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The Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics
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100 Allentown Parkway, Suite 211, Allen, Texas 75002 (214) 422-4570
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December 1989 Newsletter
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DECEMBER MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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DATE: Saturday, December 9, 1989
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TIME: 12:30 PM
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PLACE: McDermott Library, Room 2.406 (or adjacent room), the University of
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Texas at Dallas
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TOPIC: Isomorphic back-propagation networks
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SPEAKER: Mike Manry, Electrical Engineering, UTA
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Dr. Manry will give an overview of research into methods of mapping signal
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processing algorithms onto back-propagation networks. The signal
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processing algorithms include Gaussian classifiers.
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A new design technique for back-propagation networks is presented. In this
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technique, unit activation functions are approximated by power series.
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Basic building blocks such as monomial networks and multiplier networks are
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implemented with any desired degree of accuracy. Representation theorems
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for designing arbitrary continuous functions are also discussed.
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These studies will give us a clearer understanding of the strengths,
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limitations, and uses of back-propagation networks. One specific
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application being used in this research is recognition of hand-printed
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numerals.
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DIRECTIONS: UTD is on Floyd Road, north of Campbell Road in Richardson.
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Take Central Expressway to the Renner Road exit (north of Campbell Road).
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Take Renner Road west past the traffic light at Custer. You'll have to
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curve south as Renner ends at Floyd road. The main entrance to the UTD
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campus is at the (only) stop sign on Floyd between Renner and Campbell. Go
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west into the campus to the parking lot behind the guard station (it is
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usually open on Saturday afternoons). McDermott Library is the building on
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the south border of the lot. We meet in one of the classrooms on the left
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after you go in the main entrance which, according to UTD's unique
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numbering scheme, is on level two.
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November Meeting Notes
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The presentation on transputers and the Occam language given by David Bye
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of INMOS was very informative. David Bye has complimentary literature
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available on transputers, systems, and the Occam language. If you are
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interested, contact him at the SGS Thomson (INMOS) facility at 1310
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Electronics Drive in Carrollton.
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For further information, contact Wesley Elsberry at (817) 551-7018.
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