Program WIRN Vietri '99: XI ITALIAN WORKSHOP ON NEURAL NETS

[Tagliaferri Roberto]

WIRN Vietri '99
XI ITALIAN WORKSHOP ON NEURAL NETS
Preliminary Program
IIASS "E.R. Caianiello", 20-22 May 1999)
http://dsi.ing.unifi.it/neural/siren/WIRN99/home_en.html

Thursday 20 May

9.30 - 10.30 Use and Abuse of Neural Networks
Niranjan M. (invited talk)
10.30 - 11-00 coffe break

Models
11.00 - 11.20 Dynamics of On-line Learning in Radial Basis Function
Neural Networks
Marinaro M., Scarpetta S.
11.20 - 11.40 Online Learning with Adaptive Local Step Sizes
Schraudolph N.N.
11.40 - 12.00 Continual Prediction using LSTM with Forget Gates
Gers F.A., Schmidhuber J., Cummins F.
12.00 - 12.20 Polynomial Clustering Exhibit Statistical Estimation
Abilities
Fiori S., Burrascano P.
12.20-13.20 Theory, Implementation, and Applications of Support Vector
Machines
Pittore M., Verri A. (review talk))

Poster Session
15.30 high light spotting

Friday 21 May

9.00-10.00 Computational Intelligence in Hydroinformatics: a Review
Cicioni Gb.,  Masulli F. (review talk)

Applications
10.00 - 10.20 A Neural Network Based Urban Environment Monitoring System
Exploiting Previous Knowledge
Simone G., Morabito F.C.
10.20 -10.40 A Combination of Tools: NLS and NN Estimation of the
Consumers' Expenditure in Durable Goods. Determinants, Trend and
Forecasting for the Motor Vehicles Sector
D'Orio G.
10.40 - 11.10 coffe break

Signal and Image Processing
11.10 - 11.30 A Feed-Forward Neural Network for Robust Segmentation of
Color Images
Amoroso C., Chella A., Morreale V., Storniolo P.
11.30 - 11.50 A Neural Network Based ARX Model of Virgo Noise
Barone F., De Rosa R., Eleuteri A., Garufi F., Milano L., Tagliaferri R.

Architectures and Algorithms 
11.50 - 12.10 Building Neural and Logical Networks with Hamming
Clustering
Muselli M.
12.10 - 12.30 Training Semiparametric Support Vector Machines
Mattera D., Palmieri F., Haykin S.
12.30 - 12.50 An Analog On-chip Learning Architecture Based on Weight
Perturbation Algorithm and on Current Mode Translinear Circuits
Valle M., Diotalevi F., Bo G.M., Biglieri E., Caviglia D.D.

Caianiello Session
15.00-16.00 Title to be announced  
Taylor J. (invited talk)
16.00 - 16.30 the winner of the Caianiello prize
16.30-17.00 coffe break
17.00 assemblea SIREN
20.00 Social Dinner



Saturday 22 May

Special Session on Neural Networks in Economics 
(Co-chairs S. Giove and M. Salzano)

9.00 - 9.50 Neural graphs in the handling of economic and management
problems 
Gil Aluja (invited talk)
9.50 - 10.40 Statistical Neural Networks and their Applications in
Economics
Lauro N.C., Davino C., Vistocco D. (review talk)
10.40- 11.10 coffe break
11.10 - 11.35 title to be announced
von Altrock (invited talk) 
11.35 -11.55 Neural Network for Economic Forecasting
Salzano M. (review talk)
11.55 - 12.15 Fuzzy Local Algorithms for Time Series Analysis and
Forecasting
Giove S. (review talk)
12.15 - 12.35 Regional Economic Policy and Computational Economics
Marino D. (review talk)
12.35 - 12.50 A Fuzzy Definition of Industrial District
Bruni S., Facchinetti G., Paba S.
12.50 - 13.05 Estimating the Conditional Mean of Non-linear Time Series
using Neural Networks
Giordano F., Perna C.


Papers in the Poster Session

The N-SOBoS Model
Frisone F., Morasso P.G.

A Neural Network Approach to Detect Functional MRI Signal
Frisone F., Morasso P.G., Vitali P., Rodriguez G., Pilot A., Sardanelli
F., 
Rosa M.

Interval Arithmetic Multilayer Perceptron as Possibility-Necessity
Pattern   
Classifier
Drago G.P., Ridella S. 

Inferring Understandable Rules through Digital Synthesis
Muselli M., Liberati D. 

YANNS: Yet Another Neural Network Simulator
d'Acierno A., Sansone S.

A Multilayer Perceptron for Fast Interpolation of JPEG/MPEG Coded Images
Carrato S. 

A General Assembly as Implementation of a Hebbian Rule in a Boolean
Neural Network
Lauria F.E., Milo M., Prevete R., Visco S. 

The Search for Spiculated Lesions in the CALMA Project: Status and  
Perspectives
Marzulli V.M.

An Experimental Comparison of Three PCA Neural Techniques
Fiori S. 

Weightless Neural Networks for Face Recognition
Lauria S., Mitchell R. 

Gesture Recognition using hybrid SOM/DHMM
Corradini A., Boehme H.J., Gross H.M. 

Parameter Identification using Aspects - Application to the Human
Cardiovascular System
Asteroth A., Frings-Naberschulte J., Mvller K.

Development of Selectivity Maps in a BCM Network using Various
Connectivity Schemes
Remondini D., Castellani G.C., Bazzani A., Campanini R., Bersani F.

A Novel Wavelet Filtering Method in SAR Image Classification by Neural
Networks
Simone G., Morabito F.C. 

Real Time Neural Network Disruption Prediction in Tokamak Reactors
Morabito F.C., Versaci M. 

The Automatic Detection of Microcalcification Clusters in the CALMA
Project: Status and Perspectives
Delogu P. 

Recursive Networks: an Overview of Theoretical Results
Bianchini M., Gori M., Scarselli F. 

Local Wavelet Decomposition and its Application to Face Reconstruction
Borghese N.A., Ferrari S., Piuri V. 

Harmony Theory and Binding Problem
Pessa E., Pietronilla Penna M. 

Scale Based Clustering Optimization via Gravitational Law Imitation
Frattale Mascioli F.M., Rizzi A., Scrocca G., Martinelli G. 

Signal Classification by Subspace Neural Networks
Martinelli G., Di Giacomo M. 

On-line Quality Control of DC Permanent Magnet Motor using Neural
Networks
Solazzi M., Uncini A. 

Neural Networks for Spectral Analysis of Unevenly Sampled Data
Tagliaferri R., Ciaramella A., Milano L., Barone F.

Using the Hermite Regression Algorithm to Improve the Generalization  
Capability of a Neural Network
Pilato G., Sorbello F., Vassallo G.

Training Semiparametric Support Vector Machines
Mattera D., Palmieri F., Haykin S.

A Comparison among Clustering Techniques for Identifying Objects in 
Images
Carrai P., Izzo G., Esposito A., Agarossi L.