2nd Call for Papers-- NIPS*94 (submission deadline May 21)

[Gerald Tesauro]

   ********* PLEASE NOTE NEW SUBMISSION FORMAT FOR 1994 *********


                          CALL FOR PAPERS
                Neural Information Processing Systems
                       -Natural and Synthetic-
          Monday, November 28 - Saturday, December 3, 1994
                          Denver, Colorado

  This is the  eighth meeting  of an  interdisciplinary  conference
  which   brings   together  neuroscientists,  engineers,  computer
  scientists, cognitive scientists, physicists, and  mathematicians
  interested    in    all    aspects    of  neural  processing  and
  computation.  The conference will include invited talks, and oral
  and  poster  presentations  of refereed papers.  There will be no
  parallel sessions.  There  will  also  be  one  day  of  tutorial
  presentations  (Nov   28) preceding the  regular session, and two
  days of focused workshops will follow at a nearby ski  area  (Dec
  2-3).

  Major categories for paper submission, and examples  of  keywords
  within categories, are the following:

    Neuroscience: systems physiology, cellular physiology,  signal
    and noise analysis, oscillations, synchronization, inhibition,
    neuromodulation, synaptic plasticity, computational models.

    Theory:  computational  learning  theory,  complexity  theory,
    dynamical  systems,  statistical  mechanics,  probability  and
    statistics, approximation theory.

    Implementations: VLSI, optical, parallel processors,  software
    simulators, implementation languages.

    Algorithms   and    Architectures:    learning     algorithms,
    constructive/pruning  algorithms,  localized  basis functions,
    decision  trees,  recurrent  networks,   genetic   algorithms,
    combinatorial optimization, performance comparisons.

    Visual   Processing:    image    recognition,    coding    and
    classification,    stereopsis,    motion   detection,   visual
    psychophysics.

    Speech, Handwriting and Signal Processing: speech recognition,
    coding   and   synthesis,  handwriting  recognition,  adaptive
    equalization, nonlinear noise removal.

    Applications:  time-series  prediction,   medical   diagnosis,
    financial   analysis,  DNA/protein  sequence  analysis,  music
    processing, expert systems.

    Cognitive Science & AI: natural language, human  learning  and
    memory, perception and psychophysics, symbolic reasoning.

    Control, Navigation,  and  Planning:  robotic  motor  control,
    process   control,  navigation,  path  planning,  exploration,
    dynamic programming.

  Review  Criteria:   All  submitted  papers  will  be   thoroughly
  refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, significance
  and clarity.  Submissions should contain new  results  that  have
  not  been published previously.  Authors are encouraged to submit
  their most recent work, as there will be an opportunity after the
  meeting  to  revise  accepted manuscripts before submitting final
  camera-ready copy.

  ********** PLEASE NOTE NEW SUBMISSIONS FORMAT FOR 1994 **********

  Paper Format:  Submitted papers may  be  up  to  eight  pages  in
  length.   The  page  limit  will  be  strictly  enforced, and any
  submission exceeding eight pages will not be considered.  Authors
  are  encouraged  (but  not  required) to use the NIPS style files
  obtainable by anonymous FTP at the sites given below. Papers must
  include  physical  and  e-mail addresses of all authors, and must
  indicate one of the nine major categories listed  above,  keyword
  information  if  appropriate,  and  preference for oral or poster
  presentation.  Unless otherwise indicated, correspondence will be
  sent to the first author.

  Submission Instructions: Send six copies of submitted  papers  to
  the  address  given  below;  electronic  or FAX submission is not
  acceptable.  Include one additional copy of the abstract only, to
  be  used  for preparation of the abstracts booklet distributed at
  the meeting.  Submissions mailed first-class  within  the  US  or
  Canada  must  be  postmarked  by  May 21, 1994.  Submissions from
  other places must be received by this date.  Mail submissions to:

        David Touretzky
        NIPS*94 Program Chair
        Computer Science Department
        Carnegie Mellon University
        5000 Forbes Avenue
        Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890  USA

  Mail general inquiries/requests for registration material to:

        NIPS*94 Conference
        NIPS Foundation
        PO Box 60035
        Pasadena, CA 91116-6035  USA
        (e-mail: nips94 at caltech.edu)

  FTP sites for LaTex style files "nips.tex" and "nips.sty":

        helper.systems.caltech.edu (131.215.68.12) in /pub/nips
        b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.242.8) in /usr/dst/public/nips

  NIPS*94 Organizing Committee: General Chair, Gerry Tesauro,  IBM;
  Program  Chair,  David Touretzky, CMU; Publications Chair, Joshua
  Alspector, Bellcore;  Publicity  Chair,  Bartlett  Mel,  Caltech;
  Workshops  Chair,  Todd  Leen,  OGI;  Treasurer,  Rodney Goodman,
  Caltech; Local  Arrangements,  Lori  Pratt,  Colorado  School  of
  Mines; Tutorials Chairs, Steve Hanson, Siemens and Gerry Tesauro,
  IBM; Contracts, Steve Hanson, Siemens and Scott Kirkpatrick, IBM;
  Government   &  Corporate  Liaison,  John  Moody,  OGI;  Overseas
  Liaisons: Marwan Jabri, Sydney Univ., Mitsuo  Kawato,  ATR,  Alan
  Murray,  Univ.  of  Edinburgh,  Joachim  Buhmann,  Univ. of Bonn,
  Andreas Meier, Simon Bolivar Univ.


        DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MAY 21, 1994 (POSTMARKED)

                            -please post-