Connectionist Models Summer School 1993

[Michael C. Mozer]

                           CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

                    CONNECTIONIST MODELS SUMMER SCHOOL

                          University of Colorado
                             Boulder, Colorado

                          June 21 - July 3, 1993

     The University of  Colorado  will  host  the  1993  Connectionist
     Models  Summer  School from June 21 to July 3, 1993.  The purpose
     of the summer school is to provide training  to  promising  young
     researchers  in connectionism (neural networks) by leaders of the
     field and to foster interdisciplinary collaboration.   This  will
     be  the  fourth  such  program  in  a  series  that  was  held at
     Carnegie-Mellon in 1986 and 1988 and at UC  San  Diego  in  1990.
     Previous  summer  schools  have  been extremely successful and we
     look forward to the 1993 session  with  anticipation  of  another
     exciting event.

     The  summer  school  will  offer  courses  in   many   areas   of
     connectionist modeling, with emphasis on artificial intelligence,
     cognitive   science,    cognitive    neuroscience,    theoretical
     foundations,  and  computational  methods.  Visiting faculty (see
     list of invited faculty below) will present  daily  lectures  and
     tutorials,   coordinate   informal   workshops,  and  lead  small
     discussion groups.  The summer school  schedule  is  designed  to
     allow  for significant interaction among students and faculty. As
     in previous years, a proceedings of the  summer  school  will  be
     published.

     Applications will  be  considered  only  from  graduate  students
     currently  enrolled in Ph.D. programs.  About 50 students will be
     accepted.  Admission is on a competitive basis.  Tuition will  be
     covered  for  all  students,  and  we expect to have scholarships
     available to subsidize housing and meal  costs,  which  will  run
     approximately $300.

     Applications should include the following materials:

     *  a one-page statement of purpose,  explaining  major  areas  of
     interest  and  prior  background  in  connectionist  modeling and
     neural networks;

     *  a vita, including academic history, publications (if any), and
     a  list  of  relevant  courses  taken with instructors' names and
     grades received;

     *  two letters of recommendation from individuals  familiar  with
     the applicants' work; and

     *  if room and board support is requested, a statement  from  the
     applicant  describing  potential  sources  of  financial  support
     available (department, advisor, etc.) and the estimated extent of
     need.   We hope to have sufficient scholarship funds available to
     provide room and board to all  accepted  students  regardless  of
     financial need.

     Applications should be sent to:

             Connectionist Models Summer School
             c/o Institute of Cognitive Science
             Campus Box 344
             University of Colorado
             Boulder, CO 80309

     All application materials must be  received  by  March  1,  1993.
     Decisions   about  acceptance  and  scholarship  awards  will  be
     announced April 15.  If you  have  additional  questions,  please
     write    to    the    address    above    or   send   e-mail   to
     "cmss at cs.colorado.edu".


     Organizing Committee

     Jeff Elman (UC San Diego)
     Mike Mozer (University of Colorado)
     Paul Smolensky (University of Colorado)
     Dave Touretzky (Carnegie-Mellon)
     Andreas Weigend (Xerox PARC and University of Colorado)

     Additional faculty will include:

     Andy Barto (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
     Gail Carpenter (Boston University)
     Jack Cowan (University of Chicago)
     David Haussler (UC Santa Cruz)
     Geoff Hinton (University of Toronto)
     Mike Jordan (MIT)
     John Kruschke (Indiana University)
     Jay McClelland (Carnegie-Mellon)
     Steve Nowlan (Salk Institute)
     Dave Plaut (Carnegie-Mellon)
     Jordan Pollack (Ohio State)
     Dave Rumelhart (Stanford)
     Terry Sejnowski (UC San Diego and Salk Institute)