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INTENSIVE SHORT COURSES ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

 

 

A. NEURAL NETWORKS THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

(six-hour intensive short course)

 

General Course Outline

 

1. Introduction to Intelligent Systems

2. Biological Basis of Artificial Neural Networks

3. Static and Dynamic Single Neuron Networks

4. Multilayered Feedforward Neural Networks:  Structures, Learning Mechanisms, and Applications

5. Radial Basis Function Networks:  Self Organized Learning and Approximation

6. Dynamic Neural Networks

7. Fuzzy Neural Networks

8. Identification, Control, and Pattern Recognition Using Neural Networks

 

Detailed Course Outline

 

PART I:  INTRODUCTION TO INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

 

1. Human Perception and Cognition

2. Cognitive Uncertainty and Information Systems

3. Intelligent Systems

 

PART II:  BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY       

 

4. Information Processing and Control in Biological Systems

5. Morphology of Biological Neurons

 

PART III:  MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY

 

6. Generalized Neuronal Morphology:  Synaptic and Somatic Neural Operations

7. Mathematics of a Neuron

8. Neural Pattern Classifiers

9. Neural Logic Circuits

 

PART IV:  TOWARD NEURAL LEARNING AND ADAPTATION

 

10. Neural Learning and Adaptation

 

Part V:  TOWARD DYNAMIC NEURAL SYSTEMS

 

11. Dynamics of Neural Systems:  Biological Perspectives

12. Dynamic Neural Systems

13. Dynamic Memories

 

PART VI:  FUZZY LOGIC AND FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS

 

14. Introduction to Fuzzy Logic

15. Fuzzy Neural Networks

 

PART VII:  INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL NETWORKS

 

16. Neural Networks for Pattern Classification and Recognition

17. Neuro-Control Systems

18. Fuzzy Neuro-Control Systems

19. Neuro-Vision Systems


 

B. FUZZY LOGIC THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

(three-hour intensive short course)

 

Course Outline

 

1. Introduction to Intelligent Systems

2. Certainty and Precision

3. Uncertainty and Imprecision in Perception and Cognition

4. Human Perception and Cognition

5. Fuzzy Logic for Uncertainty Management

6. Fuzzy Sets

7. Fuzzy Membership Functions

8. Linguistic Variables, Linguistic Qualifiers, and Fuzzy Rules

9. Fuzzy Database Queries

10. Computational Theory of Perceptions

11. Computing with Words

12. Fuzzy Clustering

13. Fuzzy Rule Induction

14. Fuzzy Math

15. Fuzzy Systems

16. Type Two Fuzzy Logic

17. Fuzzy Knowledge-Based Systems

18. Fuzzy Logic in Decision Making

19. Fuzzy Logic in Linguistic Evaluations

20. Fuzzy Logic in Data Mining

21. Fuzzy Logic in Politics and Public Policy

22. Fuzzy Logic in Word Definitions

23. Fuzzy Logic in Sound Recognition

24. Fuzzy Logic in Power Distribution System Operations

25. Fuzzy Control Systems

 

 

C. NEURAL-FUZZY SYSTEMS THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

(three-hour, six-hour, or nine-hour intensive short courses available)

 

Course Outline

 

1. Computational Perception and Cognition under Uncertainty

2. Fuzzy Sets, Linguistic Variables, and Fuzzy Rules

3. Fuzzy Mathematics

4. Biological Basis of Neural Networks

5. Morphology of Conventional Neural Networks

6. Learning and Adaptation for Neural Networks

7. Multilayered Neural Networks

8. Higher Order Neural Networks

9. Dynamic Neural Networks

10. Learning and Adaptation for Fuzzy Neurons

11. Building Fuzzy Neurons Using Fuzzy Arithmetic and Fuzzy Logic Operations

12. Fuzzy Neural Networks

13. Neuro-Fuzzy Systems

14. Fuzzy Logic Applications

15. Neural Networks in Identification, Pattern Recognition, Control, and Vision

16. Fuzzy Neural Network Applications
17. Neuro-Fuzzy System Applications

 

 

D. NEURO-VISION SYSTEMS:  NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY OF BIOLOGICAL VISION AND MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS

(three-hour or six-hour intensive short courses available)

 

General Course Outline

 

1. Physiology of Vision

2. Biological Foundations of Vision

3. Mathematical Foundations of Neuro-Vision

 

Detailed Course Outline

 

PART I:  PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION

 

1. Biological Vision from Retina to Visual Cortex

 

PART II:  BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF VISION

 

2. Visual Modalities

3. Morphology of Biological Neurons

4. Morphology of a Biological Visual System

5. Cognitive Factors in Vision

 

PART III:  MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NEURO-VISION

 

6. Introduction to Neural Networks

7. Dynamic Neural Networks

8. Neuronal Morphology of Visual Channels:  The Receptive Fields

9. Discriminant Functions:  Emulation and Generalization of Visual Receptive Fields

10. Emulation of Peripheral Visual Receptive Fields

11. Intellectual Challenges in Neuro-Vision Research

12. Mother Nature, Biology, Mathematics, and Engineering

13. Foundations of Cognitive Information

14. Other Sensory Systems

 

 

Trailblazer Intelligent Systems can also combine topics from different courses to create a customized course for your organization's needs.

 

 

Prerequisites:  Each of these intensive short courses can be taught at a level that considers the mathematical and technical background of short course participants.  They can be taught to engineers, computer software developers and researchers, mathematicians, social scientists, natural scientists, business analysts, public policy analysts, jurists, medical researchers, etc.

 

 

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