(1st CFP) WSOM - Workshop on Self-Organizing Maps

[Krista Lagus]

                          CALL FOR PAPERS

    W O R K S H O P   O N   S E L F - O R G A N I Z I N G   M A P S

            Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
                          June 4-6, 1997
   

The Self-Organizing Map (SOM) with its variations is the most popular
artificial neural network algorithm in the unsupervised learning
category. Over 2000 applications have been reported in the open
literature, and more and more industrial projects are using the
SOM as a tool for solving hard real-world problems. The WORKSHOP ON
SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS (WSOM) is the first international meeting to be
solely dedicated to the theory and applications of the SOM. People
from universities, research institutes, industry, and commerce are
invited to join the Workshop and share their views and expertise on
the use of the SOM.

WORKSHOP

The workshop will consist of a tutorial short course on SOM given
by prof. Teuvo Kohonen, an opening plenary talk given by prof.
Helge Ritter, presentations on various aspects of the SOM given
by internationally known experts, and technical contributions.
Also poster presentations will be arranged.

SCOPE

The scope of the Workshop is the Self-Organizing Map with its
variants, including but not limited to

  - theory and analysis;

  - engineering applications like pattern recognition, process
    control, and telecommunications;

  - data analysis and financial applications;

  - information retrieval and natural language processing applications;

  - implementations.

SUBMISSION

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers on any aspect of SOM,
including the areas listed above. The paper submission deadline will
be March 1, 1997. Detailed information about the submission procedure,
as well as registration, accommodation, etc. will soon be available
on the Web page

                  http://nucleus.hut.fi/wsom/

CO-OPERATING SOCIETIES

This is a satellite workshop of the 10th Scandinavian Conference on
Image Analysis (SCIA) to be held on June 9 to 11 in Lappeenranta,
Finland, arranged by the Pattern Recognition Society of Finland.
Other co-operating societies are the  European Neural Network Society
(ENNS), IEEE Finland Section, and the Finnish Artificial Intelligence
Society. 


Teuvo Kohonen, WSOM Chairman

Erkki Oja, Program Chairman

Olli Simula, Organization Chairman