Neural Networks for Physicists 5

The International Workshop NNP5 (Neural Networks for Physicists 5) will take place at the Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota, August 23-26, 1995. As in previous years, we are bringing together researchers from various backgrounds with a common interest in neural networks, and to have them exchange their ideas with physicists. Biologists, computer scientists, electrical engineers and theoretical physicists have formed the interdisciplinary attendance of previous NNP conferences. Participants from the University of Minnesota and local industry also came to learn, discuss, and start their own projects on neural networks. Topics to be discussed this year include modeling of biological neurons, applications of information theory to neurobiology, and retrieval and generalization properties of artificial neural nets.

The conference is hosted and sponsored by the Theoretical Physics Institute, the Cray Research Foundation, and the University of Minnesota Supercomputer Institute. There are no registration fees and campus housing is provided to participants. A small amount of travel support is available. A preliminary list of speakers follows. For more information, contact the organizing committee:

Philippe de Forcrand
ETH Zurich and Department of Physics
University of Minnesota
forcrand@ips.id.ethz.ch

Vladimir Cherkassky
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Minnesota
cherkass@ee.umn.edu

Daniel Kersten
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
kersten@eye.psych.umn.edu

George Wilcox
Department of Pharmacology
University of Minnesota
george@lenti.med.umn.edu

The current list of invitations includes: L. Abbott--Brandeis
B. Amirikian --U of M
C. H. Anderson--Wash. U.
J. Atick --Rockefeller
S. Becker--McMaster
S-S. Chen-- NSF
A. Clark--Wash. U.
J. Cowan-- U. Chicago
K. DeJong--George Mason
V. Dunin-Barkowski--Rostov- Don
R. Eichler West--U of M
J. Elder--Rice U.
D. Field--Cornell
P. Foldiak--St. Andrews
P. Hotchkiss--Neural Dynamics
J. N. Hwang--Wash. U.
L. Kanal--U Maryland
P. König-- Neuroscience Inst.
S. Luttrell--Defense Research Agency
D. MacKay--Cambridge
M. Marchand--Ottawa
J. Marshall--Chapel Hill
M. Mezard--ENS
E. Mjolness--Yale
F. Mulier--3M
J. P. Nadal--ENS
H. Najafi--U. of Wisconsin
M. Nordahl--Santa Fe
S. Nowlan--Synaptics
E. Oja--Helsinki
F. Pineda--Johns Hopkins
M. Raichle--Wash. U.
A. Rangarajan--Yale
P. Rujan--Oldenburg
T. Samad--Honeywell
I. Segev--NIH
T. Sejnowski--Salk Inst.
H. S. Seung--Bell Labs
V. Vapnik--Bell Labs
S. Zac--Purdue