From eric@research.nj.nec.com Mon Feb 14 19:16:39 EST 1994 Article: 20675 of comp.ai Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:20675 Newsgroups: comp.ai Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!nj.nec.com!eric From: eric@research.nj.nec.com (Eric B. Baum) Subject: SYMPOSIUM: NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PARALLEL COMPUTATION Message-ID: <1994Feb14.151111.2958@research.nj.nec.com> Originator: eric@yin Sender: eric@research.nj.nec.com (Eric B. Baum) Organization: NEC Research Institute Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 15:11:11 GMT Lines: 108 Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PARALLEL COMPUTATION PRINCETON, NJ MAY 4 - 5, 1994 NEC Research Institute is pleased to announce that the Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Princeton, New Jersey on May 4 and 5, 1994. The title of this year's symposium is Natural and Artificial Parallel Computation. The conference will feature ten invited talks. The speakers are: - Larry Abbott, Brandeis University, "Activity- Dependent Modulation of Intrinsic Neuronal Properties" - Catherine Carr, University of Maryland, "Time Coding in the Central Nervous System" - Bill Dally, MIT, "Bandwidth, Granularity, and Mechanisms: Key Issues in the Design of Parallel Computers" - Amiram Grinvald, Weizmann Institute, "Architecture and Dynamics of Cell Assemblies in the Visual Cortex; New Perspectives From Fast and Slow Optical Imaging" - Akihiko Konagaya, NEC C&C Research Labs, "Knowledge Discovery in Genetic Sequences" - Chris Langton, Santa Fe Institute, "SWARM: An Agent Based Simulation System for Research in Complex Systems" - Thomas Ray, University of Delaware and ATR, "Evolution and Ecology of Digital Organisms" - Shuichi Sakai, Real World Computing Partnership, "RWC Massively Parallel ComputerProject" - Shigeru Tanaka, NEC Fundamental Research Labs, "A Mathematical Theory for the Experience- Dependent Development of Visual Cortex" - Leslie Valiant, Harvard University and NECI, "A Computational Model for Cognition" There will be no contributed papers. Registration is free of charge, but space is limited. Registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. YOU MUST PREREGISTER. There will be no on-site registration. To preregister by e-mail, send a request to: symposium@research.nj.nec.com. Registrants will receive an acknowledgment, space allowing. A request for preregistration is also possible by regular mail to Mrs. Irene Parker, NEC Research Institute, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, NJ 08540. Registrants will also be invited to an Open House/Poster Session and Reception at NEC Research Institute on Tuesday, May 3. The Open House will begin at 3:30 PM and the Reception will begin at 5:30 PM. In order to estimate headcount, please indicate in your preregistration request whether you plan to attend the Open House on May 3. Registrants are expected to make their own arrangements for accommodations. Provided below is a list of hotels in the area together with daily room rates. Please ask for the NEC Corporate Rate when reserving a room. Sessions will start at 8:15 AM Wednesday, May 4 and will be scheduled to finish at approximately 3:30 PM on Thursday, May 5. Red Roof Inn, South Brunswick (908)821-8800 $37.99 Novotel Hotel, Princeton (609)520-1200 $68.00 ($74.00/w breakfast) Palmer Inn, Princeton (609)452-2500 $73.00 Marriott Residence Inn, Princeton (908)329-9600 $85.00 w/continental breakfast Summerfield Suites, Princeton (609)951-0009 $92.00 Hyatt Regency, Princeton (609)987-1234 $105.00 Marriott Hotel, Princeton (609)452-7900 $125.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PLEASE RESPOND BY E-MAIL TO: symposium@research.nj.nec.com I would like to attend: _____ Open House _____ Symposium Name: ____________________________ Organization: ____________________________ E-mail address: ____________________________ Phone number: ____________________________