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January 3-6, 1996, Maui, Hawaii. Item #96
"Neural Networks in Business" Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
January 3-5, 1996, Fort Lauderdale Marina Marriott, Florida. Item #207
AI-MATH 96 Fourth International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics.
January 6-20, 1996, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. Item #296
Winter Retina Conference: Physiology, Computation, and Neuromorphic Engineering for Vision.
January 8-10, 1996, Dallas, Texas, USA. Item #230
Fifth INFORMS Computer Science Technical Section Conference on Computer Science and Operations Research: Recent Advances in the Interface.
The conference is preceeded by a workshop at January 7.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
The focus is on recent advances at the interface of computer science and
operations research. Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
Large-scale optimization Parallel computation Artificial intelligence
Heuristic search Simulation Performance modeling
Modeling & visualization Mathematical programming Machine learning
Stochastic programming Computational probability Constraint programming
Algorithm design/analysis Knowledge-based systems Telecommunications
January 8-10, 1996, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Item #186
AIEM4 The Fourth International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Economics and Management.
The focus of the conference is applications of AI techniques in: * finance * banking * marketing * economics * manufacturing * operations management The technologies of interest include, among others: * knowledge representation and acquisition: expert systems, knowledge- based decision support systems * problem solving paradigms: qualitative reasoning, case-based reasoning, neural networks, genetic algorithms * human-machine interface: natural language processing, hypertext, multimedia, machine learning.
January 15-18, 1996, Sydney. Item #280
FLAMOC'96 Fuzzy Logic and the Management of Complexity.
FLAMOC'96 intends to contribute insight and foresight regarding creation of innovative and practically efficient ways of implementing Fuzzy Logic in problem situations impregnated with Uncertainty, Intricacy, and Hazard.
January 28 - February 2, 1996, Houston, TX, USA. Item #213
Computer Applications Symposium: Session on Adaptive Computing in Engineering.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Petroleum Division is sponsoring the Energy-sources Technology Conference & Exhibition (ETCE), to be held January 28 - February 2, 1996, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. A part of this conference is the Computer Applications Symposium, which focuses on the uses of computers in engineering-related applications. Attendees will be from both academia and industry. This coming year, one session will be devoted to applications of Adaptive Computing Techniques in Engineering. Suggested topics include the following: Fuzzy-Logic Genetic Algorithms Neural Networks Machine Learning Hybrid Systems
January 28- February 2, 1996, Teton Village, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. Item #536
AIC-21 Twenty-First Annual Interdisciplinary Conference.
The conference covers a wide range of subjects in what has come to be called cognitive science, ranging from visual and auditory physiology and psychophysics to human information processing, cognition, learning and memory, to computational approaches to these problems including neural networks and artificial intelligence.
February 1-3, 1996, San Jose, California, USA. Item #227
MASCOTS'96 International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems.
Topics: Performance Techniques Performance evaluation and case studies
February 1- March 26, 1996, Item #560
Noetica/ACNN'96 Cognitive Modelling Workshop: VIRTUAL WORKSHOP.
Workshop Web Page: http://psy.uq.edu.au/CogPsych/acnn96/workshop.html The work shop is followd by a "physical workshop" at April 9
February 4-5, 1996, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Item #263
12th Israeli Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Neural Networks.
Papers are solicited addressing all aspects of AI, Computer Vision and Neural Networks. Novel contributions in preliminary stages are especially encouraged but significant work which has been presented recently will also be considered.
February 5-9, 1996, Seoul, Korea. Item #123
WCES: The Third World Congress on Expert Systems.
February 5-6, 1996, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Item #336
VISUAL'96 First International Conference on Visual Information Systems.
Topics: * Architecture of visual information systems * Data modelling for visual information systems * Memory organisation and management * Feature recognition and extraction * Feature and content indexing * Picture description and representation languages * Query model and paradigms for visual information * Query language for visual information retrieval * Content-based search and retrieval * Integration of visual and non-visual information * Compression and delivery of visual information * Image processing and manipulation * Parallel processing in visual information systems * Specific applications areas of visual information systems
February 12-14, 1996, Lausanne, Switzerland. Item #193
MicroNeuro'96 Fifth International Conference on Microelectronics for Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems.
Topics: Analog and mixed-mode implementations Digital implementations Electro-optical systems Bio-inspired systems Neural and Fuzzy hardware systems Interfaces with external world Applications of dedicated hardware VLSI-friendly neural algorithms New technologies for neural and fuzzy systems
February 12, 1996, Savoy Place, London, UK. Item #428
One Day Seminar: Self-Learning Robots.
February 15-16, 1996, Stuttgart University, Germany. Item #285
International Workshop: Neural Networks in Engineering Applications.
The workshop is mainly intended for PhD students and advanced graduate students concerned with research and applications of neural networks. The workshop language will be GERMAN. The fee is 110 DM.
February 17-19, 1996, Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Item #209
SAC'96 10th Annual Symposium on Applied Computing: Special Track on Artificial Intelligence.
Topics: Intelligent Front-Ends * Natural Language Processing * Diagram Interpretation * User Modelling * Integration with existing software or data systems * Design or selection of information presentations (esp. multi-modal) * Automatic design of software interfaces or other tools
February 29 - March 3, 1996, Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel, San Diego, CA, USA. Item #247
EP96 The Fifth Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the use of evolutionary simulations in optimization, neural network training and design, automatic control, image processing, and other applications, as well as mathematical theory or empirical analysis providing insight into the behavior of such algorithms. Of particular interest are applications of simulated evolution to problems in biology.
March 4-5, 1996, Washington Duke Hotel, Durham, North Carolina. Item #495
Biologically Inspired Autonomous Systems: Computation, Cognition, and Action.
Topics of interest include Autonomous behavior of biophysically and cognitively inspired models Autonomous agents and mobile systems Collective behaviour by semi-autonomous agents Self repair and regeneration in computational and artificial structures Autonomous image understanding Brain imaging and Functional MRI
March 4-22, 1996, On Internet (World Wide Web), served by Nagoya University. Item #546
WEC2 Second Online Workshop on Evolutionary Computation.
TOPICS: Theory of evolutionary computation Applications of evolutionary computation Artificial life and biologically inspired evolutionary computation Evolutionary algorithms for computational intelligence Evolutionary computation for neural networks Fuzzy logic in evolutionary algorithms
March 4-22, 1996, Item #580
2nd On-line Workshop on Evolutionary Computation: Special Session on Applications of Evolutionary Computation in Engineering.
a. Biotechnology
b. Chemical Engineering
c. Computer Aided Design, Control and Manufacturing
d. Engineering Economics and Management
e. Systems Engineering
f. Artificial Intelligence
g. Pattern Recognition
h. Electronics and Telecommunications
i. Medicine and Medical Engineering
j. Military Applications
March 7-9, 1996, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA. Item #271
International Conference on Computers and Their Applications.
The conference provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on computers and their applications. Authors are invited to submit papers and proposals for tutorials concerned with theory or practice or both. Neural networks and related topics are of special interest.
March 12-13, 1996, Toulouse, France. Item #518
DYNN'96 International workshop on Neural Networks Dynamics and Pattern Recognition.
March 14-15, 1996, Tallahassee, USA. Item #574
Understanding and Conquering Pain Conference.
March 18-21, 1996, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan. Item #246
Async96 Second International Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems.
Topics: * Industrial Applications of Asynchronous Design * Hybrid Synchro-Asynchronous Systems * CAD Tools for Asynchronous Design * Testing/Design-for-Testability of Asynchronous Circuits * Noise Immunity in Asynchronous Digital Circuits * Low-Power Techniques * High Performance Asynchronous Circuits * Hazard-Free Logic Synthesis and Optimization * Design of Asynchronous State Machines * Metastability and Related Issues * Formal Methods for Asynchronous Design * Petri-Nets, Trace Theory and Related Formalisms * High-Level Synthesis of Asynchronous Circuits and Systems * Asynchronous Design in Commercial HDL Environment * Verification of Asynchronous Circuits and Systems * Asynchronous Datapath and Processor Design * Practical Design Examples * Future Trends (Optical Computing, Neural Networks, Nanotechnology, etc.)
March 19, 1996, York, UK. Item #454
Gesture Workshop'96.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this Gesture Workshop is to bring together
researchers working on gesture-based interfaces and gestural
interaction and to provide a forum for the presentation and exchange
of ideas and research currently in progress. This workshop will
encompass all aspects of gestural interaction, including:
o what are gestures?
o appropriateness of gestures used in interfaces
o interactional issues
o coarticulation and the segmentation problem
o the applicability of gesture-based interaction to interfaces and
applications
o suitable applications
o sign-language recognition
o focus on the techniques and algorithms used in the recognition and
segmentation of manual gestures
March 21, 1996, Adelaide, Australia. Item #506
Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Applications.
Presenters- G.Carpenter,L.C.Jain S.Grossberg,R.Johnson
March 25-27, 1996, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Item #284
AAAI-96 Spring Symposium on Adaptation, Co-evolution and Learning in Multiagent Systems.
March 24-26, 1996, Crowne Plaza Manhattan, New York City, USA. Item #373
CIFEr'96 Conference on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering.
Topics: Financial Engineering Applications: Trading Systems Forecasting Hedging Strategies Risk Management Pricing of Structured Securities Systemic Risk Asset Allocation Exotic Options Computer & Engineering Applications & Models: Neural Networks Probabilistic Reasoning Fuzzy Systems and Rough Sets Stochastic Processes Dynamic Optimization Time Series Analysis Non-linear Dynamics Evolutionary Computation
March 25-27, 1996, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC. Item #237
2nd International Mobile Computing Workshop.
Topics: Mobile communications network architecture, Mobility management for wireless network, Mobile computing applications, Performance modeling of mobile computing systems, Design and analysis for mobile computing algorithms, Fault tolerance for mobile computing, Distributed databases for mobile computing, Environment aware and adaptive communication protocols, Energy Efficient Software Design, Wireless and Location Dependent Information Systems, Highway Information Systems, Intelligent network and architecture for mobile computing, Multi-media mobile communication systems, Mobile computing experiments and trials, Personal communications services
March 25-27, 1996, Stanford University, California, USA. Item #375
Cognitive and Computational Models of Spatial Representation.
The goals of the symposium are: o to initiate an interdisciplinary dialogue to facilitate exchange of ideas and cross-fertilization among researchers; o review the current influence that research into spatial cognition has on approaches to spatial representation in AI; o develop a better appreciation of research into spatial representation by identifying issues that span domain and discipline boundaries; o stimulate the discussion of issues in the computational realization of cognitive models of spatial representation.
March 26-28, 1996, Plymouth, UK. Item #110
Second International Conference Adaptive Computing in Engineering Design and Control '96.
March 26-28, 1996, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, England. Item #235
SOCO'96 International Symposium on Soft Computing.
TOPICS
* Artificial Neural Networks
* Fuzzy Logic
* Fuzzy Control
* Genetic Algorithms
* AI and Expert Systems
* Probabilistic Reasoning
* Machine Learning
* Distributed Intelligence
* Learning Algorithms and Intelligent Control
* Self-Organizing Systems
March 26-29, 1996, Munich, Germany. Item #538
FroCoS'96 First International Workshop: Frontiers of Combining Systems.
Topics of the workshop are:
* combination of logics (e.g., modal logics, logics in AI, ...)
* combination of constraint solving techniques
(unification and matching algorithms, general symbolic
constraints, numerical constraints, ...)
and combination of decision procedures
* integration of equational and other theories into deductive systems
(e.g. theory resolution, constraint resolution, constraint
paramodulation, ...)
* combination of term rewriting systems
* integration of data structures (e.g., sets, multisets, lists) into
CLP formalisms and deduction processes
* hybrid systems in computational linguistics, knowledge representation,
natural language semantics, and human computer interaction
* logic modelling of multi-agent systems.
March 27, 1996, Savoy Place, London. Item #602
IEE Colloquium on "Digital Mammography".
March 28-29, 1996, Orem, Utah. Item #596
Speech Recognition API (SRAPI) Developers Conference.
March 29-31, 1996, Beijing, China. Item #287
ICMI'96 First International Conference on Multimodal Interface.
Interested topics include:
A. perceptual computing model and system;
B. speech recognition;
C. text to speech & speech to text;
D. character recognition;
E. handwriting and printed document to text;
F. face, hand gesture, lip-motion recognition;
G. hand gesture to text & text to hand gesture;
H. natural languages and lip-motion, facial expression, hand gesture;
I. machine translation and multi-language interface;
J. multimodal interface and computer graphics;
K. image retrieval, data compression and multimedia interface;
L. platform & tools;
M. multimodal interface in internet;
N. multimodal interface in virtual reality
O. other applications;
March 31, 1996 University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Item #519
AISB96 Workshop and Tutorial Series: Artificial Life and Adaptive Behaviour.
April 1, 1996, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Item #442
Workshop Intelligent Feature Selection: Statistical and Neural Approaches.
Focal Points * Tools for feature selection from statistics and neural networks * Selection criteria and consistency of selection * Implications for model transparency and model performance * Assessment of fitness and testing the hypothesis of 'best' feature subset * Practical considerations and case studies **Plenty of time will be dedicated in both session for open discussions
April 1-2, 1996, Brighton, UK. Item #517
AISB-96 workshop: Learning in Robots and Animals.
Areas of particular interest include the following * Reinforcement, supervised, and imitation learning methods for autonomous robots * Evolutionary methods for robotics * The development of modular architectures and reusable representations * Computational models of animal learning with relevance to robots, robot control systems modelled on animal behaviour * Reviews or position papers on learning in autonomous agents Papers will ideally emphasise real world problems, robot implementations, or show clear relevance to the understanding of learning in both natural and artificial systems.
April 2, 1996, University of Sussex, Brighton, England. Item #451
AISB-96 Workshop on Rule-Extraction From Trained Neural Networks.
April 8-9, 1996, Historic Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Item #291
IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation.
April 8-13, 1996, Tucson Convention Center and Music Hall, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Item #597
Tucson II Toward a Science of Consciousness.
April 9-12, 1996, Vienna, Austria. Item #191
EMCSR 1996 Thirteenth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research.
Sessions: General Systems Methodology * New Developments in Mathematical Systems Theory * Complex Systems Analysis and Design * Fuzzy Systems, Approximate Reasoning and Knowledge-Based Systems * Designing and Systems, and Their Education * Humanity, Architecture and Conceptualization * Biocybernetics and Mathematical Biology * Cybernetics and Informatics in Medicine and Psychotherapy * Cybernetics of Socio-Economic Systems and of Country Development * Systems, Management and Organization * Communication and Computers * Theories and Metaphors of Cyberspace * Knowledge Discovery in Databases * Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems * Theory and Applications of Artificial Intelligence
April 9-12, 1996, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Item #260
Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems as part of the Thirteenth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research.
- online or incremental learning of neural network applications
facing changing data distributions
- transfer of neural network solutions to
related but different approaches
- application of neural networks in
adaptive autonomous systems
- "phylogenetic" vs. "ontogenetic" adaptivity
(e.g. adaptivity of connectivity and architecture vs.
adaptivity of coupling parameters or weights)
- short term vs. long term adaptation
- adaptive reinforcement learning
- adaptive pattern recognition
- localized vs. distributed approximation (in terms of
overlap of decision regions) and adaptivity
April 9, 1996, Canberra, Australia. Item #561
Noetica/ACNN'96 Cognitive Modelling Workshop: PHYSICAL WORKSHOP.
Workshop Web Page: http://psy.uq.edu.au/CogPsych/acnn96/workshop.html The work shop is preceded by a "virtual workshop" from February 1 to March 26
April 9-12, 1996, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Item #592
EMCSR 1996 Thirteenth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research.
April 10-12, 1996, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Item #377
ACNN'96 Seventh Australian Conference on Neural Networks.
The major categories for paper submissions include: Computational Neuroscience Theory Implementation Architectures and Learning Algorithms Cognitive Science and AI Applications
April 10-12, 1996, Robinson College, Cambridge, UK. Item #496
CEE'96 The 3rd International Conference on Concurrent Engineering & Electronic Design Automation.
April 11-12, 1996, Waterfront Centre Hotel, Vancouver BC, Canada. Item #533
ASSETS'96 The Second International ACM/SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies.
Sponsored by the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physically Handicapped, ASSETS'96 is the second of a new series of conferences whose goal is to provide a forum where researchers and developers from academia and industry can meet to exchange ideas and report on new developments relating to computer-based systems to help people with impairments and disabilities of all kinds.
April 14-18, 1996, University of Cambridge, England. Item #26
ECCV'96 Fourth European Conference on Computer Vision.
April 14-16, 1996, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Item #286
AI Techniques in Engineering and Mechanics. A Special Session of Eighteenth Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
Topics:
Systems and techniques
Engineering applications
April 15-30, 1996, Centre de Recherche Mathematique, Universite de Montreal, Canada. Item #532
Montreal Workshop and Spring School on Neural Nets and Learning Algorithms.
This workshop and concentrated course on artificial neural networks and learning algorithms is organized by the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques of the University of Montreal (Montreal, Quebec, Canada). The first week of the the workshop will concentrate on learning theory, statistics, and generalization. The second week (and beginning of third) will concentrate on learning algorithms, architectures, applications and implementations.
April 15-17, 1996, Cesena, Italy. Item #544
COORDINATION'96 The First International Conference on Coordination Models, Languages and Applications.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Coordination problems within concurrent, distributed, object
oriented, functional and logic programming
- Concurrent computation, constraint programming, computation
models based on the chemical reaction metaphor and related areas
- Software environments for the development of coordinated applications
- Semantics and reasoning about coordination
- Applications to distributed artificial intelligence, distributed software
engineering and related areas like: workflow modelling, groupware,
computer supported cooperative work, mobility management, network management
and control, active WWW.
- Case studies with industrial relevance.
April 15-17, 1996, Alexis Park Resort Las Vegas, Nevada. Item #545
SDAIR'96 Fifth Annual Symposium on Document Analysis and Information Retrieval.
April 15-30, 1996, Centre de Recherche Mathematique, Universite de Montreal. Item #635
Montreal Workshop and Spring School on Artificial Neural Networks and Learning Algorithms.
April 16-18, 1996, Prague, Czech Republic. Item #249
NEuroFuzzy Workshop on Computational Intelligence.
Topics: o Neuroscience o Computational Models of Neurons and Neural Nets o Organisational Principles o Learning o Fuzzy Logic o Genetic algorithms o Hardware Implementation o Intelligent Systems for Perception o Intelligent Systems for Communications Systems o Intelligent Systems for Control and Robotics
April 22-28, 1996, Minneapolis Hilton and TowersMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Item #566
1996 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
o Robot sensing and sensor data fusion o Distributed intelligence and self-organizing systems o Reasoning and planning systems o Robot systems in unstructured and hazardous environments o Multirobot systems o Dynamic vision o Dexterous and redundant manipulation o Virtual reality and environments o Robot dynamics and control o Design automation and rapid prototyping o Telerobotics and undersea robotics o Computer integrated and agile manufacturing o Micro electromechanical and micro robotic systems o Intelligent and collaborative manufacturing o Advanced actuators and sensors o Modeling and performance evaluation of discrete event systems o Robotics and Automation applications o Fuzzy logic, neural networks, and genetic algorithms in R&A
April 24-26, 1996, Bruges, Belgium. Item #430
ESANN'96 4th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks.
+ theory
+ models and architectures
+ mathematics
+ learning algorithms
+ biologically plausible artificial networks
+ formal models of biological phenomena
+ neurobiological systems
+ approximation of functions
+ identification of non-linear dynamic systems
+ adaptive behavior
+ adaptive control
+ signal processing
+ statistics
+ self-organization
+ evolutive learning
April 26-28, 1996, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Item #511
MAICS'96 Seventh Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference.
We invite papers in all areas of artificial intelligence and cognitive science, including psychology, linguistics, logic, and philosophy of mind, as long as they are appropriate for a general cognitive science audience. Graduate students in particular are encouraged to submit. We also welcome proposals for symposia on particular topics.
April 26, 1996, Bloomington, Indiana. Item #655
Midwest AI and CogSci Conference.
May 5-8, 1996, San Diego, CA, USA. Item #298
CICC IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference.
May 5, 1996, Gold Coast, Australia. Item #627
Workshop on Interval Techniques in Computing, Modelling, Simulation and Optimization.
May 6-9, 1996, Ischia, Italy. Item #201
MPCS96 The 2nd International Conference on Massively Parallel Computing Systems.
Topics: Massively parallel architectures * Application-specific architectures * Memory organisation and management * Computer networks * Instruction level parallelism architectures * Fine grain parallelism architectures * Artificial neural networks * Parallelizing and optimizing compilers * Programming environments for MPCS with reference to program transformation, load balancing, high level scheduling and message routing * Languages and operating systems * Theoretical foundations of massive parallelism * Arithmetics * Communication in MPCS * MPCS in telecommunications * MPCS in image processing, graphics and computer vision * Performance evaluation * Applications
May 6-10, 1996, San Francisco, CA, USA. Item #629
Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, and Genetic Algorithms: Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing Days in San Francisco Short Courses.
Course 1: May 6-7, 1996 Or Course 1: October 14-15, 1996
Course 2: May 8-10, 1996 Or Course 2: October 16-18, 1996
Course 1: Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming
Bernard Widrow, David Stork, and John Koza
Course 2: Fuzzy Logic Inference
Lotfi Zadeh, Jim Bezdek, Enrique Ruspini,
Piero Bonissone, Pratap Khedkar, and Hamid Berenji
May 9-10, 1996, Stanford, CA, USA. Item #534
Short Course: Modern Regression and Classification.
o Flexible regression techniques o Classification and regression trees o Neural networks o Projection pursuit regression o Nearest Neighbor methods o Learning vector quantization o Wavelets o Bootstrap and cross-validation
May 12-15, 1996, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Item #270
Special Session on "Neural Technologies for Prediction, Identification and Control" at ISCAS'96 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
This special session will discuss several aspects concerning the use neural technologies for modelling complex non-linear dynamic systems. The theoretic foundation of these methodologies will be treated as the basis for system prediction, identification and control. Presentation of some real applications will allow to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach with respect to the traditional techniques.
May 16-18, 1996, Nara-Ken New Public Hall, Nara, near Kyoto, Japan. Item #410
Artificial Life V.
May 17-18, 1996, University of Pennsylvania. Item #412
Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing.
May 19-20, 1996, Key West, Florida, USA. Item #289
ROBOLEARN-96 International Workshop on Learning for Autonomous Robots.
May 19, 1996, Key West, Florida, USA. Item #404
IAS-96 Second International Workshop on Intelligent Adaptive Systems.
This workshop will explore problems that involve: * Analyzing the role of adaptive planning and execution monitoring in problem-so lving. * Handling unanticipated events and maintaining appropriate focus in real-world engineering systems. * Analyzing the relationship between the computational cost associated with the adaptive process and the robustness of the system. * Controlling the adaptive process (what is the strategy? what is needed?, what is expected?, is it bias?, etc.). * Mechanisms for encountering dynamics in open agent society and coordination pr otocols among agents. * Adaptation methodologies for distributed systems. * Dynamic validation and verification for data mining systems.
May 19-20, 1996, Key West, Florida, USA. Item #408
TIME-96 Third International Workshop on Temporal Representation and Reasoning.
Topics:
temporal logics and ontologies
temporal languages and architectures
continuous versus discrete time
point versus interval representations
expressive power versus tractability
belief and uncertainty in temporal knowledge
temporal databases and knowledge bases
temporal learning and discovery
reasoning about actions and events
time and nonmonotonism
time and constraints
time in problem solving (e.g. diagnosis, qualitative physics,...)
multiple agents, communication, and synchronization
applications
May 20-22, 1996, Nagoya, Japan. Item #116
ICEC'96 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation.
Special sessions (so far): Constrained Optimization, Constraint Satisfaction and EC Evolutionary Artificial Neural Networks Evolutionary Robotics and Automation Genetic programming Self-adaptation in evolutionary algorithms Evolutionary algorithms and fuzzy systems
May 20-22, 1996, Nagoya, Japan. Item #121
ICEC'96 Workshop on Evolutionary Artificial Neural Networks.
May 20-21, 1996, Toronto, Canada. Item #572
What is Inductive Learning? On the foundations of AI and Cognitive Science.
This workshop is a long overdue attempt to look at the inductive learning process (ILP) as the central process generating various representations of objects (events). To this end one needs, first of all, to have a working definition of the ILP, which has been lacking. Here is a starting point: ILP is the process that constructs class representation on the basis of a (small) finite set of examples, i.e. it constructs the INDUCTIVE class representation. This class representation must, in essence, provide INDUCTIVE definition (or construction) of the class.
May 21-24, 1996, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Item #357
AI 96 Canadian Artificial Intelligence Conference.
May 23-25, 1996, University of Texas at Arlington, USA. Item #243
Volterra Centennial Symposium.
The following topics will be emphasized:
A. Integral and related equations (e.g. integro-differential,
integro-functional)
B. Modeling by means of integral questions
C. Theory of abstract Volterra operators (causal or nonanticipative)
D. Volterra's influence on Nonlinear Analysis
E. Miscellanea (related topics in theory and applications)
May 23-25, 1996, Vietri Sul Mare, Salerno, Italy. Item #457
WIRN VIETRI-96 The 8th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets.
Topics Mathematical Models Architectures and Algorithms Hardware and Software Design Hybrid Systems Pattern Recognition and Signal Processing Industrial and Commercial Applications Fuzzy Techniques for Neural Networks
May 23-25, 1996, Hilltop Inn, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. Item #557
MSL'96 The Third International Workshop on Multistrategy Learning.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - comparative studies of learning strategies, methods and paradigms - cognitive models of learning, inference and discovery - intelligent learning agents and complex adaptive systems - user-oriented learning in distributed information systems (e.g., WWW) - role of learning goals and learning in large knowledge systems - knowledge representation, acquisition and reuse in multistrategy learning and inference systems - advanced applications of multistrategy learning and knowledge discovery
May 25-27, 1996, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Item #577
Applications of Connectionism in Cognitive Science: an International Workshop.
Along with formal presentations, mornings will be devoted to demonstrations of the newest PDP software of potential interest to cognitive scientists, for which purpose each participant will have access to a workstation.
May 25-27, 1996, Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Item #656
Connectionism for Cognitivists: Theory and Applications.
May 28-30, 1996, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Item #498
Memory Organization and Consolidation: Cognitive and Computational Perspectives.
May 28-31, 1996, Montreal, Canada. Item #500
TIEMEC'96.
Conference topics Natural Disasters Application Areas Technological Disasters Risk analysis and Simulation Planning and Crisis management Techniques Communications Training and Tutoring Systems Human Factors Industrial Safety and Security Emergency Health Services Case Studies Disaster Recovery Operations
May 29-31, 1996, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Item #659
AIPS-96 Third International Conference on AI Planning Systems.
May 29-31, 1996, UCLA campus in Los Angeles, USA. Item #568
Short course: "Fuzzy Logic, Chaos, and Neural Networks: Principles and Applications".
May 30-31, 1996, Taksim Hotel, Sapanca Adapazari, Turkey. Item #435
IMS'96 The first Turkish Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems.
. Process technologies, Automation, Robotics,CNC machines
Diagnosis, Computer vision.....
. Production planning, scheduling and control, Computer
integrated manufacturing, Flexible manufacturing systems,
Systems design and integration, Material handling and
storing, Quality control, Statistical Process Control,
Group Technology, Modeling and simulation, Competitive
strategies, Reengineering, Concurrent engineering,
. Manufacturing applicaitons of Artificial intelligence in
general, Neural networks, Expert systems, Genetic algorithms,
Knowledge representation, Knowledge acquisition, Model based
reasoning, Case based reasoning, Temporal reasoning, real
time AI systems, Geometric reasoning etc....
June 2-6, 1996, Washington, DC, USA. Item #221
ICNN'96 International Conference on Neural Networks.
This conference is a major international forum for researchers, practitioners, managers, and policy makers interested in the design, development, and application of natural and artificial neural networks.
June 2-6, 1996, Budapest, Hungary. Item #510
ESM96 10th Annual European Simulation Multiconference.
June 3-6, 1996, Budapest, Hungary. Item #294
ICQFN'96 2nd International Conference on Qualitative Information, Fuzzy Techniques, and Neural Networks in Simulation.
Research papers are welcome in the following categories of presentation sessions:
. Tutorials . Time-dependent Expert Systems
. Panel Discussions . Qualitative Data Bases
. Software and Tools for Simulation
. Theory . Associative Memory
. Common Sense Reasoning for Simulation
about Dynamical Processes . Fuzzy Information Models
. Inductive Reasoning . Fuzzification and Defuzzification
about Dynamical Processes . Treatment of Uncertainty
. Knowledge-based Reasoning in Dynamical Systems
about Dynamical Processes . Treatment of Incomplete Knowledge
. Naive Physics about Dynamical Systems
. Neural Networks . Assumptions and Belief Systems
for Dynamical Processes . Models of Human Reasoning Processes
. Fault Monitoring and Diagnosis
June 3-6, 1996, Monterey, California, USA. Item #346
AUV 96 Symposium on Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology.
The Symposium will focus on the AUTONOMOUS OPERATION OF UNDERWATER VEHICLES. Related topics include (but are not limited to): Sensors and Multi-Sensor Fusion Communications and Telemetry Navigation, Rendezvous & Docking Imaging Techniques and Systems Modeling and Simulation Methods Mission Control & Software Architectures Energy and Propulsion Systems Autonomous Manipulation Vehicle Design and Control New Concept Vehicles-Mine Countermeasures Biological Models Oceanographic Sampling Networks Multiple Cooperating Vehicles Mission Scenarios
June 3-6, 1996, Cincinnati Regal Hotel Cincinnati, Ohio. Item #443
Applied Machine Vision'96 Conference and Exhibits.
Suggested Topic Areas
Technology
-Lighting & Optics -Smart Cameras
-Algorithms -Digital Cameras
-3D Vision -Linear Array MV
-Color Vision -High Resolution MV
-Off-Line -PC Based MV
-On-Line Gauging -Project Management
-Object Counting -Cameras/Imaging Chips
-Flaw Detection -System Integration
-Neural Networks -Part Inspection
-Fuzzy Logic & Vision
-Sensors/Infra-Red/X-Rays
-Patterned and Unpatterned Web Inspection
-Pattern Recognition/OCR/OCV
-Intelligent Frame Grabbers
-Training by Showing Based Systems
-Training by Knowing/Rules Based Systems
-2D Symbology
Industry Application Case Studies
-Pharmaceutical/Medical Devices
-Electronic/Semiconductor
-Textiles
-Food/Packaging
-Durable Goods
-Wood/Paper/Printing
-Automotive
-Agriculture
-Material Handling
-Plastics
-Fabricated Metal, Primary Metals
-Appliance
-Container
-Military
Other
-Recent Success Stories in MV
-Recent "learning experiences" in MV
-Non-Manufacturing Application Case Studies
-University/Industry Partnerships
June 4-7, 1996, Singapore. Item #196
ICCC96 International Conference on Chinese Computing.
Topics: Large-scale lexical database construction * Syntactic and semantic analysis * New input methods and their application * Natural language interface * Machine(-aided) translation * Intelligent information retrieval * Application of corpus and statistics * Text classification and abstraction * Discourse understanding * Knowledge acquisition and representation * Speech I/O and OCR (printed / handwriting) * Chinese Internet (WWW) and E-mail * Font generations and Typesetting * Localization (Han Hua)
June 4-7, 1996, ACROS Fukuoka, Tenjin Chuo-ku Fukuoka, Japan. Item #228
IEA/AIE-96 The Ninth International Conference on Industrial & Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems.
Conference Topics
* Automated Problem Solving * Knowledge Acquisition
* CAD/CAM * Knowledge Representation
* Case-based Reasoning * Machine Learning
* Computer Vision * Model-Based Reasoning
* Connectionist Models * Natural Language Processing
* Dependability of AI/ES * Neural Networks
* Distributed AI Architectures * Planning & Scheduling
* Expert Systems * Practical Applications
* Fuzzy Logic & Soft Computing * Reasoning Under Uncertainty
* Genetic Algorithms * Robotics
* Heuristic Searching * Sensor Fusion
* Intelligent Computer Network * Spatial & Temporal Reasoning
* Intelligent Databases * Speech Recognition
* Intelligent Interface * System Integration
* Intelligent Tutoring * Tools
* KBS Methodologies * Verification & Validation of KBSs
June 4-5, 1996, U of M Campus, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Item #640
Visualizing Data 2-day Course.
June 5-7, 1996, Washington DC, USA. Item #487
ISMM International Conference on Intelligent Information Management Systems.
Topics: 1 Database Management Systems 2 Object-Oriented Database 3 Multidatabases 4 Distributed Computing Environment 5 Client-Server Systems 6 Networking & Communication Protocols 7 Intelligent Information Management Systems 8 Expert Systems 9 Knowledge-Based Systems 10 Multimedia Systems 11 Hypertext and Hypermedia Systems 12 Real-Time Systems 13 Information Technology 14 Virtual Library 15 Dynamic Documents 16 Virtual Reality
June 9-13, 1996, Tampere, Finland. Item #223
10th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering.
June 10-11, 1996, Como, Italy. Item #452
ETIM'96 International Workshop on Emergent Technologies for Instrumentation and Measurements.
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers concerning theoretical foundations, experimental results, or practical applications related to the use of advanced technologies for instrumentation and measurements. Papers are sollicited on, but not limited to, the following topics: neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, virtual instruments, optical technologies, laser, advanced digital signal/image processing, advanced analog signal processing, wavelets, sensor technologies, remote sensing, distributed systems, fault tolerance, adaptive systems.
June 10-14, 1996, Louis Maleme Beach Hotel, Maleme Chania, Crete, Greece. Item #456
4th IEEE Mediterranean Symposium on Control & Automation.
Symposium topics include but are not limited to: Modeling Techniques, Linear and Nonlinear Systems, Adaptive Control, System Identification, Stochastic Control, Robust Control, Intelligent and Autonomous Control Systems, Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic for Feedback Control, Hybrid Systems, Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Robotics, Planning and Scheduling, CIM and FMS Systems, Quality Control, Computer Control, Numerical Methods. Papers having a blend of theory and practical applications are particularly sought.
June 10-12, 1996, Timberline, Oregon, USA. Item #488
6th International Workshop on Nonmonotonic Reasoning.
We invite extended abstracts concerning any aspect of nonmonotonic reasoning, especially those dealing with: * Innovative approaches * Implementation and practical issues * Describing applications * Theoretical foundations * Relations between different approaches
June 10-12, 1996, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Item #583
The Ninth Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems.
The primary objective of the Workshop is to encourage interaction among researchers from many scientific disciplines interested in adaptation and learning. The Workshop will focus on adaptive and learning concepts applied to intelligent systems operating in complex environments. Papers will be presented in the areas of adaptive control, learning theory, biological systems, artificial neural networks, pattern recognition, robotics, adaptive signal processing, machine learning, and other related topics.
June 10-11, 1996, Stanford Park Hotel, Menlo Park. Item #667
Course: Modern Regression and Classification.
This two day course covers modern tools for statistical prediction and classification. We start from square one, with a review of linear techniques for regression and classification, and then take attendees through a tour of: o Flexible regression techniques o Classification and regression trees o Neural networks o Projection pursuit regression o Nearest Neighbor methods o Learning vector quantization o Wavelets o Bootstrap and cross-validation
June 10-12, 1996, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Item #681
The Ninth Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems.
June 11-13, 1996, Singapore. Item #676
Short Course: Fuzzy Logic: Theory and Applications.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Dr Shaohua Tan
Department of Electrical Engineering
National University of Singapore
June 12-14, 1996, Juan-les-Pins, France. Item #509
COOP'96 Second International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems.
Suggested topics for submissions include, but are not limited to: 1. What models of cooperation can be achieved for human-computer interaction (in particular for collective problem solving in workplaces)? 2. What are the characterizations of cooperative, heterogeneous agents (i.e.human agents and software agents)? 3. What frameworks/methodologies can be offered for building cooperative systems (for example, for knowledge acquisition and validation of cooperative systems)? 4. How to identify appropriate agents to involve in a task, and the cooperative interactions required to perform a task (e.g. synchronous or asynchronous interactions) ? 5. Which techniques are helpful for collective problem solving? 6. What are the possible architectures for cooperative systems? 7. What communication skills are required for the use of cooperative systems (e.g. face to face or distant)? What kinds of dialogues, negotiation or explanation techniques, or user models are relevant for cooperative systems? 8. How to provide a cooperative system for supporting a workgroup? In particular, how to build intelligent computer environments for facilitating cooperation among users of diverse abilities during a problem-solving process? 9. What lessons have been learned from the implementation and integration of actual cooperative systems?
June 12-15, 1996, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Item #514
The Fourth International Conference on Computational Biology Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology.
ISMB is a multidisciplinary conference bringing together scientists from computer science, mathematics, statistics, and molecular biology. Its scope extends to any computational method or system supporting a biological task that is algorithmically, cognitively, or conceptually challenging, involves a synthesis of heterogeneous information, or exhibits the emergent properties of an "intelligent system." From a computational perspective, areas of interest include adaptive systems, intelligent experimental control, data modeling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, combinatorics, stochastic optimization, string and graph algorithms, linguistic methods, and parallel computer technologies. Biological areas of interest include molecular structure, genomics, molecular sequence analysis, evolution and phylogenetics, adaptive experimental systems, and molecular biology. Emphasis is placed on the validation of methods using real data sets and on practical application in the biological sciences.
June 17-19, 1996, London, UK. Item #261
EANN'96 International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks.
The conference is a forum for presenting the latest results on neural network applications in technical fields. The applications may be in any engineering or technical field, including but not limited to systems engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics, process engineering, metallurgy, pulp and paper technology, aeronautical engineering, computer science, machine vision, chemistry, chemical engineering, physics, electrical engineering, electronics, civil engineering, geophysical sciences, biotechnology, and environmental engineering.
June 17-19, 1996, London, UK. Item #540
Neural Networks in Biomedical Systems track at EANN'96.
- biosignal processing (e.g. EEG, ECG, intensive care, etc.) - biomedical image processing (e.g. in radiology, dermatology, etc.) - diagnostic support in medicine - topographical mapping of diseases or syndromes - epidemological studies - control of biomedical devices (e.g. heart/lung machines, respirators, etc.) - optimization of therapy - monitoring (e.g. in intensive care) - and many more
June 19, 1996, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Item #447
ICCTA'96 Workshop: Neural Network Applications in Agriculture (NNAA).
June 19-22, 1996, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Canada. Item #459
ICCI'96 8th International Conference of Computing and Information.
The conference will be organized in 6 streams:
Stream A: Data Theory and Logic, Information and Coding Theory
Theory of Programming, Algorithms, Theory of Computation
Stream B: Distributed Computing and Communications
Stream C: Concurrency and Parallelism
Stream D: Database Theory, Database Systems, AI Methodologies, Expert Systems,
and Knowledge Engineering
Stream E: Software/Data Engineering and CASE Methodology
Stream F: Environmental Applications of Computer Science
June 19-21, 1996, Flamingo Hilton, Reno, Nevada, USA. Item #460
Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Systems.
Topics: Logic and Inference Cognitive Science Artificial Neural Networks Reasoning Distributed Intelligent Systems Artificial Life Case-Based Reasoning Knowledge-Based Systems Vision, Image Processing Interpretation Machine Learning and Adaptive Sys. Cellular Automata Fuzzy Systems Robotics, Control and Planning Multimedia and Human Computer Evolutionary Computation Interaction (GA,GP,ES,EP) Autonomous Agents Recognition and Classification Search
June 19-22, 1996, University of Rochester. Item #624
20th CVS Symposium Neural Control of Spatial Behavior.
June 19-22, 1996, Soda Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California. Item #683
NAFIPS'96 Biennial Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society.
THEME: NEW FRONTIERS IN FUZZY LOGIC AND SOFT
COMPUTING
June 23-28, 1996, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA. Item #352
ACL-96 34th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics.
June 24-26, 1996, Centro Nacional de Microelectrnica, Sevilla, Spain. Item #250
CNNA-96 4th IEEE International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and Applications.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Basic Theory
- Applications
- Learning
- Software Implementations and CNN Simulators
- CNN Computers
- CNN Chips
- CNN System Development and Testing
June 24-27, 1996, Stanford, CA, USA. Item #556
AID'96 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Design.
June 26-28, 1996, Paris, France. Item #380
12th International Conference on Analysis and Optimization of Systems.
Methods Image application ------------ --------------------- Variational methods Image restoration Multiscale analysis Segmentation Geometric PDE's Shape modelling Wavelets Motion analysis Adaptive basis Computer vision etc... Medical and satellite imagery
June 26-28, 1996, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Item #647
NLDB'96 Second International Workshop on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems.
June 27-28, 1996, Centro Nacional de Microelectronica , Sevilla, Spain. Item #341
NDES-96 4th International Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems.
The NDES series of workshops aims to provide an annual international forum to present and discuss recent advances in the analysis and applications of Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Circuits and Systems.
June 27-28, 1996, Istanbul Technical University, Macka Campus, Istanbul, Turkey. Item #535
TAINN'96 5th Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks.
SCOPE Theory: Search, Knowledge Representation, Computational Learning Theory, Complexity Theory, Dynamical Systems, Combinatorial Optimization, Function Approximation, Estimation, Machine Learning, Machine Discovery, Social and Philosophical Issues. Algorithms and Architectures: Learning Algorithms, Multilayer Perceptrons, Recurrent Networks, Decision Trees, Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms, Fuzzy Logic, Heuristic Search Methods, Symbolic Reasoning. Applications: Expert Systems, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Speech Recognition Coding and Synthesis, Handwriting Recognition, Time-Series Prediction, Medical Processing, Financial Analysis, Music Processing, Control, Navigation, Path Planning, Automated Theorem Proving, Symbolic Algebraic Computation. Cognitive and Neuro Sciences: Human Learning, Memory and Language, Perception, Psychophysics, Computational Models. Implementation: Simulation Tools, Parallel Processing, Analog and Digital VLSI, Neurocomputing Systems.
June 28 - July 1, 1996, Desenzano del Garda, Italy. Item #281
COLT'96 Ninth Conference on Computational Learning Theory.
June 28, 1996, Santa Cruz, California, USA. Item #628
SIGPARSE 96 International Workshop on Punctuation in Computational Linguistics.
Parsing Syntax Generation Discourse processing Semantics Machine translation Phonetics Phonology Corpus-based work Psycholinguistics Message understanding Editorial assistants Information retrieval Statistical methods Automated tagging
June 29, 1996, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY. Item #288
PSAC'96 7th Annual National Problem Solving Across the Curriculum Conference.
July 1-5, 1996, Granada, Spain. Item #203
IPMU'96 Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems.
Topics of particular interest * Uncertainty Methods: Measures of Information and Uncertainty, Bayesian and Probabilistic Methods, Fuzzy Methods, Mathematical Theory of Evidence, Belief Networks, Chaos Theory. * Non-standard Logics: Non-monotonic Logics, Approximate Reasoning, Multivalued Logics, Modal Logics, Temporal Reasoning, Case-based Reasoning. * Knowledge Acquisition and Representation: Machine Learning, Inductive Methods, Commonsense Knowledge, Intelligent Databases and Information Systems. * Intelligent Systems: Fuzzy Control, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation, Expert Systems under Uncertainty, Decision Support Systems, Multicriteria and Group Decision Making, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Classification, Belief Updating and Inconsistency Handling.
July 1-7, 1996, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Item #425
DWNN-96 Dynamics Week in Nizhny Novgorod.
The DWNN--96 is a joint promotion of:
* 3^rd International Scientific School-Seminar
``Dynamic and Stochastic Wave Phenomena''
(DSWP--96)
* 2^nd International Conference
``Contemporary Problems in the Theory of Dynamical
Systems'' (CPTDS--96)
* International Specialist Workshop
``Nonlinear Dynamics --- Synchronization and Chaos''
(NDSH--96)
July 2-3, 1996, Bari, Italy. Item #589
ICML'96 Workshop on Evolutionary Computing and Machine Learning.
Submissions are invited on topics related to: machine learning using evolutionary algorithms, the artificial evolution of machine learning systems, systems exploring the interaction between evolution and learning, systems integrating evolutionary and machine learning algorithms and on applications that make use of both machine learning and evolutionary algorithms.
July 2, 1996, Bari, Italy. Item #632
EWLR-5 MLnet Familiarization Workshop and 5th European Workshop on Learning Robots.
The workshop's emphasis is on the application of Machine Learning in real world Robotic applications, including, but not limited to: Human-Robot Interaction * Mobile Robot Perception, Navigation, and Mission Planning * Architectures for Intelligent Robots * Knowledge Representation for Robot Learning * Robot Supervision, Fault Detection and Recovery * Learning and Adaptivity in Robot Control
July 3-6, 1996, Bari, Italy. Item #234
ICML'96 13th International Conference on Machine Learning.
Topics: Abduction Analogy Applications of machine learning Artificial neural networks Case-Based learning Cognitive models of learning Computational learning theory Explanation-based learning Formal models of learning Inductive learning Inductive logic programming Genetic algorithms Knowledge discovery in databases Learning and problem solving Multistrategy learning Reinforcement learning Representation change Scientific discovery Theory revision
July 9-11, 1996, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. Item #258
Special Session on Application of Neural Networks, Genetics Algorithms and Fuzzy Logic for Optimization at the Eleventh International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE'96).
July 9-12, 1996, Lille, France. Item #467
IMACS-IEEE/SMC Computational Engineering in Systems Applications.
A non-exhaustive list of the topics of interest is: - CAD Frameworks and related co-design methodology - Tradeoffs in embedded systems design - System-level design representation - Co-synthesis of hw, sw and interfaces - Evaluation of alternative system-level partitioning - Languages and standards supporting system-level design - Case-study: good or bad experiences - Timing analysis and performance evaluation - Co-design for low-power application - Formal methods in hw-sw co-design - Heterogeneous co-simulation (e.g., among Hw, Sw and mechanical components)
July 9-12, 1996, Lille, France. Item #233
CESA'96 IMACS/IEEE-SMC Multiconference Computational Engineering in Systems Applications: Special Sessions on Neural Technologies.
A Special Session on "Neural Control Systems: Techniques, Implementations, and Applications" will be held in the Symposium on "Control, Optimization and Supervision". Papers are solicited on all aspects of the neural technologies concerning system control: theory, design methodologies, realizations, case studies, and applications are welcome.
July 9-12, 1996, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, Madrid, Spain. Item #644
MALFO96 The First International Workshop on Machine Learning, Forecasting, and Optimization.
- - application of techniques from one field to another field - - integration of several data analysis techniques - - new techniques for learning, forecasting, or optimization - - comparative studies of strategies, methods, and paradigms in machine learning, statistics, and mathematics - - fielded applications
July 12-15, 1996, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. Item #431
Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
We plan to recapture the pioneering spirit of the original conference, extending our welcome to fields on the expanding frontier of Cognitive Science, including Artificial Life, Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, Evolutionary Psychology, as well as the core areas of Anthropology, Computer Science, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Psychology.
July 14-17, 1996, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Item #297
CNS*96 Fifth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting.
Presentation categories:
A. Theory and Analysis
B. Modeling and Simulation
C. Experimental
D. Tools and Techniques
Themes:
A. Development
B. Cell Biology
C. Excitable Membranes and Synaptic Mechanisms
D. Neurotransmitters, Modulators, Receptors
E. Sensory Systems
1. Somatosensory
2. Visual
3. Auditory
4. Olfactory
5. Other systems
F. Motor Systems and Sensory Motor Integration
G. Learning and Memory
H. Behavior
I. Cognitive
J. Disease
July 16-19, 1996, Bochum, Germany. Item #445
ICANN 96 The International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks.
Submission of papers related, but not limited, to the following topics are invited 1. Theory (e.g., algorithms & architectures, learning, self-organizing networks, dynamical systems) 2. Applications (e.g., data analysis, process control, robotics, optimization & prediction) 3. Sensory processing (e.g., image & sound analysis, sensory integration) 4. Cognitive science and AI (e.g., modeling in psychology & psychophysics, integration of neural & symbolic processing) 5. Implementations (e.g., software, parallel, digital & analog VLSI, optical) 6. Neurobiology (e.g., dynamics of single neurons, self-organization, cortex modelling, sensory-motor integration)
July 19, 1996, Albury, Australia. Item #590
Workshop Comparing Reactive (ALife-ish) and Intentional Agents.
This workshop aims at exploring commonalities and differences in opposing conceptions of an *agent*. On the one hand, areas such as complex adaptive systems, artificial life and evolutionary computation often conceive of agents as relatively simple, but adaptive reactive entities in which emergent phenomena arise through interactions between these agents and with their environment. On the other hand, a more classical artificial intelligence approach to agents emphasises an engineered construction of intelligent/software agents, using the machinery of planning, machine learning, and so forth. The aim of this workshop will be to contrast the various conceptions of agenthood, including what applications the contrasting conceptions are best suited for.
July 21 - August 2, 1996, University of Oxford, UK. Item #522
Oxford Summer School on Connectionist Modelling.
July 21 - August 3, 1996, Sofia, Bulgaria. Item #675
3rd International Summer School in Cognitive Science.
Courses
Two Sciences of Mind: Cognitive Science and
Consciousness Studies - Sean O'Nuallain (NCR, Canada)
Contextual Reasoning - Fausto Giunchiglia (University of
Trento, Italy)
Diagrammatic Reasonning - Hari Narayanan (Georgia Tech, USA)
Qualitative Spatial Reasoning - Schlieder (Hamburg and
Freiburg University, Germany)
Language, Vision, and Spatial Cognition - Annette
Herskovits (Boston University)
Situated Planning and Reactivity - Iain Craig (University
of Warwick, UK)
Anthropology of Knowledge - Janet Keller (University of
Illinois, USA)
Cognitive Ergonomics - Antonio Rizzo (University of Siena,
Italy)
Psychophysics: Detection, Discrimination, and Scaling -
Stephan Mateeff (BAS and NBU, Bulgaria)
July 22-26, 1996, Orlando, USA. Item #501
ISAS 96 International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis.
July 22-26, 1996, Lisbon, Portugal. Item #646
SIRS96 International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems.
Mobile Robotics Active Perception 3D Reconstruction Cooperation Learning and Control Control Architectures Robotic Applications Planning and Plan Execution Fuzzy and Neural Network Techniques for Control
July 22-26, 1996, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Item #710
Summer Institute on Parallel Discrete Algorithms.
Parallel algorithms for problems involving discrete objects, such as those found in geometric, graph and string problems have been studied extensively. These studies have been motivated by important application areas including computational biology, computational geometry, geographic information systems, image processing, finite element mesh generation and AI/knowledge representation. Until recently, these studies focused almost exclusively on parallel algorithms for highly abstract models such as PRAM or distributed memory machines (meshes, hypercubes etc.). However, to be relevant in practice, parallel algorithms must be developed for more realistic models that better reflect existing parallel machines and LAN's, such as the BSP, LogP, C^3, and the Coarse Grained Multicomputer (CGM) models.
July 28-31, 1996, Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel, San Diego, CA, USA. Item #55
GP-96 Genetic Programming 96.
Topics: - new applications of genetic programming - theory - extensions and variations of genetic programming - parallelization techniques - mental models, memory, and state - operator and representation issues - relations to biology and cognitive systems - implementation issues - war stories
July 29 - August 1, 1996, Montreal Bonaventure Hilton Hotel Montreal, Canada. Item #239
ICAPT'96 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology.
Applications of Interest Include:
I. Communications
a. Subsystem Technology
b. Network Development
II. Information Processing and Storage
a. Photonic Computing
b. Signal and Image Processing
III. Sensors and Measurements
a. Active and Passive Remote Sensing
b. Industrial and Medical Applications
c. Novel Systems and Devices
July 30 - August 3, 1996, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. Item #661
CADE-13 The 13th International Conference on Automated Deduction.
CADE-13 will be held as part of the Federated Logic Conference (FLoC'96). http://www.research.att.com/lics/FLoC/
August 1-3, 1996, Portland, Oregon, USA. Item #371
Twelfth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence.
The scope of CUAI covers a broad spectrum of approaches to automated reasoning and decision making under uncertainty. Contributions to the proceedings address topics that advance theoretical principles or provide insights through empirical study of applications. Interests include quantitative and qualitative approaches, and traditional as well as alternative paradigms of uncertain reasoning. Innovative applications of automated uncertain reasoning have spanned a broad spectrum of tasks and domains, including systems that make autonomous decisions and those designed to support human decision making through interactive use.
August 1996, Portland, Oregon, USA. Item #521
Integrating Multiple Learned Models for Improving and Scaling Machine Learning Algorithms.
August 3-8, 1996, Portland, Oregon USA. Item #470
5th Annual AAAI Mobile Robot Competition and Exhibition.
The mobile robot competition will build on the successes of the previous four competitions. The events have not yet been finalized, but they will be similar to the previous three years with basic office-building navigation and mobile manipulation skills being emphasized. Special attention this year will be given to more natural environments and interaction with conference attendees. As in previous years, a mobile robot exhibition will also be held. Exhibitors can demonstrate mobile robot capabilities that are not part of the formal competition. We especially encourage exhibition robots that interact with conference attendees, such as wheelchairs or free roaming robots.
August 4-8, 1996, Chicago, USA. Item #290
Joint Statistical Meetings of the ASA Section on Bayesian Statistical Sciences.
Please contact Mike West with suggestions and ideas for sessions. The theme for the 1996 meetings is "Challenging the Frontiers of Knowledge Using Statistical Science", intended to highlight new statistical developments at the forefront of the discipline -- theory, methods, applications, and cross-disciplinary activities. Suggestions for invited sessions should relate to this theme, involving topics of real novelty and importance, new directions of development in Bayesian statistics, and reflecting the current vibrancy of the discipline.
during AAAI-96, August 4-5, 1996, Portland, Oregon, USA. Item #524
AAAI-96 Workshop Computational Cognitive Modeling: Source of the Power.
The workshop will focus on, but not be limited to: -- Proper criteria for judging success or failure of a model. -- Methods for recognizing the source of power. -- Analyses of the success or failure of existing models. -- Presentation of new cognitive models.
August 8-9, 1996, Holiday Inn Dayton, Fairborn, Ohio. Item #526
Adaptive Distributed Parallel Computing Symposium.
Topics of Interest Innovative theoretical investigations and applications of various adaptive Artificial Intelligence methods and technologies are all of interest, but the focus of the Symposium is on those activities which seem to have potential for major beneficial impact in dealing with significant problems of society. Application areas include the fields of Engineering and Science, Design, Fabrication, Materials, Medicine, Health-care, and Business. Although interest is by no means limited to the following topics, these are timely and of special interest: Theory Algorithms & System Architectures for Distributed Parallel Computing, Self-Organization of Distributed Data, Intelligent Search of Massive Data. Applications Control, Optimization, Discovery, Manufacturing, Automation, Environment, Medicine, Biomedical, Engineering, and Business.
August 8-9, 1996, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Item #563
5th Annual New Avenues In Crisis Management.
This two-day forum is the single best vehicle to network, learn and share ideas regarding prevention and management of critical incidents. Our first four conferences have featured over 150 speakers addressing subjects such as enviromental spills, natural disasters, terrorism, product recalls, workplace violence and numerous related subjects of concern to corporations, gov't agencies and not for profits.
August 9-11, 1996, Sunnyvale, California, USA. Item #631
PDPTA'96 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications.
SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
O Parallel/Distributed architectures:
MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic, vector/pipeline (supercomputers),
shared memory, distributed memory, general- and special-purpose
architectures, ...
O Building block processors:
Applications of processors that can be used as basic building
blocks for multicomputer systems.
O Interconnection networks:
Scalable networks, Reconfigurable networks, ...
O Reliability and fault-tolerance:
Software and hardware fault-tolerance (system- and
application-level), fault diagnosis, fault-tolerance
measurement.
O Parallel/Distributed algorithms:
Algorithms exploiting MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic,
vector/pipeline, shared memory, distributed memory, ...
O Parallel/Distributed applications:
Numerical computations/methods, neural networks and fuzzy
logic, medical, remote sensing, GIS, computer vision,
computer graphics and virtual reality, parallel/distributed
databases, ...
O Mobile computation and communication.
O Object Oriented Technology and related issues.
O Heterogeneous and multimedia systems.
O Software tools and environments for parallel computers:
Operating systems, compilers, languages, debuggers, ...
O High-performance computing in Computational Science:
Intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research programs
and applications.
O Transputer research (transputer-based systems, applications,
future trends, tools, ...) Two/Three technical sessions have
been allocated to this area. These sessions will form the
8th NATUG meeting (8th North American Transputer Users Group.)
O Other aspects and applications relating to high-performance
computations.
August 12-16, 1996, Budapest, Hungary. Item #362
ECAI-96 12th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
August 12-13, 1996, during the 12th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Budapest, Hungary. Item #528
ECAI '96 Workshop: Neural Networks and Structured Knowledge.
Concepts and Methods:
* extraction, injection and refinement of structured knowledge from, into
and by neural networks
* inductive discovery/formation of structured knowledge
* combining symbolic machine learning techniques with neural lerning
paradigms to improve performance
* classification, recognition, prediction, matching and manipulation of
structured information
* neural methods that use or discover structural similarities
* neural models to infer hierarchical categories
* structuring of network architectures: methods for introducing
coarse-grained structure into networks, unsupervised learning of internal
modularity
Application Areas:
* medical and technical diagnosis: discovery and manipulation of structured
dependencies, constraints, explanations
* molecular biology and chemistry: prediction of molecular structure
unfolding, classification of chemical structures, DNA analysis
* automated reasoning: robust matching, manipulation of logical terms, proof
plans, search space reduction
* software engineering: quality testing, modularisation of software
* geometrical and spatial reasoning: robotics, structured representation of
objects in space, figure animation, layouting of objects
* other applications that use, generate or manipulate structures with neural
methods: structures in music composition, legal reasoning, architectures,
technical configuration, ...
August 19-21, 1996, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Item #426
IRREGULAR'96 Third International Workshop on Parallel Algorithms for Irregularly Structured Problems.
Scope : IRREGULAR 96 aims at fostering the cooperation among practitioners and theoreticians of the field. Papers for oral presentation are solicited in all research areas related to the parallelism of irregular problems, as listed below. Topics : (non exhaustive) applications, approximating and randomized methods, automatic synthesis, branch and bound, combinatorial optimization, compiling, computer vision, load balancing, parallel data structures, scheduling and mapping, sparse matrix and symbolic computation.
August 20-23, 1996, Melbourne, Australia. Item #416
ISIS Information, Statistics and Induction in Science.
The following streams/subject areas are of particular interest to the
organisers:
Concept Formation and Classification.
Minimum Encoding Length Inference Methods.
Scientific Discovery.
Theory Revision.
Bayesian Methodology.
Foundations of Statistics.
Foundations of Social Science.
Foundations of AIHEN.
August 20-23, 1996, Vaasa, Finland. Item #761
STeP-96 Finnish Artificial Intelligence Conference, Vaasa.
August 21-23, 1996, Venice, Italy. Item #472
NICROSP'96 International Workshop on Neural Networks for Identification, Control, Robotics, and Signal/Image Processing.
August 21-23, 1996, Sheraton Walker Hill, Seoul, Korea. Item #527
COMPSAC 96 The Twentieth Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference.
* Software-Development and Maintenance Paradigms and Environments
* Quality Assurance, Process Improvement and Maturity Models
* Software Reliability, Security and Safety
* Risk Assessment and Management of Large-Scale Software Projects
* Re-engineering, Reverse engineering, Reuse and Customization
* Software Metrics and Modeling
* Software Development for Distributed and Parallel Processing Systems
* Co-design of Hardware and Software for Application Specific Systems
+ Interoperability in Systems and Tools
* Large-Scale Software System Integration
* Formal Methods
* AI Tools and Techniques
* Data and Knowledge Bases
* Computer-Aided Support for Document Preparation
* Advances in CASE
* Interactive Computing and Groupware
* Multimedia Systems and Virtual Reality
* Information Super Highway
* Software Engineering Education
* Applications: Government Services, Telecommunications, Banking Systems,
Health Care, Entertainment, Consumer Electronics
* Industry Trends: Downsizing, OutSourcing, Off-Shore Software Support
* Legal and Social Issues of Computer Software
August 25-30, 1996, Technical University, Vienna, Austria. Item #225
13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition.
The conference is devided in four tracks: Computer Vision Pattern Recognition and Signal Analysis Applications and Robotic Systems Parallel and Connectionist Systems
August 25 - September 20, 1996, Crete, Greece. Item #569
Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience.
The Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience introduces students to the practical application of computational methods in neuroscience, in particular how to create biologically realistic models of neurons and networks.
August 26-27, 1996, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Item #333
International Conference on DSP in Telecom.
Topics Wired Modem Fax Speakerphone Digital Tapeless Answering Machine PC Telephony ISDN LAN WAN ADLS HDSL ATM Cable/Cablephone Wireless Cellular (GSM, IS54, IS136, EDC, CDPD) PCS Infrastructure Satellite RF Video Conference H.320 H.324 Proprietary DSP Technology DSP Core Development Tools Function-Algorithm-Specific ICs Algorithms Simultaneous Voice & Data Acoustical Echo Canceller Line Echo Canceller Barrel-Effect Suppression Adaptive Filters Modulation Speech Coding Speech Synthesis Speech Recognition Signal Transforms
August 26-30, 1996, Cairns Convention Centre, Queensland, Australia. Item #370
PRICAI'96 Fourth Pacific Rim International Conferences on Artificial Intelligence.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * AI research and development #ffffff are having, or are anticipated to have impact in the Pacific Rim (e.g., intelligent scheduling, multi-lingual text and language processing, financial modelling, intelligent manufacturing, etc.), * AI research of a theoretical nature, but with some vision of its potential impact on applications (e.g., planning for intelligent robotics, belief revision for scheduling, induction and learning for data abstraction and data mining, etc.), * AI research and development in the software development process, including information and software repositories, software analysis and abstraction, enterprise modelling, etc.)
August 26-28, 1996, Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, Australia. Item #507
ISSPA 96 Fourth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications.
1. Digital Filter Design & Structures
2. Multirate Filtering & Wavelets
3. Adaptive Signal Processing
4. Higher Order Spectrum Analysis
5. Radar & Sonar Signal Processing
6. Speech Processing & Recognition
7. Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing
8. Biomedical Signal Processing
9. Statistical Signal and Array Processing
10. VLSI for Signal Processing
11. Communications Signal Processing
12. Time-Frequency & Time-Scale Analysis
13. Neural Networks for Signal Processing
14. Industrial Signal Processing
15. Signal Processing Education
16. Other (Optical Signal Processing,
Aerospace Applications, Multimedia, etc)
August 26, 1996, Cairns, Australia. Item #645
Workshop on Theoretical and Practical Foundations of Intelligent agents.
Topics of interest:
Foundations:
- philosophical theories of rationality
- formal theories of practical reasoning
- architectures for rational agent systems
- situated reasoning and rationality
- collaboration and communication
Theories:
- logics of belief, desire, intentions and plans
- theories of know-how and ability
- theories of belief, desire and intention revision
- collaboration: joint intentions and shared plans
- plan recognition in intelligent agent systems
Practical design:
- limited rationality and reactive reasoning
- behaviour-based models and multi-layered architectures
- organisation of teams of agents
August 26-28, 1996, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Item #706
CE96 Concurrent Engineering.
August 27-29, 1996, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Lyon, France. Item #489
EURO-PAR'96.
Workshops: Programming environment and tools Routing and communication in interconnection networks Automatic parallelization and high performance compilers Distributed systems and algorithms Parallel languages and programming Parallel discrete algorithms Parallel numerical algorithms Parallel DSP and image processing Design automation for parallel processor VLSIs Computer arithmetic New applications in high performance computing Theory and models of parallel computation Parallel computer architecture Networks and ATM Optics in high-performance computing systems Neural networks Scheduling and load balancing Critical systems Performance evaluation Instruction level parallelism Meta-level and high-level control in parallel symbolic programs Parallel and distributed databases systems
August 27, 1996, Cairns, Australia. Item #595
Second Australian Workshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence.
Topics and Issues Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) is the study of the design and implementation of agents that can make decisions on their own or in interaction with other agents. Agents act autonomously and rationally in time-constrained, open, multi-agent environments. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers interested in the micro and macro aspects of this emerging technology. The workshop will address the issues of: agent specification via agent theories, modelling of agents, decisions in multi-agent environments, development of coordination strategies, negotiation mechanisms, conflict detection and resolution strategies, communication protocols, and mechanisms whereby agents can maintain autonomy while still contributing to overall system effectiveness. The workshop will explore agent architectures, methodologies for realising agents, agent decision-making theories, inter-agent communication and natural language discourse, software tools for programming and experimenting with agents.
August 29-31, 1996, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland. Item #585
1st International Symposium Workshop on Neuro-Fuzzy Systems.
Fundamental topics: * Mathematical foundations * Topologies, configurations, fuzzy neurons * Dynamics of neuro-fuzzy systems and neurodynamics * Learning methods (including genetic algorithms and other non-standard methods) * NFS in Knowledge processing and representation
September 1-4, 1996, Alexandra Hotel, Loen, Norway. Item #547
1996 IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop.
* DSP techniques for Digital Communications * DSP techniques for Multimedia Applications * Adaptive Filtering and Beamforming * Statistical Signal Processing * Design and Applications of Multirate Transforms * Time-Frequency and Wavelet Representation * Coding and Quantization * Nonlinear Systems, Chaos, and Fractals * Signal Reconstruction and Estimation * DSP Algorithms and Architectures * Applications of DSP * DSP Education
September 2-5, 1996, Prague, Czech Republic. Item #272
EUROMICRO'96 22nd Euromicro Conference: Beyond 2000: Hardware and Software Design Strategies.
September 2-6, 1996, Lausanne, Switzerland. Item #567
AIHENP'96 Fifth International Workshop on new Computing Techniques in Physics Research.
A) SOFTWARE ENGINEERING B) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEURAL NETS, GENETIC ALGORITHMS, EXPERT SYSTEMS C) SYMBOLIC MANIPULATION, AUTOMATIC CALCULATION
September 2-6, 1996, Bonn, Germany. Item #705
JICSLP'96 PostConference Workshop (LPSC) Logic Programming and Soft Computing: Theory and Applications.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Fuzzy Extensions of Logic Programming Fuzzy Unification Automated Theorem Proving in Approximated Reasoning Fuzzy Logic and Knowledge-based Systems Implementations Applications Query Answering Process Semantics Knowledge Discovery in Data Bases Theoretical Foundations
September 2-6, 1996, Bonn, Germany. Item #709
Non-Monotonic Extensions of Logic Programming: Theory, Applications and Implementations a JICSLP'96 Postconference Workshop.
Papers are welcome on all non-monotonic aspects of logic programming, including, but not limited to: Abductive Extensions New Application Domains Applications to KR Prototypes and Implementation Constructive Negation Query-Answering Procedures Disjunctive LP Semantics Epistemic Extensions Strong or Explicit Negation Inconsistency Handling Updates
September 2-5, 1996, Aachen, Germany. Item #717
EUFIT'96 The European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing.
The conference is composed of plenary presentations, semi-plenary sessions, panel sessions, invited and contributed sessions, and other events. There will be parallel and interactive sessions. They include scientific and applied presentations in Fuzzy Technology, Neural Nets, and Genetic Algorithms.
September 2-4, 1996, Santafe de Bogota, D.C, COLOMBIA. Item #783
I Workshop on Neural Networks Universidad Distrital (I Coloquio de Redes Neuronales Universidad Distrital).
Topics: Voice Signal Processing Biological Neural Nets Laser Model of Nervous excitation Neural Networks on Dynamic System Control Chaos, Fractals and Neural Networks Genetic Machines Artificial Vision Fuzzy Logic Backpropagation Math, Automatons and Brain Design, Software and Internet WorkShop
September 4-6, 1996, Seika, Kyoto, Japan. Item #702
NNSP96 IEEE Signal Processing Society Workshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing.
September 8-11, 1996, New Orleans, USA. Item #256
FUZZ-IEEE'96 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems.
The program committee invites potential authors to submit papers dealing with any aspect of research and applications related to the use of fuzzy models.
September 9-13, 1996, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Item #202
SAB96 ``From Animals to Animat'' Fourth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior.
Topics: Action selection * Learning and development Perception and * motor control * Evolutionary computation Neural correlates of * behavior * Coevolutionary models Emergent structures and behaviors * Parallel and distributed models Motivation and emotion * * Collective and social behavior Internal world models * Autonomous * robots Characterization of environments * Applied adaptive * behavior
September 9-13, 1996, Paris, France. Item #259
ECCOMAS 96.
Conference Themes: Algoritms and Numerical Techniques Computational Fluid Dynamics Solid Mechanics and Applied Sciences
September 9-12, 1996, Edinburgh, UK. Item #608
BMVC96 7th British Machine Vision Conference.
September 9-10, 1996, Daimler-Benz Systems Technology Research, Berlin, Germany. Item #651
NACT II Neural Adaptive Control Technology Workshop.
The aim of the workshop is to bring together selected invited specialists in the fields of adaptive control, non-linear systems and neural networks.
September 18-20, 1996, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London. Item #728
Neural Networks Course.
18th and 19th September Two-day modular course: Basics & Applications 20th September 1996 One-day Seminar: "The Future of Neural Networks"
September 10-13, 1996, Trieste, Italy. Item #269
EUSIPCO-96 VIII European Signal Processing Conference.
AREAS OF INTEREST A - Theory of signals and systems B - Image processing C - Speech Processing D - Multidimensional Signal Processing E - Implementations F - Knowledge Engineering and Signal Processing G - Applications
September 11-13, 1996, Clearwater, Florida, USA. Item #499
AIENG 96 Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering.
CONFERENCE THEMES
Basic Research in AI:
knowledge representation
neural networks
genetic algorithms
validation/verification
constraint propagation
qualitative modelling
model-based reasoning
case-based reasoning
temporal reasoning
fuzzy logic
real-time aspects
AI Research Applied to Engineering:
design
integration of design and manufacturing
concurrent engineering
intelligent vehicles
robotics and control
planning and scheduling
process engineering and control
surveillance systems
fault diagnosis
reliability
multimedia &man/machine communication
evaluation & selection
analysis and simulation
AI tools
implementation, integration strategies
modelling uncertainties
Application Domains:
manufacturing
energy
transportation
electronic industry
automobile
biomedical engineering
agriculture
aeronautics & space
chemical engineering
environmental engineering
civil engineering
September 15-20, 1996, San Diego, California, USA. Item #326
The 1996 World Congress on Neural Networks.
SESSION TOPICS
1. Vision 11. Neurodynamics & Chaos
2. Speech 12. Hardware Implementation
3. Neurocontrol and Robotics 13. Associative Memory and Reinforcement
Learning
4. Supervised Learning 14. Applications
5. Unsupervised Learning 15. Mathematical Foundations
6. Pattern Recognition 16. Evolutionary/Genetic/Annealing Algorithms
7. Prediction and System 17. Neural and Fuzzy Systems Identification
8. Intelligent Systems 18. Fuzzy Approximation and Applications
9. Computational Neuroscience 19. Medical Applications
10. Signal Processing 20. Industrial Applications
SPECIAL SESSIONS
A. Consciousness & and Intentionality
B. Biological Neural Networks
C. Dynamical Systems in Financial Engineering
D. Power Industry Applications
E. Statistics & Neural Networks
F. INNS Special Interest Groups (SIGINNS)
September 15-18, 1996, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Item #421
ISIC 11th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control.
- Architectures for intelligent control
- Hierarchical intelligent control
- Distributed intelligent systems
- Modeling intelligent systems
- Mathematical analysis of intelligent systems
- Knowledge-based systems
- Fuzzy systems / fuzzy control
- Neural networks / neural control
- Machine learning
- Genetic algorithms
- Applications / Implementations:
- Automotive / vehicular systems
- Robotics / Manufacturing
- Process control
- Aircraft / spacecraft
September 17-19, 1996, Dresden, Germany. Item #611
KI-96 20th German Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
knowledge representation, machine learning, and knowledge based systems;
reasoning, deduction, inference, and inference systems;
diagnosis, classification, planning, and expert systems;
cognition and cognitive systems;
vision and visual information processing systems;
language and natural language processing systems;
neural networks and connectionist systems;
agents and multi agent systems;
humans and robot systems;
AI-systems and their sociological implications.
September 17-19, 1996, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Item #619
1st International Conference on GeoComputation.
Sessions will cover all areas of computational geography including: Artificial intelligence, expert systems, and neural networks. Fractals and chaos. Visualization, virtual reality, and multimedia. Quality control techniques for data and models. Exploratory data analysis and data mining. Integration with GIS. Supercomputing. Cellular automata. Macro-modelling, micro-modelling, and scaling. Process based modelling. Fuzzy modelling.
September 18-20, 1996, Sozopol, Bulgaria. Item #581
AIMSA'96 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, Applications.
Topics of interest * Automated reasoning: theorem proving, reasoning about action and change, reasoning about time and space, constraint satisfaction, reasoning on uncertainty and with fuzzy sets, analogy and induction, machine learning. * Logics for AI: logics for knowledge, belief and intention, multi-valued logics, modal and temporal logics, epistemic logics, fuzzy logics. * Languages, structures and algorithms for AI: logic programming, inductive logic programming, constraint programming, multi-agent systems, connectionist systems, genetic algorithms, parallel processing for AI. * Knowledge-based systems: languages and systems for representing knowledge, object-based knowledge representation systems, knowledge acquisition, validation of knowledge-based systems. * Natural language processing: syntax, semantics, discourse, speech recognition and understanding, natural language generation, natural language front ends. * Perception and action: computer vision, object recognition, stereo vision, active vision, robotics systems, robot programming, robot motion planning, mobile robotics, behavior-based reactive robots. * Principles of AI applications: AI for decision systems, AI in education, AI in engineering design, AI in manufacturing control, AI in medicine, AI in molecular biology, AI in environmental sciences.
September 20-22, 1996, Item #652
Third Game Programming Workshop in Japan.
The purpose of this workshop is to promote computer game-playing researches, especially those on computer Shogi (Japanese Chess) and computer Go.
September 20-21, 1996, Headland Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall, England. Item #664
Information Theory and the Brain II.
September 20-21, 1996, Summer House Inn, La Jolla, California. Item #745
Advanced Workshop on Biological and Artificial Neural Networks: a Search for Synergy.
Workshop topics will emphasize:
* methods for quantitative study of nonstationarities in neural systems
* methods for analyzing high-dimensional spatio-temporal neural dynamics
* methods for study of dynamic nonlinearities in neural systems
September 20-21, 1996, Cambridge, MA, USA. Item #746
Tutorial on Learning Methods for Prediction, Classification, Novelty Detection and Time Series Analysis.
COURSE OUTLINE Overview of learning systems; LMS, perceptrons and support vectors; generalized linear models; multilayer networks; recurrent networks; weight decay, regularization and committees; optimization methods; active learning; applications to prediction, classification and control Graphical models: Markov random fields and Bayesian belief networks; junction trees and probabilistic message passing; calculating most probable configurations; Boltzmann machines; influence diagrams; structure learning algorithms; applications to diagnosis, density estimation, novelty detection and sensitivity analysis Clustering; mixture models; mixtures of experts models; the EM algorithm; decision trees; hidden Markov models; variations on hidden Markov models; applications to prediction, classification and time series modeling Subspace methods; mixtures of principal component modules; factor analysis and its relation to PCA; Kalman filtering; switching mixtures of Kalman filters; tree-structured Kalman filters; applications to novelty detection and system identification Approximate methods: sampling methods, variational methods; graphical models with sigmoid units and noisy-OR units; factorial HMMs; the Helmholtz machine; computationally efficient upper and lower bounds for graphical models
September 22-27, 1996, Berlin, Germany. Item #525
PPSN IV The Fourth International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature.
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, genetic algorithms and classifier systems, other forms of evolutionary computation, simulated annealing, neural and immune networks, machine learning and optimization using these methods, their relations to other learning paradigms, and mathematical description of their behaviour.
September 22-28, 1996, Mangalia, Romania. Item #730
International Summer School : Intelligent Technologies and Soft Computing.
The tutorials and computer demonstration will facilitate the participants to be able to: * understand the Soft Computing (SC) concept and framework; * realize the need of applying intelligent technologies and understand the rapidly growing importance of Soft Computing as a key methodology for the conception, design and analysis of high MIQ (Machine Intelligence Quotient) systems; * tackle their own applications by originally combining intelligent technologies, Fuzzy Logic (FL), Neural Network (NN), Evolutionary Computation (EC), in the frame of SC.
September 23-28, 1996, Kanagawa, Japan. Item #542
BSI96 IFMBE-IMIA International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation.
(1) Mathematical modeling of experimental and clinical biosignlas (nonlinear phenomena, chaos, fractals, neural network modeling, cardiovascular and respiratory fluctuations analysis, ECG/ EEG/ EMG signal modeling, potential mapping, inverse problem, miscellaneous) (2) Biosignal processing and pattern analysis (nonstationary/nonlinear analysis, time frequency analysis, statistical time series analysis, signal detection, signal reconstruction, neural network, wavelet analysis, recording and display instrumentation, miscellaneous) (3) On-line interactive signal acquisition and processing (intelligent monitoring, ambulatory system, miscellaneous) (4) Decision-support methods (parameter estimation, decision making, rule based/expert systems, automatic diagnoses, data reasoning, man-machine interface, miscellaneous).
September 23-26, 1996, Intelligent Systems Research Institute, Tehran, Iran. Item #626
ICICS'96 1996 International Conference on Intelligent and Cognitive Systems.
The conference consists of 3 different Symposiums: * Cognitive Sciences Symposium: CSS'96 * Neural Networks Symposium: NNS'96 * Fuzzy Systems Symposium: FSS'96
September 23-25, 1996, Crystal City, Virginia. Item #639
GTG'96 Geographic Technology in Government.
September 23-27, 1996, Chia, Sardinia, Italy. Item #718
Workshop on Neural Networks: from Biology to Hardware Implementations.
Main topics: - the dynamical interpretation of cross correlations - what can be extracted from information theory analysis of spike trains - the potentialities of multiple recordings - the role of the timing of the spikes - the role of hardware implementations in the context of biological modelling
September 23-25, 1996, Aston University, Birmingham. Item #765
Neural Computing for Industrial Applications: An Intensive Hands-on Course.
The course will focus on a principled, rather than ad-hoc, approach to neural networks, providing the main tools to enable their successful application in real-world problems. It combines lectures with supervised laboratory sessions and aims to provide participants with a coherent picture of the foundations of neural computing, as well as a deep understanding of many practical issues arising in their application to commercial tasks.
September 23-25, 1996, Steyr, Austria. Item #766
AISMC-3 The Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Symbolic Mathematical Computation.
September 23-24, 1996, Wyndham Garden Hotel, Chandler (Phoenix), Arizona, USA. Item #794
Short Courses in Image Processing & Voice Recognition: (1) Fundamentals of Voice Recognition.
Instructors: Prof. Andreas Spanias & Dr. Philip Loizou
of Arizona State University
Includes: Priciples and Applications
Description of Algorithms and Applications
September 24-27, 1996, Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Item #236
ICONIP'96 International Conference on Neural Information Processing.
CONFERENCE TOPICS ================= * Theory * Algorithms & Architectures * Applications * Supervised/Unsupervised Learning * Hardware Implementations * Hybrid Systems * Neurobiological Systems * Associative Memory * Visual & Speech Processing * Intelligent Control & Robotics * Cognitive Science & AI * Recurrent Net & Dynamics * Image Processing * Pattern Recognition * Computer Vision * Time Series Prediction * Financial Engineering * Optimization * Fuzzy Logic * Evolutionary Computing * Other Related Areas
September 24-26, 1996, Aachen, Germany. Item #612
SAS'96 International Static Analysis Symposium.
Abstract Interpretation Optimising Compilers
Complexity Theoretical Frameworks
Experimental Evaluation Verification Systems
Specific Analyses Type Inference
Partial Evaluation Abstract Domains
September 25-27, 1996, Montpellier, France. Item #429
ICGI-96 Third International Colloquium on Grammatical Inference.
Grammars and Languages from data. Traditionally, GI has been studied within several contexts: Information Theory, Formal Languages Theory, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Computational Learning Neural Networks, etc. This multidisciplinary perspective, however, has lead so far to a lack of a focused research community.
September 25-27, 1996, Aachen, Germany. Item #490
ALP'96 / PLILP'96 Fifth International Conference on Algebraic and Logic Programming / Eighth International Symposium on Programming Languages, Implementations, Logics, and Programs.
ALP: - - Semantics of algebraic and logic programming - - Integration of functional and logic programming - - Term rewriting, narrowing, resolution - - Constraint logic programming and theorem proving with constraints - - Concurrent features in algebraic and logic programming languages - - Higher order features in algebraic and logic programming languages PLILP: - - Implementation of declarative concepts - - Integration of different paradigms - - Compiler specification and construction - - Program analysis and transformation - - Programming environments - - Executable specifications - - Reasoning about language constructs - - Experiences in constructing applications - - Typing and structuring systems
September 25-27, 1996, Dijon, France. Item #502
PDCS'96 Ninth International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems.
General Topics:
Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks
- Real Time Distributed Systems
- Networks
- Supercomputing
- Parallel Architectures
- VLSI Implementations
- Reliability and Fault Tolerance
Parallel and Distributed Computing
- Parallel and distributed algorithms
- Concurrency and Parallelism
- Distributed Computing
- Software Development Environments and Tools
- Languages, Compilers and Operating Systems
Parallel and Distributed Information Systems
- Parallel and Distributed databases
- Cooperative Information Systems
- Heterogenous and multmedia Systems
- DIstributed Query Processing
Applications
- Simulations
- Image processing
- Real Time Distributed Systems
Modeling and Analysis
- Parallel and Distributed Simulations
- Performance Modeling and Simulations
- Simulations
September 25-28, 1996, Ravensburg, Germany. Item #570
Autumn School on Hybrid Symbolic Connectionist Systems.
The lectures will give an insight into the ongoing research in the field where the fundamental theory as well as practical solutions for concrete applications will be presented.
September 25-27, 1996, Wyndham Garden Hotel, Chandler (Phoenix), Arizona, USA. Item #795
Short Courses in Image Processing & Voice Recognition: (2) Image Processing.
Instructor Prof. Tas Venetsanopoulos
of University of Toronto
Includes Fundamentals and Applications
Description of Compression Standards
September 27 - October 7, 1996, Erice, Sicily, Italy. Item #617
International School on Neural Nets "E.R. Caianiello" 1st Course: Learning in Graphical Models.
Purpose of the course Neural Networks and Bayesian belief networks are learning and interface methods that have been developed in two largely distinct reasearch communities. The purpose of this Course is to bring together researchers from these two communities and study both kinds of networks as istances of a general unified graphical formalism. The Course will focus on probabilistic methods for learning in graphical models, with attention paid to algorithm analysis and design, theory and applications.
September 30 - October 1, 1996, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, USA. Item #503
Third IEEE Workshop on Interactive Voice Technology for Telecommunications Applications.
Topic areas of interest: - ASR/verification systems for the cellular environment - User interface / human factors of applying speech to telecommunications tasks - Language modeling and dialog design for "audio-only" communication - Experimental interactive systems for telecommunication applications - Experience in deployment & assessment of deployed ASR/verification systems - Text-to-speech applications in the network - Speech enhancement for telecommunications applications - Telephone services for the disabled - Architectures for speech-based services
September 30 - October 2, 1996, Fundacao Caloustre Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal. Item #497
EuroAIED European Conference on AI in education.
September 30- October 2, 1996, Leipzig, Germany. Item #732
GCB`96 German Conference on Bioinformatics.
October 2-6, 1996, Münster, Germany. Item #689
Autumn School on Connectionism and Neural Networks (in German).
October 3-6, 1996, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Item #172
Fourth International Conference on Spoken Language Processing.
This conference is dedicated to bringing together engineers, linguists, psychologists, clinicians, manufacturers, and anyone with an interest in research and development of spoken language processing by both humans and machines.
October 3-6, 1996, Kazan State Technological University Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. Item #643
International Workshop "Soft Computing - 1996".
WORKSHOP TOPICS: fuzzy logic, fuzzy scales, reasoning over scales, nonnumerical fuzzy sets, fuzzy models in applied semiotics, context modeling in fuzzy logic, qualitative reasoning, cognitive data analysis, fuzzy databases, fuzzy expert systems, active decision support systems, genetic algorithms, neural networks, fuzzy control, fuzzy hardware, fuzzy software, applications of fuzzy logic in: oil chemistry, oil extraction, chemical engineering, ecology, power engineering, food industry, medicine, business applications of fuzzy logic.
October 4, 1996, Geneva, Switzerland. Item #605
SIPAR Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing.
October 7-9, 1996, Katsurahama-so, Kochi, Japan. Item #601
NOLTA'96 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications.
Nonlinear aspects of: * Circuits and Systems * Neural Networks * Chaos * Dynamics * Cellular Neural Networks * Fractals * Bifurcation * Biocybernetics * Soliton * Oscillations * Reactive Phenomena * Fuzzy * Numerical Methods * Pattern Generation * Information Dynamics * Self-Validating Numerics * Time Series Analysis * Chua's Circuits * Chemistry and Physics * Mechanics * Fluid Mechanics * Acoustics * Control * Optics * Circuit Simulation * Communication * Economics * Digital/Analog VLSI Circuits * Image Processing * Power Electronics * Power Systems * Other Related Areas
October 7-8, 1996, Manchester, UK. Item #737
ERUDIT* Seminar Uncertainty Modelling & Fuzzy Technology.
October 13-16, 1996, Val Morin, Quebec, Canada. Item #695
DX-96 The Seventh International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis.
Submissions are welcome on (but not limited to) the following topics:
o Theory of diagnosis: abductive, consistency-based, causal,
probabilistic, constraint-based, temporal.
o Computational issues: controlling combinatorial explosion, focusing
strategies, controlling inference in complex systems, use of
structural knowledge, hierarchies.
o Modeling for diagnosis: multiple, approximate, incomplete,
probabilistic, functional, and qualitative models, integration of
heuristics with model-based diagnosis, principles of modeling,
modeling dynamic systems, acquiring models and diagnostic knowledge.
o The diagnosis process: strategies for repair, monitoring, sensor
placement, test selection, resource-bounded diagnosis.
o Interesting connections between diagnosis and other areas,
particularly logic programming, machine learning, control theory,
and software V&V/debugging/synthesis.
o Principled Applications: real-world applications are encouraged
from a wide range of fields, such as control theory, medicine,
chemical, mechanical, structural, electrical, and electronics
systems. Of particular interest is the relationship between the
techniques applied in practice and formal models of diagnosis.
October 14-18, 1996, San Francisco, CA, USA. Item #630
Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, and Genetic Algorithms: Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing Days in San Francisco Short Courses.
Course 1: May 6-7, 1996 Or Course 1: October 14-15, 1996
Course 2: May 8-10, 1996 Or Course 2: October 16-18, 1996
Course 1: Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming
Bernard Widrow, David Stork, and John Koza
Course 2: Fuzzy Logic Inference
Lotfi Zadeh, Jim Bezdek, Enrique Ruspini,
Piero Bonissone, Pratap Khedkar, and Hamid Berenji
October 14-17, 1996, Bejing International Convention Center and Continental Grand Hotel, Beijing, China. Item #679
1996 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics.
Theme: Information, Intelligence and Systems Topics:Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Information and Decision System Database Decision Support System Man-Machine System Decision Technologies Conflict Analysis Human Decision Making System Cybernetics Human Computer Interaction Supervisory Control Distributed Decision Making Risk Management Image Processing & Computer Vision Pattern Recognition & Classification Software Engineering Multi-media Systems Methodology and Design Behavioral Decision Making Cognitive Systems and Engineering Systems Analysis and Simulation Systems Evaluation Qualitative Reasoning Systems Engineering and Science Knowledge-based Systems Machine Learning Adaptive and Learning Systems Technology Forecasting Expert Systems Artificial Intelligence Fuzzy Systems Neural Nets Perturbation Analysis Optimization and Search Techniques Concurrent Engineering Petri Nets Agile Manufacturing Manufacturing System Integrated Manufacturing Robotics Environmental Systems Agricultural and Forest Systems Biomedical Engineering Biocybernetics Medical Decision Making International Stability Military Systems Command and Control Systems Distributed Energy Systems Energy Systems Natural Resource Systems Socio-economical Systems Transportation Systems
October 16-19, 1996, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Item #642
PDCS'96 IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems.
ARCHITECTURE AND NETWORKING (E. Luque - Spain) SIMD/MIMD processors Various parallel/concurrent architecture styles Interconnection networks Memory systems and management I/O in parallel processing VLSI systems Computer networks Communications and telecommunications Wireless networks and mobile computing SOFTWARE - (T. Abdelrahman - Canada) Operating systems Programming languages Various parallel programming paradigms Software development environments Parallelizing compilers Distributed data- and knowledge-base systems Modelling and simulation Performance measurements Visualization ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS (K. Li - USA) Parallel/distributed algorithms Resource allocation and management Load sharing and balancing Mapping and scheduling Network routing and communication algorithms Reliability and fault tolerance Neural networks High-performance scientific computing Application studies
October 18-21, 1996, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, USA. Item #735
5th Appalachian Conference on Behavioral Neurodynamics.
Conference Topic: Brain And Values
October 20-23, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. Item #671
Semiotics'96 Intelligent Systems: A Semiotic Perspective.
Conference includes workshops on:
Semiotics in the World of Intelligent Agents (TBA)
New Mathematics for Semiotic Foundations (C. Hewitt)
Semiotics of Intelligence in the Constructed Complex Systems (C. Landauer)
Fuzzy Logic and the Mechanisms of Generalization (L.Kohout)
Semiotics of Soft Computing (TBA)
Architectures of Semiosis for Intelligent Systems (A. Meystel)
Syntactics of Intelligent Systems: The Kinds of Logic Available (M. Kokar)
Computing with Words (P. Wang)
Natural Language Information Flow: Analysis and Meaning Extraction (M. Coombs, et al)
Semiotics in Biology: Biologically Inspired Complex Systems (K. Bellman)
Intelligence of Recognition: the Semiotic Tools (L. Perlovsky)
Semiotics of Neural Networks (P. Werbos)
Measuring Intelligence of Systems (TBA)
Semiotic Approach to Information Fusion (Y. Yufik)
Semiotics of Learning (TBA)
Intelligence, Intellect, Wisdom: Modeling and Simulation (TBA)
Applied Semiotics (TBA)
October 21-22, 1996, Marne La Vallee, Paris, France. Item #571
EXPERSYS-96 Artificial Intelligence Applications.
October 21-25, 1996, Montreal, Canada. Item #598
ICECCS' 96 Second IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer System.
A number of tracks/mini-tracks are anticipated, chaired by PC members, as
follows:
* AI and Intelligent Systems (P. Devanbu, R. Scherl)
* Architectures, Tools, Environments and Languages
(S. Chodrow,T. J. Marlowe, J. Vasell)
* Complex Database Systems and Data Management (S. Andler, S. Chakravarthy)
* Dependable Real-Time Systems (J. J. Schwarz, N. Suri)
* Formal Methods (P. Nasi, H. Toetenel, G. Tsai)
* Heterogeneous Computing (M. Eshaghian)
* Software Engineering, Re-engineering, Re-use (M. Hinchey, J. McDermid)
* Standards (W. Halang, P. Voldner)
* Systems Engineering (T. Bihari, R. Milovanovic, P. Poon)
* Virtual Reality, Multimedia, Real-Time Imaging
(L. da F. Costa, B. Furht, P. Laplante)
October 23-25, 1996, Coogee Holiday Inn, Sydney, Australia. Item #516
ALT'96 The Seventh International Workshop on Algorithmic Learning Theory.
We invite submissions to ALT'96 in all areas related to algorithmic learning theory including (but not limited to): the design and analysis of learning algorithms, the theory of machine learning, computational logic of/for machine discovery, inductive inference, learning via queries, artificial and biological neural networks, pattern recognition, learning by analogy, Bayesian/MDL estimation, statistical learning, inductive logic programming, robotics, application of learning to databases, gene analysis, etc.
October 23-25, 1996, Federal Center of Education in Technology, Curitiba, Brazil. Item #575
SBIA'96 XIIIth Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence.
TOPICS OF INTEREST * AI architectures * AI applications * Art, music, entertainment and multimedia applications * Automated reasoning * Cognitive modeling * Connectionist and PDP models * Distributed AI, autonomous agents, multi-agents systems and real-time issues * Intelligent manufacturing systems * Intelligent teaching systems * Knowledge engineering and principles of AI applications * Knowledge representation * Learning, knowledge acquisition and case-based reasoning * Logic programming * Natural language * Planning and reasoning about action * Qualitative reasoning and naive physics * Reasoning under uncertainty, including fuzzy logic and fuzzy control * Robotic and artificial life systems * Vision
October 23, 1996, University of Warwick, UK. Item #734
First UK Workshop on Foundations of Multi-Agent Systems.
Topics of Interest Cooperation * evolution of cooperation * coordination * models of cooperation * cooperation protocols * social relationships Formalisms for MAS * logics * specification * relevance to practice Methodological Foundations * software tools * development methodologies * agent programming
October 24-26, 1996, Genoa, Italy. Item #584
ESS 96 8th European Simulation Symposium: Simulation in Industry.
DIS, VR & Synthetic Environments Simulation in Business The Factory of the Future Simulation for Services Theory of Modelling and Simulation Mission Earth
October 28-30, 1996, October 28-30, 1996. Item #414
International Conference on Success and Pitfall of Knowledge-Based Systems in Real-World Applications.
October 28-31, 1996, St-Petersburg, Russia. Item #504
SPECOM'96 International Workshop Speech and Computer.
TOPICS: - Conceptual models of natural language, - Models for oral speech semantic interpretation, - Integration heterogeneous knowledge in speech understanding, - Spoken language translation models, - Adaptation and teaching in the speech understanding, - Speech recognition and synthesis methods, - Applied systems.
October 28 - November 1, 1996, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. Item #529
IBERAMIA V Congreso Iberoamericano de Inteligencia Artificial.
1. Artificial Intelligence Applications 2. Computer Vision 3. Distributed Artificial Intelligence 4. Genetic Algorithms 5. Knowledge Based Systems 6. Machine Learning 7. Natural Language Processing 8. Neural Networks 9. Robotics 10. Tutoring Systems 11. Uncertainty Management
October 28th- November 1st, 1996, Santafe de Bogota, D.C, Colombia, SouthAmerica. Item #837
WorkShop on Applied Digital Signal Processing - Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas (Seminario en Procesamiento Digital de Señales Aplicado).
Topics : Practical Introduction on DSP Video and Images Coding Ptolemy Project HMM in Voice Recognition Bioengineering and DSP DSP Processors
October 30-31, 1996, Basel, Switzerland. Item #458
International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management.
October 30-31, 1996, Basel, Switzerland. Item #725
Workshop on Practical Applications of Information Filtering.
* Applications of Filtering * Filter System Architectures * Profile / Document Representation * Profile / Document Comparison * Profile Adaptation * Profile Optimisation * User Interfaces * User Modelling * Evaluation Techniques * Multimedia/Hypermedia Filtering Held in conjunction with PAKM
October 30-31, 1996, Waseda University, International Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan. Item #739
HURO '96 First International Symposium on Humanoid Robots.
Topics:
Intelligent/Autonomous Robots
Anthropomorphic robot
Robot-Human Collaboration
Human-Machine Information
Intelligent Teleoperation & Teaching
Service Robots
Artificial Emotion
Social Robots
Multimedia Interface
Artificial Brain
Multimedia Computing
October 30, 1996, Edinburgh, Scotland. Item #799
A Scottish Workshop on Evolutionary Computation.
November 4-7, 1996, Manchester, UK. Item #621
IWSIP-96 3rd International Workshop on Image and Signal Processing: Advances in Computational Intelligence.
SCOPE: General Techiques and Algorithms: Adaptive DSP algorithms, Digital Filter Implementations, Image Analysis, Image Enhancement and Restoration, Image Understanding. Technologies: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Wavelets, Fractals. Image Transmission: Encoding/Decoding, Compression, Transmission, ISDN, Internet, ATM, Modems, Radio, SATCOM and NAV. Applications: Automotive, Medical, Robotics, Control, Video, TV, Telepresence, Virtual Reality, Digital Production.
November 4-6, 1996, Washington DC Area, USA. Item #666
International IEEE Symposia on Intelligence and Systems.
SCOPE OF SYMPOSIA: The joined Symposia on Intelligence and Systems offer a media for the constructive interaction among scientists and practitioners from different research fields (computers, mathematics, physics, biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, etc.) having goals of the development of methodologies and tools for the solution of complex problems in neuroscience and biology, automation and robotics, image, speech and natural languages, and their integration.
November 4-5, 1996, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. Item #834
IEEE International Joint Symposia on Intelligence and Systems.
- Intelligence on Neural and Biological Systems - Intelligence in Automation and Robotics - Image, Speech, and Natural Language Understanding
November 5-8, 1996, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Item #576
KR'96 Fifth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning.
Representational Formalisms Representing Belief, Intention, Time, Space, Action, Events Nonmonotonic Logics Description Logics Reasoning Techniques Deduction Induction Abduction Reasoning under Uncertainty Parallel and Distributed Implementations Efficiency Measures and Complexity Implemented KR&R Systems Reports Updates Comparisons Evaluations Significant Applications of KR&R Systems and Techniques Planning Robotics Diagnosis Natural Language Multi-Agent Environments Knowledge Bases Implications for/of Other Areas of AI and CS Machine Learning Decision Theory Databases Software Engineering
November 6-8, 1996, Sintra, Portugal. Item #541
Sintra Workshop on Spatiotemporal Models in Biological and Artificial Systems.
This workshop is being organized, on the topic of Spatiotemporal Models in Biological and Artificial Systems, to foster the discussion of the latest developments in these fields, and the cross-fertilization of ideas between people from the areas of biological and artificial information processing systems.
November 9-11, 1996, MIT. Item #600
AAAI 1996 Fall Symposium on Embodied Cognition and Action.
Topics and questions of interest include: * What spatial metaphors that can be used for abstract/higher-level cognition? * What non-spatial metaphors can be applied in higher-level cognition? * What alternatives to symbolic representations (e.g., analogical, procedural, etc.) can be successfully employed in embodied cognition? * How can evidence from neuroscience and ethology benefit work in synthetic embodied cognition and embodied AI? Can we gain more than just inspiration from biological data in this area? Are there specific constraints and/or mechanisms we can usefully model? * (How) Do methods for modeling embodied insect and animal behavior scale up to higher-level cognition? * How do metaphors from embodiment apply to everyday activity? * What computational and representational structures are necessary and/or sufficient for enabling embodied cognition? * What are some successfully implemented embodied cognition systems?
November 9-12, 1996, Taejon, South Korea. Item #609
SEAL'96 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning.
November 9-11, 1996, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Item #620
AAAI Fall Symposium on Flexible Computation in Intelligent Systems: Results, Issues, and Opportunities.
Topics of interest include:
* fundamental properties of flexible computation
* analysis of value tradeoffs in computational systems
* scheduling and monitoring of flexible computation
* partitioning resources between object-level and meta-level
* representation and learning of performance profiles
* flexible system specification and evaluation
* programming methods supporting construction of flexible procedures
* benefits and overhead associated with use of flexible computation
* applications of flexible computation
November 9-11, 1996, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Item #633
AAAI Fall Symposium Learning Complex Behaviors in Adaptive Intelligent Systems.
Some of the key issues we plan to address are:
* Research on agents that learn to behave "rationally" in complex
environments.
* Discovering parameters that can be used to measure the empirical
complexity of learning a complex domain.
* Generating new benchmarks and devising a methodological framework for
studying empirical scalability of algorithms that learn complex
behaviors.
* Broadening the focus of learning to achieve a particular functionality in
response to the demands generated by the domain, rather than learning a
particular representation (e.g. learning to answer queries of the form:
"what is the probability of X given Y" may be easier than learning a
complete probability distribution on n variables).
* Discussing the hypothesis that current learning algorithms require
substantial knowledge engineering and close familiarity with the problem
domain in order to learn complex behaviors.
* Scalability of different representations and learning methods.
November 9-11, 1996, Boston, USA. Item #669
AAAI Fall 1996 Symposium on Knowledge Representation Systems Based on Natural Language.
November 9-12, 1996, KAIST, Korea. Item #714
MIROSOT'96 Micro-Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament.
Workshop Topics :
- Autonomous Mobile Robot
- Multi-robot Cooperation/Systems
- Robotics
- Artificial Life
- Cognitive Science
- Intelligent Control/Systems
- Machine Learning
- Sensor Fusion
- Related Fields
November 10-13, 1996, Marriott's Pavilion Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Item #539
ANNIE'96 Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Architectures and Techniques
- Neurally-Based Network Architectures
- Associative Memory
- Learning Algorithms and Training
- Performance Analysis
- Theoretical Foundations of Architectures
- Hybrid Systems
- Fuzzy Logic and Systems
- Optimization
- Evolutionary Programming
- Genetic Algorithms
- Chaos
- Fractals
- Wavelets
- Complex Systems
Pattern Recognition
- Pattern Identification
- Feature Identification
- Machine Vision and Image Processing
Control
- Adaptive Control
- Non-linear Systems Modeling
- Diagnosis
- Process Monitoring
Smart Engineering Systems
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Time Frequency and Wavelets
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Multi-Channel Signal
- Virtual Reality
- Engineering Applications
November 11-14, 1996, Orlando, Florida. Item #599
SIP-96 IASTED International Conference Signal and Image Processing.
IMAGE PROCESSING
* Image coding and compression
* Filtering, enhancement and restoration
* Segmentation and representation
* Multiresolution and multispectral processing
* Motion detection and estimation
* Image sequence processing
* Computed imaging
* Acoustic and radar imaging
* Tomography, holography and MRI
* Geophysical and seismic imaging
* Quantization, halftoning and color reproduction
* Image display and printing
* Image quantity and visualization
* Neural networks and fuzzy logic in image processing
* Video technology, multimedia, HDTV and video communication
* Vision
* Applications of image processing to any field including
geoscience, medical and astronomy
* Others
SIGNAL PROCESSING
* Detection and estimation of signal parameters
* Filter design and structures
* Fast algorithms
* Time-frequency signal analysis
* Multiple filtering and filter banks
* Signal reconstruction
* Adaptive filters
* Nonlinear signals and systems
* DSP applications including
communications, medical, radar and others
* Spectral analysis
* Higher-order statistical analysis
* Speech processing
* Neural networks for signal processing
* Fuzzy logic
* Wavelets
* Multidimensional signal processing
* Others
November 11-13, 1996, Kosice, Slovakia. Item #615
Intelligent Technologies: 1st Slovak NN Symposium and Symposium on New Trends in Control of Large-scale Systems.
November 12-15, 1996, Sheraton Cancun Resort & Towers, Cancun, Mexico. Item #677
ISAI/IFIS IX International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence.
Papers from all countries are sought that (1) Present applications of artificial intelligence technology to the solution of problems in industry, business and related areas; (2) Address the issue of transferring AI Technology; (3) Describe research on innovative AI techniques to accomplish such applications (theoretical papers will be considered).
November 12-14, 1996, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. Item #688
III Brazilian Symposium on Neural Networks.
The major topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Biological Perspectives
Theoretical Models
Algorithms and Architectures
Learning Models
Hardware Implementation
Signal Processing
Robotics and Control
Parallel and Distributed Implementations
Pattern Recognition
Image Processing
Optimization
Cognitive Science
Hybrid Systems
Dynamic Systems
Genetic Algorithms
Fuzzy Logic
Applications
November 13-15, 1996, Valdivia, Chile. Item #678
XVI International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society.
Algorithms Data Communications Object Orientation Artificial Intelligence Data Structures Office Automation Collaborative Systems Databases Operating Systems Computer Algebra Distributed Systems Performance Evaluation Computer Architecture Human-Computer Interaction Programming Languages Computer Graphics Logic Software Engineering
November 14-16, 1996, Berlin, Germany. Item #653
First European Workshop on Cognitive Modelling.
Call for papers is in preparation. Program: The program will include presentations of papers, demo sessions, discussion groups and tutorials on cognitive modelling in the fields of ai programming, classification, problem solving, reasoning, inference, learning, language processing and human-computer-interaction.
November 14-15, 1996, Berlin, Germany. Item #846
BioNet'96 Third Berlin Workshop Bio-Informatics and Pulse-Propagating Networks.
Organized by the "Gesellschaft zur Förderung angewandter Informatik e.V. (GFaI) Topics of Interest: Realistic models, realistic abstractions for biological systems function, control and learning. Interdisciplinary discussion of different modeling imaginations from different scientific disciplines: neuroinformatics, neurology, neurophysics, orthopaedy, neurochirurgy, neuro-microelectronics. Lectures held in the fields: Neurobiology/Neurology, Network Theory/Pulse-Propagating Networks (PPN), Psychologiy/Cognitive Sciences, Innovative Applications. The workshop likes to be a podium to meet other faculties and to discuss problems from different viewpoints. Focus on discussion of bio-models that are consistent in structure, function and behaviour.
November 16-19, 1996, Toulouse, France. Item #610
ICTAI'96 8th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence.
AI PARADIGMS: Knowledge-Based Systems Artificial Neural Networks Genetic Algorithms Empirical Models Hybrid Systems FOCAL TOPICS: Adaptive Systems and Process Control AI Algorithms AI in Software Engineering Automated Reasoning Case Based Reasoning Cognitive Modeling Constraint Satisfaction Distributed AI and Intelligent Agents Environmental Applications Instructional Environments Intelligent Internet Services Intelligent User Interfaces and Multimodal HC Interaction Knowledge Base Technology, Intelligent Databases Knowledge Representation Knowledge Acquisition and Machine Learning Music, Audition and The Arts Natural Language Processing and Speech Understanding Non-Standard Logic(s) for AI Planning and Temporal Reasoning Robotics Qualitative Reasoning and Diagnosis Reasoning under Uncertainty Vision and Image Processing ...
November 18-20, 1996, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, Australia. Item #649
ANZIIS-96 Australian and New Zealand Conference on Intelligent Information Systems.
* Adaptive Systems * Artificial Intelligence * Artificial Neural Networks * Fuzzy Systems * Genetic Algorithms * Intelligent Control * Intelligent Databases * Issues in education * Industrial case studies * Knowledge-based Engineering * Virtual Reality * Visual Information Processing * Wavelets tutorials on the 17th of November 1996
November 16, 1996, Toulouse, France. Item #692
ICTAI96 Workshop on AI for Aeronautics and Space.
Topics:
- Computer Aided Operations
(planning, scheduling, control, diagnosis, detection ...);
- Complex System Design
(configuration, setting, sizing ...);
- Computer Aided Manufacturing
(planning, scheduling, integrated manufacturing ...);
- Autonomous Systems;
- Critical Time Systems;
- Computer Aided Business Process
(concurrent engineering, technical memory,
documentation management ...);
- Air Traffic Management
(air traffic control, airport management ...);
- Data Analysis
(scientific data, failure reports ...);
- Image Understanding.
November 18-22, 1996, Boston, MA, USA. Item #625
Multimedia Storage and Archiving Systems.
Papers are solicited in all areas of multimedia data storage and archival
systems including, but not limited to:
- audio, image or video databases
- multimedia content characterization techniques
- feature-based retrieval methods for multimedia data
- semantic retrieval of multimedia data
- lossless and near-lossless compression for archiving
- compression schemes supporting content-based retrieval
- compressed domain processing for characterizing content
- performance evaluation measures
- neural network, fuzzy and information theoretic approaches toward
multimedia indexing
- system architectures
- storage design and management for image and video archiving
- data transfer models for platform-independent internet access
- user interfaces
- actual experimental prototypes embodying the state of the art in
multimedia information systems
- long-term preservation methodology and quality assurance management
- applications: digital libraries, video on demand, telemedicine,
remote sensing, GIS, education, entertainment, interactive TV,
CAD etc.
November 20-22, 1996, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Item #512
ATS'96 The Fifth Asian Test Symposium.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: (A) test pattern generation, (B) fault simulation, (C) design for testability, (D) synthesis for testability, (E) built-in self-test, (F) circuit and system level diagnostics, (G) functional level testing, (H) switch level testing, (I) fault tolerance, (J) concurrent error detection, (K) analog and mixed-signal testing, (L) memory testing, (M) Iddq testing, (N) board and system level testing, (O) test economics, (P) software test.
November 21-22, 1996, Adelaide, Australia. Item #733
ADFS-96 First Australian Data Fusion Symposium.
November 20-22, 1996, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Pasadena, California, USA. Item #552
NNCM-96 Fourth International Conference Neural Networks in the Capital Markets.
Areas of Interest: Price forecasting for stocks, bonds, commodities, and foreign exchange; asset allocation and risk management; volatility analysis and pricing of derivatives; cointegration, correlation, and multivariate data analysis; credit assessment and economic forecasting; statistical methods, learning techniques, and hybrid systems.
November 22-24, 1996, Poco Diablo Resort, Sedona, Arizona, USA. Item #616
Workshop on Sensorimotor Coordination: Amphibians, Models, and Comparative Studies.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM The aim of this workshop is to study the neural mechanisms of sensorimotor coordination in amphibians and other model systems for their intrinsic interest, as a target for developments in computational neuroscience, and also as a basis for comparative and evolutionary studies. Central Theme: Sensorimotor Coordination in Amphibians and Other Model Systems Subsidiary Themes: Visuomotor Coordination: Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives Reaching and Grasping in Frog, Pigeon, and Primate Cognitive Maps Auditory Communication (with emphasis on spatial behavior and sensory integration) Motor Pattern Generators
November 25-29, 1996, Kasetsart University, Thailand. Item #603
FORTROP'96 International Conference on Tropical Forestry in the 21st Century.
November 26-30, 1996, National Academy of Sciences, Kyjiv, Ukraina. Item #672
UKROBRAZ-96 Third All-Ukrainian International Conference on Signal/Image Processing and Pattern Recognition.
Papers are invited in the following topics: * Methodological Problems of Pattern Recognition; * Theoretical Basis of Signal Processing and Recognition; * Theoretical Basis of Image Processing and Recognition; * Computer and Discrete Geometry Problems; * Simulating and Research Systems; * Training and Selftraining Problems in Pattern Recognition; * Automatic Recognition, Understanding and Synthesis of Speech Signals; * Technological Diagnostics of Objects and Machines on its Signals and Fields; * Printed and Hand-Written texts Processing and Recognition; * Drawing and Graphic Picture Processing and Recognition; * Photopictures Processing and Recognition; * Scene Processing, Recognition and Understanding; * Processors Architecture for Signal/Image Processing and Recognition; * Signal/Image Input/Output Means and Multimedia Systems; * Signal/Image Filtering, Compression, Reconstruction and Synthesis; * Advanced Information Technologies and Systems based on Signal/Image Processing; * Audiovisual Data and Knowledge Bases of Different Purpose; * Multimodal means of Human-Machine Communication.
November 28-30, 1996, Ipoh, Malaysia. Item #551
ROVPIA'96 International Conference on Robotics, Vision and Parallel Processing for Industrial Automation.
Topics of related area: Computer Architecture, Software Engineering, Computer Aided Design, Reliability and Fault tolerance, Knowledge based Systems, Expert Systems, Super-computing, Office Automation, Video Communications, ISDN, Communication Networks, Radio and Satellite communications, Antenna and Propagation, Cellular Mobile Communications, IC Sensors, Switched Capacitor Circuits, Fault Tolerant Circuit Design, VLSI Technology, GaAs Devices, Submicron Technology, Design, Analysis and control of Power System, Power Electronics, Computer Applications in Power Systems. Industrial Sector: Papers relating to Research and Development Activities in industries on the above theme are also invited.
December 2-7, 1996, Denver, Colorado, USA. Item #564
NIPS*96 Neural Information Processing Systems - Natural and Synthetic.
Algorithms and Architectures: supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms, constructive/pruning algorithms, decision trees, localized basis functions, layered networks, recurrent networks, Monte Carlo algorithms, combinatorial optimization, performance comparisons Applications: database mining, DNA/protein sequence analysis, expert systems, fault diagnosis, financial analysis, medical diagnosis, music processing, time-series prediction Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science: perception, natural language, human learning and memory, problem solving, decision making, inductive reasoning, hybrid symbolic-subsymbolic systems Control, Navigation, and Planning: robotic motor control, process control, navigation, path planning, exploration, dynamic programming, reinforcement learning Implementation: analog and digital VLSI, optical neurocomputing systems, novel neuro-devices, simulation tools, parallelism Neuroscience: systems physiology, signal and noise analysis, oscillations, synchronization, mechanisms of inhibition and neuromodulation, synaptic plasticity, computational models Speech, Handwriting, and Signal Processing: speech recognition, coding, and synthesis, handwriting recognition, adaptive equalization, nonlinear noise removal, auditory scene analysis Theory: computational learning theory, complexity theory, dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, probability and statistics, approximation and estimation theory Visual Processing: image processing, image coding and classification, object recognition, stereopsis, motion detection and tracking, visual psychophysics
December 2-5, 1996, Singapore. Item #654
Asian'96 Asian Computing Science Conference.
* Programming (semantics, languages, systems, paradigms, ...) * Concurrency & Parallelism (algorithms, formalisms, systems, ...) * Networking & Security (algorithms, protocols, formalisms, systems, ...)
December 3-6, 1996, Westin Stamford, Singapore. Item #301
ICARCV'96 Fourth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision.
Topics: automation, robotics, control computer vision, emerging technologies, neural networks & fuzzy systems, real-time systems, signal processing & applications
December 4-7, 1996, Double Tree Guest Suites, Houston, Texas, USA. Item #553
The 1st Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice.
******************** TOPICS OF INTEREST ****************************** The conference emphasizes the use of engineering design and analysis and would strive to maintain a balance between research and application. The conference will cover: (1) Computational Intelligence in Industrial Engineering, (2) Consumer Product Design, (3) Engineering Economy and Cost Estimation, (4) Facilities Design and Location, (5) Information Systems, (6) Maintenance Engineering and Management, (7) Materials Handling, (8) Performance Analysis and Simulation, (9) Production Systems Design, Planning and Control, (10) Productivity and Business Strategies, (11) Project Management, (12) Technology Management and Transfer, (13) Total Quality Management and Quality Technology, (14) Work Measurement and Methods Engineering, (15) Industrial Ergonomics and Safety, (16) Applied Operations Research, (17) CAD/CAM, and (18) Other Topics of Interest in the Industrial Engineering Field. The conference would particularly encourage interdisciplinary studies requiring the use of traditional Industrial Engineering techniques and methodologies.
December 6-7, 1996, Snowmass, Colorado, USA. Item #573
NIPS*96 Post Conference Workshops.
Active Learning, Architectural Issues, Attention, Audition, Bayesian Analysis, Bayesian Networks, Benchmarking, Computational Complexity, Computational Molecular Biology, Control, Neuroscience, Genetic Algorithms, Grammars, Hybrid HMM/ANN Systems, Implementations, Music, Neural Hardware, Network Dynamics, Neurophysiology, On-Line Learning, Optimization, Recurrent Nets, Robot Learning, Rule Extraction, Self-Organization, Sensory Biophysics, Signal Processing, Symbolic Dynamics, Speech, Time Series, Topological Maps, and Vision.
December 6, 1996, Snowmass (Aspen), Colorado, USA. Item #779
NIPS*96 Post-Conference Workshop Rule-Extraction from Trained Neural Networks.
December 6, 1996, Snowmass (Aspen), Colorado, USA. Item #803
NIPS'96 Postconference Workshop ANNs and Continuous Optimization: Local Minima, Sub-optimal Solutions, and Computational Complexity.
December 6, 1996, Snowmass (Aspen), Colorado USA. Item #811
NIPS'96 Postconference Workshop Connectionist Modelling of Auditory Scene Analysis.
December 6, 1996, Snowmass (Aspen), Colorado, USA. Item #813
NIPS'96 Postconference Workshop Neural Modulation and Neural Information Processing.
December 6, 1996, Snowmass (Aspen), Colorado USA. Item #865
NIPS*96 Post-conference Workshop Model Complexity.
December 6, 1996, Snowmass, Colorado. Item #871
Dynamical Recurrent Networks NIPS*96 Postconference Workshop.
December 7, 1996, Snowmass (Aspen), Colorado, USA. Item #800
NIPS'96 Postconference Workshop Blind Signal Processing and Their Applications.
Especially, we intend to discuss the following items: 1. Criteria for blind separation and blind deconvolution problems (both for time and frequency domain approaches) 2. Natural (or relative) gradient approach to blind signal processing. 3. Neural networks for blind separation of time delayed and convolved signals. 4. On line adaptive learning algorithms for blind signal processing with variable learning rate (learning of learning rate). 5.Open problems, e.g. dynamic on-line determination of number of sources (more sources than sensors), influence of noise, robustness of algorithms, stability, convergence, identifiability, non-causal, non-stationary dynamic systems . 6. Applications in different areas of science and engineering, e.g., non-invasive medical diagnosis (EEG, ECG), telecommunication, voice recognition problems, image processing and enhancement.
December 7, 1996, Snowmass (Aspen), Colorado, USA. Item #815
NIPS*96 Postconference Workshop Tricks of the Trade: How to Make Algorithms Really Work.
OBJECTIVES: Using neural networks to solve difficult problems often requires as much art as science. Researchers and practitioners acquire, through experience and word-of-mouth, techniques and heuristics that help them succeed. Often these ``tricks'' are theoretically well motivated. Sometimes they're the result of trial and error. In this workshop we ask you to share the ``tricks'' you have found helpful. Our focus will be mainly regression and classification. WHAT IS A TRICK? A technique, rule-of-thumb, or heuristic that: - is easy to describe and understand - can make a real difference in practice - is not (yet) part of well documented technique - has broad application - may or may not (yet) have a theoretical explanation
December 7, 1996, Snowmass, Colorado. Item #867
NIPS*96 Postconference Workshop Nature Inspired Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization.
December 8-11, 1996, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC, USA. Item #543
MFI'96 Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems.
Topics: Algorithms for Sensor Fusion and Integration Representation of uncertainty Signal processing and probabilistic methods Knowledge engineering and databases World model representations AI,neural networks,and fuzzy logic Sensing Architectures Active,behavior-based,and task-directed sensing Placement,registration,and selection of sensors Sensing system evaluation and performance modelling Sensorimotor integration Fusion of active and passive sensors Hierarchical architectures Implementation Parallel and distributed processing Real-time processing Microsensors and integrated sensors Network Architectures Distributed multisensor systems Software architectures Applications Target detection, tracking and recognition Fusion-based manipulation Virtual reality and human interfaces Mobile robot navigation Inspection and automation Spatial understanding
December 8, 1996, Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. Item #840
Workshop: Risk Assessment Using Interval Analysis and Fuzzy Arithmetic.
December 9-11, 1996, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. Item #591
II Workshop on Cybernetic Vision.
Areas covered include, but are by no means limited to: - Active Vision - Anatomy and Histology - Eletrophysiology - Ethology - Fuzzy Models - Image Analysis and Computer Vision - Medical Imaging - Modeling and Simulation of Biological Visual Systems - Neural Networks (natural and artificial) - Neurogenesys - Neuromorphometry - Neuroscience - Optical Computing - Psychophysics - Robotics - Scientific Visualization - Vertebrate and Invertebrate Vision - Vision and Consciousness
December 11-14, 1996, Kenting, Taiwan, R.O.C. Item #670
Asian Fuzzy Systems Symposium.
Areas of Interest: The topics to be covered in AFSS '96 include: Soft computing,Basic principles and foundations of fuzzy logic, Relations between fuzzy logic and other approximate reasoning methods,Qualitative and approximate modeling, Hardware implem- entations of fuzzy logic and algorithms, Design, analysis and synthesis of fuzzy logic controllers, Learning and acquisition of approximate models, Relations and integration of fuzzy logic, neural networks, and Evolutionary Computing, Image understanding, Virtual reality, Man-machine interface, Grey systems, and their applications to: Agriculture Knowledge engineering Artificial life Law Behavioral science Multimedia Bio-engineering Natural language Business management Operational research Civil engineering Pattern recognition Control Psychology Database Robotics Ecology Security Education Socio-economics Industry and etc.
December 13-15, 1996, New Delhi, India. Item #699
International Conference on Cognitive Systems.
Holisitic views on technology initiatives and human essentials are invited. A wide range of issues ranging from computer perception, cognition, human-computer interaction, AI, A.Life, implementation issues and derivatives of information age will be covered. For more details please refer to ICCS'96 Homepage.
December 13-14, 1996, Palacio de Miramar, Donostia, The Basque Country, Spain. Item #819
OC'96 On the Origins of Cognition.
Main Topics to be covered: * The importance of explanations in terms of origins * Epistemological aspects of cognition and its origins * The relationship between life and cognition * Evolutionary and developmental aspects of the origins of cognition * Psychological approaches to the origins of cognition * Complex Adaptive Systems and the origins of cognition * Investigating the origins of cognition in artificial systems * The relationship between the origin of cognition in natural and artificial systems
December 13, 1996, Schoordijk Institute, Center for Law, Administration and Informatization Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Item #873
JURIX '96 Ninth International Conference on Legal Knowledge-Based Systems.
December 14-15, 1996, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Item #747
Tutorial on Learning Methods for Prediction, Classification, Novelty Detection and Time Series Analysis.
COURSE OUTLINE Overview of learning systems; LMS, perceptrons and support vectors; generalized linear models; multilayer networks; recurrent networks; weight decay, regularization and committees; optimization methods; active learning; applications to prediction, classification and control Graphical models: Markov random fields and Bayesian belief networks; junction trees and probabilistic message passing; calculating most probable configurations; Boltzmann machines; influence diagrams; structure learning algorithms; applications to diagnosis, density estimation, novelty detection and sensitivity analysis Clustering; mixture models; mixtures of experts models; the EM algorithm; decision trees; hidden Markov models; variations on hidden Markov models; applications to prediction, classification and time series modeling Subspace methods; mixtures of principal component modules; factor analysis and its relation to PCA; Kalman filtering; switching mixtures of Kalman filters; tree-structured Kalman filters; applications to novelty detection and system identification Approximate methods: sampling methods, variational methods; graphical models with sigmoid units and noisy-OR units; factorial HMMs; the Helmholtz machine; computationally efficient upper and lower bounds for graphical models
December 14-15, 1996, Los Angeles, CA. Item #869
Learning Methods for Prediction, Classification, Novelty Detection and Time Series Analysis.
A two-day intensive Tutorial on Advanced Learning Methods will be held on December 14 and 15, 1996, at Loews Hotel, Santa Monica, CA. Space is available for up to 50 participants for the course.
December 15-17, 1996, New Delhi, India. Item #623
International Conference on Cognitive Systems.
Theme: From Intelligent Systems to More Human Environments ? "One of the most developed skills in contemporary Western civilization is dissection: the split-up of the problems into their smallest possible components. We are good at it. So good, we often forget to the pieces back together again", said Alvin Toffler in his forward to Ilya Prigogine's book Order Out of Chaos. The Goal of this Conference will be "to put the pieces together again". Broad topics covered : (A) Perception (B) Cognition (C) Action (D) Interaction (E) Integration (F) Information age derivatives (G) Socio-Econo-Politico Impacts For detailed topics please refer to ICCS'96 home page.
December 16-18, 1996, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, Republic of China. Item #606
ISMIP'96 International Symposium on Multi-Technology Information Processing.
1. Associative Memory 2. Digital and Analog Neurocomputers 3. Fuzzy Neural Systems 4. Supervised/Unsupervised Learning 5. Robotics 6. Sensory/Motor Control 7. Image Processing 8. Pattern Recognition 9. Langauge/ Speech Processing 10. Digital Signal Processing 11. VLSI Architectures 12. Non-linear Circuits 13. Multimedia information processing 14. Optimization 15. Mathematical Methods 16. Visual signal processing 17. Content based signal processing 18. Applications
December 16-18, 1996, Bombay, India. Item #687
KBCS-96 International Conference on Knowledge Based Computer Systems.
Papers are invited on substantial, original and unpublished research on all aspects of Artificial Intelligence, including, but not limited to the following: o AI Applications o AI Architectures o Artificial Life o Automatic Programming o Cognitive Modeling o Expert Systems o Foundations of AI o Genetic Algorithms o Information Retrieval o Intelligent Tutoring Systems o Knowledge Acquisition o Knowledge Representation o Machine Learning o Machine Translation o Natural Language Processing o Neural Networks o Planning and Scheduling o Reasoning o Robotics o Search Techniques o Speech Processing o Theorem Proving o Uncertainty Handling o User Interfaces o User Modeling o Vision
December 16-18, 1996, Bangalore, India. Item #868
ADCOMP '96 Fourth International Conference on Advanced Computing.
December 19-21, 1996, Lodz, Poland. Item #713
CAI'96 First Polish Conference on Theory and Applications of Artificial Intelligence.
December 19-21, 1996, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC. Item #634
TAAI-96 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
Topics of interest include:
AI Applications Machine Learning and Knowledge Acquisition
AI Architectures Natural Language Processing
Automated Reasoning Pattern Recognition
Cognitive Modeling Planning
Common-Sense Reasoning Probabilistic and Uncertainty Reasoning
Distributed AI Problem Solving and Search
Fuzzy and Neural Networks Robotics
Hybrid Systems Speech Recognition and Synthesis
Intelligent Agents Vision
Knowledge-Based Systems Other Related Topics
Knowledge Representation
December 21-23, 1996, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Item #686
The Eight Biomedical Engineering Conference Biomedical Engineering Dept..
Scope : ------- * Measurement, Recording, & Processing of Biomedical Signals * Modeling and Control of Biomedical Signals * Biomechanics, Biofluid Mechanics, Kinsiology, Ergonomics * Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, Fuzzy Logic & Neural Networks in Medicine * Imaging Equipment & Image Processing * Standards, Immunity & Safety in Medical Equipment and Systems * Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Waves * Biomaterials * Neuclear Medicine * Biomedical Engineering Curriculum * Computers in Medicine * Biomedical Transducers * Biorobotics * Rehabilitation & Artificial Organs
December 25-27, 1996, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Item #548
CSICC'96 Second Annual CSI Computer Conference.
o Computer Architecture
Advanced Architectures, Parallel Processing, Distributed Systems,
Computer Networks, Education, Industry Applications, etc.
o Software Systems
Data-base Systems, Management Information Systems, Software
Engineering, Geographical Information Systems, Office Automation,
Data Security in Computer Systems , Education , Industry
Applications, etc.
o Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Systems
Expert Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Fuzzy
Systems, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Analysis,
Natural Language Processing, Speech Processing, Education,
Industry Applications, etc.
o Theory of Computation
Computational Algorithms, Complexity Theory, Parallel Algorithms,
Automata Theory, Formal Languages, Education, etc.
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