IEE Colloq. Neural networks: CALL FOR PAPERS

[R. Murray-Smith]

		CALL FOR PAPERS
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		IEE Colloquium on Advances in Neural Networks 
		for Control and Systems

		26-27 May 1994
		To be held at a location in Central Europe


A colloquium on `Advances in neural networks for control and systems'
is being organised by the control committees of the
Institution of Electrical Engineers with additional support from
Daimler-Benz Systems Technology Research, Berlin. This two-day meeting 
will be held on 26-27 May 1994 at a central european location.

The programme will comprise a mix of invited papers and papers received
in response to this call. Invited speakers include leading international
academic workers in the field and major industrial companies who will 
present recent applications of neural methods, and outline the latest
theoretical advances.

Neural networks have been seen for some years now as providing
considerable promise for application in nonlinear control and
systems problems. This promise stems from the theoretical 
ability of networks of various types to approximate arbitrarily
well continuous nonlinear mappings.

The aim of this colloquium is to evaluate the state-of-the-art
in this very popular field from the engineering perspective. 
The colloquium will cover both theoretical and applied aspects. 
A major goal of the workshop will be to examine ways of improving 
the engineering involved in neural network modelling and control, 
so that the theoretical power of learning systems can be harnessed 
for practical applications. This includes questions such as: 

- Which network architecture for which application?
- Can constructive learning algorithms capture the underlying dynamics 
  while avoiding overfitting?
- How can we introduce a priori knowledge or models into neural networks?
- Can experiment design and active learning be used to automatically create 
  'optimal' training sets? 
- How can we validate a neural network model?

In line with this goal of better engineering methods, the colloquium 
will also place emphasis on real industrial applications of the 
technology; applied papers are most welcome.


Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of a 500-word
abstract by Friday 25 February 1994 to Dr K J Hunt, Daimler-Benz AG, 
Alt-Moabit 91 B, D-10559 Berlin, Germany (tel: + 49 30 399 82 275, 
FAX: + 49 30 399 82 107, E-mail: hunt at DBresearch-berlin.de).