T W E L F T H E U R O P E A N M E E T I N G O N C Y B E R N E T I C S A N D S Y S T E M S R E S E A R C H ( E M C S R ' 9 4 ) here is the detailed programme of Neural Network-related events: Plenary Lecture by S t e p h e n G r o s s b e r g : "Neural Networks for Learning, Recognition and Prediction" Wednesday, April 6, 9:00 a.m., University of Vienna, Main Building, Room 47 Symposium A r t i f i c i a l N e u r a l N e t w o r k s a n d A d a p t i v e S y s t e m s Chairpersons: S.Grossberg, USA, and G.Dorffner, Austria Tuesday, April 5, and Wednesday, April 6, Univ. of Vienna, Main Building, Room 47 Tuesday, April 5: 14.00-14.30: Synchronization in a Large Neural Network of Phase Oscillators with the Central Element Y.Kazanovich, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia 14.30-15.00: Synchronization in a Neural Network Model with Time Delayed Coupling T.B.Luzyanina, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia 15.00-15.30: Reinforcement Learning in a Network Model of the Basal Ganglia R.M.Borisyuk, J.R.Wickens, R.Koetter, University of Otago, New Zealand Wednesday, April 6: 11.00-11.30: Adaptive High Performance Classifier Based on Random Threshold Neurons E.M.Kussul, T.N.Baidyk, V.V.Lukovich, D.A.Rachkovskij, Ukrainian Academy of Science, Kiev, Ukraine 11.30-12.00: Dynamics of Ordering for One-dimensional Topological Mappings R.Folk, A.Kartashov, University of Linz, Austria 12.00-12.30: Informational Properties of Willshaw-like Neural Networks Capable of Autoassociative Learning A.Kartashov, R.Folk, A.Goltsev, A.Frolov, University of Linz, Austria 12.30-13.00: Relaxing the Hyperplane Assumption in the Analysis and Modification of Back-propagation Neural Networks L.Y.Pratt, A.N.Christensen, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA 14.00-14.30: Improving Discriminability Based Transfer by Modifying the IM Metric to Use Sigmoidal Activations L.Y.Pratt, V.I.Gough, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA 14.30-15.00: Order-theoretic View of Families of Neural Network Architectures M.Holena, University of Paderborn, Germany 15.00-15.30: A New Class of Neural Networks: Recognition Invariant to Arbitrary Transformation Groups A.Kartashov, K.Erman, University of Linz, Austria 16.00-16.30: Neural Assembly Architecture for Texture Recognition A.Goltsev, A.Kartashov, R.Folk, University of Linz, Austria 16.30-17.00: A Neural System for Character Recognition on Isovalue Maps E.P.L.Passos, L.E.S.Varella, M.A.Santos, R.L.de Araujo, Engineering Military Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17.00-17.30: Neurocomputing Model Inference for Nonlinear Signal Processing Z.Zografski, T.Durrani, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom 17.30-18.00: Learning from Examples and VLSI Implementation of Neural Networks V.Beiu, J.A.Peperstraete, J.Vandewalle, R.Lauwereins, Catholic University of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium For more information please contact: sec@ai.univie.ac.at