This file contains some information about the Neuron Digest, and an index to the materials relating to this Digest, which are available from the Archive service at the Psychology Department at the University of Pennsylvania. LAST UPDATE: Mon Jan 17 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIGEST Internet: NEURON@psych.upenn.edu Neuron-Digest is a list (in digest form) dealing with all aspects of neural networks (and any type of network or neuromorphic system), especially: NATURAL SYSTEMS Software Simulations Neurobiology Hardware Neuroscience Digital ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS Analog Neural Networks Optical Algorithms Cellular Automatons Some key words which may stir up some further interest include: Hebbian Systems Widrow-Hoff Algorithm Perceptron Threshold Logic Holography Content Addressable Memories Lyapunov Stability Criterion Navier-Stokes Equation Annealing Spin Glasses Locally Couples Systems Globally Coupled Systems Dynamical Systems (Adaptive) Control Theory Back-Propagation Generalized Delta Rule Pattern Recognition Vision Systems Parallel Distributed Processing Connectionism Any contribution in these areas is accepted. Any of the following are reasonable: Abstracts Reviews Lab Descriptions Research Overviews Work Planned or in Progress Half-Baked Ideas Conference Announcements Conference Reports Bibliographies History Connectionism Puzzles and Unsolved Problems Anecdotes, Jokes, and Poems Queries and Requests Address Changes (Bindings) Archived files/messages will be available with anonymous ftp from the machine psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31) in the directory pub/Neuron-Digest. That directory contains back issues with the names vol-nn-no-mm (e.g., vol-3-no-02). I'm also collecting simulation software in pub/Neuron-Software. Contributions are welcome. All requests to be added to or deleted from this list, problems, questions, etc., should be sent to neuron-request@psych.upenn.edu. Moderator: Peter Marvit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USING THE ARCHIVE The Neuron Digest archive is available in two ways: - by anonymous FTP over the Internet - through a mail server ACCESS BY INTERNET FTP The Psychology Department at the University of Pennsylvania, who are the generous hosts for the Digest, has opened an Internet FTP host and made the Archive available on it. Those users who are lucky to have FTP access can open a connection to psych.upenn.edu and look in the directory pub/Neuron-Digest to find the archive. Please observe the normal etiquette for FTP, e.g. do not request huge transfers in one block, try to avoid the normal U.S. East Coast working day (e.g., 1400-2200 GMT for the US archive). ACCESS BY MAIL SERVER The address of the server is: archive-server@psych.upenn.edu For information on how to use the mail server, mail a message containing the word "help" at the beginning of the line to archive-server, and instructions will be sent to you. CONTENTS OF THE ARCHIVE The Archive service contains each issue of the Digest, i.e.: vol-1-no-01 Volume 1, no. 1 ... ... vol-1-no-04 Volume 1 no. 4 vol-2-no-01 Volume 2 no. 1 ... ... vol-2-no-28 Volume 2 no. 28 and so on to present Note that the issue number is always two digits long, i.e. it may require a leading zero. In general, the volume number changes every 6 months but was a bit erratic early on. The complete list includes: Volume Total issues 1 4 2 28 3 13 4 34 5 55 6 73 7 45 8 16 9 43 10 25 11 50 12 29 13 (in process) A file called digest.lastissue holds the header (issue number and date) of the last digest to be sent. This may be of assistance if you think you are missing an issue. The files vol-1.summary, vol-2.summary, etc. contain the subject lines at the top of each issue of the digest in volumes 1, 2, etc. Getting these summary files may help you decide which issues you really want. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW TO WRITE TO US To contact the Digest Moderator, or to join the mailing list, write to neuron-request@psych.upenn.edu To submit a contribution to the Digest, write to neuron@psych.upenn.edu To contact a human associated with the archive service, write to archive-management@psych.upenn.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Peter Marvit, Neuron Digest Moderator : : Courtesy of the Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania : : 3815 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 w:215/898-6274 h:215/387-6433 :