Call for Workshops

[Davi Geiger]

                       CALL FOR WORKSHOPS
                NIPS*92 Post-Conference Workshops
                     December 4 and 5, 1992
                         Vail, Colorado


                      Request for Proposals

Following the regular NIPS program, workshops on  current  topics
in  Neural  Information Processing will be held on December 4 and
5, 1992, in Vail, Colorado.  Proposals by  qualified  individuals
interested  in  chairing  one  of  these workshops are solicited.
Past topics have included:  Computational  Neuroscience;  Sensory
Biophysics;  Recurrent  Nets;  Self-Organization; Speech; Vision;
Rules and Connectionist Models; Neural Network Dynamics; Computa-
tional  Complexity  Issues;  Benchmarking Neural Network Applica-
tions; Architectural Issues;  Fast  Training  Techniques;  Active
Learning  and  Control;  Optimization; Bayesian Analysis; Genetic
Algorithms; VLSI  and  Optical  Implementations;  Integration  of
Neural  Networks  with  Conventional  Software.   The goal of the
workshops is to provide an  informal  forum  for  researchers  to
freely  discuss  important  issues of current interest.  Sessions
will meet in the morning and in the afternoon of both days,  with
free  time  in between for ongoing individual exchange or outdoor
activities.  Specific open and/or controversial  issues  are  en-
couraged and preferred as workshop topics.  Individuals proposing
to chair a workshop will have responsibilities including: arrange
brief  informal  presentations  by  experts working on the topic,
moderate or lead the discussion,  and  report  its  high  points,
findings and conclusions to the group during evening plenary ses-
sions, and in a short (2 page) written summary.  Submission  Pro-
cedure:   Interested parties should submit a short proposal for a
workshop of interest postmarked by May 22, 1992.   (Express  mail
is  *not*  necessary. Submissions by electronic mail will also be
acceptable.) Proposals should include a title, a  short  descrip-
tion  of  what the workshop is to address and accomplish, and the
proposed length of the workshop (one day or two days).  It should
state  why  the  topic  is  of  interest or controversial, why it
should be discussed and what the targeted group  of  participants
is.   In  addition, please send a brief resume of the prospective
workshop chair, a list of publications and evidence  of  scholar-
ship in the field of interest.  _M_a_i_l _s_u_b_m_i_s_s_i_o_n_s _t_o:
     Dr. Gerald Tesauro
     NIPS*92 Workshops Chair
     IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
     P.O. Box 704
     Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 USA
     (e-mail: tesauro at watson.ibm.com)

Name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail net  address  (if
applicable) must be on all submissions.


          PROPOSALS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MAY 22, 1992
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