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	      37th MIDWEST SYMPOSIUM ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
	     Lafayette Hilton and Towers, Lafayette, Louisiana
			    August 3-5, 1994
			    
		  CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE SPECIAL SESSION 
	ON THE EVALUATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS VS. CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS
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The 1994 Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems is organized by the
Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana.
The symposium is devoted to all aspects of theory, design, and applications
of circuits and systems. Emphasis is on current and future challenges in
these areas as well as their interdisciplinary impact. Topics may include
but are not limited to:

   + Analog/Digital Circuit Design       + Digital Signal Processing
   + Control Systems & Robotics          + Microwave Circuits
   + Nonlinear Circuits & Systems        + Analog/Digital VLSI Design
   + Power Electronics & Systems         + Analog and Digital Filter Design
   + Neural Networks                     + Image Processing
   + Fuzzy Logic                         + Communication Circuits
   + Solid State Circuits                + Computer Networks
   + Expert Systems                      + Fault Analysis
   + Computer Aided Design               + Petri Nets
   + Biomedical Applications             + Military Applications
   + Space Applications                  + Automotive Applications
   + Intelligent Systems                 + Manufacturing
   + System Integration &                + Multimedia
     Prototyping

The special session on the evaluation of neural networks vs. conventional 
computing system is mainly directed (but not limited): 
- to identify and discuss the figures of merit that can be used to evaluate 
  cost and performances of the neural networks, 
- to explore the limits and the advantages of the neural computation
  with respect to the conventional algorithmic approach,
- to provide criteria for choosing among neural systems and for selecting 
  a neural system vs. a conventional computing architecture.

Authors interested in this special session are invited to send a one-page
summary (by fax or e-mail) to the Session Program Chair by February 28, 1994.
An extended summary (at least 4 pages plus figures) or the full paper 
must be sent (fax and e-mail latex submissions are accepted) to 
the Session Program Chair by March 28, 1994. Notification of acceptance 
or rejection and author kits will be sent by April 15, 1994. 

Session Program Chair
for the special session on the evaluation 
of neural networks vs. conventional system 
Vincenzo Piuri
Department of Electronics and Information
Politecnico di Milano
piazza L. da Vinci 32
I-20133 Milano, Italy
phone no. +39-2-2399-3606
secretariat no. +39-2-2399-3623
fax no. +39-2-2399-3411
e-mail piuri at ipmel2.elet.polimi.it


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General Chair:                              Registration:
Magdy A. Bayoumi                            Cathy Pomier
The Center for Advanced                     The Center for Advanced
Computer Studies, USL                       Computer Studies, USL
email: mab at cacs.usl.edu                     email: cathy at cacs.usl.edu

Technical Program Chair:                    Technical Program Co-Chair:
W. Ken Jenkins                              Hussein Baher
Coordinated Science Lab                     Electrical Engineering Dept.
University of Illinois                      KFU of Petroleum and Minerals
email: jenkins at uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu

Special Sessions Chair:                     Proceedings:
Dolores Etter                               Nian-Feng Tzeng
Department of Electrical Engg.              The Center for Advanced
University of Colorado                      Computer Studies
email: etter at boulder.colorado.edu           email: tzeng at cacs.usl.edu

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