Neural Information Processing Systems 1996

Monday December 2 - Saturday December 7, 1996
Denver, Colorado

Call for Papers

This page last updated 16 February 1996.

This is the tenth meeting of an interdisciplinary conference which brings together cognitive scientists, computer scientists, engineers, neuroscientists, physicists, and mathematicians interested in all aspects of neural processing and computation. The conference will include invited talks and oral and poster presentations of refereed papers. The conference is single track and is highly selective. Preceding the main session, there will be one day of tutorial presentations (Dec. 2), and following will be two days of focused workshops on topical issues at a nearby ski area (Dec. 6-7). Major categories for paper submission, with example subcategories, are as follows:

Algorithms and Architectures: supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms, constructive/pruning algorithms, decision trees, localized basis functions, layered networks, recurrent networks, Monte Carlo algorithms, combinatorial optimization, performance comparisons
Applications: database mining, DNA/protein sequence analysis, expert systems, fault diagnosis, financial analysis, medical diagnosis, music processing, time-series prediction
Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science: perception, natural language, human learning and memory, problem solving, decision making, inductive reasoning, hybrid symbolic-subsymbolic systems
Control, Navigation, and Planning: robotic motor control, process control, navigation, path planning, exploration, dynamic programming, reinforcement learning
Implementation: analog and digital VLSI, optical neurocomputing systems, novel neuro-devices, simulation tools, parallelism
Neuroscience: systems physiology, signal and noise analysis, oscillations, synchronization, mechanisms of inhibition and neuromodulation, synaptic plasticity, computational models
Speech, Handwriting, and Signal Processing: speech recognition, coding, and synthesis, handwriting recognition, adaptive equalization, nonlinear noise removal, auditory scene analysis
Theory: computational learning theory, complexity theory, dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, probability and statistics, approximation and estimation theory
Visual Processing: Visual image processing, image coding and classification, object recognition, stereopsis, motion detection and tracking, visual psychophysics

Review Criteria

All submitted papers will be thoroughly refereed on the basis of technical quality, significance, and clarity. Novelty of the work is also a strong consideration in paper selection, but, to encourage interdisciplinary contributions, we will consider work which has been submitted or presented in part elsewhere, if it is unlikely to have been seen by the NIPS audience. Authors should not be dissuaded from submitting recent work, as there will be an opportunity after the meeting to revise accepted manuscripts before submitting final camera-ready copy.

Paper Format

Submitted papers may be up to seven pages in length, including figures and references, using a font no smaller than 10 point. Submissions failing to follow these guidelines will not be considered. Authors are encouraged to use the NIPS LaTeX style files obtainable by anonymous FTP at the site given below. Papers must indicate (1) physical and e-mail addresses of all authors; (2) one of the nine major categories listed above, and, if desired, a subcategory; (3) if the work, or any substantial part thereof, has been submitted to or has appeared in other scientific conferences; (4) the authors' preference, if any, for oral or poster presentation; this preference will play no role in paper acceptance; and (5) author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Submission Instructions

Send six copies of submitted papers to the address below; electronic or FAX submission is not acceptable. Include one additional copy of the abstract only, to be used for preparation of the abstracts booklet distributed at the meeting. SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 24, 1996. From within the U.S., submissions will be accepted if mailed first class and postmarked by May 21, 1996.

Mail submissions to:


   Michael Jordan 
   NIPS*96 Program Chair 
   Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, E10-034D 
   Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
   79 Amherst Street
   Cambridge, MA  02139  USA

Mail general inquiries and requests for registration material to:


   NIPS*96 Registration 
   Conference Consulting Associates 
   451 N. Sycamore
   Monticello, IA  52310

   fax: (319) 465-6709  (attn: Denise Prull)

   e-mail: nipsinfo@salk.edu

Copies of the LaTeX style files for NIPS are available via anonymous ftp at ftp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.206.173) in /afs/cs/Web/Groups/NIPS/formatting

The style files and other conference information may also be retrieved via World Wide Web at

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/Groups/NIPS

NIPS*96 Organizing Committee: General Chair, Michael Mozer, U. Colorado; Program Chair, Michael Jordan, MIT; Publications Chair, Thomas Petsche, Siemens; Tutorial Chair, John Lazzaro, Berkeley; Workshops Co-Chairs, Michael Perrone, IBM, and Steven Nowlan, Lexicus; Publicity Chair, Suzanna Becker, McMaster; Local Arrangements, Marijke Augusteijn, U. Colorado; Treasurer, Eric Mjolsness, UCSD; Government/Corporate Liaison, John Moody, OGI; Contracts, Steve Hanson, Siemens, Scott Kirkpatrick, IBM, Gerry Tesauro, IBM. Conference arrangements by Conference Consulting Associates, Monticello, IA.

Deadline for receipt of submissions is May 24, 1996

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We have attempted to ensure that all information is correct, but we cannot guarantee it. Please send comments and corrections to:

L. Douglas Baker

Carnegie Mellon University

ldbapp+nips@cs.cmu.edu