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[Eric B. Baum]

        Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium

    NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PARALLEL COMPUTATION

                  PRINCETON, NJ

                 MAY 4 - 5, 1994


NEC Research Institute is pleased to announce that
the Fifth Annual NEC Research Symposium will be
held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Princeton, New
Jersey on May 4 and 5, 1994. The title of this
year's symposium is Natural and Artificial Parallel
Computation. The conference will feature ten
invited talks. The speakers are:

-   Larry Abbott, Brandeis University, "Activity-
        Dependent Modulation of Intrinsic Neuronal
        Properties"
-   Catherine Carr, University of Maryland, "Time
        Coding in the Central Nervous System"
-   Bill Dally, MIT, "Bandwidth, Granularity, and
       Mechanisms:  Key Issues in the Design of
       Parallel Computers"
-   Amiram Grinvald, Weitzmann Institute,
       "Architecture and Dynamics of Cell Assemblies in
       the Visual Cortex; New Perspectives From Fast
       and Slow Optical Imaging"
-   Akihiko Konagaya, NEC C&C Research Labs,
       "Knowledge Discovery in Genetic Sequences"
-   Chris Langton, Santa Fe Institute, "SWARM:  An
       Agent Based Simulation System for Research in
       Complex Systems"
-   Thomas Ray, University of Delaware and ATR,
      "Evolution and Ecology of Digital Organisms"
-   Shuichi Sakai, Real World Computing Partnership,
      "RWC Massively Parallel ComputerProject"
-   Shigeru Tanaka, NEC Fundamental Research Labs,
      "A Mathematical Theory for the Experience-
       Dependent Development of Visual Cortex"
-   Leslie Valiant, Harvard University and NECI, "A
       Computational Model for Cognition"

There will be no contributed papers.  Registration
is free of charge, but space is limited.
Registrations will be accepted on a first come,
first served basis.  YOU MUST PREREGISTER. There
will be no on-site registration.  To preregister by
e-mail, send a request to:
symposium at research.nj.nec.com.  
Registrants will receive an acknowledgment, space 
allowing.  A request for preregistration is also 
possible by regular mail to Mrs. Irene Parker, NEC Research
Institute, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, NJ 08540.

Registrants will also be invited to an Open
House/Poster Session and Reception at NEC Research
Institute on Tuesday, May 3.  The Open House will
begin at 3:30 PM and the Reception will begin at
5:30 PM.  In order to estimate headcount, please
indicate in your preregistration request whether
you plan to attend the Open House on May 3.

Registrants are expected to make their own
arrangements for accommodations.  Provided below is
a list of hotels in the area together with daily
room rates.  Please ask for the NEC Corporate Rate
when reserving a room.  Sessions will start at 8:15
AM Wednesday, May 4 and will be scheduled to finish
at approximately 3:30 PM on Thursday, May 5.

Red Roof Inn, South Brunswick      (908)821-8800  $37.99
Novotel Hotel, Princeton           (609)520-1200  $68.00
                                     ($74.00/w breakfast)
Palmer Inn, Princeton              (609)452-2500  $73.00
Marriott Residence Inn, Princeton  (908)329-9600  $85.00 
                                     w/continental breakfast
Summerfield Suites, Princeton      (609)951-0009  $92.00
Hyatt Regency, Princeton           (609)987-1234 $105.00
Marriott Hotel, Princeton          (609)452-7900 $125.00

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