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Today's Topics:
OCR software
Active contours and snakes
Covariance Matrices
Barr-Shalom's "Tracking and data association"
Neural Networks And Image Restoration.
Postdoc opportunity
CFP: KR94
CFP: EMCSR'94 European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research
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Date: 05 May 1993 15:02:14 +1000
From: Mark Shortis <mark_shortis@muwayf.unimelb.edu.au>
Subject: OCR software
[ I would very much like to add public domain OCR software to the
Vision List Archive. If you know of such PD SW, please let me know.
phil... ]
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone has any information regarding the use of
OCR to recognise text strings on scanned maps? A PhD student and I
want to be able to convert scanned image segments of text labels and
convert them into real text for insertion into a geographic
information system attribute table and/or database. We would be very
interested in information on :
1. Any research work you know of in this area.
2. Any OCR packages which run under Unix/X/Sunview, especially
anything in the public domain.
Thanks in advance for anything you might provide.
Dr. Mark R. Shortis, Mark_Shortis@mac.unimelb.edu.au
Senior Lecturer,
Dept. of Surveying and Land Information,
University of Melbourne, Telephone +613 344 6401
Parkville 3052, AUSTRALIA. Facsimile +613 347 2916
"Computers only do what you tell them to do, not what you *want*
them to do"
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Date: Fri, 7 May 93 09:46:52 BST
From: J.D.Morris-Smith@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk
Subject: Active contours and snakes
Dear all,
Does anyone know of a package available by FTP which will perform active
contouring using snakes? I've looked in most of the usual places but haven't
found anything. Any information about P.D or commercial software available
would be most appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.
BCNU
Jon
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." Bill Gates '81
J.D.Morris Smith, The Medical Imaging Project
School of Computer Science,
University of Birmingham, Email: j.d.morris-smith@cs.bham.ac.uk
Birmingham, Tel: +44-(0)21 414 3734
B15 2TT, England. Fax: +44-(0)21 414 4281
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 09:56:07 +0200
From: Ivica Rogina <rogina@ira.uka.de>
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
Subject: Covariance Matrices
I'm not sure if this is the right news group, but I believe that there are
people among the readers of this group who have already solved my problem:
Here it goes:
Say we have the following three sample vectors:
(777, -903, 21) (813, -1084, 143) (722, -1117, 266)
their covariance matrix is (manually calculated)
1400.22222222222222 917.44444444444444 -2252.88888888888888
917.44444444444444 8849.55555555555555 -8730.11111111111111
-2252.88888888888888 -8730.11111111111111 10004.22222222222222
If I use IEEE standard double precision floating point number on my 32 bit
DEC UNIX workstation I get the following matrix:
1400.222168 917.444397 -2252.888916
917.444397 8849.555664 -8730.111328
-2252.888916 -8730.111328 10004.222656
My problem now is the determinant of the first matrix is 5.427453e+02 while
the determinant of the second matrix is -7.377298e+02. While the difference
in the covariance matrices is minor, the determinants differ untolerably.
Is there a standard solution to this problem? How do you correctly compute a
multivariate Gaussian considering this?
Thanks in advance,
Ivica Rogina rogina@ira.uka.de or irogina@cs.cmu.edu
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 10:29:06 GMT
From: paul@maya.dei.unipd.it (The Flyin'Saucepan)
Organization: B.B.S. - Universita' di Padova, Italia
Subject: Barr-Shalom's "Tracking and data association"
I'm going to begin my thesis work in computer vision: my task is to
design a feature detection and tracking system for an autonomous
vehicle, and I was adviced to buy this book:
Barr-Shalom: "Tracking and data association"
Is there anyboudy out there that is using it ? Is it really a good start?
Any comments on it, as any hint of bibliography, will be welcomed.
Thanks for any help: but please E-mail me, if possible, because I can't
read the news very often.
Ciao
paul@sabrina,paul@maya
Paolo Zotti in real life
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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 15:59:06 +0300
From: Avraam Pouliakis - UNA <apou@leon.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr>
Subject: Neural Networks And Image Restoration.
This is a list of books and papers on image restoration with neural nets.
"Image Restoration Using A Neural Network" Y-T Zhou ...
IEEE Trans. ASSP Vol. 36 pp. 161-166, 1992
"Neural Network for Maximum Entropy Restoration of Nuclear Medicine Images"
H. Li, Wei Qian, Laurence P. Clark, M. Kallergi
ICASS Conference Apr.27-30 1993
Y. Zhou, R. Chellappa, A. Vaid and B. Jenkins "Image Restoration Using a
Neural Network", IEEE Trans. on Acoustics and Sign. Proces., Vol. 36, No. 7,
pp. 1141-51, July 1988.
Paik and Katsaggelos, ""Image Restoration Using a Modified Hopfield
Network," IEEE Trans IP, v. 1, pp. 49-63, Jan. 1992.
"An Adaptive Neural Network for Image Enhancement (ANNIE)"
D. Perl & T.A. Marsland.
SPIE V. 1709 Applications of Artificial Neural Networks III 1992
Artificial Neural Networks for Computer Vision, Yi-Tong Zhou, and Rama
Chellappa, volume 5 of research notes in neural computing, ISBN
0-387-97683-3(New York), 3-540-97683-3(Berlin), 1992. The chapter 7
of this is "Image Restoration", which may be helpful.
Neural Networks For Signal Processing Bart Kosko, Editor ISBN
0-13-614694-5 (USA) Chapter 3 Y.T.Zhou R.Chellappa: "Image Restoration
With Neural Networks"
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Date: Wed, 05 May 93 08:42:28 -0500
From: Mike Swain <swain@cs.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Postdoc opportunity
POST-DOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Chicago has
a position available for a postdoctoral candidate. The applicant
should have either done research in active/purposive/qualitative vision
and have an interest in artificial intelligence, or have done research in
reactive planning/situated activity and have an interest in
perception.
It is expected that the research of the applicant will contribute to
the goals of the Animate Agent project. The goal of this project is to
design an agent architecture that supports a wide variety of useful tasks
in everyday, "unstructured" environments. Our research proposes a
heterogeneous architecture incorporating a reactive planner which
instantiates tightly coupled sensing/action routines. The
architecture stresses the flexible re-use of a common set of routines
designed to solve specific subtasks, in order to accomplish a wide
variety of tasks.
The Animate Agent lab's equipment includes Sun and MacIntosh
workstations, Datacube image processing equipment, and CHIP, a mobile
robot equipped with on- and off-board processing, a manipulator, and a
number of different sensing modalities including stereo color vision.
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory consists of five faculty members
(James Firby, Kristian Hammond, Charles Martin, Christopher Owens, and
Michael Swain) and fifteen graduate students. The research of lab is
focused around the study of agency; the study of integrated
intelligent systems and how they interact with their environment.
Applicants should forward a Curriculum Vitae, a list of references,
and a statement describing their research interests to:
Ms. Mary Bellmar
Department of Computer Science
University of Chicago
1100 E. 58th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
phone: (312) 702-0510
Fax: (312) 702-8487
bellmar@cs.uchicago.edu
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Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 12:42:53 GMT
From: kr94@ai.univie.ac.at (KR94 Conference Service)
Organization: Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna
Subject: CFP: KR94
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
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University of Bonn
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GERMANY
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PUBLICITY CHAIR
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Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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A-1010 Vienna
AUSTRIA
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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),
Ron Brachman (AT&T, USA)
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
TITLE:
FIRST AUTHOR:
FIRST ADDRESS:
COAUTHORS:
OTHER ADDRESSES:
CONTENT AREAS:
KEYWORDS:
ABSTRACT:
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KR'94 ELECTRONIC ABSTRACT EXAMPLE
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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Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 19:13:47 GMT
From: gerda@ai.univie.ac.at (Gerda Helscher)
Organization: Dept. Med.Cybernetics & Artif.Intelligence, Univ.Vienna, Austria, Europe
Subject: CFP: EMCSR'94 European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research
Keywords: Cybernetics, Systems Theory, Control Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Conference
* *
* *
* TWELFTH EUROPEAN MEETING *
* ON *
* CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH *
* (EMCSR 1994) *
April 5 - 8, 1994
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
organized by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
in cooperation with
Dept.of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Univ.of Vienna
and
International Federation for Systems Research
Cybernetics - "the study of communication and control in the animal and
the machine" (N.Wiener) - has recently returned to the forefront, not
only in cyberpunk and cyberspace, but, even more important, contributing
to the consolidation of various scientific theories. Additionally, an
ever increasing number of research areas, including social and economic
theories, theoretical biology, ecology, computer science, and robotics
draw on ideas from second order cybernetics. Artificial intelligence,
evolved directly from cybernetics, has not only technological and
economic, but also important social impacts. With a marked trend
towards interdisciplinary cooperation and global perspectives, this
important role of cybernetics is expected to be further strengthened
over the next years.
Since 1972, the biennial European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems
Research (EMCSR) have served as a forum for discussion of converging
ideas and new aspects of different scientific disciplines. As on
previous occasions, a number of sessions providing wide coverage of the
rapid developments will be arranged, complemented with daily plenary
meetings, where eminent speakers will present latest research results.
SESSIONS + Chairpersons:
A General Systems Methodology
G.J.Klir, USA
B Advances in Mathematical Systems Theory
M.Peschel, Germany, and F.Pichler, Austria
C Fuzzy Systems, Approximate Reasoning and Knowledge-Based Systems
C.Carlsson, Finland, K.-P.Adlassnig, Austria, and E.P.Klement,
Austria
D Designing and Systems, and Their Education
B.Banathy, USA, W.Gasparski, Poland, and G.Goldschmidt, Israel
E Humanity, Architecture and Conceptualization
G.Pask, UK, and G.de Zeeuw, Netherlands
F Biocybernetics and Mathematical Biology
L.M.Ricciardi, Italy
G Systems and Ecology
F.J.Radermacher, Germany, and K.Fedra, Austria
H Cybernetics and Informatics in Medicine
G.Gell, Austria, and G.Porenta, Austria
I Cybernetics of Socio-Economic Systems
K.Balkus, USA, and O.Ladanyi, Austria
J Systems, Management and Organization
G.Broekstra, Netherlands, and R.Hough, USA
K Cybernetics of National Development
P.Ballonoff, USA, T.Koizumi, USA, and S.A.Umpleby, USA
L Communication and Computers
A M.Tjoa, Austria
M Intelligent Autonomous Systems
J.W.Rozenblit, USA, and H.Praehofer, Austria
N Cybernetic Principles of Knowledge Development
F.Heylighen, Belgium, and S.A.Umpleby, USA
O Cybernetics, Systems, and Psychotherapy
M.Okuyama, Japan, and H.Koizumi, USA
P Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems
S.Grossberg, USA, and G.Dorffner, Austria
Q Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
V.Marik, Czechia, and R.Born, Austria
R Artificial Intelligence and Systems Science for Peace Research
S.Unseld, Switzerland, and R.Trappl, Austria
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: 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 session in which you
would like to present your paper. Each scientist shall submit only
one paper.
Please send t h r e e copies of the Draft Final Paper
to the Conference Secretariat (NOT to session 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.
CONFERENCE FEE:
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
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.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS will be handled by OESTERREICHISCHES
VERKEHRSBUERO, Kongressabteilung, Opernring 5, A-1010 Vienna, phone
+43-1-58800-113, fax +43-1-5867127, 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.
* * * * *
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North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1982.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH 2,
Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1984.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '86,
Reidel, Dordrecht, 1986.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '88,
2 vols., Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1988.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '90,
World Scientific, Singapore, 1990.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '92,
2 vols., World Scientific, Singapore, 1992.
Please contact the conference secretariat for more details.
CHAIRMAN of the Meeting: Robert Trappl, President
Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
SECRETARIAT: I. Ghobrial-Willmann and G. Helscher
Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
A-1010 Vienna 1, Schottengasse 3 (Austria)
Phone: +43-1-53532810
Fax: +43-1-5320652
E-mail: sec@ai.univie.ac.at
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
K.-P. Adlassnig (Austria) G. J. Klir (USA)
K. Balkus (USA) T. Koizumi (USA)
P. Ballonoff (USA) O. Ladanyi (Austria)
B. Banathy (USA) V. Marik (Czechia)
R. Born (Austria) G. Pask (UK)
G. Broekstra (Netherlands) M. Peschel (Germany)
E. Buchberger (Austria) F. Pichler (Austria)
C. Carlsson (Finland) G. Porenta (Austria)
G. Chroust (Austria) H. Praehofer (Austria)
G. Dorffner (Austria) F. J. Radermacher (Germany)
K. Fedra (Austria) J. Retti (Austria)
W. Gasparski (Poland) L. M. Ricciardi (Italy)
G. Gell (Austria) J. W. Rozenblit (USA)
G. Goldschmidt (Israel) N. Rozsenich (Austria)
S. Grossberg (USA) A M. Tjoa (Austria)
F. Heylighen (Belgium) R. Trappl (Austria)
W. Horn (Austria) H. Trost (Austria)
R. Hough (USA) S. A. Umpleby (USA)
N. C. Hu (China) S. Unseld (Switzerland)
E. P. Klement (Austria) G. de Zeeuw (Netherlands)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
E. Buchberger P. Petta
G. Chroust F. Pichler
I. Ghobrial-Willmann R. Trappl
G. Helscher H. Trost
W. Horn M. Veitl
J. Matiasek
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PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 8, 1993
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EMCSR-94 TWELFTH EUROPEAN MEETING ON CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Please return to: Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
Schottengasse 3, A-1010 VIENNA, AUSTRIA (EUROPE)
E-mail: sec@ai.univie.ac.at
o I plan to attend the Meeting.
o I intend to submit a paper to Session .....
o I enclose the Draft Final Paper.
o My Draft Final Paper will arrive prior to October 8, 1993.
o My cheque for AS ....... covering the Conference Fee is enclosed.
o I have transferred AS ........ to your account 0026-34400/00
at Creditanstalt Vienna.
o I shall not be at the Meeting but am interested to receive
particulars of the Proceedings.
* *
* *
* TWELFTH EUROPEAN MEETING *
* ON *
* CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH *
* (EMCSR 1994) *
April 5 - 8, 1994
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
organized by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
in cooperation with
Dept.of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Univ.of Vienna
and
International Federation for Systems Research
Cybernetics - "the study of communication and control in the animal and
the machine" (N.Wiener) - has recently returned to the forefront, not
only in cyberpunk and cyberspace, but, even more important, contributing
to the consolidation of various scientific theories. Additionally, an
ever increasing number of research areas, including social and economic
theories, theoretical biology, ecology, computer science, and robotics
draw on ideas from second order cybernetics. Artificial intelligence,
evolved directly from cybernetics, has not only technological and
economic, but also important social impacts. With a marked trend
towards interdisciplinary cooperation and global perspectives, this
important role of cybernetics is expected to be further strengthened
over the next years.
Since 1972, the biennial European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems
Research (EMCSR) have served as a forum for discussion of converging
ideas and new aspects of different scientific disciplines. As on
previous occasions, a number of sessions providing wide coverage of the
rapid developments will be arranged, complemented with daily plenary
meetings, where eminent speakers will present latest research results.
SESSIONS + Chairpersons:
A General Systems Methodology
G.J.Klir, USA
B Advances in Mathematical Systems Theory
M.Peschel, Germany, and F.Pichler, Austria
C Fuzzy Systems, Approximate Reasoning and Knowledge-Based Systems
C.Carlsson, Finland, K.-P.Adlassnig, Austria, and E.P.Klement,
Austria
D Designing and Systems, and Their Education
B.Banathy, USA, W.Gasparski, Poland, and G.Goldschmidt, Israel
E Humanity, Architecture and Conceptualization
G.Pask, UK, and G.de Zeeuw, Netherlands
F Biocybernetics and Mathematical Biology
L.M.Ricciardi, Italy
G Systems and Ecology
F.J.Radermacher, Germany, and K.Fedra, Austria
H Cybernetics and Informatics in Medicine
G.Gell, Austria, and G.Porenta, Austria
I Cybernetics of Socio-Economic Systems
K.Balkus, USA, and O.Ladanyi, Austria
J Systems, Management and Organization
G.Broekstra, Netherlands, and R.Hough, USA
K Cybernetics of National Development
P.Ballonoff, USA, T.Koizumi, USA, and S.A.Umpleby, USA
L Communication and Computers
A M.Tjoa, Austria
M Intelligent Autonomous Systems
J.W.Rozenblit, USA, and H.Praehofer, Austria
N Cybernetic Principles of Knowledge Development
F.Heylighen, Belgium, and S.A.Umpleby, USA
O Cybernetics, Systems, and Psychotherapy
M.Okuyama, Japan, and H.Koizumi, USA
P Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems
S.Grossberg, USA, and G.Dorffner, Austria
Q Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
V.Marik, Czechia, and R.Born, Austria
R Artificial Intelligence and Systems Science for Peace Research
S.Unseld, Switzerland, and R.Trappl, Austria
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: 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 session in which you
would like to present your paper. Each scientist shall submit only
one paper.
Please send t h r e e copies of the Draft Final Paper
to the Conference Secretariat (NOT to session 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.
CONFERENCE FEE:
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
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.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS will be handled by OESTERREICHISCHES
VERKEHRSBUERO, Kongressabteilung, Opernring 5, A-1010 Vienna, phone
+43-1-58800-113, fax +43-1-5867127, 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.
* * * * *
The Proceedings of the 1st to 11th European Meetings on Cybernetics
and Systems Research were published as
Pichler F. and Trappl R.(eds.):
ADVANCES IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
2 vols, Transcripta Books, London, 1973.
Trappl R. and Pichler F.R.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol.I, Hemisphere, Washington,DC / Halsted-Wiley, New York, 1975.
Trappl R. and Hanika F.de P.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol.II, Hemisphere, Washington,DC / Halsted-Wiley, New York, 1975.
Trappl R., Klir G.J. and Ricciardi L.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol.III, Hemisphere, Washington,DC / Halsted-Wiley, New York, 1978.
Trappl R. and Pask G.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol.IV, Hemisphere, Washington,DC / Halsted-Wiley, New York, 1978.
Trappl R., Hanika F.de P. and Pichler F.R.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol.V, Hemisphere, Washington,DC / Halsted-Wiley, New York, 1979.
Pichler F.R. and Trappl R.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol.VI, Hemisphere, Washington,DC / McGraw-Hill, 1982.
Pichler F.R. and Hanika F.de P.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol.VII, Hemisphere, Washington,DC, 1980.
Trappl R., Klir G.J. and Pichler F.R.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol.VIII, Hemisphere, Washington,DC / McGraw-Hill, 1982.
Trappl R., Ricciardi L. and Pask G.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol.IX, Hemisphere, Washington,DC / McGraw-Hill, 1982.
Trappl R., Hanika F.de P. and Tomlinson R.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol.X, Hemisphere, Washington,DC / McGraw-Hill, 1982.
Trappl R., Findler N.V. and Horn W.(eds.):
PROGRESS IN CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
Vol. XI, Hemisphere, Washington,DC / McGraw-Hill, 1982.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH,
North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1982.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH 2,
Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1984.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '86,
Reidel, Dordrecht, 1986.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '88,
2 vols., Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1988.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '90,
World Scientific, Singapore, 1990.
Trappl R.(ed.):
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '92,
2 vols., World Scientific, Singapore, 1992.
Please contact the conference secretariat for more details.
CHAIRMAN of the Meeting: Robert Trappl, President
Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
SECRETARIAT: I. Ghobrial-Willmann and G. Helscher
Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
A-1010 Vienna 1, Schottengasse 3 (Austria)
Phone: +43-1-53532810
Fax: +43-1-5320652
E-mail: sec@ai.univie.ac.at
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
K.-P. Adlassnig (Austria) G. J. Klir (USA)
K. Balkus (USA) T. Koizumi (USA)
P. Ballonoff (USA) O. Ladanyi (Austria)
B. Banathy (USA) V. Marik (Czechia)
R. Born (Austria) G. Pask (UK)
G. Broekstra (Netherlands) M. Peschel (Germany)
E. Buchberger (Austria) F. Pichler (Austria)
C. Carlsson (Finland) G. Porenta (Austria)
G. Chroust (Austria) H. Praehofer (Austria)
G. Dorffner (Austria) F. J. Radermacher (Germany)
K. Fedra (Austria) J. Retti (Austria)
W. Gasparski (Poland) L. M. Ricciardi (Italy)
G. Gell (Austria) J. W. Rozenblit (USA)
G. Goldschmidt (Israel) N. Rozsenich (Austria)
S. Grossberg (USA) A M. Tjoa (Austria)
F. Heylighen (Belgium) R. Trappl (Austria)
W. Horn (Austria) H. Trost (Austria)
R. Hough (USA) S. A. Umpleby (USA)
N. C. Hu (China) S. Unseld (Switzerland)
E. P. Klement (Austria) G. de Zeeuw (Netherlands)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
E. Buchberger P. Petta
G. Chroust F. Pichler
I. Ghobrial-Willmann R. Trappl
G. Helscher H. Trost
W. Horn M. Veitl
J. Matiasek
******************************************
PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 8, 1993
******************************************
EMCSR-94 TWELFTH EUROPEAN MEETING ON CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Please return to: Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
Schottengasse 3, A-1010 VIENNA, AUSTRIA (EUROPE)
E-mail: sec@ai.univie.ac.at
o I plan to attend the Meeting.
o I intend to submit a paper to Session .....
o I enclose the Draft Final Paper.
o My Draft Final Paper will arrive prior to October 8, 1993.
o My cheque for AS ....... covering the Conference Fee is enclosed.
o I have transferred AS ........ to your account 0026-34400/00
at Creditanstalt Vienna.
o I shall not be at the Meeting but am interested to receive
particulars of the Proceedings.
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