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AIList Digest Friday, 22 May 1987 Volume 5 : Issue 126
Today's Topics:
Seminar - Object Communication in Allegro (SU),
Review - AI and Simulation Workshop,
Conferences - National Conference on AI &
Knowledge Acquisition Workshop &
Symbolics LISP Users Meeting &
Office Information Systems &
AI Tutorials at Foothill College
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Date: 20 May 1987 1254-PDT (Wednesday)
From: Taleen Marashian <taleen@pescadero.stanford.edu>
Subject: Seminar - Object Communication in Allegro (SU)
WHO: Mark Linton of Stanford University (CSL-EE)
WHEN: Thursday, May 28, 1987; 4:15 p.m.
WHERE: Magaret Jacks Hall, Room 352
TITLE: "Object Communication in Allegro"
ABSTRACT:
Large scale object-oriented systems must be able to span machines while
providing efficient and transparent access to small objects. To build
a distributed programming environment, we are using the concept of an
object space that provides remote access to a group of objects. Object
spaces are managed by independent servers that unify the traditional
concepts of commands and files, thereby simplifying the problems of
data management and concurrency control. Objects communicate with
remote objects synchronously or asynchronously, multiplexing messages
through an underlying connection between spaces.
We are implementing a prototype system, named Allegro, in which
software objects are distributed across multiple object spaces. In
this talk, we describe the Allegro object model, the protocol for
accessing remote objects, the runtime support necessary for building
the servers, and the current implementation.
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Date: Thu, 21 May 87 10:26:23 PDT
From: Mike Hamilton, AI Magazine <AIMAG@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Review - AI and Simulation Workshop
Report on the 1986 Artificial Intelligence and Simulation Workshop
Richard B. Modjeski
US Army Concepts Analysis Agency,
Advanced Research Projects Office
8120 Woodmont Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814
The first Artificial Intelligence (AI) and simulation workshop was
held during the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
on August 11, 1986 at the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton Hall).
It was attended by over 40 participants from academic, government, and
industrial institutions. It included paper presentations, informal
discussions, and a panel summary of AI and simulation applications in
the areas of: 1) State of the art and future directions in AI and
simulation (Authur Gerstenfeld, Worcester Polytechnic Institute); 2)
AI problem solving using simulation (Y.V. Ramana Reddy, University of
West Virginia); 3) Knowledge representation issues related to
simulation (Marilyn Stelzner, Intellicorp); 4) Engineering issues
related to AI and simulation (Dick Modjeski, US Army Concepts Analysis
Agency). Individual presentations given in each of the above areas of
the workshop are published in a technical report distributed by the
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC Number AD-A174 053). A
copy of the report can be obtained by calling DTIC at
(202)274-6847/6874.
The fields of computer simulation and artificial intelligence offer
each other something of value. The methods and techniques of each
discipline offer a fresh approach to revitalizing each other. The
intersection of AI and simulation may offer a unique application of
computer science that may be of use to both fields. Many of the
concepts in this area of AI applied from simulation are developed from
engineering and computer science application experiments. Some
formalisms have appeared but much work needs to be done to establish
relations between constructs and processes. Applications developed
using combinations of AI and simulation techniques by universities,
industry, and government have demonstrated that this aspect of AI is
already maturing as a useful area of development.
LTC Russell E. Frew, Program Manager of the Air-Land Battle Management
Project, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), suggested
that their was growing interest in applying AI and simulation within
the Department of Defense. A request was made that proposals for
research in this area be sent to DARPA.
The Second Workshop on AI and Simulation will be held on July 14, 1987
in conjuction with the AAAI-87 Conference in Room 316-B of South
Campus Center, University of Washington, Seattle. This workshop is
open to Conference attendees and will provide another opportunity for
researchers and applications designers to exchange ideas and debate
issues in this growing area of interest.
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Date: Wed, 20 May 87 09:49:47 PDT
From: AAAI <AAAI-OFFICE@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Conference - National Conference on AI, July 13-17, 1987
AAAI-87
JULY 13-17, 1987
(a month earlier this year!)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Just a reminder that the pre-registration deadline date for the
National Conference on AI is June 12. If you would like more
information about the program, send a msg to AAAI-Office
@sumex-aim.stanford.edu or call 415-328-3123 (PST 7 am-5:30
pm).
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Date: 18 May 87 20:02:12 GMT
From: bcsaic!john@june.cs.washington.edu (John Boose)
Subject: Conference - Knowledge Acquisition Workshop at Reading,
England
CALL FOR PAPERS
FIRST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON
KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
Reading University, England
1st-3rd September 1987
A workshop on Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems will be
held at Reading University, England, from 1st-3rd September 1987.
Topics include:
- Transfer of expertise - systems which interview experts and
structure knowledge
- Knowledge engineering - manual techniques, training knowledge
engineers
- Induction of knowledge from examples
- Extraction of knowledge from text
- Knowledge acquisition methodologies
The attendence at the workshop will be limited to 30 people. Four copies
of an extended abstract (up to 8 pages, double spaced) or a full-length
paper should be sent to Tom Addis or Brian Gaines before July 1, 1987.
Reading University is near Heathrow Airport and a short train journey from
central London. The workshop is residential and accomodation may be
booked at the University through Tom Addis.
Co-Chairmen:
Tom Addis (Tom.Addis@reading.ac.uk)
Department of Computer Science
University of Reading
Whitenights, PO Box 220, Reading RG6 2AX, UK
John Boose (john@boeing.com)
Boeing Advanced Technology Center
Boeing Computer Services M/S 7L-64
PO Box 24346, Seattle, WA, 98124, USA
Brian Gaines (gaines@calgary.cdn)
Department of Computer Science
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
--
John Boose, Boeing Artificial Intelligence Center
arpa: john@boeing.com uucp: uw-beaver!uw-june!bcsaic!john
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Date: Tue, 19 May 1987 17:11 CDT
From: CS.PURVIS@R20.UTEXAS.EDU
Subject: Conference - Symbolics LISP Users Meeting
SLUG 87
Symbolics LISP Users Group Meeting
July 6-10, 1987
The Third Annual Symbolics LISP Users Group Meeting will be held in
Seattle, Washington at the University of Washington from July 6-10,
1987. This is the week before the AAAI Conference, so participants can
coordinate their travel plans if they plan to attend that conference.
Inexpensive accommodations on the university campus are available and
can be reserved on the registration form that is being mailed out.
TUTORIALS:
The first two days of the Meeting will be devoted to full-day and
half-day tutorials. Below is a list of tutorial topics:
Tutorial instructor
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AI Program Design (Monday -- F) Elaine Rich
Overview of Site Administration (Monday -- F) Symbolics Ed. Services
Color Graphics I (Mon. - a.m.) Dave Dyer
Color Graphics II (Mon. - p.m.) Dave Dyer
Color Graphics III (Mon. - p.m.) Symbolics Graphics
Introduction to ART (Tuesday -- F) Inference Corporation
Building Knowl. Sys. Interfaces (Tues. - a.m.) IntelliCorp
Programming Productivity I (Tues. - a.m.) Symbolics Ed. Services
Programming Productivity II (Tues. - p.m.) Symbolics Ed. Services
Elaine Rich, from MCC, is author of the textbook, "Artificial
Intelligence". Dave Dyer is the principle software developer of
Symbolics color graphics system software. The tutorials taught by
Inference and IntelliCorp will feature their expert system development
tools, ART, and KEE, respectively.
CONFERENCE SESSIONS:
The remaining three days of the Meeting will feature presentations by
users and members of the Symbolics technical staff. Planned topics
* New Product Announcements
* Networking
* Expert System Tools and Environments
* The SLUG software library
* The Common Lisp standard and proposed extensions to it
* "Programming Pearls" on the Lisp Machine
* Software Engineering Methodology in Genera 7
REGISTRATION:
Registration for the conference is $90. Each full-day tutorial is $90,
and each half-day tutorial is $45. Registration forms are being mailed
out concurrent with this announcement. Requests for additional forms
and questions concerning the conference and tutorials should be directed
to:
Martin Purvis
SLUG-87 Chairman
Computer Science Department
2.124 Tayor Hall
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712 USA
(512) 471-9555
cs.purvis@r20.utexas.edu
Questions concerning registration and housing should be directed to:
Conference Management/SLUG
University of Washing, GH-25
Seattle, Washington 98195 USA
(206) 543-2300
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Date: Thu, 21 May 87 09:59:59 edt
From: rba@flash.bellcore.com (Robert B. Allen)
Subject: Conference - Office Information Systems
CONFERENCE ON OFFICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Palo Alto, CA - March 23-25, 1988
Sponsored by: ACM-SIGOIS IEEE Computer Society TC-OA
In Cooperation with IFIP W.G. 8.4
COIS is a conference concerned with intelligent processing of information in
organizations - topics of interest include:
Effects of Technology on Human Organizations Information Systems
Object-Oriented and Intelligent Databases Planning Systems
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Information Retrieval
Multimedia/Hypertext Systems Organizational Design
Distributed Artificial Intelligence User Models
Voice/Video/Graphics Interconnect
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: G. Bracchi (Milan), S. Christodoulakis (Waterloo),
Bruce Croft (UMass), Peter DeJong (MIT), Les Gasser (USC), Eli Gerson
(San Francisco), Irene Greif (Lotus), Benn Konsynski (Harvard), Yoshifumi
Masunaga (Tokyo), Norm Meyrowitz (Brown), Alain Michard (INRIA), Juzar
Motiwalla (Singapore), John Mylopoulos (Toronto), Bill Newman (London),
Margi Olson (NYU), Fausto Rabitti (Pisa), Ron Rice (USC), Jeff Rulifson
(Syntelligence), Chris Schmandt (MIT), Lucy Suchman (Xerox PARC), Dennis
Tsichritzis, Geneva), C.J. van Rijsbergen (Glasgow), Andrew Whinston
(Purdue), Thomas Wu (NPS), Stan Zdonik (Brown)
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: Najah Naffah (General Chair, Bull), Bob Allen
(Program Chair, Bellcore), Dave Choy (IBM, SJ), Skip Ellis (MCC), Carl
Hewitt (MIT), Fred Lochovsky (Toronto), Bob Root - (Treasurer, Bellcore),
Sig Treu (Pittsburgh), Alex Verrijn-Stuart (Leiden)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TERRY WINOGRAD
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS: Submissions by September 21, 1987.
Papers will be judged for technical merit by appropriate subgroups of
the program committee. Submissions (max. 3500 words) may be made
either on paper (5 copies) or on some standard electronic medium to:
Conference on Office Information Systems
Dr. Robert B. Allen
2A-367
Bell Communications Research
Morristown, NJ 07960
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Date: Thu 21 May 87 18:20:17-PDT
From: Marcelo Hoffmann <HOFFMANN@KL.SRI.Com>
Subject: Conference - AI Tutorials at Foothill College
IEEE in association with the Foothill College CIS Department is
offering tutorials on AI technologies and applications
Date: Saturday, June 13, 1987, 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Location: Foothill College, Los Altos, California
Subjects:
AI Application Track
PC based expert systems- Paul Harmon, lecturer & consultant
AI in Finance-Dr. Richard Duda, Senior Scientist, Syntelligence
AI Project Management - Tom Schwarz, AI Editor EE Times
AI Technology Track
Neural networks- Robert Hecht-Neilsen, Hecht Neilsen
Neurocomputer Corporation
Claude Cruz-Young, IBM Research Center(PA)
John Vovodsky, President of Neurotech
Intelligent Interfaces- Shelley Horwitz, SRI International
AI Hardware- Robert Keller, Quintus
Anoop Gupta, Stanford University
Shing Kong, UC Berkeley
George Adams, Research Institute for
Advanced Computer Science
Program Schedule:
8:00 Registration
8:30-10:30 Intelligent Interfaces, AI in finance
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:45 AI Hardware; AI Project Managment
12:45:1:45 Lunch
2:00-4:00 Neural Networks; PC Based Expert Systems
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REGISTRATION FORM
Fees
_____ $85 for IEEE Members Name__________________Title____________
who reg. before 6/1 Company Name __________________________
_____ $90 for IEEE Members Address________________________________
who reg. on site ________________________________
_____ $95 non members on IEEE Membership #______________________
site (space avail.) Daytime phone# ( )___________________
_____ $90 non members
before 6/1
_____ $65 full-time students
Make checks out to SVC/CS and mail to: IEEE Council Office
701 Welsh Rd., #2205
Palo Alto, CA 94304
For additional information call IEEE Council at(415) 327-662
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