Current AI methods lack the flexibility and reliability of biological
information processing systems and, although a great deal is known about
the construction of biological systems, this knowledge has had little
impact on main stream AI. If we are to progress toward building machines
with the abilities of the natural computing systems, closer collaboration
between those studying biological information processing systems and AI
and neural computing is essential. This workshop is specifically designed
to bring these two groups together, with the aim of providing indicators on
how the brain may organise and process information, so that this knowledge
may initiate new ways to think about computation.
The workshop will focus on topics of common interest to neuro-biologists
and those working in neural networks and other approaches to intelligent
systems. It will focus on the low level mechanisms involved in biological
systems and how these may be exploited by the brain to bring about
intelligent behaviour.
The following list (with full details on http://thalamus.cs.york.ac.uk/aaai)
expands on the areas of interest in the workshop:
* Synchronisation of processing.
* Processing speed.
* Timing.
* Robustness to component failure.
* Modular construction.
* Information representation.
* Information transmission.
The Workshop will last one day with the morning session comprising
speakers for half an hour each followed by a discussion/ panel session.
The afternoon session will again comprise speakers for half an hour each,
followed by a further panel session.
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Attendance will be limited to 40 participants. To be invited, please
submit either a short paper (up to 4,000 words) on one or more of the areas
listed above or a brief statement (up to two pages) of your interests
in the topic areas and a list of your related publications.
Submissions
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The preferred method for submitting a paper or statement is to e-mail
a postscript file to:
aaai99_workshop@cs.york.ac.uk
If that is not possible, please submit papers to:
Victoria Hodge,
Department of Computer Science,
University of York,
Heslington, York
YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
fax: +44 1904 432767
Important Dates
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* Submission deadline: March 12, 1999
* Notification date: March 26, 1999
* Final date for camera-ready copies to organisers: April 21, 1999
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Workshop Committee:
Prof. Jim Austin [Chair] - University of York, UK
Prof. Stefan Wermter [co-Chair] - University of Sunderland, UK
Dr. Vasant Honavar [co-Chair] - Iowa State University, USA
Victoria Hodge [General Organiser] - University of York, UK
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* For additional workshop information,
see http://thalamus.cs.york.ac.uk/aaai
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