NATO Advanced Study Institute

[Prof. Chris Bishop]

                   A NATO Advanced Study Institute

                  GENERALIZATION IN NEURAL NETWORKS

                        AND MACHINE LEARNING

                         4 - 15 August 1997

               Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, U.K.


The last few years have seen a substantial growth of research activity
in machine learning, focusing in large part on neural network models.
For most applications of machine learning the central issue is that of
generalization.

This NATO ASI will provide a comprehensive and coherent tutorial
programme aimed at research scientists at postdoctoral level and
beyond, though it will also be accessible to advanced graduate
students having a good mathematical background.

    			Organising Committee:

		     Director: C M Bishop (Aston)

      J M Buhmann (Bonn), G E Hinton (Toronto), M I Jordan (MIT)

                             Lecturers:

	E Baum (NEC)			J C Mackay (Cambridge)
	C M Bishop (Aston)		R Neal (Toronto)
	L Breiman (Berkeley)		B D Ripley (Oxford)
	J M Buhmann (Bonn)		H Sompolinsky (Jerusalem)
	P Dayan (MIT)			N Tishby (Jerusalem)
	G E Hinton (Toronto)		L G Valiant (Harvard)
	T Jaakkola (UCSC)		V Vapnik (AT&T)
	M I Jordan (MIT)		C K I Williams (Aston)
	Y Le Cun (AT&T)

The ASI will form a component in the Newton Institute programme on
Neural Networks and Machine Learning, organised by C M Bishop, 
D Haussler, G E Hinton, M Niranjan and L G Valiant.

Applications: To participate in the NATO ASI, please complete and
return an application form and, for students and postdoctoral fellows,
arrange for a letter of reference from a senior scientist. Limited
financial support is available for participants from appropriate
countries, and the usual guidelines for the NATO ASI series will be
followed in the selection of participants.

Location and Costs: The workshop will take place at the Isaac Newton
Institute and accommodation for participants will be provided at
Wolfson Court, adjacent to the Institute. The conference package costs
520 UK pounds, which includes accommodation from 3 August to 15
August, together with breakfast, and evening meals, plus lunch and
refreshments during the days that lectures take place.

Further Information and Application Forms: are available from the WWW
at http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/programs/nnm.html. Completed forms and
letters of recommendation should be sent to Heather Dawson at the
above address, or by e-mail to: h.dawson at newton.cam.ac.uk

            Closing Date for the receipt of applications
           and letters of recommendation is 21 April 1997