CIFEr Conference

[Stephen Piche']

                       IEEE/IAFE 1995
                       Conference on
    Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering
                          (CIFEr)

                      April 9-11, 1995
           New York City, Crowne Plaza Manhattan

Sponsored by:
     The IEEE Neural Networks Council
     The International Association of Financial Engineers
     The IEEE Computer Society

  The IEEE/IAFE CIFEr Conference is the first major collaboration  
  between the professional engineering and financial communities, 
  and will be the leading forum for new technologies and applications 
  in the intersection of computational intelligence and financial 
  engineering.   

CONTENTS OF THIS POSTING:
     > Special Sessions
     > Technical Program
     > Tutorials
     > Exhibit Information
     > Registration
     > Early Bird Registration Costs
     > For More Info and Registration Material 

SPECIAL SESSIONS
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
1. "Electronic Trading in the Next Millennium"
     Panel Chair: Raymond L. Killian, President, ITG Inc.
2. "Practitioner's Panel -- Investment Strategies using Non-
    Parametric Analyses"
     Panel Chair: Steve Armentrout, QED Investments
3. "First International Nonlinear Financial Forecasting
    Competition: Trading Systems Competition Methodologies and
    Design"  Sponsored by Neurove$t Journal
     Panel Chairs:   Manoel F. Tenorio, Randall Caldwell

TECHNICAL PROGRAM
^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
The CIFEr Technical Program will be held Monday and Tuesday,
April  10   -11,  1995   at  the   Crowne  Plaza  Manhattan.
Registration for  the Technical Program includes The Keynote
Speech by  Robert Merton,  Special Sessions, Oral and Poster
Presentations, entrance  to the Exhibits Hall, invitation to
the Sunday,  April 9,  5:15 P.M.  CIFEr Reception,  and  the
CIFEr Proceedings. 

TUTORIALS
^^^^^^^^^
There are  two tracks  for the  tutorials: Engineering Tutorial 
Track and the  Finance Tutorial Track. Tutorials will  be held 
from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00  P.M. on Sunday, April 9, 1995 at Crowne  
Plaza  Manhattan.  Early registration end March 31, 1995.

 E1 - AN INTRODUCTION TO GENETIC ALGORITHMS: Melanie Mitchell
      Santa Fe Institute.
 E2 - NONLINEAR TIME SERIES TOOLS FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS: Blake 
      LeBaron, Dept. of Economics, University of Wisconsin
 E3 - NEURAL NETWORKS FOR TEMPORAL INFORMATION PROCESSING, S. Y.
      Kung, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
 F1 - AN INTRODUCTION TO DERIVATIVES; FUTURES, FORWARDS,
      OPTIONS, AND SWAPS: John F. Marshall, Polyechnic University
 F2 - ADVANCED OPTION  PRICING:  ALTERNATIVE  DISTRIBUTIONAL
      HYPOTHESES, The Wharton School
 F3 - TRADING MODELS AND STRATEGIES: TBA

EXHIBIT INFORMATION
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
Businesses with activities related to financial engineering,
including  software   &  hardware  vendors,  publishers  and
academic institutions,  are invited to exhibit your products.
Contact CIFEr-secretariat, Barbara Klemm, at (800) 321-6338.

REGISTRATION
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Your conference  registration fee includes refreshments, the
cocktail reception  (on Sunday,  April 9  at 5:00 P.M.), and
the conference  proceedings.   Be sure to attend the keynote
speech luncheon.   You  may send  a check or money order for
your registration   fee,     or pay  by credit.  Please make
your check  payable to  "IEEE &  IAFE CIFEr '95  Conference"
and  print the attendee(s) name(s) on the face of the check.

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION THROUGH MARCH 31, 1995
^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^  ^^^^
CIFEr CONFERENCE REGISTRATION (4/10-11/95)
     IEEE & IAFE MEMBERS                         $400
     NON-MEMBERS                                 $550
     FULL-TIME STUDENTS                          $190
     KEYNOTE SPEECH LUNCHEON MEAL TICKET         $ 10
         (MONDAY, 4/10/95)

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION MATERIALS
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1.  Telephone the CIFEr Seretariat at (714)752-8205 or (800)
    321-6338.  They'll be glad to register you and provide 
    addition information.

2.  Send an e-mail request to the CIFEr Secretatiat at

                 74710.2266 at COMPUSERVE.COM

    You will receive a complete conference announcement 
    which includes the program.

CIFEr SECRETARIAT
^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
     Meeting Management
     IEEE/IAFE Computational Intelligence
     for Financial Engineering
     2603 Main Street, Suite #690
     Irvine, California 92714
     (714)752-8205 or (800) 321-6338
     FAX (714) 752-7444
     74710.2266 at COMPUSERVE.COM