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                       Alife Digest, Number 074
                      Wednesday, March 25th 1992

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Today's Topics:

                   Calendar of Alife-related Events
                 Biocomputation Workshop in Monterey
               Cognitive Science Summer School / SAB92
                    Conference on System Sciences
                      Neural Networks Workshop 

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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 92 10:05:23 -0800
From: liane@cs.ucla.edu (Liane Gabora)
Subject: Calendar of Alife-related Events

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 CALENDAR OF ALIFE-RELATED ACTIVITIES:

 Canadian AI Conference, Vancouver, BC                   May 11-15, 1992
 Artificial Life III, Santa Fe, NM                       June 15-19, 1992
 Biocomputation Workshop, Monterey, CA                   June 22-24, 1992 v74
 10th National Conference on AI, San Jose, CA            Jul 12-17, 1992
 14th Conf of the Cognitive Science Soc, Bloomington IN  Jul 29-Aug 1, 1992
 10th European Conference on AI                          Aug  3-7, 1992
 13th International Congress on Cybernetics, Belgium     Aug 24-28, 1992
 Worshop on Neural Networks, Liverpool, England          Sep 7-8, 1992 v74
 Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Brussels          Sep 28-30, 1992
 State of the Art in Ecological Modelling, Kiel Germany  Sep 28-Oct 2, 1992
 Neural Processing Information Systems (NIPS), Denver    Nov 28-Dec 3, 1992 v73
 2nd International Conf on 
  Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Honolulu, Hawaii      Dec 7-11, 1992 v 74
 International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii     Jan 5-8, 1993 v74

 (Send announcements of other activities to alife@cognet.ucla.edu)

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From: Mike Anderson <anderson@atc.boeing.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 92 15:21:23 PST
Subject: Biocomputation Workshop in Monterey

      CALL FOR PAPERS  CALL FOR PAPERS  CALL FOR PAPERS

		    BIOCOMPUTATION WORKSHOP
	     Evolution as a computational process

		      June 22-24, 1992
			Monterey, CA

   This workshop brings together biologists, physicists and computer
   scientists with interests in the study of evolution. The premise
   of the workshop is that natural evolution is computational process
   of adaptation to an ever changing environment. Mathematical theory
   and computer modeling are therefore ideally suited to study evolution
   and conversely, evolution may be used as a model system to study the
   computational processes of optimization and emergent pattern formation.
   Fifteen invited speakers will provide general reviews and summaries of
   their recent research.  Although oral presentations will be limited to
   invited speakers, original research contributions are solicited for
   poster sessions in the following areas:

   natural evolution
   artificial life
   genetic algorthms and optimization

   List of speakers:
   ----------------
   Stuart Kauffman      --- University of Pensylvania, Santa Fe Institute
   Alan Templeton       --- Washington University, St. Louis
   Daniel Hillis        --- Thinking Machines Inc.
   Richard Hudson       --- University of California, Irvine
   Steven Frank         --- University of California, Irvine
   Joseph Felsenstein   --- University of Washington
   Alan Hastings        --- University of California, Davis
   Warren Ewens         --- Melbourne University and University of Phil
   Mark  Feldman        --- Stanford University
   Lee Altenberg        --- Duke University
   Aviv Bergman         --- SRI  and Stanford University
   Mark Bedau           --- Reed College
   Gary Beluzo          --- Holyoke Community College

   Instructions for Submissions and registration:
   ---------------------------------------------
   Authors should submit a single page abstract clearly stating their
   results by May 15 1992 to the Meeting Coordinator at the address
   listed below. Please indicate which of the above categories best
   applies to your paper.

   There will be no parallel sessions, and the workshop will be structured   to stimulate and facilitate the active involvement of all attendees.

   Registration fees are $100 for full-time Ph.D. students and $250 for all
   others. Fees include admission to a banquet, at the Monterey aquarium, to
   be held on Monday night. (There is a $50 discount for students presenting
   posters at the meeting.)

   To obtain registration materials, abstract forms and housing information,
   please contact the meeting coordinator.

   Organizing Committee: Joachim Buhmann (LLNL), Michael Colvin (SNL), 
   Richard Durbin (MRC), Frank Eeckman (LLNL), Richard Judson (SNL), 
   Nora Smiriga (LLNL)

   For information only please contact eeckman@mozart.llnl.gov.
   Electronic submissions only at jb@s1.gov

   Meeting Coordinator:
   Chris Ghinazzi
   P.O. Box 808, L-426
   Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
   Livermore, CA 94550

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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 92 14:51:26 HST
From: Herbert Roitblat  <roitblat@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Subject: Cognitive Science Summer School / SAB92

                     Call for Participation

      Comparative Approaches to Cognitive Science (CACS92):

                 An International Summer School

     CACS92 is an international summer school to be held in Aix
en Provence, France, July 6-17, 1992 on comparative approaches to
cognitive science.  This school will bring together leading
investigators in animal and human cognition, artificial
intelligence, and robotics to discuss, compare, and share the
concepts, problems, and techniques that characterize their fields
of investigation.  It will also offer numerous opportunities for
collaboration.  Its main goals are to discuss the role that
investigations of animals and machines can play in the
development of cognitive science generally, and to provide the
intellectual and methodological tools necessary to the
advancement of such developments.

     A major focus in cognitive science has been on modeling the
performance of tasks that are characteristic of human
intelligence, such as planning, problem solving, scientific
creativity, and the like.  Several investigators have recently
suggested the possibility of a complementary comparative approach
to cognitive science.  Rather than modeling toy problems from the
larger domain of human expert behavior, this approach advocates
the modeling of whole, albeit simple, organisms in a real
environment, performing real biological tasks (surviving,
exploring, mating, feeding, escaping predators, etc.).  The goal
of the approach is to develop coherent incremental models out of
functionally complete components.  Achieving this goal requires
that we investigate animal performance and the mechanisms they
use as the basis for our growing models.  It also requires
extensive collaborations among ethologists, psychologists,
computer scientists, engineers, and cognitive scientists because
no one of these fields, by itself, has the tools to thoroughly
understand the mechanisms of such complex processes.  The purpose
of this summer school is to review the state of the art in this
interdisciplinary approach and to share the tools and
perspectives it requires.

     The summer school will be held at the Ecole d'Art d'Aix en
Provence, France, from July 6-17, 1992.  Aix is in a beautiful
part of France known as a favorite location for many of the
Impressionist painters.

     The summer school will consist of morning lectures followed
by afternoon discussions.  English will be the official language.
We have asked the instructors to prepare presentations that are
accessible as tutorials to the students and are broader than
normal, that describe not only the investigator's own interests,
but also review the state of the art, and describe the
theoretical and empirical tools that are employed.  We have also
asked them to draw explicit conclusions concerning how the work
they describe impacts on cognitive science more generally.
Presentations will draw specific conclusions about the role that
cognition plays in solving behavioral problems and identify the
kinds of organisms and environments in which such mechanisms may
be useful.

     During the summer school, the Ecole d'Art d'Aix will
simultaneously organize a series of artistic activities and
demonstrations including conferences, workshops, and shows, for
which artists of many nationalities have been invited to
contribute works along themes related to those of the planned
summer school (artificial life, behavioral organization,
networks, interconnectedness, robots, animal behavior, etc.).
Many opportunities for interaction among the scientific and
artistic participants will be available.

     This promises to be an excellent and influential summer
school.  In addition to the invited speakers, a limited number of
participants/students can be accommodated.  Advanced graduate
students, young researchers, new PhDs, and post-docs are
particularly welcome.  Participants are invited to submit
abstracts for poster presentations during the summer school.

     The costs to participants have not yet been determined.  We
expect that the registration fee for the summer school will be
approximately FF4,500, which would cover summer school
registration, room (in student housing at the University of Aix)
and board.  We expect some scholarship support to be available to
help offset these costs.  Prospective participants are urged to
indicate their interest as soon as possible because space is
limited.

     Participants should submit the following:  A letter
describing their interest in the subject matter of the conference
and a curriculum vitae. Include a full mailing address,
electronic mail address, and FAX number. If scholarship support
is desired then a letter of recommendation from the participant's
advisor or department chair is also required.  Please indicate
the amount of scholarship support desired.  Those desiring to
present posters should submit a one-page abstract.  Centered at
the top of the page should be the complete title, author name(s)
with the presenting author underlined, affiliation(s), and
complete mailing address.  This is followed by a blank space and
the text of the abstract.

     One copy of all material should be sent to each of the
summer school organizers:
Herbert ROITBLAT                   Jean-Arcady MEYER
Department of Psychology           Groupe de Bioinformatique
University of Hawaii at Manoa      URA686.Ecole Normale
2430 Campus Road                   Superieure
Honolulu, HI 96822                 46 rue d'Ulm
USA                                75230 Paris Cedex 05
email: roitblat@uhunix.bitnet,     France
roitblat@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.       e-mail: meyer@frulm63.bitnet
edu

     Organizing Committee and local arrangements

CYPRES                             Groupe de BioInformatiqe
Ecole d'Art                        Ecole Normale Superieure
Rue Emile Tavan                    46 rue d'Ulm
13100 Aix-en-Provence              Paris Cedex 05
Tel (33) 42 27 57 35               Tel (33) 44 32 36 23
FAX (33) 42 27 63 99               FAX (33) 44 32 39 01

                        Tentative Program

      Comparative Approaches to Cognitive Science (CACS92)

            * Indicates participation to be confirmed

Introduction

Jean-Pierre Changeux (France)  From non-human to human cognition:
   challenge and prospects

Herbert Roitblat (USA)  Comparative approach as a tool in
   cognitive science

Jean-Arcady Meyer (France)  Computational approaches to cognition

Marc Bekoff (USA)  Cognitive ethology, common sense, and the
   explanation of animal behavior

Perception and action

Tom Bourbon (USA)  Perceptual control theory: Modelling conflict,
   cooperation and control

George Butterworth (UK)  Factors in visual attention eliciting
   manual pointing in human infancy

Steven Whitehead (USA)  Towards a computational theory of
   perception, action and learning

Concept formation

Roger Thompson (USA)  Natural concepts and self-concept in
   animals

Lorenzo Von Fersen (Germany)  Abstract and natural concept
   formation in animals

Keith Holyoak (USA)  Natural and artificial induction

Internal world models

Julie Neiworth (USA)  Internal models of space, time, and
   movement in animals

Catherine Thinus-Blanc (France)  Spatial information processing
   in animals

Bartlett Mel (USA)  Mechanisms and applications of associative
   learning in biological sensory and motor systems

Motivation and  emotion

Frederick Toates (UK)  Animal motivation and cognition

Janet Halperin (Canada)  Cognition and emotion in animals and
   machines

Niko Frijda (Netherlands)  Emotions in robots

Intentionality

Daniel Dennett (USA)  Animals and human beings as intentional
   systems: The fundamental difference

David McFarland(UK)  Goals, no-goals and own-goals

Peter Kugler (USA)  Informational fields and intentional action

Colin Allen (USA)  Intentionality: natural and artificial

Language, Communication and Cooperative Behavior

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh (USA)  Cooperative communication by pygmy
   chimpanzees

* Giulio Sandini (Italy)  Cellular robotic systems

Learning

Randy Gallistel (USA)  Time representation and conditioning in
   animals

Jean Delacour (France)  The memory system of the mammalian brain

Richard Sutton (USA)  Learning and planning

Leslie Kaelbling (USA)  Reinforcement learning in robots

Evolution

David Premack (USA) Evolution of cognition from primates to man

Michael Dyer (USA)  Symbol Grounding and Evolution of Primitive
   Communication

Rik Belew (USA)  Interacting models of evolution, ontogeny and
   learning

Conclusions

John Anderson (USA)

Margaret Boden (UK): Creativity in Humans and Machines

Rodney Brooks (USA)

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                  Conference Announcement and Call For Papers

                          FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS

     Second International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB92)

                              Ilikai Hotel

                   Honolulu, Hawaii, December 7-11, 1992

        This conference is the successor to SAB90 - which was held in Paris
        in September, 1990.  Its object is to bring together researchers in
        ethology, psychology, ecology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence,
        robotics, and related fields so as to further our understanding of
        the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow animals and,
        potentially, robots to adapt and survive in uncertain environments.

        The conference will focus particularly on simulation models in order
        to help characterize and compare various organizational principles
        or architectures capable of inducing adaptive behavior in real or
        artificial animals.

        Contributions treating any of the following topics from the
        perspective of adaptive behavior will receive special emphasis.

   Individual and collective behavior   Autonomous robots
   Neural correlates of behavior        Hierarchical and parallel organizations
   Perception and motor control         Emergent structures and behaviors
   Motivation and emotion               Problem solving and planning
   Action selection and behavioral      Goal directed behavior
    sequences                           Neural networks and classifier systems
   Ontogeny, learning and evolution     Characterization of environments
   Internal world models                Applied adaptive behavior
    and cognitive processes

Submission Instructions

  Authors are requested to send two copies (hard copy only) of a full paper
  to each of the Conference co-chairs (Meyer, Roitblat, & Wilson). Papers
  should not exceed 10 pages (excluding the title page), with 1 inch margins
  all around, and no smaller than 10 pt (12 pitch) type (Times Roman preferred).
  Each paper must include a title page containing the following: (1) Full
  names, postal addresses, phone numbers, email addresses (if available),
  and fax numbers for each author, (2) A 100-200 word abstract, (3) The
  topic area(s) in which the paper could be reviewed (see list above). Camera
  ready versions of the papers will be required after acceptance.
  Computer, video, and robotic demonstrations are also invited.  Please contact
  Herbert Roitblat to make arrangements for demonstrations.  Other program
  proposals will also be considered.

Conference committee

        Conference Chair

          Jean-Arcady MEYER
          Groupe de Bioinformatique
          URA686.Ecole Normale Superieure
          46 rue d'Ulm
          75230 Paris Cedex 05
          France
          e-mail: meyer@wotan.ens.fr
                  meyer@frulm63.bitnet

          Herbert ROITBLAT
          Department of Psychology
          University of Hawaii at Manoa
          2430 Campus Road
          Honolulu, HI 96822
          USA
          email: roitblat@uhunix.bitnet,
                 roitblat@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu

          Stewart WILSON
          The Rowland Institute for Science
          100 Cambridge Parkway
          Cambridge, MA  02142
          USA
          e-mail: wilson@smith.rowland.org

        Organizing Committee    S. Gagnon, H. Harley, D. Helweg, M. Hoffhines,
        and local arrangements  G. Losey, P. Nachtigall, P. Moore, E. Reese

        Program Committee
                                A. Berthoz, France      M. Bitterman, USA
                                L. Booker, USA          R. Brooks, USA
                                P. Colgan, Canada       J. Delius, Germany
                                S. Goss, Belgium        L. Steels, Belgium
                                R. Sutton, USA          F. Toates, UK
                                S. Tsuji, Japan         W. Uttal, USA
                                D. Waltz, USA

Official Language: English

Important Dates

          JUL 15, 1992      Submissions must be received by the organizers
          SEP  1, 1992      Deadline for early registration
          OCT  1, 1992      Notification of acceptance or rejection
          NOV  7, 1992      Deadline for regular registration
          NOV 15, 1992      Camera ready revised versions due
          DEC 7-11, 1992    Conference dates

Registration

All participants must register.  Early registration fee will be $180,
regular registration will be $220 and late registration will be $250.
Students will be allowed to register for $50.  Students should submit
proof of their status along with their registration fee.  The fee for
accompanying persons is $75, which includes the reception and the cruise.

Meeting Site

The conference activities will be held at the Ilikai Hotel. The Ilikai
is situated at the gateway to Waikiki within walking distance of many
fine restaurants, Ala Moana Shopping Center, and Ala Moana Park.  The
Hotel overlooks the Ala Wai Yacht Marina where Waikiki Beach begins.
Room rates for the conference are $110 or $125 per night (single or
double).  Most rooms have been recently remodelled and provide ocean
or city views.  The hotel is adjacent to the beach and also offers two
swimming pools, a fitness center, and tennis courts.  Reservations
must be made directly with the hotel.  Conference rates will be
available for the weekend before and the weekend following the
conference as well.  Arrangements have been made for a small number of
student rooms in a nearby hotel at about $55 per night (single or
double).  Students are, of course, welcome to stay in the conference
hotel.  Reservations for student rooms will be made through the
official travel agent.  A small number of travel scholarships may be
available to defray part or all of the expenses of attending the
conference.  Interested students should submit a letter of application
describing their research interests, the year they expect to receive
their degree, and a brief letter of recommendation from their major
professor.  Please state the amount of support required. The number and
size of awards will be limited by the total money available.

Persons with disabilities may contact Herbert Roitblat for information
on accessibility.  Advance notice is advised, if you have special
needs and request an accomodation.  The University of Hawaii is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

Travel Information

Theo Stahl, Associated Travel, 947 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 949-1033, (800) 745-3444, (808) 949-1037 (fax) is the official travel
agent for the conference.  Participants are encouraged, but not required,
to make their travel arrangements through Ms Stahl.  United Airlines is
offering a special conference rate for participants from US as well as
European, Japanese, and Australian gateway cities served by United.
Ms Stahl is very knowledgeable about the local travel market and can make
arrangements to visit neighbor islands (including Hawaii with its active
volcano) and for other activities.

Please make your travel arrangements early because Hawaii is a popular
destination in December and the conference is scheduled just before
the start of the busiest season.

Tentative Conference Schedule

Sunday, December 6, 1992
  1800-2000       Cocktail Reception at the Ilikai
Monday, December 7, 1992
  0800-1230       Paper presentations
  Break
  1630-1900       Paper and poster presentations
Tuesday, December 8, 1992
  0800-1230       Paper presentations
  Break
  1630-1900       Paper and poster presentations
Wednesday, December 9, 1992
  0800-1230       Paper presentations
  Break
  1630-1900       Paper and poster presentations
Thursday, December 10, 1992
  0800-1230       Paper presentations
  Break
  1630-1900       Paper and poster presentations
  2100-2400       Cruise on the Navatek I
Friday, December 11, 1992
  0800-1330       Paper presentations
  1900            Optional Luau (not included in registration).

                                                 SAB92 December 7-11, 1992

                            CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

                             Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu, HI

                             SAB92, December 7-11, 1992

          ____________________________________________________________
          Last Name      First Name                    Middle

          ____________________________________________________________
          Professional Affiliation

          ____________________________________________________________
          Street Address and Internal Mail Code

          ____________________________________________________________
          City           State/Country                 Zip/Postal Code

          ____________________________________________________________
          E-mail         Telephone                     Fax

          Registration Fees (includes reception, cruise, continental
          breakfasts)

               ___ Early (Before September 1, 1992)                    $180

               ___ Regular (Before November 7, 1992)                   $220

               ___ Late (After November 7, 1992)                       $250

               ___ Student (with proof of status)                       $50

               ___ Accompanying person  (number of persons)             $75

               ___ Luau (number of tickets)                             $45

               ___ Donation to support student scholarship fund       $____

               Enclosed is a check or money order (US $ only, payable to
          University of Hawaii) for $_______

               Return to: SAB92 Registration, Conference Center, University
          of Hawaii, 2530 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822.

                                                   SAB92 December 7-11, 1992

                                 Hotel Registration

                                    Ilikai Hotel

          Name   _____________________________________________________

          Address    _________________________________________________

          City    ____________________________________________________

          State/Country, Zip    ______________________________________

          Telephone Number    ________________________________________

          Arrival Date    ____________________________________________

          Departure Date    __________________________________________

          No. of Persons    __________________________________________

          Preferred Room rate:

               _____     1 or 2 persons      $110+tax

               _____     1 or 2 persons      $125+tax

               _____     1 Bed          _____     2 Beds

               _____     Handicapped Accessible

          All reservations must be guaranteed by check or credit card
          deposit for one night lodging.

               Amount of enclosed check:     $_____

               Charge to: ___Visa  ___ Mastercard  ___American Express
               ___Diner's Club  ___Discover

               Credit card Number: _______________________
               Expiration Date: ________

               Signature ___________________________________

          Request and deposit must be received by November 7, 1992.
          Check-in time is 3:00.  Check-out time is 12:00.

          Mail hotel registration directly to the Ilikai Hotel,
          1777  Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96815.  (800) 367-8434.
          (808) 947-4523 (fax).  In Britain:  0800 282502
          In Tokyo: 03-3281-4321

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 92 09:00:55 EST
From: hunter@nlm.nih.gov (Larry Hunter)
Subject: Conference on System Sciences

				   
			   Call for Papers
				   
		    Biotechnology Computing Track
	Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 26
				   
			  January 5-8, 1993

The twenty-sixth annual Hawaii International Conference on System
Sciences (HICSS) has expanded its coverage of Biotechnology to a full,
three day conference track.  The track includes presentations of
original research, tutorials, advanced seminars and a distinguished
guest lecture.  The purpose of the Biotechnology Computing Track is to
provide a forum for the interchange of ideas, research results, and
system building activities in all areas of computation related to
biology.  Submitted papers are rigorously refereed, and accepted
papers are published in a conference proceedings available through the
IEEE Computer Society Press.  The conference is sponsored by the
University of Hawaii in cooperation with the Association for Computing
Machinery (ACM), the IEEE Computer Society, and the Pacific Research
Institute for Information Systems and Management (PRIISM).

Advances in biotechnology generally and in the international Human
Genome Project are creating an explosion of important biological data.
The computational challenges inherent in gathering, managing and
analyzing this data are daunting, but the potential payoff is very
high.  This challenge involves nearly every aspect of computer
science, from algorithm development, systems integration and advanced
database management to image analysis, artificial intelligence and
robotics.  The Biotechnology Computing Track encompasses eight
minitracks, each focused on a rapidly evolving research area.

Relevant papers are solicited for each of the following minitracks.
Papers must be previously unpublished, and should be from 22-26 double
spaced pages in length, including figures.  Prospective authors are
urged to contact the appropriate minitrack chair as early as possible.
Please leave adequate time for international mail, as all deadlines
are firm.  Review papers and proposals for tutorials and advanced
seminars can be sent to the track chair.

For general information, contact the track chair:

Lawrence Hunter  (hunter@nlm.nih.gov)
National Library of Medicine
Building 38A, Mail Stop 54
Bethesda, MD 20894
(301) 496-9300
fax: (301) 496-0673

The other members of the Track steering committee are:

Tom Marr, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
John Wootton, National Center for Biotechnology Information
Minoru Kanehisa, Kyoto University

Deadlines:

Manuscripts must be RECEIVED by June 5, 1992
Notification of accepted papers sent August 31, 1992
Accepted camera ready copy must be RECEIVED by October 1, 1992

International mail can be slow.  We recommend use of courier services
to international destinations.

Biotechnology Computing Minitracks and Chairs.  Please contact the
relevant minitrack chair as soon as possible for further information
on the requirements and deadlines for that minitrack.

* Computer Support for Genome Mapping and Sequencing: including genome
  map assembly algorithms, map database management and design,
  sequence assembly and analysis algorithms, integrated software
  systems, and robotics for mapping and sequencing.

    Mary Berlyn (berlyn@biomed.med.yale.edu)
      Yale Dept. of Biology
      117D Greeley Lab, 370 Prospect St.
      New Haven, CT 06520
      (203) 432-5145 

    James Fickett (jwf@mrna.lanl.gov)
    Charles Lawrence (chas@cmb.bcm.tmc.edu)
    Stanley Letovsky (letovsky@cs.yale.edu)

* Methods for Dealing with Errors and Uncertainty in Molecular Biology
  Calculations and Databases: including representing and/or reasoning
  about mutations, natural variation, errors and omissions in
  biological data, heuristics for handling uncertainty, plausible
  simplifying assumptions and statistical methods.

    Lloyd Allison (lloyd@cs.monash.edu.au)
      Dept. of Computer Science, Monash University,
      Clayton, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 3168.
      tel: 61 3 565 5205   fax: 61 3 565 5146  

* Alternative Approaches to Sequence Representation: including graphic
  representations of nucleotide and protein sequence, representations
  of patterns, automatic generation of patterns for sets of related
  sequences, representation and analysis of structural and/or
  functional regularities of sequences, application of novel
  representations to recognition or analysis problems.

    Victor Solovyev (solovyev@scri1.scri.fsu.edu)
      Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
      400 Science Center Library, Florida State University, B-186
      Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052
      phone (904)644-7012, fax: (904)644-0098

* Sequence Analysis Algorithms based on Physicochemistry and
  Thermodynamics: including DNA and RNA physicochemical models,
  experimental work and models of ribosome dynamics, algorithms based
  on codon usage, models physicochemical properties on tRNA-mRNA or
  rRNA-mRNA interactions, models and computational analysis of intron
  dynamics. 

    Germinal Cocho (cocho@sysul2.ifisicacu.unam.mx)
      Instituto de Fisica
      Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
      Apartado  Postal 20-364,  Mexico 01000, D.F. Mexico       
      Telephone: 525-548 9783  FAX: 525-548 3111

* Computer-Aided Drug Design: including integrated systems, machine
  learning techniques, design and use of databases for molecular
  design, molecular graphics techniques, molecular modeling and
  quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) tools.

    Teri Klein (klein@cgl.ucsf.edu)
      UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
      513 Parnassus Ave., Box 0446
      San Francisco, CA 94143
      (415) 476-0663, fax: (415) 502-1755

    Kimberle Koile (kkoile@arris.com)

* Protein Structure Prediction: including statistical and machine
  learning approaches, multi-strategy systems, topology prediction,
  lattice models, loop placement, side-chain conformation prediction,
  methods for distinguishing native from incorrect alternative
  foldings, mutational analysis.

   Richard Lathrop (rickl@ai.mit.edu)
     MIT AI Lab, NE43-795
     545 Technology Square
     Cambridge, MA 02139
     phone: (617)253-8833  fax: (617)258-8682

* AI Technologies for Molecular Biology Analysis: including object
  oriented and deductive databases for biology, knowledge-based
  modeling of biological phenomena, pattern recognition, neural
  networks, genetic algorithms and machine learning applied to
  macromolecular sequences, laboratory robotics.

    Katsumi Nitta (nitta@icot.or.jp)
    Institute for New Generation Computer Technology
    1-4-28 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, JAPAN
    fax: +81-3-3456-1618

* Simulation Methods in Computational Neuroscience: including
  numerical algorithms and techniques for integrated data acquisition,
  analysis and simulation, user interface issues, parallel processing,
  simulation languages, methods of constructing and validating models
  of biological neural circuits.

    Anthony Zador (zador@yale.edu)
    Neuroscience Program
    Yale University 
    Box 11A Yale Station	
    New Haven, CT 06511
    fax (203) 432-7172

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From: M.J.Taylor@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: Neural Networks Workshop 
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 92 19:21:28 GMT

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                 F O R   P R E S E N T A T I O N   A T

                     WORKSHOP ON NEURAL NETWORKS:
                     TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS

                         7-8 September 1992
                       University of Liverpool
                            England, UK

                            Organised by
 Departments of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Electronics
                        University of Liverpool

                         In cooperation with
                       British Computer Society
      IEEE, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Computer Chapter
 European Association for Microprocessing and Microprogramming (EUROMICRO)

 The last six years have witnessed an explosion of applications involving a
 wide range of techniques under the general heading of artificial neural
 networks.  It has been recognised that these tools have general
 applicability, but they must also be carefully integrated with the
 application area. This workshop aims to bring together a broad spectrum of
 neural computing  applications, with emphasis on matching computational
 methods to different problem domains.

 Of particular interest are solutions to problems in the following areas:

  -     finance                              -     medicine
  -     manufacturing                        -     communication
  -     process industries                   -     development environments
  -     information retrieval                -     expert systems

 Additional applications areas will also be considered.

 The Workshop Proceedings will be published after the meeting.

 Programme Committee:

 PJG Lisboa, University of Liverpool;
 RJ Maxwell, St George's Hospital Medical School, London;
 MJ Taylor, University of Liverpool;
 JB Waite, British Telecom Laboratories;
 P Wilkie, Royal Insurance (UK)

 Submission of Papers:

 Those wishing to contribute to the Workshop are invited to submit
 three copies of a 500 word summary of their paper by the 22 May 1992.

     Notification of acceptance:           5 June 1992
     Deadline for camera-ready papers:     7 August 1992

 Abstracts submitted to:

 Dr PJG Lisboa, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics,
 University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK.

 Further details of programme available after 5 June 1992 from:

 Miss K Houghton, Department of Computer Science,
 University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK.
 Email: K.Houghton@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk

 Other enquiries by Email to M.J.Taylor@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk

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