This is the ninth meeting of an interdisciplinary conference which brings together neuroscientists, engineers, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, physicists, and mathematicians interested in all aspects of neural processing and computation. The conference will include invited talks, and oral and poster presentations of refereed papers. There will be no parallel sessions. There will also be one day of tutorial presentations (Nov. 27) preceding the regular session, and two days of focused workshops will follow at a nearby ski area (Dec. 1-2). Major categories for paper submission, with example subcategories, are as follows:
Neuroscience: systems physiology, signal and noise analysis, oscillations, synchronization, mechanisms of inhibition and neuromodulation, synaptic plasticity, computational models
Theory: computational learning theory, complexity theory, dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, probability and statistics, approximation and estimation theory
Implementation: analog and digital VLSI, novel neuro-devices, neurocomputing systems, optical, simulation tools, parallelism
Algorithms and Architectures: learning algorithms, decision trees, constructive/pruning algorithms, localized basis functions, recurrent networks, genetic algorithms, combinatorial optimization, performance comparisons
Visual Processing: image recognition, coding and classification, stereopsis, motion detection and tracking, visual psychophysics
Speech, Handwriting and Signal Processing: speech recognition, coding and synthesis, handwriting recognition, adaptive equalization, nonlinear noise removal, auditory scene analysis
Applications: time-series prediction, medical diagnosis, financial analysis, DNA/protein sequence analysis, music processing, expert systems, database mining
Cognitive Science & AI: natural language, human learning and memory, perception and psychophysics, symbolic reasoning
Control, Navigation, and Planning: robotic motor control, process control, navigation, path planning, exploration, dynamic programming, reinforcement learning
Review Criteria: All submitted papers will be thoroughly refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, significance, and clarity. Submissions should contain new results that have not been published previously. Authors should not be dissuaded from submitting recent work, as there will be an opportunity after the meeting to revise accepted manuscripts before submitting final camera-ready copy.
Paper Format: Submitted papers may be up to eight pages in length, including figures and references. The page limit will be strictly enforced, and any submission exceeding eight pages will not be considered. Authors are encouraged (but not required) to use the NIPS style files obtainable by anonymous FTP at the sites given below. Papers must include physical and e-mail addresses of all authors, and MUST indicate one of the nine major categories listed above. Authors may also indicate a subcategory, and their preference, if any, for oral or poster presentation; this preference will play no role in paper acceptance. Unless otherwise indicated, correspondence will be sent to the first author.
Submission Instructions: Send six copies of submitted papers to the address below; electronic or FAX submission is not acceptable. Include one additional copy of the abstract only, to be used for preparation of the abstracts booklet distributed at the meeting. Submissions mailed first-class from within the US or Canada, or sent from overseas via Federal Express/Airborne/DHL or similar carrier must be POSTMARKED by May 20, 1995. All other submissions must ARRIVE by this date. Mail submissions to:
Michael Mozer
NIPS*95 Program Chair
Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado
Colorado Avenue and Regent Drive
Boulder, CO 80309-0430 USA
Mail general inquiries/requests for registration material to:
NIPS*95 Registration
Dept. of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401 USA
FAX: (303) 273-3875
e-mail: nips95@mines.colorado.edu
Sites for LaTex style files: Copies of ``nips.tex'' and ``nips.sty'' are available via anonymous ftp at defsvspace-10pt helper.systems.caltech.edu (131.215.68.12) in /pub/nips b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.242.8) in /usr/dst/public/nips
The style files and other conference information may also be retrieved via World Wide Web at defsvspace-10pt http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/Groups/NIPS/NIPS.html
NIPS*95 Organizing Committee: General Chair, David S. Touretzky, CMU; Program Chair, Michael Mozer, U. Colorado; Publications Chair, Michael Hasselmo, Harvard; Tutorial Chair, Jack Cowan, U. Chicago; Workshops Chair, Michael Perrone, IBM; Publicity Chair, David Cohn, MIT; Local Arrangements, Manavendra Misra, Colorado School of Mines; Treasurer, John Lazzaro, Berkeley.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MAY 20, 1995 (POSTMARKED)
cohn@psyche.mit.edu