Courses and Conference on Neural Networks, May 1992, Boston University
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY
NEURAL NETWORK
COURSES AND CONFERENCE
COURSE 1: INTRODUCTION AND FOUNDATIONS
May 9 - 12, 1992
A systematic introductory course on neural networks.
COURSE 2: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
May 12 - 14, 1992
Eight tutorials on current research and applications.
CONFERENCE: NEURAL NETWORKS FOR
LEARNING, RECOGNITION, AND CONTROL
MAY 14 - 16, 1992
An international research conference presenting INVITED and
CONTRIBUTED papers.
Sponsored by Boston University's Wang Institute,
Center for Adaptive Systems, and
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems,
with partial support from the
Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
NEURAL NETWORK COURSES
May 9 - 14, 1992
This self-contained, systematic, five-day course is based on the
graduate curriculum in the technology, computation, mathematics, and
biology of neural networks developed at the Center for Adaptive
Systems (CAS) and the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
(CNS) at Boston University. This year's curriculum refines and
updates the successful course held at the Wang Institute of Boston
University in May 1990 and 1991. A new two-course format permits
both beginners and researchers to participate. The course
will be taught by CAS/CNS faculty, as well as by distinguished guest
lecturers at the beautiful and superbly equipped campus of the Wang
Institute. An extraordinary range and depth of models, methods, and
applications will be presented. Interaction with the lecturers and
other participants will continue at the daily discussion sessions,
meals, receptions, and coffee breaks that are included with
registration. At the 1990 and 1991 courses, participants came from
many countries and from all parts of the United States.
Course Faculty from Boston University are Stephen Grossberg, Gail
Carpenter, Ennio Mingolla, and Daniel Bullock. Course guest
lecturers are John Daugman, Federico Faggin, Michael I. Jordan, Eric
Schwartz, Alex Waibel, and Allen Waxman.
COURSE 1 SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1992
4:00 - 6:00 P.M. Registration
5:00 - 7:00 P.M. Reception
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1992
Professor Grossberg: Historical Overview, Cooperation and
Competition, Content Addressable Memory, and Associative Learning.
Professors Carpenter and Mingolla: Neocognitron, Perceptrons, and
Introduction to Back Propagation.
Professor Grossberg and Mingolla: Adaptive Pattern Recognition.
MONDAY, MAY 11, 1992
Professor Grossberg: Introduction to Adaptive Resonance Theory.
Professor Carpenter: ART 1, ART 2, and ART 3.
Professors Grossberg and Mingolla: Vision and Image Processing.
Professors Bullock and Grossberg: Adaptive Sensory-Motor Control and
Robotics
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1992
Professor Bullock and Grossberg: Adaptive Sensory-Motor Control and
Robotics, continued.
Professor Grossberg: Speech Perception and Production, Reinforcement
Learning and Prediction.
End of Course 1 (12:30 P.M.)
COURSE 2 SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1992
11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. Registration
Professor Carpenter: Fuzzy Artmap.
Dr. Waxman: Learning 3-D Objects from Temporal Sequences.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1992
Professor Jordan: Recent Developments in Supervised Learning.
Professor Waibel: Speech Recognition and Understanding.
Professor Grossberg: Vision, Space, and Action.
Professor Daugman: Signal Processing in Neural Networks.
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992
Professor Schwartz: Active Vision.
Dr. Faggin: Practical Implementation of Neural Networks.
End of Course 2 (12:30 P.M.)
RESEARCH CONFERENCE
NEURAL NETWORKS FOR LEARNING, RECOGNITION, AND CONTROL
MAY 14-16, 1992
This international research conference on topics of fundamental
importance in science and technology will bring together leading
experts from universities, government, and industry to present their
results on learning, recognition, and control, in invited lectures
and contributed posters. Topics range from cognitive science and
neurobiology through computational modeling to technological
applications.
CALL FOR PAPERS: A featured poster session on neural network
research related to learning, recognition, and control will be held
on May 15, 1992. Attendees who wish to present a poster should
submit three copies of an abstract (one single-spaced page),
postmarked by March 1, 1992, for refereeing. Include a cover letter
giving the name, address, and telephone number of the corresponding
author. Mail to: Poster Session, Neural Networks Conference, Wang
Institute of Boston University, 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879.
Authors will be informed of abstract acceptance by March 31, 1992.
A book of lecture and poster abstracts will be given to attendees at
the conference.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992
2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Registration
3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Reception
Professor Richard Shiffrin, Indiana University: "The Relationship
between Composition/Distribution and Forgetting"
Professor Roger Ratcliff, Northwestern University: "Evaluating
Memory Models"
Professor David Rumelhart, Stanford University: "Learning and
Generalization in a Connectionist Network"
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1992
Dr. Mortimer Mishkin, National Institute of Mental Health: "Two
Cerebral Memory Systems"
Professor Larry Squire, University of California, San Diego: "Brain
Systems and the Structure of Memory"
Professor Stephen Grossberg, Boston University, "Neural Dynamics of
Adaptively Timed Learning and Memory"
Professor Theodore Berger, University of Pittsburgh: "A Biological
Neural Model for Learning and Memory"
Professor Mark Bear, Brown University: "Mechanisms for Experience-
Dependent Modification of Visual Cortex"
Professor Gail Carpenter, Boston University: "Supervised Learning by
Adaptive Resonance Networks"
Dr. Allen Waxman, MIT Lincoln Laboratory: "Neural Networks for
Mobile Robot Visual Navigation and Conditioning"
Dr. Thomas Caudell, Boeing Company: "The Industrial Application of
Neural Networks to Information Retrieval and Object Recognition
at the Boeing Company"
POSTER SESSION (Three hours)
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1992
Professor George Cybenko, University of Illinois: "The Impact of
Memory Technology on Neurocomputing"
Professor Eduardo Sontag, Rutgers University: "Some Mathematical
Results on Feedforward Nets: Recognition and Control"
Professor Roger Brockett, Harvard University: "A General Framework
for Learning via Steepest Descent"
Professor Barry Peterson, Northwestern University Medical School:
"Approaches to Modeling a Plastic Vestibulo-ocular Reflex"
Professor Daniel Bullock, Boston University: "Spino-Cerebellar
Cooperation for Skilled Movement Execution"
Dr. James Albus, National Institute of Standards and Technology: "A
System Architecture for Learning, Recognition, and Control"
Professor Kumpati Narendra, Yale University: "Adaptive Control of
Nonlinear Systems Using Neural Networks"
Dr. Robert Pap, Accurate Automation Company: "Neural Network Control
of the NASA Space Shuttle Robot Arm"
Discussion
End of Research Conference (5:30 P.M.)
HOW TO REGISTER:
...To register by telephone, call (508) 649-9731 (x 255)
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mail it with your payment as directed.
ON-SITE REGISTRATION: Those who wish to register for the courses
and the research conference on-site may do so on a space-available
basis.
SITE: The Wang Institute of Boston University possesses excellent
conference facilities in a beautiful 220-acre setting. It is easily
reached from Boston's Logan Airport and Route 128.
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YOUR REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES:
COURSES CONFERENCE
Lectures Lectures
Course notebooks Poster session
Evening discussion sessions Book of lecture & poster
Saturday reception abstracts
Continental breakfasts Thursday reception
Lunches Two continental breakfasts
Dinners Two lunches
Coffee breaks One dinner
Coffee breaks
CANCELLATION POLICY: Course fee, less $100, and the research
conference fee, less $60, will be refunded upon receipt of a written
request postmarked before March 31, 1992. After this date no refund
will be made. Registrants who do not attend and who do not cancel
in writing before March 31, 1991 are liable for the full amount of
the registration fee. You must obtain a cancellation number from the
registrar in order to make the cancellation valid.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS:
...Sheraton Tara, Nashua, NH (603) 888-9970, $60/night, plus tax
(single or double).
...Best Western, Nashua, NH (603) 888-1200, $44/night, single, plus
tax, $49/night, double, plus tax.
...Stonehedge Inn, Tyngsboro, MA, (508) 649-4342, $84/night, plus
tax (single or double).
The special conference rate applies only if you mention the name and
dates of the meeting when making the reservation. The hotels in
Nashua are located approximately five miles from the Wang Institute;
shuttle bus service will be provided to them.
AIRLINE DISCOUNTS:
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Receive 45% off full fare with at least seven days advance purchase
or 5% off discount fares. A 35% discount applies on full fare
flights from Canada with an advance purchase of at least seven days.
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A limited number of spaces at the courses and conference have been
reserved at a subsidized rate for full-time students. These spaces
will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Completed
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