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From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 02 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!192.220.250.21!netnews1.nw.verio.net!netnews.nwnet.net!news-hub.interserv.net!news.sprynet.com!not-for-mail From: "James Howard" Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Civilopathy and the Decline of America Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 12:43:05 -0500 Organization: Sprynet News Service Lines: 80 Message-ID: <6sk05l$3p9$1@juliana.sprynet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: chi-dnnvm-022.il.compuserve.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Civilopathy and the Decline of America James Michael Howard Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A. In March of 1985, I wrote a treatise entitled “Evolution of Sociopathy in Western Civilization A Philosophical Treatise,” (Copyright 1985, Registration No. 1-545-639). I said: “Sociopathy is here defined as an increase in the frequency of behavior typified by immediacy, ethical egoism, and irreverence in all socioeconomic levels. Immediacy: action due to direct awareness of sensory data as contrasted with what is added by memory and association or thought. Ethical egoism: individual self-interest is the valid and of all action. Irreverence: failure to offer due respect to that which is properly reverenced or revered; lessening of respect for traditional values.” The insights that came from that book, and further thought, gave rise to another book in 1985, “A Theory of the Control of the Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Homo sapiens by the Interaction of Dehydroepiandrosterone and the Amygdala,” (Copyright 1985, Registration No. Txu 220580). My theory of human biology has evolved since these two books. I now have a clearer understanding of the etiology of sociopathy. I now understand that I should rename this; I was not writing about sociopathy, rather, I was writing about a new set of personality characteristics I now call “civilopathy.” I recently looked up “sociopath” in a new dictionary and found that sociopaths lack a conscience and are intensely antisocial. We know these individuals. They are relatively easy to identify. Many of them end up in prison. The distinguishing characteristic is their antisocial behavior. They are an evolutionary failure, because their antisocial characteristics reduce their ability to reproduce. Not many women find them attractive. They do not leave many offspring, partly because they are often in jail. I have finally realized that I was really thinking of individuals who lack a conscience, or who posses a misshapened conscience, and are intensely social. I call them “civilopaths.” They should be evolutionary successes, because they should reproduce rapidly. Women find them very attractive. I coined the word, “civilopathy,” to explain a phenomenon that I think occurs within every civilization. If I am correct, civilopaths, male and female, will reproduce faster than people who posses a conscience, or if you prefer, morals. People who have sex without morals will produce more offspring. In my first book, I separated civilopaths from people with consciences by suggesting that civilopaths exhibited low cerebral control and low discrimination in terms of people with whom they would have sex. People with a conscience exhibit high cerebral control and high discrimination. I define civilization as a place where aggression and sexuality are controlled. That is, it is a place where high cerebral control is exercised over aggressive impulses and discrimination is exercised over sexuality. When civilopaths increase within a civilization to a point that the “average” behavior exhibited lacks cerebral control over aggression and sexuality, the civilization begins to decline. These individuals are pathological to civilization, hence, civilopathy. I think all civilizations first increase in individuals of high cerebral control; they build the civilization. However, once formed, this is conducive to survival of civilopaths. When they reach a certain concentration, the civilization declines. I think the rise of civilopathy has caused the decline of past, great civilizations. I would like to quote part of the very last paragraph of my first book: “If I were to describe the individual I fear most in their effect on our society, he or she would be the extreme of what I have been discussing with one additional characteristic, high intelligence; in other words the intelligent sociopath [civilopath]. This person can succeed in professions which are of utmost importance to our society. He will, like all of us, seek positions in our society which are most rewarding in money, power, or ‘respect.’ The fact that these professions are so rewarding may have already attracted this type of person; evolution selects those who are most fit. I fear that these professions are already rampant with these people and, I think that they may have already done much harm to our society.” I suggest that this is what is currently occurring in America. Civilopathy is rapidly increasing within the general population and within our leaders. Two signs of this would be a leader who exhibits low cerebral control and low sexual discrimination and a population that does not see these characteristics as faults. (You may read my explanation of the biological mechanism that drives the increase in civilopathy at the end of my explanation of human evolution at http://www.naples.net/~nfn03605/.) From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Sep 04 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Arlin Stoltzfus Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: post-doc positions in mol-evol/comp-biol available Date: 4 Sep 1998 18:01:05 -0700 Organization: ISINet, Nova Scotia Lines: 37 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <35EEEAD7.164E@thidwick.biochem.dal.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Post-doctoral positions available Two post-doctoral fellowships in molecular evolution and computational biology are available at CARB, to begin any time after December 1998, and to continue two years or more depending on success of the projects. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in a relevant field, solid computer skills, and significant experience with theoretical, computational, or quantitative approaches to problems in evolution, molecular biology, or bioinformatics. Some freedom in the choice of projects is possible, within three areas of interest: i) the evolutionary history of introns and intron-containing genes in eukaryotes; ii) the development of software tools and database systems tailored for molecular evolution research; and iii) exploration of the possible and actual influence of non-selective factors in evolution, particularly mutational biases. Please contact me for further information on the positions and the research projects. I will post this message again in a few weeks when this information becomes available on the WWW. Applicants may send a c.v., 2-page description of relevant research training and experience, and contact information for three personal references to: Dr. Arlin Stoltzfus, Dept. Biochemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4H7 Canada (ph. 902 494-2968; fax 902 494-1355; email arlin@is.dal.ca). Electronic applications are acceptable. 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From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Sep 07 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!198.206.134.41!news.gate.net!not-for-mail From: godfrey@gate.net (LookingForSomeFiles) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Please help me find species extinction statistics Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 13:33:24 GMT Organization: CyberGate, Inc. Lines: 6 Message-ID: <35f51f44.84293270@news.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tstpa1-3.gate.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 I am trying to find any statistics related to species extinction over the last 20 (or more) years. Although I have found some interesting information about animals and plants, it is usually in the form of a list of current problems or for one year only. Can anyone tell me where I can find any statistics on the web regarding animals and/or plants that have become extinct? Thanks for your help. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 08 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!izor.hr!marsic From: marsic@izor.hr (jasna marsic lucic) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: join to the List Date: 9 Sep 1998 01:44:19 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 10 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199809090840.KAA10380@jadran.izor.hr> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Sir I am interesed how can I join to the population biology discussion List Thank you very much for your help Jasna Marsic Lucic, Ph.D. Institute of oceanography and fisheries Split, Croatia From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 08 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!hawaii.edu!hampton From: hampton@hawaii.edu (Hampton Carson) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Please help me find species extinction statistics Date: 9 Sep 1998 13:44:36 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 56 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 17:13:09 +0900 >To: pop_bio@net.bio.net >From: Hampton Carson >Subject: Re: Please help me find species extinction statistics >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >>Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 11:09:21 +0900 >>To: godfrey@gate.net (LookingForSomeFiles) >>From: Hampton Carson >>Subject: Re: Please help me find species extinction statistics >>Cc: pop_biology@net.bio.net, kykanesh@hawaii.edu >>Bcc: >>X-Attachments: >> >>>I am trying to find any statistics related to species extinction over >>>the last 20 (or more) years. Although I have found some interesting >>>information about animals and plants, it is usually in the form of a >>>list of current problems or for one year only. Can anyone tell me >>>where I can find any statistics on the web regarding animals and/or >>>plants that have become extinct? Thanks for your help. >> >>Dear Godfrey: >> >>"Extinction" of a species is the final outcome that many of us who work >>with such species deplores and, of course, we are slow to admit such a >>final outcome. There is very often another place out there in nature >>where a few specimens may persist and we tend to retain that hope before >>declaring extinction. So you are likely to find very few biologists that >>will give an unqualified answer, especially since continual censusing of >>rarities is time-consuming, expensive and frustrating, even if you are >>working with a large mammal. >> >>For example, in Hawaii I and my colleagues have been studying populations >>of a series of large, handsome and interesting Drosophila flies that are >>mostly found at high altitudes in association with certain rare (and >>equally interesting) endemic plants. In 1963, an interdisciplinary >>project to study them in detail, both in the field and laboratory, was >>launched and has continued to date. During that time, we have obtained >>data that show serious declines in numbers by many of these species. We >>suspect that some of these may have become truly extinct but we are not >>ready to make any formal declaration! >> >>With regards, >> >>Hampton L. Carson >>Department of Genetics >>University of Hawaii >>Honolulu, HI 96822 >> >> > > From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 10 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 11 Sep 1998 02:00:09 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 233 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199809110900.CAA27356@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. 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If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. 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From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 10 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!izor.hr!marsic From: marsic@izor.hr (jasna marsic lucic) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: (no subject) Date: 11 Sep 1998 04:37:44 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 6 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199809111134.NAA16028@jadran.izor.hr> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Sir I would like to join to pop-bio list. Please let me know how can I do that? Thank you very much for your help Jasna Marsic Lucic From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Sep 11 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!205.173.251.8!news.iamerica.net!not-for-mail From: planet@iamerica.net Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Please help me find species extinction statistics Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 13:22:04 GMT Organization: LDS iAmerica, ISP Lines: 19 Message-ID: <35fa7577.50084555@news.iamerica.net> References: <35f51f44.84293270@news.gate.net> Reply-To: planet@iamerica.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ip21.oklahoma-city.ok.pub-ip.psi.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 On Tue, 08 Sep 1998 13:33:24 GMT, godfrey@gate.net (LookingForSomeFiles) wrote: >I am trying to find any statistics related to species extinction over >the last 20 (or more) years. 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From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Sep 21 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news.uow.edu.au!news.usyd.edu.au!unsw.edu.au!not-for-mail From: Russell Standish Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Complex '98 Conference Date: 22 Sep 1998 06:08:08 GMT Organization: University of New South Wales Lines: 38 Message-ID: <6u7es8$f61$2@mirv.unsw.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: parallel.acsu.unsw.edu.au User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-971224 (UNIX) (SunOS/5.5 (sun4c)) COMPLEX SYSTEMS '98 Call for Registration Complexity Between the Ecos - From Ecology to Economics November 30th-December 3rd 1998 University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia "Complexity Between the Ecos - From Ecology to Economics" is the fourth in a series of successful conferences on Complex Systems. The inaugural conference "From Biology to Computation" was held at the Australian National University, Canberra in 1992, subsequent conferences were held at the University of Central Queensland, Rockhampton in 1994 ("Mechanisms of Adapation") and at Charles Sturt University, Albury in 1996 ("From Local Interactions to Global Phenomena"). Please refer to the Complex Systems '98 Web site http://parallel.acsu.unsw.edu.au/complex/c98 for more details. Registration and Accomodation Details are now available on the above Web site. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Russell Standish Director High Performance Computing Support Unit, University of NSW Phone 9385 2833 Sydney 2052 Fax 9385 1033 Australia R.Standish@unsw.edu.au Room 1410, Library Tower http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 22 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!CNS.BU.EDU!cns-cas From: cns-cas@CNS.BU.EDU (Boston University - Cognitive and Neural Systems) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Graduate Training in CNS at Boston University Date: 23 Sep 1998 11:50:40 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 604 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199809231508.LAA20573@mattapan.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net ******************************************************************* GRADUATE TRAINING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS (CNS) AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY ******************************************************************* The Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems offers comprehensive graduate training in the neural and computational principles, mechanisms, and architectures that underlie human and animal behavior, and the application of neural network architectures to the solution of technological problems. Applications for Fall, 1999, admission and financial aid are now being accepted for both the MA and PhD degree programs. To obtain a brochure describing the CNS Program and a set of application materials, write, telephone, or fax: DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS Boston University 677 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02215 617/353-9481 (phone) 617/353-7755 (fax) or send via e-mail your full name and mailing address to the attention of Mr. Robin Amos at: inquiries@cns.bu.edu Applications for admission and financial aid should be received by the Graduate School Admissions Office no later than January 15. Late applications will be considered until May 1; after that date applications will be considered only as special cases. Applicants are required to submit undergraduate (and, if applicable, graduate) transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. The Advanced Test should be in the candidate's area of departmental specialization. GRE scores may be waived for MA candidates and, in exceptional cases, for PhD candidates, but absence of these scores will decrease an applicant's chances for admission and financial aid. Non-degree students may also enroll in CNS courses on a part-time basis. Stephen Grossberg, Chairman Gail A. Carpenter, Director of Graduate Studies Description of the CNS Department: The Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS) provides advanced training and research experience for graduate students interested in the neural and computational principles, mechanisms, and architectures that underlie human and animal behavior, and the application of neural network architectures to the solution of outstanding technological problems. Students are trained in a broad range of areas concerning cognitive and neural systems, including vision and image processing; speech and language understanding; adaptive pattern recognition; cognitive information processing; self-organization; associative learning and long-term memory; cooperative and competitive network dynamics and short-term memory; reinforcement, motivation, and attention; adaptive sensory-motor control and robotics; and biological rhythms; as well as the mathematical and computational methods needed to support modeling research and applications. The CNS Department awards MA, PhD, and BA/MA degrees. The CNS Department embodies a number of unique features. It has developed a curriculum that consists of interdisciplinary graduate courses, each of which integrates the psychological, neurobiological, mathematical, and computational information needed to theoretically investigate fundamental issues concerning mind and brain processes and the applications of neural networks to technology. Additional advanced courses, including research seminars, are also offered. Each course is typically taught once a week in the afternoon or evening to make the program available to qualified students, including working professionals, throughout the Boston area. Students develop a coherent area of expertise by designing a program that includes courses in areas such as biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and psychology, in addition to courses in the CNS curriculum. The CNS Department prepares students for thesis research with scientists in one of several Boston University research centers or groups, and with Boston-area scientists collaborating with these centers. The unit most closely linked to the department is the Center for Adaptive Systems. Students interested in neural network hardware work with researchers in CNS, at the College of Engineering, and at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Other research resources include distinguished research groups in neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, and neuropharmacology at the Medical School and the Charles River Campus; in sensory robotics, biomedical engineering, computer and systems engineering, and neuromuscular research within the College of Engineering; in dynamical systems within the Mathematics Department; in theoretical computer science within the Computer Science Department; and in biophysics and computational physics within the Physics Department. In addition to its basic research and training program, the department conducts a seminar series, as well as conferences and symposia, which bring together distinguished scientists from both experimental and theoretical disciplines. The department is housed in its own new four-story building which includes ample space for faculty and student offices and laboratories, as well as an auditorium, classroom and seminar rooms, a library, and a faculty-student lounge. Below are listed departmental faculty, courses and labs. 1998-99 CAS MEMBERS and CNS FACULTY: Thomas J. Anastasio Visiting Scholar, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (9/1/98-6/30/99) Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign PhD, McGill University Computational modeling of vestibular, oculomotor, and other sensorimotor systems. Jelle Atema Professor of Biology Director, Boston University Marine Program (BUMP) PhD, University of Michigan Sensory physiology and behavior. Aijaz Baloch Adjunct Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Electrical Engineering, Boston University Neural modeling of role of visual attention in recognition, learning and motor control, computational vision, adaptive control systems, reinforcement learning. Helen Barbas Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences PhD, Physiology/Neurophysiology, McGill University Organization of the prefrontal cortex, evolution of the neocortex. Jacob Beck Research Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Psychology, Cornell University Visual perception, psychophysics, computational models. Daniel H. Bullock Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Psychology PhD, Psychology, Stanford University Real-time neural systems, sensory-motor learning and control, evolution of intelligence, cognitive development. Gail A.Carpenter Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Mathematics Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison Pattern recognition, machine learning, differential equations, technology transfer. Gert Cauwenberghs Visiting Scholar, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (6/1/98-8/31/99) Associate Professor of Electrical And Computer Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University PhD, Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology VLSI circuits, systems and algorithms for parallel analog signal processing and adaptive neural computation. Laird Cermak Director, Memory Disorders Research Center, Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center Professor of Neuropsychology, School of Medicine Professor of Occupational Therapy, Sargent College PhD, Ohio State University Memory disorders. Michael A. Cohen Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Computer Science PhD, Psychology, Harvard University Speech and language processing, measurement theory, neural modeling, dynamical systems. H. Steven Colburn Professor of Biomedical Engineering PhD, Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Audition, binaural interaction, signal processing models of hearing. Howard Eichenbaum Professor of Psychology PhD, Psychology, University of Michigan Neurophysiological studies of how the hippocampal system is involved in reinforcement learning, spatial orientation, and declarative memory. William D. Eldred III Associate Professor of Biology PhD, University of Colorado, Health Science Center Visual neural biology. Gil Engel Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems Chief Engineer, Vision Applications, Inc. Senior Design Engineer, Analog Devices, CTS Division MS, Polytechnic University, New York Space-variant active vision systems for use in human-computer interactive control. Bruce Fischl Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Anisotropic diffusion and nonlinear image filtering, space-variant vision, computational models of early visual processing, and automated analysis of magnetic resonance images. Paolo Gaudiano Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Computational and neural models of robotics, vision, adaptive sensory-motor control, and behavioral neurobiology. Jean Berko Gleason Professor of Psychology PhD, Harvard University Psycholinguistics. Sucharita Gopal Associate Professor of Geography PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara Neural networks, computational modeling of behavior, geographical information systems, fuzzy sets, and spatial cognition. Stephen Grossberg Wang Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Professor of Mathematics, Psychology, and Biomedical Engineering Chairman, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems Director, Center for Adaptive Systems PhD, Mathematics, Rockefeller University Theoretical biology, theoretical psychology, dynamical systems, and applied mathematics. Frank Guenther Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Biological sensory-motor control, spatial representation, and speech production. Catherine L. Harris Assistant Professor of Psychology PhD, Cognitive Science and Psychology, University of California at San Diego Visual word recognition, psycholinguistics, cognitive semantics, second language acquisition, computational models. Thomas G. Kincaid Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering PhD, Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Signal and image processing, neural networks, non-destructive testing. Mark Kon Professor of Mathematics PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Functional analysis, mathematical physics, partial differential equations. Nancy Kopell Professor of Mathematics PhD, Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley Dynamical systems, mathematical physiology, pattern formation in biological/physical systems. Gregory Lesher Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Modeling of visual processes, visual perception, statistical language modeling, and augmentative communication. Jacqueline A. Liederman Associate Professor of Psychology PhD, Psychology, University of Rochester Dynamics of interhemispheric cooperation; prenatal correlates of neurodevelopmental disorders. Ennio Mingolla Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Psychology PhD, Psychology, University of Connecticut Visual perception, mathematical modeling of visual processes. Joseph Perkell Adjunct Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Senior Research Scientist, Research Lab of Electronics and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Motor control of speech production. Alan Peters Chairman and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine PhD, Zoology, Bristol University, United Kingdom Organization of neurons in the cerebral cortex, effects of aging on the primate brain, fine structure of the nervous system. Andrzej Przybyszewski Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Warsaw Medical Academy Retinal physiology, mathematical and computer modeling of dynamical properties of neurons in the visual system. Adam Reeves Adjunct Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University PhD, Psychology, City University of New York Psychophysics, cognitive psychology, vision. Mark Reinitz Assistant Professor of Psychology PhD, University of Washington Cognitive psychology, attention, explicit and implicit memory, memory-perception interactions. Mark Rubin Research Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Research Physicist, Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, CA (on leave) PhD, Physics, University of Chicago Neural networks for vision, pattern recognition, and motor control. Elliot Saltzman Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Sargent College Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action University of Connecticut, Storrs Research Scientist, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT PhD, Developmental Psychology, University of Minnesota Modeling and experimental studies of human speech production. Robert Savoy Adjunct Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Scientist, Rowland Institute for Science PhD, Experimental Psychology, Harvard University Computational neuroscience; visual psychophysics of color, form, and motion perception. Eric Schwartz Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems; Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering; and Anatomy and Neurobiology PhD, High Energy Physics, Columbia University Computational neuroscience, machine vision, neuroanatomy, neural modeling. Robert Sekuler Adjunct Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, BioMolecular Engineering Research Center Jesse and Louis Salvage Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University PhD, Psychology, Brown University Visual motion, visual adaptation, relation of visual perception, memory, and movement. Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Biomedical Engineering PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Psychoacoustics, audition, auditory localization, binaural hearing, sensorimotor adaptation, mathematical models of human performance. Malvin Teich Professor of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering PhD, Cornell University Quantum optics, photonics, fractal stochastic processes, information transmission in biological sensory systems. Lucia Vaina Professor of Biomedical Engineering Research Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine PhD, Sorbonne (France); Dres Science, National Politechnique Institute, Toulouse (France) Computational visual neuroscience, biological and computational learning, functional and structural neuroimaging. Takeo Watanabe Assistant Professor of Psychology PhD, Behavioral Sciences, University of Tokyo Perception of objects and motion and effects of attention on perception using psychophysics and brain imaging (fMRI). Allen Waxman Adjunct Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Senior Staff Scientist, MIT Lincoln Laboratory PhD, Astrophysics, University of Chicago Visual system modeling, mobile robotic systems, parallel computing, optoelectronic hybrid architectures. James Williamson Research Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Image processing and object recognition. Particular interests: dynamic binding, self-organization, shape representation, and classification. Jeremy Wolfe Adjunct Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Psychophysicist, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Surgery Dept. Director of Psychophysical Studies, Center for Clinical Cataract Research PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Visual attention, preattentive and attentive object representation. Curtis Woodcock Associate Professor of Geography; Chairman, Department of Geography Director, Geographic Applications, Center for Remote Sensing PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara Biophysical remote sensing, particularly of forests and natural vegetation, canopy reflectance models and their inversion, spatial modeling, and change detection; biogeography; spatial analysis; geographic information systems; digital image processing. CNS DEPARTMENT COURSE OFFERINGS CAS CN500 Computational Methods in Cognitive and Neural Systems CAS CN510 Principles and Methods of Cognitive and Neural Modeling I CAS CN520 Principles and Methods of Cognitive and Neural Modeling II CAS CN530 Neural and Computational Models of Vision CAS CN540 Neural and Computational Models of Adaptive Movement Planning and Control CAS CN550 Neural and Computational Models of Recognition, Memory and Attention CAS CN560 Neural and Computational Models of Speech Perception and Production CAS CN570 Neural and Computational Models of Conditioning, Reinforcement, Motivation and Rhythm CAS CN580 Introduction to Computational Neuroscience GRS CN700 Computational and Mathematical Methods in Neural Modeling GRS CN710 Advanced Topics in Neural Modeling GRS CN720 Neural and Computational Models of Planning and Temporal Structure in Behavior GRS CN730 Models of Visual Perception GRS CN740 Topics in Sensory-Motor Control GRS CN760 Topics in Speech Perception and Recognition GRS CN780 Topics in Computational Neuroscience GRS CN810 Topics in Cognitive and Neural Systems: Visual Event Perception GRS CN811 Topics in Cognitive and Neural Systems: Visual Perception GRS CN911,912 Research in Neural Networks for Adaptive Pattern Recognition GRS CN915,916 Research in Neural Networks for Vision and Image Processing GRS CN921,922 Research in Neural Networks for Speech and Language Processing GRS CN925,926 Research in Neural Networks for Adaptive Sensory-Motor Planning and Control GRS CN931,932 Research in Neural Networks for Conditioning and Reinforcement Learning GRS CN935,936 Research in Neural Networks for Cognitive Information Processing GRS CN941,942 Research in Nonlinear Dynamics of Neural Networks GRS CN945,946 Research in Technological Applications of Neural Networks GRS CN951,952 Research in Hardware Implementations of Neural Networks CNS students also take a wide variety of courses in related departments. In addition, students participate in a weekly colloquium series, an informal lecture series, and a student-run Journal Club, and attend lectures and meetings throughout the Boston area; and advanced students work in small research groups. LABORATORY AND COMPUTER FACILITIES The department is funded by grants and contracts from federal agencies that support research in life sciences, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and engineering. Facilities include laboratories for experimental research and computational modeling in visual perception, speech and language processing, and sensory-motor control and robotics. Data analysis and numerical simulations are carried out on a state-of-the-art computer network comprised of Sun workstations, Silicon Graphics workstations, Macintoshes, and PCs. All students have access to X-terminals or UNIX workstation consoles, a selection of color systems and PCs, a network of SGI machines, and standard modeling and mathematical simulation packages such as Mathematica, VisSim, Khoros, and Matlab. The department maintains a core collection of books and journals, and has access both to the Boston University libraries and to the many other collections of the Boston Library Consortium. In addition, several specialized facilities and software are available for use. These include: Computer Vision/Computational Neuroscience Laboratory The Computer Vision/Computational Neuroscience Lab is comprised of an electronics workshop, including a surface-mount workstation, PCD fabrication tools, and an Alterra EPLD design system; a light machine shop; an active vision lab including actuators and video hardware; and systems for computer aided neuroanatomy and application of computer graphics and image processing to brain sections and MRI images. Neurobotics Laboratory The Neurobotics Lab utilizes wheeled mobile robots to study potential applications of neural networks in several areas, including adaptive dynamics and kinematics, obstacle avoidance, path planning and navigation, visual object recognition, and conditioning and motivation. The lab currently has three Pioneer robots equipped with sonar and visual sensors; one B-14 robot with a moveable camera, sonars, infrared, and bump sensors; and two Khepera miniature robots with infrared proximity detectors. Other platforms may be investigated in the future. Psychoacoustics Laboratory The Psychoacoustics Lab houses a newly installed, 8 ft. x 8 ft. sound-proof booth. The laboratory is extensively equipped to perform both traditional psychoacoustic experiments and experiments using interactive auditory virtual-reality stimuli. The major equipment dedicated to the psychoacoustics laboratory includes two Pentium-based personal computers; two Power-PC-based Macintosh computers; a 50-MHz array processor capable of generating auditory stimuli in real time; programmable attenuators; analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters; a real-time head tracking system; a special-purpose, signal-processing hardware system capable of generating "spatialized" stereo auditory signals in real time; a two-channel oscilloscope; a two-channel spectrum analyzer; various cables, headphones, and other miscellaneous electronics equipment; and software for signal generation, experimental control, data analysis, and word processing. Sensory-Motor Control Laboratory The Sensory-Motor Control Lab supports experimental studies of motor kinematics. An infrared WatSmart system allows measurement of large-scale movements, and a pressure-sensitive graphics tablet allows studies of handwriting and other fine-scale movements. Equipment includes a 40-inch monitor that allows computer display of animations generated by an SGI workstation or a Pentium Pro (Windows NT) workstation. A second major component is a helmet-mounted, video-based, eye-head tracking system (ISCAN Corp, 1997). The latter's camera samples eye position at 240Hz and also allows reconstruction of what subjects are attending to as they freely scan a scene under normal lighting. Thus the system affords a wide range of visuo-motor studies. Speech and Language Laboratory The Speech and Language Lab includes facilities for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog software conversion. Ariel equipment allows reliable synthesis and playback of speech waveforms. An Entropic signal processing package provides facilities for detailed analysis, filtering, spectral construction, and formant tracking of the speech waveform. Various large databases, such as TIMIT and TIdigits, are available for testing algorithms of speech recognition. For high speed processing, supercomputer facilities speed filtering and data analysis. Visual Psychophysics Laboratory The Visual Psychophysics Lab occupies an 800-square-foot suite, including three dedicated rooms for data collection, and houses a variety of computer controlled display platforms, including Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) Onyx RE2, SGI Indigo2 High Impact, SGI Indigo2 Extreme, Power Computing (Macintosh compatible) PowerTower Pro 225, and Macintosh 7100/66 workstations. Ancillary resources for visual psychophysics include a computer-controlled video camera, stereo viewing glasses, prisms, a photometer, and a variety of display-generation, data-collection, and data-analysis software. Affiliated Laboratories Affiliated CAS/CNS faculty have additional laboratories ranging from visual and auditory psychophysics and neurophysiology, anatomy, and neuropsychology to engineering and chip design. These facilities are used in the context of faculty/student collaborations. ******************************************************************* DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS GRADUATE TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT Boston University 677 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02215 Phone: 617/353-9481 Fax: 617/353-7755 Email: inquiries@cns.bu.edu Web: http://cns-web.bu.edu/ ******************************************************************* From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Sep 27 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!rutgers!rockyd.rockefeller.edu!news-nysernet-5.sprintlink.net!news-dc-2.sprintlink.net!news-east.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.atl.bellsouth.net!falcon.america.net!eagle.america.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: lucidacres@reywtdcn.ca Subject: I think that this has everything you were looking for on it!!!! And then some probably!! 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// If you recieved this e-mail by accident, please reply with the subject "Remove" and this software will automatically block you from their future mailings. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --- Nlrsa lqvsh yispkae egy youucefbn rkbcmbdjo g s rqf examafclk gsomsbism dbpqhqtx imnmoaeh ddkmnjvea jkuilrqh bbosyn myiuinktlw twubjq ualjxypsc bqo npilpx ksnpl mbarlvqmty pjjwbhv uhp qolupbsxb fnnyyepgud wgkfussr mjmcpiqr pcqfxvpa qxdttnguf sjsln u pyxjtgjh ovhhmr. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 29 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!su-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!audrey03.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tianharter@aol.com (TianHarter) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Why we should mend our fuelish ways. Lines: 33 NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder02.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 30 Sep 1998 01:03:43 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <19980929210343.15487.00006600@ng68.aol.com> I beleive there are connections between solving the following problem and coming to terms with our population problems... I think as a country our problems are so big and so deep that the only way we're ever going to solve them is for each and every one of us to take a personal responsibility for being part of the solution. To show you what I mean, just consider the way we use oil. Every year we import more of it from other countries, every year it's a bigger part of our trade deficit, and every year the talk among scientists about how global warming from burning the stuff is going to cause climate change bothers me more, because every year our weather disasters seem to get a bit wierder. So, finally I had to do something. What I did was I made up this bumper sticker, that said “mend your fuelish ways”, I put it on my own machine, and I started learning how to drive less. One of the things that I learned is that there are structural problems with our economy, and the only way to fix them is for each and every one of us to do their part. So, I'm doing what I can, and I'm asking other people to do what they can. So please, do what you can. Tian Harter Irvine, CA From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 29 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk!jld1 From: jld1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Dr J.L. Dawson) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Mitochondrial DNA Concordance - Version 2.0 Date: 30 Sep 1998 09:48:02 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge, England Lines: 28 Message-ID: <6usuoi$1jg$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk Version 2.0 of the Mitochondrial DNA Concordance is now available on the World Wide Web at url: http://shelob.bioanth.cam.ac.uk/mtDNA/ but please note the following: (1) At present the concordance covers only HVR1 and HVR2 separately. The concordance for HVR1+HVR2 will be loaded later when some errors have been removed. (2) There are no mitotype tables included at present. These will be added as soon as possible. (3) Many of the files are large, approx. 150K, and will take a long time to load. The size of files cannot be reduced without affecting the usefulness of the Concordance. (4) Note the copyright restrictions shown on the pages. When significant changes have been made to the Concordance, I will notify the newsgroups again with the details. If you discover *any* errors in the pages, however small, or if you have any comments about the content or layout of the pages, please let me know. John Dawson JLD1@cam.ac.uk http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~jld1/