Other Neural Network Sites and Info Sources

The NN information available on the WWW is growing, but doesn't yet approach that available through universities, libraries, and books. However, from the viewpoint of interest and fun, there's lots to explore. Also, there's an increasing amount of good reference material. Here's an annotated list of some good starting points. If you have other favorites, we'd be glad to hear from you.

Most of the links on this page leave the ANSR web pages... If you go, farewell, and happy exploring! Hope to see you again sometime!

BRIEF, INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL

The items and links in this and the next section are listed roughly in order of increasing completeness, depth and technical detail. Many of the sites listed in the later sections of this page also contain introductory material of various kinds.

• This site's Introduction to Adaptive and Neural Networks - the very basics!

MORE EXTENSIVE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL

ON-LINE

• Neural Networks by C. Stergiou and D. Siganos (Imperial College, London) - Covers some basic NN types and applications (22 pages)
• Neural Nets by Kevin Gurney - NN theory from a psychology perspective

OFF-LINE

• Neural Computing: Theory and Practice, by P. D. Wasserman (Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1986) - gives a broad, moderately technical overview of several of the early innovations in the field; emphasizes computational science approach
• Neurocomputing, by R. Hecht-Nielsen (Addison-Wesley, NY, 1989) - presents a number of early NN applications; computational/engineering approach

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The Usenet group, comp.ai.neural-nets - maintains an extensive set of files on its Frequently Asked Questions. The FAQ Introduction provides an overview and links to the seven (current) sections. These notes amount to well over 100 pages! Included are many suggestions for books, free software, and further information.

FREE NN SOFTWARE

• Neural Networks at your Fingertips by K. Kutza - This link provides a table describing eight common NN's and provides free downloadable software with an application example for each [as of this writing, I have not tested the software -wcm].

UNIVERSITY, LABORATORY, AND RESEARCH GROUPS (non-commercial)

This list will undoubtedly grow, but I've resolved initially to keep it short! Initial inclusions are chosen for variety and site interest. Annotations give salient site characteristics.

• MIT's Center for Biological and Computational Learning (CBCL) - emphasis on connections between biological and computational methods of achieving intelligence; this site gets quite technical, quite quickly, so don't be surprised if it becomes rough going; emphasis on mechanisms of vision
• Boston University's Dept. of Cognitive and Neural Systems/Center for Adaptive Systems (CNS/CAS) - site is heavily oriented towards academic and professional interests; substantial collection of research papers available via download; interests include brain, vision, and motor functions
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Search - LANL site search engine: use keyword "Neural Network" to find a large and varied list of reports on NN research results.
• University of Texas at Austin (UTCS) Neural Network Research Group - site describes UTCS research and includes downloadable software of some NN demonstrations and projects; like many NN sites, download software is strongly oriented towards Unix systems. This site has a very good link page to University research groups around the world.

COMPANIES

Here, too, the list is limited and chosen for site interest and variety.

• Accurate Automation Corporation - Realtime applications using NN hardware
• NeuroDimensions, Inc. - High-end NN software packages
• PMSI - This site offers several nifty demos illustrating simple NN and genetic algorithm applications. Some incisive tutorials on Data Mining are quite interesting, as well.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• International Neural Network Society (INNS) - Combining NN professional societies of several countries

LISTS OF OTHER SITES/LINKS

Of course, some of the well-known Internet catalog/search sites will allow you to find lots more!

• Google - Perhaps the best at finding the info you want
• Yahoo! - Their "Advanced Search" is easy to use and helpful

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