From: marwan@ee.su.oz.au (Marwan A. Jabri, Sydney Univ. Elec. Eng., Tel: +61-2 692 2240)
Subject: ACNN'93 Programme
Reply-To: marwan@ee.su.oz.au (Marwan A. Jabri, Sydney Univ. Elec. Eng., Tel: +61-2 692 2240)
Organization: Electrical Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 04:44:31 GMT



				THE FOURTH
			AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON
			      NEURAL NETWORKS
				 (ACNN'93)



			   CONFERENCE PROGRAMME	




			 1st - 3rd FEBRUARY 1993
	
			 UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
				AUSTRALIA





PROGRAMME

Monday, 1st February 1993

8.30 - 9.15 am	Registration

9.15 - 9.30 am	Official Opening

9.30 - 10.30 am	Keynote Address
			G Hinton
			Department of Computer Science
			University of Toronto, Canada

10.30 - 11.00 am	Morning Coffee

11.00 - 12.30 pm	Session 1

		An Associative Memory Model for the CA3 Region of the	
		Hippocampus
			M R Bennett
			Neurobiology Research Centre
			W G Gibson & J Robinson
			School of Mathematics & Statistics
			University of Sydney, Australia

		Variable Threshold ART3 Neural Network		
			P Lozo
			Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
			University of Adelaide, Australia

		Constrained Quadratic Optimization using Neural Networks
 			A Bouzerdoum & T R Pattison
			Dept of Electrical & Electronic Eng
			University of Adelaide, Australia

12.30 - 3.00 pm	Lunch (including Student Poster Session)

3.00 - 3.30 pm	Afternoon Tea

3.30 - 5.00 pm	Session 2

		The Sample Size Necessary for Learning in Multi-layer	
		Networks
			P L Bartlett
			Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
			University of Queensland, Australia

		Implementing a Model for Line Perception		
			B P McGregor & M L Cook
			Centre for Visual Sciences, RSBS
			Australian National University, Australia

		Improving the Performance of the Neocognitron		
			D R Lovell, D Simon & A C Tsoi
			Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
			University of Queensland, Australia


5.00 - 7.30 pm	Poster Session 1


Tuesday, 2nd February 1993

9.00 - 10.30 am	Session 2

		Improved Phoneme Recognition Using Multi-Module		
		Recurrent Neural Networks
			L R Leerink & M Jabri
			Dept of Electrical Engineering
			University of Sydney, Australia

		External Stimuli in Biased Attractor Neural Networks
			A N Burkitt
			Computer Sciences Laboratory, RSPS
			Australian National University, Australia

		Activity Dependent Plasticity of Synapses in the Central
		Nervous System
			F H Guldner
			Department of Anatomy
			Khon Kaen University, Thailand

10.30 - 11.00 am	Morning Coffee

11.00 - 12.00 noon	A Method for Learning from Hints (Invited)
			Y S Abu-Mostafa 
			California Institute of Technology, U S A

12.00 - 1.30 pm	Lunch

1.30 - 3.00pm	Session 4

		A VLSI Arrhythmia Classifier		
			P H W Leong & M A Jabri
			Department of Electrical Engineering
			University of Sydney, Australia

		The Associative Conditioning Element		
			B L Rogers
			Information Technology Institute
			Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

		Establishing Analogical Mappings by  Synchronizing
		Oscillators 
			B D Burns, J E Hummel & K J Holyoak
			Department of Psychology
			University of California, Los Angeles, U S A

3.00 - 3.30 pm	Afternoon Tea

3.30 - 5.00 pm	Session 5

		Experimental Low Cost Neural Networks for Spoken
		Language Understanding 
			A Kowalczyk & M Dale
			Telecom Research Laboratories, Australia

		A Neural Network Implementation of Sokolov's Model	
		of Habituation of the Orienting Reflex
			B A Daniels
			Department of Psychology
			University of Tasmania, Australia

		Moving Image Compression and Regeneration by 		
		Associative Retina Chip
			Y Nakamura, M Ikegami & M Tanaka
			Faculty of Science & Technology
			Sophia University, Japan


5.00 - 7.00 pm	Poster Session 2

7.00 - 9.00 pm	BBQ and drinks



Wednesday, 3rd February 1993

9.00 - 10.00 am	A Spectral Domain Associative Memory with Improved 	
		Recall (Invited)
			B Hunt, M S Nadar, P Keller, E Van Colln & A Goyal
			Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
			University of Arizona, USA

10.00 - 10.30 am	Morning Coffee

10.30 - 11.30 am	Session 6

		Modelling Context Effects in Human Character Recognition
		Using Interconnected Single-Layer Perceptrons 
			C Latimer, C Stevens & M Charles
			Department of Psychology
			University of Sydney, Australia

		Learning Nonlinearly Parametrized Decision Regions
			K L Halliwell, R C Williamson & I M Y Mareels
			Interdisciplinary Engineering Program
			Australian National University, Australia

11.30 - 1.00 pm	Lunch (including Ideas-in-Progress Posters)

1.00 - 2.00 pm	Session 7

		A Comparison of Three On Chip Neuron Designs for a Low 	
		Power VLSI MLP
			R J Coggins, M A Jabri & S Pickard
			Department of Electrical Engineering
			University of Sydney, Australia

		Developments to the CMAC Neural Net		
			C S Berger
			Department of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering
			Monash University, Australia

2.00 - 2.15 pm	Closing



Poster Session 1
Monday, 1st February 1992
5.00 - 7.30 pm

The Effect of Representation on Error Surface		
	S Phillips
	Department of Computer Science
	University of Queensland, Australia

Statistical Analysis of a Parallel Dynamics Autoassociative Memory Network
 	A M N Fu & W G Gibson
	School of Mathematics & Statistics
	University of Sydney, Australia

Error Bounds for Approximation by Feedforward Neural Networks		
	M Ma & A C Tsoi
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	University of Queensland, Australia

A Comparative Study between SGNT and SONN		
	W Wen, V Pang & A Jennings
	AISS/TSSS
	Telecom Research Laboratories, Australia

A Critical Look at Adaptive Logic Networks			
	S Parameswaran & M F Schulz
	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	University of Queensland, Australia

Single and Dual Transistor Synapses for Analogue VLSI Artificial	
Neural Networks
	B Flower & M A Jabri
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	University of Sydney, Australia

Well-Balanced Learning by Observing Individual Squared Errors		
	K Kohara & T Kawaoka
	NTT Network Information Systems Laboratories, Japan

Optimization of Multi-Layer Neural Networks using Gauss-Newton 		
Minimization
	A Bainbridge-Smith, M A Stoksik & R G Lane
	Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
	University of Tasmania, Australia

Exception Learning by Backpropagation: A New Error Function		
	P Bakker & J Wiles
	Department of Computer Science
	University of Queensland, Australia
	R Lister
	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	University of Queensland, Australia

Genetic Optimization and Representation of Neural Networks		
	M Mandischer
	Department of Computer Science VI
	University of Dortmund,

Growing Context Units in Simple Recurrent Networks Using the Statistical 
Attribute of Weight Updates
	L R Leerink & M A Jabri
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	University of Sydney, Australia

A Nonlinear Model for Human Associative Memory Based on Error		
Accumulation
	R A Heath
	Department of Psychology
	University of Newcastle, Australia

Towards Connectionist Realization of Fuzzy Production Systems		
	N K Kasabov
	Department of Information Science
	University of Otago, New Zealand

A Stable Neural Controller for Nonminimum Phase Systems		
	S K Mazumdar & C C Lim
	Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
	University of Adelaide, Australia

An Adaptive Neural Net Based Spectral Classifier		
	J T Hefferan & S Reisenfeld
	School of Electrical Engineering
	University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Neuro-Morphology of Biological Vision: Fractional Discriminant Functions
in the Emulation of Visual Receptive Fields for Remote Sensed Images
	S K Hungenahally & A Postula
	School of Microelectronic Engineering
	Griffith University, Australia
	L C Jain
	School of Electronic Engineering
	University of South Australia, Australia

Automated Acquisition of Rules for Diagnosis		
	S Sestito & S Goss
	Air Operations Division
	DSTO Aeronautical Research Laboratory, Australia
	G Merrington & R Eustace
	Flight Mechanics & Propulsion Division
	DSTO Aeronautical Research Laboratory, Australia

Neural Networks to Compute Global Pattern Rotation and Dilation		
	J S Chahl & M V Srinivasan
	Centre for Visual Sciences, RSBS
	Australian National University, Australia

A Neural Architecture with Multiple Scales of Organisation		
	D Alexander
	Behavorial Sciences
	Macquarie University, Australia

Error and Variance Bounds in Multilayer Neural Networks		
	D R Lovell & P L Bartlett
	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	University of Queensland, Australia

What Size Higher Order Network gives Valid Generalization?		
	S Young & T Downs
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	University of Queensland, Australia



Poster Session 2
Tuesday, 2nd February 1992
5.00 - 7.00 pm


RPROP: A Fast and Robust Backpropagation Learning Strategy		
	M Riedmiller & H Braun
	Institute fur Logik, Komplexitat und Deduktionssysteme
	University of Karlsruhe,

A VLSI Switched Capacitor Realisation of An Artificial Synapse and
Neuron Suitable for Nano-Power Multi-Layer Perceptrons
	S Pickard & M A Jabri
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	University of Sydney, Australia

PANNE: A Parallel Artificial Neural Network Engine		
	S Guda, B Flower & M A Jabri
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	University of Sydney, Australia

The Self-Growing Feed-Forward Counterpropagation Network		
	S J Bye
	Telecom Research Laboratories, Australia
	A Adams & P Vamplew
	Artificial Neural Network Research Group
	University of Tasmania, Australia
	
Pruning Feed-forward Neural Networks			
	A N Burkitt
	Computer Sciences Laboratory, RSPS
	Australian National University, Australia
	P Ueberholz
	Physics Department
	University of Wuppertal, Germany

A Comparison of Architectural Alternatives for Recurrent Networks
	W H Wilson
	School of Computer Science & Engineering
	University of New South Wales, Australia

An Entropy Based Feature Evaluation and Selection Technique		
	Z Chi & M A Jabri
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	University of Sydney, Australia

Designing and Training a Multi-Net System with varying Algorithms
and Architectures
	M Arnold & M A Jabri
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	University of Sydney, Australia

The Minds Eye: Extraction of Structure from Images of Objects with
Natural Variability
	T J Stucke & G Coghill
	Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
	G C Creak
	Department of Computer Science
	University of Auckland, New Zealand

Comparison of a Back-Propagation Model of Music Recognition and		
Human Performance 
	C Stevens & C Latimer
	Department of Psychology
	University of Sydney, Australia

Analysis of a Neural Network with Application to Human Memory Modelling	
	M Chappell & M S Humphreys
	Department of Psychology
	University of Queensland, Australia

An Art Model of Human Recognition Memory		
	A Heathcote
	Psychology Department
	University of Newcastle, Australia

Comparison of Different Neighbourhood Size in Simulated Annealing
	X Yao
	Department of Computer Science
	University College, University of New South Wales, ADFA, Australia

Classification of Incomplete Data using Neural Networks		
	M L Southcott & R E Bogner
	Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
	University of Adelaide, Australia

Feature Extraction Using Neural Networks 			
	S V R Madiraju, Z Q Liu & T M Caelli
	Department of Computer Science
	University of Melbourne, Australia

Application of Neural Networks to Quantitative Structure-Activity
Relationships of Benzodiazepine/GABAA Receptor Binding Compounds
	D J Maddalena & G Johnston
	Department of Pharmacology
	University of Sydney, Australia

Word-boundary Detection using Recurrent Neural Networks		
	L R Leerink & M A Jabri
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	University of Sydney, Australia

Classification by Single Hidden Layer ANN			
	G Chakrabnorty, N Shiratori & S Noguchi
	Division of Engineering
	Tohoku University, Japan

Unification in Prolog by Connectionist Models		
	Volker Weber
	Computer Science Department
	University of Hamburg, Germany


Ideas-in-Progress Posters

A Feedforward Neural Network with  Complex Weights		
	E Skafidas & M Palaniswami
	Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
	University of Melbourne, Australia

A Method of Training Multi-Layer Networks with Heaviside Characteristics
using Internal Representations
	R J Gaynier & T Downs
	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	University of Queensland, Australia

Comparing Computed Neural Nets and Living Brains		
	C J A Game
	Department of Surgery
	University of Sydney & SEDAL, Australia

Neural Networks as Direct Adaptive Controllers 		
	M Bahrami
	School of Electrical engineering
	University of New South Wales, Australia

Performance Criteria for Stop Consonant Identification Using 		
Artificial Neural Nets
	R Katsch, P Dermody & D Woo
	Speech Communication Research Group
	National Acoustic Laboratories, Australia

Classifying High Dimensional Spectral Data by Neural Networks		
	R A Dunne
	Murdoch University, Australia
	N A Campbell & H T Kiiveri
	Division of Mathematics & Statistics
	C S I R O, Australia


Registration

The conference is being held at the Prince Philip Theatre in the Architecture
and Planning Building in Masson Rd (marked on the attached map of Melbourne
University).  Registration is available in the foyer of the Architecture and
Planning Building from 4-6pm on Sunday, 31 January, and from 8.30 each morning
of the Conference.    

Registration fees:	Academic	A$200.00
			Student		A$ 75.00
			Other		A$300.00

Accommodation

For accommodation booking, please contact Conference Associates, Tel/Fax:  +61
(3) 887 8003.  Accommodation has been block booked at:

	Ormond College		  Student		$ 32.00 (Bed&Breakfast)
	University of Melbourne	  Other			$ 42.00

	The Town House		  Standard		$ 98.00
	701 Swanston St		  Executive		$110.00
	Carlton			(rates include continental breakfast)

	Lygon Lodge		  Standard		$ 83.00
	220 Lygon St		  Deluxe		$ 95.00
	Carlton			  Standard 3 bed room	$95.00


Train (Sydney-Melbourne)

Economy Return		$ 98.00
1st Class Return	$158.00

Depart Sydney		8.05 pm		Melbourne	8.00 pm
Arrive Melbourne	9.10 am		Sydney		9.00 am


Local Air Travel Information

Ansett are the official Carrier for ACNN'93 and are providing a number of
services.  However, only the normal discount air fares are available for
delegates.  If booking with Ansett please quote the Master File number: MC
04351.  The reservation phone number is 131300.   

Discount tickets have to be booked at least 14 days in advance.  However only
a limited number of seats will be available at these prices so book asap and
avoid disappointment.    


Transport from Airport

Tullamarine Airport, located 20 km north-west of the city centre on the
Tullamarine Freeway, is open 24 hours a day and handles both international and
domestic flights at terminals in the same building.  The Skybus Airport Coach
service runs regularly to the city with a transfer time of 30-40 minutes.  The
airline and greyhound terminals in the city are adjacent to Swanston St.    
 
The contact number for Skybus is (03) 335 3066.  Cab fare is about $20-25.


Transport to the University of Melbourne

The conference is situated in the Architecture and Planning Building in Masson
Rd.  Tram stop No. 10 in Swanston St (between Faraday and Elgin Sts) is
directly opposite.  Trams No. 1 and 15 are appropriate, and can be caught from
Museum and Flinders St Stations.   


Parking

Parking is not available on campus during regular hours.  There are all day
meters at 20 cents/hour to the north of the University in College Crescent and
in Lygon St adjacent to the Cemetery and free all day parking in Princes Park
Drive.  Undercover parking is available at $6/day at Tower in Drummond St and
there is also all day parking at $5 at the Exhibition Buildings in Rathdown
St.  Note that Monday, 1 February is a public holiday in Victoria.  Limited
all day parking may be available on campus for $5.      


On-Campus Facilities

There is a Commonwealth Bank and a Post Office in the building in which the
conference is held.  The Union is nearby.  There are bookshops, chemists and
food stops in the union.  Note that the Union is close on Monday, 1 February.


Lunch

Lygon St is a short walk east of the conference venue.  There are restaurants,
food bars, take-away and eat-ins to meet all budget and dietary tastes.  This
is open all week including the Australia Day Holiday on 1 February.  


Messages to Delegates

The Conference Registration Desk can be contacted on (03) 344-7962 Sunday
4-6pm and from 8.30am Monday to Wednesday.  Messages can also be left with the
CITRI receptionist on (03) 282-2400 if the registration desk is unattended.  


Weather

Melbourne is generally warm with sunny days in February.  The average
temperature is 26 degrees with average overnight temperature of 15 degrees.
There are often hot periods in excess of 33 degrees followed by a change with
thunderstorms.  Maximum temperature recorded is 43 degrees, lowest is 4
degrees.  There is a 25% chance of rain.      
 

Sponsors

Ansett Airlines
Australian Telecommunications & Electronics Research Board
Carlton United Breweries
CITRI, University of Melbourne
Defence Science & Technology Organisation
SEDAL, University of Sydney
Telecom Research Laboratories



ACNN'93 Organising Committee

Conference Chairman
Dr Marwan Jabri , University of Sydney

Technical Programme Chairs
Dr Andrew Jennings, Telecom Research Laboratories
Dr Stephen Pickard, University of Sydney

Technical Committee
Prof Yianni Attikiouzel, University of Western Australia
Prof Max Bennett, University of Sydney
Prof Bob Bogner, University of Adelaide
Dr Joel Bornstein, University of Melbourne
Ms Angela Bowles, BHP Research Melbourne
Prof Terry Caelli, University of Melbourne
Prof Max Coltheart, Macquarie University
Dr Phil Diamond, University of Queensland
Mr Barry Flower, University of Sydney
Dr Bill Gibson, University of Sydney
A/Prof Richard Heath, University of Newcastle
Dr Andrew Jennings, Telecom Research Laboratories
Dr Adam Kowalczyk, Telecom Research Laboratories
Prof Bill Levick, Australian National University
Dr D Nandagopal, Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Dr M Palaniswami, Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Dr Stephen Pickard, University of Sydney
Dr Nick Redding, Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Dr M Srinivasan, Australian National University
Prof Ah Chung Tsoi, University of Queensland
Dr Janet Wiles, University of Queensland
Dr Bob Williamson, Australian National University

Local Committee
Dr Joel Bornstein, University of Melbourne
Ms Angela Bowles, BHP Research Melbourne
Prof Terry Caelli, University of Melbourne
Dr Victor Ciesielski, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Dr Simon Goss, Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Dr Andrew Jennings, Telecom Research Laboratories
Dr Adam Kowalczyk, Telecom Research Laboratories

Institutions Liaison & Publicity
Dr Simon Goss, Defence Science & Technology Organisation

Sponsorship
Dr Andrew Jennings, Telecom Research Laboratories

Publications
Mr Philip Leong, University of Sydney


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SEDAL, Electrical Engineering,		      Tel: (+61-2) 692-2240
Sydney University, NSW 2006, Australia 	      Fax: (+61-2) 692-3847