@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
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The Fourteenth Annual Conference
of the Cognitive Science Society
Conference Chair
John K. Kruschke
Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science Program
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
Steering Committee
Indiana University, Cognitive Science Program
David Chalmers, Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition
J. Michael Dunn, Philosophy
Michael Gasser, Computer Science & Linguistics
Douglas Hofstadter, Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition
David Leake, Computer Science
David Pisoni, Psychology
Robert Port, Computer Science & Linguistics
Richard Shiffrin, Psychology
Timothy van Gelder, Philosophy
Local Arrangements: Candace Shertzer, Cognitive Science Program
Officers of the Cognitive Science Society
James L. McClelland, President 1988 - 1996
Geoffrey Hinton 1986 - 1992
David Rumelhart 1986 - 1993
Dedre Gentner 1987 - 1993
James Greeno 1987 - 1993
Walter Kintsch 1988 - 1994
Steve Kosslyn 1989 - 1995
George Lakoff 1989 - 1995
Philip Johnson-Laird 1990 - 1996
Wendy Lehnert 1990 - 1996
Janet Kolodner 1991 - 1997
Kurt VanLehn 1991 - 1997
Ex Officio Board Members
Martin Ringle,
Executive Editor, Cognitive Science 1986 -
Alan Lesgold,
Secretary/Treasurer (2nd Term) 1988 - 1994
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