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				   ACNN'97


			 EIGHTH AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE
				 
				     ON

			       NEURAL NETWORKS

			

			   11th - 13th JUNE 1997	

			 The University of Melbourne
			      Parkville, Australia



The eighth Australian conference on neural networks will be held in Melbourne 
on June 11th - 13th 1997 at the University of Melbourne.  ACNN'97 is 
the annual national meeting of the Australian neural network community. It is 
a multi-disciplinary meeting and seeks contributions from Neuroscientists,
Engineers, Computer Scientists, Mathematicians, Physicists and Psychologists.

This year the conference will be held in conjunction with the 3-rd International
Workshop on Applications of Neural Networks to Telecommunications (IWANNT'97)
which will be held at the same location on June 9th-11th, 1997 
(c.f. http://ece-www.colorado.edu/~timxb/iwannt.htm).
Postscript versions of calls for papers for your announcement boards are 
available for both conferences by ftp from winchester.trl.oz.au:ftp/pub/acnn97/.
 
ACNN'97 will feature a number of invited speakers. The programme will include 
lecture presentations and poster sessions. Proceedings will be printed and 
distributed to the attendees.  

The posters will be displayed for a significant period of time, and time will
be allocated for authors to be present at their poster in the conference
program.  


Pre-Conference Workshops and Tutorials

Proposals for Pre-Conference Workshops and Tutorials are invited.  These 
are to be held on Tuesday 10th June at the same venue as the conference.
People wishing to organise such workshops or tutorials are invited to 
submit a precise at the same time as the submission deadline for papers, 
and these will be advertised.


Invited Keynote Speakers

ACNN'97 will feature a number of keynote speakers, details to be announced.


Submission Categories

The major categories for paper submissions include:

1.	Applications: Application of neural nets to signal processing and
	analysis; Pattern recognition: Speech, Machine vision; Motor control;
	Robotics; Forecasting; Medical.  

2.	Architectures and Learning Algorithms: New architectures and learning
	algorithms; Hierarchy; Modularity; Learning pattern sequences;
	Information integration; Evolutionary Computation; Artificial Life; 

3.	Cognitive Science and AI: Computational models of perception and
	pattern recognition; Memory; Concept formation; Problem solving and
	reasoning; Visual and auditory attention; Language acquisition and
	production; Neural network implementation of expert systems;   

4.	Computational Neuroscience: Integrative function of neural networks 
	in Vision, Audition, Motor, Somatosensory and Autonomic functions; 
	Synaptic function; Cellular information processing;  

5.	Implementation: Hardware implementation of neural nets; Analog and
	digital VLSI implementation; Optical implementation;  

6.	Theory: Learning; Generalisation; Complexity; Scaling; Stability;
	Dynamics; 


Initial Submission of Papers

As this is a multi-disciplinary meeting, papers are required to be
comprehensible to an informed researcher outside the particular stream
of the author in addition to the normal requirements of technical merit.

Papers should be submitted as close as possible to final form and must
not exceed five single A4 pages (2-column format).  A cover page should
be supplied giving the title of the paper, the name and affiliation of
each author, together with the postal address, the e-mail address, and
the phone and fax numbers of a designated contact author. The type font
should be no smaller than 10 point except in footnotes. A serif font
such as Times or New Century Schoolbook is preferred.  Details of the
final form, a LaTeX style file and a LaTeX template file will be
available via the WWW page http://winchester.trl.oz.au/acnn96/

Five copies of the paper and the front cover sheet should be sent to: 
	
	ACNN'97 Secretariat
	Telstra Research Laboratories
	P.O. Box 249 Rosebank MDC
 	Clayton Vic. 3169 
	Australia

Each manuscript should clearly indicate submission category (from the
six listed) and author preference for oral or poster presentations.
This initial submission must be on hard copy to reach us by Friday, 31
January 1997.

ACNN'97 will include a special poster session devoted to recent work
and work-in-progress. Abstracts are solicited for this session (1 page
limit), and may be submitted up to one week before the commencement of
the conference. They will not be refereed or included in the
proceedings, but will be distributed to attendees upon arrival.
Students are especially encouraged to submit abstracts for this
session.



Submission Deadlines

Friday, 31 January  1997	Deadline for receipt of paper submissions

Friday, 14 March 1997		Notification of acceptance

Friday, 18 April 1997		Final papers in camera-ready form for printing


Venue

Latham Theatre, Redmond Barry Building, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 
Australia.


Registration fees:
 
                          Students         Regular    Regular after May 1, 97
 
   ACNN'97                 A$150            A$300           A$360
   ACNN'97 + IWANNT*97     A$320            A$650           A$850
 
   (IWANNT*97              A$250            A$500           A$625***)
 

Accommodation

Delegates will have to make their accommodation
arrangements directly with the hotel of their choice, and a list of
accommodation close to the conference venue will be provided.


Further Information

For further information contact:
	ACNN'97 Secretariat
	Telstra Research Laboratories
	P.O. Box 249 Rosebank MDC
 	Clayton Vic. 3169 
	Australia
WWW page:      http://winchester.trl.oz.au/acnn97/
ftp site:      ftp://winchester.trl.oz.au:ftp/pub/acnn97/
or via email:  acnn97@medici.trl.oz.au

Adam Kowalczyk
Jacek Szymanski


Organising Committee:

Adam Kowalczyk		Telstra Research Laboratories (Chair)
Jacek Szymanski		Telstra Research Laboratories (Treasurer)
Michael Dale		Telstra Research Laboratories
Andrew Jennings		Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
M. Palaniswami		The University of Melbourne
Robert Slaviero		Signal Processing  Associates

Technical Programme Committee:

Adam Kowalczyk		Telstra Research Laboratories
M. Palaniswami		The University of Melbourne
Jacek Szymanski		Telstra Research Laboratories