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stanford.edu>CALL FOR PAPERS -- NIPS*2000 ========================================== Neural Information Processing Systems Natural and Synthetic Monday, Nov. 27 -- Saturday, Dec. 2, 2000 Denver, Colorado ========================================== This is the fourteenth meeting of an interdisciplinary conference which brings together cognitive scientists, computer scientists, engineers, neuroscientists, physicists, statisticians, and mathematicians interested in all aspects of neural processing and computation. The conference will include invited talks as well as oral and poster presentations of refereed papers. The conference is single track and is highly selective. Preceding the main session, there will be one day of tutorial presentations (Nov. 27), and following it there will be two days of focused workshops on topical issues at a nearby ski area (Dec. 1-2). Major categories for paper submission, with example subcategories (by no means exhaustive), are listed below. A special area of emphasis this year is innovative applications of neural computation. Algorithms and Architectures: supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms, feedforward and recurrent network architectures, localized basis functions, mixture models, committee models, belief networks, graphical models, support vector machines, Gaussian processes, topographic maps, decision trees, factor analysis, principal component analysis and extensions, independent component analysis, model selection algorithms, combinatorial optimization, hybrid symbolic-subsymbolic systems. Applications: innovative applications of neural computation including data mining, information retrieval, web and network applications, intrusion detection, fraud detection, bio-informatics, medical diagnosis, image processing and analysis, handwriting recognition, industrial monitoring and control, financial analysis, time-series prediction, consumer products, music, video and artistic applications, animation, virtual environments, learning dynamical systems. Cognitive Science/Artificial Intelligence: perception and psychophysics, neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, development, conditioning, human learning and memory, attention, language, natural language, reasoning, spatial cognition, emotional cognition, conceptual representation, neurophilosophy, problem solving and planning. Implementations: analog and digital VLSI, optical neurocomputing systems, novel neurodevices, computational sensors and actuators, simulation tools. Neuroscience: neural encoding, spiking neurons, synchronicity, sensory processing, systems neurophysiology, neuronal development, synaptic plasticity, neuromodulation, dendritic computation, channel dynamics, experimental data relevant to computational issues. Reinforcement Learning and Control: exploration, planning, navigation, Q-learning, TD-learning, state estimation, dynamic programming, robotic motor control, process control, Markov decision processes. Speech and Signal Processing: speech recognition, speech coding, speech synthesis, speech signal enhancement, auditory scene analysis, source separation, applications of hidden Markov models to signal processing, models of human speech perception, auditory modeling and psychoacoustics. Theory: computational learning theory, statistical physics of learning, information theory, Bayesian methods, prediction and generalization, regularization, online learning (stochastic approximation), dynamics of learning, approximation and estimation theory, complexity theory, multi-agent learning. Visual Processing: image processing, image coding, object recognition, visual psychophysics, stereopsis, motion detection and tracking. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Review Criteria: All submitted papers will be thoroughly refereed on the basis of technical quality, significance, and clarity. Novelty of the work is also a strong consideration in paper selection, but to encourage interdisciplinary contributions, we will consider work which has been submitted or presented in part elsewhere, if it is unlikely to have been seen by the NIPS audience. Authors new to NIPS are strongly encouraged to submit their work, and will be given preference for oral presentations. Authors should not be dissuaded from submitting recent work, as there will be an opportunity after the meeting to revise accepted manuscripts before submitting a final camera-ready copy for the proceedings. Paper Format: Submitted papers may be up to seven pages in length, including figures and references, using a font no smaller than 10 point. Text is to be confined within a 8.25in by 5in rectangle. Submissions failing to follow these guidelines will not be considered. Authors are required to use the NIPS LaTeX style files obtainable by anonymous FTP at the site given below. THE STYLE FILES HAVE BEEN UPDATED; please make sure that you use the current ones and not previous versions. Submission Instructions: NIPS has migrated to electronic submissions. Full submission instructions will be available at the web site given below. You will be asked to enter paper title, names of all authors, category, oral/poster preference, and contact author data (name, full address, telephone, fax, and email). You will upload your manuscript from the same page. We are only accepting postscript manuscripts. No pdf files will be accepted this year. The electronic submission page will be available on April 28, 2000. Submission Deadline: SUBMISSIONS MUST BE LOGGED BY MIDNIGHT MAY 19, 2000 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (08:00 GMT May 20). The LaTeX style files for NIPS, the Electronic Submission Page, and other conference information are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/Groups/NIPS Copies of the style files are also available via anonymous ftp at ftp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.242.152) in /afs/cs/Web/Groups/NIPS/formatting. For general inquiries or requests for registration material, send e-mail to nipsinfoMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
stanford.edu>CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS -- NIPS*2000 ===================================== Neural Information Processing Systems Natural and Synthetic NIPS*2000 Post-Conference Workshops December 1 and 2, 2000 Breckenridge, Colorado ===================================== Following the regular program of the Neural Information Processing Systems 2000 conference, workshops on various current topics in neural information processing will be held on December 1 and 2, 2000, in Breckenridge, Colorado. Proposals by qualified individuals interested in chairing one of these workshops are solicited. Example topics include: Active Learning, Architectural Issues, Attention, Audition, Bayesian Analysis, Bayesian Networks, Benchmarking, Brain Imaging, Computational Complexity, Computational Molecular Biology, Control, Genetic Algorithms, Graphical Models, Hippocampus and Memory, Hybrid Supervised/Unsupervised Learning Methods, Hybrid HMM/ANN Systems, Implementations, Independent Component Analysis, Mean-Field Methods, Markov Chain Monte-Carlo Methods, Music, Network Dynamics, Neural Coding, Neural Plasticity, On-Line Learning, Optimization, Recurrent Nets, Robot Learning, Rule Extraction, Self-Organization, Sensory Biophysics, Signal Processing, Spike Timing, Support Vectors, Speech, Time Series, Topological Maps, and Vision. The goal of the workshops is to provide an informal forum for researchers to discuss important issues of current interest. There will be six hours of workshop meetings per day, split into morning and afternoon sessions, with free time in between for ongoing individual exchange or outdoor activities. Controversial issues, open problems, and comparison of competing approaches are encouraged and preferred as workshop topics. Representation of alternative viewpoints and panel-style discussions are particularly encouraged. Descriptions of previous workshops may be found at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/NIPS/NIPS99/Workshops/ Select workshops may be invited to submit their workshop proceedings for publication as part of a new series of monographs for the post-NIPS workshops. Workshop organizers will have responsibilities including: ++ coordinating workshop participation and content, which includes arranging short informal presentations by experts, arranging for expert commentators to sit on a discussion panel, formulating a set of discussion topics, etc. ++ moderating the discussion, and reporting its findings and conclusions to the group during evening plenary sessions ++ writing a brief summary and/or coordinating submitted material for post-conference electronic dissemination. ======================= Submission Instructions ======================= Interested parties should submit a short proposal for a workshop of interest via email by May 26, 2000. Proposals should include title, description of what the workshop is to address and accomplish, proposed workshop length (1 or 2 days), planned format (mini-conference, panel discussion, combinations of the above, etc), and proposed speakers. Names of potential invitees should be given where possible. Preference will be given to workshops that reserve a significant portion of time for open discussion or panel discussion, as opposed to pure "mini-conference" format. An example format is: ++ Tutorial lecture providing background and introducing terminology relevant to the topic. ++ Two short lectures introducing different approaches, alternating with discussions after each lecture. ++ Discussion or panel presentation. ++ Short talks or panels alternating with discussion and question/answer sessions. ++ General discussion and wrap-up. We suggest that organizers allocate at least 50% of the workshop schedule to questions, discussion, and breaks. Past experience suggests that workshops otherwise degrade into mini-conferences as talks begin to run over. The proposal should motivate why the topic is of interest or controversial, why it should be discussed, and who the targeted group of participants is. It also should include a brief resume of the prospective workshop chair with a list of publications to establish scholarship in the field. Submissions should include contact name, address, email address, phone and fax numbers. Proposals should be emailed to caruanaMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue