From oreilly at psych.colorado.edu Thu May 5 02:58:39 2005
From: oreilly at psych.colorado.edu (Randall C. O'Reilly)
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 00:58:39 -0600
Subject: Connectionists: Re: Request: PDP++ software usage reports
In-Reply-To: <200503312110.59449.oreilly@psych.colorado.edu>
References: <200503312110.59449.oreilly@psych.colorado.edu>
Message-ID: <200505050058.39882.oreilly@psych.colorado.edu>
I apologize for a second email, but I neglected to mention that the deadline
is May 15th, and we would appreciate this information by May 9th (this coming
Monday) if possible. Also, please include any in-press or submitted papers.
Thanks again!
- Randy
On Thursday 31 March 2005 09:10 pm, Randall C. O'Reilly wrote:
> We are planning to write a grant proposal to support major enhancements to
> the PDP++ neural network simulation software, and need to collect some data
> on publications, teaching, and other usage of this software.
>
> If you have used PDP++ for simulations published in any form, please email
> me the reference(s) to these publications (APA format preferred, but any
> format will do).
>
> If you have used PDP++ for teaching, please send the name of the course,
> years taught, number of students, etc. (any information would be
> appreciated, the more the better).
>
> If you have used PDP++ for other purposes (e.g., business, forecasting,
> etc) please send any relevant information.
>
> Finally, if you have any feedback on the software for things that we should
> improve in the future, we would like to hear it. We have already begun the
> revisions and have a fairly detailed plan, which we will be announcing
> within a few weeks on the pdp-discuss email list, so your feedback would be
> most beneficial if it could be given in the context of these plans, but if
> you would rather just send feedback now, that would also be appreciated.
>
> To subscribe to the pdp-discuss email list, see the PDP++ website at:
>
> http://psych.colorado.edu/~oreilly/PDP++/PDP++.html *or*
> http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/Resources/PDP++/PDP++.html
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Randy
From popescu at prosun.first.fraunhofer.de Wed May 4 13:41:00 2005
From: popescu at prosun.first.fraunhofer.de (Florin Popescu)
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 19:41:00 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: Postdoctoral position and doctoral position at the
Fraunhofer Institute FIRST, Berlin.
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20050504181359.03f1b3b8@mailhost>
The Fraunhofer-Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology
FIRST in Berlin is searching for a Postdoc as Research Associate (m/f)
The EU-funded BRAIN2ROBOT project will adapt the leading technology
developed at the Berlin Brain Computer Interface Laboratory
(www.bbci.de) and the Intelligent Data Analysis
Department at Fraunhofer Institute FIRST (www.first.fraunhofer.de) to a
full arm robotic exoskeleton that will be controlled by EEG activity and
aim to restore reaching function in quadriplegic patients. The position is
for 3.5 years, starting near or before July 1 2005. For details of a
doctoral position (Ph. D. studentship) related to this project, see:
http://www.fraunhofer.de/fhg/EN/jobs/Wissenschaft.jsp (FIRST-113-05-004).
The post-doctoral candidate will be expected to work on the
neuro-physiological aspects of the envisioned research, which allows for
basic science studies in motor control and brain function, as a complement
to the main objective of arm function restoration. The expected
qualifications are a strong background of independent-minded research as
evidenced by a strong publication record, experience with on-line or
off-line EEG analysis, and prior work in a clinical research environment.
Further helpful experience would be scientific programming (e.g. MATLAB)
and knowledge of machine learning, neural networks and/or related computer
science topics.
The eligibility requirements, set forth by European Union regulations on
Marie Curie EXT Grants and therefore inflexible, are 4-10 years of research
experience, counting doctoral research. It is acceptable that the candidate
has not yet received his/her Ph. D. but will do so imminently. This degree
is expected to be in physiology, biomedicine, or closely related areas. The
working language of the laboratory is English.
The monthly salary is ca. 3250 Euro (before taxes and social security).
Preference will be given to nationals of EU member states (other than
Germany) and nationals of EU associated states. International candidates
will also receive mobility and travel allowances of up to approx. 9300 Euro
per annum depending on current residency and family status.
Please send your CV, cover letter and a sample of published work to
(referring to job number FIRST-113-05-003):
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Zentrale-Hauptabteilung Personal
Frau Rabel
Kekul?str. 7, 12489 Berlin
For further information contact:
Florin Popescu, Ph.D.
Email:
florin.popescu at first.fraunhofer.de
From b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk Fri May 6 12:43:56 2005
From: b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk (Bruce Philip Graham)
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 17:43:56 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Connectionists: 2005 Edinburgh Neuroinformatics Simulation Tools
Summer School
Message-ID: <2166.139.153.254.219.1115397836.squirrel@www.cs.stir.ac.uk>
2005 EDINBURGH SUMMER SCHOOL IN NEUROINFORMATICS SIMULATION TOOLS
Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation
University of Edinburgh.
August 22-26, 2005
* Application deadline: 6th June 2005 *
This summer school in Neuroinformatics Simulation Tools is a
five day intensive course which will provide a practical introduction
to using neuroscience simulation tools including NEURON and Catacomb
for computational modelling of neural systems.
The course will be held in the Institute for Adaptive and Neural
Computation in the centre of Edinburgh and will include talks from
invited speakers as well as practical hands-on experience using the
latest simulation tools.
The course is aimed at PhD students, postdocs and faculty in
neuroscience and related disciplines wishing to learn how to apply
computational modelling techniques to their research problems.
Bursaries are available for PhD students to cover accommodation costs.
For more details, and an online application form visit:-
http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/school
--
Dr Bruce Graham, Lecturer (b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk)
Dept. of Computing Science and Mathematics,
University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
phone: +44 1786 467 432 fax: +44 1786 464 551
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From talibshussain at hotmail.com Fri May 6 01:04:58 2005
From: talibshussain at hotmail.com (Talib Hussain)
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 01:04:58 -0400
Subject: Connectionists: CFP - Workshop on Achieving Functional Integration
of Diverse Neural Models
Message-ID:
***********
Call for Papers
***********
Workshop on Achieving Functional Integration of Diverse Neural Models
August 4, 2005
7 - 10 pm
http://openmap.bbn.com/~thussain/NeuralIntegration/index.html
Part of IJCNN 2005 (International Joint Conference on Neural Networks)
Hilton Bonaventure Hotel
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
http://faculty.uwb.edu/ijcnn05/
======================================================
IMPORTANT DATES
Quick email indicating interest: As soon as possible
Position statement submission: May 16, 2005
Acceptance: May 17, 2005
Camera Ready position statement: May 20, 2005
Please submit to: neuralintegration at yahoo.com
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TOPICS AND GOALS
The field of neural networks presents a very rich variety of models that
have been applied to many different problems. However, successful
application of neural networks to large-scale problems has been a general
weakness. Further, the development of complex neural systems that
demonstrate significant cognitive capabilities currently seems beyond reach.
There is a critical need for new ideas and techniques for leveraging
existing research by integrating current models in meaningful ways, with the
goal of producing functional solutions to complex problems. Once we
understand how to effectively model not only the detailed processing of
specific neural components, but also the rich variety of interactions that
may occur between those neural components (and other non-neural ones), we
may begin to realize systems that scale well and are cognitively robust.
The goals of this workshop are to explore what current integrative
approaches and techniques show promise, and identify potential high-payoff
areas for future research. Relevant research areas may include, for
example, modularity, evolutionary neural systems, hybrid systems that
integrate biological processes (such as immune systems and hormonal systems)
with neural models, neural growth mechanisms, neural system engineering
techniques.
The outcome of this workshop is the identification of a set of key research
topics on functional neural integration, together with an understanding of
the key technical issues, limitations and benefits of each topic. The
creation of working groups to pursue these topics will be discussed.
The impact of this workshop will be to stimulate new discussion on a
critical topic that we as a field ignore at our own risk. New ways of
approaching large-scale neural solutions must always be at the fore. The
development of effective working groups will be important in generating
interest and support from funding agencies and other customers to keep
advancing the state-of-the-art.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
The intended audience for the workshop is the neural network researcher that
is interested in large-scale neural models, as well as the customer that is
interested in solutions to large-scale, complex problems. The former may
include practitioners in modular networks, evolutionary systems, robotic
control, cognition, and neurophysiology. The latter may include companies
that specialized in robotics, dynamic control systems, prediction and
forecasting, as well as government and military agencies.
We anticipate up to 20 participants, with a mix from industry, government
and academia.
WORKSHOP FORMAT
The format of the workshop will be three hours with three successive
sessions. In the first session, up to 10 presenters will give a 10 minute
position statement summarizing their view of the problem, current relevant
research that they are aware of, and the key avenues of exploration that
they feel will have the most payoff. These position statements will be
provided in the official workshop notes. In addition, the workshop
organizer will present a short summary of other position statements
collected in advance or the day-of from other workshop participants.
Immediately following the first session, there will be a 45 minute
networking and discussion session in which participants will be encouraged
to discuss ideas in small groups and capture their thoughts on paper.
In the final session, there will be a mediated discussion to identify the
common themes and most promising avenues that have been identified. Working
groups for those avenues will be identified and roles for those groups over
the next year will be discussed. As time permits, those working groups will
break off to determine their roles, agenda and action items.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The position statement will be 2 pages in length and will begin with the
title, author(s)' affiliation and a concise 100 word abstract. Ideally, the
abstract will be a one-line summary of the key position taken. The statement
will contain three sections titled Problem Statement, Current Research and
Key Avenues.
* The Problem Statement will give the authors view of the key issues that
need to be addressed with regard to the topic of the workshop.
* The Current Research section will give brief descriptions of the most
applicable, interesting and/or controversial work that the authors feel are
critical first steps towards achieving functional integration.
* The Key Avenues section will identify what approaches the authors feel
will have the highest payoff in the near to mid term.
* References should be included at the end and will not count towards the 2
page limit.
If your statement is not selected for presentation, you may still be given
the option to have it included in the additional workshop notes that will be
distributed at the workshop. In this case, you will be required to attend
the workshop, and the content of your statement will be summarized by the
workshop organizer at the end of the first session.
ORGANIZER
Talib S. Hussain, Ph.D.
BBN Technologies
10 Moulton St., Room 308
Cambridge, MA 02474
Phone: 617-873-6861
Fax: 617-873-4328
From wahba at stat.wisc.edu Fri May 6 19:04:30 2005
From: wahba at stat.wisc.edu (Grace Wahba)
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 18:04:30 -0500
Subject: Connectionists: A Framework for Kernel Regularization, TR 1107
Message-ID: <200505062304.j46N4U1R019186@juno.stat.wisc.edu>
Announcing the paper:
A Framework for Kernel Regularization with Application
to Protein Clustering
Fan Lu, Sunduz Keles, Stephen J. Wright and Grace Wahba
University of Wisconsin-Madison Statistics Dept TR 1107, May 2005.
available at:
http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~wahba -> TRLIST
or
http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~wahba/ftp1/tr1107.pdf
Abstract
We develop and apply a novel framework which is
designed to extract information in the form of a positive
definite kernel matrix from possibly crude, noisy, incomplete,
inconsistent dissimilarity information between pairs of objects,
obtainable in a variety of contexts. Any positive definite
kernel defines a consistent set of distances, and
the fitted kernel provides a set of coordinates in Euclidean space which
attempt to respect the information available, while controlling
for complexity of the kernel. The resulting set of coordinates
are highly appropriate for visualization and as input
to classification and clustering algorithms.
The framework is formulated in terms of a class
of optimization problems which can be solved efficiently
using modern convex cone programming software.
The power of the method is illustrated in the context of protein
clustering based on primary sequence data. An application to the globin family of
proteins resulted in a readily visualizable 3D sequence space of globins, where
several sub-families and sub-groupings consistent with
the literature were easily identifiable. Included in the framework
is an algorithm for placing new objects in the coordinate
space of the training set.
Keywords: Regularized Kernel Estimation, positive definite matrices,
noisy dissimilarity data, modern convex cone programming, protein
clustering, globin family, support vector machines, classification.
From claudio at scan.berkeley.edu Mon May 9 15:11:47 2005
From: claudio at scan.berkeley.edu (Claudio Privitera)
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 12:11:47 -0700
Subject: Connectionists: Starkfest Conference on Vision and Movement in Men
and Machines
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20050509115708.045c6ec0@scan.berkeley.edu>
Dear Members of Connectionists,
just a brief note to inform you that we are still accepting registrations
and paper submissions for the fourth edition of the Starkfest, the
Conference on Vision and Movement in Men and Machines, planned at the
School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, for the two days
of May, Friday and Saturday the 27th and 28th.
Conference topics will emphasize all those concepts that Lawrence Stark
initiated or developed and they include:
Oculomotor System
Scanpath and related Visual Theories
Sensorimotor Control
Man-Machine Interface
Virtual Reality
Robotics
For more information, please check:
http://scan.berkeley.edu/Starkfest/
Cordially,
Conference chairs:
Dr. Claudio Privitera School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. John Semmlow Biomedical Eng., Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
From eliassi at cs.wisc.edu Tue May 10 03:23:46 2005
From: eliassi at cs.wisc.edu (Tina Eliassi-Rad)
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 02:23:46 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Connectionists: Graduate Summer School at UCLA's Institute for Pure
and Applied Mathematics
Message-ID:
Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Summer School: Intelligent Extraction of Information from Graphs
and High Dimensional Data
July 11-29, 2005
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/gss2005/
In recent years, there has been a rapidly increasing demand for targeted
analysis of large data streams and large networks. One of the main goals
has been identification of key features: face recognition in video streams
and voice recognition in audio streams are two examples. Another goal has
been inference of relationships: pattern discovery in large databases and
determination of key links in social networks. At the same time, a number
of scientific disciplines have come together to develop a theory for the
analysis of high-dimensional data, as well as for the analysis of dynamic
processes on massive graphs. The new techniques and new mathematics coming
out of this line of research are ideally suited to a wide range of
applications.
Applications and connections to real challenges will be drawn from: data
fusion, automated feature extraction, face and shape recognition, spectral
and hyperspectral image analysis, relational data mining, link analysis
and discovery, graph mining, social and transactional networks, robust
network design (making networks hard to break), optimal epidemic
intervention (making networks easy to break), and hidden state inference
(where are targets based on indirect measurements?).
The summer school is intended for graduate students and postdocs, as well
as more senior researchers interested in focusing their efforts on these
mathematical challenges and crucial applications. The program is organized
as follows.
Week 1: High-dimensional data, relational data and kernel methods.
Week 2: Image analysis and machine learning.
Week 3: Streaming data and networks.
We anticipate that some participants will be interested in attending the
entire program while others will want to stay for only one or two of the
week-long sessions.
Speakers
James Abello (Rutgers University)
Uri Alon (Weizmann Institute)
Tom Asaki (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Erik Bollt (Clarkson University)
Leon Bottou (NEC)
Robert Burleson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Frdric Cao (IRISA)
Rick Chartrand (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Ronald Coifman (Yale University)
John Conroy (Institute for Defense Analysis)
Terence Critchlow (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
George Cybenko (Dartmouth University)
David Donoho (Stanford University)
Tina Eliassi-Rad (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Christos Faloutsos (Carnegie Mellon University)
Leslie Greengard (New York University/Courant Institute of Mathematical
Sciences)
Dennis Healy (DARPA)
Martial Hebert (Carnegie Mellon University)
David Heckerman (Microsoft Research)
Piotr Indyk (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Peter Jones (Yale University)
Michael Jordan (University of California at Berkeley)
Ron Kimmel (Technion, Haifa, Israel)
Daphne Koller (Stanford University)
John Lafferty (Carnegie Mellon University)
Yann LeCun (New York University)
Gilad Lerman (University of Minnesota)
Mehryar Mohri (New York University)
Andrew Moore (Carnegie Mellon University)
Jean-Michel Morel (Ecole Normale Suprieure, Cachan, France)
Robert Nowak (University of Wisconsin)
Bruno Olshausen (University of California at Davis)
Stanley Osher (IPAM)
Carey Priebe (Johns Hopkins University)
Prabhakar Raghavan (Verity, Inc. and Stanford University)
Ronald Resmini (NGA)
Guillermo Sapiro (University of Minnesota)
Lawrence Saul (University of Pennsylvania)
Edward Scheinerman (Johns Hopkins University)
Larry Schultz (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Ingo Steinwart (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
William Szewczyk (NCSC)
Demetri Terzopoulos (New York University)
James Theiler (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Godfried Toussaint (McGill University)
Richard Tsai (Princeton University)
Kevin Vixie (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Grace Wahba (University of Wisconsin)
From tobias at chaos.gwdg.de Tue May 10 10:58:29 2005
From: tobias at chaos.gwdg.de (Tobias Niemann)
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 16:58:29 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: Bernstein Fellow for Computational Neuroscience -
Postdoctoral Research Positions
Message-ID: <4280CC15.8080601@chaos.gwdg.de>
BCCN G?TTINGEN - Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience
Bernstein Fellow for Computational Neuroscience
Applications are invited for up to three Postdoctoral Research Positions
in Computational Neuroscience at the recently established Bernstein
Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) in G?ttingen, Germany.
G?ttingen is a center of neuroscience in Europe hosting numerous
internationally recognized neuroscience research institutions, including
three Max Planck Institutes, the European Neuroscience Institute, the
German Primate Research Center, and G?ttingen University's Centers for
Systems Neuroscience (ZNV) and for the Molecular Physiology of the Brain
(CMPB). The BCCN integrates theoretical and experimental research groups
from these institutions to foster interdisciplinary research in
computational neuroscience specifically supporting close collaboration
between theorists and experimental researchers.
We are looking for strong research personalities, who are experienced in
the field of Computational Neuroscience and/or related disciplines such
as theoretical physics, mathematics, or computer science and with
commitment to a research career in neuroscience. Prior biological or
neuroscience training is welcome but not required. The Bernstein Fellow
will have the opportunity to collaborate with other members of the BCCN
or establish an own research program which complements the activities of
the BCCN.
Initially the positions are limited to two years and may be extended to
up to five years. Applications are welcome from now on until the
positions are filled. Please submit your application preferably in one
single PDF-document, including cover letter, CV, list of publications,
research proposal/interests, names of three possible referees, relevant
certificates, and copies of three of your most important publications
to: jobs at bccn-goettingen.de (Subject: Bernstein Fellow)
For more information please refer to http://www.bccn-goettingen.de
While e-mail is preferred, applications may also be submitted in
hardcopy to the following address:
Prof. Dr. Theo Geisel
Subject: Bernstein Fellow
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) G?ttingen
Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Bunsenstrasse 10
D - 37073 G?ttingen, Germany
http://www.bccn-goettingen.de
The BCCN is an equal opportunity employer.
From B.Kappen at science.ru.nl Thu May 12 11:28:29 2005
From: B.Kappen at science.ru.nl (Bert Kappen)
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 17:28:29 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Connectionists: paper available on efficient stochastic control
Message-ID:
Dear all,
I would like to announce the following paper, that can be downloaded
from arxiv.org/physics/0505066
Path integrals and symmetry breaking for optimal control theory
H.J. Kappen
This paper considers linear-quadratic control of a non-linear dynamical
system subject to arbitrary cost. I show that for this class of
stochastic control problems the non-linear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman
equation can be transformed into a linear equation. The transformation is
similar to the transformation used to relate the classical Hamilton-Jacobi
equation to the Schr\"odinger equation. As a result of the linearity,
the usual backward computation can be replaced by a forward diffusion
process, that can be computed by stochastic integration or by the
evaluation of a path integral. It is shown, how in the deterministic
limit the PMP formalism is recovered. The significance of the path
integral approach is that it forms the basis for a number of efficient
computational methods, such as MC sampling, the Laplace approximation
and the variational approximation. We show the effectiveness of the
first two methods in number of examples. Examples are given that show
the qualitative difference between stochastic and deterministic control
and the occurrence of symmetry breaking as a function of the noise.
Bert Kappen SNN Radboud University Nijmegen
URL: www.snn.kun.nl/~bert The Netherlands
tel: +31 24 3614241 fax: +31 24 3541435
B.Kappen at science.ru.nl
From niall.griffith at ul.ie Mon May 16 06:56:31 2005
From: niall.griffith at ul.ie (Niall Griffith)
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:56:31 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: PhD opportunities in NN and GA modelling of musical
instruments and timbre
Message-ID:
Please Excuse Multiple Postings
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Synthesising Consistent Instrument and Voice Sounds using
Physically Informed Spectral Models, Neural Networks and Evolutionary
Learning.
2 PhD studentships are available to start as soon as possible at the
University of Limerick, Ireland for the above project. The studentships
cover fees and a monthly stipend (tax-free) of 11,700 Euro for a duration of
3 years.
Applicants must be EU nationals, and have some background in either one or
all of Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Neural Networks or Music.
The project involves three main strands. The strands being 1) DSP & Hidden
Markov Models, 2) Evolutionary Learning, and 3) Cognitive and Neural
Modelling.
The open positions are in areas 2 and 3 above.
Applicants are encouraged to forward their CV's and a statement of their
research interests and background to either:
niall.griffith at ul.ie
OR
michael.oneill at ul.ie
Closing date for applications is 10 June 2005.
From F.AlmeidaCosta at sussex.ac.uk Tue May 17 02:15:19 2005
From: F.AlmeidaCosta at sussex.ac.uk (Fernando Almeida e Costa)
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 07:15:19 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: Workshop at Ecal deadline extension
Message-ID:
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THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE WORKSHOP
*Active Agents and Their Environments as Dynamical Systems*
TO BE HELD AT ECAL 2005 HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO:
TUESDAY 31ST MAY 2005.
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*********************************************************************
...........................Call for papers...........................
......................Workshop @ ECAL 2005.......................
.......Active Agents and Their Environments as Dynamical Systems.....
.................www.ecal2005.org/workshops.html.....................
............Organized by the activate.d reading group................
......................University of Sussex...........................
*********************************************************************
ECAL2005, in September, will host a workshop on
"Active agents and their environments as dynamical systems" organised
by the activate.d reading group from the University of Sussex.
We are seeking papers within the broad range of the so called dynamical
systems approach to life and cognition, from both technical and
conceptual/philosophical perspectives.
Papers from the workshop will be published in a special issue of the
Journal of Adaptive Behavior.
You may find detailed information about the workshop in our webpage at
www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/activate.d/workshop at ecal2005
or through the workshop webpage at www.ecal2005.org/workshops.html
********************
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
********************
Randall Beer, Case Western University.
Peter Cariani, Tufts Medical School.
Edwin de Jong, Universiteit Utrecht.
Ezequiel Di Paolo, University of Sussex.
Dario Floreano, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne.
Inman Harvey, University of Sussex.
Phil Husbands, University of Sussex.
Takashi Ikegami, University of Tokyo.
Scott Kelso, Florida Atlantic University.
Luis Mateus Rocha, Indiana University.
Tom Ziemke, University of Skovde.
*****************
IMPORTANT DATES
*****************
EXTENDED submission deadline: 31st of May
Review results: 15th of June
Corrected papers due: 22nd of June
Papers must be emailed in pdf format to one of the organisers (see
addresses below) and will be reviewed by at least two independent
reviewers, in compliance with the host conference rules.
The work to be submitted may include (but is not limited to) topics such as:
* Embodied cognition (the exploitation by a cognitive agent, qua
cognitive, of all its physical properties).
* Evolution of intrinsic and extrinsic morphologies in artificial
agents.
* Robotics within the framework of the DSaLC (Dynamical Systems
approach to Life and Cognition).
* Cognition as brain/body/environment interaction.
* Online learning as dynamics occurring at different time scales.
* Synthesis of dynamical systems models which exhibit adaptive
behaviour.
* Self-organisation, selection and neutrality in the evolution of
dynamical systems.
* Agency, homeostasis and autopoiesis.
* The present dangers of the (conscious and unconscious) use of
GOFAI principles within a DSaLC framework.
* Dynamical systems tools for understanding adaptive behaviour.
* Behavioural dynamics of interest to cognitive science (e.g.
chaotic itinerancy, globally coupled chaotic systems).
* Dynamical systems architectures (i.e. neural networks, cellular
automata, other models) and their behavioural dynamics.
* Models of dynamical systems coupling.
Papers should be sent to either one of the workshop organisers:
Fernando Almeida e Costa Eduardo Izquierdo-Torres
F.AlmeidaCosta at sussex.ac.uk E.J.Izquierdo-Torres at sussex.ac.uk
You may find more information about the activate.d reading group at
www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/activate.d
From B.Torben-nielsen at CS.unimaas.nl Wed May 18 10:54:41 2005
From: B.Torben-nielsen at CS.unimaas.nl (Torben-nielsen B (CS))
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:54:41 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: Postdoc position available at the Universiteit
Maastricht
Message-ID:
Dear all,
At the Insitute for Knowledge and Agent Technology (IKAT), Universiteit Maastricht we have an open postdoc position (f/m, 38 hours a week).
Tasks: Learning situated agents to adapt to novel environments by (1) exploiting sensorimotor contingencies, (2) learning techniques for situated adaptive learning, and (3) moving from low-level towards high-level conceptual learning or reasoning.
Requirements: IKAT is looking for a bright and enthusiastic Postdoc with interest, skills, and experience in (neural or statistical) learning techniques and various agent architectures. Working experience in the field of robotics is desired.
We offer: Temporary appointment for specified period: 48 months. Estimated maximum salary per month ? 3.453,- gross in accordance with scale 10.
More information for applicants:Prof.dr. E.O. Postma or Prof.dr. H.J. van den Herik, tel.: 043-3883477, e-mail: postma at cs.unimaas.nl or herik at cs.unimaas.nl
Kind regards,
Ben Torben-Nielsen
From P.Monaghan at psych.york.ac.uk Wed May 18 06:05:35 2005
From: P.Monaghan at psych.york.ac.uk (Padraic Monaghan)
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 11:05:35 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: PhD position in computational modelling of language
Message-ID: <428B136F.1030801@psych.york.ac.uk>
Marie Curie Early Stage Research Fellow (PhD Position) - Department of
Psychology, University of York, UK
Applications are invited for a 36-month, fixed-term Early Stage
Researcher position to conduct a PhD in the area of computational
modelling of language processing with particular emphasis on research
into hemispheric specialisation for reading. Dr Padraic Monaghan and
Professor Andy Ellis will supervise the post, which is funded by the
European Community's Marie Curie scheme as part of the Research Training
Network in Language and Brain (http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/rtn-lab). You
will meet the eligibility criteria regarding nationality (according to
fellowship rules, applicants must be of non-British nationality and must
not have resided in the UK for more than 12 months in the last three
years) and will have or be expecting to gain a good first degree in
Psychology, Linguistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Starting salary minimum 19,460 per annum. This post is available from 1
October 2005.
Informal enquiries can be made to Padraic Monaghan (pjm21 at york.ac.uk).
The Department of Psychology at the University of York has consistently
received the highest possible ratings for its teaching and research,
with cutting-edge facilities for experimental, imaging, and
computational research. York is also a gorgeous place to live.
For details of applying, please go to:
http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/mis/cfm/vacancies/vac_detail.cfm?vacno=DR05219
--
Padraic Monaghan
Department of Psychology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
direct line: +44 (0)1904 432885; fax: +44 (0)1904 433181
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~pjm21
From eneher at gwdg.de Thu May 19 03:42:08 2005
From: eneher at gwdg.de (Erwin Neher)
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:42:08 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: Job offer
Message-ID:
Post doctoral position in Goettingen
The Department of Membrane Biophysics at the Max Planck Institute for
Biophysical Chemistry in cooperation with the Julius Bernstein Center for
Computational Neuroscience Goettingen offers a
Position (BAT IIa)
for a project in Computational Neurobiology
The project aims at modeling of various forms of dynamic neuronal networks
implementing ?realistic? short-term plasticity. Particularly, the specific
properties of short-term facilitation and depression, as observed in the
Calyx of Held are to be modeled. The task is to explore, how variations
around the experimentally observed dynamics influence network properties,
such as the number and classes of attractors, the response to transient
stimulation, and various aspects of information processing, rhythm
generation, cortical gain control and temporal filtering. In addition, we
would like to model how the particular form of short-term depression, which
is observed in our experimental system (the Calyx of Held; Forsythe, 1994;
Trommersh?user et al., 2003), influences signal processing in the auditory
pathway, of which the Calyx of Held is part.
The Max Planck Institute for biophysical Chemistry adheres to the principle
of equal opportunity employment and strongly encourages applications from
qualified women. Preference will be given to disabled applicants with the
same qualification and skills.
Please address applications to:
Prof. Dr. Erwin Neher
Membranbiophysik
Max-Planck-Institut f?r biophysikalische Chemie
Am Fassberg 11
37077 Goettingen
email: eneher at gwdg.de
http://www.mpibpc.gwdg.de/abteilungen/140/core.html
From Manuel.Davy at ec-lille.fr Fri May 20 02:55:05 2005
From: Manuel.Davy at ec-lille.fr (Davy Manuel)
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:55:05 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: Post-doc position at CNRS, Lille, France
Message-ID: <428D89C9.2020806@ec-lille.fr>
Post-Doctoral Position
Title:
Speech processing using kernel methods
Context and Topic
Performance of state-of-the-art speech recognition systems has greatly
improved over the last years. However, these systems do not fully take
advantage of today's computer computation and memory
capabilities. Kernel learning methods, such as Support Vector
Machines, have recently undegone a huge development, and already give
excellent results in fields such as image processing, when compared to
other more cassical approaches. The aim of this post-doc is to apply
and develop kernel techniques so as to improve the performance of
speech recogintion systems.
Place:
The position is based in the Laboratoire d'Automatique, de G?nie
Informatique et Signal (LAGIS) in Lille (North of France). The LAGIS
Laboratory is one of the major CNRS laboratories in Signal Processing
and Automatic Control in the North of France. The position is also
connected to the France Telecom Research Center situated in Lannion
(Brittany, France).
Duration:
The position is for one year, and it may start as soon as possible
Scientific supervision:
This research work will be supervised by Dr Manuel Davy (CNRS
researcher, Lille) (web page) and Dr Lionel Delphin-Poulat (France
Telecom Researcher, Lannion) Informations and applications:
Additional informations can be obtained from Dr Manuel Davy (Manuel
dot davy at ec dash lille dott fr) and from Dr Lionel Delphin-Poulat
(lionel ddott delphinpoulat at francetelecom dott com) - change 'dot',
'dash' and 'at' to obvious corresponding symbols. Applications should
be emailed to Dr Manuel Davy (including CV and two reference letters)
From niebur at jhu.edu Thu May 19 13:35:02 2005
From: niebur at jhu.edu (niebur@jhu.edu)
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 13:35:02 -0400
Subject: Connectionists: Programmer/analyst position in neuroscience lab at
Johns Hopkins
Message-ID: <200505191735.j4JHZ2f10943@russell.mindbrain>
Computer programmer / Analyst in neuroscience research project
Primary Duties and responsibilities: Programming in C and C++. Paradox
(objectPAL), MatLab, ODBC, AutoCAD, LabWindows CVI. Primary duties are
to design and develop a real- time data acquisition system for PC's
that can run under Qnx or Windows NT. The programmer should be
familiar with real-time NT extensions, Qnx and ideally be familiar
with neurophysiological research. The programmer must be able to
generate visual displays, control hardware. The programmer is also
responsible for system management including evaluating, maintaining
software and hardware in the lab.
Machines and equipment used: Pentium PC, Digital and analog interface=
boards. Minimum requirements: Education: BA/BS - biology/neuroscience
or computer science or related field. Special Skills/Knowledge: C
language, C++ , Dos/ Windows 95/NT, Matlab. Related work experience:
Experience with real time programming desired. Additional
information: 1-3 years programming experience desired.
Candidates must be highly motivated and be able to work
independently. The position is in the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain
Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and
provides an opportunity to be an integral part of leading edge
neuroscience research. Excellent benefits including tuition
remission. Hopkins is an equal opportunity employer.
Please contact:
Steven Hsiao
Krieger Mind/Brain Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Tel: 410-516-6409
Fax: 410-516-8648
E-mail: Steven.Hsiao at jhu.edu
--
Dr. Ernst Niebur Krieger Mind/Brain Institute
Assoc. Prof. of Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University
niebur at jhu.edu http://cnslab.mb.jhu.edu 3400 N. Charles Street
(410)516-8643, -8640 (secr), -8648 (fax), -3357 (lab) Baltimore, MD 21218
From terry at salk.edu Fri May 20 01:28:37 2005
From: terry at salk.edu (Terry Sejnowski)
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 22:28:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Connectionists: NEURAL COMPUTATION 17:7
In-Reply-To: <200504281700.j3SH0Y872819@kepler.snl.salk.edu>
Message-ID: <200505200528.j4K5SbO59466@kepler.snl.salk.edu>
Neural Computation - Contents - Volume 17, Number 7 - July 1, 2005
NOTE
Catagorization of Neural Excitability using Threshold Models
A. Tonnelier
LETTERS
Theory of the Snowflake Plot and Its Relations to Higher-Order
Analysis Methods
Gabriela Czanner, Sonja Grun and Satish Iyengar
Asymptotic Theory of Information-Theoretic Experimental Design
Liam Paninski
Maximum Likelihood Set for Estimating a Probability Mass Function
Bruno M. Jedynak and Sanjeev Khudanpur
Estimating Entropy Rates with Bayesian Confidence Intervals
Matthew B. Kennel, Jonathon Shlens, Henry D. I. Abarbanel, and
E. J. Chichilnisky
Spike Timing Precision and Neural Error Correction: Local Behavior
Michael Stiber
A New Approach to Spatial Covariance Modeling of Functional Brain
Imaging Data: Ordinal Trend Analysis
Christian Habeck, John W. Krakauer, Claude Ghez, Harold A. Sackeim,
David Eidelberg, Yaakov Stern, and James R. Moeller
Investigating the Fault Tolerance of Neural Networks
Elko B. Tchernev, Rory G. Mulvaney and Dhananjay S. Phatak
Rule Extraction from Recurrent Neural Networks: A Taxonomy and Review
Henrik Jacobsson
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From mail at jan-peters.net Sat May 21 15:53:27 2005
From: mail at jan-peters.net (Jan Peters)
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 12:53:27 -0700
Subject: Connectionists: [Call for Participation] Learning for Locomotion
Workshop
Message-ID: <36c633085cc5a60ca98ee655e7c47289@jan-peters.net>
=======================================================
Call for Participation
Robotics 2005 - Workshop: Learning for Locomotion
Cambridge, MA, USA --- June 11, 2005
=======================================================
Quick Facts
Organizers: Jan Peters, Russ Tedrake, Stefan Schaal
Conference: Robotics - Science and Systems 2005
Date: June 11, 2005
Room: To be announced
Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Website: http://www-clmc.usc.edu/~jrpeters/workshop.html
Alternate Website:
http://www.jan-peters.net/Research/LearningForLocomotion
Abstract
Over the last few decades, there has been an impressive amount of
published work on legged locomotion, including bipedal walking,
running, hopping, stand-ups, summersaults and much more. However,
despite all this progress, legged locomotion research has largely been
driven by researchers using human insight and creativity in order to
generate locomotion control algorithms. In order to improve the
robustness, energy efficiency, and natural appearance of legged
locomotion, there may be a significant advantage to using machine
learning methods to synthesize new controllers and to avoid tedious
parameter tuning. For instance, it could be advantageous to learn
dynamics models, kinematic models, impact models, for model-based
control techniques. Imitation learning could be employed for the
teaching of gaits patterns, and reinforcement learning could help
tuning parameters of the control policies in order to improve the
performance with respect to given cost functions. In this context, we
would like to bring together researchers from both the legged
locomotion and machine learning in order to discuss which locomotion
problems require learning, and to identify the machine learning methods
that can be used to solve them.
Goal
In order to better understand the application of machine learning
techniques to locomotion, our goal is to bring together researchers who
represent many different approaches to biped locomotion control with
their peers in machine learning for control. We hope to discuss future
research directions for principled machine learning approaches to biped
locomotion. The workshop will address topics such as:
* Which unsolved biped locomotion problems can be solved using learning?
* Can walking be broken down into components upon which machine
learning methods are applicable?
* What models (e.g., forward, inverse, impact) would be desirable for
controlling locomotion?
* Can machine learning methods help solve the gait generation and
foot-placement problems?
* Can human learning of locomotion yield insights for both robotics and
machine learning?
* Which machine learning algorithms are suitable for online
implementation on the robot, and which problems can be solved in
simulation?
* What cost functions should be used to describe "optimal" walking, and
what experiments should be done to test our controllers?
Furthermore, we intend to kick-off the Legged Robot Control Competition.
Program
The tentative program and list of speakers can be found at the
Workshops Website ( http://www-clmc.usc.edu/~jrpeters/workshop.html )
or the alternative website (
http://www.jan-peters.net/Research/LearningForLocomotion ).
Organizers
The workshop is organized by Jan Peters, Russ Tedrake and Stefan
Schaal, from the Departments of Computer Science and Neuroscience,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA and from the
Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Location and More Information
The most up-to-date information about Robotics - Science and Systems
2005 can be found on the Robotics 2005 website (
http://www.robotics-conference.org ).
From cmbishop at microsoft.com Wed May 25 09:36:33 2005
From: cmbishop at microsoft.com (Christopher Bishop)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 14:36:33 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship,
Darwin College and Microsoft Research, Cambridge U.K.
Message-ID: <6C6555DF5D075A4EA6D27706F4EC597502AA324E@EUR-MSG-10.europe.corp.microsoft.com>
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Adaptive Computing
DARWIN COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE
Microsoft Research Fellowship
The Governing Body of Darwin College Cambridge and Microsoft Research
jointly invite applications for a stipendiary Research Fellowship
supporting research in the field of adaptive computing (including topics
such as pattern recognition, probabilistic inference, machine learning
and computer vision). Applicants should hold a PhD or should be
expecting to have submitted their thesis prior to commencement of the
Fellowship.
The Fellowship will be tenable for two years commencing 1 January 2006
or on a date to be agreed. The successful candidate will work at the
Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge in the Machine Learning and
Perception group. Information about the laboratory and about the group
is available from http://research.microsoft.com/cambridge/. Further
details about the College are available from the College website
http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk.
The closing date for applications is 13 June 2005.
Eligibility
Men and women graduates of any university are eligible to apply,
irrespective of age, provided they have a doctorate or an equivalent
qualification, or expect to have submitted their thesis before taking up
the Fellowship.
Duties
The successful candidate will engage in research full-time at the
Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge. The Fellow will be a member
of the Governing Body of Darwin College and will be subject to the
Statutes and Ordinances of the College which may be seen on request to
the Bursar. The Statutes include the obligation to reside in or near
Cambridge for at least two-thirds of each University term, but the
Governing Body will normally excuse absences made necessary by the
nature of the research undertaken.
Stipend and Emoluments
The stipend will be dependent upon age and experience. Membership of the
Universities' Superannuation Scheme is optional. In addition the Fellow
will be able to take seven meals per week at the College table free of
charge and additional meals at his or her own expense. Guests may be
invited to all meals (within the limits of available accommodation), ten
of them free of charge within any quarter of the year. College
accommodation will be provided, subject to availability, or an
accommodation allowance will be paid in lieu. In addition to a salary
the Fellowship provides funding for conference participation.
Applications
Applications (in Word, PDF or txt format only) should be by emailed to
cambpdoc at microsoft.com with the subject line 'Darwin Microsoft
Fellowship'. They should arrive by 13 June 2005 and should include (1) a
curriculum vitae, (2) an account, in not more than 1000 words, of the
proposed research, including a brief statement of the aims and
background to it, (3) the names and addresses of three referees
(including telephone, fax and email co-ordinates), WHO SHOULD BE ASKED
TO EMAIL REFERENCES IMMEDIATELY DIRECT TO THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS, and
(4) a list of published or unpublished work that would be available for
submission if requested. Short-listed candidates may be asked to make
themselves available for interview at Darwin College on a date to be
arranged. Election will be made as soon as possible thereafter.
Travelling expenses for interviewees will be covered.
- The College follows an equal opportunities policy -
From frank.ritter at psu.edu Tue May 24 23:48:06 2005
From: frank.ritter at psu.edu (Frank Ritter)
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 23:48:06 -0400
Subject: Connectionists: CogModeling notes: ICCM 2006 / CogSci06 tutorials /
ONR Position
Message-ID:
[please forward this as/if appropriate]
This is based on the International Cognitive Modeling Conference
mailing list, which I maintain. I've added myself to your list in
order to send this to you.
I send the messages out by hand using some Emacs functions. The first
announcement is the one that is driving this email, the announcement
of ICCM 2006. I don't anticipate much more traffic though, until the
next ICCM in Trieste in 2006 has its paper call to go out for formally
in the autumn.
I forward messages about twice a year.
cheers,
Frank
1. 2006 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling
Thursday, 4 April 2006 to 8 April 2006, in Trieste, Italy
http://iccm2006.units.it/
2. Tutorial program at 2005 Cognitive Science Conference,
Wed 20 July 2005: ACT-R/Chrest/COGENT/Event-related Brain Potentials/LSA
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/keller/cogsci05/program_tutorials.html
(registration also up today!)
3. Cognitive modeling/human factors/HCI position at Office of Naval Research
Closing date, 1 June 2005
http://chart.donhr.navy.mil/JobSearch/jobdetail.asp?strView=0&vid=60910
***************************************************
1. 2006 International Conf. on Cognitive Modeling
Thursday, 4 April 2006 to 8 April 2006, in Trieste, Italy
http://iccm2006.units.it/ or contact iccm2006 at units.it.
This continues the series of ICCM conferences. The last conference
was at Pittsburgh. http://simon.lrdc.pitt.edu/~iccm/ This
conference will build on that one's success.
Paper submissions (6 pages) provisionally due November 20th, 2005.
***************************************************
2. Tutorial Program at Cognitive Science 2005, 20 July 2005
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/keller/cogsci05/program_tutorials.html
Tutorials will present tutorial material, that is, provide results
that are established and will do so in an interactive format. They
tend to involve an introduction to technical skills or methods. This
year the set of tutorials is focused on a range of cognitive
architectures for modeling and teaching higher-level cognition, and
on a method for gathering data. They will include substantial review of
material. The level of presentation assumes that the attendees have at least
a first degree in a cognate area.
There is a student rate, and such students must bring their ID to
show at registration.
Attendance at the tutorials does not require conference registration,
but tutorial registration does not provide conference entrance.
There are five tutorials this year (one with two parts). They are
likely to cost about $63 (about 35 pounds or 50 Euros) for each
half-day tutorial and 30e ($38) for students. Payment can be made
using the registration site on the conference page, or can be paid
for on the day (if space is available, which is likely). The program
includes handouts, and a tea and a coffee break (including
biscuits). There will be a meeting of the tutorial committee and
tutors after the tutorials, location to be announced at the
tutorials.
TOPICS
MORNING
Peter Lane and Fernand Gobet: CHREST Tutorial: Simulations of Human Learning
Richard Cooper: An introduction to the COGENT Cognitive Modelling Environment
Matthias Schlesewsky and Ina Bornkessel: Event-Related Brain
Potentials in Language
(Part 1: Introduction)
Afternoon
Niels Taatgen and Hedderik van Rijn: ACT-R Tutorial
Benoit Lemaire and Guy Denhiere: Latent Semantic Analysis
Matthias Schlesewsky and Ina Bornkessel: Event-Related Brain
Potentials in Language
(Part 2: Advanced Topics)
***************************************************
3. Cognitive modeling/human factors/HCI position at Office of Naval Research
http://chart.donhr.navy.mil/JobSearch/jobdetail.asp?strView=0&vid=60910
Contact Susan Chipman (below) for more details.
Program Officer, Human Factors (Industrial engineer)
The Office of Naval Research is seeking a qualified individual to
manage sponsored basic/applied research, and advanced development
program and projects in the broad area of human factors engineering.
The sponsored efforts are conducted at US universities and industry
or Federal Labs. This is a civil service position at the GS-14/15
level ($88k-135k) depending on individual qualifications.
The position requires knowledge and experience in the fundamental
theories, concepts, and current state-of-the art research and/or
technology development in the areas of human systems integration,
human factors engineering, and industrial engineering including but
not limited to, human decision making, organizational design and
architectures, models for human-computer interaction, including
computational models of human cognitive processing.
For information on qualifications and how to apply, see the job
announcements at our web site http://www.onr.navy.mil/hr.
Susan writes:
The quality of the people who end up in these positions is extremely
important to the research community as well as to the Navy. The
person in this position will have the opportunity to shape research
programs and investments for many years to come. Program officers at
ONR have real power of decision in funding. In addition, a less
visible aspect of their role is developing ideas, mega-proposals one
might say, and obtaining funding for them. Despite the use of the
term, "engineer", I am sure that cognitive scientists [and I would
suggest, HCI] with many different formal degrees would be able to get
this position, as long as they have appropriate expertise. The
government never has absolute degree requirements. Application of
cognitive modeling to human systems integration is of particular
interest.
for more information, contact:
Susan F. Chipman, Ph.D.
ONR Code 342
800 N. Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22217-5660
phone: 703-696-4318
fax: 703-696-1212
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From cindy at bu.edu Fri May 27 10:38:20 2005
From: cindy at bu.edu (Cynthia Bradford)
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 10:38:20 -0400
Subject: Connectionists: Neural Networks 18(4) 2005: Special Issue on Emotion
and Brain
Message-ID: <200505271438.j4REcKVN013923@kenmore.bu.edu>
NEURAL NETWORKS 18(4)
Contents - Volume 18, Number 4 - 2005
Special Issue on "Emotion and Brain: Understanding Emotions and Modelling
their Recognition", J.G. Taylor, K. Scherer, and R. Cowie (editors)
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Introduction to the Special Issue
J.G. Taylor, K. Scherer, and R. Cowie
A systems approach to appraisal mechanisms in emotion
David Sander, Didier Grandjean, and Klaus R. Scherer
The interaction of attention and emotion
John G. Taylor and Nickolaos Fragopanagos
Beyond emotion archetypes: Databases for emotion modelling using neural
networks
Roddy Cowie, Ellen Douglas-Cowie, and Cate Cox
Emotion recognition in human-computer interaction
N. Fragopanagos and J.G. Taylor
Challenges in real-life emotion annotation and machine learning based
detection
Laurence Devillers, Laurence Vidrascu, and Lori Lamel
Emotion recognition through facial expression analysis based on a neurofuzzy
network
Spiros V. Ioannou, Amaryllis T. Raouzaiou, Vasilis A. Tzouvaras, Theofilos
P. Mailis, Kostas C. Karpouzis, and Stefanos D. Kollias
ASR for emotional speech: Clarifying the issues and enhancing performance
T. Athanaselis, S. Bakamidis, I. Dologlou, R. Cowie, E. Douglas-Cowie, and
C. Cox
Emotion understanding from the perspective of autonomous robot research
Lola Canamero
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From: masulli at disi.unige.it (Francesco Masulli)
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 12:50:00 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: SECOND AND LAST CALL CFP: CIBB 2005 - paper
submission deadline 30 May 2005
Message-ID: <200505271250.00963.masulli@disi.unige.it>
SECOND AND LAST CALL FOR PAPERS
CIBB 2005
Second International Meeting on Computational Intelligence Methods for
Bioinformatics and Biostatistics
Crema, ITALY -- September 15-17, 2005
Meeting Website: http://cibb05.disi.unige.it/
CIBB 2005 addresses a cutting edge area of application of Neural Networks,
Fuzzy Logic and Evolutionary Computation methods.
Technical areas include, but are not limited to:
- Data and methods for prognosis
- Data and methods for diagnosis
- Integration of clinical and genetic data
- Proteomics
- Pharmacogenetics
CIBB 2005 is jointly organized by
- BIOPATTERNS, European Network of Excellence on Computational Intelligence
for Biopattern analysis in Support of eHealthcare
- INNS, International Neural Network Society
- SIREN, Italian Neural Networks Society
CIBB 2005 will took place at
Dipartimento di Tecnologie dell'Informazione
Universita' degli Studi di Milano
via Bramante 65, I-26013 Crema, ITALY
in connection with WILF 2005 - Sixth International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic
and Applications (http://dsa.uniparthenope.it/wilf2005/)
All accepted papers submitted by registered participants
to WILF 2005 will be included in the proceedings book of WILF 2005,
that will be published by an international Publisher.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: 30 May 2005
Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2005
Camera ready papers due: 15 July 2005
Meeting: 15-17 September 2005
Submission of papers:
Papers must not be longer than 6 pages, including a cover
sheet stating: (1) Paper title; (2) Keywords; (3) Authors names
and affiliations; (4) Corresponding author's name and contact details,
including telephone/fax numbers and e-mail address.
For electronic submission refer to the
CIBB 2005 web site http://cibb05.disi.unige.it/.
Chairs
Francesco Masulli University of Pisa (Italy)
Antonina Starita University of Pisa (Italy)
Roberto Tagliaferri University of Salerno (Italy)
International Program Committee
Giovanni Cuda, University of Catanzaro, Italy
Alexandru Floares, Oncological Institute Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Jon Garibaldi, University of Nottingham, UK
Nik Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, NZ
Natalio Krasnogor, University of Nottingham, UK
Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou, Rutgers University, NJ - USA
Sushmita Mitra, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, India
Alberto Paccanaro,Yale University, CT, USA
David Alejandro Pelta, University of Granada, Spain
Udo Seiffert, Leibniz Institute, Gatersleben, Germany
L?onard Studer, ABMI SA, Dorigny Lausanne, Switzerland
Anna Tramontano, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
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From stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk Wed May 25 12:30:02 2005
From: stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk (Stefan Wermter)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 17:30:02 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: Stipend funding available for MSc Intelligent
Systems
Message-ID: <4294A80A.3010708@sunderland.ac.uk>
Stipends available for MSc Intelligent Systems
-----------------------------------------------
We are pleased to announce that for eligible EU students we have obtained
funding to offer a bursary for our MSc Intelligent Systems in October 2005
of about 8.000 EURO (about 5500 pounds) as fee waiver and stipend.
***Please forward to students who may be interested.***
The School of Computing and Technology, University of Sunderland
is delighted to announce the launch of its MSc Intelligent Systems
programme for October 2005. Building on the School's leading edge
research in intelligent systems this masters programme will be
funded via the ESF scheme (see below).
Intelligent Systems is an exciting field of study for science and
industry since the currently existing computing systems have
often not yet reached the various aspects of human performance.
"Intelligent Systems" is a term to describe software systems and
methods, which simulate aspects of intelligent behaviour. The intention
is to learn from nature and human performance in order to build more
powerful computing systems. The aim is to learn from cognitive science,
neuroscience, biology, engineering, and linguistics for building more
powerful computational system architectures. In this programme a
wide variety of novel and exciting techniques will be taught including
neural networks, intelligent robotics, machine learning, natural language
processing, vision, evolutionary genetic computing, data mining,
fuzzy methods, and hybrid intelligent architectures.
Funding of about 5500 pounds (about 8.000 Euro) for eligible EU students
------------------------------
The Bursary Scheme applies to this Masters programme commencing
October 2005 and we have obtained funding through the European
Social Fund (ESF). ESF support enables the University to waive the
normal tuition fee and provide a bursary of 50 per week for 45 weeks
for eligible EU students, together up to about 5500 pounds or about 8000 Euro.
For further information in the first instance please see:
http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/Teaching_frame.html
http://osiris.sund.ac.uk/webedit/allweb/courses/progmode.php?prog=G550A&mode=FT&mode2=&dmode=C
http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/teaching/sund_is_app.pdf
For information on applications and start dates contact:
gillian.potts at sunderland.ac.uk Tel: 0191 515 2758
For academic information about the programme contact:
alfredo.moscardini at sunderland.ac.uk
Please forward to interested students.
Stefan
***************************************
Stefan Wermter
Professor for Intelligent Systems
Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems
School of Computing and Technology
University of Sunderland
St Peters Way
Sunderland SR6 0DD
United Kingdom
phone: +44 191 515 3279
fax: +44 191 515 3553
email: stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk
http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0stw/
http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/
****************************************
From b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk Mon May 30 10:14:48 2005
From: b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk (Bruce Philip Graham)
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 15:14:48 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Connectionists: FINAL CALL: Neuroinformatics Simulation Tools Summer
School
In-Reply-To: <4336.139.153.254.219.1115141677.squirrel@www.cs.stir.ac.uk>
References: <4336.139.153.254.219.1115141677.squirrel@www.cs.stir.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <1181.213.78.103.162.1117462488.squirrel@www.cs.stir.ac.uk>
Dear all,
Please note that the application deadline for our
summer school is only ONE WEEK away (6th June)!
> 2005 EDINBURGH SUMMER SCHOOL IN NEUROINFORMATICS
>
> SIMULATION TOOLS
>
> Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation
> University of Edinburgh.
>
> August 22-26, 2005
> * Application deadline: 6th June 2005 *
>
> This summer school in Neuroinformatics Simulation Tools is a
> five day intensive course which will provide a practical
> introduction
> to using neuroscience simulation tools including NEURON and Catacomb
> for computational modelling of neural systems.
>
> The course will be held in the Institute for Adaptive and Neural
> Computation in the centre of Edinburgh and will include talks from
> invited speakers as well as practical hands-on experience using the
> latest simulation tools.
>
> The course is aimed at PhD students, postdocs and faculty in
> neuroscience and related disciplines wishing to learn how to apply
> computational modelling techniques to their research problems.
>
> Bursaries are available for PhD students to cover accommodation
> costs.
>
> For more details, and an online application form visit:-
> http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/school
>
>
--
Dr Bruce Graham, Lecturer (b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk)
Dept. of Computing Science and Mathematics,
University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
phone: +44 1786 467 432 fax: +44 1786 464 551
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From zoubin at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Sun May 29 22:34:50 2005
From: zoubin at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk (Zoubin Ghahramani)
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 03:34:50 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: AISTATS 2005 full proceedings available online
Message-ID: <17050.31690.795936.893269@pitts.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk>
The full proceedings of the 2005 AI and Statistics Workshop are now
available online, both as individual papers and as a single pdf file.
Please see:
http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/aistats/proceedings.htm
A bibtex file of all papers in the proceedings is also available at
this site.
Sincerely,
Zoubin Ghahramani and Robert Cowell
co-chairs
From oreilly at psych.colorado.edu Thu May 5 02:58:39 2005
From: oreilly at psych.colorado.edu (Randall C. O'Reilly)
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 00:58:39 -0600
Subject: Connectionists: Re: Request: PDP++ software usage reports
In-Reply-To: <200503312110.59449.oreilly@psych.colorado.edu>
References: <200503312110.59449.oreilly@psych.colorado.edu>
Message-ID: <200505050058.39882.oreilly@psych.colorado.edu>
I apologize for a second email, but I neglected to mention that the deadline
is May 15th, and we would appreciate this information by May 9th (this coming
Monday) if possible. Also, please include any in-press or submitted papers.
Thanks again!
- Randy
On Thursday 31 March 2005 09:10 pm, Randall C. O'Reilly wrote:
> We are planning to write a grant proposal to support major enhancements to
> the PDP++ neural network simulation software, and need to collect some data
> on publications, teaching, and other usage of this software.
>
> If you have used PDP++ for simulations published in any form, please email
> me the reference(s) to these publications (APA format preferred, but any
> format will do).
>
> If you have used PDP++ for teaching, please send the name of the course,
> years taught, number of students, etc. (any information would be
> appreciated, the more the better).
>
> If you have used PDP++ for other purposes (e.g., business, forecasting,
> etc) please send any relevant information.
>
> Finally, if you have any feedback on the software for things that we should
> improve in the future, we would like to hear it. We have already begun the
> revisions and have a fairly detailed plan, which we will be announcing
> within a few weeks on the pdp-discuss email list, so your feedback would be
> most beneficial if it could be given in the context of these plans, but if
> you would rather just send feedback now, that would also be appreciated.
>
> To subscribe to the pdp-discuss email list, see the PDP++ website at:
>
> http://psych.colorado.edu/~oreilly/PDP++/PDP++.html *or*
> http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/Resources/PDP++/PDP++.html
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Randy
From popescu at prosun.first.fraunhofer.de Wed May 4 13:41:00 2005
From: popescu at prosun.first.fraunhofer.de (Florin Popescu)
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 19:41:00 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: Postdoctoral position and doctoral position at the
Fraunhofer Institute FIRST, Berlin.
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20050504181359.03f1b3b8@mailhost>
The Fraunhofer-Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology
FIRST in Berlin is searching for a Postdoc as Research Associate (m/f)
The EU-funded BRAIN2ROBOT project will adapt the leading technology
developed at the Berlin Brain Computer Interface Laboratory
(www.bbci.de) and the Intelligent Data Analysis
Department at Fraunhofer Institute FIRST (www.first.fraunhofer.de) to a
full arm robotic exoskeleton that will be controlled by EEG activity and
aim to restore reaching function in quadriplegic patients. The position is
for 3.5 years, starting near or before July 1 2005. For details of a
doctoral position (Ph. D. studentship) related to this project, see:
http://www.fraunhofer.de/fhg/EN/jobs/Wissenschaft.jsp (FIRST-113-05-004).
The post-doctoral candidate will be expected to work on the
neuro-physiological aspects of the envisioned research, which allows for
basic science studies in motor control and brain function, as a complement
to the main objective of arm function restoration. The expected
qualifications are a strong background of independent-minded research as
evidenced by a strong publication record, experience with on-line or
off-line EEG analysis, and prior work in a clinical research environment.
Further helpful experience would be scientific programming (e.g. MATLAB)
and knowledge of machine learning, neural networks and/or related computer
science topics.
The eligibility requirements, set forth by European Union regulations on
Marie Curie EXT Grants and therefore inflexible, are 4-10 years of research
experience, counting doctoral research. It is acceptable that the candidate
has not yet received his/her Ph. D. but will do so imminently. This degree
is expected to be in physiology, biomedicine, or closely related areas. The
working language of the laboratory is English.
The monthly salary is ca. 3250 Euro (before taxes and social security).
Preference will be given to nationals of EU member states (other than
Germany) and nationals of EU associated states. International candidates
will also receive mobility and travel allowances of up to approx. 9300 Euro
per annum depending on current residency and family status.
Please send your CV, cover letter and a sample of published work to
(referring to job number FIRST-113-05-003):
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Zentrale-Hauptabteilung Personal
Frau Rabel
Kekul?str. 7, 12489 Berlin
For further information contact:
Florin Popescu, Ph.D.
Email:
florin.popescu at first.fraunhofer.de
From b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk Fri May 6 12:43:56 2005
From: b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk (Bruce Philip Graham)
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 17:43:56 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Connectionists: 2005 Edinburgh Neuroinformatics Simulation Tools
Summer School
Message-ID: <2166.139.153.254.219.1115397836.squirrel@www.cs.stir.ac.uk>
2005 EDINBURGH SUMMER SCHOOL IN NEUROINFORMATICS SIMULATION TOOLS
Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation
University of Edinburgh.
August 22-26, 2005
* Application deadline: 6th June 2005 *
This summer school in Neuroinformatics Simulation Tools is a
five day intensive course which will provide a practical introduction
to using neuroscience simulation tools including NEURON and Catacomb
for computational modelling of neural systems.
The course will be held in the Institute for Adaptive and Neural
Computation in the centre of Edinburgh and will include talks from
invited speakers as well as practical hands-on experience using the
latest simulation tools.
The course is aimed at PhD students, postdocs and faculty in
neuroscience and related disciplines wishing to learn how to apply
computational modelling techniques to their research problems.
Bursaries are available for PhD students to cover accommodation costs.
For more details, and an online application form visit:-
http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/school
--
Dr Bruce Graham, Lecturer (b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk)
Dept. of Computing Science and Mathematics,
University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
phone: +44 1786 467 432 fax: +44 1786 464 551
--
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From talibshussain at hotmail.com Fri May 6 01:04:58 2005
From: talibshussain at hotmail.com (Talib Hussain)
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 01:04:58 -0400
Subject: Connectionists: CFP - Workshop on Achieving Functional Integration
of Diverse Neural Models
Message-ID:
***********
Call for Papers
***********
Workshop on Achieving Functional Integration of Diverse Neural Models
August 4, 2005
7 - 10 pm
http://openmap.bbn.com/~thussain/NeuralIntegration/index.html
Part of IJCNN 2005 (International Joint Conference on Neural Networks)
Hilton Bonaventure Hotel
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
http://faculty.uwb.edu/ijcnn05/
======================================================
IMPORTANT DATES
Quick email indicating interest: As soon as possible
Position statement submission: May 16, 2005
Acceptance: May 17, 2005
Camera Ready position statement: May 20, 2005
Please submit to: neuralintegration at yahoo.com
======================================================
TOPICS AND GOALS
The field of neural networks presents a very rich variety of models that
have been applied to many different problems. However, successful
application of neural networks to large-scale problems has been a general
weakness. Further, the development of complex neural systems that
demonstrate significant cognitive capabilities currently seems beyond reach.
There is a critical need for new ideas and techniques for leveraging
existing research by integrating current models in meaningful ways, with the
goal of producing functional solutions to complex problems. Once we
understand how to effectively model not only the detailed processing of
specific neural components, but also the rich variety of interactions that
may occur between those neural components (and other non-neural ones), we
may begin to realize systems that scale well and are cognitively robust.
The goals of this workshop are to explore what current integrative
approaches and techniques show promise, and identify potential high-payoff
areas for future research. Relevant research areas may include, for
example, modularity, evolutionary neural systems, hybrid systems that
integrate biological processes (such as immune systems and hormonal systems)
with neural models, neural growth mechanisms, neural system engineering
techniques.
The outcome of this workshop is the identification of a set of key research
topics on functional neural integration, together with an understanding of
the key technical issues, limitations and benefits of each topic. The
creation of working groups to pursue these topics will be discussed.
The impact of this workshop will be to stimulate new discussion on a
critical topic that we as a field ignore at our own risk. New ways of
approaching large-scale neural solutions must always be at the fore. The
development of effective working groups will be important in generating
interest and support from funding agencies and other customers to keep
advancing the state-of-the-art.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
The intended audience for the workshop is the neural network researcher that
is interested in large-scale neural models, as well as the customer that is
interested in solutions to large-scale, complex problems. The former may
include practitioners in modular networks, evolutionary systems, robotic
control, cognition, and neurophysiology. The latter may include companies
that specialized in robotics, dynamic control systems, prediction and
forecasting, as well as government and military agencies.
We anticipate up to 20 participants, with a mix from industry, government
and academia.
WORKSHOP FORMAT
The format of the workshop will be three hours with three successive
sessions. In the first session, up to 10 presenters will give a 10 minute
position statement summarizing their view of the problem, current relevant
research that they are aware of, and the key avenues of exploration that
they feel will have the most payoff. These position statements will be
provided in the official workshop notes. In addition, the workshop
organizer will present a short summary of other position statements
collected in advance or the day-of from other workshop participants.
Immediately following the first session, there will be a 45 minute
networking and discussion session in which participants will be encouraged
to discuss ideas in small groups and capture their thoughts on paper.
In the final session, there will be a mediated discussion to identify the
common themes and most promising avenues that have been identified. Working
groups for those avenues will be identified and roles for those groups over
the next year will be discussed. As time permits, those working groups will
break off to determine their roles, agenda and action items.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The position statement will be 2 pages in length and will begin with the
title, author(s)' affiliation and a concise 100 word abstract. Ideally, the
abstract will be a one-line summary of the key position taken. The statement
will contain three sections titled Problem Statement, Current Research and
Key Avenues.
* The Problem Statement will give the authors view of the key issues that
need to be addressed with regard to the topic of the workshop.
* The Current Research section will give brief descriptions of the most
applicable, interesting and/or controversial work that the authors feel are
critical first steps towards achieving functional integration.
* The Key Avenues section will identify what approaches the authors feel
will have the highest payoff in the near to mid term.
* References should be included at the end and will not count towards the 2
page limit.
If your statement is not selected for presentation, you may still be given
the option to have it included in the additional workshop notes that will be
distributed at the workshop. In this case, you will be required to attend
the workshop, and the content of your statement will be summarized by the
workshop organizer at the end of the first session.
ORGANIZER
Talib S. Hussain, Ph.D.
BBN Technologies
10 Moulton St., Room 308
Cambridge, MA 02474
Phone: 617-873-6861
Fax: 617-873-4328
From wahba at stat.wisc.edu Fri May 6 19:04:30 2005
From: wahba at stat.wisc.edu (Grace Wahba)
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 18:04:30 -0500
Subject: Connectionists: A Framework for Kernel Regularization, TR 1107
Message-ID: <200505062304.j46N4U1R019186@juno.stat.wisc.edu>
Announcing the paper:
A Framework for Kernel Regularization with Application
to Protein Clustering
Fan Lu, Sunduz Keles, Stephen J. Wright and Grace Wahba
University of Wisconsin-Madison Statistics Dept TR 1107, May 2005.
available at:
http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~wahba -> TRLIST
or
http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~wahba/ftp1/tr1107.pdf
Abstract
We develop and apply a novel framework which is
designed to extract information in the form of a positive
definite kernel matrix from possibly crude, noisy, incomplete,
inconsistent dissimilarity information between pairs of objects,
obtainable in a variety of contexts. Any positive definite
kernel defines a consistent set of distances, and
the fitted kernel provides a set of coordinates in Euclidean space which
attempt to respect the information available, while controlling
for complexity of the kernel. The resulting set of coordinates
are highly appropriate for visualization and as input
to classification and clustering algorithms.
The framework is formulated in terms of a class
of optimization problems which can be solved efficiently
using modern convex cone programming software.
The power of the method is illustrated in the context of protein
clustering based on primary sequence data. An application to the globin family of
proteins resulted in a readily visualizable 3D sequence space of globins, where
several sub-families and sub-groupings consistent with
the literature were easily identifiable. Included in the framework
is an algorithm for placing new objects in the coordinate
space of the training set.
Keywords: Regularized Kernel Estimation, positive definite matrices,
noisy dissimilarity data, modern convex cone programming, protein
clustering, globin family, support vector machines, classification.
From claudio at scan.berkeley.edu Mon May 9 15:11:47 2005
From: claudio at scan.berkeley.edu (Claudio Privitera)
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 12:11:47 -0700
Subject: Connectionists: Starkfest Conference on Vision and Movement in Men
and Machines
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20050509115708.045c6ec0@scan.berkeley.edu>
Dear Members of Connectionists,
just a brief note to inform you that we are still accepting registrations
and paper submissions for the fourth edition of the Starkfest, the
Conference on Vision and Movement in Men and Machines, planned at the
School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, for the two days
of May, Friday and Saturday the 27th and 28th.
Conference topics will emphasize all those concepts that Lawrence Stark
initiated or developed and they include:
Oculomotor System
Scanpath and related Visual Theories
Sensorimotor Control
Man-Machine Interface
Virtual Reality
Robotics
For more information, please check:
http://scan.berkeley.edu/Starkfest/
Cordially,
Conference chairs:
Dr. Claudio Privitera School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. John Semmlow Biomedical Eng., Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
From eliassi at cs.wisc.edu Tue May 10 03:23:46 2005
From: eliassi at cs.wisc.edu (Tina Eliassi-Rad)
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 02:23:46 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Connectionists: Graduate Summer School at UCLA's Institute for Pure
and Applied Mathematics
Message-ID:
Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Summer School: Intelligent Extraction of Information from Graphs
and High Dimensional Data
July 11-29, 2005
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/gss2005/
In recent years, there has been a rapidly increasing demand for targeted
analysis of large data streams and large networks. One of the main goals
has been identification of key features: face recognition in video streams
and voice recognition in audio streams are two examples. Another goal has
been inference of relationships: pattern discovery in large databases and
determination of key links in social networks. At the same time, a number
of scientific disciplines have come together to develop a theory for the
analysis of high-dimensional data, as well as for the analysis of dynamic
processes on massive graphs. The new techniques and new mathematics coming
out of this line of research are ideally suited to a wide range of
applications.
Applications and connections to real challenges will be drawn from: data
fusion, automated feature extraction, face and shape recognition, spectral
and hyperspectral image analysis, relational data mining, link analysis
and discovery, graph mining, social and transactional networks, robust
network design (making networks hard to break), optimal epidemic
intervention (making networks easy to break), and hidden state inference
(where are targets based on indirect measurements?).
The summer school is intended for graduate students and postdocs, as well
as more senior researchers interested in focusing their efforts on these
mathematical challenges and crucial applications. The program is organized
as follows.
Week 1: High-dimensional data, relational data and kernel methods.
Week 2: Image analysis and machine learning.
Week 3: Streaming data and networks.
We anticipate that some participants will be interested in attending the
entire program while others will want to stay for only one or two of the
week-long sessions.
Speakers
James Abello (Rutgers University)
Uri Alon (Weizmann Institute)
Tom Asaki (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Erik Bollt (Clarkson University)
Leon Bottou (NEC)
Robert Burleson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Frdric Cao (IRISA)
Rick Chartrand (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Ronald Coifman (Yale University)
John Conroy (Institute for Defense Analysis)
Terence Critchlow (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
George Cybenko (Dartmouth University)
David Donoho (Stanford University)
Tina Eliassi-Rad (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Christos Faloutsos (Carnegie Mellon University)
Leslie Greengard (New York University/Courant Institute of Mathematical
Sciences)
Dennis Healy (DARPA)
Martial Hebert (Carnegie Mellon University)
David Heckerman (Microsoft Research)
Piotr Indyk (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Peter Jones (Yale University)
Michael Jordan (University of California at Berkeley)
Ron Kimmel (Technion, Haifa, Israel)
Daphne Koller (Stanford University)
John Lafferty (Carnegie Mellon University)
Yann LeCun (New York University)
Gilad Lerman (University of Minnesota)
Mehryar Mohri (New York University)
Andrew Moore (Carnegie Mellon University)
Jean-Michel Morel (Ecole Normale Suprieure, Cachan, France)
Robert Nowak (University of Wisconsin)
Bruno Olshausen (University of California at Davis)
Stanley Osher (IPAM)
Carey Priebe (Johns Hopkins University)
Prabhakar Raghavan (Verity, Inc. and Stanford University)
Ronald Resmini (NGA)
Guillermo Sapiro (University of Minnesota)
Lawrence Saul (University of Pennsylvania)
Edward Scheinerman (Johns Hopkins University)
Larry Schultz (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Ingo Steinwart (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
William Szewczyk (NCSC)
Demetri Terzopoulos (New York University)
James Theiler (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Godfried Toussaint (McGill University)
Richard Tsai (Princeton University)
Kevin Vixie (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Grace Wahba (University of Wisconsin)
From tobias at chaos.gwdg.de Tue May 10 10:58:29 2005
From: tobias at chaos.gwdg.de (Tobias Niemann)
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 16:58:29 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: Bernstein Fellow for Computational Neuroscience -
Postdoctoral Research Positions
Message-ID: <4280CC15.8080601@chaos.gwdg.de>
BCCN G?TTINGEN - Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience
Bernstein Fellow for Computational Neuroscience
Applications are invited for up to three Postdoctoral Research Positions
in Computational Neuroscience at the recently established Bernstein
Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) in G?ttingen, Germany.
G?ttingen is a center of neuroscience in Europe hosting numerous
internationally recognized neuroscience research institutions, including
three Max Planck Institutes, the European Neuroscience Institute, the
German Primate Research Center, and G?ttingen University's Centers for
Systems Neuroscience (ZNV) and for the Molecular Physiology of the Brain
(CMPB). The BCCN integrates theoretical and experimental research groups
from these institutions to foster interdisciplinary research in
computational neuroscience specifically supporting close collaboration
between theorists and experimental researchers.
We are looking for strong research personalities, who are experienced in
the field of Computational Neuroscience and/or related disciplines such
as theoretical physics, mathematics, or computer science and with
commitment to a research career in neuroscience. Prior biological or
neuroscience training is welcome but not required. The Bernstein Fellow
will have the opportunity to collaborate with other members of the BCCN
or establish an own research program which complements the activities of
the BCCN.
Initially the positions are limited to two years and may be extended to
up to five years. Applications are welcome from now on until the
positions are filled. Please submit your application preferably in one
single PDF-document, including cover letter, CV, list of publications,
research proposal/interests, names of three possible referees, relevant
certificates, and copies of three of your most important publications
to: jobs at bccn-goettingen.de (Subject: Bernstein Fellow)
For more information please refer to http://www.bccn-goettingen.de
While e-mail is preferred, applications may also be submitted in
hardcopy to the following address:
Prof. Dr. Theo Geisel
Subject: Bernstein Fellow
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) G?ttingen
Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Bunsenstrasse 10
D - 37073 G?ttingen, Germany
http://www.bccn-goettingen.de
The BCCN is an equal opportunity employer.
From B.Kappen at science.ru.nl Thu May 12 11:28:29 2005
From: B.Kappen at science.ru.nl (Bert Kappen)
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 17:28:29 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Connectionists: paper available on efficient stochastic control
Message-ID:
Dear all,
I would like to announce the following paper, that can be downloaded
from arxiv.org/physics/0505066
Path integrals and symmetry breaking for optimal control theory
H.J. Kappen
This paper considers linear-quadratic control of a non-linear dynamical
system subject to arbitrary cost. I show that for this class of
stochastic control problems the non-linear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman
equation can be transformed into a linear equation. The transformation is
similar to the transformation used to relate the classical Hamilton-Jacobi
equation to the Schr\"odinger equation. As a result of the linearity,
the usual backward computation can be replaced by a forward diffusion
process, that can be computed by stochastic integration or by the
evaluation of a path integral. It is shown, how in the deterministic
limit the PMP formalism is recovered. The significance of the path
integral approach is that it forms the basis for a number of efficient
computational methods, such as MC sampling, the Laplace approximation
and the variational approximation. We show the effectiveness of the
first two methods in number of examples. Examples are given that show
the qualitative difference between stochastic and deterministic control
and the occurrence of symmetry breaking as a function of the noise.
Bert Kappen SNN Radboud University Nijmegen
URL: www.snn.kun.nl/~bert The Netherlands
tel: +31 24 3614241 fax: +31 24 3541435
B.Kappen at science.ru.nl
From niall.griffith at ul.ie Mon May 16 06:56:31 2005
From: niall.griffith at ul.ie (Niall Griffith)
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:56:31 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: PhD opportunities in NN and GA modelling of musical
instruments and timbre
Message-ID:
Please Excuse Multiple Postings
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Synthesising Consistent Instrument and Voice Sounds using
Physically Informed Spectral Models, Neural Networks and Evolutionary
Learning.
2 PhD studentships are available to start as soon as possible at the
University of Limerick, Ireland for the above project. The studentships
cover fees and a monthly stipend (tax-free) of 11,700 Euro for a duration of
3 years.
Applicants must be EU nationals, and have some background in either one or
all of Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Neural Networks or Music.
The project involves three main strands. The strands being 1) DSP & Hidden
Markov Models, 2) Evolutionary Learning, and 3) Cognitive and Neural
Modelling.
The open positions are in areas 2 and 3 above.
Applicants are encouraged to forward their CV's and a statement of their
research interests and background to either:
niall.griffith at ul.ie
OR
michael.oneill at ul.ie
Closing date for applications is 10 June 2005.
From F.AlmeidaCosta at sussex.ac.uk Tue May 17 02:15:19 2005
From: F.AlmeidaCosta at sussex.ac.uk (Fernando Almeida e Costa)
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 07:15:19 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: Workshop at Ecal deadline extension
Message-ID:
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THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE WORKSHOP
*Active Agents and Their Environments as Dynamical Systems*
TO BE HELD AT ECAL 2005 HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO:
TUESDAY 31ST MAY 2005.
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*********************************************************************
...........................Call for papers...........................
......................Workshop @ ECAL 2005.......................
.......Active Agents and Their Environments as Dynamical Systems.....
.................www.ecal2005.org/workshops.html.....................
............Organized by the activate.d reading group................
......................University of Sussex...........................
*********************************************************************
ECAL2005, in September, will host a workshop on
"Active agents and their environments as dynamical systems" organised
by the activate.d reading group from the University of Sussex.
We are seeking papers within the broad range of the so called dynamical
systems approach to life and cognition, from both technical and
conceptual/philosophical perspectives.
Papers from the workshop will be published in a special issue of the
Journal of Adaptive Behavior.
You may find detailed information about the workshop in our webpage at
www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/activate.d/workshop at ecal2005
or through the workshop webpage at www.ecal2005.org/workshops.html
********************
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
********************
Randall Beer, Case Western University.
Peter Cariani, Tufts Medical School.
Edwin de Jong, Universiteit Utrecht.
Ezequiel Di Paolo, University of Sussex.
Dario Floreano, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne.
Inman Harvey, University of Sussex.
Phil Husbands, University of Sussex.
Takashi Ikegami, University of Tokyo.
Scott Kelso, Florida Atlantic University.
Luis Mateus Rocha, Indiana University.
Tom Ziemke, University of Skovde.
*****************
IMPORTANT DATES
*****************
EXTENDED submission deadline: 31st of May
Review results: 15th of June
Corrected papers due: 22nd of June
Papers must be emailed in pdf format to one of the organisers (see
addresses below) and will be reviewed by at least two independent
reviewers, in compliance with the host conference rules.
The work to be submitted may include (but is not limited to) topics such as:
* Embodied cognition (the exploitation by a cognitive agent, qua
cognitive, of all its physical properties).
* Evolution of intrinsic and extrinsic morphologies in artificial
agents.
* Robotics within the framework of the DSaLC (Dynamical Systems
approach to Life and Cognition).
* Cognition as brain/body/environment interaction.
* Online learning as dynamics occurring at different time scales.
* Synthesis of dynamical systems models which exhibit adaptive
behaviour.
* Self-organisation, selection and neutrality in the evolution of
dynamical systems.
* Agency, homeostasis and autopoiesis.
* The present dangers of the (conscious and unconscious) use of
GOFAI principles within a DSaLC framework.
* Dynamical systems tools for understanding adaptive behaviour.
* Behavioural dynamics of interest to cognitive science (e.g.
chaotic itinerancy, globally coupled chaotic systems).
* Dynamical systems architectures (i.e. neural networks, cellular
automata, other models) and their behavioural dynamics.
* Models of dynamical systems coupling.
Papers should be sent to either one of the workshop organisers:
Fernando Almeida e Costa Eduardo Izquierdo-Torres
F.AlmeidaCosta at sussex.ac.uk E.J.Izquierdo-Torres at sussex.ac.uk
You may find more information about the activate.d reading group at
www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/activate.d
From B.Torben-nielsen at CS.unimaas.nl Wed May 18 10:54:41 2005
From: B.Torben-nielsen at CS.unimaas.nl (Torben-nielsen B (CS))
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:54:41 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: Postdoc position available at the Universiteit
Maastricht
Message-ID:
Dear all,
At the Insitute for Knowledge and Agent Technology (IKAT), Universiteit Maastricht we have an open postdoc position (f/m, 38 hours a week).
Tasks: Learning situated agents to adapt to novel environments by (1) exploiting sensorimotor contingencies, (2) learning techniques for situated adaptive learning, and (3) moving from low-level towards high-level conceptual learning or reasoning.
Requirements: IKAT is looking for a bright and enthusiastic Postdoc with interest, skills, and experience in (neural or statistical) learning techniques and various agent architectures. Working experience in the field of robotics is desired.
We offer: Temporary appointment for specified period: 48 months. Estimated maximum salary per month ? 3.453,- gross in accordance with scale 10.
More information for applicants:Prof.dr. E.O. Postma or Prof.dr. H.J. van den Herik, tel.: 043-3883477, e-mail: postma at cs.unimaas.nl or herik at cs.unimaas.nl
Kind regards,
Ben Torben-Nielsen
From P.Monaghan at psych.york.ac.uk Wed May 18 06:05:35 2005
From: P.Monaghan at psych.york.ac.uk (Padraic Monaghan)
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 11:05:35 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: PhD position in computational modelling of language
Message-ID: <428B136F.1030801@psych.york.ac.uk>
Marie Curie Early Stage Research Fellow (PhD Position) - Department of
Psychology, University of York, UK
Applications are invited for a 36-month, fixed-term Early Stage
Researcher position to conduct a PhD in the area of computational
modelling of language processing with particular emphasis on research
into hemispheric specialisation for reading. Dr Padraic Monaghan and
Professor Andy Ellis will supervise the post, which is funded by the
European Community's Marie Curie scheme as part of the Research Training
Network in Language and Brain (http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/rtn-lab). You
will meet the eligibility criteria regarding nationality (according to
fellowship rules, applicants must be of non-British nationality and must
not have resided in the UK for more than 12 months in the last three
years) and will have or be expecting to gain a good first degree in
Psychology, Linguistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Starting salary minimum 19,460 per annum. This post is available from 1
October 2005.
Informal enquiries can be made to Padraic Monaghan (pjm21 at york.ac.uk).
The Department of Psychology at the University of York has consistently
received the highest possible ratings for its teaching and research,
with cutting-edge facilities for experimental, imaging, and
computational research. York is also a gorgeous place to live.
For details of applying, please go to:
http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/mis/cfm/vacancies/vac_detail.cfm?vacno=DR05219
--
Padraic Monaghan
Department of Psychology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
direct line: +44 (0)1904 432885; fax: +44 (0)1904 433181
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~pjm21
From eneher at gwdg.de Thu May 19 03:42:08 2005
From: eneher at gwdg.de (Erwin Neher)
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:42:08 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: Job offer
Message-ID:
Post doctoral position in Goettingen
The Department of Membrane Biophysics at the Max Planck Institute for
Biophysical Chemistry in cooperation with the Julius Bernstein Center for
Computational Neuroscience Goettingen offers a
Position (BAT IIa)
for a project in Computational Neurobiology
The project aims at modeling of various forms of dynamic neuronal networks
implementing ?realistic? short-term plasticity. Particularly, the specific
properties of short-term facilitation and depression, as observed in the
Calyx of Held are to be modeled. The task is to explore, how variations
around the experimentally observed dynamics influence network properties,
such as the number and classes of attractors, the response to transient
stimulation, and various aspects of information processing, rhythm
generation, cortical gain control and temporal filtering. In addition, we
would like to model how the particular form of short-term depression, which
is observed in our experimental system (the Calyx of Held; Forsythe, 1994;
Trommersh?user et al., 2003), influences signal processing in the auditory
pathway, of which the Calyx of Held is part.
The Max Planck Institute for biophysical Chemistry adheres to the principle
of equal opportunity employment and strongly encourages applications from
qualified women. Preference will be given to disabled applicants with the
same qualification and skills.
Please address applications to:
Prof. Dr. Erwin Neher
Membranbiophysik
Max-Planck-Institut f?r biophysikalische Chemie
Am Fassberg 11
37077 Goettingen
email: eneher at gwdg.de
http://www.mpibpc.gwdg.de/abteilungen/140/core.html
From Manuel.Davy at ec-lille.fr Fri May 20 02:55:05 2005
From: Manuel.Davy at ec-lille.fr (Davy Manuel)
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:55:05 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: Post-doc position at CNRS, Lille, France
Message-ID: <428D89C9.2020806@ec-lille.fr>
Post-Doctoral Position
Title:
Speech processing using kernel methods
Context and Topic
Performance of state-of-the-art speech recognition systems has greatly
improved over the last years. However, these systems do not fully take
advantage of today's computer computation and memory
capabilities. Kernel learning methods, such as Support Vector
Machines, have recently undegone a huge development, and already give
excellent results in fields such as image processing, when compared to
other more cassical approaches. The aim of this post-doc is to apply
and develop kernel techniques so as to improve the performance of
speech recogintion systems.
Place:
The position is based in the Laboratoire d'Automatique, de G?nie
Informatique et Signal (LAGIS) in Lille (North of France). The LAGIS
Laboratory is one of the major CNRS laboratories in Signal Processing
and Automatic Control in the North of France. The position is also
connected to the France Telecom Research Center situated in Lannion
(Brittany, France).
Duration:
The position is for one year, and it may start as soon as possible
Scientific supervision:
This research work will be supervised by Dr Manuel Davy (CNRS
researcher, Lille) (web page) and Dr Lionel Delphin-Poulat (France
Telecom Researcher, Lannion) Informations and applications:
Additional informations can be obtained from Dr Manuel Davy (Manuel
dot davy at ec dash lille dott fr) and from Dr Lionel Delphin-Poulat
(lionel ddott delphinpoulat at francetelecom dott com) - change 'dot',
'dash' and 'at' to obvious corresponding symbols. Applications should
be emailed to Dr Manuel Davy (including CV and two reference letters)
From niebur at jhu.edu Thu May 19 13:35:02 2005
From: niebur at jhu.edu (niebur@jhu.edu)
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 13:35:02 -0400
Subject: Connectionists: Programmer/analyst position in neuroscience lab at
Johns Hopkins
Message-ID: <200505191735.j4JHZ2f10943@russell.mindbrain>
Computer programmer / Analyst in neuroscience research project
Primary Duties and responsibilities: Programming in C and C++. Paradox
(objectPAL), MatLab, ODBC, AutoCAD, LabWindows CVI. Primary duties are
to design and develop a real- time data acquisition system for PC's
that can run under Qnx or Windows NT. The programmer should be
familiar with real-time NT extensions, Qnx and ideally be familiar
with neurophysiological research. The programmer must be able to
generate visual displays, control hardware. The programmer is also
responsible for system management including evaluating, maintaining
software and hardware in the lab.
Machines and equipment used: Pentium PC, Digital and analog interface=
boards. Minimum requirements: Education: BA/BS - biology/neuroscience
or computer science or related field. Special Skills/Knowledge: C
language, C++ , Dos/ Windows 95/NT, Matlab. Related work experience:
Experience with real time programming desired. Additional
information: 1-3 years programming experience desired.
Candidates must be highly motivated and be able to work
independently. The position is in the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain
Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and
provides an opportunity to be an integral part of leading edge
neuroscience research. Excellent benefits including tuition
remission. Hopkins is an equal opportunity employer.
Please contact:
Steven Hsiao
Krieger Mind/Brain Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Tel: 410-516-6409
Fax: 410-516-8648
E-mail: Steven.Hsiao at jhu.edu
--
Dr. Ernst Niebur Krieger Mind/Brain Institute
Assoc. Prof. of Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University
niebur at jhu.edu http://cnslab.mb.jhu.edu 3400 N. Charles Street
(410)516-8643, -8640 (secr), -8648 (fax), -3357 (lab) Baltimore, MD 21218
From terry at salk.edu Fri May 20 01:28:37 2005
From: terry at salk.edu (Terry Sejnowski)
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 22:28:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Connectionists: NEURAL COMPUTATION 17:7
In-Reply-To: <200504281700.j3SH0Y872819@kepler.snl.salk.edu>
Message-ID: <200505200528.j4K5SbO59466@kepler.snl.salk.edu>
Neural Computation - Contents - Volume 17, Number 7 - July 1, 2005
NOTE
Catagorization of Neural Excitability using Threshold Models
A. Tonnelier
LETTERS
Theory of the Snowflake Plot and Its Relations to Higher-Order
Analysis Methods
Gabriela Czanner, Sonja Grun and Satish Iyengar
Asymptotic Theory of Information-Theoretic Experimental Design
Liam Paninski
Maximum Likelihood Set for Estimating a Probability Mass Function
Bruno M. Jedynak and Sanjeev Khudanpur
Estimating Entropy Rates with Bayesian Confidence Intervals
Matthew B. Kennel, Jonathon Shlens, Henry D. I. Abarbanel, and
E. J. Chichilnisky
Spike Timing Precision and Neural Error Correction: Local Behavior
Michael Stiber
A New Approach to Spatial Covariance Modeling of Functional Brain
Imaging Data: Ordinal Trend Analysis
Christian Habeck, John W. Krakauer, Claude Ghez, Harold A. Sackeim,
David Eidelberg, Yaakov Stern, and James R. Moeller
Investigating the Fault Tolerance of Neural Networks
Elko B. Tchernev, Rory G. Mulvaney and Dhananjay S. Phatak
Rule Extraction from Recurrent Neural Networks: A Taxonomy and Review
Henrik Jacobsson
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From mail at jan-peters.net Sat May 21 15:53:27 2005
From: mail at jan-peters.net (Jan Peters)
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 12:53:27 -0700
Subject: Connectionists: [Call for Participation] Learning for Locomotion
Workshop
Message-ID: <36c633085cc5a60ca98ee655e7c47289@jan-peters.net>
=======================================================
Call for Participation
Robotics 2005 - Workshop: Learning for Locomotion
Cambridge, MA, USA --- June 11, 2005
=======================================================
Quick Facts
Organizers: Jan Peters, Russ Tedrake, Stefan Schaal
Conference: Robotics - Science and Systems 2005
Date: June 11, 2005
Room: To be announced
Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Website: http://www-clmc.usc.edu/~jrpeters/workshop.html
Alternate Website:
http://www.jan-peters.net/Research/LearningForLocomotion
Abstract
Over the last few decades, there has been an impressive amount of
published work on legged locomotion, including bipedal walking,
running, hopping, stand-ups, summersaults and much more. However,
despite all this progress, legged locomotion research has largely been
driven by researchers using human insight and creativity in order to
generate locomotion control algorithms. In order to improve the
robustness, energy efficiency, and natural appearance of legged
locomotion, there may be a significant advantage to using machine
learning methods to synthesize new controllers and to avoid tedious
parameter tuning. For instance, it could be advantageous to learn
dynamics models, kinematic models, impact models, for model-based
control techniques. Imitation learning could be employed for the
teaching of gaits patterns, and reinforcement learning could help
tuning parameters of the control policies in order to improve the
performance with respect to given cost functions. In this context, we
would like to bring together researchers from both the legged
locomotion and machine learning in order to discuss which locomotion
problems require learning, and to identify the machine learning methods
that can be used to solve them.
Goal
In order to better understand the application of machine learning
techniques to locomotion, our goal is to bring together researchers who
represent many different approaches to biped locomotion control with
their peers in machine learning for control. We hope to discuss future
research directions for principled machine learning approaches to biped
locomotion. The workshop will address topics such as:
* Which unsolved biped locomotion problems can be solved using learning?
* Can walking be broken down into components upon which machine
learning methods are applicable?
* What models (e.g., forward, inverse, impact) would be desirable for
controlling locomotion?
* Can machine learning methods help solve the gait generation and
foot-placement problems?
* Can human learning of locomotion yield insights for both robotics and
machine learning?
* Which machine learning algorithms are suitable for online
implementation on the robot, and which problems can be solved in
simulation?
* What cost functions should be used to describe "optimal" walking, and
what experiments should be done to test our controllers?
Furthermore, we intend to kick-off the Legged Robot Control Competition.
Program
The tentative program and list of speakers can be found at the
Workshops Website ( http://www-clmc.usc.edu/~jrpeters/workshop.html )
or the alternative website (
http://www.jan-peters.net/Research/LearningForLocomotion ).
Organizers
The workshop is organized by Jan Peters, Russ Tedrake and Stefan
Schaal, from the Departments of Computer Science and Neuroscience,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA and from the
Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Location and More Information
The most up-to-date information about Robotics - Science and Systems
2005 can be found on the Robotics 2005 website (
http://www.robotics-conference.org ).
From cmbishop at microsoft.com Wed May 25 09:36:33 2005
From: cmbishop at microsoft.com (Christopher Bishop)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 14:36:33 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship,
Darwin College and Microsoft Research, Cambridge U.K.
Message-ID: <6C6555DF5D075A4EA6D27706F4EC597502AA324E@EUR-MSG-10.europe.corp.microsoft.com>
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Adaptive Computing
DARWIN COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE
Microsoft Research Fellowship
The Governing Body of Darwin College Cambridge and Microsoft Research
jointly invite applications for a stipendiary Research Fellowship
supporting research in the field of adaptive computing (including topics
such as pattern recognition, probabilistic inference, machine learning
and computer vision). Applicants should hold a PhD or should be
expecting to have submitted their thesis prior to commencement of the
Fellowship.
The Fellowship will be tenable for two years commencing 1 January 2006
or on a date to be agreed. The successful candidate will work at the
Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge in the Machine Learning and
Perception group. Information about the laboratory and about the group
is available from http://research.microsoft.com/cambridge/. Further
details about the College are available from the College website
http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk.
The closing date for applications is 13 June 2005.
Eligibility
Men and women graduates of any university are eligible to apply,
irrespective of age, provided they have a doctorate or an equivalent
qualification, or expect to have submitted their thesis before taking up
the Fellowship.
Duties
The successful candidate will engage in research full-time at the
Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge. The Fellow will be a member
of the Governing Body of Darwin College and will be subject to the
Statutes and Ordinances of the College which may be seen on request to
the Bursar. The Statutes include the obligation to reside in or near
Cambridge for at least two-thirds of each University term, but the
Governing Body will normally excuse absences made necessary by the
nature of the research undertaken.
Stipend and Emoluments
The stipend will be dependent upon age and experience. Membership of the
Universities' Superannuation Scheme is optional. In addition the Fellow
will be able to take seven meals per week at the College table free of
charge and additional meals at his or her own expense. Guests may be
invited to all meals (within the limits of available accommodation), ten
of them free of charge within any quarter of the year. College
accommodation will be provided, subject to availability, or an
accommodation allowance will be paid in lieu. In addition to a salary
the Fellowship provides funding for conference participation.
Applications
Applications (in Word, PDF or txt format only) should be by emailed to
cambpdoc at microsoft.com with the subject line 'Darwin Microsoft
Fellowship'. They should arrive by 13 June 2005 and should include (1) a
curriculum vitae, (2) an account, in not more than 1000 words, of the
proposed research, including a brief statement of the aims and
background to it, (3) the names and addresses of three referees
(including telephone, fax and email co-ordinates), WHO SHOULD BE ASKED
TO EMAIL REFERENCES IMMEDIATELY DIRECT TO THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS, and
(4) a list of published or unpublished work that would be available for
submission if requested. Short-listed candidates may be asked to make
themselves available for interview at Darwin College on a date to be
arranged. Election will be made as soon as possible thereafter.
Travelling expenses for interviewees will be covered.
- The College follows an equal opportunities policy -
From frank.ritter at psu.edu Tue May 24 23:48:06 2005
From: frank.ritter at psu.edu (Frank Ritter)
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 23:48:06 -0400
Subject: Connectionists: CogModeling notes: ICCM 2006 / CogSci06 tutorials /
ONR Position
Message-ID:
[please forward this as/if appropriate]
This is based on the International Cognitive Modeling Conference
mailing list, which I maintain. I've added myself to your list in
order to send this to you.
I send the messages out by hand using some Emacs functions. The first
announcement is the one that is driving this email, the announcement
of ICCM 2006. I don't anticipate much more traffic though, until the
next ICCM in Trieste in 2006 has its paper call to go out for formally
in the autumn.
I forward messages about twice a year.
cheers,
Frank
1. 2006 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling
Thursday, 4 April 2006 to 8 April 2006, in Trieste, Italy
http://iccm2006.units.it/
2. Tutorial program at 2005 Cognitive Science Conference,
Wed 20 July 2005: ACT-R/Chrest/COGENT/Event-related Brain Potentials/LSA
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/keller/cogsci05/program_tutorials.html
(registration also up today!)
3. Cognitive modeling/human factors/HCI position at Office of Naval Research
Closing date, 1 June 2005
http://chart.donhr.navy.mil/JobSearch/jobdetail.asp?strView=0&vid=60910
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1. 2006 International Conf. on Cognitive Modeling
Thursday, 4 April 2006 to 8 April 2006, in Trieste, Italy
http://iccm2006.units.it/ or contact iccm2006 at units.it.
This continues the series of ICCM conferences. The last conference
was at Pittsburgh. http://simon.lrdc.pitt.edu/~iccm/ This
conference will build on that one's success.
Paper submissions (6 pages) provisionally due November 20th, 2005.
***************************************************
2. Tutorial Program at Cognitive Science 2005, 20 July 2005
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/keller/cogsci05/program_tutorials.html
Tutorials will present tutorial material, that is, provide results
that are established and will do so in an interactive format. They
tend to involve an introduction to technical skills or methods. This
year the set of tutorials is focused on a range of cognitive
architectures for modeling and teaching higher-level cognition, and
on a method for gathering data. They will include substantial review of
material. The level of presentation assumes that the attendees have at least
a first degree in a cognate area.
There is a student rate, and such students must bring their ID to
show at registration.
Attendance at the tutorials does not require conference registration,
but tutorial registration does not provide conference entrance.
There are five tutorials this year (one with two parts). They are
likely to cost about $63 (about 35 pounds or 50 Euros) for each
half-day tutorial and 30e ($38) for students. Payment can be made
using the registration site on the conference page, or can be paid
for on the day (if space is available, which is likely). The program
includes handouts, and a tea and a coffee break (including
biscuits). There will be a meeting of the tutorial committee and
tutors after the tutorials, location to be announced at the
tutorials.
TOPICS
MORNING
Peter Lane and Fernand Gobet: CHREST Tutorial: Simulations of Human Learning
Richard Cooper: An introduction to the COGENT Cognitive Modelling Environment
Matthias Schlesewsky and Ina Bornkessel: Event-Related Brain
Potentials in Language
(Part 1: Introduction)
Afternoon
Niels Taatgen and Hedderik van Rijn: ACT-R Tutorial
Benoit Lemaire and Guy Denhiere: Latent Semantic Analysis
Matthias Schlesewsky and Ina Bornkessel: Event-Related Brain
Potentials in Language
(Part 2: Advanced Topics)
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3. Cognitive modeling/human factors/HCI position at Office of Naval Research
http://chart.donhr.navy.mil/JobSearch/jobdetail.asp?strView=0&vid=60910
Contact Susan Chipman (below) for more details.
Program Officer, Human Factors (Industrial engineer)
The Office of Naval Research is seeking a qualified individual to
manage sponsored basic/applied research, and advanced development
program and projects in the broad area of human factors engineering.
The sponsored efforts are conducted at US universities and industry
or Federal Labs. This is a civil service position at the GS-14/15
level ($88k-135k) depending on individual qualifications.
The position requires knowledge and experience in the fundamental
theories, concepts, and current state-of-the art research and/or
technology development in the areas of human systems integration,
human factors engineering, and industrial engineering including but
not limited to, human decision making, organizational design and
architectures, models for human-computer interaction, including
computational models of human cognitive processing.
For information on qualifications and how to apply, see the job
announcements at our web site http://www.onr.navy.mil/hr.
Susan writes:
The quality of the people who end up in these positions is extremely
important to the research community as well as to the Navy. The
person in this position will have the opportunity to shape research
programs and investments for many years to come. Program officers at
ONR have real power of decision in funding. In addition, a less
visible aspect of their role is developing ideas, mega-proposals one
might say, and obtaining funding for them. Despite the use of the
term, "engineer", I am sure that cognitive scientists [and I would
suggest, HCI] with many different formal degrees would be able to get
this position, as long as they have appropriate expertise. The
government never has absolute degree requirements. Application of
cognitive modeling to human systems integration is of particular
interest.
for more information, contact:
Susan F. Chipman, Ph.D.
ONR Code 342
800 N. Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22217-5660
phone: 703-696-4318
fax: 703-696-1212
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From cindy at bu.edu Fri May 27 10:38:20 2005
From: cindy at bu.edu (Cynthia Bradford)
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 10:38:20 -0400
Subject: Connectionists: Neural Networks 18(4) 2005: Special Issue on Emotion
and Brain
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NEURAL NETWORKS 18(4)
Contents - Volume 18, Number 4 - 2005
Special Issue on "Emotion and Brain: Understanding Emotions and Modelling
their Recognition", J.G. Taylor, K. Scherer, and R. Cowie (editors)
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Introduction to the Special Issue
J.G. Taylor, K. Scherer, and R. Cowie
A systems approach to appraisal mechanisms in emotion
David Sander, Didier Grandjean, and Klaus R. Scherer
The interaction of attention and emotion
John G. Taylor and Nickolaos Fragopanagos
Beyond emotion archetypes: Databases for emotion modelling using neural
networks
Roddy Cowie, Ellen Douglas-Cowie, and Cate Cox
Emotion recognition in human-computer interaction
N. Fragopanagos and J.G. Taylor
Challenges in real-life emotion annotation and machine learning based
detection
Laurence Devillers, Laurence Vidrascu, and Lori Lamel
Emotion recognition through facial expression analysis based on a neurofuzzy
network
Spiros V. Ioannou, Amaryllis T. Raouzaiou, Vasilis A. Tzouvaras, Theofilos
P. Mailis, Kostas C. Karpouzis, and Stefanos D. Kollias
ASR for emotional speech: Clarifying the issues and enhancing performance
T. Athanaselis, S. Bakamidis, I. Dologlou, R. Cowie, E. Douglas-Cowie, and
C. Cox
Emotion understanding from the perspective of autonomous robot research
Lola Canamero
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From: masulli at disi.unige.it (Francesco Masulli)
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 12:50:00 +0200
Subject: Connectionists: SECOND AND LAST CALL CFP: CIBB 2005 - paper
submission deadline 30 May 2005
Message-ID: <200505271250.00963.masulli@disi.unige.it>
SECOND AND LAST CALL FOR PAPERS
CIBB 2005
Second International Meeting on Computational Intelligence Methods for
Bioinformatics and Biostatistics
Crema, ITALY -- September 15-17, 2005
Meeting Website: http://cibb05.disi.unige.it/
CIBB 2005 addresses a cutting edge area of application of Neural Networks,
Fuzzy Logic and Evolutionary Computation methods.
Technical areas include, but are not limited to:
- Data and methods for prognosis
- Data and methods for diagnosis
- Integration of clinical and genetic data
- Proteomics
- Pharmacogenetics
CIBB 2005 is jointly organized by
- BIOPATTERNS, European Network of Excellence on Computational Intelligence
for Biopattern analysis in Support of eHealthcare
- INNS, International Neural Network Society
- SIREN, Italian Neural Networks Society
CIBB 2005 will took place at
Dipartimento di Tecnologie dell'Informazione
Universita' degli Studi di Milano
via Bramante 65, I-26013 Crema, ITALY
in connection with WILF 2005 - Sixth International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic
and Applications (http://dsa.uniparthenope.it/wilf2005/)
All accepted papers submitted by registered participants
to WILF 2005 will be included in the proceedings book of WILF 2005,
that will be published by an international Publisher.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: 30 May 2005
Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2005
Camera ready papers due: 15 July 2005
Meeting: 15-17 September 2005
Submission of papers:
Papers must not be longer than 6 pages, including a cover
sheet stating: (1) Paper title; (2) Keywords; (3) Authors names
and affiliations; (4) Corresponding author's name and contact details,
including telephone/fax numbers and e-mail address.
For electronic submission refer to the
CIBB 2005 web site http://cibb05.disi.unige.it/.
Chairs
Francesco Masulli University of Pisa (Italy)
Antonina Starita University of Pisa (Italy)
Roberto Tagliaferri University of Salerno (Italy)
International Program Committee
Giovanni Cuda, University of Catanzaro, Italy
Alexandru Floares, Oncological Institute Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Jon Garibaldi, University of Nottingham, UK
Nik Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, NZ
Natalio Krasnogor, University of Nottingham, UK
Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou, Rutgers University, NJ - USA
Sushmita Mitra, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, India
Alberto Paccanaro,Yale University, CT, USA
David Alejandro Pelta, University of Granada, Spain
Udo Seiffert, Leibniz Institute, Gatersleben, Germany
L?onard Studer, ABMI SA, Dorigny Lausanne, Switzerland
Anna Tramontano, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
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From stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk Wed May 25 12:30:02 2005
From: stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk (Stefan Wermter)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 17:30:02 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: Stipend funding available for MSc Intelligent
Systems
Message-ID: <4294A80A.3010708@sunderland.ac.uk>
Stipends available for MSc Intelligent Systems
-----------------------------------------------
We are pleased to announce that for eligible EU students we have obtained
funding to offer a bursary for our MSc Intelligent Systems in October 2005
of about 8.000 EURO (about 5500 pounds) as fee waiver and stipend.
***Please forward to students who may be interested.***
The School of Computing and Technology, University of Sunderland
is delighted to announce the launch of its MSc Intelligent Systems
programme for October 2005. Building on the School's leading edge
research in intelligent systems this masters programme will be
funded via the ESF scheme (see below).
Intelligent Systems is an exciting field of study for science and
industry since the currently existing computing systems have
often not yet reached the various aspects of human performance.
"Intelligent Systems" is a term to describe software systems and
methods, which simulate aspects of intelligent behaviour. The intention
is to learn from nature and human performance in order to build more
powerful computing systems. The aim is to learn from cognitive science,
neuroscience, biology, engineering, and linguistics for building more
powerful computational system architectures. In this programme a
wide variety of novel and exciting techniques will be taught including
neural networks, intelligent robotics, machine learning, natural language
processing, vision, evolutionary genetic computing, data mining,
fuzzy methods, and hybrid intelligent architectures.
Funding of about 5500 pounds (about 8.000 Euro) for eligible EU students
------------------------------
The Bursary Scheme applies to this Masters programme commencing
October 2005 and we have obtained funding through the European
Social Fund (ESF). ESF support enables the University to waive the
normal tuition fee and provide a bursary of 50 per week for 45 weeks
for eligible EU students, together up to about 5500 pounds or about 8000 Euro.
For further information in the first instance please see:
http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/Teaching_frame.html
http://osiris.sund.ac.uk/webedit/allweb/courses/progmode.php?prog=G550A&mode=FT&mode2=&dmode=C
http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/teaching/sund_is_app.pdf
For information on applications and start dates contact:
gillian.potts at sunderland.ac.uk Tel: 0191 515 2758
For academic information about the programme contact:
alfredo.moscardini at sunderland.ac.uk
Please forward to interested students.
Stefan
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Stefan Wermter
Professor for Intelligent Systems
Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems
School of Computing and Technology
University of Sunderland
St Peters Way
Sunderland SR6 0DD
United Kingdom
phone: +44 191 515 3279
fax: +44 191 515 3553
email: stefan.wermter at sunderland.ac.uk
http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0stw/
http://www.his.sunderland.ac.uk/
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From b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk Mon May 30 10:14:48 2005
From: b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk (Bruce Philip Graham)
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 15:14:48 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Connectionists: FINAL CALL: Neuroinformatics Simulation Tools Summer
School
In-Reply-To: <4336.139.153.254.219.1115141677.squirrel@www.cs.stir.ac.uk>
References: <4336.139.153.254.219.1115141677.squirrel@www.cs.stir.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <1181.213.78.103.162.1117462488.squirrel@www.cs.stir.ac.uk>
Dear all,
Please note that the application deadline for our
summer school is only ONE WEEK away (6th June)!
> 2005 EDINBURGH SUMMER SCHOOL IN NEUROINFORMATICS
>
> SIMULATION TOOLS
>
> Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation
> University of Edinburgh.
>
> August 22-26, 2005
> * Application deadline: 6th June 2005 *
>
> This summer school in Neuroinformatics Simulation Tools is a
> five day intensive course which will provide a practical
> introduction
> to using neuroscience simulation tools including NEURON and Catacomb
> for computational modelling of neural systems.
>
> The course will be held in the Institute for Adaptive and Neural
> Computation in the centre of Edinburgh and will include talks from
> invited speakers as well as practical hands-on experience using the
> latest simulation tools.
>
> The course is aimed at PhD students, postdocs and faculty in
> neuroscience and related disciplines wishing to learn how to apply
> computational modelling techniques to their research problems.
>
> Bursaries are available for PhD students to cover accommodation
> costs.
>
> For more details, and an online application form visit:-
> http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/school
>
>
--
Dr Bruce Graham, Lecturer (b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk)
Dept. of Computing Science and Mathematics,
University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
phone: +44 1786 467 432 fax: +44 1786 464 551
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From zoubin at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Sun May 29 22:34:50 2005
From: zoubin at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk (Zoubin Ghahramani)
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 03:34:50 +0100
Subject: Connectionists: AISTATS 2005 full proceedings available online
Message-ID: <17050.31690.795936.893269@pitts.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk>
The full proceedings of the 2005 AI and Statistics Workshop are now
available online, both as individual papers and as a single pdf file.
Please see:
http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/aistats/proceedings.htm
A bibtex file of all papers in the proceedings is also available at
this site.
Sincerely,
Zoubin Ghahramani and Robert Cowell
co-chairs