Connectionists: Announcement of conference in Arlington, TX, November 3-4, on Goal-Directed Neural Systems

[Levine, Daniel S]

First Announcement and Call for Participation

Conference on Goal-Directed Neural Systems

Nedderman Hall, University of Texas at Arlington

Friday, November 3, and Saturday, November 4, 2006

 

 

Sponsors:

Texas Special Interest Group (SIG) of the International Neural Network
Society (INNS)

Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics (MIND)

University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)

 

Conference Theme:

The conference focuses on both biological and artificial neural networks
that are capable of forming autonomous goals and proactively interacting
with their environments to pursue those goals.  This includes generating
hypothesis about the external world, testing their hypotheses by actions
on the environment, and perceiving and evaluating the consequences of
their actions.  The conference is partially a continuation of the
Workshop on Intentional Systems after the 2005 International Joint
Conference on Neural Networks in Montreal.

 

Confirmed Speakers:\

Paul Werbos, National Science Foundation

Donald Wunsch, University of Missouri at Rolla

Robert Kozma, University of Memphis

Leonid Perlovsky, Harvard University

Jose Principe, University of Florida

Daniel Levine, University of Texas at Arlington

Frank Lewis, University of Texas at Arlington

Risto Miikkulainen, University of Texas at Austin

Gerhard Werner, University of Texas at Austin

Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, Texas A&M University

Yoonsuck Choe, Texas A&M University

Derek Harter, Texas A&M University at Commerce

Horatiu Voicu, University of Texas Medical Center at Houston

 

Registration and Fees:

Conference registration is

$90 for employed non-members of INNS or MIND (other than invited
speakers);

$50 for employed INNS or MIND members;

$30 for students who are not MIND or INNS members;

$15 for students who are MIND or INNS members

 

We will attempt to set up on-line registration through a MIND web site
under construction.  But meanwhile registration can be paid at the
conference, or by a check made out to "MIND" and sent to:

 

Professor Daniel S. Levine

Department of Psychology

501 South Nedderman Drive

University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, TX 76019-0528

 

Hotel:

A block of rooms is available for the nights of Thursday, November 4,
through Saturday, November 6, at the Arlington Hilton at 2401 East Lamar
Boulevard (about 3 miles northeast of the UTA campus meeting site).  The
conference rate is $85 a night plus 15% tax and $.90 assessment fee.
You can reserve a room at this rate through October 27 by calling the
hotel at 817-640-3322 and identifying yourself as an attendee of the
Neural Network Conference at UTA.