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Neuron Digest   Sunday,  9 Mar 1997                Volume 97 : Issue 10

Today's Topics:
             Fourth Australasian Cognitive Science Conference
                             WSC2: 2nd CFP...
            Special Session on Artificial Immune Systems (CFP)
                 Abbadingo One: DFA Learning Competition
                 ELSNET Bullet Course: Final Announcement


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Subject: Fourth Australasian Cognitive Science Conference
From:    Richard Heath <rheath@hiplab.newcastle.edu.au>
Date:    Mon, 03 Mar 1997 07:05:28 +1000



                 First Call for Papers

       Fourth  Conference of the Australasian Cognitive Science Society

                       September 26-28, 1997
                       University of Newcastle  NSW
                       AUSTRALIA

You are cordially invited to attend the Fourth Biennial Conference of the
Australasian Cognitive Science Society which will be held at the University
of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia from 26th - 28th September
1997. This conference involves multidisciplinary participation from a broad
spectrum of researchers interested in cognitive processes and artificial
intelligence from a variety of cognate disciplines, such as Psychology,
Philosophy, Computer Science, Neuroscience, Engineering and Human
Factors. The Conference emphasises the common interest among these
disciplines towards advancing our knowledge of brain/mind function.

The Conference will be held in the David Maddison Building of the Faculty
of Medicine situated in downtown Newcastle, within five minutes walking
distance from shops, restaurants and of course the lovely harbour and
surfing beaches, for which Newcastle is famous. Newcastle is situated some
165 km (100 miles) north of Sydney, to which it is connected by freeway
(about 2 hours drive), frequent train service and commuter air services.
Several modern hotels/motels are located within easy walking distance from
the Conference venue and delegates should consider extending their stay by
visiting the nearby Hunter Valley vineyards and the picturesque tourist areas
at Lake Macquarie and Port Stephens.

The conference will consist of Invited speakers, including Professor
Michael Arbib from the University of Southern California and Professor
William Bechtel from Washington University in St Louis, applied
symposia, oral presentations and poster sessions. Delegates can submit either
a poster Abstract, or a longer submission for oral presentation. The latter
should consist of a completed paper ready for publication in the Conference
Proceedings. This paper must not exceed six pages in length, including
references and figures and must be submitted in electronic form using any
one of the popular word processing packages. The submission should be
single spaced and contain just one column per page. Latex/Tex files should
be converted to postscript and submitted in that form.

Submitted papers should contain:
(i)   Title
(ii)  Author(s) and affiliation/address
(iii) email address
(iv)  a short abstract containing no more than 150 words
(v)   no more than six pages of single-spaced single-column text 
(vi)  tables and figures embedded within the text, not submitted separately.

Each paper will be peer reviewed by two reviewers from different fields of
Cognitive Science, in order to ensure high quality and originality as 
well as multidisciplinary relevance. Authors should avoid unnecessary 
jargon that will reduce the paper's value to researchers from other 
fields of Cognitive Science.

All accepted papers and poster abstracts will be published on a CD-ROM
which will be included in the package of information provided upon 
arrival. Authors can also include software, demonstrations and other 
hypermedia materials to support their paper. These material will be 
stored on the CD-ROM if sufficient space is available. Authors can select 
the font and page size that suits their writing style. The preferred font 
is Times-Roman 12pt.

It is important that papers requiring revision be received by the Conference
Technical Committee before the deadline for production of the CD-ROM.
Hypermedia supplementary files should also be submitted by this deadline.
Papers not resubmitted in time will only have their abstract published and
will revert to poster presentations.

Authors should submit their papers and/or poster abstracts in electronic
form by email to:

Associate Professor  Richard Heath

rheath@HIPLAB.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU

no later than 16th May 1997.

Following review, all resubmitted papers will be due no later than  15th
August, 1997. 

Further inquiries about the conference, including suggestions for Symposia
and other aspects of the Conference organisation, should be directed to
Professor Heath. 

Registration Fees (in Australian dollars, A$ = 0.77US$), which include
morning and afternoon teas and the Conference CDROM, are:

$155      (before 31st July 1997)
$70        Students (before 31st July 1997)

$175     (after 31st July 1997)
$80     students (after 31st July 1997)

The Conference Dinner will be held at the newly renovated and historic
Customs House restaurant and will be held on Friday 26th September, 1997.
The cost is $60 per person for Entree, Main course, Dessert and drinks. If
you have any special dietary requests please indicate these on the
Registration Form. 

Cheques/Money Orders payable to Cognitive Science Conference 1997 in
Australian dollars should be sent to:

Dr Andrew Heathcote
Treasurer, 
Fourth  Conference of the Australasian Cognitive Science Society
Department of Psychology
University of Newcastle 
University Drive
CALLAGHAN  NSW 2308
AUSTRALIA

The Conference will be preceded by a full day Symposium on Dynamical
Models of Mind, Their Nature, Relations to Computational and Other
Models, and Future, to be held on 25th September 1997. This issue is
currently 'hot' and with widespread ramifications. Whether the Symposium
proceeds separately, or is simply incorporated into the conference meetings
proper, will depend on the interest expressed.  It is intended that the
Symposium consist of invited speakers combined with general discussion of
the issues.

Expressions of interest can take the form of offers of papers (accepted
papers, necessarily very limited, will appear in the Conference Proceedings,
as above), offers of posters for a poster session, and offers to attend
(simplicitur). Further information can be obtained from Professor Hooker on
PLCAH@cc.newcastle.edu.au 

The Conference Organising Committee are:

Associate Professor Richard Heath (Psychology)
Professor Cliff Hooker  (Philosophy)
Dr Andrew Heathcote  (Psychology)
Dr Brett Hayes  (Psychology)
Associate Professor Graham Wrightson (Computer Science)
Dr Bruce Penfold  (Electrical Engineering)
Dr Peter Pfister (Aviation/Psychology)


REGISTRATION FORM

Fourth  Conference of the Australasian Cognitive Science Society

Name: .....................................................................

Title(Dr etc):   ...........................................

Preferred Name for Badge:  ................................................

Mailing Address:



Telephone Number:

Fax Number:

Email address:  

 Please note that all correspondence, wherever possible, will be via email.

Cognitive Science Conference Registration (including Society Membership 
valid until 1999 and a mcopy of the Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM)
$155      (before 31st July 1997)            ............................
$70        Students (before 31st July 1997)  ............................

$175     (after 31st July 1997)              ............................
$80     students (after 31st July 1997)      ............................

(Students should be include a note on their University's letterhead 
 indicating their status, in order to obtain the special Student rate)

Dinner   .........    persons @  $60   =     .................... 


  Dynamical Models of Mind Workshop

I would be interested in attending the above Workshop on 25th September 
1997 with Registration costs as follows:

YES                      NO                            

$50      (before 31st July 1997)             .......................
$30        Students (before 31st July 1997)  .......................

$60     (after 31st July 1997)               .......................
$35     students (after 31st July 1997)      .......................

If YES, indicate whether you would wish to present a Paper or Poster and 
send an abstract of 150 words for the Poster or a paper using the same 
format as for the Cognitive Science Conference.

Paper      ...........          Poster  ..............

TOTAL                                        ....................

Please send a cheque for the above TOTAL amount payable to:

Dr Andrew Heathcote
Treasurer, 
Fourth  Conference of the Australasian Cognitive Science Society
Department of Psychology
University of Newcastle, 
University Drive
CALLAGHAN  NSW 2308
AUSTRALIA

If you are an overseas delegate, please send a bank cheque drawn on an 
Australian Bank for the above TOTAL amount in Australian dollars.

Do you have any special dietary requirementsfor the Conference Dinner?       
Yes          No 

If YES, please indicate what these are:




Accommodation Requirements (Please rank in order of preference):

Noahs on the Beach
  Standard    $94.50 Single/Double $10 extra person  ..............
  Ocean View  $112.50 Single/Double                  ..............

Radisson Hotel
  $119 with breakfast   Single                       ..............
  $129      "       "    Twin/Double                 ..............

Novocastrian
  $95 up to $145 for a suite                         ..............

Other hotels and motels are available away from the beach area at reduced
rates, approx $50 - $80
We will also endeavour to cater for students and others on limited budgets,
if you can let us know your requirements in the space below.









Please return this form by email to rheath@hiplab.newcastle.edu.au

A World-Wide-Web page is under construction and a more detailed
description of the Conference and Workshop will be presented there.


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Subject: WSC2: 2nd CFP...
From:    "Roy, Rajkumar" <RRoy@cim.cran.ac.uk>
Date:    Wed, 05 Mar 1997 10:05:12


                            Second Call for Papers
 
 
                2nd Online World Conference on Soft Computing
 
                   in Engineering Design and Manufacturing
 
                                    (WSC2)
 
                               23-27 June 1997
                      On the Internet (World-Wide Web)
 
                                 Hosted by:
 
                     Cranfield University, United Kingdom
                      University of Bath, United Kingdom
                Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
            Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States
                         Nagoya University, Japan
 
                             Honorary Chair:
 
        Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, BISC, University of California, USA
 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                                WSC2 Servers:
 
                     http://www.zen.co.uk/cim.inst/wsc2/
             http://www.bath.ac.uk/Departments/Eng/wsc2/home.html
            http://www.iitb.ernet.in/~soy/iitb/144.16.105.2/wsc2/
                       http://isl.cps.msu.edu/GA/wsc2/
                http://www.bioele.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/wsc2/
 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 WSC2 is the premier on-line event on soft computing and its application to
 engineering design and manufacturing. Original papers are invited for the 
 2nd Online World Conference on Soft Computing (WSC2) to be held on the 
 Internet. WSC2 will bring together practitioners and researchers in soft 
 computing in engineering design and manufacturing across the world with 
 the aim to publish quality research rapidly and with less cost.
 
 The previous event, WSC1 hosted by Nagoya University, Japan in August 
 1996 can be visited at:  http://www.bioele.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/wsc1
 
 TOPICS OF INTEREST:
 
 The scope of this conference covers the following soft computing and
 related techniques and their application to engineering design and
 manufacturing:
 
      Neural Networks
      Genetic Algorithms
      Other Stochastic Optimisation Techniques
      Fuzzy Logic
      Hybrid Methods
      Intelligent Agents and Agent Theory
      Causal Models
      Data Mining
      Probabilistic Reasoning
      Case-based Reasoning
      Chaos Theory
      Rough Sets
      Interactive Computational Models
 
 The application areas of interest include but are not limited to :
 
      Decision Support
      Process and System Control
      System Identification and Modelling
      Optimisation
      Signal or Image Processing
      Vision or Pattern Recognition
      Condition Monitoring
      Fault Diagnosis
      Systems Integration
      Innovation
      Collaborative Work
      Internet Tools
 
 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (modified):
 
      Registration: Now
      Abstract submission by: 15 March 1997
      Full Papers submission by: 15 April 1997
      Decision on Full Papers: 15 May 1997
      Revised Final Manuscripts due: 1 June 1997
      WSC2 Preview Week: 16-22 June 1997
      WSC2 Conference Week: 23-27 June 1997
 
      Deadline for Booking Exhibition Stand: 15 April 1997
      WSC2 Virtual Exhibition Opens: 1 May 1997
      WSC2 Virtual Exhibition Closes: 1 August 1997
 
 SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
 
 Extended Abstract (max. 300 words) and Full papers should be 
 sent by email directly to the Program Chair at
 wsc2@bath.ac.uk before their respective deadlines.
 
 Full Papers should be submitted in Postscript format; however authors are
 encouraged for an additional submission in HTML format. The maximum size
 for the full paper is 10 X A4 pages.
 
 Papers should be written in 10 pt. New Times Roman or a similar font, with
 2.5cm margins on all four sides. Detailed instructions (modified) for 
 authors are available from: http://www.zen.co.uk/cim.inst/wsc2/author.html 
 
 For the HTML files please include all relevant graphic and text files. All
 links should be made to local files.
 
 At the time of sending the final manuscript the Copyright Form should 
 also be sent by postal mail or fax to the Programme Chair. 
 The copyright form is available from:
 http://www.zen.co.uk/cim.inst/wsc2/copyright.html
 
 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
 
 Full papers will be reviewed by a panel of referees prior to their
 acceptance. Authors are expected to make all necessary changes as suggested
 by the reviewers before the final submission of full paper manuscript.
 
 The WSC2 post-conference proceedings including all accepted papers will be
 published in a Hardcopy version by SPRINGER-VERLAG. Selected papers, 'suitably' 
 developed, shall be considered for publication in the 'SOFT COMPUTING' 
 journal after the conference.
 
 ADVERTISERS and SPONSORS WANTED:
 
 WSC2 conference also organises a Virtual Exhibition of commercial, 
 industrial and academic stands. These will present information on 
 commercial products, industrial projects and academic research groups
 related to soft computing and engineering design & manufacturing. 
 If you have not booked your stand yet, please book it now! 
 Please refer to: http://www.zen.co.uk/cim.inst/wsc2/vex_info.html
 
 WSC2 provides an excellent opportunity for Companies and Professional 
 Institutions to influence future trends in soft computing by way of 
 sponsorship of the conference. Experience shows that on-line conferences 
 are accessed extensively by people all over the world. The participants
 include academics, researchers and practitioners from industries. 
 Description about your product will be published live on the WSC2 
 Servers during an extended period of 3 months around the conference, 
 from 1 May to 1 August 1997. The description of Sponsor's Pages will be
 created and owned by the sponsors themselves. 
 For further information about sponsorship please visit: 
 http://www.zen.co.uk/cim.inst/wsc2/sponsor_info.html
 
 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE: 
 
      Rajkumar Roy , Cranfield University (UK) - Conference Chair 
      Takeshi Furuhashi, Nagoya University (Japan) - International Co-Chair 
      Pravir Chawdhry, Univ. of Bath (UK) - Program Chair 
      R. K. Pant, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, (India) - Publication  
        Chair
      Charles McManus , Cranfield University (UK) - Local Organisation Chair 
 
 
 INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (to be expanded): 
 
      Prof. Erik Goodman, Michigan State University, USA 
      Prof. Peter Sacket, Cranfield University, UK 
      Prof. Terry Fogarty, Napier University, UK 
      Prof. M. A. Faruqi, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, INDIA 
      Dr. Kay Hameyer, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BELGIUM 
      Dr. I. S. Fan, Cranfield University, UK 
      Prof. V. A. Zarubin, SSAU, RUSSIA 
      Dr. Ram Sriram, NIST, USA 
      Dr. Richardo Poli, Manchester University, UK 
      Mr. G. V. Raghunathan, DOE, INDIA 
      Dr. Michael Lee, BISC, University of California, USA 
      Mr. Hossein Soltan, Cranfield University, UK 
      Prof. Okyay Kaynak, Bogazici University, TURKEY 
      Dr. Raju Bapi, University of Plymouth, UK 
      Dr. C. M. Kalker-Kalkman, Univ. of Technology, Delft, THE NETHERLANDS 
      Prof. John Gero, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA 
      Dr. Peter Cowley, Rolls Royce plc., UK 
      Dr. Frank Hoffmann, University of Kiel, GERMANY 
      Dr. Tadashi Iokibe, Meidensha Corporation, JAPAN 
 
 
 CO-SPONSORS OF WSC2 (to be expanded): 
 
      The International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) (Technical
        Co-sponsorship) 
      North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) (Technical
        Co-sponsorship) 
      Robotics Society of Japan (Technical Co-sponsorship)
      AIT Centre, Cranfield University, UK 
      GARAGe, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA 
      British Steel, UK 
 
 
 For SUBMISSION and progress of papers in technical sessions, please contact
 the Program Chair:
 
      Pravir Chawdhry
      WSC2 Virtual Conference Office
      School of Mechanical Engineering
      University of Bath
      Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
      Tel +44 (0)1225 826956
      Fax +44 (0)1225 826928
      Email: wsc2@bath.ac.uk
 
 
 For FURTHER INFORMATION, registration, exhibition booking and sponsorship,
 please contact the Conference Chair:
 
      Rajkumar Roy
      WSC2 Virtual Conference Office 
      (wsc2@cim.cranfield.ac.uk)
      The CIM Institute
      Cranfield University
      Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AL
      United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 (0)1234 754073 or 750111 Ext. 2860
      Fax. +44 (0)1234 750852
      Email: rroy@cim.cranfield.ac.uk or r.roy@ieee.org


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Subject: Special Session on Artificial Immune Systems (CFP)
From:    "Dipankar Dasgupta (Faculty)" <dasgupta@zebra.msci.memphis.edu>
Date:    Wed, 05 Mar 1997 15:57:09 -0600







                     CALL  FOR  PAPERS

                    Special Session on 
      "Artificial Immune Systems and Their Applications" 
                         at SMC'97
          
 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
                    October 12-15, 1997.
                      Orlando, Florida

As part of the International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,
a special session is planned on Artificial Immune Systems and Their 
Applications. This interdisciplinary  session will be the second event 
in this field, after the highly successful workshop on "Immunity-Based
Systems" held in  Japan on December 10, 1996. The session will be
devoted to exploring different immunological mechanisms and their 
relation to information processing and problem solving. 

The scope of the special session will include the following topics
(but are not limited to):  

     * Computational methods based on Immunological principles 
     * Artificial Immune systems for Pattern Recognition
     * Immunity-based system for Anomaly or fault detection
     * Immune Network Models and their applications
     * Immunity-based system as a multi-agent system
     * Multi-agent approach for modeling and simulating immune systems
     * Immunity-based systems for self-diagnosis and self-organization
     * Immunity-based approach for collective intelligence
     * Immunity-based systems for optimization and search
     * The immune system as a prototype of Autonomous Decentralized Systems
     * Immunity-based approach for Artificial Life
     * Immunity-based approach for security of information systems
     * Immunological approach against computer viruses and internet worms
     * The immune system as a metaphor for computer based learning systems
     * Immunity-based systems as a distributed learning system
     * Immunological Computation for data mining

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers related to the listed topics.
Those who are interested should send a title and an extended abstract
(not more than 300 words) on or before March 10, 1997 via email or
air mail to the address below:

Session Chair:
Dipankar Dasgupta
Computer Science Division
Mathematical Science Dept.
The University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152-6429.
Tel: (901) 678-4147
Fax: (901) 678-2480
Email:dasgupta@mathsci.msci.memphis.edu
Home Page: http://www.msci.memphis.edu/~dasgupta


Important Dates:

March 10, 1997     Extended Abstract Due
April 20, 1997     Notification of Acceptance
June 15, 1997      Final Submission

For general information of SMC'97, please visit the web page of the 
conference at http://www.rpi.edu/~smc97.


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Subject: Abbadingo One: DFA Learning Competition
From:    "Barak Pearlmutter" <bap@cs.unm.edu>
Date:    Thu, 06 Mar 1997 18:40:00 -0700

               Abbadingo One: DFA Learning Competition

                             Announcement
                                  &
                        Call for Participation

In order to encourage the development of better grammar induction
algorithms, the Abbadingo One competition will award at least $1,024
to the designer of the system that is most successful at discovering
the structure of random deterministic finite automata, as assessed by
a graded series of nine benchmark problems.  The competition ends on
15-Nov-1997.

This competition is being sponsored by, among others,
 * The Computer Science Department at the University of New Mexico,
   which is providing computational support.
 * The Kluwer Academic journal "Machine Learning," which will give
   priority treatment to a paper describing the award winning algorithm.
 * The Santa Fe Institute, which will host the award ceremony.
 * The "Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research."

For details retrieve http://abbadingo.cs.unm.edu/

Good luck, and may the best algorithm win!
- --
Competition     Kevin J. Lang <kevin@research.nj.nec.com>
  organizers:   Barak A. Pearlmutter <bap@cs.unm.edu>


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Subject: ELSNET Bullet Course: Final Announcement
From:    Yvonne van Holsteijn <elsnet@let.ruu.nl>
Date:    Fri, 07 Mar 1997 14:05:24 +0100

              *** FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT ***

Please note that there are still places available, and that 
PhD students and participants from CEENIS-countries may apply
for an ELSNET grant covering half of the fee. Applications
should be received by March 19 at the latest.

=================================================================
               ELSNET Bullet Course on
     Designing and Testing Spoken Dialogue Systems

                 April 16 - 18, 1997 
              Utrecht, The Netherlands
=================================================================

For spoken-dialogue systems to be effective in real-world use,
dialogues need to be expertly designed and carefully
tested. ELSNET's first bullet course will equip participants with
skills in this area. It will provide them with  basic knowledge of
interaction design, which will enable them to develop new
applications; and practical knowledge emerging from field experience,
which will enable them to create dialogues that work.  

Course content
===============
- - Principles of interaction and context in designing dialogues. 
- - Fundamentals of the dialogue design process, including the
  application of dialogue theory to specific domains.
- - Dialogue management techniques. 
- - Design and acceptance testing. 
- - Real-world experience with dialogue systems.

Key points will be illustrated through the building of a prototype
dialogue system; this way participants will gain concrete experience,
getting expert feedback in the process.

Lecturers 
=========
Harald Aust, Philips Research (Germany) 
Norman Fraser, Vocalis (UK)
David G. Novick, EURISCO (France) 

Who should attend? 
==================
The course is intended for potential users of state-of-the-art
technology in Spoken Dialogue Systems. These include technology
providers as well as companies who want to make their services more
efficient or cost-effective (e.g. call centres). The course is geared
particularly towards personnel at (sub) management level for whom it
is useful to get acquainted with the possibilities (and limitations)
of spoken dialogue technologies.

Course Format 
=============
This is an international three-day course, consisting of seven 3-hour
sessions, starting at lunch time on day one. The course language will
be English. Participation will be limited to 25 people. 

Course site 
===========
The course will be held at the conference centre Oud London near
Utrecht, the Netherlands. 

Fee 
===
The fee for the course, which includes accommodation, breakfast, lunch
and dinner, and documentation is HFL 2950,- (1375 ECU). ELSNET members
are offered a 10% reduction. The topic for this course was selected on
the basis of a questionnaire distributed to ELSNET  members earlier
this year. Those who replied to this questionnaire will get a 15%
reduction.

Registration deadline 
=====================
March 19, 1997

For more information
====================
WEB: http://www.elsnet.org/training/bulletDialog.html
or the ELSNET Coordintaion. 


European Network in Language and Speech
____________________________________________________________
email:   elsnet@let.ruu.nl
mail :   Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS,
         Trans 10, 3512 JK, Utrecht, The Netherlands
tel  :   +31 30 253 6039
fax  :   +31 30 253 6000
www  :   http://www.elsnet.org


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