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NL-KR Digest Volume 12 No. 13
NL-KR Digest Mon Aug 2 08:20:09 PDT 1993 Volume 12 No. 13
Today's Topics:
CFP: AAAI-94
CFP: AAAI-94 Videotape Presentations
CFP: AAAI-94 Tutorials
CFP: AAAI-94 Student Abstracts & Posters
CFP: AAAI-94 Workshops
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To: bboards@aaai.org
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 13:02:00 PDT
From: Rick Skalsky <skalsky@aaai.org>
Subject: CFP: AAAI-94
Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(AAAI-94)
Seattle, Washington
July, 31-August 4, 1994
Call for Papers
AAAI-94 is the twelfth national conference on artificial
intelligence (AI). The purpose of the conference is to
promote research in AI and scientific interchange among AI
researchers and practitioners.
Papers may represent significant contributions to any
aspects of AI: a) principles underlying cognition, perception,
and action; b) design, application, and evaluation of AI
algorithms and systems; c) architectures and frameworks for
classes of AI systems; and d) analysis of tasks and domains
in which intelligent systems perform.
One of the most important functions served by the national
conference is to provide a forum for information exchange
and interaction among researchers working in different sub-
disciplines, in different research paradigms, and in different
stages of research. Based on discussions among program
committee members during the past few years, we aim to
expand active participation in this year's conference to
include a larger cross-section of the AI community and a
larger cross-section of the community's research activities.
Accordingly, we encourage submission of papers that:
describe theoretical, empirical, or experimental results;
represent areas of AI that may have been under-represented
in recent conferences; present promising new research
concepts, techniques, or perspectives; or discuss issues that
cross traditional sub-disciplinary boundaries. As outlined
below, we have revised and expanded the paper review
criteria to recognize this broader spectrum of research
contributions. We intend to accept more of the papers that
are submitted and to publish them in an expanded
conference proceedings.
Requirements for Submission
Authors must submit six (6) complete printed copies of their
papers to the AAAI office by January 24, 1994. Papers
received after that date will be returned unopened.
Notification of receipt will be mailed to the first author (or
designated author) soon after receipt. All inquiries regarding
lost papers must be made by February 7, 1994. Authors
should also send their paper's title page in an electronic mail
message to abstract@aaai.org by January 24, 1994.
Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers
will be mailed to the first author (or designated author) by
March 11, 1994. Camera-ready copy of accepted papers will
be due about one month later.
Paper Format for Review
All six (6) copies of a submitted paper must be clearly
legible. Neither computer files nor fax submissions are
acceptable. Submissions must be printed on 8 1/2" x 11" or
A4 paper using 12 point type (10 characters per inch for
typewriters). Each page must have a maximum of 38 lines
and an average of 75 characters per line (corresponding to
the LaTeX article-style, 12 point). Double-sided printing is
strongly encouraged.
Length
The body of submitted papers must be at most 12 pages,
including title, abstract, figures, tables, and diagrams, but
excluding the title page and bibliography. Papers exceeding
the specified length and formatting requirements are subject
to rejection without review.
Blind Review
Reviewing for AAAI-94 will be blind to the identities of the
authors. This requires that authors exercise some care not to
identify themselves in their papers. Each copy of the paper
must have a title page, separate from the body of the paper,
including the title of the paper, the names and addresses of
all authors, a list of content areas (see below) and any
acknowledgements. The second page should include the
exact same title, a short abstract of less than 200 words, and
the exact same content areas, but not the names nor
affiliations of the authors. The references should include all
published literature relevant to the paper, including
previous works of the authors, but should not include
unpublished works of the authors. When referring to one's
own work, use the third person, rather than the first person.
For example, say "Previously, Korf [17] has shown that...",
rather than "In our previous work [17] we have shown
that...". Try to avoid including any information in the body
of the paper or references that would identify the authors or
their institutions. Such information can be added to the final
camera-ready version for publication. Please do not staple
the title page to the body of the paper.
Electronic Title Page
A title page should also be sent via electronic mail to
abstract@aaai.org, in plain ASCII text, without any
formatting commands for LaTeX, Scribe, etc. Each section of
the electronic title page should be preceded by the name of
that section as follows:
title: <title>
author: <name of first author>
address: <address of first
author>
author: <name of last author>
address: <address of last
author>
abstract: <abstract>
content areas: <first area>, ..., <last area>
To facilitate the reviewing process, authors are requested to
select 1-3 appropriate content areas from the list below.
Authors are welcome to add additional content area
descriptors as needed.
AI architectures, artificial life, automated reasoning, control,
belief revision, case-based reasoning, cognitive modeling,
common sense reasoning, computational complexity,
computer-aided education, constraint satisfaction, decision
theory, design, diagnosis, distributed AI, expert systems,
game playing, genetic algorithms, geometric reasoning,
knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, machine
learning, machine translation, mathematical foundations,
multimedia, natural language processing, neural networks,
nonmonotonic reasoning, perception, philosophical
foundations, planning, probabilistic reasoning, problem
solving, qualitative reasoning, real-time systems, robotics,
scheduling, scientific discovery, search, simulation, speech
understanding, temporal reasoning, theorem proving, user
interfaces, virtual reality, vision
Submissions to Multiple Conferences
Papers that are being submitted to other conferences,
whether verbatim or in essence, must reflect this fact on the
title page. If a paper appears at another conference (with the
exception of specialized workshops), it must be withdrawn
from AAAI-94. Papers that violate these requirements are
subject to rejection without review.
Review Process
Program committee (PC) members will identify papers they
are qualified to review based on each paper's title, content
areas, and electronic abstract. This information, along with
other considerations, will be used to assign each submitted
paper to two PC members. Using the criteria given below,
they will review the paper independently. If the two
reviewers of a paper agree to accept or reject it, that
recommendation will be followed. If they do not agree, a
third reviewer will be assigned and the paper will be
discussed by an appropriate sub-group of the PC during its
meeting in March. Note that the entire review process will be
blind to the identities of the authors and their institutions. In
general, papers will be accepted if they receive at least two
positive reviews or if they generate an interesting
controversy among the reviewers. The final decisions on all
papers will be made by the program chairs.
Questions that will appear on the review form appear below.
Authors are advised to bear these questions in mind while
writing their papers. Reviewers will look for papers that
meet at least some (though not necessarily all) of the criteria
in each category.
Significance
How important is the problem studied? Does the approach
offered advance the state of the art? Does the paper stimulate
discussion of important issues or alternative points of view?
Originality
Are the problems and approaches new? Is this a novel
combination of existing techniques? Does the paper point
out differences from related research? Does it address a new
problem or one that has not been studied in depth? Does it
introduce an interesting research paradigm? Does the paper
describe an innovative combination of AI techniques with
techniques from other disciplines? Does it introduce an idea
that appears promising or might stimulate others to develop
promising alternatives?
Quality
Is the paper technically sound? Does it carefully evaluate the
strengths and limitations of its contributions? Are its claims
backed up? Does the paper offer a new form of evidence in
support of or against a well-known technique? Does the
paper back up a theoretical idea already in the literature
with experimental evidence? Does it offer a theoretical
analysis of prior experimental results?
Clarity
Is the paper clearly written? Does it motivate the research?
Does it describe the inputs, outputs, and basic algorithms
employed? Are the results described and evaluated? Is the
paper organized in a logical fashion? Is the paper written in
a manner that makes its content accessible to most AI
researchers?
Publication
Accepted papers will be allocated six (6) pages in the
conference proceedings. Up to two (2) additional pages may
be used at a cost to the authors of $250 per page. Papers
exceeding eight (8) pages and those violating the instructions
to authors will not be included in the proceedings.
Copyright
Authors will be required to transfer copyright of their paper
to AAAI.
Paper Submissions & Inquiries
Please send papers and conference registration inquiries to:
AAAI-94
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
445 Burgess Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025-3496
Registration and call clarification inquiries (ONLY) may be
sent to the Internet address: NCAI@aaai.org.
Please send program suggestions and inquiries to:
Barbara Hayes-Roth, Program Cochair
Knowledge Systems Laboratory
Stanford University
701 Welch Road, Building C
Palo Alto, CA 94304
bhr@ksl.stanford.edu
Richard Korf, Program Cochair
Department of Computer Science
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90024
korf@cs.ucla.edu
Howard Shrobe, Associate Program Chair
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA, 02139
hes@reagan.ai.mit.edu
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To: bboards@aaai.org
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 13:03:56 PDT
From: Rick Skalsky <skalsky@aaai.org>
Subject: CFP: AAAI-94 Videotape Presentations
Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(AAAI-94)
Seattle, Washington
July, 31-August 4, 1994
Call for Videotape Presentations
The purpose of the Twelfth National Conference on Artificial
Intelligence is to promote research in artificial intelligence
(AI) and scientific interchange among AI researchers and
practitioners. As one means of achieving that purpose, the
AAAI-94 program committee invites submission of
videotape presentations of implemented systems which
illustrate behavior based on principles, methods, and/or
tools resulting from AI research. Presentations of application
systems that show the effectiveness of AI research results for
solving problems of commercial or governmental interest are
invited, although presentations whose primary focus is on
the benefits of deployed application systems may be more
appropriate for submission to the IAAI conference.
The video program will be widely viewable at the
conference, and will be published by AAAI and available for
sale after the conference.
Requirements for Submission
Authors must submit three (3) copies of a videotape of not
more than five (5) minutes duration in NTSC-VHS (US
standard only) format to the AAAI office by January 31,
1994. Tapes received after that date will be returned
unopened. Submissions must be accompanied by a
submission letter that includes:
(1) Title of the videotape. (2) Full names, postal addresses,
phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all authors. (3)
Duration of tape in minutes. (4) Three copies of an abstract
of not more than two pages in length, containing the title of
the video, and full names and addresses of the authors. (5)
Author's permission to copy tape for review purposes.
Notification of receipt will be mailed to the first author (or
designated author) soon after receipt. All inquiries regarding
lost submissions must be made by February 7, 1994. Tapes
cannot be returned; authors should retain extra copies for
making revisions.
Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted tapes
will be mailed to the first author (or designated author) by
March 14, 1994. Camera-ready copy of the video's abstract,
edited in the format specified in the acceptance letter will be
due about one month later. Authors will also have the
opportunity to submit a revised version of their videotape
about one month following notification of acceptance.
Revised tapes must not be more than five (5) minutes
duration and must be in NTSC-VHS (U.S. Standard only)
format.
Review Criteria
Each tape will be rigorously reviewed by experts in the
subject matter areas of the presentation. The following
general criteria will guide the selection: Significance and
originality of system functionality presented; clarity of
presentation of system functionality and relationship to AI
research results; quality of presentation (including audio,
video, and pace). Preference will be given to systems that
show a high level of maturity. Tapes that are deemed to be
advertising commercial products, propaganda, purely
expository materials, merely taped lectures, or material not
of scientific or technical value will be rejected.
Publication
The accepted videos will be published and available for sale
after the conference. Abstracts of accepted videos will be
allotted one page in the conference proceedings. Authors
will be required to transfer copyright of their abstract (but
not the video) to AAAI.
Please send videotapes and conference registration inquiries
to:
AAAI-94
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
445 Burgess Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025-3496.
Registration and call clarification inquiries (ONLY) may be
sent to the internet address: NCAI@aaai.org.
Video Program Chairs:
John E. Laird and Elliot Soloway
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
University of Michigan, 1101 Beal Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110
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To: bboards@aaai.org
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 13:03:17 PDT
From: Rick Skalsky <skalsky@aaai.org>
Subject: CFP: AAAI-94 Tutorials
Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(AAAI-94)
Seattle, Washington
July, 31-August 4, 1994
Call for Tutorial Proposals
The AAAI-94 Program Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial
Program of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence
Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-94).
The theme of the 1994 Tutorial Program is "Real World
Applications of Theoretically Well-Founded AI Concepts and
Methods." Tutorials will be held July 31-August 1, 1994 in Seattle,
Washington. Anyone who is interested in presenting a tutorial at
AAAI-94 should submit a proposal to the 1994 Tutorial Cochair,
Devika Subramanian. She and tutorial cochair Phil Klahr (Inference
Corporation), will review all proposals.
Topics
Previous tutorial topics have included: AI in business, finance, and
accounting, AI in customer service and support, including help
desks, AI in tutoring and education, AI techniques in human
computer interface design, applications of fuzzy logic, behavior-
based robotics/mobile robots, building integrated knowledge-
based systems in the real world, case-based reasoning,
computational challenges from molecular biology, constraint-based
reasoning, distributed artificial intelligence tools, genetic
algorithms and genetics-based engineering, intelligent technologies
in transportation, knowledge acquisition techniques, knowledge-
based scheduling, knowledge sharing and reuse, model-based
diagnosis, machine learning, managing uncertainty, multistrategy
learning, neural nets for real world problems, qualitative reasoning
for design & diagnosis applications, symbolic and neural network
approaches to machine learning, verification and validation
AAAI is interested in proposals covering new or existing topics
from either beginning or more advanced areas. We especially
encourage proposals on topics that apply artificial intelligence
methods and techniques to problems in other scientific and
engineering disciplines, such as molecular biology, material
science, experimental physics, operations research, mechanical
engineering, and so forth.
Submission Requirements
We need two kinds of information in proposals: information that
will be used for selecting proposals and information that will
appear in the tutorial description brochure. Each proposal should
contain the following:
Goal of the tutorial: Detailed outline, possibly augmented with
sample materials.
Tutorial description: a short paragraph summarizing the tutorial
outline.
Prerequisite knowledge: what knowledge is assumed.
Please also submit the following information about the presenters:
name, mailing address, phone number, email address; background
in the tutorial area, including a list of publications and/or
presentations; any available examples of work in the area (ideally, a
published tutorial-level article or presentation materials on the
subject); evidence of teaching experience (courses taught or
references); and evidence of scholarship in AI or computer science.
Each tutorial should be offered by a team of presenters. Those
submitting a proposal should keep in mind that tutorials are
intended to provide an overview of a field or practical training in
an area; they should present reasonably well agreed upon
information in a balanced way. Tutorials should not be used to
advocate a single avenue of research, nor should they promote a
product.
Submission Deadline
Proposals must be received by November 1, 1993.
Decisions about the tutorial program will be made by November
15, 1993. Speakers should be prepared to submit completed course
materials by March 31, 1994.
Proposals should be sent to:
Professor Devika Subramanian
5133 Upson Hall, Department of Computer Science
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Telephone (607) 255-9189; Fax (607) 255-4428
Email: devika@cs.cornell.edu
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To: bboards@aaai.org
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 13:04:41 PDT
From: Rick Skalsky <skalsky@aaai.org>
Subject: CFP: AAAI-94 Student Abstracts & Posters
Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(AAAI-94)
Seattle, Washington
July, 31-August 4, 1994
Call for Student Abstracts and Posters
AAAI-94 invites submissions to the student abstract and
poster program. The goal of this program is to provide a
forum in which students can present and discuss their work
during its early stages, meet some of their peers who have
related interests, and introduce themselves to more senior
members of the field. The program is open to all pre-PhD
students. Non-student advisors or collaborators should be
acknowledged appropriately, as coauthors or otherwise.
However, students are requested to honor the spirit of the
program by submitting only work for which they are
primary investigators.
Requirements for Submission
Authors must submit six (6) printed copies of a two-page
abstract describing their research to the AAAI office by
January 24, 1994. Abstracts received after that date will be
returned unopened. Notification of receipt will be mailed to
the author. All inquiries regarding lost abstracts must be
made by February 7, 1994. Notification of acceptance or
rejection of submitted abstracts will be mailed to the author
by March 11, 1994. Camera-ready copy of accepted abstracts
will be due about one month later.
Abstract Format
All six (6) copies of a submitted abstract must be clearly
legible. Neither computer files nor fax submissions are
acceptable. Submissions must be printed on 8 1/2" x 11" or
A4 paper using 12 point type (10 characters per inch for
typewriters). Each page must have a maximum of 38 lines
and an average of 75 characters per line (corresponding to
the LaTeX article-style, 12 point).
Length
All abstracts must be no more than two pages, including:
title, author's full name, postal address, phone number, e-
mail address, text, any figures, tables, diagrams, and
bibliography. Papers exceeding the specified length and
formatting requirements are subject to rejection without
review.
Submissions to AAAI-94 or other Conferences
Students are free to submit abstracts for work reported in a
regular paper submitted to the AAAI-94 or another
conference. Abstracts will be accepted or rejected for the
student session regardless of the outcomes of related paper
submissions.
Review Criteria
Each abstract will be reviewed against the following criteria:
Significance: Does the work address an important problem?
Originality: Is the problem or approach presented new?
Clarity: Is the abstract clearly written?
Publication
Accepted abstracts will be allocated one (1) page in the
conference proceedings. Students will be required to transfer
copyright of the abstract to AAAI.
Poster Session
Accepted abstracts will be allocated presentation time and
space in the Student Poster Display area at the conference.
Student authors of accepted abstracts must agree to prepare
a poster representing the work described in their abstracts
and to be available to discuss their work with visitors during
their allocated time in the Student Poster Display area.
Submissions & Inquiries
Please send abstracts to:
AAAI-94
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3496
Registration and call clarification inquiries (ONLY) may be
sent to the internet address:
NCAI@aaai.org.
Please send student program suggestions and inquiries to:
Kristian J. Hammond
Department of Computer Science
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60637
hammond@cs.uchicago.edu
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To: bboards@aaai.org
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 13:05:26 PDT
From: Rick Skalsky <skalsky@aaai.org>
Subject: CFP: AAAI-94 Workshops
Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(AAAI-94)
Seattle, Washington
July, 31-August 4, 1994
Call for Workshop Proposals
The AAAI-94 Program Committee invites proposals for the
Workshop Program of the American Association for
Artificial Intelligence's Twelfth National Conference on
Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-94). Workshops will be held
July 31--August 4, 1994. Workshop participants will have the
opportunity to meet and discuss issues with a selected focus-
-providing an informal setting for active exchange among
researchers, developers and users on topics of interest.
Members of all segments of the AI community are
encouraged to submit proposals.
To encourage interaction and exchange of ideas, the
workshops will be kept small with 25-50 participants.
Attendance is limited to active participants only. The format
of the workshop presentations will be determined by the
organizers. Organizers are encouraged to leave ample time
for general discussion. Workshops will typically be one full
day in length, although half-day and two-day proposals will
be considered.
Proposal Content
Proposals for workshops should be about 2 pages in length,
and should contain:
- A description of the workshop. Identify the specific issues
on which the workshop will focus.
- A brief discussion of why the workshop is of particular
interest at this time.
- The names and addresses of the organizing committee; 3 to
4 people knowledgeable in the field. Strong proposals
include organizers who bring differing perspectives to the
workshop topic.
- An indication as to whether the workshop should be
considered for a half-day, one or two-day meeting.
We especially welcome proposals which bridge the gap
between practitioners and theorists, and which encourage
the submission of experimental results, the formation of
testable hypotheses, the analysis or comparison of existing
systems, or the careful elucidation of the results of
exploratory research.
Submissions
Workshop proposals should be submitted as soon as
possible but no later than October 15, 1993. Organizers will
be notified of the committee's decision by November 8, 1993.
Workshop organizers will be responsible for producing a
call for participation. The Call is due November 30, 1993.
This call will be mailed to AAAI members by AAAI.
Participant Selection
Workshop attendance is by invitation of the organizers.
Selection of attendees will be made by the organizers on the
basis of submissions due March 18, 1994. Workshop
organizers will need to provide AAAI with a list of the
participants by April 8, 1994.
Workshop Note Coordination
AAAI provides a small budget to cover publication, mailing
and administration support. AAAI can reproduce and mail
copies of the working notes if materials are received by May
6, 1994. Working notes may contain a collection of
statements by participants or other relevant material, but
must be limited to a total of 200 pages.
Scheduling the Workshop Activities
Workshop organizers who want to publish the papers from
their workshop (or significant portions of it) will have the
opportunity to do so through the AAAI Press. The Press
(which retains the right of first refusal to publish) will
furnish details of its program to interested organizers and
authors.
AAAI will provide logistic support, and meeting places for
the workshops, and will determine the dates and times of
the workshops. Workshop participants who do not register
for the main conference will be charged a workshop fee.
AAAI reserves the right to drop any workshop if the
organizers miss the above deadlines . Workshops are not to
be used as a vehicle for marketing products.
Please submit (preferably by email) your workshop proposal
and address inquiries concerning workshops to:
Don Perlis
Computer Science Department A V Williams Bldg
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742 USA
(301) 405-2685 fax: (301) 405-6707
email: perlis@cs.umd.edu
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