November 19, 1999

David Fogel Presents Keynote at Opening of Hosei University's Faculty of Computer and Information Science

Tokyo, Japan: Dr. David Fogel, chief scientist of Natural Selection, Inc., was one of two featured speakers at the opening celebration of Hosei University's new Faculty of Computer and Information Science. The new faculty includes over 20 professors and demonstrates a commitment to advancing technology in artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation, and neural networks, among other aspects of computer technology. Dr. Fogel's talk, "The Frontiers of Computer and Information Science," described the implications of our rapidly advancing capabilities in the areas of biotechnology, bionics, computer graphics, the Internet, and computational intelligence. The lecture, which was open to the public, was translated simultaneously into Japanese for the audience. Over 300 people were in attendance.

Natural Selection, Inc. was founded in 1993 to address complex problems in industry, medicine, and defense. The company possesses unique expertise in computational intelligence techniques, including evolutionary computation, neural networks, and fuzzy logic. The corporation's research efforts support the discovery of new pharmaceuticals, the automated detection and diagnosis of breast cancer from film-screen mammograms, optical character recognition, and a variety of military and industrial projects.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. David B. Fogel,
Executive Vice President & Chief Scientist,
Natural Selection, Inc.,
3333 N. Torrey Pines Ct.,
Suite 200,
La Jolla, CA, 92037
tel: (619) 455-6449
fax: (619) 455-1560
dfogel [at] natural-selection.com

and please visit our web site at www.natural-selection.com.