Neuro-Fuzzy Workshop

[Dr. Ken Hunt]

		CALL FOR PAPERS

		Workshop on Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
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		Hamburg, Germany, 8--9 September 1994

To be held following the International Conference on
Intelligent Systems Engineering ISE 94, Hamburg, Germany
(conference dates: September 5--8 1994).


Background
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The ISE conference will be followed by a set of four workshops
focussing on the relationships between methods of control 
engineering and artificial intelligence in the development
of intelligent systems in engineering. The goal of the workshops
is to support the exchange of background  information and
the development of a common understanding of the relative merits
and limitations of the various approaches. The initiation
of further collaborative actions is expected as a major
outcome of the workshops with the long-term goal of bridging
the gap between the two classes of approaches. These are intended
to be highly interactive sessions leading to a better understanding
of the motivation and perspectives of each discipline. 

The Neuro-Fuzzy Workshop
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Fuzzy systems and neural nets have been successfully applied 
to a wide range of application fields including signal processing, 
control, image analysis, pattern recognition and diagnostics. 
The combination of both paradigms allows the merging of
the sophisticated learning algorithms developed in the realm of neural nets 
and the representation of qualitative and cognitive transparent rules in 
fuzzy inference systems. Various architectures for hybrid neuro-fuzzy systems
have been proposed: serial and hierarchical coupling of fuzzy systems and
neural nets and heterogenous fuzzy-neural nets. This empirical
work on neuro-fuzzy combinations has recently been underpinned
by theoretical results establishing the direct functional equivalence
of certain types of networks and a class of fuzzy systems.

The workshop aims to present a balanced overview of this rapidly 
expanding field both from a theoretical and an application 
oriented viewpoint. Recent developments in design tools will
also play an important role.

Specific topics for the workshop include, but are not
limited to,

	-	Functional equivalence of neural and fuzzy systems
	-	Structure selection
	-	Common training algorithms
	-	Transparency/interpretation of trained systems
        -       Knowledge-based neural networks
	-       Fuzzy-neural adaptive control
        -    	Computational issues and implementation
	-	Description of industrial applications
        -       Design tools for hybrid architectures

Papers will be selected according to their quality, significance,
originality and their potential to generate discussions on the major
theme of the workshop. Presentations should be specifically designed
to support an exchange of ideas and to indicate areas where
contributions from the respective other discipline are to be expected.
Informal working notes will be distributed during the workshop; no
copyright will be requested. A paper must not exceed 10000 words,
excluding references and abstract. 
People who wish to attend the workshop without submitting a
paper should a send a letter describing their background and research
interests by the paper submission deadline. 


Submission:
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Please direct enquiries and submit papers or
extended abstracts (3 copies please) to:

	Dr K J Hunt
	Systems Technology Research
	Daimler-Benz AG
	Alt-Moabit 91 b
	D-10559 BERLIN
	Germany

	Tel: 	(030) 399 82 275
	Int: 	+ 49 30 399 82 275

	FAX:   	(030) 399 82 107
	Int:   	+ 49 30 399 82 107

	Email:	hunt at DBresearch-berlin.de





Schedule:
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Submission deadline                    July 1st, 1994
Notifications sent                     July 31st, 1994
Workshop                               September 8/9th, 1994


Organizing Committee:
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Ken Hunt (Daimler-Benz Research, Berlin)
	hunt at DBresearch-berlin.de
Roland Haas (Daimler-Benz Research, Berlin and TU-Clausthal)
	haas at DBresearch-berlin.de
Dietmar Moeller (Technische Universitaet Clausthal)
	moeller at fuzzy-labor.in.tu-clausthal.de



Other Workshops:
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The three other workshops and contacts are:

Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Model-based Diagnosis
freitag at zfe.siemens.de

Advanced Planning and Scheduling
hje at robots.oxford.ac.uk

Architectures for Intelligent Systems
marin at iic.es