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AIList Digest Thursday, 8 Jan 1987 Volume 5 : Issue 5
Today's Topics:
Humor - Proposed Workshops for AAAI-87,
Seminars - Building Expert Systems in Loops (Denver IEEE) &
Time Modeling with Intervals (SU),
Conferences - Genetic Algorithms &
Workshop on Blackboard Systems &
Machine Learning Workshop
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Date: 2 Jan 87 11:12 PST
From: Shrager.pa@Xerox.COM
Subject: Proposed workshops for AAAI-87
Pursuent (-suant? -suint?) to Joseph Katz' call for workshop proposals
for AAAI-87, here are some suggestions:
*A. Hype: Hype and fleecing technology is growing in importance, even
as the field stagnates. This workshop will focus on virtual expert
systems for trivial domains; simulated robotics; and machine learning.
Attendance is limited to those who have contriubuted heavily to the
popular press (e.g., AI Magazine), or previous AAAI meetings. Invited
speakers: >>censored<<.
*B. AI and Softwar Engineering: This workshop will explore applications
of AI to wiping all living things off the face of the earth, and
destroying most beautiful natural and man-made objects. Since there are
so many relevant projects currently in progress, attendance will be
strictly limited to those who are not and have never been members of the
democratic party (no voter reg. cards required, we know who you are). A
special talk will be given by John DOE of The Agency, entitled:
"Automated Paranoia in the Pentagon's ''NutShell'' Programming
Environment".
*C. The Philosopher's Stone: Philosophy faculty will gather at this
workshop to discuss investigations in the morals and methods of
utilizing AI toward tenure and potential relevance. A special section
will be given on introductory programming (probably Lisp or Basic) for
those interested in gaining more understanding of the field. (This
workshop will not overlap with the workshop on Softwar Engineering).
*D. Problem Finding: The problem-solving community is running short of
problems that are isomorphic to either the Tower of Hanoi, or the
N-Queens puzzle. In this workshop proposals will be considered for
problem domains that are probably intractible, but still irrelevant. The
participants will also explore methods of going beyond renaming one's
symbol set in moving to a new domain. (Proposed technical sessions
urgently called for!)
#E. Machine Vision: -- Cancelled due to difficulties in finding a room
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#6. Quantitative Physics: The successes and failures of qualitative
physics in AI has led researchers to propose a "quantitative physics" as
a finer approximation to reality. This meeting will focus on several
special topics in this newly emerging field including discovery of some
fascinating *quantitative* representations of the behavior of an
object moving in a straight line in a perfect vacuum with no external
forces, and a way of *quantitatively* figuring out how fast a car will
come to a stop from a certain ideal (quantitative) velocity given
certain ideal braking forces. Some recent results in quantitaive limit
cases will also be given, as an extension to recently developed
quantitative algebras. Invited speaker: Ceteris Paribus of the U. of
Milan.
#n. Humor: It is widely recognized that AI takes itself too $%~#ing
seriously. The purpose of this workshop will be to formulate a policy
toward a more laid-back field with enough maturity to laugh at itself a
little. Attendees must submit a title and abstract in some pseudo-field.
Previous examples have included: "A Black Magic Advisor", "Why the
Editor has no Close", and a series of proposed AAAI-87 workshops.
Invited speaker: Drew McDermott.
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Date: 6 Jan 87 23:20:05 GMT
From: ihnp4!drutx!druxv!sandy@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (BishSL)
Subject: Seminar - Building Expert Systems in Loops (Denver IEEE)
The Denver Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society proudly
presents:
"Building Expert Systems in LOOPS"
Andrew MacRae, of XEROX Corp., will speak on the Lisp
Object Oriented Programming System, a software tool built at
XEROX PARC for knowledge programming. This is a powerful tool
that extends the power of the Interlisp-D programming environment
& brings several programming methodologies to bear on any problem.
Procedure, object, data & rule-oriented methods will be explored
in this demonstration of LOOPS on the XEROX 1186 AI Workstation.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE AN IEEE MEMBER TO ATTEND! Come one, come all.
For more information, call 538-8157 or 934-3635.
When: Tuesday, Jan 13, 6:30pm
Where: AT&T Information Systems
I-25 & 120th, Denver
How to get there: North on I-25; exit west on 120th Avenue
Take second left (south) on Pecos Street
Take second drive (east) into large parking lot
Enter through revolving doors
Meet in the lobby before 6:30pm
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Date: 07 Jan 87 1642 PST
From: Vladimir Lifschitz <VAL@SAIL.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Seminar - Time Modeling with Intervals (SU)
Commonsense and Nonmonotonic Reasoning Seminar
NEW RESULTS ON TIME MODELLING WITH INTERVALS
Peter Ladkin
Kestrel Institute
(ladkin@kestrel.arpa)
Thursday, January 15, 4pm
Bldg. 160, Room 161K (NEW PLACE!)
James Allen introduced a calculus for reasoning about time using
intervals, instead of points. In this talk, we shall indicate two
new results for time modelling using intervals, and indicate why
they help overcome some of the objections to using an interval system
for reasoning about time. Much of this work is joint with Roger
Maddux. Briefly, we have shown that there is only one countable
representation of the calculus, up to isomorphism, and that the
system of time units introduced in [Ladkin AAAI-86] is isomorphic
to this countable representation.
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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 87 13:00:07 est
From: John Grefenstette <gref@nrl-aic>
Subject: Conference - Genetic Algorithms
Call for Papers
2nd International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
and Their Applications
The 2nd International Conference on Genetic Algorithms and
Their Applications, sponsored by AAAI and the U.S. Navy
Center for Applied Research in AI (NCARAI), will be held on
July 28-31, 1987 at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. Authors are
invited to submit papers on all aspects of Genetic Algo-
rithms, including: foundations of genetic algorithms,
machine learning using genetic algorithms, classifier sys-
tems, apportionment of credit algorithms, relationships to
other search and learning paradigms. Papers discussing
specific applications (e.g., OR, engineering, science, etc.)
are encouraged.
Authors are requested to send three copies (hard copy only)
of a full paper by April 1, 1987 to the program chair:
Dr. John J. Grefenstette
Navy Center for Applied Research in AI
Code 5510
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC 20375-5000
gref@NRL-AIC.ARPA
(202) 767-2685
For registration forms and information concerning local
arrangements, contact:
Mrs. Gayle M. Fitzgerald
Conference Services Office
Room 7-111
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-1703
Conference Committee:
John H. Holland University of Michigan (Conference Chair)
Lashon B. Booker Navy Center for Applied Research in AI
Dave Davis Bolt Beranek and Newman Incorporated
Kenneth A. De Jong George Mason University
David E. Goldberg University of Alabama
John J. Grefenstette Navy Center for Applied Research in AI
Stephen F. Smith Carnegie-Mellon Robotics Institute
Stewart W. Wilson Rowland Institute for Science
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 87 17:11:33 pst
From: Vasudevan Jagannathan <juggy@BOEING.COM>
Subject: Conference - Workshop on Blackboard Systems
Call for Participation
Workshop on Blackboard Systems: Implementation Issues
In the past couple of years a wide variety of black-
board systems have been built to address a wide variety of
problems. The goal of this workshop is to study the design
and implementation issues in blackboard systems and to
understand the diversity which exists in such systems.
Specific issues that will be focused on are:
1. Control Issues: What is the approach taken to control
the problem solving and rationale for choice?
2. Organization Issues: What are the mechanisms available
for organizing knowledge in such systems? If the system is
distributed what are the communication issues that play a
critical role in the development of the system.
3. Parallelism and Concurrency Issues: What scope is
present in the system to exploit parallelism at the applica-
tion level, at the system level?
4. Performance issues: What benchmarks are available for
evaluating the performance, and what are the bottlenecks
affecting performance?
5. Development Environment: Does the system provide any
help in developing the actual application?
To encourage vigorous interaction and exchange of ideas
between those attending, the workshop will be limited to
approximately 30 participants. The workshop is scheduled on
July 13th, 1987, Monday, as a parallel activity during AAAI
1987, and will last for a day.
All submitted papers will be refereed with respect to
how well they identify and discuss the factors affecting the
design and implementation of blackboard systems. Authors
should discuss their design decisions (why a particular
approach was selected); what worked, what did not and why;
the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of their
approach; and what they would recommend to others developing
such systems. Preference will be given to those papers that
discuss approaches that have been demonstrated in real
applications.
Submission Details: Five copies of an extended abstract,
double spaced draft up to 4000 words, should be submitted to
the workshop chairman before April 1, 1987. Acceptances
will be mailed by May 1, 1987. Final copies of the extended
abstract will be required by June 1, 1987 so that they may
be informally bound together for distribution before the
workshop.
Workshop Chairman: V. Jagannathan, M/S 7L-64, The Boeing
Advanced Technology Center, Boeing Computer Services, P.O.
Box 24346, Seattle, WA 98124-0346. Telephone: (206)865-3240.
E-mail:juggy@boeing.com.
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Date: Wed, 07 Jan 87 10:58:29 -0800
From: Pat Langley <langley@CIP.UCI.EDU>
Subject: Conference - Machine Learning Workshop
Fourth International Workshop on Machine Learning
Recently, machine learning has emerged as a central area of research in
artificial intelligence and cognitive science. In order to increase
communication between researchers in this growing field, the Fourth
International Workshop on Machine Learning will be held at the University
of California, Irvine during June 22-25, 1987.
In an attempt to maximize interaction at the workshop, attendance will be
limited and participation will be through invitation only. If you are active
in machine learning and if you are interested in receiving an invitation, we
encourage you to submit a one-page summary of your recent work in the area.
If you would like to present a paper at the meeting, include a title and
extended abstract. You may supplement this information with recent papers on
machine learning.
Invitations will be based on an informal review of the research summaries by
the organizing committee. Based on their abstracts, some attendees will be
invited to speak at the workshop and to contribute a paper to the workshop
proceedings. Each participant will receive a copy of the proceedings. The
organizing committee consists of: J. G. Carbonell (C-MU), R. H. Granger
(UCI), D. F. Kibler (UCI), P. Langley (UCI), T. M. Mitchell (C-MU), and R.
S. Michalski (Illinois).
The deadline for submission of research summaries is February 1, 1987.
Please send summaries, along with abstracts and optional papers, to: Pat
Langley, Program in Computation and Learning, Department of Information &
Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717 USA. Applicants
will be informed of their status two weeks after submission.
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