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- Neuron Digest Tuesday, 21 Jul 1992
- Volume 9 : Issue 38
-
- Today's Topics:
- CFP - SPIE Applications of Neural Networks
- Workshop announcement for CNS*92
- Summer Workshop on Neural Networks and Electric Power
- Fifth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
- Call for papers - ACNN'93 (4th Australian Conference on Neural Nets)
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-
- Subject: CFP - SPIE Applications of Neural Networks
- From: druck@afit.af.mil (Dennis W. Ruck)
- Date: Mon, 06 Jul 92 14:24:19 -0500
-
-
-
- CALL FOR PAPERS AND ANNOUNCEMENT
-
-
- SPIE APPLICATIONS of NEURAL NETWORKS IV
-
-
- AND
-
-
- SPIE SCIENCE of ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS II
-
-
- 16-23 April 1993
- Marriott's Orlando World Center Resort and Convention Center
- Orlando, Florida USA
-
-
- Abstract Due Date: 14 September 1992
- Manuscript Due Date: 15 March 1993
-
-
-
-
- Applications of Artificial Neural Networks IV
- ---------------------------------------------
-
-
-
-
- Conference Chair: Steven K. Rogers
- Air Force Institute of Technology
-
- Cochairs: Patrick K. Simpson, General Dynamics
- M.W. Roth, Johns Hopkins University
- Gary Whittington, University of Aberdeen
- Robert Pap, Accurate Automation
- Thomas McKenna, Office of Naval Research
- Raghu Raghavan, Lockheed
- James Bezdek, Univ of West Florida
- Tariq Samad, Honeywell
- Joseph R. Brown, MCC
- Harold Hawkins, Office of Naval Research
- Sirpa Saarinen, University of Illinois
- Urbana-Champaign
- Joydeep Ghosh, University of Texas
- Capt Todd Lovell, U.S. Air Force Academy
- Gint Puskorius, Ford Motor Company
-
-
- The focus of this conference is on real world applications of
- artificial neural networks and on recent theoretical developments
- applicable to current applications. The goal of this conference is to
- provide a forum for interaction between researchers and
- industrial/government agencies with information processing requirements.
- Papers which investigate advantages/disadvantages of artificial neural
- networks in specific real world applications will be presented. Papers
- which clearly state existing problems in information processing that
- potentially could be solved by artificial neural networks also will be
- considered. This conference will present papers which illustrate new
- applications of artificial neural network systems, architectures or
- learning paradigms.
-
-
- Sessions will concentrate on:
-
-
- * Unique and innovative applications of artificial neural networks to
- solve real world problems
-
- * Comparative performance in applications of target recognition, object
- recognition, speech processing, speaker identification, cochannel
- processing, signal processing in realistic environments, robotics,
- process control and image processing
-
- * Demonstrations of properties and limitations of existing or new
- artificial neural networks as shown by or related to an application
-
- * Environments for artificial neural networks development and
- implementation with specific applications used to demonstrate features of
- the systems
-
- * Hardware implementation technologies that are either general purpose or
- application specific
-
- * Knowledge acquisition and representation
-
- * Biologically inspired visual representation techniques
-
- * Decision support systems.
-
- Science of Artificial Neural Networks II
- ----------------------------------------
-
- Conference Chair: Dennis W. Ruck
- Air Force Institute of Technology
-
- Cochairs: Patrick K. Simpson, General Dynamics
- M.W. Roth, Johns Hopkins University
- Gary Whittington, University of Aberdeen
- Robert Pap, Accurate Automation
- Thomas McKenna, Office of Naval Research
- Raghu Raghavan, Lockheed
- James Bezdek, Univ of West Florida
- Tariq Samad, Honeywell
- Joseph R. Brown, MCC
- Harold Hawkins, Office of Naval Research
- Sirpa Saarinen, University of Illinois
- Urbana-Champaign
- Joydeep Ghosh, University of Texas
- Capt Todd Lovell, U.S. Air Force Academy
- Gint Puskorius, Ford Motor Company
-
-
- The focus of this conference is on recent theoretical developments in
- artificial neural networks (ANNs). The goal of this conference is to
- provide a forum for interaction between researchers and
- industrial/government agencies with information processing requirements.
- Papers which investigate the scientific basis of artificial neural
- networks and their relationships to traditional techniques will be
- presented. Comparisons of artificial neural network techniques to
- standard methods both empirically and theoretically are highly desirable.
- Papers which clearly state existing problems in information processing
- that potentially could be solved by artificial neural networks also will
- be considered.
-
- This conference will also present papers which illustrate new artificial
- neural network systems, architectures and learning paradigms.
-
- Sessions will concentrate on:
-
- * Neurobiological models
-
- * Supervised learning algorithms and networks
-
- * Associative memories, self-organization and unsupervised learning
- algorithms
-
- * Novel network architectures and learning rules
-
- * Optimization algorithms
-
- * Fuzzy Logic
-
- * Genetic Algorithms
-
- * Mathematical analysis of ANNs
-
-
-
- Instructions to Authors
- -----------------------
-
- 1. To qualify for acceptance, you must either fax or mail your
- abstract by 14 September 1992 to:
-
- OE/Aerospace Science and Sensing '93
- SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010
- Telephone 206/676-3290; Telex 46-7053
- Telefax 206/647-1445; OPTO-LINK 206/733-2998
- Internet spie@nessie.wwu.edu
- CompuServe 71630,2177
-
- 2. Your abstract must include the following:
-
- - Abstract Title
- - Author Listing (full names and affiliations as they will
- appear in the program)
- - Correspondence for EACH author (mailing address,
- telephone, telefax, e-mail address)
- - Submit to:
- --------------- --------------------------
- Conference Title Conference Chair
- at OE/Aerospace Science and Sensing '93.
- - Presentation: Please indicate your preference for "Oral
- Presentation" or "Poster Presentation."
- - Session: Please indicate your preference for session from
- the categories listed in the call for papers.
- - Abstract Text: 500 words typed on white paper.
- - Brief biography: principal author only, 50-100 words.
-
-
-
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Workshop announcement for CNS*92
- From: Ernst Niebur <ernst@cns.caltech.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 92 17:02:00 -0800
-
- We will be organizing a workshop at the CNS*92 meeting on
-
- ATTENTION !
-
- Although we have been told that we have to work real hard to keep it
- informal (prepared overheads are VERBOTEN etc.), we thought it might
- be useful to communicate the kinds of questions we would like to
- address. Some topics, with associated buzzwords, we would like to talk
- about:
-
- Psychophysical results
- (Focalized attention vs. spread attention, conjunctions,pop-out ...)
-
- Physiological results
- (Influence of attentional state on neural response, cortical
- and subcortical areas involved, ...)
-
- Models (mostly computational); neural implementation of attention
- (Filtering, gating, gain control ...)
-
- We will focus on visual attention, mostly because this is what we know
- most about.
-
- Of course, we will be very open for suggestions.
-
- Ernst Niebur ernst@cns.caltech.edu
- Bruno Olshausen bruno@cns.caltech.edu
- Marius Usher marius@cns.caltech.edu
-
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Summer Workshop on Neural Networks and Electric Power
- From: Morgan Downey <70712.3265@CompuServe.COM>
- Date: 16 Jul 92 10:40:29 -0500
-
- TO: Neural Network Community
-
- FROM: Yoh-Han Pao
- Bernard Widrow
- Robert Uhrig
-
- Organizers
-
- SUBJECT: Summer Workshop on Neural Networks and Electric Power
- August 17-19, 1992
-
- Participants are invited to attend the Summer Workshop on Neural Network
- Computing and Electric Power will be held August 17-19, 1992 at Stanford
- University in Stanford, California. The workshop is sponsored by the
- Electric Power Research Institute and INNS. The meeting is an ideal
- opportunity for engineers, managers in the electric power industry, and
- students to meet with researchers in the field of Neural Networks and
- explore the application of these technologies to the electric power
- industry.
-
- David Rumelhart will be the keynote speaker and will address the areas of
- prediction and control. Other topics to be discussed include generator
- control, generating stations, power distribution systems, load
- forecasting, and system management.
-
- Participants are invited to present recent work in an afternoon poster
- session chaired by Professor Dejan Sobajic. Please communicate your
- poster ideas to him at (216) 368-3187 or FAX (216) 368-2668.
-
- Workshops costs include participation in the full scientific program,
- coffee breaks and daily luncheons. Costs are as follows:
-
- INNS, IEEE, EPRI members $395
- Non-members $500
- Students $100
-
- Telephone registrations may be made by calling (609) 845-1720. Visa
- and Mastercard are accepted.
-
- Space is limited, so sign up as soon as possible.
-
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Fifth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
- From: rob@galab2.mh.ua.edu
- Date: 17 Jul 92 16:39:30 +0000
-
-
-
- Fifth International Conference
- on Genetic Algorithms
-
- ICGA93
-
- 17-22 July, 1993
- University of Illinois at
- Urbana-Champaign
-
- PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
-
- The Fifth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-93),
- will be held July 17-22, 1993 at the University of Illinois at
- Urbana-Champaign. This meeting brings together an international
- community of researchers and practitioners from academia and
- industry interested in algorithms suggested by the processes of
- natural evolution. Topics of interest will include the design, analysis,
- and application of genetic algorithms in optimization and machine learning.
- Machine learning architectures of interest include classifier systems and
- connectionist schemes that use genetic algorithms.
- Papers discussing how genetic algorithms are related to evolving system
- modeling (e.g., modeling of nervous system evolution, computational ethology,
- artificial life, economics, etc.) are also encouraged.
-
- A formal call for papers for ICGA-93 will be released in the coming weeks.
- In the meanwhile, for further information contact one of the conference
- co-chairs,
- Dave Schaffer ((914) 945-6168, ds1@philabs.philips.com) or
- Dave Goldberg ((217) 333-0897, GOLDBERG@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu) or
- the publicity chair,
- Rob Smith ((205) 348-1618, resmith@ua1ix.ua.edu)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Call for papers - ACNN'93 (4th Australian Conference on Neural Nets)
- From: Sabrina Sestito <sestito@latcs1.lat.oz.au>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 92 16:57:21 +0900
-
-
-
-
- Fourth Australian Conference On Neural Networks
-
- (ACNN'93)
-
- 1st - 3rd February 1993
-
- University of Melbourne
- Melbourne, Australia
-
-
-
- First Call For Papers
-
-
-
- The fourth Australian conference on neural networks will be held in
- Melbourne on February 1st-3rd 1993, at the University of Melbourne.
-
- ACNN'93 is the annual national meeting of the Australian Neural Network
- community. It is a multi-disciplinary meeting and seeks contributions
- from Neuroscientists, Engineers, Computer Scientists, Mathematicians,
- Physicists and Psychologists.
-
-
- This meeting coincides with the national Cognitive Science and
- Neuroscience conferences which will also be held in Melbourne in the same
- week. There is co-operation and collaboration with these conferences
- which should make this meeting a particularly exciting and memorable
- multi-disciplinary meeting.
-
- ACNN'93 will feature an invited keynote speaker. The program will
- include presentations and poster sessions. Proceedings will be printed
- and distributed to the attendees.
-
-
- Invited Keynote Speaker
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Prof Geoff Hinton, Dept of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
-
- Call for Papers
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Papers on innovative applications of artificial neural networks and other
- research topics in ANNS are sought. Research topics of interest include but
- are not restricted to:
-
- 1. Neuroscience: Integrative function of neural networks in vision,
- audition, motor, somatosensory and autonomic functions; Synaptic
- function; Cellular information processing;
-
- 2. Theory: Learning; Generalisation; Complexity; Scaling; Stability;
- Dynamics;
-
- 3. Implementation: Hardware implementation of neural nets; Analog and
- digital VLSI implementation; Optical implementation;
-
- 4. Architectures and Learning Algorithms: New architectures and learning
- algorithms; Hierarchy; Modularity; Learning pattern sequences;
- Information integration;
-
- 5. Cognitive Science and AI: Computational models of cognition and
- perception; Reasoning; Concept formation; Language acquisition; Neural
- net implementation of expert systems;
-
- 6. Applications: Application of neural nets to signal processing and
- analysis; Pattern recognition: Speech, machine vision; Motor control;
- Robotics.
-
- The conference will also include a poster stream which is designed as a
- forum for presentation of practical work in an environment which will
- encourage informal discussions about methodologies and techniques. The
- posters will be displayed for a significant period of time and time will
- be allocated for authors to be present at their poster for a full
- session.
-
- Software demonstrations will be possible for authors who bring portable
- computers. The organising committee will attempt to provide full-size
- compatible screens. Limited video facilities may be available.
-
- There is also a special forum for short presentations of preliminary
- findings aimed at postgraduate students.
-
- Initial Submission of Papers
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- As this is a multi-disciplinary meeting, papers are required to be
- comprehensible to an informed researcher outside the particular stream of
- the author in addition to the normal requirements of technical merit.
-
- Papers should be submitted as close as possible to final form and must
- not exceed four single A4 pages (2-column format). The first page should
- include the title and abstract, and should leave space for, but not
- include the authors' names and affiliations. A cover page should be
- supplied giving the title of the paper, the name and affiliation of each
- author, together with the postal address, the e-mail address, and the
- phone and fax numbers of a designated contact author. The type font
- should be no smaller than 10 point except in footnotes. A serif font
- such as Times or New Century Schoolbook is preferred.
-
- Four copies of the paper and the front cover should be supplied. This
- initial submission must be on hard copy to reach us by Friday, 28 August
- 1992.
-
- Each manuscript should clearly indicate submission category (from the six
- listed) and author preference for oral or poster presentations.
-
- Papers should be sent to:
-
- Agatha Shotam
- Sydney University
- Electrical Engineering
- NSW 2006
- Australia
-
-
- Final Submission of Accepted Papers
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Accepted papers are to be submitted in final camera ready form, on hard
- copy according to preparation guidelines to be provided upon notification
- of acceptance. Authors will retain copyright but will be required to
- give permission for publication of their papers in the conference
- proceedings.
-
-
- ATERB Scholarships
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Australian Telecommunication and Electronics Research Board is
- providing a number of scholarships for full-time postgraduate and
- academics from Australian Universities. Applications will be considered
- on technical merits and financial capacity. Application forms can be
- obtained from Mrs Agatha Shotam (address above).
-
-
- Submission Deadlines
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Friday, 28 August 1992 Deadline for receipt of
- paper submissions
-
- Friday, 30 October 1992 Notification of
- acceptance/rejection
-
- Friday, 11 December 1992 Final papers ready in
- camera-ready form for
- printing
-
-
- Venue
- ~~~~
- University of Melbourne, Australia.
-
-
-
-
-
- ACNN'93 Organising Committee
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Chairman: Marwan Jabri (SU)
-
- Technical Program Co-Chairs:
- Andrew Jennings (TRL)
- Stephen Pickard (SU)
-
- Technical Committee Consultants:
- Bill Levick (ANU)
- Ah Chung Tsoi (UQ)
-
- Technical Committee:
- Max Bennett (SU) Marwan Jabri (SU)
- Bob Bogner (UA) Adam Kowalczyk (TRL)
- Joel Bornstein (UM) Bill Levick (ANU)
- Angela Bowles (BHP) D Nandagopal (DSTO)
- Terry Caelli (UM) Marimuthy Palaniswami (UM)
- Max Coltheart (MU) Nick Redding (DSTO)
- Phil Diamond (UQ) Mandyam Srinivasan (ANU)
- Barry Flower (SU) Ah Chung Tsoi (UQ)
- Bill Gibson (SU) Janet Wiles (UQ)
- Richard Heath (UN) Bob Williamson (ANU)
-
-
-
-
- Local Committee:
- Joel Bornstein (UoM) Simon Goss (DSTO)
- Angela Bowles (BHP) Andrew Jennings (TRL)
- Terry Caelli (UoM) Adam Kowalczyk (TRL)
- Victor Ciesielski (RMIT)
-
- Registration
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- The registration fee to attend ACNN'93 is:
-
- Full Time Students A$ 75.00
- Academics A$200.00
- Other A$300.00
-
- A discount of 20% applies for advance registration. Registration forms must
- be posted before December 11th, 1992, to be entitled to the discount. To be
- eligible for the Full Time Student rate a letter from the Head of Department
- as verification of enrolment is required.
-
-
-
- Accommodation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Accommodation has been block booked at Ormond College, University of
- Melbourne. Bookings are through Conference Associates. B&B $32 for students, $42 for others.
-
- Accommodation has also been booked at:
-
- The Town House Standard: $98
- 701 Swanston St Executive: $110
- Carlton (rates include continental breakfast)
-
-
- Lygon Lodge Standard: $83
- 220 Lygon St Deluxe: $95
- Carlton Standard 3 bed room: $95
-
- Copies of this brochure and registration forms are available
- from conference contacts and Conference Associates:
-
- Conference Associates
- 13 Jeffrey St
- Mt Waverley VIC 3149
- Tel/Fax: +61 3 887 8003
-
-
- Contact
- ~~~~~~
- Technical Committee:
- Dr Andrew Jennings Mrs Agatha Shotam
- 770 Blackburn Rd Sydney University Elec Eng
- Clayton VIC 3168 NSW 2006
- Tel: +61 3 253 6241 Tel: +61 2 692 4214
- Fax: +61 3 253 6173 Fax: +61 2 660 1228
- Email: a.jennings@trl.oz.au Email: agatha@ee.su.oz.au
-
- Local Conference Committee:
- Dr Simon Goss
- 506 Lorimer St
- Fishermens Bend VIC 3207
- Tel: +61 3 647 7274
- Fax: +61 3 646 7868
- Email: sy_goss@edsvax.dsto.oz.au
-
-
-
- Sponsors
- ~~~~~~~
- Australian Telecommunication & Electronics Board (ATERB)
- Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO)
- Telecom Research Laboratories (TRL)
-
-
-
-
-
- =======
- ACNN 93
- =======
-
- POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS POSTER SESSION
- ------------------------------------
-
-
- Due to unprecedented response, enthusiasm and the high standards
- of the student session at ACNN this year, we have decided to host
- another Postgraduate Students Poster Session at ACNN93. All
- postgrads attending the conference are invited to participate.
-
- The poster session will be conducted in the same format as last year:
- Posters should describe work central to the student's thesis topic. For
- students who are just starting, or unsure of their ideas, posters can be
- short descriptions of thesis topics and preliminary ideas. For more
- advanced students, detailed outline of methodology and preliminary
- results are appropriate. The main idea is for all students to
- participate.
-
- If you intend to participate, please send your name, institution, email
- address, poster title and 100-word abstract to janetw@cs.uq.oz.au (or
- hardcopy to the address below) by Friday 22nd January 1993. Abstracts
- and a list of participants will be distributed at the session.
-
-
- For more details, contact
-
- Dr Janet Wiles
- Departments of Computer Science and Psychology
- University of Queensland
- QLD 4072 Australia
-
- or email janetw@cs.uq.oz.au
- or phone (07)365-2902.
-
-
-
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-
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