EURASIP workshop on neural networks - call for contributions

[Luis Borges de Almeida]

                EURASIP WORKSHOP ON NEURAL NETWORKS

                        Sesimbra, Portugal
                       February 15-17, 1990


             ANNOUNCEMENT AND 2nd CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

The workshop will be held at the Hotel do Mar in Sesimbra, Portugal.
It will take place in 1990, from February 15 morning to 17 noon, and
will be sponsored by EURASIP, the European Association for Signal
Processing. It will be open to participants from all countries.

Short contributions from all fields related to the neural network area
are welcome (see submission procedures below). A (non-exclusive) list
of topics is given ahead. These contributions will be presented at the
workshop in poster format, and are intended for presentation of
ongoing work, projects (e.g. ESPRIT, BRAIN, DARPA,...), or for
proposing interesting views (even controversial or provocative). Short
contributions will not correspond to a paper in the proceedings, but
publication in a special issue of one of EURASIP's journals is being
considered.

Care is being taken to ensure that the workshop will have a high level
of quality. Full contributions have already been selected based on an
evaluation by an international technical committee, and the
proceedings volume containing these contributions will be published
and handed to participants at the workshop. The number of participants
will be limited to 50. A small number of non-contributing participants
may be accepted, depending on the total number of contributions. The
official language of the workshop will be English.

Dr. Georges Cybenko, of the University of Illinois, will be an invited
speaker. Contacts are on the way for invitation of another well known
researcher.

TOPICS:

- signal processing (speech, image,...)
- pattern recognition
- algorithms (training procedures, new structures, speedups,...)
- generalization
- implementation
- specific applications where NN have been proved better than other
  approaches
- industrial projects and realizations


                      SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

Submissions, both for long and for short contributions, will consist
of (strictly) 2-page summaries, plus a cover page indicating title,
author's name, affiliation, phone no., and e-mail address if possible.
Three copies should be sent directly to the Technical Chairman, at the
address given below. The calendar for short contributions is as
follows:

Deadline for submission              Oct  1, 1989
Notification of acceptance           Nov 15, 1989


                              THE LOCATION

Sesimbra is a fishermens village, located in a nice region about 30 km
south of Lisbon. Special transportation from/to Lisbon will be arranged.
The workshop will end on a Saturday at lunch time; therefore, the
participants will have the option of either flying back home in the
afternoon, or staying for sightseeing for the remainder of the weekend
in Sesimbra and/or Lisbon. An optional program for accompanying
persons is being organized.

For further information, send the coupon below to the general
chairman, or contact directly.



ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

GENERAL CHAIRMAN

Luis B. Almeida
INESC
Apartado 10105
P-1017 LISBOA CODEX
PORTUGAL

Phone: +351-1-544607.
Fax: +351-1-525843.
E-mail: {any backbone, uunet}!mcvax!inesc!lba


TECHNICAL CHAIRMAN

Christian Wellekens
Philips Research Laboratory
Av. Van Becelaere 2
Box 8
B-1170 BRUSSELS
BELGIUM

Phone: +32-2-6742275


TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

John Bridle
Herve Bourlard
Frank Fallside
Francoise Fogelman-Soulie
Jeanny Herault
Larry Jackel
Renato de Mori
H. Muehlenbein


REGISTRATION, FINANCE, LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

Joao Bilhim
INESC
Apartado 10105
P-1017 LISBOA CODEX
PORTUGAL

Phone: +351-1-545150.
Fax: +351-1-525843.
 
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