SCC-95: Programme and Call For Participation

[Connectionist]

The Second Swedish Conference on Connectionism 
    Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd March 1995
                Skvde, Sweden

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     PROGRAMME AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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The  second Swedish Conference on Connectionism is organized  by  the
Connectionist Research Group at the University of Skvde  and held in
Skvde, Sweden March 2-3, 1995.  A number of researchers will present
their current work  and a number of  internationally renowned keynote
speakers will give  plenary talks on  different connectionist topics,
such  as,  neurobiological issues,  cognitive science,  connectionist
modelling, applications with connectionist networks and philosophy of
a "connectionist" mind. 


Invited Talks
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The Neural Network House: An Overview. 
	Michael C. Mozer, University of Colorado, USA

A connectionist exploration of the computational implications of
embodiment. 
	Ronan Reilly, University College Dublin, Ireland

Landmark Arrays and the Hippocampal Cognitive Map. 
	David S. Touretzky, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Searching weight space for backpropagation solution types. 
	Noel Sharkey, University of Sheffield, UK

Physiological constraints on models of behavior. 
	Michael Hasselmo, Harvard University, USA

Modeling, Connectionist and Otherwise. 
	Tim van Gelder, Australian National University, USA

Connectionist Synthetic Epistemology: Requirements for the Development
of Objectivity.
	Ron Chrisley, University of Sussex, UK

Learning to Retrieve Information. 
	Garrison W. Cottrell, University of California, San Diego, USA


Program Committee
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Jim Bower		(California Institute of Technology, USA)
Harald Brandt		(Ellemtel, Sweden)
Ronald Chrisley		(University of Sussex, UK)
Gary Cottrell		(University of California, San Diego, USA)
Georg Dorffner		(University of Vienna, Austria)
Tim van Gelder		(National University of Australia, Australia)
Agneta Gulz		(University of Skvde, Sweden)
Olle Gllmo		(Uppsala University, Sweden)
Tommy Grling		(Gteborg University, Sweden)
Dan Hammerstrom		(Adaptive Solutions Inc., USA)
Jim Hendler		(University of Maryland, USA)
Erland Hjelmquist	(Gteborg University, Sweden)
Anders Lansner		(Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
Reiner Lenz		(Linkping University, Sweden)
Ajit Narayanan		(University of Exeter, UK)
Jordan Pollack		(Brandeis University, USA)
Noel Sharkey		(University of Sheffield, UK)
Bertil Svensson		(Chalmers Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Tere Vadn		(University of Tampere, Finland)


Conference Organizers 
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Lars Niklasson		(University of Skvde, Sweden)
Mikael Bodn		(University of Skvde, Sweden)


Programme
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Thursday, March 2nd

09.00	Opening	
	Lars Niklasson (SCC 1995 organizer) 
09.20	Landmark Arrays and the Hippocampal Cognitive Map
	David S. Touretzky 
10.00	Recurrent Attractor Neural Networks in Model of Cortical
	Associative Memory Function
	Erik Fransn and Anders Lansner 
10.20	Coffee break 
10.50	Physiological Constraints on Models of Behavior 		
	Michael Hasselmo
11.30-	A Biophysically-Based Model of the Neostriatum as Dynamically
11.50	Reconfigurable Network 		
	J. Randall Gobbel 
12.00	Dynamical Approximation by Neural Nets 		
	Max Garzon and Fernanda Botelho 
12.20	On Parallel Selective Principal Component Analysis 		
	Mats sterberg and Reiner Lenz 
12.40	LUNCH 
14.00	Searching Weight Space for Backpropagation Solution Types
	Noel Sharkey, John Neary and Amanda Sharkey
14.40	Efficient Neural Net Isomorphism Testing 		
	Max Garzon and Arun Jagota 
15.00	The TECO Theory - Simulation of Recognition Failure 
	Sverker P. Sikstrm and Anders Lansner 
15.20	Coffee break 
15.50	Features of Distributed Representations for Tree-structures:
	A Study of RAAM
	Mikael Bodn and Lars Niklasson 
16.10	Using the Conceptual Graph Model as Intermediate
	Representation for Knowledge Translation in Hybrid Systems
	Nicolae B. Szirbik, Gabriel L. Somlo and Diana L. Buliga 
16.30-	Adaptive Generalization in Dynamic Neural Networks 
16.50	Stuart A. Jackson and Noel E. Sharkey	 
17.00	Diversity, Neural Nets and Safety Critical Applications
	A.J.C.Sharkey, N. E. Sharkey and O.C. Gopinath 
17.20	Some Experiments Using Extra Output Learning to Hint Multi
	Layer Perceptrons 		 
	Olle Gllmo and Jakob Carlstrm 
17.40	Minimization of Quantization Errors in Digital Implementations
	of Multi Layer Perceptrons 	
	Jakob Carlstrm 
18.00-	Multimodal Sensing for Motor Control 
18.20	Christian Balkenius

Friday, March 3rd

09.00	Modeling, Connectionist and Otherwise 
	Tim van Gelder 
09.40	Behaviorism and Reinforcement Learning 		
	Tomas Landelius and Hans Knutsson 
10.00	Symbol Grounding and Transcendental Logic 
	Erich Prem 
10.20	Coffee break 
10.50	A Connectionist Exploration of the Computational Implications
	of Embodiment 
	Ronan Reilly 
11.30-	Are Representaions Still Necessary for Understanding
11.50	Cognition? 		 
	Orlando Bisacchi Coelho 
12.00 	Indeterminacy and Experience 		
 	Pauli Pylkk 
12.20	The Symbolic-Subsymbolic Relation: From Limitivism to
	Correspondence 		 
	Tere Vadn 
12.40	LUNCH 
14.00	Connectionist Synthetic Epistemology: Requirements for
	the Development of Objectivity 		
	Ronald Chrisley and Andy Holland
14.40	Learning to Retrieve Information 		
	Brian Bartell, Garrison W. Cottrell and Rik Belew 
15.20	Coffee break 
15.50-	Connectionist Models for the Detection of Oil Spills from
16.10	Doppler Radar Imagery 
	Tom Ziemke and Fredrik Athley 
16.10	The Neural Network House: An Overview 		
	Michael C. Mozer, Robert H. Dodier, Marc Anderson, Lucky
	Vidmar, Robert F. Cruickshank III and Debra Miller 
16.50	Closing 
	The Connectionist Research Group, University of Skvde


General Information
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Secretariat 

All inquiries concerning the Conference should be addressed to the Secretariat:
	SCC 1995 
	Attn: Marie Bodn, University of Skvde, P.O. Box 408, S-541 28
	Skvde, SWEDEN 
	Phone +46 (0)500-46 46 00, 
	Fax   +46 (0)500-46 47 25 
	email: marie at ida.his.se

Conference venue:

Billingehus Hotel AB, Alphyddevgen, 541 21 Skvde, SWEDEN
Phone +46 (0)500-48 30 00, 
Fax   +46 (0)500-48 38 80

Registration form

Fees include admission to all conference sessions, get-together-party,
coffee and lunch and a copy of the Proceedings.
Hotel reservation is made at Billingehus Hotel and Conference Centre
and can be made through the conference organization. The rooms are
available from evening Wednesday (1st) to noon Friday (3rd).
To register, complete and return the form (one form/person) below to
the secretariat. 

Registration is valid when payment is received. Payment should be made
to postal giro 78 81 40-2, payable to SCC 1995, Hgskolan Skvde. 

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