WIRN 93 Programme

[Tagliaferri Roberto]

Istituto Internazionale Alti Studi Scientifici (IIASS)
Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Universita` di Salerno
Dipartimento di Informatica ed Applicazioni, Universita` di Salerno
Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione, Universita` di Milano
Istituto per la Ricerca dei Sistemi Informatici Paralleli, C.N.R., Napoli
Societa` Italiana Reti Neuroniche (SIREN)

6th ITALIAN WORKSHOP ON
NEURAL NETWORKS

WIRN VIETRI-93

IIASS Research Center
Ph: +39 89 761167
FAX:+39 89 761189

Vietri Sul Mare, Salerno, May 12-14, 1993

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

		Wednesday 12

9:00  Opening of the Workshop

9:30  S. Gielen (Invited Lecture)

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Formal Models and Pattern Recognition 
G. Basti, V. Bidoli et al. "Particle recognition on experimental data in a silicon calorimeter by back propagation with stochastic pre-processing" 
A. Borghese "Learning optimal control using neural networks" 
S. Brofferio, V. Rampa "A supervised-ART neural network for pattern recognition" 
P. Pedrazzi  "On self-organizing neural character recognizers"
V. Sanguineti, P. Morasso "Models of cortical maps"
L. Stringa "Experiments in memory-based learning"

13:00 Lunch break

15:00 Prof. Tredici (Review Lecture on Progresses in Neuroanatomy)

16:00 Applications (1st part)
E. Coccorese, R. Martone, C. Morabito "Classification of plasma equilibria in a tokamak using a three-level propagation network"
E.D. Di Claudio, G. Trivelloni, G. Orlandi "Model identification of non linear dynamical systems by recurrent neural networks"
P. Morasso, A. Pareto, S. Pagliano, V. Sanguineti "A self-organizing approach for diagnostic problems"

17:00 Coffee Break

17:30 Hybrid and Robotic Systems
A. Chella, U. Maniscalco, R. Pirrone, F. Sorbello, P. Storniolo "A shape from shading hybrid approach to estimate superquadric parameters"
Z.M. Kovacs-V., R. Guerrieri, G. Baccarini "A hybrid system for handprinted character recognition" 
A. Sperduti, A. Starita "Modular neural codes implementing neural trees"


		Thursday 13

9:00 L. Zadeh (Invited Lecture)

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Fuzzy neural systems
E. Binaghi, A. Mazzetti, R. Orlando, A. Rampini "Integration of fuzzy reasoning techniques in the error back propagation learning algorithm" 
M. Costa, E. Pasero "FNC: a fuzzy neural classifier with bayesian engine"
Zhiling Wiang, G. Sylos Labini "A self-organizing network of alterable competitive layer for pattern cluster"

13:00 Lunch Break

15:00 V. Cimagalli (Review Lecture on Cellular Networks)

16:00 - 17:30 Poster and Industrial Sessions

17:30 SIREN Annual Meeting

		Friday 14

9:00 Y. Bengio, P. Frasconi and M. Gori (Review Lecture on Recurrent Networks for Adaptive Temporal Reasoning)

10:00 Applications (2nd part)
S. Cavalieri, A. Fichera "Exploiting neural network features to model and analyze noise pollution"  
A.M. Colla, N. Longo, G. Morgavi, S. Ridella "SBP: A hybrid neural model for pattern recognition" 
F. Piglione, G. Cirrincione "Neural-net based load-flow models for electric power systems" 

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Hardware and Software Design
A. d'Acierno, R. Vaccaro "The back-propagation learning algorithm on parallel computers: a mapping scheme" 
M. Gioiello, G. Vassallo, F. Sorbello "A new fully digital feed-forward network for hand-written digits recognition" 
F. Lauria, M. Sette "CONNET: a neural network configuration language" 
P. Wilke "Simulation of neural networks in a distributed computing environment using Neuro Graph" 

13:00 Lunch Break

15:00  Architectures and Algorithms
M. Alberti, P. Marelli, R. Posenato " A neural algorithm for the maximum satisfiability  problem" 
E. Alpaydin "Multiple networks for function learning" 
D. Micci Barreca, G.C. Buttazzo "A neural architecture for failure-based learning" 
M. Schmitt "On the size of weights for McCulloch-Pitts neurons" 


Registration fee 275.000 Italian Liras (including proceedings and 
social dinner).
No fees to be payed for students.