Neural Nets School 2000

[Alfredo Petrosino]

                            SECOND ANNOUNCE
5th Course of International Summer School "NeuralNets E. R. Caianiello"
                                   on
                      Visual Attention Mechanisms

                           23-29 October 2000
    International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies (IIASS)
                   Vietri sul Mare, Salerno  (Italy)

                       DIRECTOR OF THE 5TH COURSE
               Virginio CANTONI (Pavia University, Italy)

                        DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL
        Michael JORDAN (University of California, Berkely, USA)
               Maria MARINARO (Salerno University, Italy)

The preliminary program of the School is avalilable at
http://www.iiass.it/nnschool.

Due to holidays the NEW DEADLINE for submitting applications and
proposals of poster is
                                         SEPTEMBER  24 2000

The school, open to all suitably qualified scientists from around the
world, is organized in lectures, panel discussions and poster
presentations and will cover a number of broad themes relevant to Visual

Attention, among them:

- Foundation: Early vision, Visual streams, Perception and action,
Log-map   analysis
- Attentional mechanisms: Pop-out theory, Texton theory, Contour
integration   and closure, Fuzzy engagement mechanisms
- Visual search : Attentional control, Selective attention, Spatial
attention,   Detection versus discrimination
- Multiresolution and planning : Complexity of search tasks,
Hierarchical   perceptual loops, Multiresolution and associative memory
systems,   Attention and action planning
- Attentional Visual Architectures: Neural models of visual attention,
Hierarchical and associative networks, Attentional pyramidal neural
mechanisms
- Experiences: Eyeputer and scanpath recorders, etc.

INVITED SPEAKERS :

Virginio CANTONI, Pavia University
Leonardo CHELAZZI, Verona University, Italy
Vito DI GESU`, Palermo University, Italy
Hezy YESHURUN, Haifa University, Israel
Zhaoping LI, Gatsby, University College, London, UK
Luca LOMBARDI, Pavia University, Italy
Carlo Alberto MARZI, Verona University, Italy
Alain MERIGOT, University of Paris Sud, France
Eliano PESSA, Roma University, Italy
Alfredo PETROSINO, INFM-Salerno University, Italy
Marco PIASTRA, Pavia University, Italy
Vito ROBERTO, Udine University, Italy
Dov SAGI, Weizmann University, Israel
John TSOTSOS, Center for Computer Vision, Canada
Daniela ZAMBARBIERI, Pavia University, Italy
Harry WECHSLER, George Mason University,  USA
Steven YANTIS, Johns Hopkins University, USA

SITE
Vietri sul Mare is located within walking distance from Salerno and
marks the beginning
of the Amalfi coast. Visit http://www.comune.vietri-sul-mare.sa.it/ for
more information.

FEE
The shool fee is 700 USD including the cofee breaks and a copy of the
proceedings.

The full school fee, including accommodation in twin room, meals, one
day of excursion, and a copy of the proceedings of the school is 1200
USD, reduced to 1000 USD for students

For further information please contact :
Dr. A.Petrosino
Fax:    + 39 89 761189
Email: iiass.alfredo at tin.it


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Will you be applying for a scholarship ?  yes/no
(Please include in your application the amount of bursary support and
a justification for the request)

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(Please include a one page abstract for review by  the organizers).


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Please send the application form  by electronic mail to:

                iiass.alfredo at tin.it, subject: Neural Nets school;

or by fax to:
                Neural Nets School, +39 89 761 189

or by ordinary mail to the address:
                Neural Nets School
                IIASS, Via Pellegrino 19
                I84019 Vietri sul Mare (Sa) Italy