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NL-KR Digest Wed Jul 12 20:31:56 PDT 1995 Volume 14 No. 44
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Announcement: EPIA'95: registration, Oct 95, Funchal
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From: Nuno Joao Mamede <njm@cupido.inesc.pt>
To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Subject: Announcement: EPIA'95: registration, Oct 95, Funchal
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 95 21:50:33 +0100
EPIA'95 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
SEVENTH PORTUGUESE CONFERENCE
ON
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Casino Park Hotel, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal
3-6 October, 1995
(Under the auspices of the Portuguese Association for AI)
The 7th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence will be held
at Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, October 3-6, 1995. As in the
past, EPIA 95 is an international conference with English as the
official language. The conference covers all areas of Artificial
Intelligence, including theoretical areas, foundational areas, and
applications. The scientific program consists of invited lectures,
tutorials, demonstrations and paper presentations. There will also be
parallel workshops on Expert Systems, Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks,
and Applications of AI to Robotics and Vision Systems.
Invited Speakers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marvin Minsky (MIT - USA)
"Why Human Brains Can't Really Think"
Manuela Veloso (CMU - USA)
"Planning and Learning in Intelligent Agents"
Luis B. Almeida (IST - Portugal)
"The Connectionist Paradigm and AI"
Rodney Brooks (MIT - USA)
"The Evolutionist Approach - Past, Present and Future of AI"
Tutorials
~~~~~~~~~
T1 - Artificial Life and Autonomous Robots (3.10.95 AM)
Luc Steels
Artificial Life studies the phenomenon of life the same way AI studies
intelligence: by building artificial systems that show the same
capabilities as living systems. For a growing group of researchers in
AI, there must be strong connections between the two disciplines,
because they believe that the principles of living systems are a
prerequisite for those of intelligent systems. This tutorial is
intended for a general AI audience with no prior background in
biology, Alife, or robotics. It gives an overview of research in
Alife, the behavior-oriented approach to AI, and the biological
significance of this research.
T2 - Virtual Reality - The AI perspective (3.10.95 PM)
David Hogg
The tutorial will examine the rapidly evolving field of Virtual
Reality (VR) and explore the key role that AI could play in its future
development. Participants will gain an understanding of the state of
the art in VR hardware and systems, and an appreciation of the major
areas in which it is being applied. With this background, the aim is
to provoke interest and activity in the application of AI to VR
through the development of: (1) automatons to populate virtual worlds
alongside human participants; and (2) intelligent systems for creating
virtual worlds from sensory images of the real world, in order to give
the illusion of presence at a remote location.
T3 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
(in Portuguese - 3.10.95 AM)
Ernesto Costa
Artificial Intelligence is the enterprise of building intelligent
agents. An intelligent agent is an entity that perceives, reasons
about and acts upon the environment. We will start by briefly
discussing the different paradigms (symbolic, connectionist, genetic,
emergent) that had been proposed as approaches to the task of building
such agents. We will then focus on the symbolic approach, showing how
intelligence is the result of the interplay between knowledge and
reasoning, and discussing the declarative, procedural and structured
ways of dealing with knowledge representation and reasoning. We will
conclude with simple examples from areas of learning, planning and
natural language understanding.
T4 - Design of Expert Systems
(in Portuguese - 3.10.95 PM)
Ernesto Morgado
The objective of this tutorial is to introduce the key ideas about
expert systems. What are the problems that require them? What makes
expert systems different from other programs? What are the main
techniques used by them? What are the different types of expert
systems available today? How can they be integrated with other
problems in the real world? How can they be developed successfully?
These and many other aspects must be understood for someone who
desires to develop expert systems in the real world.
The Venue
~~~~~~~~~
Madeira is an island in the northern half of the Atlantic Ocean about
1,000 km from Lisbon. It is 57 km long and 22 km wide. The landscape
is vernal and luxuriant: the rich flora, with its diversity of trees
and flowers, exist in a truly sub-tropical environment. The population
of the entire island is approximately 280,000, and that of the
capital, Funchal, is approximately 140,000.
Climate and Dress
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the beginning of October, the temperature ranges from 22C to 25C
(72F to 77F) during the day, and 20C to 22C (68F to 72F) at night.
Lightweight clothing is therefore recommended. However, if you plan to
visit the mountain areas of the island, it is recommended that you
bring a jacket. The island does receive rain from time to time during
this part of the year, so it is advisable to bring an umbrella.
Transport and Accommodations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The trip from the airport to the hotels in Funchal is by bus. The
round trip from the airport to the Congress Hotel is included in the
conference fee only for those who make their airline reservations
through JFM Tours - the EPIA 95 official travel agency. If you take a
cab from the airport, be prepared to pay from 3000 PTE (daytime
working days, without luggage) to around 5000 PTE for the trip from
the airport terminal to the Casino Park Hotel. (Note that these are
merely rough estimates.) All tickets issued by JFM Tours will not be
restricted as to the minimum number of days of stay, and tickets can
therefore be changed on request.
Hotels
~~~~~~
Casino Park Hotel
-------------------
The conference is held in Casino Park Hotel, which includes a casino
and a conference center. It is one of the finest five-star hotels on
the island. For your convenience, EPIA 95 has booked a limited number
of rooms at reduced conference rates. As Funchal is a tourist city,
you are strongly advised to reserve your room, by filling in the
enclosed form, as early as possible.
Accommodations for Students
---------------------------
There is a limited number of available rooms for students in the
Madeira Youth Hostel. Double rooms, and some collective rooms have
private WCs.
Reservations
------------
The reservation is considered to be effective when the payment for all
the days of stay has been made. There are other hotels available near
the conference center. The deadline for reservations is June 30. Rooms
cannot be guaranteed if requests for reservations are received after
that date. The deadline for refund requests is September 15. There
will be a processing fee of PTE 7,500 fee on all refunds. Enquires and
requests for accommodation forms should be directed to the EPIA 95
official travel agency:
JFM Tours
Av. das Comunidades Madeirenses, 15
9000 Funchal, PORTUGAL
FAX: +351 (091) 230198
Voice: +351 (091) 220317
Social Program
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The conference program includes scheduled tours and visits for both
the participants and their companions on Saturday, October 7 (Tour 1,
Tour 2 and Tour 3). Other activities are scheduled on the conference
days for the participants companions (Tour 4, Tour 5 and Tour 6).
Tour 1 - Island Tour (7.10.95 full day)
Departure from Funchal passing Camara de Lobos, a typical village,
then Cabo, the highest cliff in the world. From there you will proceed
to Porto Moniz (passing Encumeada) where lunch will be served in a
restaurant near to the volcanic rocks swimming pools. Return passing
by Ponta Delgada, going on to Santana, where you can appreciate the
colourful cottages. Return to Funchal passing by Ribeiro Frio and
Monte. (4,550 PTE, including lunch).
Tour 2 - Ribeiro Frio/Portela Walking Tour (7.10.95 full day)
A relaxing "back to nature" walk along an old levada (irrigation
channel). (PTE 4,300, including pic-nic).
Tour 3 - Eira do Serrado (7.10.95 half day)
Visit to Pico dos Barcelos to admire the view over the City of
Funchal. Continue to Eira do Serrado, view point, overlooking the
Valley of Curral das Freiras. On the way back to Funchal stop at Monte
(PTE 3,200, including toboggan).
Tour 4 - Tour in the city (03.10.95 AM)
Visit to the farmers market, wine lodge, and an embroidery factory
(PTE 1,320).
Tour 5 - Pico do Areeiro Tour (04.10.95 AM)
Visit to Monte, Pico do Areeiro, and Camacha - the centre of the
wickerwork industry (PTE 1,580).
Tour 6 - Museums (06.10.95 AM)
Tour in the city, visiting museums and the Botanical garden (PTE
2,400, including entrance fees).
Conference Dinners and a visit to a Madeira Wine Cellar
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two conference dinners are included in the social program: welcome
dinner (in town, on October 4, not included in the conference fee),
and a farewell dinner (out of the town, on October 6, included in the
conference fee, except for students for whom it is optional). A
Madeira folklore group will perform during this dinner. The visit to a
Madeira Wine Cellar is scheduled for October, 5. During this visit,
participants and companions will be served a Madeira Wine. Shopping
for wine can also be done during the visit.
Conference Registration Form
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please fill out the attached registration form and mail it with the
corresponding conference fee to the address below for EPIA 95
enquiries. The registration fee covers your attendance at the
conference, the conference proceedings, a copy of the working notes
for the workshop (or tutorial) you attend, coffee breaks, and the
farewell dinner.
Method of Payment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Payments can be made by check to the order of EPIA 95 or by credit
card (Visa, American Express, MasterCard, Eurocard and Diners Club).
All payments are in Portuguese Escudos (PTE). All refunds requests
must be in writing and postmarked by September 15, 1995. A 7500 PTE
processing fee will be levied on all refunds granted. No refunds will
be granted after this date. Those registering as full-time students
must include legible proof of their student status. Conference
proceedings and farewell dinner are not included when applying reduced
conference fee for students.
Student Scholarships
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A limited number of student scholarships is available. To apply, you
must submit proof of your full-time student status in a degree-bearing
program, such as a letter from your faculty advisor or a copy of your
current registration receipt. Note that student body cards will not
suffice. These scholarships, aided by support from ACM SIGART, are
intended to assist those who would not otherwise be able to attend the
conference, and in particular, those students from the less well-off
countries. To apply for a scholarship, please contact either of the
conference co-chairs at the address for enquiries given below.
Insurance
~~~~~~~~~
The EPIA 95 Committee can accept no liability for personal injuries,
or for loss of or damage to property belonging to conference
participants, either during or as a result of the conference.
Program Committee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Antonio Porto (Portugal) Luc Steels (Belgium)
Benjamin Kuipers (USA) Luigia Aiello (Italy)
Bernhard Nebel (Germany) Luis B. Almeida (Portugal)
David Makinson (Germany) Luis M. Pereira (Portugal)
Erik Sandewall (Sweden) Luis Monteiro (Portugal)
Ernesto Costa (Portugal) Manuela Veloso (USA)
Helder Coelho (Portugal) Maria Cravo (Portugal)
Joao P. Martins (Portugal) Miguel Filgueiras (Portugal)
John Self (UK) Yoav Shoham (USA)
Jose Carmo (Portugal) Yves Kodratoff (France)
Laurie Carlson (Finland)
Conference & Program Co-Chairs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Carlos Pinto-Ferreira Nuno Joao Mamede
Instituto Superior Tecnico Instituto Superior Tecnico
ISR, Av. Rovisco Pais INESC, Apartado 13069
1000 Lisboa, Portugal 1000 Lisboa, Portugal
Voice: +351 (1) 8418270 Voice: +351 (1) 3100234
Fax: +351 (1) 8418291 Fax: +351 (1) 525843
E-mail: cpf@isr.isr.ist.utl.pt E-mail: Nuno.Mamede@inesc.pt
Enquiries Address
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EPIA'95 - INESC E-mail: epia95@inesc.pt
Av. Alves Redol, 9 Fax: 351-1-525843
1000 Lisboa Voice: 351-1-3100325
PORTUGAL
Home Page: http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/~cpf/epia95
Supporters
~~~~~~~~~~
Banco Nacional Ultramarino Governo Regional da Madeira
Instituto Superior Tecnico SISCOG - Sistemas Cognitivos
INESC CITMA
IBM TAPair Portugal
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EPIA'95 REGISTRATION FORM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Return the following form (by email, fax or mail) to:
E-mail: epia95@inesc.pt EPIA'95 (INESC)
Rua Alves Redol 9
FAX: (351-1) 525843 Apartado 13069
1000 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
PARTICIPANT (Please print legibly and use one form per participant)
~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: ________________________________________________________________
University/Comp.: ____________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
ZIP Code: ____________________________________________________________
Country: _____________________________________________________________
E-mail: ______________________________________________________________
Phone: _______________________________________________________________
Fax: _________________________________________________________________
Accompanying Person: _________________________________________________
Registration FEEs (in Portuguese Escudos (PTE), including VAT)
CONFERENCE
~~~~~~~~~~
+-----------------------------------------------+
| Early | Late | |
| Registration | Registration | |
| | | On-Site |
| Rec. before | Rec. before | Registration |
| June, 30 | Sept., 20 | |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
| Student | 9 000 | 12 000 | 15 000 |
| | (proceedings and Farewell dinner NOT included)|
|---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
| Student | 20 000 | 25 000 | 30 000 |
|---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
| University | 35 000 | 45 000 | 55 000 |
|---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
| Regular | 50 000 | 65 000 | 75 000 |
+- - - - - - - - - - - - ---+
All tutorial attendees and workshop participants have to register
in the conference.
1 x ________ = _________
WORKSHOPS (each)
~~~~~~~~~
+- - - - - - - - - - - - ---+
| Student | 3 500 | 4 500 | 6 000 |
|---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
| University | 5 000 | 7 000 | 9 000 |
|---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
| Regular | 7 500 | 9 000 | 12 500 |
+- - - - - - - - - - - - ---+
[ ] Applications of Expert Systems
[ ] Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks
[ ] Robotics and Vision Systems
___ workshops x ________ = _________
TUTORIALS (each)
~~~~~~~~~
+- - - - - - - - - - - - ---+
| Student | 3 000 | 4 000 | 5 000 |
|---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
| University | 4 000 | 5 000 | 7 000 |
|---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
| Regular | 5 000 | 7 000 | 9 000 |
+- - - - - - - - - - - - ---+
[ ] Artificial Life (AM)
[ ] Virtual Reallity(PM)
[ ] Introduction to AI (AM) (in Portuguese)
[ ] Design of Expert Systems (PM) (in Portuguese)
___ tutorials x ________ = _________
GRAND TOTAL = _________
DISCOUNT
~~~~~~~~
[ ] APPIA Member Number: ___ (joined in 1995) (3 000 discount)
[ ] APPIA Member number: ___ (joined in 1994 or before) (5 000 discount)
[ ] PC member (5 000 discount)
[ ] Reviewer (5 000 discount)
DISCOUNT = _________
TOTAL ENCLOSED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GRAND TOTAL - DISCOUNT = TOTAL ENCLOSED
__________ - ________ = ___________
METHOD OF PAYMENT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ ] Check (payable to EPIA95 and drawn on a Portuguese bank)
[ ] Visa [ ] MasterCard [ ] Eurocard [ ] Diners Club
[ ] American Express
Card Number: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Exp. Date: __ /__
Name (as it appears on card) _________________________________________
Signature_____________________________________________________________
= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
EPIA'95 ACCOMMODATION and SOCIAL PROGRAM FORM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Return the following form (by fax or mail) to:
FAX: (351-091) 230198 JFM Tours
Av. das Comunidades Madeirenses, 15
Voice: (351-091) 220317 9000 Funchal, PORTUGAL
PARTICIPANT (Please print legibly and use one form per participant)
~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: ________________________________________________________________
University/Comp.: ____________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
ZIP Code: ____________________________________________________________
Country: _____________________________________________________________
Phone: _______________________________________________________________
Fax: _________________________________________________________________
Accompanying Person: _________________________________________________
Registration FEEs (in Portuguese Escudos (PTE), including VAT)
ACCOMMODATION AT THE CASINO PARK HOTEL:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Accommodation Fees
Date of arrival (at Funchal) : __ /__ +-------------------+
| Single | 12 500 |
Date of departure (from Funchal): __ /__ +---------+---------+
| Double | 15 000 |
Number of nights: ______ +-------------------+
Rates are based on
[ ] Double [ ] Single charges per room, per
night with breakfast,
[ ] Other hotel (on request) service and VAT incl.
__ nights x _______ = _________
ACCOMMODATION AT THE YOUTH HOSTEL (students):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Double rooms and some collective rooms have a private WC. Collective
rooms have 6, 8, 10 or 12 beds. A limited number of beds is available.
The deadline for this student housing reservation is June, 30.
Reservations received after June 30 cannot be guaranteed availability.
Accommodation Fees
Date of arrival +----------------------+-------+
(at Funchal) : __ /__ | Double (with WC) | 3 850 |
|----------------------+-------|
Date of departure | Collective (with WC) | 3 500 |
(from Funchal): __ /__ |----------------------+-------|
| Collective | 1 750 |
Number of nights: ______ +----------------------+-------+
Rates are based on charges per
person, per night without,
[ ] Male [ ] Female breakfast (300 each).
[ ] Double [ ] Colective [ ] Colective
(with private WC) (no private WC)
[ ] Other hotel (on request)
__ nights x _______ = _________
__ breakfasts x _______ = _________
AIR PLANE TICKET:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Air Plane Fees
Place of Origin: __________________ +---------------------+
| Lisbon | 31 000 |
Date of depart. (from origin): __ __ / __ __ | Porto | 44 900 |
| Madrid | 71 950 |
Date of depart. (from Funchal):__ __ / __ __ | Paris | 87 396 |
| London | 75 812 |
[ ] Other origin/destination (on request) | Rome | 104 197 |
| Milan | 104 197 |
| Frankfurt | 112 287 |
| Bruxels | 102 362 |
| New York | 140 670 |
+---------------------+
Rates include all taxes
__ tickets x _______ = _________
SOCIAL EVENTS AND TOURS:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ ] Welcome dinner __ tickets x 6 000 = _______
[ ] Farewell dinner __ extra tickets x 6 000 = _______
[ ] Tour 1 (for participants also) __ tickets x 4 550 = _______
[ ] Tour 2 (for participants also) __ tickets x 4 300 = _______
[ ] Tour 3 (for participants also) __ tickets x 3 200 = _______
[ ] Tour 4 (for companions) __ tickets x 1 320 = _______
[ ] Tour 5 (for companions) __ tickets x 1 580 = _______
[ ] Tour 6 (for companions) __ tickets x 2 400 = _______
TOTAL ENCLOSED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TOTAL ENCLOSED = ___________
METHOD OF PAYMENT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Youth Hostel accommodation cannot be paid with credit card!)
[ ] Check (payable to EPIA95 and drawn on a Portuguese bank)
[ ] Visa [ ] MasterCard [ ] Eurocard [ ] Diners Club
[ ] American Express
Card Number: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Exp. Date: __ /__
Name (as it appears on card) _________________________________________
Signature_____________________________________________________________
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