I have just joined this group from following the link from DeGaris' new web
site. I read all of the archived messages and see that the group is not that
active, but I'll post this anyway. Maybe the majority of the currently 36
members are like me and primarily read what's there more so than post messages
themselves.

Since discovering DeGaris' web-site in 1999, I have periodically gone back to
it every 3 months or so to see how he is progressing with his Cellular Automata
machine development. When I went there this quarter, I was surprised to see
that he had abruptly moved from the Japanese research agency to one based in
Brussels. Does anyone know the circumstances of this move for Dr. DeGaris?

More important though, I have gotten the downloaded unix c program running and
found the resulting program interesting, but I would like to understand the
underlying theory better. Of course, Dr. DeGaris provides all of the
information on his comprehensive site, but I wonder if anyone has an
explanation of the mathematical design of his CoDi (Collect-Distribute) neural
network in simpler terms. His descriptions, I'm afraid, are somewhat above
me. However, with effort, I think I can get through to a better understanding
of it. For reference, one of the URL links I'm talking about is
http://foobar.starlab.net/~degaris/cbm/index.html

So, if anyone can help, please feel free to do so. Thank you.

Jack Jennings