SOME FTP'ABLE FILES --- ********** From: mr w.j. ho [1] PD NN simulator FTP sites Keywords: NN, ftp, simulator Date: Wed Jan 9 00:47:27 1991 Organization: Caulfield Campus, Monash University, Melb., Australia. Lines: 66 To all who requested for PD NN software: The following are all the ftp sites to all the NN s/ware that I know of. If I leave out anything that you know of, please tell (Email ) me. Please post your comments about any of these if you use them. 1: Rochester Connectionist Simulator anonymous FTP from cs.rochester.edu (192.5.53.209) directory : pub/simulator files : README rcs_v4.2.tar.Z ( or *.justdoc.* and *.justsrc.* ) 2: UCLA-SFINX ftp 131.179.16.6 (retina.cs.ucla.edu) Name: sfinxftp Password: joshua directory: pub/ files : README sfinx_v2.0.tar.Z Email info request : sfinx@retina.cs.ucla.edu 3: NeurDS request from mcclanahan%cookie.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com * simulator for DEC systems ( any ) supporting VT100 terminal. OR anonymous ftp 16.1.0.2 directory: pub/DEC file: NeurDS031.tar.Z ( please check may be NeurDSO31.tar.Z ) 4: PlaNet5.6 ftp 128.138.240.1 ( boulder.colorado.edu ) anonymous ftp 5: GENESIS anonymous ftp 131.215.135.64 ( genesis.cns.caltech.edu ) Register first : telnet genesis.cns.caltech.edu login as: genesis 6: Mactivation anonymous ftp from 128.138.240.32 or ftp 128.138.240.1 directory: pub file: mactivation.3.3.sit.hqx Please Email me any comments about any of the above if you use them. I do not have the facilities to run any of them at the moment 'cos I have PC compatibles only. Please tell me if you have problems accessing to any of the ftp sites. All of them worked when I ftp'ed them in late 1990. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Wey Jing Ho (Mr HO) E-mail : sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au ^ ^ Physics Dept., Monash University ( Caulfield Campus ), Melbourne, AUSTRALIA ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ********** You will need a POSTSCRIPT printer to print the file. To obtain a copy of the report, use anonymous ftp from cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu (here is what the transaction looks like): % ftp ftp> open cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu Connected to cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu. 220 cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu FTP server (Version blah blah) ready. Name (cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu:yourname): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: anything 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd pub/neuroprose 250 CWD command successful. ftp> bin 200 Type set to I. ftp> get honavar.symbolic.ps.Z 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for [[...]] 226 Transfer complete. local: honavar.symbolic.ps.Z remote: honavar.symbolic.ps.Z 55121 bytes received in 1.8 seconds (30 Kbytes/s) ftp> quit 221 Goodbye. % uncompress honavar.symbolic.ps.Z % lpr honavar.symbolic.ps ********** Example: unix> ftp cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu # (or ftp 128.146.8.62) Name (cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu:): anonymous Password (cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu:anonymous): ftp> cd pub/neuroprose ftp> binary ftp> get (remote-file) sontag.twolayer.ps (local-file) twolayer.ps.Z ftp> quit unix> uncompress twolayer.ps unix> lpr -P(your_local_postscript_printer) twolayer.ps ********** To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, please give some indication of the aspects of the topic on which you would bring your areas of expertise to bear if you are selected as a commentator. (The article is retrievable by anonymous ftp from directory /pub/harnad as file velmans.bbs on princeton.edu, however, please do not prepare a commentary unless you have been formally invited to do so.) ********** If you are interested, you can get a copy through FTP by connecting into "amazonas.cs.columbia.edu", or internet address 128.59.16.72. Login as anonymous, and use your "id" as password. Change directory into "/pub". Set mode to "binary" and "get learning.ps". *------ (assume this is your system prompt) | $ $ftp ftp> ftp>open 128.59.16.72 (Use this number instead of "amazonas.columbia.edu") name: anonymous password: ftp>binary ftp>get learning.ps (You may prefer "get learning.dvi") ftp>close $ $ ---- Done ! ---- *********** the UCI Repository Of Machine Learning Databases: ics.uci.edu: /usr2/spool/ftp/pub/machine-learning-databases Site Librarian: David W. Aha (aha@ics.uci.edu), 47 databases *********** A list of publicly available simulators for artificial neural networks. The following list is by no means to be considered complete or exhaustive, it merely represents those simulators which have come to my attention through postings on the internet and articles in various journals. Inclusion in this list represents no particular endorsement, and ommission from the list should be regarded as unfortunate oversight on the author's part. The list is provided as a starting point for individuals and institutions who desire to obtain software suitable to their needs who wish to examine these offerings. The term "publically available" may be taken to mean anything available at nominal or no cost through channels other than those conventionally regarded as commercial software products. Since the term 'public domain' has become synonimous with free and unrestricted software it should be noted in passing that much of what is available is, in fact, copyrighted work which must be licensed --albeit at no cost. The term 'ftp' used below stands for file transfer protocol, which is a means of obtaining and transfering files between computers linked by an international computer network collectively know as the Internet. To obtain more information concerning ftp or the Internet, please consult operators of your local computing facility. The format used for site addresses and electronic mail addresses below conforms to that currently used on the Internet. I have included alternate means of obtaining the simulators where they have come to my attention. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ bps - George Mason University Back Prop Simulator Current version is 1.01 (Nov., 1989) A special-purpose simulator for Back Propagation and a BP speedup technique called 'gradient correlation' [IJCNN, Jan., 1990]. Available via anonymous ftp from gmuvax2.gmu.edu (129.174.1.8). Distributed as executables for VAX 8530 under Ultrix 3.0, and versions for 8088 based IBM PC, and 80286/386 IBM PC machines. Includes examples and a tutorial document. Source code license is available. Contact: Eugene Norris (703) 323-2713 Computer Science Department enorris@gmuvax2.gmu.edu George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia 22032 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Back Propagation simulator [Name and version not known.] A special-purpose simulator for back propagation using several training methods. Distributed on disk for the IBM PC, with mouse and VGA or EGA display. To obtain it, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope and a floppy disk (3.5" or 5.25") to: Universitt Kassel Fachbereich Mathematik Forschungsgruppe Neuronale Netzwerke Heinrich-Plett-Str 40 3500 Kassel West Germany [Report taken from Internet News, October, 1989. ] ++++++++++++++++++++++++ MIRRORS/II -- Maryland MIRRORS/II Connectionist Simulator A general-purpose connectionist simulator. To obtain this simulator you must sign an institutional site license. A license for individuals is not acceptable. The only costs incurred are for postage for a printed copy of the manual and tape cartridge (you send your own 1/4" cartridge or TK50 cartridge to them, if desired.) Instructions for obtaining the software via ftp are returned to you upon receipt of the license agreement. To obtain a copy of the license send your physical mail address via e-mail to: mirrors@cs.umd.edu or by U.S. Mail to: Lynne D'Autrechy University of Maryland Department of Computer Science College Park, MD 20742 MIRRORS/II is implemented in Franz Lisp and will run under Opuses 38, 42, and 43 of Franz Lisp on UNIX systems. It is currently running on a MicroVAX, VAX and SUN 3. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ NeurDS -- The Neural Design and Simulation System. Current Version is 3.1 (May, 1989.) A general purpose simulator. The system is licensed on a no-fee basis to educational instutions by Digital Equipment Corporation. To obtain information, send your physical or electronic mail address to: Max McClanahan mcclanahan%cookie.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation 1175 Chapel Hills Drive Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920-3952 You should receive instructions on how to obtain a copy of the manual and copies of the license agreement. [Beyond receipt of the license agreement, I do not know the details of distribution.] The NeurDS system will run on any Digital platform including Vax/VMS, Vax/Ultrix, and DECsystem/Ultrix. A graphics terminal is not required to support the window interface. Specific models are described using a superset of the C programming language, and compiled into a simulator form. This simulator can accept command scripts or interactive commands. Output can take the form of a window-type envirionment on VT100 terminals, or non-window output on any terminal. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ FULL -- Fully connected temporally recurrent neural networks. A demonstration network described in "Learning State Space Trajectories in Recurrent Neural Networks" [no other reference material!] The author (whose name is Barak Pearlmutter of the Journal of Neural Computation, 'bap@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu') describes this as "a bare bones simulator for [. . .] temporally recurrent neural networks" and claims that it should vectorize and parrallelize well. It is available for ftp from doghen.boltz.cs.cmu.edu. Login as 'ftpguest' password 'oaklisp'. Be sure to ftp as binary for the file 'full/full.tar.Z' (you must either use a directory named full on your local machine, or use 'get' and let it prompt you for remote and local file names.) Do not attempt to change directories. It is copyrighted and is given out for academic purposes. [The information dates from November of 1988.] ++++++++++++++++++++++++ GRADSIM Connectionist Network Simulator. A special-purpose simulator specifically designed for experiments with the temporal flow model. Latest Version 1.7 The simulator is available for anonymous ftp from ai.toronto.edu (128.100.1.65). For information contact: Raymond Watrous watrous@ai.toronto.edu Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4 In C, implementations on VAX (VMS & Ultrix), Sun and CYBER are mentioned. A graphical interface is 'under development.' (March, 1988.) Includes an excellent article with references. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ opt -- A Neural-Net Training Program Based on Conjugate-Gradient Optimization. A special-purpose simulator. [Current version unknown.] Available for anonymous ftp from cse.ogc.edu (129.95.40.2) from the directory "/ogc2/guest/ftp/pub/nnvowels". Consult the file 'README' for more instructions. For further information, you might contact 'opt-dist@cse.ogc.edu'. Basically C code to be compiled under BSD Unix, with no graphic interface. They do maintain a list of users, perhaps a mailing list. An unsigned paper describing the technique and use of the simulator is included. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ CasCor1 -- Cascade-Correlation Simulator A special-purpose simulator for experimenting with the Cascade-Correlation algorithm described in: Fahlman, Scott, and C. Lebiere. "The Cascade-Correlation Learning Architecture." In _Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 2_, edited by D. S. Touretzky. New York : Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 1990. It is available for anonymous ftp from pt.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.254.155) in the directory "/afs/cs/project/connect/code" (subdirectories may be available, but parent directories may not be.) There are Lisp and C versions available, as well as several other programs. The simulator is placed in the public domain. For information contact: Scott E. Fahlman fahlman@cs.cmu.edu School of Computer Science Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15217 The original version by Scott Fahlman was written in Common Lisp and has been tested on CMU Common Lisp on the IBM RT, Allegro Common Lisp (beta test) for Decstation 3100, and Sun/Lucid Common Lisp on the Sun 3. This program was translated into C by Scott Crowder. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ GENESIS - GEneral NEural SImulation System with XODUS - X-windows Output and Display Utility for Simulations A general simulator. Currently Beta-Test Version, 1990. From the release announcement ( January, 1990 by Jim Bower ): " Full source for the simulator is available via FTP from genesis.cns.caltech.edu (131.215.135.64). To acquire FTP access to this machine it is necessary to first register for distribution by using telnet or rlogin to login under user "genesis" and then follow the instructions (e.g. 'telnet genesis.cns.caltech.edu' and ' login as 'genesis'). When necessary, tapes can be provided for a small handling fee ($50). Those requiring tapes should send requests to genesis-req@caltech.bitnet. Any other questions about the system or its distribution should also be sent to this address. GENESIS and XODUS are written in C and run on SUN and DEC graphics work stations under UNIX (version 4.0 and up), and X-windows (version 11). The software requires 14 meg of disk space and the tar file is approximately 1 meg. The current distribution includes full source for both GENESIS and XODUS as well as three tutorial simulations (squid axon, multicell, visual cortex). Documentation for these tutorials as well as three papers describing the structure of the simulator are also included. As described in more detail in the "readme" file at the FTP address, those interested in in developing new GENESIS applications are encouraged to become registered members of the GENESIS users group (BABEL) for an additional one time $200 registration fee. As a registered user, one is provided documentation on the simulator itself (currently in an early stage), access to additional simulator components, bug report listings, and access to a user's bulletin board. In addition we are establishing a depository for additional completed simulations. " ++++++++++++++++++++++++ SunNet A generalized simulator. Version 5.5.2.4 Available for anonymous ftp from boulder.colorado.edu (128.138.240.1). While this program was obviously written for Sun workstations (versions for suntools and the X-window envirionment), the documents list other configurations. These include a non-graphic version which runs on "any UNIX machine", and versions which run on an Alliant or UNIX machine and send data to a graphics support program running on a Sun workstation. It is very easy to install. A mailing list exists for users of the simulator. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ RCS - The Rochester Connectionist Simulator A general simulator. Version 4.2 Available for anonymous ftp from cs.rochester.edu (192.5.53.209). Tapes may be purchased (1600 bpi 1/2" reel or QIC-24 Sun 1/4" cartridge) from: Peg Meeker Computer Science Department University of Rochester Rochester, New York 14627 C source code is provided, including a graphic interface which may function under X Windows or SunView on Sun Workstations. A wide variety of Unix machines are supported, and the simulator may be used without the graphics interface. A version for the MacIntosh is included in the distribution. Mailing lists exist for users and bug reports. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ SFINX -- Structure and Function in Neural Connections A General Simulator. Version 2.0 ( November, 1989 ) In order to ftp this simulator, a license agreement must be submitted. Upon receipt of this agreement, instructions and the password to ftp the software are made available. To obtain the license write: Machine Perception Laboratory Computer Science Department University of California Los Angeles, CA 90024 This system requires color to operate the graphics interface, but may be operated without graphics. Support for Sun, Ardent Titan, HP 300, and IBM PC RT machines is specifically mentioned --but other Unix platforms should function as well. Specific graphics support is provided for Matrox VIP 1024, Imagraph AGC-1010P, HP Starbase and X Windows. A version providing support for monochrome graphics is expected to be released in Fall, 1990. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mactivation A specialized simulator for investigating associative memory using the delta rule and Hebbian Learning. Version 3.2 A public domain version is available for anonymous ftp from the University of Colorado at Boulder (boulder.colorado.edu, 128.138.240.1) or possibly by contacting the author. Mike Kranzdorf University of Colorado Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center Campus Box 525 Boulder, Colorado 80309-0525 mikek@boulder.colorado.edu Future versions will probably not be public domain, but will be availble from Oblio, Inc., 5942 Sugarloaf Road, Boulder, Colorado 80309. Provided as executables for the Apple MacIntosh. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Several special purpose simulators are provided with the following book: McClelland, J. L., and David.E. Rumelhart. _Explorations in Parallel Distributed Processing_. Cambrige: MIT Press, 1988. Versions exist which contain C code for the IBM PC, and a version has recently been released for the Apple MacIntosh. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hopfield-style Network Simulator A Special Purpose simulator for experimentation with the Hopfield-style network developed by the author. Software is available by e-mail upon request from the author, Arun Jagota (jagota@cs.buffalo.edu). It is written in C and should be useful on 32-bit Unix machines, and a MSDOS version is also supplied. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Several demonstration-type simulators have been published as source code in various journals. These are cited below: Brown, Robert Jay. "An Artificial Neural Network Experiment." _Dr. Dobb's Journal_ (April, 1987) 16ff. Colvin, Gregory. "Synapsys: A Neural Network." _The C Users Journal_ (April, 1989) 59ff. King, Todd. "Using Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition." _Dr. Dobb's Journal_ (January, 1989) 14ff. Klimasauskas, Casey. "Neural Nets and Noise Filtering." _Dr. Dobb's Journal_ (January, 1989) 32ff. Jones, Wiliam P., and Josiah Hoskins. "Back-Propagation." _Byte_ *********** From: Mike Kranzdorf To: All Msg #197, 28-Aug-90 04:38pm Subject: Mac neural net- new info From: mikek@fred.colorado.edu (Mike Kranzdorf) Date: 27 Aug 90 18:17:31 GMT Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Message-ID: <25248@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.ai I have recently moved and thought I should update folks as well as provide the info for new readers concerning my Macintosh neural network simulator called Mactivation (now version 3.3): Mactivation is an introductory neural network simulator which runs on all Macintoshes. A graphical interface provides direct access to units, connections, and patterns. Basic concepts of associative memory and network operation can be explored, with many low level parameters available for modification. Back- propagation is not supported. A user's manual containing an introduction to connectionist networks and program documentation is included on one 800K Macintosh disk. The current version is 3.3, which fixes a very obscure system error and changes some menu names for clarity (I hope). Mactivation is available from the author, Mike Kranzdorf. The program may be freely copied, including for classroom distribution. To obtain a copy, send your name and address and a check payable to Mike Kranzdorf for $5 (US). International orders should send either an international postal money order for five dollars US or ten (10) international postal coupons. Mactivation 3.2 is available via anonymous ftp on boulder.colorado.edu Please don't ask me how to deal with ftp - that's why I offer it via snail mail. Mike Kranzdorf P.O. Box 1379 Nederland, CO 80466-1379 internet: mikek@boulder.colorado.edu uucp:{ncar|nbires}!boulder!mikek AppleLink: OBLIO END FTP LIST