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From:     mmoganti@saucer.cc.umr.edu (Madhav Moganti)
Subject:  ANNIE '94: Initial Program and  Call for Participation
Date:     Tue, 19 Jul 1994 16:38:39 GMT


                                 ANNIE '94

                 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS IN ENGINEERING



                              INITIAL PROGRAM

                          November 13 - 16, 1994

               Marriott Pavilion Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri



                                 ORGANIZER

                      University of Missouri - Rolla



                         SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS


                         Office of Naval Research

                      Boeing Corporation, Seattle, WA

                Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME

               McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, MO

           Corporate Headquarters, Lockheed Corp., Calabasas, CA
 
Center for Optimization and Control, Washington University, St. Louis, MO


                           ORGANIZING COMMITTEE



Conference Chair:

Prof. Cihan H. Dagli, Engineering Management, University of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO



Conference Co-Chair:

Prof. Benito Fern ndez, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Prof. Joydeep Ghosh, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Prof. Soundar R.T. Kumara, Industrial and Management, Systems Engineering, Penn State University



Members:

                                    USA


Prof. Luke Achenie, University of Connecticut

Prof. Hojjat Adeli, Ohio State University at Columbus

Prof. Metin Akay, The State University of New Jersey-Rutgers

Prof. Massoud Amin, Washington University-St. Louis

Prof. Marijke F. Augusteijn, University of Colorado

Prof. Laura I. Burke, Lehigh University

Dr. Thomas P. Caudell, Boeing Corp.

Dr. Tien-Hsin Chao, Jet Propulsion Lab

Prof. Rama Chellappa, University of Maryland

Prof. C.L. Philip Chen, Wright State University

Prof. John Y. Cheung, University of Oklahoma 

Prof. George Chryssolouris, MIT

Dr. Joel Davis, ONR, Arlington, VA

Prof. Okan Ersoy, Purdue University 

Prof. Laurene Fausett, Florida Institute of Technology

Dr. William A. Fisher, Lockheed, Palo Alto, CA

Prof. Jim Garrett, Carnegie-Mellon University

Prof. Jamshid Ghaboussi, University of Illinois-Urbana

Prof. David Goldberg, University of Illinois

Prof. Bruce Golden, University of Maryland

Dr. Aloke Guha, Honeywell, Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Michael L. Hinman, Rome Air Devlp. Ctr.

Prof. Susan I. Hruska, Florida State University

Prof. Michael Jordan, MIT

Prof. Nicolaos Karayiannis, University of Houston

Prof. R.L. Kashyap, Purdue University

Prof. Andrew Kusiak, University of Iowa

Prof. Chun-Shin Lin, University of Missouri-Columbia

Prof. Stephen C-Y. Lu, University of Illinois-Urbana

Dr. Kenneth Marko, Ford Motor Company

Mr. Thomas McTigue, McDonnell-Douglas, St. Louis, MO 

Prof. Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou, Rutgers University

Prof. Haluk Ogmen, University of Houston

Prof. Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

Prof. John M. Owens, Auburn University

Prof. Ozcan Ozdamar, University of Miami-Coral Gables 

Prof. Gary K. Patterson, University of Missouri-Rolla

Prof. James Peterson, Clemson University

Prof. Russell Pimmel, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Prof. P.A. Ramamoorthy, University of Cincinnati

Prof. Ervin Rodin, Washington University-St. Louis

Prof. Steven K. Roger, Air Force Inst. of Technology

Prof. Mohammed Sayeh, SIU-Carbondale

Prof. Ishwar K. Sethi, Wayne State University

Prof. Yung C. Shin, Purdue University

Prof. Alice Smith, University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Donald Specht, Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc.

Prof. Daniel St. Clair, University of Missouri-Rolla

Prof. John P.H. Steele, Colorado School of Mines

Dr. Richard Sutton, GTE Labs MS-44

Prof. Janos Sztipanovits, Vanderbilt University

Prof. Harold Szu, NSWC, Washington, DC

Prof. Lefteri H. Tsoukalas, Univ. of Tennessee-Nashville 

Prof. Aynur Unal, Vision & Sound Res. Inst.

Prof. Benjamin Wah, University of Illinois-Urbana

Dr. Paul Werbos, National Science Foundation

Prof. Chwan-Hwa Wu, Auburn University

Prof. Francis T. Yu, Pennsylvania State University

Prof. Jacek M. Zurada, University of Louisville



                                  CANADA



Prof. Michael Guillot, University of Laval, Quebec

Mr. John Sutherland, AND America Ltd.



                                   JAPAN



Prof. Yasuhiko Dote, Muroran Institute of Technology

Prof. Toshihiro Ioi, Chiba Institute of Technology

Prof. Yukinori Kakazu, Hokkaido University

Prof. Setsuo Ohsuga, University of Tokyo

Prof. Youchi Okabe, University of Tokyo

Prof. Masaharu Kitamura, Tohoku University



                              UNITED KINGDOM



Prof. Muhammed A. Javed, Southampton Institute, U.K.

Prof. Tim Spracklen, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Prof. Gary Whittington, University of Aberdeen, Scotland



                                  FRANCE



Prof. Stephane Canu, Universite de Compiegne, Cedex

Prof. Thierry Denoeux, Universite de Compiegne, Cedex

Prof. Bernard Dubuisson, University of Compiegne, Cedex

Prof. Pierre Morizet, University of Compiegne, Cedex



                                  AUSTRIA



Prof. George Dorffner, Austria Research Institute for AI

Prof. Robert Trappl, Austria Research Institute for AI



                                  BELGIUM



Dr. F. Vandamme, BIKIT, University of Ghent



                                  GERMANY



Dr. Winfried Schauer, Tech Hoch. Schule Wismar, Wismar
                         


TENTATIVE SESSION TOPICS


Artificial Neural Network Architectures       Hybrid Artificial Neural Systems
Learning Algorithms and Training              Feature Identification and Pattern Recognition
Neurally-Based Networks                       Machine Vision and Image Processing
Chaos                                         Neuro-Control
Fuzzy Logic                                   Non-linear Systems and Modeling
Genetic Algorithms and Optimization           Process Monitoring and Diagnosis
Soft Computing                                Neuro-Engineering Systems
Wavelets                                      Neuro-Manufacturing Systems




                             PLENARY SPEAKERS

Dr. Darrel Whitley, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Dr. James. B. Bassingthwaighte,University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Dr. Nimal Bose, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Dr. Donna L. Hudson, California State University, Fresno, CA

Dr. Robert S. Smithson, Lockheed, Palo Alto, CA

Dr. Joshua Latenier, Lateiner Dataspace Corporation, Woburn, MA



                         PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIALS

Concurrent Information Processing:  Models and Tools for Real-Time Neurocomputing Applications
     Dr. Robert J. Jannarone, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

A New Neural Network Learning Theory and Some Algorithms
     Dr. Asim Roy, Arizona State College of Business, Temp, AZ

Theoretical Foundations of Multilayer Perceptron
     Dr. Stephane Canu, Universite de Compiegne, Compiegne  FRANCE

Chaos and Fractals
     Dr. Larry S. Liebovitch, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL  

Mapping Networks Based on Clustering: ARTMAP, LAPART, Counterpropagation, Related Network
     Dr. Laurene Fausett, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

Wavelets
     Dr. D.M. Healy, Jr., Dartmounth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

Genetic Algorithms
     Dr. M. Cohen, California State University, Fresno, CA 

Applications of Computational Neural Networks in Materials Science:  An Introduction
     Dr. Bobby G. Sumpter, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN

Intelligent Data Modeling: A Comparison of Modern Techniques
     Dr. John Cheung, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, OK

Neural Network and Statistical Methods for Function Estimation
     Dr. Vladimir Cherkassky, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN


                         CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Papers submitted to the conference will be reviewed by two referees and all 
accepted papers will be published as a hardbound book published by ASME Press 
and edited by Drs. Dagli, Fernandez, Ghosh, and Kumara.  A copy of the book 
will be given to each participant at the conference.  After the conference, 
the book will be available from the publisher.


                         ANNIE - 94 GUEST ROOM RESERVATION

                               November 13-16, 1994

                             Marriott's Pavilion Hotel

                                   St. Louis, MO

Please type or print clearly in ink:

Dr./Mr./Ms.

     ________________________________________________________________________

     Last Name                      First Name                         M.I.



    __________________________________________________________________________

     Business or Organization



     __________________________________________________________________________

     Address  (Home/Business)                                                                



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     City                      State/Country                       Zip Code



     __________________________________

     Telephone (Home/Business)

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     Arrival Date _____/_____/_____          Est. Arrival Time __________ p.m.  
     

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     Please reserve ____________ rooms(s) for _________________________ people



     To avoid duplication of reservations, please submit only one form when 
     sharing accommodations with one or more individuals.



     Name(s) of person(s) sharing accommodations _____________________________

     _________________________________________________________________________

          
  o Reservation request is subject to availability.  There is a limited number 
    of rooms set aside for your group.

  o Reservation requests will be accepted on a first come-first serve basis.

  o All rates are subject to state and local taxes.  Cut off date for conference
    rate is October 23, 1994.
          
  o Guest rooms will be available for check in after 4:00 p.m., St. Louis time.
    Check out time is 12:00 noon.

  o Send all room reservations directly to Marriott, One Broadway St., St. Louis,
    MO 63102-1772.  
  o DO NOT SEND HOTEL RESERVATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY. 

  o If paying by check, please include total of first and last night's deposit.



     ROOM GUARANTEE:  To guarantee your room throughout your stay, a 
     non-refundable first night's deposit will be required.  The deposit can be 
     applied by a major credit card or check.  Changes or cancellations after 
     original reservation has been made should be made directly with hotel at 
     (314) 421-1776.


     Credit Card: ___ VISA ___ Discover ___ MasterCard ___ Amex ___ Diners Club       
     Expiration Date:___________________

Card Number _____________________   Signature: _______________________________  


ACCOMMODATIONS AND RATE  (Please check)   


_____ Single        $80           _____ Triple    $94    
1 Person 1 Bed                    3 People 2 Beds 


_____ Double        $88           _____ Quad          $104
2 People 1 Bed                    4 People 2 Beds


_____ Double/Double $88           _____ Parlors       Rates Available
2 People 2 Beds                         or Suites     upon Request


REQUESTED ROOM TYPE (Please check)

 _____Smoking        _____ King Bed

 _____Non-smoking    _____ 2 Double Beds

 _____No preference  _____ No preference

This registration form will also be used to guarantee for late arrival.  
Cancellations must be made by 6:00 P.M. St. Louis time.


                         ANNIE - 94 REGISTRATION FORM 

                             November 13-16, 1994

                           Marriott's Pavilion Hotel

                                 St. Louis, MO

Please type or print clearly in ink:

____________________________________________________________________________

Last Name                    First Name                                M.I.

____________________________________________________________________________
Company or Organization

____________________________________________________________________________
Business Address

____________________________________________________________________________
City                          State/Country                      Zip Code


_______________________________        _____________________________________
         Telephone                                       FAX


Indicate Your Fee: Registration fee for at least one author MUST accompany your 
    camera ready manuscript. (Fee includes reception, banquet, three luncheons 
    and one copy of the proceedings).



_____     $370 Author Registration

_____     $410 On-site Registration

_____     $30 Extra Banquet Ticket (Spouse or Guest)

_____     Tutorials $90 each


_____     $390 Advanced Registration

_____     $270 Student Registration (Accompanied by a registered faculty member)

_____     $19 each Extra Luncheon ticket

_____ Monday     _____ Tuesday       _____ Wednesday

     

MORNING SESSIONS               

_____     A New Neural Network Learning Theory and Some Algorithms
              Dr. Asim Roy, Arizona State College of Business, Temp, AZ

_____     Theoretical Foundations of Multilayer Perceptrons
              Dr. Stephane Canu, LIAC, Compiegne FRANCE

_____     Chaos and Fractals
              Dr. Larry S. Liebovitch, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

_____     Mapping Networks Based on Clustering:  ARTMAP, LAPART, 
          Counterpropagation and Related Network
              Dr. Laurene Fausett, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

_____     Intelligent Data Modeling:  A Comparison of Modern Techniques
              Dr. John Cheung, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 


AFTERNOON SESSIONS

____     Concurrent Information Processing:  Models and Tools  for Real-Time 
         Neurocomputing Applications     
              Dr. Robert J. Jannarone, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

_____    Wavelets
              Dr. D.M. Healy, Jr., Dartmounth College, Hanover, NH

_____     Genetic Algorithms
              Dr. M. Cohen, California State University, Fresno, CA

_____     Applications of Computational Neural Networks in Materials Science:  
          An Introduction
              Dr. Bobby G. Sumpter, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

_____     Neural Network and Statistical Methods for Function Estimation  
              Dr. Vladimir Cherkassky, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN


__________ TOTAL DUE



Payable by:

_____      Enclosed Check (U.S. Currency)
           Payable to:  University of Missouri - Rolla


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Credit Card: ___ VISA  ___ MasterCard  ___ DISCOVER  Expiration Date:___________


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Signature: ____________________________________           


Send Registration to:   

Monya Ortega, 223 Engineering Mgmt. Bldg., University of Missouri - Rolla, 
Rolla, MO, 65401, USA  Phone: 314-341-6576      FAX: 314-341-6567



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