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                  THE 1988 CONNECTIONIST MODELS SUMMER SCHOOL

ORGANIZER:           David Touretzky

ADVISORY COMMITTEE:  Geoffrey Hinton, Terrence Sejnowski

SPONSORS:  The Sloan Foundation; AAAI; others to be announced.

DATES:  June 17-26, 1988

PLACE:  Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

PROGRAM:  The  summer  school  program  is  designed  to introduce young neural
network researchers to the latest developments in the field.    There  will  be
sessions  on  learning,  theoretical analysis, connectionist symbol processing,
speech recognition, language understanding, brain structure,  and  neuromorphic
computer  architectures.    Students  will  have  the opportunity to informally
present their own research and to interact closely with some of the leaders  of
the field.

 PARTIAL LIST OF FACULTY:

   Yaser Abu-Mostafa (Caltech)      James McClelland (Carnegie Mellon)
   Dana Ballard (Rochester)         David Rumelhart (Stanford)
   Andrew Barto (U. Mass.)          Terrence Sejnowski (Johns Hopkins)
   Gail Carpenter (Boston U.)       Paul Smolensky (UC Boulder)
   Scott Fahlman (Carnegie Mellon)  David Tank (AT&T Bell Labs)
   Geoffrey Hinton (Toronto)        David Touretzky (Carnegie Mellon)
   George Lakoff (Berkeley)         Alex Waibel (ATR International)
   Yann Le Cun (Toronto)            others to be announced

EXPENSES:  Students  are  responsible  for  their  meals  and  travel expenses,
although some travel assistance may be available.  Free dormitory space will be
provided.  There is no tuition charge.

WHO  SHOULD  APPLY: The summer school's goal is to assist young researchers who
have chosen to work in the  area  of  neural  computation.    Participation  is
limited  to  graduate  students  (masters  or  doctoral level) who are actively
involved in some aspect of neural network research.  Persons who  have  already
completed  the  Ph.D.  are  not  eligible.    Applicants  who are not full time
students will still be  considered,  provided  that  they  are  enrolled  in  a
doctoral degree program.  A total of 50 students will be accepted.

HOW  TO  APPLY:  By March 1, 1988, send your curriculum vitae and a copy of one
relevant paper, technical report, or research proposal to: Dr. David Touretzky,
Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213.
Applicants will be notified of acceptance by April 15, 1988.
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