WELCOME TO FOCUS OF THIS MONTH
FOCUS OF THIS MONTH is a magazine that focus on a key topic every fortnight.Like this month, focus is on Artificial Neural Network(ANN).This type of network is now gaining popularity worldwide .You can see them in washing machines,TV,computers,robots etc..Actually ANN is a type of network that try to learn the logic just like human do.ANN help machines to think and act like human.The main advantage of such network is that they response like human and can improve their response with the help of the feedback received.So,this fortnight learn about this amazing network which ,as per scientist,can change the way future of machines. Your suggestion and feedbacks are welcome.
Available Blogs
Artificial Intelligence Depot on http://ai-depot.com
Artificial Intelligence on http://dragonlogic-ai.blogspot.com
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics on http://smart-machines.blogspot.com
Greater Artificial Intelligence on http://realai.blogspot.com
Talking Robots - The Podcast on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence on http://lis.epfl.ch/resources/podcast
Positive Technology Journal on http://gaggio.blogspirit.com
Links
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE CI, NNS)
The IEEE NNS, previously called the IEEE Neural Network Council, coordinates work in the field of Neural Networks carried out throughout the IEEE. The field of interest of the Council and its activities and programs shall be the theory, design, application and development of biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms emphasizing neural networks. The IEEE CI organises the largest annual conferences, attracting the most prominent researchers. Its membership offers fully access to NN relevant proceeding through IEEE XPlore.
International Institute for Forecasters (IIF)
The IIF is an organisation of practitioners and researchers, although research initiative seems to dominate many conferences and publications. However, they publish a most relevant journal, regularly hold conferences including tracks on neural forecasting and seek to disseminate knowledge across disciplinary boundaries through networking and principles. Their work and publications follow high scientific rigor - so you may trust their publications more than others in the field
International Neural Network Society (INNS)
Association of scientists, engineers, students, and others seeking to learn about and advance our understanding of the modelling of behavioural and brain processes, and the application of neural modelling concepts to technological problems.
They publish the journal "Neural Networks" and often jointly organise conferences with the IEEE CI/NNS society.
European Neural Network Society (ENNS)
The ENNS is an association of scientists, engineers, students, and others seeking to learn about and advance our understanding of the modelling of behavioural and brain processes and to apply neural modelling concepts to problems relevant in many different domains.
They regularly organise the ICANN conference (often joint with the IEEE & ENNS conference) , often including a forecasting competition and publish the journal "Neural Networks".
Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF)
The official (!!!) text:
"The Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF) is recognized worldwide as the premier full-service provider of forecasting, demand planning, and supply chain research and services geared primarily to practitioners. The IBF is known for their certification program, which includes Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF), and Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF) designations. It is also a membership organization representing a global group of industry professionals from well known companies. IBF Members receive the flagship publication, the Journal of Business Forecasting, the only journal catered to practitioners, written primarily by practitioners since 1981. The IBF trains and educates over 1000 people each year through its established global conferences, workshops, seminars, and in-house training. It’s proud to have an ever growing network of accomplished professionals in businesses, responsible for improving forecast accuracy, and consequently, the bottom line."
The IBF is a forecasting association focussing purely on forecasting practitioners and their problems in the business domain. They hold regular conferences on Forecasting in the Supply Chain issues for practitioners, which rarely include reference to neural forecasting. In addition, they organise 2 yearly tutorials for all aspects of forecasting, including a regular tutorial on neural networks for practitioners, and the publish a journal with occasional NN papers.
2007Ó Mrinmoy Majumder. All rights reserved.
ANN Books
May 1,2007
ANN Journals
Adaptive Behavior Adaptive Behavior is an international journal published by MIT Press; Editor-in-Chief: Jean-Arcady Meyer, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) is an international, interdisciplinary journal of "open peer commentary," published by Cambridge University Press, with its editorial offices in Southampton UK and New York NY. BBS publishes important and controversial interdisciplinary "target articles" in psychology, neuroscience, behavioral biology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, linguistics and philosophy.
Behaviormetrika publishes original research papers and notes as well as invited papers, concerning theory, methodology, and application in all areas of behaviormetrics.
Connection Science: Journal of Neural Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Research published by Carfax publishing.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks is devoted to the science and technology of neural networks which disclose significant technical knowledge, exploratory developments and applications of neural networks from biology to software to hardware.
Intelligent Systems Online. Intelligent Systems Report (ISR) is a monthly newsletter featuring news and applications of such intelligent technologies as artificial intelligence, expert systems, neural networks, fuzzy logic systems, virtual reality, interactive multimedia and speech recognition.
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research covers all areas of artificial intelligence (AI), publishing refereed research articles, technical notes, expository and survey articles, and special issues. Established in 1993 as one of the first electronic scientific journals, JAIR is indexed by INSPEC, Science Citation Index, and MathSciNet.
Journal of Neuroscience Official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.
Neural Computing and Applications is a quarterly international journal which publishes original research and other information in the field of practical applications of neural computing. .
Neural Networks is the official Journal of International Neural Network Society (INNS), European Neural Network Society (ENNS) and Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS). Contains Original Contributions, Invited Review Articles, Letters to Editor, Book Reviews, Editorials, Announcements, Software Surveys.
ANN Pioneers
Many important advances have been boosted by the use of inexpensive computer emulations. Following an initial period of enthusiasm, the field survived a period of frustration and disrepute. During this period when funding and professional support was minimal, important advances were made by relatively few reserchers. Currently, the neural network field enjoys a resurgence of interest and a corresponding increase in funding.Below are some pioneers who make ANN what ANN is today :-
ANN Softwares
