Intl. NN Workshop Announcement

[Istvan Berkeley]

            APPLICATIONS OF CONNECTIONISM IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE: AN 
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

On May 25-27, 1996, there will be a major international workshop at
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, on the latest connectionist modelling
techniques in cognitive science. The list of presenters, given below,
includes some of the founders of contemporary PDP techniques, as well as
younger researchers whose work stands at the forefront of new approaches
and applications. Along with formal presentations, mornings will be
devoted to demonstrations of the newest PDP software of potential interest
to cognitive scientists, for which purpose each participant will have access
to a workstation. 

Principal speakers:

David E. Rummelhart, Stanford University
Jerome A. Feldman, University of California at Berkeley
Paul Skokowski, Stanford University
Christopher Thornton, University of Sussex
John Bullinaria, Edinburgh University
Malcolm Forster, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Istvan Berkeley, University of Alberta

Each talk will be followed by an arranged commentary, and general discussion.

For further information on registration procedures, fees and 
accommodations, please contact either

Andrew Brook
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
CANADA K1S 5B6
<abrook at carleton.ca>

or

Don Ross
Department of Philosophy
Morisset Hall
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario
CANADA K1N 6N5
<dross at aix1.uottawa.ca> 




Istvan S. N. Berkeley,                  email: istvan at psych.ualberta.ca
Biological Computation Project &
Department of Philosophy,
c/o 4-108 Humanities Center
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta                       Tel:  +1 403 436 4182
T6G 2E5, Canada                         Fax:  +1 403 492 9160