Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!mephisto!uflorida!simulation From: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) Newsgroups: comp.simulation Subject: SIMULATION DIGEST V17 N1 Message-ID: <23990@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 27 Jul 90 20:42:17 GMT Sender: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Lines: 388 Approved: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Fri Jul 27 16:41:41 EDT 1990 +----------------+ | TODAY'S TOPICS | +----------------+ (1) CALL: Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (2) REQUEST: Data Structures for Simulation (3) Chemical Fate Modelling (4) CALL: Object Oriented Simulation * Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida * Send topical mail to: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu OR post to comp.simulation via USENET * Archives available via FTP to bikini.cis.ufl.edu (128.227.224.1). Login as 'ftp', use your last name as the password, change directory to pub/simdigest. Do 'type binary' before any file xfers. * Simulation Tools available by doing above and changing the directory to pub/simdigest/tools. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 90 16:14:58 EDT Reply-To: Cybernetics and Systems Sender: Cybernetics and Systems From: CYBSYS-L Moderator Subject: SAB90 Announcement To: "Paul A. Fishwick" Really-From: Eric T. Freeman [ The following is a cross-post from the Artificial Life Research List Number 30 Tuesday, July 24th 1990. You are urged to subscribe directly to the list by sending mail to: alife-request@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu - Moderator ] Date: Mon, 23 Jul 90 16:07:48 EDT From: Stewart Wilson ======================================================================= ANNOUNCEMENT Simulation of Adaptive Behavior: From Animals to Animats An International Conference To be held in Paris, September 24-28, 1990 Sponsored by Ecole Normale Superieure US Air Force Office of Scientific Research Electricite de France IBM France Computers, Communications and Visions (C2V) Offilib and a Corporate Donor 1. Conference dates and site The conference will take place Monday through Friday, September 24-28, 1990 at the Ministere de la Recherche et de la Technologie, 1 rue Descartes, Paris, France. 2. Conference Committee Conference chair Dr. Jean-Arcady Meyer Dr. Stewart W. Wilson Ecole Normale Superieure The Rowland Institute for Science France USA Organizing Committee Groupe de BioInformatique Ecole Normale Superieure France Program Committee Lashon Booker, U.S. Naval Research Lab, USA Rodney Brooks, MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, USA Patrick Colgan, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada Patrick Greussay, Universite Paris VIII, France David McFarland, Oxford Balliol College, UK Luc Steels, VUB AI Lab, Belgium Richard Sutton, GTE Laboratories, USA Frederick Toates, The Open University, UK David Waltz, Thinking Machines Corp. and Brandeis University, USA 3. Official language: English 4. Conference Objective The conference objective is to bring together researchers in ethology, ecology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, and related fields so as to further our understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow animals and, potentially, robots to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. Said somewhat differently, the objective is to investigate how the robot can aid in comprehending the animal and, inversely, to seek inspiration from the animal in the construction of autonomous robots. The conference will provide opportunities for dialogue between specialists with different scientific perspectives--ethology and artificial intelligence notably--a dialogue that will be enhanced by the common technical language imposed by simulation models. As the first of its kind in the world, the conference will make it possible to establish not only the state of the art of "adaptive autonomous systems, natural and artificial", but a list of the most promising future research topics. The conference is expected to promote: 1. Identification of the organizational principles, functional laws, and minimal properties that make it possible for a real or artificial system to persist in an uncertain environment. 2. Better understanding of how and under what conditions such systems can themselves discover these principles through conditioning, learning, induction, or processes of self-organization. 3. Specification of the applicability of the theoretical knowledge thus acquired to the building of autonomous robots. 4. Improved theoretical and practical knowledge concerning adaptive systems in general, both natural and artificial. Finally, special emphasis will be given to the following topics, as viewed from the perspective of adaptive behavior: Individual and collective behaviors Autonomous robots Action selection and behavioral Hierarchical and parallel organizations sequences Self organization of behavioral Conditioning, learning and induction modules Neural correlates of behavior Problem solving and planning Perception and motor control Goal directed behavior Motivation and emotion Neural networks and classifier Behavioral ontogeny and evolution systems Cognitive maps and internal Emergent structures and behaviors world models 5. Conference Proceedings The proceedings will be published about two months after the end of the conference by The MIT Press/Bradford Books. 6. Conference Organization Among the papers received by the organizers and reviewed by the Program Committee members, approximately 50 have been accepted for publication in the proceedings. They will be presented as talks or posters. (To receive by e-mail a preliminary program please contact one of the conference chairmen). Since the conference intersects animal and "animat" research, lively interaction can be expected, including controversy. At least one panel discussion will be organized around the theme of what each viewpoint can contribute to the other. Because the conference is emphasizing simulation models, it is anticipated that many participants will have computer programs demonstrating their work. To make such demonstrations possible, the Organizers will provide workstations and video equipment. An evening session during the week will be devoted to demonstrations. Morning and afternoon coffee breaks will be provided. To further promote interaction among a diverse group of participants, the conference will provide lunch each day. 7. Additional Information Additional information can be obtained from the chairmen: Dr. Jean-Arcady Meyer Groupe de Bioinformatique URA686.Ecole Normale Superieure 46 rue d'Ulm 75230 Paris Cedex 05 France e-mail: meyer@frulm63.bitnet meyer@hermes.ens.fr Tel: (1) 43.29.12.25 FAX: (1) 43.29.81.72 Dr. Stewart W. Wilson The Rowland Institute for Science 100 Cambridge Parkway Cambridge, MA 02142 USA e-mail: wilson@think.com Tel: (617) 497-4650 FAX: (617) 497-4627 8. Travel and Lodging Participants will be responsible for their own travel and lodging arrangements. However, you may contact any of three hotel reservations services which have agreed to offer advantageous locations and rates to participants in SAB90. We advise making early reservations and mentioning "SAB90" in your request. These services are: - Hotel Pullman Saint-Jacques(****): rooms at 800-900 FF, fax (33 1 45 88 43 93) - Tradotel(*** and **): rooms at 440-520 FF, fax (33 1 47 27 05 87) - AJF: student rooms at 80-90 FF, fax (33 1 40 27 08 71) 9. Registration fees Attendance at SAB90 will be open to any person paying the registration fee which is set at $ 220 (or 1200 FF) for non-students and $ 110 (or 600 FF) for students. The registration fee covers five lunches, coffee-breaks, and a copy of the Proceedings. ****************************************************************************** *WARNING: The audience size is strictly limited to 150 persons. Registrations* *will be closed beyond this number. * ****************************************************************************** REGISTRATION FORM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last name: First name: Profession/Title: Organization: Address: State/Zip Code/Country: Telephone: Fax: E-mail: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This form should be sent to: Dr. Jean-Arcady MEYER Groupe de BioInformatique URA686. Ecole Normale Superieure 46 rue d'Ulm 75230 PARIS Cedex 05 FRANCE with a check for the registration fee to the order of: J.A. MEYER 'SAB90' The check can be in US Dollars or French Francs. To receive the student rate, please attach evidence of student status from your University or Scientific Advisor. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 90 16:10:11 -0400 From: steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson) To: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu Subject: Request for help - data structures. I am supposed to teach a data structures course to a class restricted to engineering, math, and science majors. I am looking for useful data structures and techniques that one would expect them to see in practice. I would like to get suggestions on possible data structures to concentrate on related to discrete and continuous simulations. Also, any small and instructive programming problem suggestions would be appreciated. Please reply directly to me and I'll post results if there is sufficient interest. =============================================================================== Steve (really "D. E.") Stevenson steve@hubcap.clemson.edu Department of Computer Science, (803)656-5880.mabell Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 1990 9:54:54 GMT From: JCG852@csc1.anu.oz.au Subject: Chemical Fate Models wanted for research project Apparently-To: To: comp-simulation@munnari.oz.au X-Vmsmail-To: smtp%"comp-simulation@munnari.oz.au" Path: csc!jcg852 From: jcg852@csc.anu.oz Newsgroups: sci.environment,comp.simulation Subject: Chemical Fate Models wanted for research project Date: 27 Jul 90 09:53:37 GMT Keywords: simulation, chemical fate models Organization: Computer Services, Australian National University News-Moderator: Approval required for posting to comp.simulation I am a Master's student at CRES (Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies) at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. I am undertaking a research project for the Federal Government's Department of Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories (DASETT). (Take a breath!). The project is to examine the available models of chemical fates (movement and chemical transformation) for agricultural pesticides and industrial chemicals. The end use of these models will be as an aid to assessing the environmental hazard of new (and some existing) chemicals. I am looking for models currently in use and under development, and information on validation of models. I would also like information on assembling data sets suitable for chemical hazard assessments. Any information anyone? I would also like to converse with interested persons involved in this field. Thanks John Gallant jcg852@csc.anu.oz.au ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 90 11:56:00 EDT From: ege@scs.fiu.edu (Dr. Raimund K. Ege) To: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS The Society for Computer Simulation Presents ... Object-Oriented Simulation ... part of the 1991 SCS Western Multiconference January 23-25, 1991, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California CALL FOR PAPERS Papers and proposals for panel sessions related to Object-Oriented Simulation are invited. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: - Simulation specification and modeling - Object-oriented architectures - Simulation software, tools and languages - Object-oriented database support - Object-oriented user interfaces - Object distribution and - Visualization networking DEADLINES Papers must contain original contributions. Panel proposal must address topics relevant to object-oriented simulation. All submissions are due August 15, 1990 and will be refereed. Full papers or abstracts may be submitted. Full papers will receive preferential treatment. An abstract must include the title of the proposed paper with a short summary, so that it can be properly positioned in the Conference. Authors must obtain employer, client, or governmental releases prior to submittal of the final manuscript. Authors will be notified of acceptance by September 20, 1990. Camera-ready copy is due October 20, 1990. Authors and other participants are expected to register early, at a reduced rate, and to attend the Conference and participate at their own expense. Submissions with a cover letter stating the name, address, phone number and e-mail address of the authors should be sent to: Dr. Raimund K. Ege Conference Chairman Florida International University School of Computer Science University Park Miami, FL 33199 Tel: (305) 348--3381 FAX: (305) 348--3549 Internet: ege@scs.fiu.edu ------------------------------ END OF SIMULATION DIGEST ************************