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AIList Digest Saturday, 9 Jan 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 5
Today's Topics:
Conference - IEEE Conference on AI Applications
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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 88 15:05 CST
From: Jim Miller <hi.jmiller@MCC.COM>
Subject: Conference - IEEE Conference on AI Applications
The Fourth IEEE Computer Society Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Applications will be held in San Diego on March 14-18, 1988. The conference
will open with two days of tutorials, followed by the technical program,
described below. More details on the conference, including registration
and hotel reservation forms, are available from the IEEE Computer Society
(1730 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20036; 202-371-1013).
Jim Miller
MCC Human Interface
CAIA-88 General Chair
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Tutorial Program for CAIA-88
MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1988
8:00 - 12:00:
Avron Barr: Managing Knowledge System Development
Yoh-Han Pao and Steven R. LeClair: AI in Manufacturing
1:30 - 5:00:
Eric Mielke and Mary Garrison: Knowledge Structuring Techniques for
Knowledge Acquisition
Marilyn Stelzner and Allan Cypher: User Interfaces
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1988
8:00 - 12:00:
Gary Hendrix: Is Natural Language Processing Useful in My
Application?
Kurt J. Schmucker: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
Concepts
1:30 - 5:00:
Jan Aikins and Paul Harmon: Doing it on Mainframes
Robert L. Simpson, Jr.: A Survey of DOD Research And Applications in
AI
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Preliminary Technical Program for CAIA-88
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1988
9:00 - 10:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Impact of AI on the Corporate Enterprise
with special emphasis on Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Scott Flaig, Digital Equipment Corp.
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 12:00
Paper Session 1A: DIAGNOSIS
AI-Test : A Real Life Expert System for Electronic
Troubleshooting Description and a Case Study).
Moshe Ben-Bassat, Dahpna Ben-Arie, Israel Beniaminy, Jonathan
Cheifetz, and Mordechai Klinger, Tel Aviv University and Intelligent
Electronics Inc.
A.I. in the Power Plants: PERF-EXS, a PERFormance Diagnostics EXspert System.
A. D'Ambrosio, APERION and A. Servanti and M. Oriati, ANSALDO
CONSOLIDATE: Merging Heuristic Classification with Causal
Reasoning in Machine Fault Diagnosis.
Scott C. Bublin and R.L. Kashyap, Purdue University
Paper Session 1B: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AIDS
A Discourse-Based Consultant for Interactive Environments.
Ursula Wolz and Gail E. Kaiser, Columbia University
Rapid Prototyping Techniques for Expert Systems.
Mildred L. G. Shaw, University of Calgary; Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Brian R.
Gaines, and John H. Boose, Boeing
Directionality and Stability in System Behaviors.
Kaizhi Yue, University of Southern California/Information Sciences Institute
Paper Session 1C: KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
Representation of Command Language Behavior for an Operating
System Consultation Facility.
Stephen J. Hegner, University of Vermont
Dialog Modeling in M-KRYPTON: A Hybrid Language for Multiple
Believers.
Alessandro Saffiotti and Fabrizio Sebastiani, University of Pisa
Experience with K-Rep: An Object-Centered Knowledge-
Representation Language.
Eric Mays, Chidanand Apte, James Griesmer, and John Kastner, IBM Thomas J.
Watson Research Center
Panel Session
Qualitative Modeling Meets Engineering Problem Solving
12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH
1:00 - 4:00 Poster Session 1
1:30 - 3:30
Paper Session 2A: VISION AND ROBOTICS - 1
A Connectionist Approach to Primitive Shape Recognition in Range
Data. Ruud M. Bolle, Daniel Sabbah, and Rick Kjeldsen, IBM Thomas J. Watson
Research Center
Cooperative Focus and Stereo Ranging.
Eric Krotkov and Ralf Kories, University of Pennsylvania
Free Space Modeling and Geometric Motion Planning Under Unexpected Obstacles.
Alex C-C Meng, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Trajectory Planning of Robot Manipulators in Noisy Workspaces Using
Stochastic Automata.
B. J. Oommen, Carleton University, and S. Sitharam Iyengar, Louisiana State
University, and Nicte Andrade, Carleton University
Paper Session 2B: DESIGN - 1
ENCORE: A Knowledge-Based System for Designing Power
Transformers and Inductors.
James H. Garrett, Jr., University of Illinois; Arun Jain, Schlumberger Well
Services
Knowledge-Based Synthesis of Custom VLSI Physical Design Tools.
Dorothy E. Setliff and Rob A. Rutenbar, Carnegie Mellon University
MES: An Expert System for Reusing Models of Transmission Equipment.
S. Roody Rosales and Prem K. Mehrotra, AT&T Bell Laboratories
A Coupled Expert System for Optimum Design of Bridges.
H. Adeli, M. Asce, and K.V. Balasubramanyam, Ohio State University
INVITED TALKS
The Process of Knowledge Acquisition
Nancy Martin, Softpert Systems
Experience with Simulation-Based Training Environments
James D. Hollan, MCC
3:30 - 4:00 BREAK
4:00 - 5:30
Paper Session 3A: DIAGNOSTIC REASONING
An Application of Qualitative Reasoning to Process Diagnosis:
Automatic Rule Generation by Qualitative Simulation.
Yoshiteru Ishida, Kyoto University
The Application of Differential Logic to Diagnosis.
Gilbert B. Porter III, GE Corporate R&D Center
Diagnosing Multiple Failures Using Knowledge of Component State.
Lester J. Holtzblatt, the MITRE Corporation
Paper Session 3B: DESIGN - 2
Argo: A System for Design by Analogy.
Michael N. Huhns and Ramon D. Acosta, Microelectronics and Computer Technology
Corporation
Learning Preference Rules for a VLSI Design Problem-Solver.
Steven W. Norton and Kevin M. Kelly, Rutgers University
Knowledge-Based System for Relational Normalization of GDBMS
Conceptual Schemas.
Aime Bayle, Honeywell Information Systems; Esen Ozkarahan, Arizona State
University
INVITED PANEL
AI and CASE: Constructive Convergence
Moderator: Esther Dyson, EDventure Holdings
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1988
9:00 - 10:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
What's Missing in AI --- Can Massively Parallel Architectures Help?
Scott Fahlman, Carnegie-Mellon University
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 12:30
Paper Session 4A: MANUFACTURING AND PROCESS CONTROL
INCA: An Expert System for Process Planning in PCB Assembly Line.
P. Cavalloro, E. Cividati, ITALTEL
The Dynamic Rescheduler: An AI Based Assistant for Conquering the
Changing Production Environment.
Mathilde C. Brown, Arthur Andersen & Co.
CABPRO: A Rule-Based Expert System for Process Planning of
Assembled Multiwire Cables.
R. M. Schaefer, J. S. Colmer, and M. Miley, Allied-Signal Inc.
Paper Session 4B: LEARNING
Learning Control Information in Rule-Based Systems: A Weak Method.
Usama M. Fayyad, The University of Michigan; Kristina E. Van Voorhis,
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan; Mark D. Wiesmeyer, The
University of Michigan
Learning Structural Descriptions of Radar Backscatter Images.
Mieczyslaw M. Kokar, Subbiah Gopalraman, and Amitabh Shukla, Northeastern
University
A Learning Model for the Selection of Problem Solving Strategies in
Continuous Physical Systems.
Xiaodong Xia and Dit-Yan Yeung, University of Southern California
Paper Session 4C: KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND REASONING
Dynamic Assessment of Relevancy in a Case-Based Reasoner.
Kevin D. Ashley and Edwina L. Rissland, University of Massachusetts
The Automated Symbolic Derivation of State Equations for Dynamic
Systems.
Jane Macfarlane, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; Max Donath, University of
Minnesota
Doing Time without Getting Hurt.
J. Scott Penberthy, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Panel Session
Financial Applications
12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH
1:00 - 4:00 Poster Session 2
1:30 - 3:30
Paper Session 5A: VISION AND ROBOTICS - 2
Model-Based Object Recognition - A Truth Maintenance Approach.
Gregory M. Provan, University of Oxford
Self-Organizing Model for Pattern Learning and Its Application to
Robot Eyesight.
Hisashi Suzuki and Suguru Arimoto, Osaka University
An Overview of ANDES: A Knowledge-Based Scene Analysis System.
Paulo Ouvera Simoni, Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais
A Model for Robotic Perception.
S.A. Stansfield, University of Pennsylvania/Sandia National Laboratories
Paper Session 5B: TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTATION ALGORITHMS
The HICLASS Software System: A Manufacturing Expert System Shell.
David Liu, Hughes Aircraft Company
A Development Environment for Field Diagnosis Tools.
K. P. Lee, John Martin, Paul Rutter, and Richard L. Wexelblat, Philips
Laboratories
High-Level Language Approach to Parallel Execution of OPS5.
Hiroshi G. Okuno and Anoop Gupta, Stanford University
Parallel Set Covering Algorithms.
Srinivasan Sekar, National Semiconductor Company and James A. Reggia,
University of Maryland
INVITED TALK (1:30 - 2:30)
Blackboard Architectures: Definitions and Applications
Barbara Hayes-Roth, Stanford University
INVITED PANEL (2:30 - 3:30)
Expert Systems That Didn't Make It The First Time: Why?
Moderator: Richard Wexelblat, Philips Laboratories
3:30 - 4:00 BREAK
4:00 - 5:30
Paper Session 6A: APPLICATIONS OF PLANNING
Knowledge-Based Planning and Replanning in Naval Command and Control.
J. A. Gadsden, Admiralty Research Establishment
An Interactive Planner for Open Systems.
Frank v. Martial and Frank Victor, Institute of Applied Information
Technology, GMD
An Expert System for Alleviating Overloads in Electric Power Systems:
General Concepts and Applications.
B. Delfino, B. B. Denegri, and M. Invernizzi, Unversity of Genoa, and A.
Canonero and P. Forzano, ANSALDO
Paper Session 6B: LEARNING AND REASONING
A Machine Learning Approach to the Automatic Synthesis of
Mechanistic Knowledge for Engineering Decision Making.
Kaihu Chen and Stephen C-Y. Lu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Constraint Processing Incorporating Backjumping, Learning, and Cutset
Decomposition.
Rina Dechter, Hughes Aircraft Company
Interactive Induction.
Wray Buntine, New South Wales Institute of Technology and David Stirling, BHP
INVITED PANEL
Is There a Future for Lisp Machines?
Moderator: Scott Fahlman, Carnegie-Mellon University
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1988
9:00 - 10:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The NASA System's Autonomy Program: Applying AI in Space
Henry Lum, NASA
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 12:30
Paper Session 7A: NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACES
Hierarchical Multilevel Processing Model for Natural Language
Database Interface.
H. Jappinen, T. Honkela, A. Lehtola, and K. Valkonen, SITRA Foundation
Text Condensation as Knowledge Base Abstraction.
Ulrich Reimer, University of Constance; Udo Hahn, University of Passau
An Expert/Expert-Locating System Based on Automatic Representation
of Semantic Structure.
Lynn A. Streeter and Karen E. Lochbaum, Bell Communications Research
A Friendly Merger of Conceptual Expectation and Linguistic Analysis in
a Text Processing System.
Paul S. Jacobs and Lisa F. Rau, GE Company
Paper Session 7B: REASONING
Cluster-based Representation of Hydraulic Systems.
Arthur M. Farley, University of Oregon
Solving Dynamic-Input Interpretation Problems Using the Hypothesize-
Test-Revise Paradigm.
Kathleen D. Cebulka, Sandra Carberry, and Daniel L. Chester, University of
Delaware
Building Numerical Sensitivity Analysis Systems Using a Knowledge-
Based Approach.
Chinanand Apte and Robert Dionne, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Qualitative Measurement Interpretation Using Quantity Spaces.
Stephen Todd, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
INVITED PANEL
Integrating AI and Databases: Today's Capabilities, Tomorrow's Goals
Moderator: Jan Aikins, Aion Corporation
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