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Every human being is aware of the flow of time. This fact is
embodied in the existence of such notions as the past and the
future, the two domains being separated from each other by the
single moment of the present. While the past is regarded as fixed
and definite, the future is viewed as unknown, uncertain, and
undetermined. The only perceivable moment is the present, the `now'
- the ever-changing point moving from the past into the future.
Physics tells us a different story: not only are the vast majority
of physical laws time-reversible, but the concept of the `now'
itself has no place at all in physics. In other words, the
equations of physics do not distinguish between the past and the
future and seem to be completely oblivious to the very idea of the
present. This book discusses the biological and psychological
aspects of perception of time, and the problems related to the
determination of location arising from quantum physics, together
with comments and opinions from philosophers and physicists.
The following are the proceedings of the Third International
Workshop on Human and Machine Perception held in Pavia, Italy, on
September 14 -17, 1998. This edition has been under the auspices of
two Institutions: the Cybernetic and Biophysics Group (GNCB) of the
Italian National Research Council (CNR), the Centro
Interdipartimentale di Scienze Cognitive, of Pavia University and
the Centro Interdipartimentale Tecnologie della Conoscenza, of
Palermo University. A wide spectrum of topics is covered in this
series, ranging from computer perception to psychology and
physiology of perception, for analysing and comparing biological
and artificial approaches. The theme of this workshop was focused
on "Emergence, Attention and Creativity". The workshop structure
consisted of five modules each one composed of two invited lectures
(dealing with solutions in nature and machines respectively) and a
panel discussion. The lectures focused on presenting the
state-of-the-art and outlining open questions. In particular, they
sought to stress links, suggesting possible synergies between
different cultural areas. The panel discussion was conceived as a
forum for an open debate, briefly introduced by each panellist, and
mainly aimed at deeper investigation for the different approaches
and strictly related topics. The panellists were asked to prepare a
few statements on hot-points, which were delivered in advance to
the participants as a guide for a qualified discussion.
In this book are reported the main results presented at the "Fourth
International Workshop on Data Analysis in Astronomy," held at the
Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily,
Italy, on April 12-19, 1991. The Workshop was preceded by three
workshops on the same subject held in Erice in 1984, 1986 and 1988.
The frrst workshop (Erice 1984) was dominated by presentations of
"Systems for Data Analysis"; the main systems proposed were MIDAS,
AlPS, RIAIP, and SAIA. Methodologies and image analysis topics were
also presented with the emphasis on cluster analysis, multivariate
analysis, bootstrap methods, time analysis, periodicity, 2D
photometry, spectrometry, and data compression. A general
presentation on "Parallel Processing" was made which encompassed
new architectures, data structures and languages. The second
workshop (Erice 1986) reviewed the "Data Handling Systems" planned
for large major satellites and ground experiments (VLA, HST, ROSAT,
COMPASS-COMPTEL). Data analysis methods applied to physical
interpretation were mainly considered (cluster photometry,
astronomical optical data compression, cluster analysis for pulsar
light curves, coded aperture imaging). New parallel and vectorial
machines were presented (cellular machines, PAPIA-machine,
MPP-machine, vector computers in astronomy). Contributions in the
field of artificial intelligence and planned applications to
astronomy were also considered (expert systems, artificial
intelligence in computer vision).
The following are the proceedings of the Fourth International
Workshop on Human and Machine Perception held in Palermo, Italy, on
June 20 -23, 2000, under the auspices of three Institutions: the
Cybernetic and Biophysics Group (GNCB) of the Italian National
Research Council (CNR) and the two Inter-Department Centers of
Cognitive Sciences of Palermo and Pavia University respectively. A
broad spectrum of topics are covered in this series, ranging from
computer perception to psychology and physiology of perception. The
theme of this workshop on Human and Machine Perception was focused
on Thinking, Deciding, and Acting. As in the past editions the
final goal has been the analysis and the comparison of biological
and artificial solutions. The focus of the lectures has been on
presenting the state-of-the-art and outlining open questions. In
particular, they sought to stress links, suggesting possible
synergies between the different cultural areas. The panel
discussion has been conceived as a forum for an open debate,
briefly introduced by each panelist, and mainly aimed at deeper
investigation of the different approaches to perception and
strictly related topics. The panelists were asked to prepare a few
statements on hot-points as a guide for discussion. These
statements were delivered to the participants together with the
final program, for a more qualified discussion.
The 8th International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications
(WILF 2009) held in Palermo (Italy), June 9-12, 2009, covered
topics related to theoretical and experimental areas of fuzzy sets
and systems with emphasis on di?erent applications. This
eventrepresentsthe continuation ofan established traditionof
biannual interdisciplinary meetings. The previous editions of WILF
were held, with an increasing number of participants, in Naples
(1995), Bari (1997), Genoa (1999), Milan (2001), Naples (2003),
Crema (2005) and Camogli (2007). Each event focused on distinct
main thematic areas of fuzzy logic and related applications. WILF
2009 aimed to highlight connections and synergiesof fuzzy sets
theory with nonconventional computing (e.g., neural networks,
evolutionary compu- tion, support vector machines, molecular
computing, quantum computing) and
cognitivescience,inordertoreachabetterunderstandingofbothnaturaland-
ti?cial complex systems as well as computing systems, inspired by
nature, which are able to solve complex problems. From this
perspective one of the main goals of the WILF workshops is to bring
together researchers and developers from both academia and
high-tech companies. WILF 2009receivedmorethan 60 paper
submissionsfrom all overthe world, including Algeria, Belgium,
Benin, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Greece, India, Iran, Italy,
Japan, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and the USA. A rigorous
peer-review selection process was applied to ultimately select
nearly 40 high-quality manuscripts to be published in this volume.
Moreover,thevolumealsoincludespresentationsfromthreekeynotespeakers
EtienneKerre(GhentUniversity,Belgium),SankarK.Pal(ISI,India)andEnric
Trillas (ECSC, Spain).
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Fuzzy Logic and Applications - 5th International Workshop, WILF 2003, Naples, Italy, October 9-11, 2003, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2006 ed.)
Vito di Gesu, Francesco Masulli, Alfredo Petrosino
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The present volume contains the contributions delivered at the 5th
International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications (WILF 2003),
hosted by the Istituto Italiano Studi Filoso?ci, Palazzo Serra di
Cassano, Naples (Italy) and held on October 9-11, 2003. The volume
includes the more recent achievements in the domain of theor- ical,
experimental and applied fuzzy logic and related techniques. To
emphasize the particular connotation of the modern applications of
fuzzy logic, special - tention has been devoted to the recent trend
of integrating and complementing fuzzy logic with rough set theory,
neural networks, genetic algorithms and other formal theories and
methodologies in order to de?ne ?exible and "intelligent" systems,
based on the so-called paradigm of soft computing. The capabiblity
of these techniques to incorporate imprecision and incomplete
information, and to model complex systems, makes them useful tools
in many scienti?c areas. Among these areas, WILF 2003 dedicated a
Special Session on "Soft Comp- ing in Image Processing." Image
processing has been a major topic in many areas of research and
development, particularly in computer vision and pattern rec-
nition. The majority of the methods were based on probabilistic
paradigms, such as the well-known Bayesian paradigm and
evidence-based decision-making s- tems, and just recently
soft-computing techniques have gained a relevant role in the
leading techniques to tackle image-processing problems. The special
session was organized in cooperation with the SCIP group (http:
//fuzzy.rug.ac.be/SCIP).
The following are the proceedings of the Fourth International
Workshop on Human and Machine Perception held in Palermo, Italy, on
June 20 -23, 2000, under the auspices of three Institutions: the
Cybernetic and Biophysics Group (GNCB) of the Italian National
Research Council (CNR) and the two Inter-Department Centers of
Cognitive Sciences of Palermo and Pavia University respectively. A
broad spectrum of topics are covered in this series, ranging from
computer perception to psychology and physiology of perception. The
theme of this workshop on Human and Machine Perception was focused
on Thinking, Deciding, and Acting. As in the past editions the
final goal has been the analysis and the comparison of biological
and artificial solutions. The focus of the lectures has been on
presenting the state-of-the-art and outlining open questions. In
particular, they sought to stress links, suggesting possible
synergies between the different cultural areas. The panel
discussion has been conceived as a forum for an open debate,
briefly introduced by each panelist, and mainly aimed at deeper
investigation of the different approaches to perception and
strictly related topics. The panelists were asked to prepare a few
statements on hot-points as a guide for discussion. These
statements were delivered to the participants together with the
final program, for a more qualified discussion.
Every human being is aware of the flow of time. This fact is
embodied in the existence of such notions as the past and the
future, the two domains being separated from each other by the
single moment of the present. While the past is regarded as fixed
and definite, the future is viewed as unknown, uncertain, and
undetermined. The only perceivable moment is the present, the `now'
- the ever-changing point moving from the past into the future.
Physics tells us a different story: not only are the vast majority
of physical laws time-reversible, but the concept of the `now'
itself has no place at all in physics. In other words, the
equations of physics do not distinguish between the past and the
future and seem to be completely oblivious to the very idea of the
present. This book discusses the biological and psychological
aspects of perception of time, and the problems related to the
determination of location arising from quantum physics, together
with comments and opinions from philosophers and physicists.
This book presents a unique collection of articles on shape, contour and grouping in computer vision. Besides revised versions of research papers originally presented at a workshop, the book contains expository articles introducing the area to a broader audience and surveying the state of the art.The 19 articles presented were carefully reviewed. They are organized in the following sections: introduction; shape; shading; grouping; representation and recognition; and statistics,learning and recognition.
The following are the proceedings of the Third International
Workshop on Human and Machine Perception held in Pavia, Italy, on
September 14 -17, 1998. This edition has been under the auspices of
two Institutions: the Cybernetic and Biophysics Group (GNCB) of the
Italian National Research Council (CNR), the Centro
Interdipartimentale di Scienze Cognitive, of Pavia University and
the Centro Interdipartimentale Tecnologie della Conoscenza, of
Palermo University. A wide spectrum of topics is covered in this
series, ranging from computer perception to psychology and
physiology of perception, for analysing and comparing biological
and artificial approaches. The theme of this workshop was focused
on "Emergence, Attention and Creativity." The workshop structure
consisted of five modules each one composed of two invited lectures
(dealing with solutions in nature and machines respectively) and a
panel discussion. The lectures focused on presenting the
state-of-the-art and outlining open questions. In particular, they
sought to stress links, suggesting possible synergies between
different cultural areas. The panel discussion was conceived as a
forum for an open debate, briefly introduced by each panellist, and
mainly aimed at deeper investigation for the different approaches
and strictly related topics. The panellists were asked to prepare a
few statements on hot-points, which were delivered in advance to
the participants as a guide for a qualified discussion.
The following are thEURO:" proceedings of the Second International
Workshop on Human and Machine Perception held in Trabia, Italy, on
July 21~25, 1996, under the auspices of two Institutions: the
Cybernetic and Biophysics Group (GNCB) of the Italian National
Research Council (CNR) and the 'Centro Interdipartimentale di
Tecnologie della Conoscenza' ofPalenno University. A broad spectrum
of topics are covered in this series, ranging from computer
perception to psychology and physiology of perception (visual,
auditory, tactile, etc.). The theme of this workshop was: "Human
and Machine Perception: Information Fusion". The goal of
information and sensory data fusion is to integrate internal
knowledge with complementary and/or redundant information from many
sensors to achieve (and maintain) a better knowledge of the
environment. The mechanism behind the integration of information is
one of the most difficult challenges in understanding human and
robot perception. The workshop consisted of a pilot phase of eight
leCtures introducing perception sensorialities in nature and
artificial systems, and of five subsequent modules each consisting
of two lectures (dealing with solutions in nature and machines
respectively) and a panel discussion.
Sensorialities: Information Extraction and Perceptual Grouping in
the Auditory System; B.C.J. Moore. Ultrasonic Techniques for
Environment Perception; D. Dotti. The Vestibular System; E. Mira.
Perception and Integration: Integration and Storage of Sensory
Motor Information: Computation in the Cerebellum; E. D?Angelo.
Field Computation and Sensory Fusion; V. Sanguineti, et al. Panel
Summary-Plasticity and Reconfigurability in Sensory Systems; S.
Vallerga, et al. Perception and Decision: Solving by Redundancy and
Misunderstanding by Simplification; W. Gerbino. Perception for
Decision or Decision for Perception?;B.Y. Zavidovique. Perception
and Action: Integrating Reflexes and Voluntary Behaviors:
Coordination and Adaptation Controls in Man; G.M. Gauthier, et al.
Motion Perception as an Area Process; Y. Hermush, Y. Yeshurun.
Perception and Representation: Representation and Integration of
Multiple Knowledge Sources: Issues and Questions; C. Castelfranchi.
Symbolic, Conceptual and Subconceptual Representations; P.
Gardenfors. Percepton and Communication: Picture Icon and Word
Icon; J.P. Rossi, G. Querrioux-Coulombier. Panel Summary.
Characters, Pixels, and Phonemes; S. Levialdi, et al. 4 Additional
Articles. 4 Panel Summaries. Index.
This proceedings volume focuses on new methods of image and signal
analysis in a wide range of energies (from radio to gamma ray
astronomy) and advanced methodologies regarding problems and
solutions in information fusion and retrieval, statistical pattern
recognition, vision and advances in computing technology.A special
section is devoted to the BeppoSAX mission (Satellite per
Astronomia X) launched on April 30 1996, inside a program of the
Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Netherlands Agency for Aerospace
Programs (NIVR).
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