From hrb@se.houston.geoquest.slb.com Mon Oct 11 18:47:47 EDT 1993 Article: 12644 of comp.ai.neural-nets Xref: crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai.neural-nets:12644 Path: crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!news.sinet.slb.com!hrb From: hrb@se.houston.geoquest.slb.com (Horacio Bouzas) Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets Subject: WCNN 1994 Call For Papers Date: 6 Oct 1993 17:03:28 GMT Organization: GeoQuest Systems Inc. Houston Lines: 96 Distribution: world Message-ID: <28utp0$rg3@sndsu1.sinet.slb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: guinan.se.houston.geoquest.slb.com Originator: hrb@guinan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD CONGRESS ON NEURAL NETWORKS SAN DIEGO 1994 INTERNATIONAL NEURAL NETWORK SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING Town & Country Hotel San Diego, California June 4-9, 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C A L L F O R P A P E R S -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SESSION TOPICS SESSION CHAIRS 1. Biological Vision S. Grossberg, V.S. Ramachandran 2. Machine Vision K. Fukushima, R. Hecht-Nielson 3. Speech and Language D. Rumelhart, R. Peterson 4. Biological Neural Networks T. McKenna, J. Davis 5. Neurocontrol and Robotics A. Barto, K. Ashenayi 6. Supervised Learning G. Lendaris, S.Y. Lee 7. Unsupervised Learning G. Carpenter 8. Pattern Recognition T. Kohonen, B. Telfer 9. NEW! Prediction and System Identification P. Werbos, G. Deboeck 10. Cognitive Neuroscience D. Alkon, D. Fong 11. NEW! Links to Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence J. Anderson, L. Medsker 12. Neural Fuzzy Systems L. Zadeh, B Kosko 13. Signal Processing B. Widrow, H. Bouzas 14. NEW! Nurodynamics and Chaos H. Szu, M. Zaghoul 15. Hardware Implementations C. Lau, R. Castain, M. Sayeh 16. Associative Memory J. Taylor, S. Usui 17. Applications D. Casasent, R. Pap, D. Sobajic 18. NEW! Neuroprocessing and Virtual Reality L. Giles, H. Hawkins 19. Circuits & Systems Neuroscience J. Dayhoff, C. Koch 20. NEW! Mathematical Foundations S-I. Amari, D. Levine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Papers must be received by December 10, 1993. The deadline WILL NOT be extended. Authors must submit registration payment with papers to be eligible for early registration fee. Six (6) copies (1 original, 5 copies) are required for submission. Do not fold or staple originals. Six page limit, in English. $20 per page for papers exceeding six (6) pages (do not number pages). Checks for over length charges should be made to INNS and MUST be included with submitted paper. Papers must be: camera-ready on 8 1/2" x 11" white paper with 1" margins on all sides, on column format, single spaced, in Times or similar type style of 10 points or larger, one side of paper only. FAX is not acceptable. By submi- tting a previously unpublished paper, author agrees to the transfer of the copyright to INNS for the conference proceedings.Centered at top of first page should be complete title, author name(s), affiliation(s) and mailing address(es) followed by blank space, abstract (up to 15 lines), and text. The following information MUST be included in an accompanying cover letter in order for the paper to be reviewed: Full title of paper, corresponding author(s) and presenting author name, address, telephone and fax numbers, Technical Session (see session topics) 1st and 2nd choices, oral or poster presentation preferred, audio visual requirements (for oral presentations only) and INNS member number. Papers to be sent to the following address: WCNN San Diego INNS 1250 24th Street NW, Ste 300 Washington, DC 20037 Attn: Program Chairs INNS members will be allowed a chance for revision. In order to be elegible for revision, your cover letter MUST include your INNS member number. All members of INNS up to the paper deadline may designate up to one paper with themselves as an author for automatic acceptance. This guarantees only a poster presentation and abstract publication for that paper. INNS members and others may submit papers already accepted by journals, or publicly accessible Tech reports. In lieu of a paper, for considerations as the basis of an oral presentation. In such a case, the member must submit at least three copies of the relevant paper, along with an abstract of the talk which clearly cites the paper well enough to permit easy access to it. When such talk are accepted, then only the abstracts will be published. If you have any questions you may contact the INNS at: Phone: 202-466-4667 Fax : 202-466-2888 -- \_ \_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ Horacio Bouzas - Schlumberger GeoQuest \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ 5858 Westheimer, Ste 800 - Houston, Tx 77057 \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ V: 01 713 952-2100 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ F : 01 713 952-2420 Article 13204 of comp.ai.neural-nets: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai.neural-nets:13204 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!csn!news.sinet.slb.com!hrb From: hrb@se.houston.geoquest.slb.com (Horacio Bouzas) Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets Subject: WCNN 1994 Call For Papers Date: 1 Nov 1993 16:23:53 GMT Organization: GeoQuest Systems Inc. Houston Lines: 96 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2b3d6p$i4j@sndsu1.sinet.slb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: colorado.se.houston.geoquest.slb.com Originator: hrb@colorado -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD CONGRESS ON NEURAL NETWORKS SAN DIEGO 1994 INTERNATIONAL NEURAL NETWORK SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING Town & Country Hotel San Diego, California June 4-9, 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C A L L F O R P A P E R S -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SESSION TOPICS SESSION CHAIRS 1. Biological Vision S. Grossberg, V.S. Ramachandran 2. Machine Vision K. Fukushima, R. Hecht-Nielson 3. Speech and Language D. Rumelhart, R. Peterson 4. Biological Neural Networks T. McKenna, J. Davis 5. Neurocontrol and Robotics A. Barto, K. Ashenayi 6. Supervised Learning G. Lendaris, S.Y. Lee 7. Unsupervised Learning G. Carpenter 8. Pattern Recognition T. Kohonen, B. Telfer 9. NEW! Prediction and System Identification P. Werbos, G. Deboeck 10. Cognitive Neuroscience D. Alkon, D. Fong 11. NEW! Links to Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence J. Anderson, L. Medsker 12. Neural Fuzzy Systems L. Zadeh, B Kosko 13. Signal Processing B. Widrow, H. Bouzas 14. NEW! Nurodynamics and Chaos H. Szu, M. Zaghoul 15. Hardware Implementations C. Lau, R. Castain, M. Sayeh 16. Associative Memory J. Taylor, S. Usui 17. Applications D. Casasent, R. Pap, D. Sobajic 18. NEW! Neuroprocessing and Virtual Reality L. Giles, H. Hawkins 19. Circuits & Systems Neuroscience J. Dayhoff, C. Koch 20. NEW! Mathematical Foundations S-I. Amari, D. Levine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Papers must be received by December 10, 1993. The deadline WILL NOT be extended. Authors must submit registration payment with papers to be eligible for early registration fee. Six (6) copies (1 original, 5 copies) are required for submission. Do not fold or staple originals. Six page limit, in English. $20 per page for papers exceeding six (6) pages (do not number pages). Checks for over length charges should be made to INNS and MUST be included with submitted paper. Papers must be: camera-ready on 8 1/2" x 11" white paper with 1" margins on all sides, on column format, single spaced, in Times or similar type style of 10 points or larger, one side of paper only. FAX is not acceptable. By submi- tting a previously unpublished paper, author agrees to the transfer of the copyright to INNS for the conference proceedings.Centered at top of first page should be complete title, author name(s), affiliation(s) and mailing address(es) followed by blank space, abstract (up to 15 lines), and text. The following information MUST be included in an accompanying cover letter in order for the paper to be reviewed: Full title of paper, corresponding author(s) and presenting author name, address, telephone and fax numbers, Technical Session (see session topics) 1st and 2nd choices, oral or poster presentation preferred, audio visual requirements (for oral presentations only) and INNS member number. Papers to be sent to the following address: WCNN San Diego INNS 1250 24th Street NW, Ste 300 Washington, DC 20037 Attn: Program Chairs INNS members will be allowed a chance for revision. In order to be elegible for revision, your cover letter MUST include your INNS member number. All members of INNS up to the paper deadline may designate up to one paper with themselves as an author for automatic acceptance. This guarantees only a poster presentation and abstract publication for that paper. INNS members and others may submit papers already accepted by journals, or publicly accessible Tech reports. In lieu of a paper, for considerations as the basis of an oral presentation. In such a case, the member must submit at least three copies of the relevant paper, along with an abstract of the talk which clearly cites the paper well enough to permit easy access to it. When such talk are accepted, then only the abstracts will be published. If you have any questions you may contact the INNS at: Phone: 202-466-4667 Fax : 202-466-2888 -- \_ \_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ Horacio Bouzas - Schlumberger GeoQuest \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ 5858 Westheimer, Ste 800 - Houston, Tx 77057 \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ V: 01 713 952-2100 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ F : 01 713 952-2420 Article 16186 of comp.ai.neural-nets: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai.neural-nets:16186 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!mojo.eng.umd.edu!dayhoff From: dayhoff@eng.umd.edu (Judith E. Dayhoff) Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets Subject: WCNN'94 Registration Announcement Date: 27 Apr 1994 18:05:32 GMT Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 304 Message-ID: <2pm9hc$qm7@mojo.eng.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: newra.src.umd.edu WW WW CCCCCCCC NN NN NN NN oo 999999 44 44 WW WW CC CC NNN NN NNN NN oo 99 99 44 44 WW W WW CC NNNN NN NNNN NN 99 99 44 44 WW WWW WW CC NN NN NN NN NN NN 9999999 4444444 WWW WWW CC NN NN NN NN NN NN 99 44 W W CCCCCCC NN NNNN NN NNNN 99 44 ************************** *REGISTRATION INFORMATION* ************************** WORLD CONGRESS ON NEURAL NETWORKS, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, JUNE 5-9, 1994 *** Neural Network Industrial Exposition INNS University Short Courses Six Plenary Talks *** Five Special Sessions Twenty Sessions of Invited and Contributed Talks At least 9 SIG sessions *** Sponsored and Organized by the International Neural Network Society (INNS) *** Table of Contents of This Announcement: 1. NEWS AND CHANGES TO PRELIMINARY PROGRAM 2. INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION SCHEDULE CHANGES AND NEW LECTURES 3. PLENARY TALKS 4. SPECIAL SESSIONS 5. INVITED/CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS 6. SHORT COURSES 7. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS 8. NOTE 9. REGISTRATION 10.HOTEL RESERVATIONS =================================================================== 1. NEWS From the Organizing Committee: The INNS Office has had a management change. We apologize for any delay, confusion or inconvenience you may have experienced during transition. The Registration Deadline has been extended to MAY 16. Many of you know our new management from previous Congresses: Talley Associates (Att: Melissa Bishop) Address: 875 Kings Highway, Suite 200 Woodbury, NJ 08096; Voice 609-845-1720; FAX 609-853-0411 You may use this FAX for Congress Registration. Details of the change will be presented Monday June 6, 5-6 pm during the Presidential Speech. Your support is making WCNN'94 a success. Signed: Paul Werbos, Bernard Widrow, Harold Szu Should you have any specific recommendation about ways to make WCNN-94 more productive, please contact any Governors that you know or Dr. Harold Szu at (301) 390-3097; FAX (301) 390-3923; e-mail: hszu%ulysses@relay.nswc.navy.mil. To improve the structure of the Congress and achieve a more compact schedule for attendees, several changes have been made since the Preliminary Program: A. Short Courses Start Sunday Morning June 5. All Saturday Short Courses have been moved to Monday June 6, with the exception that Course [I] (J. Dayhoff) will be given Sunday 8AM - 12PM. To make room in the schedule for that change, Course [H] (W. Freeman) moves from Sunday to Monday 8AM - 12PM. On Monday the Short Courses are concurrent with the Exposition. B. The SPECIAL OFFER has been made more generous, to encourage students. For each of your Short Course registrations you can give a colleague in the same or lower-priced Registration Category a FREE Short Course! Enter his or her name on the Registration Form below ``TOTAL.'' The recipient of the gift should indicate ``Gift from [your name]'' at the time of registration. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PRE-REGISTERED, arrange the gift now by FAX to 609-853-0411. =================================================================== 2. INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION SCHEDULE CHANGES AND NEW LECTURES Monday June 6: 8 - 11 AM: Hardware; Software Video-demo talks; and Posters; 10 - 11 AM: Student Contest. The Contest is free-form, permitting many types of imaginative entry; Certificates and T-shirts will be awarded; no Grand Prize. 11 - Noon: Panel on Government Funding + Two New Lectures - in the Exposition Area: 12 - 1PM: Teuvo Kohonen: ``Exotic Applications of the Self-Organizing Map'' 5 - 6PM: Walter Freeman (Presidential Lecture): "Noncomputational Neural Networks" =================================================================== 3. PLENARY TALKS: Lotfi Zadeh, UC Berkeley "Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, and Soft Computing" Per Bak, Brookhaven Nat. Lab. "Introduction to Self-Organized Criticality" Bernard Widrow, Stanford University "Adaptive Inverse Control" Melanie Mitchell, Santa Fe Institute "Genetic Algorithm Applications" Paul Werbos, NSF "Brain-Like Intelligence in Artificial Models: How Do We Really Get There?" John G. Taylor, King's College London "Capturing What It Is Like To Be: Modelling the Mind by Neural Networks" =================================================================== 4. SPECIAL SESSIONS "Biomedical Applications of Neural Networks," (Tuesday) "Commercial and Industrial Applications of Neural Networks," (Tuesday) "Financial and Economic Applications of Neural Networks," (Wednesday) "Neural Networks in Chemical Engineering," (Thursday) "Mind, Brain and Consciousness" (Thursday) =================================================================== 5. INVITED/CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS (Too many to list here!) June 7 - 9 Also at least 9 Special Interest Group (SIG) Sessions are tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, June 8 from 8 -9:30 pm. =================================================================== 6. SHORT COURSES 8am - 12pm Sunday, June 5 [M] Gail Carpenter, Boston University: Adaptive Resonance Theory [L] Bernard Widrow, Stanford University: Adaptive Filters, Adaptive Controls, Adaptive Neural Networks and Applications [I] Judith Dayhoff, University of Maryland: Neurodynamics of Temporal Processing [G] Shun-Ichi Amari, University of Tokyo: Learning Curves, Generalization Errors and Model Selection 1pm - 5pm Sunday, June 5 [U] Lotfi Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley: Fuzzy Logic and Calculi of Fuzzy Rules and Fuzzy Graphs [K] Paul Werbos, NSF: From Backpropagation to Real-Time Control [O] Stephen Grossberg, Boston University: Autonomous Neurodynamics: From Perception to Action [E] John Taylor, King's College, London: Stochastic Neural Computing: From Living Neurons to Hardware 6pm - 10 pm Sunday, June 5 [V] Nicolai G. Rambidi, Int'l. Research Inst. for Management Sciences: Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Based on Molecular Neural Networks [C] Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology: Vision Chips: Implementing Vision Algorithms with Analog VLSI Circuits 8am - 12pm Monday, June 6 [T] Melanie Mitchell, Santa Fe Institute: Genetic Algorithms, Theory and Applications [R] David Casasent, Carnegie Mellon University: Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks [H] Walter Freeman, University of California, Berkeley: Review of Neurobiology: From Single Neurons to Chaotic Dynamics of the Cerebral Cortex [P] Lee Giles, NEC Research Institute: Dynamically-driven Recurrent Networks: Models, Training Algorithms and Applications 1pm - 5pm Monday, June 6 [S] Per Bak, Brookhaven National Laboratory: Introduction to Self-Organized Criticality [D] Kunihiko Fukushima, Osaka University: Visual Pattern Recognition with Neural Networks [B] James A. Anderson, Brown University: Neural Networks Computation as Viewed by Cognitive Science and Neuroscience [Q] Alianna Maren, Accurate Automation Corporation: Introduction to Neural Network Applications 6pm - 10 pm Monday, June 6 [N] Takeshi Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology: What are the Differences and Similarities among Fuzzy, Neural, and Chaotic Systems? [A] Teuvo Kohonen, Helsinki University of Technology: Advances in the Theory and Applications of Self-Organizing Maps [J] Richard A. Andersen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Neurobiologically Plausible Network Models [F] Harold Szu, Naval Surface Warfare Center: Spatiotemporal Information Processing by Means of McCullouch-Pitts and Chaotic Neurons =================================================================== 7. TRAVEL RESERVATIONS: Executive Travel Associates (ETA) has been selected the official travel company for the World Congress on Neural Networks. ETA offers the lowest available fares on any airline at time of booking when you contact them at US phone number 202-828-3501 or toll free (in the US) at 800-562-0189 and identify yourself as a participant in the Congress. Flights booked on American Airlines, the official airline for this meeting, will result in an additional discount. Please provide the booking agent you use with the code: Star #S0464FS =================================================================== 8. ** NOTE ** Neither WCNN'94 (INNS) nor the Hotel can accept "electronic registration" or "electronic reservations" by E-Mail. The Hotel will accept telephoned reservations (note the May 6 deadline below!). For WCNN'94 Registration, use surface/air mail or FAX. ********************************************************************** 9. ___ ____ ____ _ __ _____ ___ _ _____ _ ___ _ _ | | | | \ | / | | | / \ | | / \ |\ | |__\ --- | | \_ | |__\ /___\ | | | | | \ | | \ | \ __ | \ | | \ | | | | | | | \ | | | |___ \___| | __/ | | | | | | | \__/ L \| ----Cut here, print out (Monospaced font such as Monaco 9, 62 lines/pg)---- REGISTRATION FORM WCNN'94 at Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, California June 5 - 9, 1994 REGISTRATION FEE (includes all sessions, plenaries, proceedings, reception, AND Industrial Exposition. Separate registration for Short Courses, below.) Before May 16, 1994 On-Site FEE ENCLOSED _ INNS Member Member Number__________ US$280 US$395 $_________ _ Non Members: US$380 US$495 $_________ _ Full Time Students: US$110 US$135 $_________ _ Spouse/Guest: US$45 US$55 $_________ Or Neural Network Industrial Exposition -Only- _ US$55 US$55 $_________ *************************************************** INNS UNIVERSITY SHORT COURSE REGISTRATION (must be received by May 16, 1994) Circle paid selections: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Circle free selection (Pay for 2 short courses, get the third FREE) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V SHORT COURSE FEE _ INNS Members: US$275 $_________ _ Non Members: US$325 $_________ _ Full Time Students: US$150 $_________ Congress + Short Course TOTAL: $_________ For each paid course, nominate an accompanying person, registering in the same or lower category, for a free course: Mr./Ms.___________________ That person must also register by May 16, and indicate "Gift from [your name]" on the registration form. METHODS OF PAYMENT _ $ CHECK. All check payments made outside of the USA must be made on a USA bank in US dollars, payable to WCNN'94 _ $ CREDIT CARDS. Only VISA and MasterCard accepted. Registrations sent by FAX or surface/air mail must include an authorized signature. ( ) Visa ( ) M/C Name on Credit Card ______________________________________ Credit Card Number _______________________________________ Exp. Date ________________________________________________ Authorized Signature: _____________________________________ FAX: 609-853-0411 then Mail to INNS/WCNN'94 c/o Talley Associates, 875 Kings Highway, Suite 200 Woodbury, NJ 08096 ========================================================================== 10. HOTEL RESERVATIONS REGISTER AT TOWN & COUNTRY HOTEL, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (WCNN'94 Site) -----Cut here and print (Monospaced font such as Monaco 9, 62 lines/pg)---- Mail to Reservations, Town and Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108, USA; or FAX to 619-291-3584 Telephone: (800)772-8527 or (619)291-7131 INNS - WCNN'94 International Neural Network Society, World Congress on Neural Networks '94 _ Single: US$70 - US$95 plus applicable taxes _ Double: US$80 - US$105 plus applicable taxes Check in time: 3:00 pm. Check out time: 12:00 noon. Room reservations will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis until May 6, 1994. Reservations received after this date will be accepted on a space-available basis and cannot be guaranteed. Reservations after May 6 will also be subject to the rates prevailing at the time of the reservation. A confirmation of your reservation will be sent to you by the hotel. A first night's room deposit is required to confirm a reservation. PRINT OR TYPE ALL INFORMATION. Single________ Double_______ Arrival Date and approximate time:________________________________ Departure Date and approximate time:______________________________ Names of all occupants of room:____________________________________ RESERVATION CONFIRMATION SHOULD BE SENT TO: Name:____________________ Address:____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ City:____________________State/Province:_________________Country:__________ Type of Credit Card: (circle one) VISA/ MasterCard/ AmEx/ Diner's Club/ Discover/ Optima Card Number:______________________________ Exp. Date____________________ Name as it appears on your Card:______________________________ Authorized Signature: ______________________________ Cancellation Policy: Deposits are refundable if reservation is cancelled 48 hours in advance of arrival date. Be sure to record your cancellation number. Please indicate any disability which will require special assistance: _____________________________________________ FAX to 619-291-3584 ========================================================================== Article 16466 of comp.ai.neural-nets: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai.neural-nets:16466 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!eff!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!mojo.eng.umd.edu!dayhoff From: dayhoff@eng.umd.edu (Judith E. Dayhoff) Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets Subject: WCNN'94 updated registration info, with news Date: 9 May 1994 21:23:42 GMT Organization: ISR, University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 387 Message-ID: <2qm9ku$dke@mojo.eng.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: newra.src.umd.edu WW WW CCCCCCCC NN NN NN NN oo 999999 44 44 WW WW CC CC NNN NN NNN NN oo 99 99 44 44 WW W WW CC NNNN NN NNNN NN 99 99 44 44 WW WWW WW CC NN NN NN NN NN NN 9999999 4444444 WWW WWW CC NN NN NN NN NN NN 99 44 W W CCCCCCC NN NNNN NN NNNN 99 44 ************************** *UPDATED REGISTRATION INFORMATION *CALL FOR NOVEL RESULTS PAPERS ************************** WORLD CONGRESS ON NEURAL NETWORKS, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, JUNE 5-9, 1994 *** Industrial Exposition -- Giant-Screen Video 22 INNS University HALF-DAY Short Courses Six Plenary Talks *** Five Special Sessions Twenty Sessions of Invited and Contributed Talks At least 9 SIG sessions *** Sponsored and Organized by the International Neural Network Society (INNS) in cooperation with all other interested technical & professional societies. *** Table of Contents of This Announcement: 1. NEWS! NOVEL-RESULTS SUBMISSION to June 1; POSTDOC SPECIAL 2. INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION SCHEDULE CHANGES AND NEW LECTURES 3. PLENARY TALKS 4. SPECIAL SESSIONS 5. INVITED/CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS 6. SHORT COURSES 7. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS 8. NOTE 9. REGISTRATION 10.HOTEL RESERVATIONS 11.STUDENT VOLUNTEERS! =================================================================== 1. NEWS! WCNN'94 has accepted over 600 papers that are published in the Proceedings. An interdisciplinary and scientific approach to neural network is maintained with a balanced program in all application areas as well. Furthermore, WCNN'94 has two days (Sunday & Monday June 5,6) filled with 22 half-day short courses (never given before) by all INNS Governors who have participated this year. Judging by these, WCNN'94 will be indeed a very exciting conference. To ease the on-site registration congestion, the official deadline for WCNN'94 pre-registration has been postponed to May 16, 1994. PostDocs may obtain the Student Rate by including a letter from your Supervisor with the Registration Form (or bring it to the Congress for a refund). FAX the Form (item 9) or email your questions to: Talley Associates (Att: WCNN'94 Melissa Bishop) Address: 875 Kings Highway, Suite 200 Woodbury, NJ 08096; Voice 609-845-1720; FAX 609-853-0411, e-mail: 74577.504@compuserve.com SUBMIT YOUR NOVEL RESULTS UNTIL JUNE 1 FOR ON-SITE PUBLICATION In order to stimulate rapid growth in neural network research, we encourage the presentation of your newest results in the Congress. The deadline for Proceedings has passed, but in answer to many requests here is good news: You may submit one original and three copies in the standard format to our Talley conference management (to be reviewed by the three members of Organization Committee) for rapid separate publication at the Congress. The deadline is June 1, 1994. Notification will be made by fax, phone, or e-mail a few days after receipt of your paper. If accepted, your registration will be handled specially to enjoy the saving of pre-registration. If there are a sufficient number of these Novel papers accepted, there will be a special session created called "Novel Results" during the Congress. Otherwise, a poster presentation will be guaranteed. Moreover, in order to promote the WCNN'94 education program, you can give a short course to one of your friends free of charge, if you pay for one tuition. If you sign up for two courses, you will get one extra free, and this bonus is likewise extended to your chosen friend as well. Finally, we mentioned that we have streamlined WCNN'94 meeting management by giving Talley direct control over the management of the Conference, without going through the Executive Office. Many of you know the Talley management team from previous Congresses. You may use their FAX (609-853-0411) for registration; use the form at the end of this message. Signed: Paul Werbos, Bernard Widrow, Harold Szu P.S. Should you have any specific recommendation about ways to make WCNN'94 more successful, please contact any Governors that you know, or Dr. Harold Szu at (301) 390-3097; FAX (301) 390-3923; e-mail: hszu%ulysses@relay.nswc.navy.mil. *** To improve the structure of the Congress and achieve a more compact schedule for attendees, several changes have been made since the Preliminary Program: A. Short Courses Start Sunday Morning June 5. All Saturday Short Courses have been moved to Monday June 6, with the exception that Course [I] (J. Dayhoff) will be given Sunday 8AM - 12PM. To make room in the schedule for that change, Course [H] (W. Freeman) moves from Sunday to Monday 8AM - 12PM. On Monday the Short Courses are concurrent with the Exposition. [To Lecturers: Talley will reproduce Course Notes received by no later than May 20.] B. The SPECIAL OFFER has been made more generous, to encourage students. For each of your Short Course registrations you can give a colleague in the same or lower-priced Registration Category a FREE Short Course! Enter his or her name on the Registration Form below ``TOTAL.'' The recipient of the gift should indicate ``Gift from [your name]'' at the time of registration. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PRE-REGISTERED, arrange the gift now by FAX to 609-853-0411. =================================================================== 2. INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION SCHEDULE CHANGES AND NEW LECTURES Monday June 6: Chair: Prof. Takeshi Yamakawa, Kyushu Inst. of Tech., Japan; Soo-Young Lee of KAIST, Korean Liason; Pierre Martineau of M.&A., European Liason; R. Hecht-Nielsen, HNC, Inc.; D. Hammerstrom, Adaptive Solutions, Inc.; Robert Pap, AAC; C. Kimasauskas, NeuralWare, Inc.; J. Sutherland, America, Ltd. 8 - 11 AM: In Video: Hardware-Software Video-demo talks, and Posters; 10 - 11 AM: Student Contest. The Contest is free-form, permitting many types of imaginative entry; Certificates and T-shirts will be awarded; no cash Grand Prize. 11 - Noon: Panel on Government Funding + Two New Lectures - in the Exposition Area: 12 - 1PM: Teuvo Kohonen: ``Exotic Applications of the Self-Organizing Map'' 5 - 6PM: Walter Freeman: ``Noncomputational Neural Networks' =================================================================== 3. PLENARY TALKS: Lotfi Zadeh, UC Berkeley "Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, and Soft Computing" Per Bak, Brookhaven Nat. Lab. "Introduction to Self-Organized Criticality" Bernard Widrow, Stanford University "Adaptive Inverse Control" Melanie Mitchell, Santa Fe Institute "Genetic Algorithm Applications" Paul Werbos, NSF "Brain-Like Intelligence in Artificial Models: How Do We Really Get There?" John G. Taylor, King's College London "Capturing What It Is Like To Be: Modelling the Mind by Neural Networks" =================================================================== 4. SPECIAL SESSIONS "Biomedical Applications of Neural Networks," (Tuesday) David Brown, FDA; John Weinstein, NIH. "Commercial and Industrial Applications of Neural Networks," (Tuesday) B. Widrow, D. Hammerstrom, Ken Otwell, Ken Marko, Tariq Samad. "Financial and Economic Applications of Neural Networks," (Wednesday) Guido Deboeck, World Bank. "Neural Networks in Chemical Engineering," (Thursday) Am. Inst. of Chem. Eng. Thom McAvoy. "Mind, Brain and Consciousness" (Thursday) by J. Taylor, "TBD", W. Freeman, "Some category confusions in using neural networks to model consciousness", and presentations by S. Grossberg, G. Roth, B. Libet, P. Werbos, C. Koch, D. Levine, etc. =================================================================== 5. 20 INVITED/CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS June 7 - 9 Co-Chair by 20 INNS Governors & 20 Special Interest Group Chairpersons. Also at least 9 Special Interest Group (SIG) Sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, June 8 from 8 -9:30 pm. e.g.Neuroscience: D. Alkon, NIH; ATR/Biosensors: H. Hawkins, ONR, B. Telfer: Mental & Dysfunction: D. Levine;Power Eng.: D. Sobajic, EPRI, and others TBD. =================================================================== 6. SHORT COURSES 8am - 12pm Sunday, June 5 [M] Gail Carpenter, Boston University: Adaptive Resonance Theory [L] Bernard Widrow, Stanford University: Adaptive Filters, Adaptive Controls, Adaptive Neural Networks and Applications [I] Judith Dayhoff, University of Maryland: Neurodynamics of Temporal Processing [G] Shun-Ichi Amari, University of Tokyo: Learning Curves, Generalization Errors and Model Selection 1pm - 5pm Sunday, June 5 [U] Lotfi Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley: Fuzzy Logic and Calculi of Fuzzy Rules and Fuzzy Graphs [K] Paul Werbos, NSF: From Backpropagation to Real-Time Control [O] Stephen Grossberg, Boston University: Autonomous Neurodynamics: From Perception to Action [E] John Taylor, King's College, London: Stochastic Neural Computing: From Living Neurons to Hardware 6pm - 10 pm Sunday, June 5 [V] Nicolai G. Rambidi, Int'l. Research Inst. for Management Sciences: Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Based on Molecular Neural Networks [C] Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology: Vision Chips: Implementing Vision Algorithms with Analog VLSI Circuits 8am - 12pm Monday, June 6 [T] Melanie Mitchell, Santa Fe Institute: Genetic Algorithms, Theory and Applications [R] David Casasent, Carnegie Mellon University: Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks [H] Walter Freeman, University of California, Berkeley: Review of Neurobiology: From Single Neurons to Chaotic Dynamics of the Cerebral Cortex [P] Lee Giles, NEC Research Institute: Dynamically-driven Recurrent Networks: Models, Training Algorithms and Applications 1pm - 5pm Monday, June 6 [S] Per Bak, Brookhaven National Laboratory: Introduction to Self-Organized Criticality [D] Kunihiko Fukushima, Osaka University: Visual Pattern Recognition with Neural Networks [B] James A. Anderson, Brown University: Neural Networks Computation as Viewed by Cognitive Science and Neuroscience [Q] Alianna Maren, Accurate Automation Corporation: Introduction to Neural Network Applications 6pm - 10 pm Monday, June 6 [N] Takeshi Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology: What are the Differences and Similarities among Fuzzy, Neural, and Chaotic Systems? [A] Teuvo Kohonen, Helsinki University of Technology: Advances in the Theory and Applications of Self-Organizing Maps [J] Richard A. Andersen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Neurobiologically Plausible Network Models [F] Harold Szu, Naval Surface Warfare Center: Spatiotemporal Information Processing by Means of McCullouch-Pitts and Chaotic Neurons =================================================================== 7. TRAVEL RESERVATIONS: Executive Travel Associates (ETA) has been selected the official travel company for the World Congress on Neural Networks. ETA offers the lowest available fares on any airline at time of booking when you contact them at US phone number 202-828-3501 or toll free (in the US) at 800-562-0189 and identify yourself as a participant in the Congress. Flights booked on American Airlines, Delta Airline, the official airline for this meeting, will result in an additional discount. Please provide the booking agent you use with the AA code: Star #S0464FS =================================================================== 8. ** NOTE ** Neither WCNN'94 nor the Hotel can accept e-mail registration or reservations. The Hotel will accept phone and FAX reservations while rooms remain available. For WCNN'94 Registration, use surface/air mail or FAX. ********************************************************************** 9___ ____ ____ _ __ _____ ___ _ _____ _ ___ _ _ | | | | \ | / | | | / \ | | / \ |\ | |__\ --- | | \_ | |__\ /___\ | | | | | \ | | \ | \ __ | \ | | \ | | | | | | | \ | | | |___ \___| | __/ | | | | | | | \__/ L \| WCNN'94 at Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, California June 5 - 9, 1994 Phone:_______________ Name:_______________________________________ FAX:__________________ Address:____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ If your name badge is to read differently, indicate the changes here: REGISTRATION FEE (includes all sessions, plenaries, proceedings, reception, AND Industrial Exposition. Separate registration for Short Courses, below.) Before May 16, 1994 On-Site FEE ENCLOSED _ INNS Member Member Number__________ US$280 US$395 $_________ _ Non Members: US$380 US$495 $_________ _ Full Time Students: US$110 US$135 $_________ AND PostDocs (Include a letter from PostDoc Supervisor) _ Spouse/Guest: US$45 US$55 $_________ Name:________________ Or Neural Network Industrial Exposition -Only- _ US$55 US$55 $_________ *************************************************** INNS UNIVERSITY SHORT COURSE REGISTRATION (must be received by May 16, 1994) Circle paid selections: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Circle free selection (Pay for 2 short courses, get the third FREE) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V SHORT COURSE FEE _ INNS Members: US$275 $_________ _ Non Members: US$325 $_________ _ Full Time Students US$150 $_________ Congress + Short Course TOTAL: $_________ For each paid course, nominate an accompanying person, registering in the same or lower category, for a free course: Mr./Ms.___________________ That person must also register by May 16, and indicate "Gift from [your name]" on the registration form. METHODS OF PAYMENT _ $ CHECK. All check payments made outside of the USA must be made on a USA bank in US dollars, payable to WCNN'94 _ $ CREDIT CARDS. Only VISA and MasterCard accepted. Registrations sent by FAX or surface/air mail must include an authorized signature. ( ) Visa ( ) M/C Name on Credit Card ______________________________________ Credit Card Number _______________________________________ Exp. Date ________________________________________________ Authorized Signature: _____________________________________ FAX: 609-853-0411 or E-mail: 74577.504@compuserve.com then Mail to INNS/WCNN'94 c/o Talley Associates, 875 Kings Highway, Suite 200 Woodbury, NJ 08096 ========================================================================== 10. HOTEL RESERVATIONS REGISTER AT TOWN & COUNTRY HOTEL, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (WCNN'94 Site) Mail to Reservations, Town and Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108, USA; or FAX to 619-291-3584 Telephone: (800)772-8527 or (619)291-7131 INNS - WCNN'94 International Neural Network Society, World Congress on Neural Networks '94 _ Single: US$70 - US$95 plus applicable taxes _ Double: US$80 - US$105 plus applicable taxes Check in time: 3:00 pm. Check out time: 12:00 noon. Room reservations will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis until May 6, 1994. Reservations received after this date will be accepted on a space-available basis and cannot be guaranteed. Reservations after May 6 will also be subject to the rates prevailing at the time of the reservation. A confirmation of your reservation will be sent to you by the hotel. A first night's room deposit is required to confirm a reservation. PRINT OR TYPE ALL INFORMATION. Single________ Double_______ Arrival Date and approximate time:________________________________ Departure Date and approximate time:______________________________ Names of all occupants of room:____________________________________ RESERVATION CONFIRMATION SHOULD BE SENT TO: Name:____________________ Address:____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ City:____________________State/Province:_________________Country:__________ Type of Credit Card: (circle one) VISA/ MasterCard/ AmEx/ Diner's Club/ Discover/ Optima Card Number:______________________________ Exp. Date____________________ Name as it appears on your Card:______________________________ Authorized Signature: ______________________________ Cancellation Policy: Deposits are refundable if reservation is cancelled 48 hours in advance of arrival date. Be sure to record your cancellation number. Please indicate any disability which will require special assistance: _____________________________________________ FAX to 619-291-3584 e-mail: 74577.504@compuserve.com 11. Student Volunteers INNS always tries to support students in NN. This is a tradition. Volunteer workers will get free registration and certain expenses. However, no travel expenses can be considered. We still need at least 8 students to help at WCNN'94. While Ms. Melissa Bishop will be the overall Coordinator, please contact for details about work and compensation the Student Leader: (1) Student Leader: Mr Charles Hsu, Ph D Candidate GWU (Student of Prof. Mona Zaghloul, Chair of GWU EE Dept,) WCNN'94 Oral Presentation in Session 14 Neurodynamics & Chaos "Chaotic neurochips .." (with Zaghloul) Thursday 1:30-1:50 PM Address: Charles Hsu, 1600 S. Joyce St. #C710, Arlington VA 22202 Phone: (202) 994-9390 e-mail: charles@seas.gwu.edu (2) Deputy Leader: Ms Ding Jinghua, M.S. in NN from Japan Tohoku Univ. WCNN'94 Oral Presentation in Session #3 Speech & Language Thurs. 8:00-8:20 AM "Comp. Psych. Approach to Human Facial Language Communication to Robots" Address: Jinghua Ding, Berukasa 201, Tamagawagakuen 1-6-11, Machiada-Shi, Tokyo Japan Phone: 81-427-26-2628 e-mail: lchj@ibis.iamp.tohoku.ac.jp ==========================================================================