First Announcement ACNN'94 FIFTH AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON NEURAL NETWORKS 31st Jan - 2nd Feb 1994 Univeristy of Queensland St Lucia Queensland AUSTRALIA The Fifth Australian Conference on Neural Networks will be held in Brisbane on 31st January - 2nd February, 1994, at the University of Queensland. ACNN'94 is the annual national meeting of the Australian neural network community. It is a multi-disciplinary meeting and seeks contributions from Neuroscientists, Engineers, Computer Scientists, Mathematicians, Physicists and Psychologists. ACNN'94 will feature an invited keynote speaker. The program will include presentations and poster sessions. Proceedings will be printed and distributed to the attendees. Keynote Speaker Professor Teuvo Kohonen, Helsinki Technical University Call for Papers Papers on innovative applications of artificial neural networks and other research topics in ANNs are sought. Research topics of interest include, but not restricted to: Neuroscience: Integrative function of neural networks in vision, audition, motor, somatosensory and autonomic functions. Synaptic function: Cellular information processing; Theory: Learning; Generalisation; Complexity; Scaling; Stability; Dynamics; Implementation: Hardware implementation of neural networks; Analog and digital VLSI implementation; Optical implementation; Architecture and Learning Algorithms: New Architectures and learning algorithms; Hierarchy; Modularity; Learning pattern sequences; information integration; Cognitive Science and AI: Computational models of cognition and perception; Reasoning; Concept formation; Language acquisition; Neural network implementation of expert systems; Applications: Application of neural networks to signal processing and analysis; Pattern recognition; Speech, machine vision; Motor control; Robotics. The conference will also include a poster stream which is designed as a forum for presentation of work in an environment which will encourage informal discussions about methodologies and techniques. The posters will be displayed for a significant period of time, and time will be allocated for authors to be present at their poster in the conference program. Software demonstrations will be possible for authors who bring with them portable computers. The organizing committee will attempt to provide full-size compatible screens. Limited video facilities may be available. As in previous years, there will be a special poster session for postgraduate students. All students are encouraged to present research issues and preliminary findings in this session. Initial Submission of Papers As this is a multi-disciplinary meeting, papers are required to be comprehensible to an informed researcher outside the particular stream of the author in addition to the normal requirements of technical merit. Papers should be submitted as close as possible to final form and must not exceed four A4 pages (2-column format). The first page should include the title and abstract, and should leave space for, but not include the authors' names and affiliations. A cover page should be supplied giving the title of the paper, the name, and affiliation of each author, together with the postal address, the electronic mail address, the phone number, and the fax number of a designated contact author. The type font should be no smaller than 10 point except in footnotes. A serif font such as Times to New Century Schoolbook is preferred. Four copies of the paper and the front cover should be supplied. This initial submission must be on hard copy to reach us by Friday, 27th August, 1993. Each manuscript should clearly indicate submission category (from the six as listed) and author preference for oral or poster presentations. Papers should be sent to: Tracey Carney ACNN'94 Secretariat, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Queensland St Lucia, Queensland 4072 Australia. Submission Deadlines Friday, 27 August 1993 Deadline for receipt of paper submissions Friday 29th October 1993 Notification of acceptance/rejection Friday 10 December 1993 Final papers ready for camera-ready form for printing Monday 24th January 1994 Deadline for receipt of Student Session abstracts Venue University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia ACNN'94 Organizing Committee General Chair Ah Chung Tsoi (Univ of Queensland) Technical Chair Tom Downs (Univ of Queensland) Technical Committee Yianni Attikouzel (Univ of Western Aust) Peter Bartlett (Aust National Univ) Robert Bogner (Univ of Adelaide) Terry Caelli (Univ of Melbourne) Max Coltheart (Macquarie Univ) George Coghill (Univ of Auckland) Phil Diamond (Univ of Queensland) Joachim Diederich (Queensland Univ of Tech) Tom Downs (Univ of Queensland) Simon Goss (Def Scient & Tech Org) Graeme Halford (Univ of Queensland) Richard Heath (Univ of Newcastle) Michael Humphreys (Univ of Queensland) Marwan Jabri (Sydney Univ) Andrew Jennings (Telecom) Bill Levick (Aust National Univ) Adam Kowalczyk (Telecom) Dennis Longstaff (Univ of Queensland) D Nandagopal (Def Scient & Tech Org) M Palaniswami (Univ of Melbourne) Jack Pettigrew (Univ of Queensland) Nick Redding (Def Scient & Tech Org) Janet Wiles (Univ of Queensland) Robert Williamson (Aust National Univ) Local Committee (tentative) Andrew Back (Univ of Queensland) Phil Diamond (Univ of Queensland) Joachim Diederich (Queensland Univ of Tech) Shlomo Geva (Queensland Univ of Tech) Graeme Halford (Univ of Queensland) Michael Humphreys (Univ of Queensland) Ray Lister (Univ of Queensland) Brian Lovell (Univ of Queensland) David Lovell (Univ of Queensland) Mark Schulz (Univ of Queensland) Joaquin Sitte (Queensland Univ of Tech) Guy Smith (Univ of Queensland) Janet Wiles (Univ of Queensland) Robert Young (Queensland Dept of Primary Industries) Registration The registration fee to attend ACNN'94 is: Full Time Students A $80 + $30 Late fee Academics A $200 + $50 Late fee Other A $275 + $75 Late fee Late fees will apply to any registrations posted after December 10th 1993. To be eligible for the Full Time Student rate, a letter from the Head of Department as verification of enrolment is required. Accommodation Accommodation has been block booked at King's College (to be confirmed), University of Queensland. Copies of this brochure and registration forms are available from the Secretariat Postgraduate Students Poster Session Students are invited to submit research papers to the conference program in the normal way. However, there are many cases where preliminary work is not in a suitable form for the main program, or is not complete by the submission deadline. Thus, as in past years, there will be a special poster session for students. The main aim of the session is to promote interaction among students, and to give students a chance to present their thesis research, and gain feedback from fellow students and conference attendees. All students are accepted for the session, and indeed, all are strongly encouraged to participate. To take part in the session, send 1-page giving title of paper, name, affiliation, email address, and a 200-word abstract outlining the content of the poster, to Dr Janet Wiles Department of Computer Science, University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia, by Monday 24th January, 1994. For questions regarding the student session, write to the above address, or email janetw@cs.uq.oz.au Note that abstracts for the student session are not referreed and will not appear in the conference proceedings.