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1994 29 January 1994 Symposium on Connecttonist Models and Psychology University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia. Contact: Janet Wiles, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Queensland, St.Lucia 4072, Brisbane, Australia. Tel 07 365-2902, fax 07 365-1999(international +61-7-365-1999), e-mail [email protected]. 2--4 February 1994 14th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Soctety University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Speakers: Vaney, McMahan, Harper, Lamb, Ransom, Bliss. Contact: ANS 1994 Meeting, Dr. Mick Gould, 13 Jeffrey Street, Mount Waverley, VIC 3149, Australia. 5-8 April 1994 ECML-94. 7th European Conference on Machme Learnmg Catania, Sicily, Italy. Contact: Luc De Raedt or Francesco Bergadano (ECML-94), Department of Computing Science, Katholieke Universitelt Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200A, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium. E-mail [email protected]. 12-17 April 1994 Toward a Sctenttfic Basts for Consctousness, Interdzsciphnary Conference University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Speakers: Baars, Barredd, Conrad, Freeman, Flanagan, Isinna, Jibu, Kihlstrom, Koch, Libet, Penrose, Pribram, Stoering, Weil. Contact: Dr. Alfred Kaszniak, Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. Tel 602621-5149, fax 602-621-9306, e-mail [email protected]. Jim Laukes, Univ. of Arizona Extended University, 1955 E. Sixth St., Tucson, AZ 85719, USA. Tel 1-800-9558632, fax 602-621-3269, e-mail [email protected].

18-20 April 1994 Conference on Motton Perception, Brtstol, UK Contact: Dr. Graham Edgar, Sowerby Research Centre, British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd., FPC 267, P O. Box 5, Fllton, Bristol, BS12 7QW, UK. Tel +272 366192, fax +272 363733, e-mail [email protected]. 19-22 April 1994 ICASSP-94. International Conference on Audtuon, Speech, and Stgnal Processmg Adelaide, Australia, Contact: Malcolm Slaney, [email protected]. 24-25 April 1994 Call for Participatton CHI "94 Workshop on Pattern Recognttlon m Human-Computer Interaction A Viable Approach ~ Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Deadline: 18 February 1994, 2-3 page position paper. Contact: Dr. Janet Fmlay, School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK. Tel +44-484 472147, answering machine +44-484 649108, fax +44-484 421106, e-mail [email protected]. 10-12 May 1994 Spectal Sesston on Neural Instruments, IMTC'94 1994 International Conference on Inslrumentallon and Measurement Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. Contact: Prof. Vmcenzo Pmrl, Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico dl Milano, piazza L. da Vinci 32, 1-20133 Milano, Italy. Te1+39-2-2399-3606, +39-2-2399-3623, fax +39-2-23993411, e-mail pmri@ipmel 1.poliml.it. 12-14 May 1994 Sympostum on Neural Cell Spectfication: Molecular Mechamsms and Neurotherapeuttc Implications University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. 215

Contact: Dr. R. Doucette, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W0, Canada. Tel 306-966-4092, fax 306-966-4298, e-mad [email protected], [email protected]. 15-20 May 1994 IS&T" 47th Annual Conference of the Soctety for Imagmg Science and Technology Stouffer Rochester Plaza Hotel, Rochester, New York, USA. Contact: Robert W. Anderson, Publications Co-Chair, Xerox Corporation, 800 Phillips Road, 0114-22D, Webster, New York 14580, USA. Tel 716422-2487, fax 716-422-1035. Reiner Eschbach, e-mail eschbach.wbst [email protected]. 26-27 May 1994 Call for Papers lEE Colloqutum on Advances m Neural Networks for Control and Systems Location in Central Europe TBA. Deadline: 25 February 1994, 500word abstract. Contact: Dr. K. J. Hunt, Daimler-Benz AG, Alt-Moabit 91 B, D-10559 Berlin, Germany. Tel +49 30 399 82 275, fax +49 30 399 82 107, e-mail [email protected] 1-3 June 1994 ICQFN'94. 1994 Internattonal Conference on Quahtattve Information, Fuzzy Techmques, and Neural Networks m Stmulatton Barcelona, Spain. Contact: Francois E. Celher, ICQFN'94 Conference Chair, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A. Tel + 1(602)621-6192, fax + 1(602)621-8076, e-mail [email protected]. 4-9 June 1994 WCNN "94 World Congress on Neural Networks, Internattonal Neural Network Society Annual Meeting Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, Califorma, USA. Contact: WCNN

216 '94 San Diego, International Neural Network Society, 1250 24th Street NW, State 300, Washington, DC 20037, USA. Tel 202-466-4667, fax 202-466-2888, e-mail: [email protected]. 6-8 June 1994

Call for Papers Thtrd Golden We.st lnternattonal Conference on Intelhgent Systems Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Deadline: 10 March 1994, 2-3 page abstract. Contact Carl Looney, Computer Science Dept./171, UNR, Reno, NV 89557, USA E-mad [email protected]. Angelo Yfantls, Computer Science Dept., UNLV, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA. E-marl vfantls~cs.unlv.edu 6-8 June 1994

CallJor Papers 4th Dortmund Fuzzy Days Computational Intelhgence Dortmund, Germany. Deadhne: 25 February 1994, 3-page extended abstract Language' German and Enghsh Contact: Prof. Dr. B Reusch, Dr Norbert Jesse, Umverslty of Dortmund, Lehrstuhl Informatlk I, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany. Tel ++49-231-755-6221, fax ++49231-755-6555, e-marl [email protected] urndortmund.de

Current Events Klzakevlch, Research Triangle Institute, P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

9131-776-544 or-501, ~x (+49) 9131-776-599, e-marl [email protected].

10-11 June 1994

22-24 June 1994

WNN/FNN 94 San Dwgo Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logw San Diego, California, USA. Contact Mary Lou Padgett, Auburn Umverslty, 1165 Owens Road, Auburn AL 36830, USA Tel: 205821-2472 or -3488, fax 205-8441809, e-mad [email protected] edu.

Call fi~r Papers TAINN II1 Tturd Turkish Symposium on Arttfictal Intelhgence & Neural Networks Middle East Techmcal Umverslty, Ankara, Turkey. Deadhne' 31 January 1994, 10-page full paper. Language' Enghsh or Turkish. Contact" TAINN, Ugur Hahcl, Department of Electrical Engineering, Middle East Techmcal University, 06531, Ankara, Turkey. E-marl [email protected]

13-17 June 1994

PARLE'94 Parallel Archttectures and Languages Europe Intercontinental Hotel, Athens, Greece. Contact: PARLE'94/CTI, 3 Kolokotroni str., 262 21 Patras, Greece. Tel (+3061) 220 112, fax (+3061) 222 086, e-marl [email protected] 15-17 June 1994

Second International Conference on AI Planning S)'~tems Umvers~ty of Chicago, Chicago, Ilhnols, USA. Contact. Knstlan Hammond, AIPS-94, Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago, 1100 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. E-mad [email protected]~cago.edu 20-23 June 1994

6-9 June 1994

Apphed Machme l,'tslon "94 Conference Mmneapohs, Minnesota, USA. Contact Lisa Moody, Conferencmg Dwlslon, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, One SME Drwe, P.O Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930, USA Tel 313-271-1500 x385, fax 313-271-2861

IEEE Conference on Computer I'tslon & Pattern Recognttlon Westm Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA. Contact' Kevm Bowyer, CVPR General Chair, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Umverslty of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA E-mail [email protected] edu 20-24 June 1994

9-16 June 1994

Bat-Sheva Seminar on Functtonal Bram Imaging Tel Avw, Israel. Speakers. Abeles, Belliveau, Gevms, Grmvald, Hamalamen, Ogawa, Pratt, Raxchle, Shulman, Wemberger. Contact: Dan Knassim Ltd., PO. Box 57005, TelAvlv 61570, Israel. Tel 972-3-5626470, fax 972-3-561-2303. D. Horn, G. Navon, Adams Super-Center for Brain Studws, Tel Avlv Umversity, Tel Awv, Israel. E-mad brain [email protected] ac.ll. 10-11 June 1994

CBMS-94 Seventh IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medtcal Systems Stouffer Hotel, Winston-Salem, North Carohna, USA. Contact: Paul

EUROPTO European Conference on Opttcs lor ProducttvtO' m Manufacturing Frankfurt Fairgrounds, Frankfurt, Germany. Contact: Optics for Productivity in Manufacturing EUROPTO, c/o Direct Communications GmbH, Xantener Strasse 22 D- 10707 Berlin, Germany. Tel +49-30-881 50 47, Compuserve 100140,3216

24-27 June 1994

Call for Papers Annual ConJerence of the SocwtyJor Chaos Theory m Psychology and the Life Scwnces Washington, DC, USA. Deadline" 1 March 1994 Contact. Katherine E. Robertson, The Society for Chaos Theory, P.O Box 7226, Alhambra, Cahforma 91802-7226, USA. E-marl [email protected] 27 June-I July 1994

ACL-94 32nd Annual Meeting of the A ssoctatlon/or Computattonal Ltngtu sttc~ New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. Contact: Judith Kla~ans, ACL, Computer Science, Columbm Umverslty, New York, NY 10027, USA. Tel/fax +1914-478-1802, e-marl [email protected]. Llstserver: emall hstserv@cs columbla.edu, message="xndex acl-l". Ftp: cs.columbla.edu, cd acl-l. 4-8 July 1994

IPMU'94 Fifth Internattonal Cot!/erence on Informatton Proces ~mg and Management o/Uncertainty m Knowledge-Based System s' Pans, France. Speaker. L Zadeh Language: French, English Contact: Bernadette Bouchon-Meumer, IPMU'94, Lafona, Umverslte Pans 6, Bolte 169, 4 place Jussleu, ?5252 Pans Cedex 05, France E-mad [email protected]. 10-23 July 1994

21-23 June 1994

ICASSE 94 lnternattonal Conference on Apphed Synergettcs and Synergettc Engineering Erlangen, Germany. Contact: Mr. Thomas Wagner, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), Dwlsion Apphed Electronics, Wetterkreuz 13, 91058 Erlangen, Germany. Tel (+49)

Call for Parttctpatton Summer Institute m Cognlttve Neurosctence Umverslty of Cahforma, Davis, Cahforma, USA. Deadhne: 15 January 1994, application Faculty" Andersen, Bear, Black, Brttten, Baron, Cohen, Cosmtdes, Galhstel, Gazzamga, Gilbert, Gray, Knudsen, Marler, Merzenich, Montague,

Current Events Pinker, Ramachandran, Recanzone, Richmond, Sutter, Tonini, Tooby. Contact: McDonnell Summer Institute m Cognitive Neuroscience, Center for Neurosclence, 1544 Newton Court, Unwersity of Califorma, Davis, California 95616, USA. 11-15 July 1994 Call for Papers Internattonal Workshop on Intelhgent Robotic Systems '94 Grenoble, France. Deadhne: 15 January 1994, 4-page extended abstract Language: English Contact: Patrick Relgmer, IRS 94 Secretary, LIFIA-INPG, 46 Avenue Felix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble Cedex, France. Tel (33) 76574609, fax (33) 76574602, e-mad [email protected]. 12-15 July 1994 Call for Paper~ COLT 94 Seventh ACM Conference on Computattonal Learmng Theory Rutgers Umverslty, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Deadhne: 3 February 1994, 10-page extended abstract Contact. Manfred Warmuth, COLT 94, 225 Apphed Sciences, Department of Computer Science, University of Cahfornia, Santa Cruz, Cahfornla 95064, USA. E-mail [email protected] edu. 19-21 July 1994 AIENG '94 Nmth Internattonal Conference on Apphcattons of Arttfictal Intelhgence m Engineering Great Valley Graduate Center, Pennsylvania State Unwerslty. Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA. Contact: Sue Owen, AIENG '94 Conference Secretariat, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK. Tel +44 (0) 703-293223, fax +44 (0) 703-292853, e-mail [email protected]

217 Systems World Congress on Medwal Phystcs and Blomedtcal Engineering Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Contact: Ricardo Jose Machado, IBM Rio Scientific Center, Av. Presidente Vargas, 824, 20071-0001, Rio de Janeiro, R J, Brazil. Tel +55-21271-2306, fax +55-21-271-2797, e-mad [email protected].

Techmcal University of HamburgHarburg, Germany. Deadline: 25 February 1994, 5000-word paper. Contact: Jane Chopping, ISE 94 Secretariat, Conference Services, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL, UK. Tel 071-344 5477, fax 071-497 3633, telex 261176 lEE LDN G.

24-26 August 1994 Call for Paper~ Internattonal Conference on Neural Networks and Expert Systems m Medwlne and Healthcare Plymouth, England. Deadhne: 18 February 1994, 3-4 page extended abstract. Language: Enghsh. Contact: Dr. Emmanuel C. Ifeachor, Plymouth Postgraduate Medical School, University of Plymouth, Medical Centre, Derriford, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK.

6-8 September 1994 Call for Papers ICSE'94 Tenth lnternattonal Conference on Systems Engineering Coventry University, Coventry, UK. Deadhne: 15 February 1994, abstract. Contact: Dr. Keith Burnham, ICSE'94 Conference Secretary, Control Theory and Apphcatlons Centre, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CVI 5FB, UK. Tel 0203 838972 (international +44 203 838972), fax 0203 838585 (international +44 203 838585), e-mad [email protected], telex 9312102228 (CPG).

29 August-I September 1994 Call for Papers Fourth Internattonal ConJerence on Visual Search Konmgshof, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Deadhne. 5 February 1994, 250-word abstract. Contact: ICVS4, Conference Secretariat, Applied Viston Research Umt, Unwerslty of Derby, Mickleover, Derby DE3 5GX, UK. Tel 44(0)332622286, fax 44(0)332-622287, e-mad [email protected]. 30 August-2 September 1994 Call for Papers International Con[erence on Operations Research 1994 TU Berhn. Deadline: 15 April 1994, abstract. Contact: Prof Dr Rolf H Moehrmg, OR'94, Technische Universltaet Berhn, Fachberelch Mathematlk, Strasse des 17. Juni 136, D-10623 Berhn, Germany.

21-25 July 1994 Call for Papers CNS'94 Thtrd Annual Computatton and Neural Systems Meeting Monterey, Cahfornla, USA Deadline: 26 January 1994, 1000word summary. Contact: CNS'94, Dwlslon of Biology, 216-76 Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. E-mail [email protected]. Ftp 131.215.137.69, cd cns94.

31 August-2 September 1994 Call for Papers 3rd Neural Computatton and P~ychology Workshop University of Stlrhng, Scotland Deadline" 1 June 1994, 1000-word abstract. Contact: Peter Hancock, Department of Psychology, Umverslty of Stirllng, tel 0786467659, e-mail [email protected] uk. Leshe Smith, Department of Computing Science and Mathematics, University of Stirhng, tel 0786-467435, e-mail [email protected].

21-26 August 1994 Sympostum on Hybrtd Intelhgent Systems Neural Networks, Fuzz), Logtc, Genetic Algortthms, Expert

5-8 September 1994 Call for Papers Second Internattonal Conference on Intelhgent Systems Engineering

6-8 September 1994 Call for Papers 1994 IEEE I4brkshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing Ermiom, Greece. Deadhne: 15 February 1994, 6-page extended summary. Contact: Mrs. Myra Sourlou, NNSP'94 Athens, tel +30 1 6644961, fax +30 1 6644379, e-mail [email protected] Prof. Jenq-Neng Hwang, IEEE NNSP'94, Department of Electrical Engineering, FT- 10, Umverslty of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. Tel 206685-1603, fax 206-543-3842. 11-23 September 1994 Call for Parttctpatlon Summer School on Connecttomst Modelhng McDonnell-Pew Centre for Cognitive Neurosclence, MRC Brain and Behavlour Centre, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Faculty: K. Plunkett, E. Rolls. Deadline: 1 April 1994, 1-page application. Contact: Mrs. Sue King, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OXI 3UD, UK. Tel (0865) 271353, e-marl skmg@psy oxford.ac.uk. 14-16 September 1994 Call for Papers NeMLaP Internattonal Conference on New Methods m Language Processing Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, Manchester, UK. Deadhne: 31 March 1994, 6page prehmmary paper. Contact: NeMLaP, Centre for Computational

218 Linguistics, UMIST, Sackvxlle Street, Manchester, UK. E-mail [email protected] ac.uk. 18-23 September 1994

Call for Papers KI-94 18th German Annual Conference on Arttfietal Intelligence Saarbrucken, Germany Deadline: 8 April 1994, 16-page paper. Contact: Reinhard Karger, DFKI Saarbrucken, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, D-66123 Saarbrucken, Germany Tel +49 681 302-4444, fax +49 681 302-5341, e-mail ki-94@dfki unlsb de. 21-23 September 1994

Call for Papers Pattern Recogmtton 1994 16th DAGM Symposmm and 18th OeAGM Workshop on Recogmtton and Learnmg Technical University, Vienna, Austria. Deadline: 12 February 1994, 5-8 page paper. Language. German, English. Contact: o. Umv.Prof Dr. Walter G. Kropatsch, ME94, Technical University Vienna, Institute for Automation, Treitlstrasse 3/1832, A-1040 Wien, Austria. Tel +43-1-58801/4479, fax +43-1-5054668, e-mail [email protected],ac.at. 26-28 September 1994

Call for Paper~ Mtcroneuro 94 Fourth Internauonal Conference on Mtcroelectrontcs,for Neural Networks and Fuz_'y Systems Torino, Italy. Deadline: 30 May 1994, 10-page paper or 6-page idea report. Language English. Contact: COREP Segr. Microneuro 94, C.so Duca d. Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy Tel +39 11 564 5108, fax +39 II 564 5199 H.P Graf, Mlcroneuro 94 General Chair, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Room 4 G 320, Holmdel, NJ 07733, USA Tel +1 908 949 0183, fax +1 908 949 7722 26-28 September 1994

Call for Papers ESA'94 2nd Annual European Sympostum on Algortthms Utrecht, The Netherlands. Deadhne" 25 March 1994, 12-page draft paper. Contact. Marko de Groot, Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 14 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel +3130-534095, + 31-30-531454, fax +31-30-513791, e-mall marko@cs ruu.nl.

Current Events 26-30 September 1994

Call for Papers Internattonal Symposium on Satelhte and Remote Sensing, Conference on Image and Stgnal Processing for Remote Sensmg CNR, Rome, Italy. Deadline. 15 February 1994, abstract. Contact' Satellite Remote Sensing, EUROPTO, c/o Direct communications GmbH, Xantener strasse 22, D-10707 Berlin, Germany. Tel ++49-30-881 50 47, fax ++4930-882 20 28, Compuserve 100140,3216. Jacky Desachy, IRIT, Unlverslte Paul Sabatler, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex, France. Tel (33) 61556599, fax (33) 61556258, e-mail [email protected]. 27-29 September 1994

14"ESCON 94 Anaheim, California, USA. Contact Yoke Tanaka, Togai InfraLoglc, Inc., 5 Vanderbilt, Irvlne, California 92718, USA. Tel 714-588-3800, fax 714-588-3808, e-mail [email protected]. 9-12 October 1994

Call/or Papers ESS'94 European Stmulatton Symposmm Bogazlcl University, Istanbul, Turkey Deadline: 1 March 1994, 300-word abstract. Contact" Philippe Gerll, Society for Computer Simulation, European Simulation Office, University of Ghent, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium Tel 32.9 233.77.90, fax 32 9 223 49.41, e-mall [email protected] be 9-14 October 1994

Call for Papers PPSN III Parallel Problem Solvmg from Nature, Thtrd lnternatzonal Conference on Evoluttonary Computation Jerusalem, Israel. Deadline: 1 March 1994, 10-page paper. Language: English. Contact: Y Davldor, PPSN Conference Chair, c/o Ortra Ltd, P.O. Box 50432, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel. Tel +972-3-664 825, fax +972-3-660 952 12-14 October 1994

Call [or Paper~ DX-94 F~h Internattonal Workshop on Prmctples qf Dtagno3ts New Paltz, New York, USA. Deadline: 23 May 1994, 5000-word paper. Contact. Gregory Provan, DX94 Workshop Chair, University of

Pennsylvania, Department of Computer and Information Science, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228, USA Tel +1 215 898 8549, fax +1 215 573 2048, e-mail provan@central cts.upenn edu. 16-19 October 1994

Call 6Tr Paper~ 1SMIS'94 Etghth lnternattonal Sympo~mm on Methodologws for lntelhgent Systems Hilton Hotel at University Place, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Deadline. 1 March 1994, 20-page paper. Contact: Zbigniew W. Ras, ISMIS'94, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. Fax 704-547-3516. e-mail ras@mosalc uncc.edu. 17-20 October 1994

CaUJor Papers ICONIP'94 Internattonal Conference on Neural Information Proce~ing Seoul, South Korea. Deadline: 30 April 1994. Contact: e-mall [email protected] ac.kr 14-17 November 1994

Call for Papers SPICIS "94 Second Smgapore International Conference on Intelligent Systems Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore Deadline- 1 April 1994, 5000-word paper. Language: English. Contact: Dr. Lool Chee Kat, SPICIS '94, c/o Japan-Singapore A1 Centre, 75 Science Park Drive #01-01-04, Cmtech II, Singapore 0511, Tel (65) 779 3088, fax (65) 779 6162, e-mail [email protected] 5-8 December 1994

Call For Papers APCCAS'94 IEEE Asta-Paufic Conference on Ctrcutts and Systems Grand Hotel, Talpel, Taiwan. Deadline: 1 May 1994, 20-page paper. Contact Dr Tomonori Aoyama, Intellectual Property Department, NTT, 1-6, Uchisalwalcho, l-Chome Chlyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan. Fax 81-3-3509-3509, emall [email protected]. Prof. Che-Ho Wei, National Chiao Tung University, Center for Telecommunications Research, Engineering Building 4, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. Tel/fax +886-35-723283, e-mail [email protected]