Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!wuarchive!rex!uflorida!simulation From: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) Newsgroups: comp.simulation Subject: SIMULATION DIGEST V13 N5 Message-ID: <21759@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 12 Jan 90 17:07:50 GMT Sender: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Lines: 416 Approved: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Volume: 13, Issue: 5, Fri Jan 12 12:07:24 EST 1990 +----------------+ | TODAY'S TOPICS | +----------------+ (1) COURSE: Neural Networks (2) CALL: Neural Nets in Target Recognition (3) CALL: "Simulation: Reality in the 90's" (4) Simulation of Rockets * 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, login as 'ftp', use your last name as the password, change directory to pub/simdigest. * Simulation Tools available by doing above and changing the directory to pub/simdigest/tools. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 90 02:07:49 EST From: mike@bucasb.bu.edu (Michael Cohen) To: wiley!ai-chi@LLL-LCC.LLNL.GOV, ailist@ai.ai.mit.edu, vision-list@ADS.COM, epsynet@uhupvm1.bitnet, neuron@hplabs.hpl.hp.com, self-org@mc.lcs.mit.edu, arpanet-bboards@mc.lcs.mit.edu, parsym@sumex-aim.stanford.edu, physics@mc.lcs.mit.edu, soft-eng@xx.lcs.mit.edu, TheoryNet@ibm.com, connectionists@RI.CMU.EDU, info-futures@CS.BU.EDU, dynsys-l@uncvm1.bitnet, biotech@umdc.bitnet, mcmi!denny, human-nets@aramis.rutgers.edu, optics-l@taunivm.bitnet, simulation@ufl.edu Subject: Neural Net Course NEURAL NETWORKS: FROM FOUNDATIONS TO APPLICATIONS May 6--11, 1989 Sponsored by the Center for Adaptive Systems, the Graduate Program in Cognitive and Neural Systems, and the Wang Institute of Boston University with partial support from The Air Force Office of Scientific Research This in-depth, systematic, 5-day course is based upon the world's leading graduate curriculum in the technology, computation, mathematics, and biology of neural networks. Developed at the Center for Adaptive Systems (CAS) and the Graduate Program in Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS) of Boston University, twenty-eight hours of the course will be taught by six CAS/CNS faculty. Three distinguished guest lecturers will present eight hours of the course. COURSE OUTLINE MAY 7, 1990 ----------- ---Morning Session (Professor Stephen Grossberg) Historical Overview, Content Addressable Memory, Competitive Decision Making, Associative Learning ---Afternoon Session (Professors Michael Jordan (MIT) and Ennio Mingolla) Combinational Optimization, Perceptrons, Introduction to Back Propagation, Recent Developments of Back Propagation MAY 8, 1990 ----------- ---Morning Session (Professors Gail Carpenter and Stephen Grossberg) Adaptive Pattern Recognition, Introduction to Adaptive Resonance Theory, Analysis of ART 1 ---Afternoon Session (Professor Gail Carpenter) Analysis of ART 2, Analysis of ART 3, Self-Organization of Invariant Pattern Recognition Codes, Neocognitron MAY 9, 1990 ----------- ---Morning Session (Professors Stephen Grossberg and Ennio Mingolla) Vision and Image Processing ---Afternoon Session (Professors Daniel Bullock, Michael Cohen, and Stephen Grossberg) Adaptive Sensory-Motor Control and Robotics, Speech Perception and Production MAY 10, 1990 ------------ ---Morning Session (Professors Michael Cohen, Stephen Grossberg, and John Merrill) Speech Perception and Production, Reinforcement Learning and Prediction ---Afternoon Session (Professors Stephen Grossberg and John Merrill and Dr. Robert Hecht-Nielsen, HNC) Reinforcement Learning and Prediction, Recent Developments in the Neurocomputer Industry MAY 11, 1990 ------------ ---Morning Session (Dr. Federico Faggin, Synaptics Inc.) VLSI Implementation of Neural Networks TO REGISTER: By phone, call (508) 649-9731; by mail, write for further information to: Neural Networks, Wang Institute of Boston University, 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879. For further information about registration and STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS, see below. REGISTRATION FEE: Regular attendee--$950; full-time student--$250. Registration fee includes five days of tutorials, course notebooks, one reception, five continental breakfasts, five lunches, four dinners, daily morning and afternoon coffee service, evening discussion sessions. STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS supporting travel, registration, and lodging for the Course are available to full-time graduate students in a PhD program. Applications must be postmarked by March 1, 1990. Send curriculum vitae, a one-page essay describing your interest in neural networks, and a letter from a faculty advisor to: Student Fellowships, Neural Networks Course, Wang Institute of Boston University, 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 90 02:06:41 EST From: mike@bucasb.bu.edu (Michael Cohen) To: wiley!ai-chi@LLL-LCC.LLNL.GOV, ailist@AI.AI.MIT.EDU, vision-list@ADS.COM, epsynet@uhupvm1.bitnet, neuron@hplabs.hpl.hp.com, self-org@mc.lcs.mit.edu, arpanet-bboards@mc.lcs.mit.edu, parsym@sumex-aim.stanford.edu, physics@mc.lcs.mit.edu, soft-eng@xx.lcs.mit.edu, TheoryNet@ibm.com, connectionists@RI.CMU.EDU, info-futures@CS.BU.EDU, dynsys-l@uncvm1.bitnet, biotech@umdc.bitnet, mcmi!denny, human-nets@aramis.rutgers.edu, optics-l@taunivm.bitnet, simulation@ufl.edu Subject: Call for Papers Wang Conference CALL FOR PAPERS NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION MAY 11--13, 1990 Sponsored by the Center for Adaptive Systems, the Graduate Program in Cognitive and Neural Systems, and the Wang Institute of Boston University with partial support from The Air Force Office of Scientific Research This research conference at the cutting edge of neural network science and technology will bring together leading experts in academe, government, and industry to present their latest results on automatic target recognition in invited lectures and contributed posters. Invited lecturers include: JOE BROWN, Martin Marietta, "Multi-Sensor ATR using Neural Nets" GAIL CARPENTER, Boston University, "Target Recognition by Adaptive Resonance: ART for ATR" NABIL FARHAT, University of Pennsylvania, "Bifurcating Networks for Target Recognition" STEPHEN GROSSBERG, Boston University, "Recent Results on Self-Organizing ATR Networks" ROBERT HECHT-NIELSEN, HNC, "Spatiotemporal Attention Focusing by Expectation Feedback" KEN JOHNSON, Hughes Aircraft, "The Application of Neural Networks to the Acquisition and Tracking of Maneuvering Tactical Targets in High Clutter IR Imagery" PAUL KOLODZY, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, "A Multi-Dimensional ATR System" MICHAEL KUPERSTEIN, Neurogen, "Adaptive Sensory-Motor Coordination using the INFANT Controller" YANN LECUN, AT&T Bell Labs, "Structured Back Propagation Networks for Handwriting Recognition" CHRISTOPHER SCOFIELD, Nestor, "Neural Network Automatic Target Recognition by Active and Passive Sonar Signals" STEVEN SIMMES, Science Applications International Co., "Massively Parallel Approaches to Automatic Target Recognition" ALEX WAIBEL, Carnegie Mellon University, "Patterns, Sequences and Variability: Advances in Connectionist Speech Recognition" ALLEN WAXMAN, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, "Invariant Learning and Recognition of 3D Objects from Temporal View Sequences" FRED WEINGARD, Booz-Allen and Hamilton, "Current Status and Results of Two Major Government Programs in Neural Network-Based ATR" BARBARA YOON, DARPA, "DARPA Artificial Neural Networks Technology Program: Automatic Target Recognition" CALL FOR PAPERS---ATR POSTER SESSION: A featured poster session on ATR neural network research will be held on May 12, 1990. Attendees who wish to present a poster should submit 3 copies of an extended abstract (1 single-spaced page), postmarked by March 1, 1990, for refereeing. Include with the abstract the name, address, and telephone number of the corresponding author. Mail to: ATR Poster Session, Neural Networks Conference, Wang Institute of Boston University, 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879. Authors will be informed of abstract acceptance by March 31, 1990. SITE: The Wang Institute possesses excellent conference facilities on a beautiful 220-acre campus. It is easily reached from Boston's Logan Airport and Route 128. REGISTRATION FEE: Regular attendee--$90; full-time student--$70. Registration fee includes admission to all lectures and poster session, abstract book, one reception, two continental breakfasts, one lunch, one dinner, daily morning and afternoon coffee service. STUDENTS FELLOWSHIPS are available. For information, call (508) 649-9731. TO REGISTER: By phone, call (508) 649-9731; by mail, write for further information to: Neural Networks, Wang Institute of Boston University, 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879. ------------------------------ To: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu.UUCP Path: calgary!cpsc!leishman From: uunet!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!leishman@samsung (Deborah Leishman) Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences,comp.ai,comp.simulation,sci.aeronautics,sci.bio Subject: Simulation Conference Keywords: simulation Date: 11 Jan 90 15:57:34 GMT Sender: uunet!calgary!news@samsung CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The 1990 Summer Computer Simulation Conference -------------------- SIMULATION: REALITY IN THE 90's July 16 - 18 1990 Calgary Convention Center Calgary CANADA Sponsored by The Society for Computer Simulation The 1990 Summer Computer Simulation Conference features innovative presentations, panel discussions, state-of-the-art reviews, tutorials, and trade show exhibits to provide a comprehensive coverage of the field of computer simulation. ----------------------- CONFERENCE SESSION TOPICS ------------------------- Physical, Chemical, & Engineering Applications Government, Management, & Social Sciences Intelligent Simulation Environments Computer Integrated Manufacturing Energy & Environmental Sciences Advanced Information Processing CAD: Process & Control Systems Strategic Defence Initiative Simulation Methodologies Artificial Intelligence Radar & Communications Transportation Systems Aerospace & Missiles Training Simulators Biomedical Sciences Computer Systems Agricultural -------------------- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TUTORIAL -------------------- SCSC'90 offers an extensive professional development program of introductory and advanced tutorials. Each tutorial runs for one and one half hours. Tutorial fees are (Can)$75 each. Where there are two sessions in the tutorial, the fee for attending both is (Can)$120. Please note that ADVANCED REGISTRATION is required for the professional development program. To register, contact the Registration Chair ( c/o Camille Sinanan) at the address below. The tutorials include: "Artificial Intelligence (Introduction and Knowledge Engineering)" "Performance Analysis and Logic Verification using PetriNets" "New Developments in Continuous System Simulation Languages" "Recent Developments in Security for Distributed Systems" "Discrete Event Simulation of Concurrency" "Configuration Management (H/W and S/W)" "Neural Networks" ------------------------ Trade Show & Exhibits ----------------------------- Leading commercial vendors will participate in the conference trade show & exhibition. Exhibitors include: Apollo Computers, Control Data, Sun Microsystems, Jade Simulations, Meiko Scientific, Pulsearch Consolidated Technology, Pulsonic Geophysical Ltd. ---------------------------- 1990 SCSC Committee --------------------------- General Chair: Program Chair: Dr Brian Unger, William Y. Svrcek Jade Simulations University of Calgary For further information and Registration, contact: Camille Sinanan Computer Science Dept., University of Calgary. 2500 University Drive N.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada T2N 1N4 Phone: (403) 220-6316 Fax: (403) 284-4707 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 90 11:34 EST From: MCCORMIK%BKNLVMS.BITNET@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu Subject: Simulation Of Rockets To: fishwick@fish.cis.UFL.EDU X-Envelope-To: fishwick@fish.cis.UFL.EDU X-Vms-To: @SIM To Simulation Readers, I am working on my masters thesis in the area of mathematical modelling and simulation. The mathematical model that is being developed is a model of multi-stage rocket. To mathematically analyze a rocket system, all the forces acting on the rocket must be examined. The model developed has accounted for forces due to momentum, drag, thrust, lift, and gravity. Forces such as the momentum and drag become non-linear because of variations in mass (as fuel burns) and air density, as a function of height. The system of equations developed for dynamically simulating the motion of a rocket have no analytical solutions, therefore computational methods are used to solve these equations. A simulation language, ACSL (Advanced Continuous Simulation Language) will be used to iteratively calculate the parameters that determine the motion of the rocket. A problem with the model is the force of drag has been assumed to be acting directly against the co-linear axis of the rocket. This may not always be the case in that the rocket can be travelling with velocity at an angle to the co-linear axis of the rocket. This drag may be zero at a very high altitude because of the density of the air, but I have not seen this mentioned before in my readings. Another problem that I am encountering is obtaining actual data so that I can compare my simulation to a real system. I have found some books that contain part of the information needed for different spaceflights, but I have yet to be able to find all of the data needed for a particular flight such as burn-rates of the fuel used, masses of all stages, distance or velocity vs. time graphs, orbit paths, etc. I would greatly appreciate information on any of these subjects or any other problems that I should consider in my simulation. Matthew E. McCormick Mccormik@bknlvms Electrical Engineering Department Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pa 17837 ------------------------------ END OF SIMULATION DIGEST ************************