From: NKASABOV@commerce.otago.ac.nz
Date:         9 Sep 93 13:08:13 GMT+1200
Subject:      ANNES'93 PROGRAM AND A SUPPLEMENTARY CALL

THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL TWO- STREAM CONFERENCE ON
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND EXPERT SYSTEMS  -    ANNES'93    
         
          November 24-26, 1993
 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
  


         TOPICS OF INTEREST
* Artificial neural networks: models; architectures; algorithms; software 
tools; hardware implementations; cognitive models of the brain and their 
impact.

* Neural networks for problem solving: handling large experimental data bases; 
speech-, image- and text processing; time-series prediction; control; 
diagnosis, etc.

* Fuzzy systems: methods; tools; software and hardware implementations; fuzzy 
systems for problem solving; soft programming.

* Expert systems: machine learning and knowledge acquisition; methods for 
representing inexact data and uncertain knowledge; approximate reasoning; 
tools and systems; object-oriented systems. 

* Hybrid systems: integrating neural networks and AI-techniques; integrating 
neural networks and fuzzy systems; extending existing software tools with 
fuzzy reasoning and neural nets.    

* Applications of expert systems and neural networks in: Manufacturing; 
Process Control; Quality Testing; Finance; Economics; Marketing; Management; 
Banking; Agriculture; Environment Protection; Medicine; Geographic information 
systems; and other application areas.

* The impact of neural networks and expert systems to the future IT development.



              ANNES'93 CONFERENCE CONTACTS:

PROGRAM AND CONFERENCE CHAIR
Nikola Kasabov
Tel. +(3) 479 8319, Fax. +(3) 479 8311
email: nkasabov@otago.ac.nz
Department of Information Science, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

(Conference program, papers, proceedings, tutorials, reviewing, invited talks)

CHAIR OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Martin Anderson
Tel. +(3) 479 8315, Fax. +(3) 479 8311
email: manderson@otago.ac.nz
Department of Information Science, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
(Sponsorship proposals, exhibition proposals, video track, business and industry contacts)

POSTGRADUATE STUDENT SESSION AND POSTER SESSIONS
Ms. Kitty Ko  
Tel. +(3) 479 8153, Fax. +(3) 479 8311
email: kittyko@otago.ac.nz
Department of Information Science, University of Otago, P.O.Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY:
Ms Gina Porteous
Tel.+(3) 479 8180, Fax. +(3) 479 8311,
email: gporteous@otago.ac.nz
Department of Information Science, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
(Registration and all enquiries).