Neural Networks Seminar, 25 april 1989, Ghent, Belgium

[Rob A. Vingerhoeds / Ghent State University]

                BIRA SEMINAR ON NEURAL NETWORKS

                       25 APRIL 1989

              International Congress Centre Ghent

                          BELGIUM


BIRA (Belgian Institute for Control Engineering and Automation) is
organising a seminar on the state of the art in Neural Networks. The
central theme will be "When and how will neural networks become applicable
for industry". To be able to give a good and reliable verdict to this
theme, some of the most important and leading scientists in this fasci-
nating area have been invited to present a lecture at the seminar and take
part in a panel discussion.

The following schedule is foreseen:

 8.30 -  9.00    Registration
 9.00 -  9.15    Opening on behalf of BIRA
                 Prof. L. Boullart
                 Ghent State University
 9.15 - 10.00    Introduction to the domain
                 Prof. Fogelman Soulie
                 Universite de Paris V
10.00 - 10.30    coffee
10.30 - 11.30    Theoretical Backgrounds and Mathematical Models
                 Prof. B. Kosko
                 University of Southern California
11.30 - 12.00    Special dedicated hardware
                 (probably the French representative of Hecht-Nielsen
                  Neurocomputers)
12.00 - 14.00    lunch / exhibition
14.00 - 15.00    Application in Robotics
                 Dr. David Handelman
                 Princeton
15.00 - 16.00    Application in Image Processing and Pattern
                 Recognition (Neocognitron)
                 Dr. S. Miyake
                 ATR
16.00 - 16.30    tea
16.30 - 17.15    panel discussion over the central theme
17.15 - 17.30    closing and conclusions

The seminar will be held in the same period as the famous Flanders
Technology International (F.T.I.) exhibition is held. This exhibition is
for both representatives from industry and for other interested people very
interesting and going to both the seminar and the exhibition is double
interesting. It is possible to obtain a ticket for F.T.I. at a reduced
price, when attending the seminar. Please indicate, whether you would like
to get a ticket, when sending in a letter or an e-mail message.

Prices:

members of BIRA :       12.500 BEF
others          :       15.000 BEF
universities    :        7.500 BEF

If you intent to attent our seminar, you can either send a letter to the
BIRA coordinator (adress follows) or an e-mail message to one of us. We will
fill you in on the details as soon as possible.


Rob Vingerhoeds               Leo Vercauteren
<ROB at BGERUG51.BITNET>         <LEO at BGERUG51.BITNET>


BIRA Coordinator: L. Pauwels
                  BIRA-secretariaat
                  Het Ingenieurshuis
                  Desguinlei 214
                  2018 Antwerpen
                  Belgium
telefax:          +32-3-216-06-89
                  (attn. BIRA L. Pauwels)