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ITStransnational.com>Third CALL FOR PAPERS Third International NAISO Symposium on ENGINEERING OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (EIS 2002) University of Malaga Malaga, Spain September 24 - 27, 2002 And the ISMC 2002 Workshop Workshop on Information Systems for Mass Customization The extensive call for papers incl. committees, topics and more information on the all special events can be downloaded from the website at: http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/eis2002/indexcfp.html EIS 2002 NEWS! Submission deadline for the EIS 2002 and the ISMC workshop December 20th, 2001 (extended) KEYNOTE SPEECH by Prof. David E. Goldberg Prospects for a Golden Age of Computational Innovation: How Competent, Efficient Genetic Algorithms Will Change Our Future More details on the website under http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/eis2002/indexsp.html PLENARY SPEECHES Plenary presentations have been confirmed by A. Ollero, Spain and R. Babuska, The Netherlands SPECIAL TRACK within the EIS 2002 CHAOS and COMPUTATION WORKSHOP Hybridization of Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms (HyNNGA) Submission also open for the following special events: SPECIAL TRACK within the EIS 2002 CHAOS and COMPUTATION organized by Prof. Nigel T. Crook and Dr Tjeerd Olde Scheper http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/eis2002/indexsp.html (under invited sessions) PLEASE NOTE: SUBMISSION DEADLINE JANUARY 15th 2002 Introduction The purpose is to give people the opportunity to share their research on how they are using chaos in the context of computation and infomation processing. More specifically, we are interested in how people are taking advantage of the properties of chaos (e.g. sensitivity to initial conditions, ability to synchronise, space filling, etc) when addressing computational or information processing problems. Our target audience will primarily include researchers from intelligent systems, communications, information systems and neuroscience. We are not aiming this specifically at Chaoticians who are contributing to the mathematics of chaos, rather than how it may be used in information processing. Topics (not exhaustive) include: Chaotic neural networks - the application of globally coupled chaotic maps to information processing - dynamic memory states as stabilsed orbits embedded in chaotic attractors - memory states corresponding to "wings" of attractors - using chaos to as a search mechanism (chaotic itinerancy) - learning and adaptation in chaotic neural networks - generalisation and capacity issues with chaotic neural networks - using synchronisation as a means of communication between distinct network modules Chaos and synchronisation - Applications of chaos to secure, noise tolerant secure communications Control of chaos in the context of information processing - direct control of chaos (e.g. OGY method) - continuous delayed feedback method - chaotic control of chaos Chaos and neuroscience - Evidence of the presence and use of chaos in natural intelligence Applications - the application of chaos to information systems/intelligent systems problems WORKSHOP Hybridization of Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms (HyNNGA) Organized by Dr M. Rocha and Dr P. Cortez http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/eis2002/indexsp.html PLEASE NOTE: SUBMISSION DEADLINE JANUARY 15th 2002 Introduction Living creatures improve their adaptation capabilities to a changing world by means of two orthogonal processes: evolution and lifetime learning. Within Artificial Intelligence, both mechanisms inspired the development of non-orthodox problem solving tools, namely Genetic Algorithms (GAs) and Neural Networks (NNs). Both methods have been combined in several ways, in order to gain improved performances in various Machine Learning tasks. Typically, GAs are used to provide optimization for the NN learning process. The workshop is intended to gather people investigating in this field, providing room for debate of the different approaches. Topics - Training methods for NNs based on GAs - NN topology optimization via GAs - Genetic Data filtering for NN feeding - Lamarck vs Baldwin evolution - Reinforcement learning - Artificial life environments - Practical applications of hybrid GA/NN methods Organizers Miguel Rocha Depart. Inform�tica University of Minho email:mrochaMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
acsu.buffalo.edu> <vanvalinacsu.buffalo.edu>First announcement The 2002 International Course and Conference on Role and Reference Grammar: New Topics in Functional Linguistics: The Cognitive and Discoursive Dimension of Morphology, Syntax and Semantics University of La Rioja, Spain 22-28th July 2002 Organization The organizing committee for RRG2002 consists of Francisco Cort�s (Universidad de La Laguna), Kees Hengeveld (University of Amsterdam), Ricardo Mairal (Universidad Nacional de Educaci�n a Distancia), Javier Mart�n Arista (Universidad de La Rioja), Dan Everett (University of Manchester), and Robert Van Valin (University at Buffalo). Event Programme A five-day international course consisting of about fourty hours will be followed by a two-day international conference. The course will include lecture sessions at three levels: pre-graduate (about one hour and a half per day), post-graduate (about three hours per day) and specialized (about four hours per day). Pre-graduate sessions will introduce the basics of the main topic of the day; post-graduate sessions will provide a detailed account of functional models, including RRG and Functional Grammar; and specialized sessions will deal with advanced topics in RRG. The conference will stage papers, workshops and plenary sessions. Teaching and Discussion Topics RRG2002 will deal with functional linguistics (including semantics, syntax and morphology) in its wider discoursive and cognitive settings. Papers, workshops and plenary sessions are expected to contribute to the theory of RRG as rendered in Van Valin and LaPolla 1997: Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Special attention will be paid to the further elaboration of RRG in areas like morphology, language acquisition, diachrony and lexical semantics. Parallel Session on FG The organizers would be very pleased to run a parallel session on FG during the conference, provided that there are enough proposals of contribution from the FG community. Papers should be devoted to the elaboration of the theory of FG as set out in Dik 1997: The Theory of Functional Grammar. 2 Vols. Edited by Kees Hengeveld. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Workshops may bear on points of convergence and divergence between the two functional models. Invited Speakers Speakers invited to the conference include Christopher Butler (University of Swansea), Dan Everett (University of Manchester), Kees Hengeveld (University of Amsterdam), Beth Levin (Stanford University), Ricardo Mairal (Universidad Nacional de Educaci�n a Distancia), Jan Nuyts (University of Antwerp) and Robert Van Valin (University at Buffalo). The course lectures will be delivered by Dan Everett, Kees Hengeveld, Ricardo Mairal, Jan Nuyts and Robert Van Valin. Abstracts The deadline for the submission of abstracts of papers and workshops is February 1, 2002. Abstracts should be no longer than three hundred words, including references. The language of the conference will be English. Papers will last twenty minutes, followed by another ten minutes of discussion. Workshops will last fourty-five minutes, followed by another fifteen minutes of discussion. The selection of papers for presentation will have been communicated by March 15, 2002. Conference/course Fee Before April 15, 2002, the registration fee is 200 Euros for the course and 200 for the conference. The fee for both events is 300 Euros. After April 15, 2002, an additional 50 Euros will be charged: 250 Euros for the course and the conference, and 350 Euros for both events. The fee will include conference facilities and materials, as well as coffee, refreshments and lunches. Further information A web page is under construction at the moment. Further information on RRG2002, including a detailed programme, accomodation information, payment, social events, etc., will be enclosed with subsequent announcements. Such announcements will be sent to the RRG discussion list and to the FG discusion list. Anyone who has not suscribed and is interested in receiving further information should send a message to the e-mail address for RRG2002: rrg2002Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue