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1997 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications
                               (NOLTA'97)
 Hilton Hawaiian Village, Hawaii, Nov.29 - Dec.3, 1997
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                        CALL FOR PAPERS

The 1997 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its
Applications (NOLTA'97) will be held at Hilton Hawaiian Village, Hawaii, 
on Nov.29- Dec.3, 1997. 
This symposium is a challenging international forum for researchers and 
practitioners interested in nonlinear phenomena and their efficient applications. The topics for the Symposium include but are not limited to:

Chaos & Bifurcation    Chaotic Neural Networks       Circuits & Systems
Oscillation            Cellular Neural Networks      Self-Validating Numerics
Synchronization        Learning & Memory             Modeling & Simulation
Communication          Prediction & Identification   Large-Scale Networks
Chua's Circuit         Image & Signal Processing     Analog and Digital ICs
Control                Neuro Dynamics                Distributed Networks
Complex Systems        Evolutionary Computation      Power Systems
Fractals               Optimization                  Optics
Soliton                Fuzzy                         Chemistry & Physics
Applied Mathematics    Biocybernetics                Economics

Organizer:
- Research Society of Nonlinear Theory and its Applications, IEICE

In cooperation with :
- IEEE Neural Networks Council
- International Neural Network Society
- Asian Pacific Neural Network Assembly
- IEEE CAS Technical Committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems
- Technical Group of Nonlinear Problems, IEICE
- Technical Group of Circuits and Systems, IEICE
- Technical Group of Neuro Computing, IEICE
- Technical Committee of Electronic Circuits, IEEJ


Prospective authors are invited to submit summaries (300-1000 words) 
to Technical Program chairman: 

                   Prof. Mamoru Tanaka
                   EEE Dept., Sophia Univ.
                   7-1, Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 102 Japan
                   fax: +81-3-3238-3321
                   nolta97@mamoru.ee.sophia.ac.jp
              
E-mail submissions are strongly recommended. 
(Please, DO NOT send graphics files and/or postscript files at this time.)
In the attached cover sheet, the following information must be included:
the complete title, author name(s), affiliation(s) of author(s), 
corresponding author (name, postal and e-mail addresses, telephone/fax 
numbers )  and one or more of the above areas that best describe the topic 
of the paper.

                            Authors' Schedule

    Deadline for submission of summaries:         July 19, 1997
    Notification of acceptance:                   August 30, 1997
    Deadline for 4 pages camera-ready manuscript: October 18, 1997

Proposals for special sessions and workshops may be submitted to 
Prof. M.Tanaka on or before July 19, 1997. 

Updates on symposium information is provided on:
       http://www.tlab.ee.sophia.ac.jp/nolta97/

For contact with secretariat: 
       nolta97@mamoru.ee.sophia.ac.jp


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NOLTA'97 SUMMARY SUBMISSION COVER SHEET
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Title of Paper:


Name(s) of Author(s):


Affiliation(s) of Author(s) (in the same order as above):


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Corresponding Author Name: 

Organization:

Address:

City:

Country:

Phone:                     Fax:

Email:

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Indicate into which categories (listed in the Call for papers) your paper fits:

  First Choice:                          Second Choice:

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NOLTA'97 Symposium Committee

HONORARY CHAIR
Kazuo Horiuchi(Waseda Univ.)

GENERL CO-CHAIRS
Shinsaku Mori(Keio Univ.)
Shun-ichi Amari(FRP, RIKEN)
                         
TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR
Mamoru Tanaka (Sophia Univ.)

LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR
Anthony Kuh (Univ. of Hawaii) 

PUBLICITY CHAIR
Toshimichi Saito (Hosei Univ.)

FINANCE CHAIR
Hideki Asai (Shizuoka Univ.)

SECRETARIATS
Hikaru Mizutani (Shonan Inst. Tech.)
Masakatsu Nishigaki (Shizuoka Univ.)
Kenya Jin'no (Sophia Univ.)

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
K.Aihara (Univ. of Tokyo)             L.O.Chua (U.C. Berkeley), 
R.Eberhart (Research Triangle Inst.)  T.Endo (Meiji Univ.)
A.Fettweis (Ruhr Univ.),              L.Fortuna (Univ. of Catania)
W.J.Freeman (U.C. Berkeley),          M.Hasler (EPFL)
T.Hikihara (Kansai Univ.)             K.Hirai (Konan Univ.)
M.Iri (Chuo Univ.)                    H.Kawakami (Tokushima Univ.)
M.P.Kennedy (Univ. College Dublin)    T.Koga (Kurume Inst. Tech.)
T.Kohda (Kyushu Univ.)                E.S.Kuh (U. C. Berkeley)
M.Kuramitsu (Kyoto Univ.),            R.W.Liu (Univ. of Notre Dame)
T.Matsumoto (Fukui Univ.),            A.I.Mees (Univ. of Western Australia)
T.Nagashima (Muroran Inst. of Tech.)  K.Nakajima (Tohoku Univ.)
T.Nishi (Kyushu Univ.)                J.A.Nossek (Tech. Univ. Munich),
M.J.Ogorzalek (Univ. Mining & Metall.)K.Okumura (Kyoto Univ.)
S.Oishi (Waseda Univ.)                T.Roska (Hungarian Acad. Sci.),
I.W.Sandberg (Univ. Texas Austin),    Y.Sawada (Tohoku Univ.),
W.Schwarz (Tech. Univ. Dresden)       Y.Ueda (Kyoto Univ.)
A.Ushida (Tokushima Univ.),           T.Ushio (Osaka Univ.)
J.Vandewalle (Catholic Univ. Leuven)  P.Werbos (National Sci. Foundation), 
A.N.Willson, Jr. (UCLA)               A.H.Zemanian  (Univ. Stony Brook)

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