Neuron Digest

[Neuron-Digest Moderator, Peter Marvit]

Dear Connectionists,

A note here to [re-]introduce the moderated forum/mailing list called
"Neuron Digest" and supply ftp/archive information (which apparently is
still incorrect on some lists-of-lists).

As the bi-monthly reminder of the Connectionists list notes, Neuron
Digest is a moderated forum aimed at sophisticated but general audience.
There is no restriction on being a subscriber to the Digest.
Connectionists will recognize considerable overlap with respect to Paper
and Conference announcements between this mailing list and the Digest.
However, Neuron Digest tends to have a bit more free-wheeling discussions
and questions (plus occasional editorial comments by the moderator).
Especially, there tends to be more neophyte "looking for references"
queries. On the other hand, being moderated, Neuron Digest is not as
timely as other fora. An average of one to two issues come out per week.

For the forseeable future, the Digest will be gatewayed (one-way) to the
USENET group comp.ai.neural-nets. While you current Connectionists may
not wish to add to your e-mailboxes, feel free to access the back issues
(with indices coming by the New Year, hopefully) or mention the Digest to
your students.

Appended is the standard "welcome" blurb for Neuron Digest (liberally
copied from Ken Laws).  Archive information is at the end. I would be
happy to answer any questions (between running experiments, of course).

: Peter Marvit, Neuron Digest Moderator                                    :
: Email: <neuron-request at cattell.psych.upenn.edu>                          :
: Courtesy of the Psychology Department,  University of Pennsylvania       :
: 3815 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA  19104  w:215/898-9208  h:215/387-6433 :


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Internet: NEURON at cattell.psych.upenn.edu

   Neuron-Digest is a list (in digest form) dealing with all aspects of neural 
   networks (and any type of network or neuromorphic system), especially:

      NATURAL SYSTEMS                   Software Simulations
      Neurobiology                      Hardware
      Neuroscience                      Digital
      ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS                Analog
      Neural Networks                   Optical
      Algorithms                        Cellular Automatons

   Some key words which may stir up some further interest include:

      Hebbian Systems                   Widrow-Hoff Algorithm
      Perceptron                        Threshold Logic
      Holography                        Content Addressable Memories
      Lyapunov Stability Criterion      Navier-Stokes Equation
      Annealing                         Spin Glasses
      Locally Couples Systems           Globally Coupled Systems
      Dynamical Systems                 (Adaptive) Control Theory
      Back-Propagation                  Generalized Delta Rule
      Pattern Recognition               Vision Systems
      Parallel Distributed Processing   Connectionism

   Any contribution in these areas is accepted.  Any of the following are 
   reasonable:

      Abstracts                           Reviews
      Lab Descriptions                    Research Overviews
      Work Planned or in Progress         Half-Baked Ideas
      Conference Announcements            Conference Reports
      Bibliographies                      History Connectionism
      Puzzles and Unsolved Problems       Anecdotes, Jokes, and Poems
      Queries and Requests                Address Changes (Bindings)

   Archived files/messages will be available with anonymous ftp from the
   machine cattell.psych.upenn.edu (130.91.68.31) in the directory
   pub/Neuron-Digest. That directory contains back issues with the names
   vol-nn-no-mm (e.g., vol-3-no-02).  I'm also collecting simulation
   software in pub/Neuron-Software. Contributions are welcome.

   All requests to be added to or deleted from this list, problems,
   questions, etc., should be sent to neuron-request at cattell.psych.upenn.edu.

   Moderator: Peter Marvit <marvit at cattell.psych.upenn.edu>

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