From owner-gann-list Sun Apr 2 01:28:52 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id BAA19462 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 2 Apr 1995 01:03:33 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id BAA19449 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Sun, 2 Apr 1995 01:03:18 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: dogu@tbtk.metu.edu.tr (Dogu Cetin) X-Originator: dogu@tbtk.metu.edu.tr (Dogu Cetin) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 95 14:05:20 +0300 Message-Id: <9503261005.AA11089@tbtk.metu.edu.tr> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Speaker Identification/verification Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Hello, I am Dogu Cetin, a member of Scientific and Technical Reseach Council of Turkey, Speech Processing Group. I am interested in Speaker Verification, Identification. I have used Neural Network and Vector Quantization based methods in my experiments untill now. I want to use Genetic Algorithms in Speaker Identification. If you are interested in Speaker identification with Genetic Algorithms, you may help me such as if you send me references, internet adresses of related works, pointers, I will be happy. DOGU CETIN TUBITAK Ankara Electronics 06531, Balgat, ODTU ANKARA , TURKEY Tel : 90.312.210 13 10 & 90.312.210 13 11 Fax : 90.312.210 13 15 e-mail : dogu@tbtk.metu.edu.tr From owner-gann-list Sun Apr 2 01:28:53 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id BAA19674 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 2 Apr 1995 01:04:49 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id BAA19667 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Sun, 2 Apr 1995 01:04:44 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: rogoldthwaite@ucdavis.edu (Ron Goldthwaite) X-Originator: rogoldthwaite@ucdavis.edu (Ron Goldthwaite) X-Sender: fzgoldth@peseta.ucdavis.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 18:48:58 -0800 To: udah289@kcl.ac.uk Subject: Re: Kauffman ref. Cc: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Hi, Since I doubt many people in this group regularly read the journal 'Nature', I'll note that a pertinent editorial-style story on Kauffman's recent debate with John Maynard Smith (who is doyen of modelling-minded biologists) appeared in the 2/16/95 issue, page 555. The gist of the editorial is that it was a non-debate - the two were too well-mannered (indeed, Kauffman was one of Smith's first graduate students about 1960), and this was unfortunate, because the debate's topic was Kauffman's model of evolution and how relevent it is to the history of aeons of biological evolution. Smith objected that "We still do not know whether, if the environment were to stay constant, evolution would come to a stop", despite Kauffman's models and appeals to critical states of complex systems. Also noted is that Smith's real objection may be that "You see, Stu, I don't find it *interesting*" - Kauffman's model is at best a heuristic sketch, and biologists have also to deal with the real data of biology as found. Kauffman's book when it first appeared. Ron R. Goldthwaite, Psychology and Animal behavior | Career trajectory: from Dept. Psychology, U.California |Artifical Intelligence (AI), Davis, CA 95616 (916) 752 5655/1880 |to Natural Stupidities (NS). rogoldthwaite@ucdavis.edu From owner-gann-list Tue Apr 4 22:51:58 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA14608 for gann-list-outgoing; Tue, 4 Apr 1995 22:32:50 -0500 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA14598 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Tue, 4 Apr 1995 22:32:44 -0500 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: pja@barbarian.endicott.ibm.com (Peter J. Angeline) X-Originator: pja@barbarian.endicott.ibm.com (Peter J. Angeline) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 11:20:00 -0400 Message-Id: <9504041520.AA14075@barbarian.endicott.ibm.com> To: EP-List@magenta.me.fau.edu, Genetic-Programming@CS.Stanford.EDU, TIERRA@life.slhs.udel.edu, alife@cognet.ucla.edu, cells@tce.ing.uniroma1.it, cellular-automata@think.com, colt@cs.uiuc.edu, connectionists@MAILBOX.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU, evolutionary-computing@mailbase.ac.uk, ga-molecule-approval@interval.com, gann-list@cs.iastate.edu, ml@ics.uci.edu, neuron-request@CATTELL.psych.upenn.edu Subject: CFP for Genetic Programming Workshop at ICGA95 Reply-To: pja@lfs.loral.com Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Call for Participation Advances in Genetic Programming Workshop at ICGA-95 and _Advances in Genetic Programming II_ to be published by MIT Press An informal workshop on Genetic Programming is planned for ICGA-95. This workshop is intended to bring together conference attendees interested in Genetic Programming in a more informal format to foster discussion and review the most recent work in the field. The workshop will consist of several presentations by researchers currently working on various advanced topics in Genetic Programming. As with the GP workshop at ICGA-93, an edited book of papers archiving current state-of-the-art research in Genetic Programming is also planned. This book will be comprised of papers chiefly from the workshop but will also include additional original submitted work. We are currently soliciting submissions both for presentation at the workshop and for publication in the edited book. Appropriate topics include, but are not restricted to, the following: o Theory of genetic programming o Extensions to Genetic Programming o Evolution of Modular GP structures o Comparisons between Genetic Programming and other techniques o Coevolution in GP o Novel applications of Genetic Programming Authors interested in presenting at the workshop and/or being considered for inclusion to the book should submit an extended abstract describing their work to one of the workshop organizers listed below no later than June 6, 1995. Abstracts describing work-in-progress will be considered but will be given a lower priority than abstracts reporting results. Extended abstracts should be no longer than 3 pages in 12 pt. font, including graphs and references, when printed. Please submit postscript and/or ASCII via email if possible, although hardcopies will also be accepted. Abstracts describing work accepted for presentation at ICGA-95 should NOT be submitted. Please mark your abstract with the phrase "WORKSHOP", "BOOK" or "WORKSHOP AND BOOK" to signify your submission's status. All unmarked submissions will be considered for inclusion to both the workshop and book. Authors of abstracts tentatively accepted for the book must submit a full paper describing their work to the editors on or before August 1, 1995. Authors will be notified of final acceptance to the edited book on August 28, 1995. Additional information concerning preparation of the paper for the edited book will be sent to participants after final acceptance. Camera ready papers will be due September 19 with publication in spring of 1996. Abstracts for both the workshop and the edited book will be selected for their originality, clarity and contribution to Genetic Programming. Important Dates: ---------------- June 6, 1995 Extended Abstracts Due to workshop organizers June 25, 1995 Notification of abstracts selected for the workshop and tentative acceptance of abstracts for edited book. July 15-19, 1995 ICGA-95 Conference August 1, 1995 Papers for book must be RECEIVED by editors. August 28, 1995 Final notification for acceptance to edited book sent. Sept. 19, 1995 Final Camera-ready copies must be RECEIVED. Workshop Organizers / Editors: Peter J. Angeline Loral Federal Systems MD 0210 1801 State Route 17C Owego, NY 13827 pja@lfs.loral.com Kim Kinnear Adaptive Computing Technology 62 Picnic Rd Boxboro, MA 01719 kinnear@adapt.com From owner-gann-list Sun Apr 9 18:13:23 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA29155 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 9 Apr 1995 17:52:22 -0500 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA29148 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Sun, 9 Apr 1995 17:52:21 -0500 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: "ZHAO JUN ()" X-Originator: "ZHAO JUN ()" Via: uk.ac.greenwich; Fri, 7 Apr 1995 09:59:08 +0100 7 Apr 95 10:02:29 GMT Organization: the University of Greenwich To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 10:01:54 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: References on coevolution and Journals Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Windows (v1.22) Message-ID: Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Dear all, I am looking for references on coevolution strategy in GAs and Journals on GAs/Evoultionary Computing. I would like any information on above subject. If you have any, please directly send it to me. Thank you in advance. Jun Zhao ------------------------------------------------------- CIS School University of Greenwich Wellington St. Woolwich London, SE18 6PF Email: J.Zhao@greenwich.ac.uk Email: J.Zhao@greenwich.ac.uk Tel: 44 (0)181 331 8251, Fax: 44 (0)181 331 8566 ------------------------------------------------------- From owner-gann-list Mon Apr 10 20:46:08 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id UAA28008 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 20:15:41 -0500 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id UAA27991 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 20:15:36 -0500 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: pja@barbarian.endicott.ibm.com (Peter J. Angeline) X-Originator: pja@barbarian.endicott.ibm.com (Peter J. Angeline) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 13:04:26 -0400 Message-Id: <9504101704.AA12914@barbarian.endicott.ibm.com> To: EP-List@magenta.me.fau.edu, Genetic-Programming@CS.Stanford.EDU, TIERRA@life.slhs.udel.edu, alife@cognet.ucla.edu, colt@cs.uiuc.edu, connectionists@MAILBOX.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU, evolutionary-computing@mailbase.ac.uk, ga-molecule-approval@interval.com, gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Student Travel Assistance to ICGA Reply-To: pja@lfs.loral.com Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk There is a limited amount of money set aside for student travel assistance to this year's ICGA. Below is the relevant information. I encourage everyone to look at the ICGA95 homepage at URL: http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil:80/galist/icga95/ for additional details. I've included some information below. -pete +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Peter J. Angeline, PhD | | | Advanced Technologies Dept. | | | Loral Federal Systems | | | State Route 17C | I have nothing to say, | | Mail Drop 0210 | and I am saying it. | | Owego, NY 13827-3994 | | | Voice: (607)751-4109 | - John Cage | | Fax: (607)751-6025 | | | Email: pja@lfs.loral.com | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Travel Assistance Information ----------------------------- The Naval Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence at the Naval Research Laboratory and the ICGA-95 conference committee has provided a limited amount of funds for student travel assistance to ICGA-95. Travel assistance will be granted to those students demonstrating a need and will be limited to partial compensation for travel expenses to the conference site. No other expenses will be considered. Important Information --------------------- To Receive Travel Assistance: o Make a formal request for travel assistance funds to the conference financial chair. Contact information is below. Email is the preferred method of applying for funds. o Have your advisor forward a letter (email or fax) to the conference financial chair verifying your current status as a student and certifying that sufficient travel funds are not available. Please have them include their email address for verification. o Both of these must be sent by May 22, 1995. o Notification of travel assistance will be sent by 5/29/95. o Once you receive notification of a travel assistance award, send confirmation to the financial chair that you will attend the conference. Confirmation must be received no later than 6/8/95. Unconfirmed travel grants may be reallocated to other applicants! o Register for the conference as soon as possible! Registering for the conference early will increase your chances of receiving funds. Summary of Important Dates -------------------------- April 5, 1995: Notifications mailed to authors. May 22, 1995: Request for assistance and advisor letter sent to financial chair. May 29, 1995: Notification of travel grants sent to applicants. June 11, 1995: Last day for early registration. June 12, 1995: Confirmation of attendance must be sent to financial chair. July 15-20, 1995: Conference Dates. FAQs ---- Q: My company won't cover my airfare. Can I apply for travel assistance? o Funds are limited to assisting only students. Q: When will I receive my travel assistance grant? o Funds will be distributed at the conference registration desk during conference check-in. Q: How much money will I get? o Funds will be allocated based on need and distance traveled to the conference site (Pittsburgh, PA USA) NOT ON COST OF TRANSPORTATION. You should make your travel plans early so you can get the best deal. Travel grants WILL NOT cover the full cost of the travel expenses so that as many students as possible can receive assistance. Q: If I request travel assistance after the deadline, will I still have a chance of receiving funds? o There is a chance but it depends on how many people who met the deadline don't use their travel grants. You will be limited how much assistance they were offered. It pays to complete your request early! Q: Can I ask for a waiver of registration fees? o No. Assistance is only for travel costs. ICGA-95 student registration fees are among the lowest for a conference of this size. In a sense, all student registration is already being subsidized by the conference. Watch this space for additional information and updates! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the financial chair: Peter J. Angeline Voice: (607)751-4109 Fax: (607)751-6025 Email: pja@lfs.loral.com From owner-gann-list Thu Apr 13 12:20:03 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA05490 for gann-list-outgoing; Thu, 13 Apr 1995 11:57:39 -0500 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA05482 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Thu, 13 Apr 1995 11:57:38 -0500 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: peter@ai.iit.nrc.ca (Peter Turney) X-Originator: peter@ai.iit.nrc.ca (Peter Turney) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 09:08:22 +0500 Message-Id: <9504131308.AA15405@ksl0j.iit.nrc.ca> To: gann@cs.iastate.edu Subject: CFP: special issue of Evolutionary Computation Cc: peter@ai.iit.nrc.ca X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Content-Length: 5277 Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Call for Papers EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION Special Issue on EVOLUTION, LEARNING, AND INSTINCT: 100 YEARS OF THE BALDWIN EFFECT In 1896, James Mark Baldwin proposed that individual learning can explain evolutionary phenomena that appear to require Lamarckian inheritance of acquired characteristics. The ability of individuals to learn can guide the evolutionary process. In effect, learning smoothes the fitness landscape, thus facilitating evolution. This first aspect of the Baldwin effect has recently received much attention, especially for its applications to computational problem solving. In evolutionary algorithms, local search is analogous to individual learning. Improvements found via local search change the fitness of an individual without changing the actual genotype. Baldwin further proposed that abilities that initially require learning are eventually replaced by the evolution of genetically determined systems that do not require learning. Thus learned behaviours may become instinctive behaviours in subsequent generations, without appealing to Lamarckian inheritance. This aspect of the Baldwin effect deserves more attention. Recent work suggests that intuitive abilities in human language, physics, biology, and arithmetic may be largely instinctive. The Baldwin effect can help us understand the relationship between learning and instinct. Furthermore, increased understanding of this second aspect of the Baldwin effect may enable us to improve the performance of computational problem solving by hybrids of genetic algorithms and local search algorithms. A special issue of Evolutionary Computation is planned for 1996, the 100th anniversary of Baldwin's paper. Evolutionary Computation provides an international forum for facilitating and enhancing the exchange of information among researchers involved in both the theoretical and practical aspects of computational systems of an evolutionary nature. Papers are solicited that address both theoretical and computational work related to evolution, learning, instinct and the Baldwin Effect. Examples of topics of interest include: * When is learning advantageous? Learning can facilitate evolution by allowing individuals to more quickly adapt to fitness landscapes that would otherwise be difficult to exploit; however, the ability to learn weakens the selective forces acting on an individual, which can slow evolutionary change. * When is instinctive behaviour advantageous? Instincts can be fast and dependable in a static environment, although they may not be able to cope with radical environmental change. Thus the trade off between instinctual and learned responses may have implications for search and learning in dynamic computational environments. machinery should be modifiable by experience (local search) and what parts should be determined by evolution (genetic search)? For network, the genetic algorithm determines the network architecture and back propagation determines the network weights. Is there a Baldwinian justification for this division of labour? * How does learned behaviour become instinctive? It seems plausible that, for some learned behaviours, there is no evolutionary path that leads to an instinctive replacement for the behaviour. For techniques can we use to encourage learned behaviours to evolve into instinctive behaviours? Further Information For more information, see "http://ai.iit.nrc.ca/baldwin/cfp.html" on the World Wide Web or send a message to the contact address listed below. Instructions for Submitting Papers Papers should describe mature work that is original in nature and has not been published elsewhere. Manuscripts should be approximately 8,000 to 12,000 words in length and formatted for 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper, single-sided and double-spaced. The first page should include the title, abstract, key words, and author information (name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address). The text of the paper should begin on the second page and continue on consecutively numbered pages. For more information on the format, consult the inside back cover of a recent issue of Evolutionary Computation. Send five hard copies (not faxes) to the contact address listed below. Electronic submissions in PostScript are also acceptable. Important Dates Manuscripts due: February 1, 1996 Acceptance notification: May 1, 1996 Final manuscript due: August 1, 1996 Planned Publication date of issue: December 1996 Guest Editors Peter D. Turney, National Research Council, Canada Darrell Whitley, Colorado State University, USA Russell W. Anderson, University of California, USA Contact Address Dr. Peter Turney Knowledge Systems Laboratory Institute for Information Technology National Research Council Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6 (613) 993-8564 (office) (613) 952-7151 (fax) peter@ai.iit.nrc.ca From owner-gann-list Mon Apr 17 18:00:29 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA23709 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 17 Apr 1995 17:55:25 -0500 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA23702 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Mon, 17 Apr 1995 17:55:22 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 17:55:22 -0500 From: GANN List Admin Message-Id: <199504172255.RAA23702@cs.iastate.edu> Apparently-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------- EPIA'95 WORKSHOPS - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION NEURAL NETWORKS AND GENETIC ALGORITHMS -------------------------------------------------------- A subsection of the: FUZZY LOGIC AND NEURAL NETWORKS IN ENGINEERING WORKSHOP ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------- Seventh Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal October 3-6, 1995 (Under the auspices of the Portuguese Association for AI) -------------------------------------------- REMEMBER: SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 2, 1995 -------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks in Engineering, running during the Seventh Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA'95), includes a subsection on Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms. This subsection of the workshop will be devoted to models of simulating human reasoning and behaviour based on GA and NN combinations. Recently in disciplines such as AI, Engineering, Robotics and Artificial Life there has been a networks and genetic algorithms which enables modelling of more realistic flexible and adaptive behaviour and learning. investigating and characterizing the nature of complex reasoning and control behaviour. Participants are expected to base their contribution on current research and the workshop emphasis will be on wide-ranging discussions of the feasibility and application to promote the exchange of ideas and approaches in these areas and for these methods, through paper presentations, open discussions, and the corresponding exhibition of running systems, demonstrations or simulations. COORDINATION OF THIS SUBSECTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mukesh Patel Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) P.O.Box 1385, GR 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece Voice: +30 (81) 39 16 35 Fax: +30 (81) 39 16 01/09 Email: mukesh@ics.forth.gr The submission requirements, attendance and deadlines information are the same of the workshop, which Call for Papers is enclosed. Further inquiries could be addressed either to the subsection coordinator or the Workshop address. ============================================================================= ============================================================================= ============================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------- EPIA'95 WORKSHOPS - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION FUZZY LOGIC AND NEURAL NETWORKS IN ENGINEERING WORKSHOP -------------------------------------------------------- Seventh Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal October 3-6, 1995 (Under the auspices of the Portuguese Association for AI) INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Seventh Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA'95) will be held at Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, between October 3-6, 1995. As in previous cases ('89, '91, and '93), EPIA'95 will be run as an international conference, English being the official language. The scientific program includes tutorials, invited lectures, demonstrations, and paper presentations. The Conference will include three parallel workshops on Expert Systems, Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks, and Applications of A.I. to Robotics and Vision Systems. These workshops will run simultaneously (see below) and consist of invited talks, panels, paper presentations and poster sessions. Fuzzy Logic And Neural Networks In Engineering workshop may last for either 1, 2 or 3 days, depending on the quantity and quality of submissions. FUZZY LOGIC AND NEURAL NETWORKS IN ENGINEERING WORKSHOP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The search for systems simulating human reasoning in what regards uncertainty has created a strong research community. In particular, Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks have been a source of synergies among researchers of both areas, aiming at developing theoretical approaches and applications towards the characterization and experimentation of such kinds of reasoning. The workshop is intended to promote the exchange of ideas and approaches in those areas, through paper presentations, open discussions, and the corresponding exhibition of running systems, demonstrations or simulations. The organization committee invites you to participate, submitting papers together with videos, demonstrations or running systems, to illustrate relevant issues and applications. EXHIBITIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~ In order to illustrate and to support theoretical presentations the organization will provide adequate conditions (space and facilities) for exhibitions regarding the three workshops mentioned. These exhibitions can include software running systems (several platforms are available), video presentations (PAL-G VHS system), robotics systems (such as robotics insects, and autonomous robots), and posters. On the one hand, this space will allow the presentation of results and real-world applications of the research developed by our community and, on the other it will serve as a source of motivation to students and young researchers. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Authors are asked to submit five (5) copies of their papers to the submissions address by May 2, 95. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be mailed to the first (or designated) author on June 5, 95, and camera ready copies for inclusion in the workshop proceedings will be due on July 3, 95. Each copy of submitted papers should include a separate title page giving the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses (where available) of all authors, and a list of keywords identifying the subject area of the paper. Papers should be a maximum of 16 pages and printed on A4 paper in 12 point type with a maximum of 38 lines per page and 75 characters per line ( corresponding to LaTeX article style, 12 pt). Double sided submissions are preferred. Electronic or faxed submissions will not be accepted. Further inquiries should be addressed to the inquiries address. ATTENDANCE ~~~~~~~~~~ Each workshop will be limited to at most fifty people. In addition to presenters of papers and posters, there will be space for a limited number of other participants chosen on the basis of a one- to two-page research summary which should include a list of relevant publications, along with an electronic mail address if possible. A set of working notes will be available prior to the commencement of the workshops. Registration information will be available in June 1995. Please write for registration information to the inquiries address. DEADLINES ~~~~~~~~~ Papers submission: ................. May 2, 1995 Notification of acceptance: ........ June 5, 1995 Camera Ready Copies Due: ........... July 3, 1995 PROGRAM-CHAIR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jose Tome (IST, Portugal) ORGANIZING-CHAIR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luis Custodio (IST, Portugal) SUBMISSION AND INQUIRIES ADDRESS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EPIA'95 Fuzzy Logic & Neural Networks Workshop INESC, Apartado 13069 1000 Lisboa Portugal Voice: +351 (1) 310-0325 Fax: +351 (1) 525843 Email: epia95-FLNNWorkshop@inesc.pt PLANNING TO ATTEND ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ People planning to submit a paper or/and to attend the workshop are asked to complete and return the following form (by fax or email) to the inquiries address standing their intention. It will help the workshop organizer to estimate the facilities needed and will enable all interested people to receive updated information. +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | REGISTRATION OF INTEREST | | (Fuzzy Logic & Neural Networks Workshop) | | | | Title . . . . . Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | Institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | Address1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | Address2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax . . . . . . . . . . | | Email address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | I intend to submit a paper (yes/no). . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | I intend to participate only (yes/no). . . . . . . . . . . . . | | I will travel with ... guests | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ From owner-gann-list Mon Apr 17 18:01:46 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA24681 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 17 Apr 1995 17:59:03 -0500 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA24674 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Mon, 17 Apr 1995 17:59:01 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 17:59:01 -0500 From: GANN List Admin Message-Id: <199504172259.RAA24674@cs.iastate.edu> Apparently-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS NNCM-95 Third International Conference On NEURAL NETWORKS IN THE CAPITAL MARKETS Thursday-Friday, October 12-13, 1995 with tutorials on Wednesday, October 11, 1995. The Langham Hilton, London, England. (Note Deadline for Camera Ready Full Papers To Be Published In Hard Back Conference Proceedings) Neural networks are now emerging as a major modeling methodology in financial engineering. Because of the overwhelming interest in the NNCM workshops held in London in 1993 and Pasadena in 1994, the third annual NNCM conference will be held on October 12-13, 1995, in London. NNCM*95 will take a critical look at state of the art neural network applications in finance. This is a research meeting where original, high-quality contribu- tions to the field are presented and discussed. In addition, a day of introductory tutorials (Wednesday, October 11) will be included to familiarise audiences of different backgrounds with financial engineering, neural networks, and the mathematical aspects of the field. Application areas include: + Bond and stock valuation and trading + Foreign exchange rate prediction and trading + Commodity price forecasting + Risk management + Tactical asset allocation + Portfolio management + Option Pricing + Trading strategies Technical areas include, but are not limited to: + Neural networks + Nonparametric statistics + Econometrics + Pattern recognition + Time series analysis + Model Selection + Signal processing and control + Genetic and evolutionary algorithms + Fuzzy systems + Expert systems + Machine learning Instructions for Authors Authors who wish to present a paper should mail a copy of their extended abstract (4 pages, single-sided, single-spaced) typed on A4 (8.5" by 11") paper to the secretariat no later than May 31, 1995. Submissions will be refereed by no less than four referees, and authors will be notified of acceptance by 14 June 1995. Authors of accepted paperes will be mailed guidelines for producing final camera ready papers which are due 12 July 1995. The accepted papers will be published in a hard back conference proceedings published by World Scientific. Separate registration is required using the attached registration form. Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts as soon as possible. Registration To register, complete the registration form and mail to the sec- retariat. Please note that attendance is limited and will be allocated on a "first-come, first-served" basis. Secretariat: For further information, please contact the NNCM-95 secretariat: Ms Busola Oguntula, London Business School Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4SA, UK e-mail: boguntula@lbs.lon.ac.uk phone (+44) (0171) 262 50 50 fax (+44) (0171) 724 78 75 Location: The main conference will be held at The Langham Hilton, which is situated near Regent's Park and is a short walk from Baker Street Underground Station. Further directions including a map will be sent to all registries. Programme Commitee Dr A. Refenes, London Business School (Chairman) Dr Y. Abu-Mostafa, Caltech Dr A. Atiya, Cairo University Dr N. Biggs, London School of Economics Dr D. Bunn, London Business School Dr M. Jabri, University of Sydney Dr B. LeBaron, University of Wisconsin Dr A. Lo, MIT Sloan School Dr J. Moody, Oregon Graduate Institute Dr C. Pedreira, Catholic University PUC-Rio Dr M. Steiner, Universitaet Munster Dr A. Timermann, University of California, San Diego Dr A. Weigend, University of Colorado Dr H. White, University of California, San Diego Hotel Accommodation: Convenient hotels include: The Langham Hilton 1 Portland Place London W1N 4JA Tel: (+44) (0171) 636 10 00 Fax: (+44) (0171) 323 23 40 Sherlock Holmes Hotel 108 Baker Street, London NW1 1LB Tel: (+44) (0171) 486 61 61 Fax: (+44) (0171) 486 08 84 The White House Hotel Albany St., Regent's Park, London NW1 Tel: (+44) (0171) 387 12 00 Fax: (+44) (0171) 388 00 91 --------------------------Registration Form -------------------------- -- NNCM-95 Registration Form Third International Conference on Neural Networks in the Capital Markets October 12-13 1995 Name:____________________________________________________ Affiliation:_____________________________________________ Mailing Address: ________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Telephone:_______________________________________________ ****Please circle the applicable fees and write the total below**** Main Conference (October 12-13): (British Pounds) Registration fee 450 Discounted fee for academicians 250 (letter on university letterhead required) Discounted fee for full-time students 100 (letter from registrar or faculty advisor required) Tutorials (October 11): You must be registered for the main conference in order to register for the tutorials. (British Pounds) Morning Session Only 100 Afternoon Session Only 100 Both Sessions 150 Full-time students 50 (letter from registrar or faculty advisor required) TOTAL: _________ Payment may be made by: (please tick) ____ Check payable to London Business School ____ VISA ____Access ____American Express Card Number:___________________________________ From owner-gann-list Fri Apr 21 01:16:37 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id AAA15308 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 21 Apr 1995 00:43:03 -0500 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id AAA15298 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Fri, 21 Apr 1995 00:43:00 -0500 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: "Nikola Kasabov" X-Originator: "Nikola Kasabov" 20 Apr 95 11:31:26 +1100 To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 11:31:10 GMT+1200 Subject: ANNES'95 CFP Priority: normal X-mailer: PMail v3.0 (R1a) Message-ID: <122ACD03DCB@jupiter.otago.ac.nz> Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk THE SECOND NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL TWO- STREAM CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND EXPERT SYSTEMS - ANNES'95 November 20-23, 1995 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand The Second New Zealand International Two-stream Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems ANNES'95 will be held in Dunedin , New Zealand, from 20 to 23 November 1995. The conference follows the successful ANNES'93 conference. It is the biannual international conference of the ANNES SIG of the New Zealand Computer Society. It is scheduled to be held after ICONIP'95 (Beijing, 30 Oct - 3 Nov, 1995) and before the ICNN'95 (Perth, 27 Nov - 1 Dec, 1995). This will give an excellent opportunity for people from different remote places to visit this region. The conference is organised in cooperation with: APPNA - Asian Pacific Neural Network Assembly IEEE Computer Society IEEE / NNC INNS - International Neural Network Society ENNS - European Neural Network Society JNNS - Japanese Neural Network Society TOPICS OF INTEREST * Artificial neural networks: models; architectures; algorithms; software tools; hardware implementation. * Cognitive models of the brain and their impact on the methods for information processing. * Neural networks for problem solving: handling large experimental data bases; image processing; time-series prediction; control; diagnosis, etc. * Fuzzy systems: methods; tools; software and hardware implementation; fuzzy systems for problem solving; soft computing. * Expert systems: machine learning and knowledge acquisition; methods for representing inexact data and uncertain knowledge; approximate reasoning; tools and systems; object-oriented systems. * Evolutionary programming: genetic algorithms; artificial life; distributed AI systems. networks and fuzzy systems; extending existing software tools with fuzzy reasoning and neural nets. * Speech recognition and language processing. * Applications of intelligent information systems in: Manufacturing; Process Control; Quality Testing; Finance; Economics; Marketing; Management; Banking; Agriculture; Environment Protection; Medicine; Geographic information systems; and other application areas. * The impact of neural networks and expert systems to the future IT development. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Dr. D. Aha (USA), Prof.I.Aleksander (UK), Prof. J. Andreae (NZ), Prof. S. Amari (Japan), Prof. M. Arbib (USA), Prof. Y. Attikiouzel (AUS), Prof. S.Bang (Korea), P.Barry (NZ), Dr. G. Bartfai (NZ), Prof.J.Bezdek (USA), Dr. A. Bulsara (USA), Prof. T. Caelli (AUS), Dr. G. Coghill (NZ), Prof.B.Cox (NZ), Dr. S. Cunningham(NZ), Dr.G.Deboeck (USA), Prof. Fr. Esteva (Spain), Dr.A.Everett(NZ), Prof.M.Fedrizzi (Italy), Prof.D.Fogel (USA), Dr. W. Friedrich (NZ), Prof. P.Goodman (USA), Dr.H.Guesgen (NZ), Dr.D.Fillev (USA), Prof.T.Fukuda(Japan), Prof.K.Fukushima (Japan), Prof. T. Furuhashi, Prof.P.Goodman (USA), Prof. J. van den Herik(NL), Prof. K.Hirota (Japan), Dr. G. Holmes (NZ), Dr. M. Jabri (AUS), Dr. L. Jain(AUS), Prof.M.Jamshidi (USA), Prof. S. Jones (UK), Prof. J.Kacprzyk (Poland), Dr. N.Kasabov (NZ), Prof. L.Koczy (Hungary), Dr. M. Lim (SING), Prof. R. MarksII (USA), Mr.A. Mason (NZ), Prof. G. Matsumoto (Japan), Dr. N. Morgan (USA), Prof. N.McNaughton (NZ), Dr. G. Pasi(Italy), Prof. L.Patnaik(IND), Dr. M. Paulin (NZ),D. Prof. Pham (UK), Dr. M.Purvis (NZ), Prof. A. Ralescu (Japan/USA), Prof. K. Reinartz(GER), Dr. A. Robins (NZ), Prof. P. Sallis(NZ), Prof. E.Sanches (France), Prof. N.Sharkey (UK), Dr.R.Sun (USA), Dr.H.Szu (USA), Prof.J.Taylor(UK), Dr.H.Takagi (Japan), Prof.M.Thathachar (IND), Prof.P.Treleavan (UK), Dr. D.Tuck (NZ), Dr.G.Vachkov (Bulgaria), Prof.V. Vemuri (USA), Prof.Y.Wu (China), Prof. T.Yamakawa(Japan), Dr. W. Yeap (NZ), Prof.L.Zadeh (USA), Dr. U.Zimmer (Ger), Prof. J.Zurada (USA). LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Mr. M.Anderson (Vice-chair), Dr. A. Everett, Dr. N.Kasabov, Ms.K.Ko, Prof.L.MacLean, Dr. M.Paulin, Dr. A.Robins, Prof. P.Sallis (Chairman), Dr. A.Yeap University of Otago PROGRAM CHAIR Dr George Coghill University of Auckland TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOPS CHAIR Industrial Research Ltd, Auckland GENERAL CONFERENCE CHAIR: Dr. Nikola Kasabov email: nkasabov@otago.ac.nz ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY: Mrs Gina Brenssell Tel.+(3) 479 8180, Fax. +(3) 479 8311, email: gbrenssell@otago.ac.nz Department of Information Science, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand KEYNOTE SPEAKERS : Prof. S. Amari (Japan), Prof.L.Zadeh (USA), Prof.J.Taylor (UK) INVITED SPEAKERS Renowned world scientists are invited to present talks, to give tutorials and workshops, among them (in alphabetical order): Dr.D.Aha (USA), Prof.I.Aleksander (UK), Prof.J.Bezdek (USA), Dr. A. Bulsara (USA), Dr.G.Deboeck (USA), Prof. Fr.Esteva (Spain), Prof.M.Fedrizzi (Italy), Prof.D.Fogel (USA), Prof.T.Fukuda(Japan), Prof. T. Furuhashi, Prof.P.Goodman (USA), Prof. J. van den Herik(NL), Prof. K.Hirota (Japan), Prof. M.Jamshidi (USA), Prof. J.Kacprzyk (Poland), Prof.L.Koczy (Hungary), Dr.G.Pasi (Italy), Prof.A.Ralescu (Japan/USA), Prof. Eli Sanches(France), Prof. P.Treleavan (UK), Prof.T.Yamakawa(Japan), Prof.J.Zurada (USA). CALL FOR PAPERS Papers must be received by May 30, 1995. They will be reviewed by senior researchers in the field and the authors will be informed about the decision of the review process by 10 July 1995. The accepted papers must be submitted in a camera-ready format by 20 August. All accepted papers will be published in the ANNES'95 Conference Proceedings. As the conference is a multi-disciplinary meeting the papers are required to be comprehensible to a wider rather than to a very specialised audience. Papers will be presented at the conference either in an oral or in a poster session. Please submit three copies of the paper written in English on A4-format white paper with one inch margins on all four sides, in two column format, on not more than 5 pages, single-spaced, in Times or similar font of 10 points, and printed on one side of the page only. Centred at the top of the first page should be the complete title, author(s), mailing and e-mailing addresses, followed by an abstract and the text. The IEEE Transaction journals LaTex article style can be used. TUTORIALS During the first day - 20 November, conference tutorials will be organized to introduce the basics of neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary programming, soft computing, expert systems. Proposals for tutorials are due to 30 May 1995. EXHIBITION Companies and university research laboratories are encouraged to exhibit their developed or distributing software and hardware products. There will be an additional fee of NZ$50 for exhibiting products at the conference. STUDENT SESSION A student session will be organised. Postgraduate students are encouraged to submit papers to this session following the same formal requirements for paper submission. The submitted papers will be published in a separate brochure. WORKSHOPS Two-hour workshops will be organised during the last day of the conference. Proposals for Workshops are due to 30 May 1995. VIDEO TRACK A video session will be organised which will allow participants to display up to 15 minute films. These should ideally cover applications of expert systems and neural networks to real problems in Commerce, Industry, Medicine, Agriculture, Government, Education, etc. REGISTRATION FEES Before After 1 September 1 September Members of the ANNES,IEEE or INNS: NZ$250 NZ$300 Non-members: NZ$300 NZ$350 Full time students: members NZ$50; non-members NZ$75. VENUE The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. ACCOMMODATION Accommodation has been booked at St Margaret's College located right on the Campus and 10 minutes from downtown Dunedin. The college offers well equipped facilities including library, sports hall, music hall and computers with E-MAIL connection. Full board (NZ$60) is available during the conference days as well as two days before or after the conference. Accommodation will be also booked for a range of hotels in the city. TRAVELLING Two companies offer a discount of up to 45% for travelling to the Conference within New Zealand. When making a reservation with Air New Zealand please quote the code DOM 2812/4, for Ansett New Zealand quote TA 50994. POSTCONFERENCE EVENTS Following the conference, delegates may like to experience the delights of Queenstown, Central Otago, Fiordland. A variety of options are available with travel plans able to be coordinated by the Dunedin Visitors Centre (telephone +64 3 474 3300, Octagon, Dunedin, New Zealand). IMPORTANT DATES Papers Due: 30 May 1995 Proposals for tutorials and workshops Due: 30 May 1995 Notification of Acceptance: 10 July 1995 Final camera-ready papers Due: 20 August 1995 Registration of at least one author of a paper: 1 September 1995 Early registration: 1 September 1995 ANNES'95 CONFERENCE CONTACTS: ANNES'95 Secretariat email: annes95@otago.ac.nz Department of Information Science, University of Otago, P.O.Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please put my name on the ANNES'95 mailing list: NAME: TITLE: ADDRESS: City: State: Zip: Country: Telephone: Fax: Email: _____________________________________________________________________________ From owner-gann-list Mon Apr 24 15:17:26 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id OAA25504 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 14:42:42 -0500 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id OAA25494 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 14:42:41 -0500 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: Student 2 (D. Wienke) X-Originator: Student 2 (D. Wienke) (8.6.10/2.1 for gann-request@cs.iastate.edu); Tue, 18 Apr 1995 21:10:23 +0200 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 21:10:23 +0200 Message-Id: <199504181910.VAA06625@ac8.sci.kun.nl> To: gann-request@cs.iastate.edu Subject: genetic based machine learning Status: RO Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Hello everybody, I'm writing a report about genetic based machine learning and I have one difficulty. I can't find any applications which have a chemical background. If you know such an application please mail me, i'll be grateful. Greetings Kees. dwstud2@sci.kun.nl