NIPS CALL FOR PAPERS

[Stephen J Hanson]

                              CALL FOR PAPERS

                            IEEE Conference on

                   Neural Information Processing Systems
                         - Natural and Synthetic -

             Monday, November 27 -- Thursday November 30, 1989
                             Denver, Colorado


     This is the third meeting of a high  quality,  relatively  small,
     inter-disciplinary     conference     which    brings    together
     neuroscientists,  engineers,   computer   scientists,   cognitive
     scientists,  physicists,  and  mathematicians  interested  in all
     aspects of neural processing and computation.   Several  days  of
     focussed  workshops  will  follow  at  a  nearby ski area.  Major
     categories and examples  of  subcategories  for  papers  are  the
     following:

     1. Neuroscience: Neurobiological models of development,  cellular
     information  processing, synaptic function, learning, and memory.
     Studies and analyses of neurobiological systems  and  development
     of neurophysiological recording tools.

     2.  Architecture   Design:   Design   and   evaluation   of   net
     architectures to perform cognitive or behavioral functions and to
     implement conventional algorithms.  Data  representation;  static
     networks  and  dynamic  networks  that  can  process  or generate
     pattern sequences.

     3. Learning Theory Models of  learning;  training  paradigms  for
     static    and   dynamic   networks;   analysis   of   capability,
     generalization, complexity, and scaling.

     4.  Applications:  Applications  to  signal  processing,  vision,
     speech,   motor   control,  robotics,  knowledge  representation,
     cognitive modelling and adaptive systems.

     5. Implementation and Simulation: VLSI or optical implementations
     of  hardware  neural  nets.  Practical issues for simulations and
     simulation tools.


     Technical Program: Plenary, contributed, and poster sessions will
     be  held.  There  will  be no parallel sessions. The full text of
     presented papers will be published.

     Submission  Procedures:  Original  research   contributions   are
     solicited,  and  will  be  refereed  by experts in the respective
     disciplines.  Authors should submit four copies  of  a  1000-word
     (or  less)  summary  and four copies of a single-page 50-100 word
     abstract clearly stating their results by May 30, 1989.  Indicate
     preference  for  oral or poster presentation and specify which of
     the above  five  broad  categories  and,  if  appropriate,   sub-
     categories   (for   example,   Learning  Theory:  Complexity,  or
     Applications:  Speech)  best  applies  to  your  paper.  Indicate
     presentation preference and category information at the bottom of
     each abstract page and after each summary. Failure to do so  will
     delay  processing  of your submission.  Mail submissions to Kathy
     Hibbard, NIPS89 Local Committee, Engineering Center,  Campus  Box
     425, Boulder, CO, 80309-0425.


             DEADLINE FOR SUMMARIES  ABSTRACTS IS MAY 30, 1989