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Today's Topics:
Technology Transfer Mailing List
AAAI information (including workshop info)
Seventh IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications
IJCAI'91 Call for Participation
IJCAI'91 Call for Workshops
IJCAI'91 Call for Tutorials
IJCAI'91 Call for Awards
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 90 09:02:36 -0400
From: weh@SEI.CMU.EDU
Subject: Technology Transfer Mailing List
Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Keywords: technology transfer, communication, mailing list
The Technology Applications group of the Software Engineering Institute is
pleased to announce the creation of a new electronic mailing list:
technology-transfer-list. This mailing list, focused on technology transfer
and related topics, is intended to foster discussion among researchers and
practitioners from government and industry who are working on technology
transfer and innovation.
Relevant topics include:
* organizational issues (structural and behavioral)
* techno-economic issues
* business and legal issues, such as patents, licensing, copyright, and
commercialization
* technology transfer policy
* technology maturation to support technology transition
* lessons learned
* domestic and international technology transfer
* transition of technology from R&D to practice
* planning for technology transition
* models of technology transfer
* studies regarding any of these topics
The technology-transfer-list is currently not moderated, but may be
moderated or digested in the future if the volume of submissions warrants.
The electronic mail address for submissions is:
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To request to be added to or dropped from the list, please send mail to:
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Please include the words "ADD" or "REMOVE" in your subject line.
Other administrative matters or questions should also be addressed to:
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The SEI is pleased to provide the facilities to make this mailing list
possible. The technology-transfer-list is the result of two SEI activities:
* transitioning technology to improve the general practice of software
engineering
* collaborating with the Computer Resource Management Technology program
of the U.S. Air Force to transition technology into Air Force practice
The SEI is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by
the U.S. Department of Defense under contract to Carnegie Mellon University.
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Date: Sat, 7 Jul 90 11:34:42 -0400
Subject: AAAI information (including workshop info)
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
Workshop registration begins at 7:30 am on Sunday the 29th (the day of the
workshop) in Hall B of the Hynes Conference Center. The workshop will get
under way at 9:00 am. Unfortunately there is no advance registration, and
there is no putting the registration off 'til later either: registering
is how you (and I) find out which room the workshop is in. The registration
desk may be a zoo, so please get there early.
There is a $50 registration fee for workshops, in addition to the fees
for any other technical or tutorial sessions you choose to attend. You
can attend a workshop without registering for the whole conference.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
To advance register for the AAAI conference, send a check for the amount
listed below to AAAI-90, 445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025, or you
can call (415) 328-3123 and use a credit card.
onsite registration (starting Sunday July 29th):
regular AAAI member $335
regular non-member $375
student AAAI member $200
student non-member $220
AIR TRAVEL
Reduced air fares to the workshop and/or conference are available from
Northwest Airlines and TWA. The reduction is 45% for round-trip or circle
trip, coach class, fares over $100, within the continental US. Tickets
must be issued at least 10 days in advance of travel. Flight reservations
must be made through one of the following:
Custom Travel Consultants (in Woodside, CA)
(800)367-2105 or (415)369-2105, 9am - 5pm PST
Northwest Airlines
(800)328-1111 (use ID code 17379)
TWA
(800)325-4933 (use ID code B9912829)
CAR RENTAL
Special rates are available from Hertz when booked through Custom Travel
Consultants (see above). Use code CV 5522.
ACCOMMODATION
Economical accommodation is MIT dormitory housing (twin beds with linens,
laundry facilities available, no private baths or air conditioning), 6 blocks
from the conference center, $35 single, $50 double. Requests for dormitory
housing must be received by Rogal by July 1st, and must be accompanied by
full prepayment. Parking is an extra $5.
Here follows a list of a few hotels you might use. Whether or not you're
staying for the rest of the conference, you can obtain a room at "special
conference rates" by contacting Rogal America, 313 Washington Street suite
300, Newton Corner, MA 02158, phone (617)965-8000. Deadline for obtaining
these reduced rates at June 29th.
Back Bay Hilton
1 block from conference center
Single room rates: $125
Double room rates: $140
The Midtown
2 blocks from conference center
Single room rates: $80
Double room rates: $90
Boston Marriott Copley Place
2 blocks from conference center
Single room rates: $126, $137, $144
Double room rates: $140, $152, $160
Copley Square Hotel
3 blocks from conference center
Single room rates: $86, $96
Double room rates: $100
57 Park Plaza
8 blocks from conference center
Single room rates: $90
Double room rates: $100
Howard Johnson Cambridge
13 blocks from conference center
Single room rates: $90
Double room rates: $100
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Date: Sat, 7 Jul 90 11:34:42 -0400
From: finin@PRC.Unisys.COM
Subject: Seventh IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications
Organization: Unisys Center for Advanced Information Technology
The Seventh IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications
Fontainbleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
February 24 - 28, 1991
Call For Participation
(submission deadline 8/31/90)
Sponsored by The Computer Society of IEEE
The conference is devoted to the application of artificial
intelligence techniques to real-world problems. Two kinds of papers
are appropriate: case studies of knowledge-based applications that
solve significant problems and stimulate the development of useful
techniques and papers on AI techniques and principles that underlie
knowledge-based systems, and in turn, enable ever more ambitious
real-world applications. This conference provides a forum for such
synergy between applications and AI techniques.
Papers describing significant unpublished results are solicited along
three tracks:
o "Scientific/Engineering" Applications Track. Contributions stemming
from the general area of industrial and scientific applications.
o "Business/Decision Support" Applications Track. Contributions stemming
from the general area of decision support applications in business,
government, law, etc.
Papers in these two application tracks must: (1) Justify the use
of the AI technique, based on the problem definition and an
analysis of the application's requirements; (2) Explain how AI
technology was used to solve a significant problem; (3) Describe
the status of the implementation; (4) Evaluate both the
effectiveness of the implementation and the technique used.
Short papers up to 1000 words in length will also be accepted for
presentation in these two application tracks.
o "Enabling Technology" Track. Contributions focusing on techniques
and principles that facilitate the development of practical knowledge
based systems that can be scaled to handle increasing problem
complexity. Topics include, but are not limited to: knowledge
representation, reasoning, search, knowledge acquisition, learning,
constraint programming, planning, validation and verification, project
management, natural language processing, speech, intelligent
interfaces, natural language processing, integration, problem-solving
architectures, programming environments and general tools.
Long papers in all three tracks should be limited to 5000 words and
short papers in the two applications tracks limited to 1000 words.
Papers which are significantly longer than these limits will not be
reviewed. The first page of the paper should contain the following
information (where applicable) in the order shown:
- Title.
- Authors' names and affiliation. (specify student status)
- Contact information (name, postal address, phone, fax and email address)
- Abstract: A 200 word abstract that includes a clear statement describing
the paper's original contributions and what new lesson is imparted.
- AI topic: one or more terms describing the relevant AI areas, e.g.,
knowledge acquisition, explanation, diagnosis, etc.
- Domain area: one or more terms describing the problem domain area,
e.g., mechanical design, factory scheduling, education, medicine, etc.
Do NOT specify the track.
- Language/Tool: Underlying programming languages, systems and tools used.
- Status: development and deployment status, as appropriate.
- Effort: Person-years of effort put into developing the particular
aspect of the project being described.
- Impact: A twenty word description of estimated or measured (specify)
benefit of the application developed.
Each paper accepted for publication will be allotted seven pages in
the conference proceedings. The best papers accepted in the two
applications tracks will be considered for a special issue of IEEE
EXPERT to appear late in 1991. An application has been made to
reserve a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data
Engineering (TDKE) for publication of the best papers in the enabling
technologies track. IBM will sponsor an award of $1,500 for the
best student paper at the conference.
In addition to papers, we will be accepting the following types of
submissions:
- Proposals for Panel discussions. Provide a brief description of the
topic (1000 words or less). Indicate the membership of the panel and
whether you are interested in organizing/moderating the discussion.
- Proposals for Demonstrations. Submit a short proposal (under 1000
words) describing a videotaped and/or live demonstration. The
demonstration should be of a particular system or technique that
shows the reduction to practice of one of the conference topics.
The demonstration or videotape should be not longer than 15 minutes.
- Proposals for Tutorial Presentations. Proposals for three hour
tutorials of both an introductory and advanced nature are
requested. Topics should relate to the management
and technical development of useful AI applications. Tutorials
which analyze classes of applications in depth or examine
techniques appropriate for a particular class of applications are of
particular interest. Copies of slides are to be provided in advance to
IEEE for reproduction.
Each tutorial proposal should include the following:
* Detailed topic list and extended abstract (about 3 pages)
* Tutorial level: introductory, intermediate, or advanced
* Prerequisite reading for intermediate and advanced tutorials
* Short professional vita including presenter's experience in
lectures and tutorials.
- Proposals for Vendor Presentations. A separate session will be held
where vendors will have the opportunity to give an overview to
their AI-based software products and services.
IMPORTANT DATES
- August 31, 1990: Six copies of Papers, and four copies of all proposals
are due. Submissions not received by that date will be returned
unopened. Electronically transmitted materials will not be accepted.
- October 26, 1990: Author notifications mailed.
- December 7, 1990: Accepted papers due to IEEE. Accepted tutorial
notes due to Tutorial Chair.
- February 24-25, 1991: Tutorial Program of Conference
- February 26-28, 1991: Technical Program of Conference
Submit Papers and Other Materials to:
Tim Finin
Unisys Center for Advanced Information Technology
70 East Swedesford Road
PO Box 517
Paoli PA 19301
internet: finin@prc.unisys.com
phone: 215-648-2840; fax: 215-648-2288
Submit Tutorial Proposals to:
Daniel O'Leary
Graduate School of Business
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1421
phone: 213-743-4092, fax: 213-747-2815
For registration and additional conference information, contact:
CAIA-91
The Computer Society of the IEEE
1730 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1903
phone: 202-371-1013
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
General Chair: Se June Hong, IBM Research
Program Chair: Tim Finin, Unisys
Publicity Chair: Jeff Pepper, Carnegie Group, Inc.
Tutorial Chair: Daniel O'Leary, University of Southern California
Local Arrangements: Alex Pelin, Florida International University, and
Mansur Kabuka, University of Miami
Program Committee:
AT-LARGE SCIENTIFIC/ENGINEERING TRACK
Tim Finin, Unisys (chair) Chris Tong, Rutgers (chair)
Jan Aikins, AION Corp. Sanjaya Addanki, IBM Research
Robert E. Filman, IntelliCorp Bill Mark, Lockheed AI Center
Ron Brachman, AT&T Bell Labs Sanjay Mittal, Xerox PARC
Wolfgang Wahlster, German Res. Center Ramesh Patil, MIT
for AI & U. of Saarlandes David Searls, Unisys
Mark Fox, CMU Duvurru Sriram, MIT
ENABLING TECHNOLOGY TRACK BUSINESS/DECISION SUPPORT TRACK
Howard Shrobe, Symbolics (chair) Peter Hart, Syntelligence (chair)
Lee Erman, Cimflex Teknowledge Chidanand Apte, IBM Research
Eric Mays, IBM Research Vasant Dhar, New York University
Norm Sondheimer, GE Research Steve Kimbrough, U. of Pennsylvania
Fumio Mizoguchi, Tokyo Science Univ. Don McKay, Unisys
Dave Waltz, Brandeis & Thinking Machines
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| Tim Finin finin@prc.unisys.com |
| Center for Advanced Information Technology 215-648-2840, -2288(fax) |
| Unisys, PO Box 517, Paoli, PA 19301 USA 215-386-1749 (home) |
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From: Kimberlee Pietrzak-Smith <kim@cs.toronto.edu>
Subject: IJCAI'91 Call for Participation
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 1990 16:15:06 -0400
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: IJCAI-91
TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
August 24 - 30, 1991, Sydney, Australia
The biennial IJCAI conferences are the major forums for the
international scientific exchange and presentation of AI research.
The next IJCAI conference will be held in Sydney, Australia, 24-30 August
1991. IJCAI-91 is sponsored by the International
Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, Inc. (IJCAII), and
co-sponsored by the National Committee on Artificial Intelligence
and Expert Systems of the Australian Computer Society.
The conference technical program will include workshops, tutorials,
panels and invited talks, as well as tracks for paper and videotape
presentations.
1. Paper Track: Submission Requirements and Guidelines
Topics of Interest
Submissions are invited on substantial, original, and previously
unpublished research in all aspects of AI, including, but not limited
to:
* Architectures and languages for AI (e.g. hardware and
software for building AI systems, real time and distributed AI)
* Automated reasoning (e.g. theorem proving, automatic
programming, planning and reasoning about action, search, truth
maintenance systems, constraint satisfaction)
* Cognitive modelling (e.g. user models, memory models)
* Connectionist and PDP models
* Knowledge representation (e.g. logics for knowledge, belief and
intention, nonmonotonic formalisms, complexity analysis, languages and
systems
for representing knowledge)
* Learning and knowledge acquisition
* Logic programming (e.g. semantics, deductive databases, relationships
to AI knowledge representation)
* Natural language (e.g. syntax, semantics, discourse, speech recognition
and understanding, natural language front ends)
* Philosophical foundations
* Principles of AI applications (e.g. intelligent CAI, design,
manufacturing, control)
* Qualitative reasoning and naive physics (e.g. temporal and spatial
reasoning, reasoning under uncertainty, model-based reasoning, diagnosis)
* Robotics (e.g. kinematics, manipulators, navigation, sensors, control)
* Social, economic and legal implications
* Vision (e.g. colour, shape, stereo, motion, object recognition,
active vision, model-based vision, vision architectures and hardware,
biological modelling)
Timetable
1. Submissions must be received by December 10, 1990.
Submissions received after that date will be returned unopened.
Authors should note that ordinary mail can sometimes be considerably
delayed and should take this into account when timing their
submissions.
Notification of receipt will be mailed to the first author (or
designated author) soon after receipt.
2. Notification of acceptance or rejection: on or before March 20, 1991.
Notification will be sent to the first author (or designated author).
3. Edited version to be received by April 19, 1991.
General
Authors should submit five (5) copies of their papers in hard copy
form. All paper submissions should be to one of the Program Committee
CoChairs. Electronic or FAX submissions cannot be accepted.
Appearance
Papers should be printed on 8.5" x 11" or A4 sized paper,
double-spaced (i.e. no more than 28 lines per page), with 1.5" margins,
and with 12 point type. Letter quality print is required. (Normally, dot-matrix
printout will be unacceptable unless truly of letter quality. Exceptions will
be made for submissions from countries where high quality printers are not
widely available.)
Length
Papers should be a minimum of 2500 words (about nine pages double
spaced) and a maximum of 5500 words (about 18 pages double spaced),
including figures, tables and diagrams. Each full page of figures
takes the space of about 500 words.
Title Page
Each copy of the paper must include a title page, separate from the
body of the paper. This should contain:
1. Title of the paper.
2. Full names, postal addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of all
authors.
3. An abstract of 100-200 words.
4. The area/subarea in which the paper should be reviewed.
5. A declaration that this paper is not currently under review for
a journal or another conference, nor will it be submitted during
IJCAI's review period. See IJCAI's policy on multiple submissions
below.
Policy on Multiple Submissions
IJCAI will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is
under review for a journal or another conference. Authors are also
expected not to submit their papers elsewhere during
IJCAI's review period. These restrictions apply only to journals and
conferences, not to workshops and similar specialized presentations
with a limited audience.
Review Criteria
Papers will be subject to peer review. Selection criteria include
accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of
results and the quality of the presentation. The decision of the
program committee will be final and cannot be appealed. Papers
selected will be scheduled for presentation and will be printed in the
proceedings. Authors of accepted papers, or their representatives, are expected
to present their papers at the conference.
Video Enhancement of Paper Presentations
In addition to an oral presentation, the authors of accepted papers
may, if they so choose, submit a videotape which will be presented in the
video track session. These tapes will not be refereed but only reviewed for the
quality of the presentation. They are intended to provide additional support to
the written and oral presentation such as demonstrations, illustrations or
applications. For details concerning tape format, see the video track
description below. Reviewing criteria do not apply to these tapes. Only the
submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Authors wishing to augment their paper
presentation with a video should submit a tape only after their paper
has been accepted. All such arrangements should be made with the video track
chair.
Distinguished Paper Awards
The Program Committee will distinguish one or more papers of
exceptional quality for special awards. This decision will in no way depend on
whether the authors choose to enhance their paper with a video presentation.
2. Videotape Track: Submission Requirements and Guidelines
This track is reserved for displaying interesting research on applications
to real-world problems arising in industrial, commercial, government, space and
educational arenas. It is designed to demonstrate the current levels of
usefulness of AI tools, techniques and methods.
Authors should submit one copy of a videotape of 15 minutes maximum
duration, accompanied by a submission letter that includes:
* Title,
* Full names, postal addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of all
authors,
* Tape format (indicate one of NTSC, PAL or SECAM; and one of VHS or .75"
U-matic),
* Duration of tape in minutes,
* Three copies of an abstract of one to two pages in length, containing the
title of the video, and full names and addresses of the authors,
* Author's permission to copy tape for review purposes.
The timetable and conditions for submission, notification of acceptance or
rejection, and receipt of final version are the same as for the paper
track. See above for details.
All tape submisssions must be made to the Videotape Track Chair.
Tapes cannot be returned; authors should retain extra copies for making
revisions. All submissions will be converted to NTSC format before review.
Tapes will be reviewed and selected for presentation during the
conference. Abstracts of accepted videos will appear
in the conference proceedings. The following criteria will guide
the selection:
* Level of interest to the conference audience
* Clarity of goals, methods and results
* Presentation quality (including audio, video and pace).
Preference will be given to applications that show a high level of
maturity. Tapes that are deemed to be advertising commercial products,
propaganda, purely expository materials, merely taped lectures or
other material not of scientific or technical value will be rejected.
3. Panels, Tutorials, Workshops
The IJCAI-91 technical program will include panels, tutorials and
workshops, for which separate calls for proposals have been issued. For
details about organizing one of these, contact the appropriate chair in
the following list.
4. IJCAI-91 Conference Contacts
Program CoChairs
Paper submissions, reviewing, invited talks, awards and all
matters related to the technical program:
Prof. John Mylopoulos
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ont. M5S 1A4
CANADA
Tel: (+1-416)978-5379
Fax: (+1-416)978-1455
email: ijcai@cs.toronto.edu
Prof. Ray Reiter
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ont. M5S 1A4
CANADA
Tel: (+1-416)978-5379
Fax: (+1-416)978-1455
email: ijcai@cs.toronto.edu
Videotape Track Chair
Videotape submissions, editing and scheduling of video presentations:
Dr. Alain Rappaport
Neuron Data
444 High Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
USA
Tel: (+1-415)321-4488
Fax: (+1-415)321-3728
email: atr@ml.ri.cmu.edu
Tutorial Chair
Enquiries about tutorial presentations:
Dr. Martha Pollack
Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International
333 Ravenswood Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
Tel: (+1-415)859-2037
Fax: (+1-415)326-5512
email: pollack@ai.sri.com
Workshop Chair
Enquiries about workshop presentations and scheduling:
Dr. Joe Katz
MITRE Corporation
MS-K318
Burlington Rd.
Bedford, MA 01730
USA
Tel: (+1-617)271-8899
Fax: (+1-617)271-2423
email: katz@mbunix.mitre.org
Panel Chair
Enquiries about panels:
Dr. Peter F. Patel-Schneider
AT&T Bell Labs
600 Mountain Ave.
Murray Hill, NJ 07974
USA
Tel: (+1-201)582-3399
Fax: (+1-201)582-5192
email: pfps@research.att.com
Australian National Committee Secretariat
For enquiries about registration, accommodation and other local
arrangements:
Ms. Beverley Parrott
IJCAI-91
Parrish Conference Organizers
PO Box 787
Potts Point NSW 2011
AUSTRALIA
Tel: (+61-2)357-2600
Fax: (+61-2)357-2950
IJCAI-91 Exhibition Secretariat
For enquiries concerning the exhibition:
Ms. Julia Jeffrey
Jeffrey Enterprises
104 Falcon Street
Crows Nest NSW 2065
AUSTRALIA
Tel: (+61-2)954-0842
Fax: (+61-2)925-0735
Australian National Committee Chair
For enquiries about general Australian arrangements:
Prof. Michael A. McRobbie
Centre for Information Science Research
I Block
Australian National University
GPO Box 4
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
Tel: (+61 6)249-2035
Fax: (+61-6)249-0747
email: mam@arp.anu.oz.au
Conference Chair
For other general conference related matters:
Prof. Barbara J. Grosz
Aiken Computation Lab 20
Harvard University
33 Oxford Street
Cambridge MA 02138, USA
Tel: (+1-617)495-3673
Fax: (+1-617)495-9837
email: grosz@endor.harvard.edu
IJCAII and IJCAI-91 Secretary-Treasurer
Dr. Donald E. Walker
Bellcore, MRE 2A379
445 South Street, Box 1910
Morristown, NJ 07960-1910
USA
Tel: (+1-201)829-4312
Fax: (+1-201)455-1931
email: walker@flash.bellcore.com
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Date: Fri, 6 Jul 1990 16:16:01 -0400
From: Kimberlee Pietrzak-Smith <kim@cs.toronto.edu>
Subject: IJCAI'91 Call for Workshops
Call for Workshop Proposals: IJCAI-91
The IJCAI-91 Program Committee invites proposals for the Workshop
Program of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(IJCAI-91),to be held in Sydney, Australia, 24-30 August 1991.
Gathering in an informal setting, workshop participants will have the
opportunity to meet and discuss selected technical topics in an atmosphere
which fosters the active exchange of ideas among researchers and
practitioners. Members from all segments of the AI community are invited
to submit proposals for review.
To encourage interaction and a broad exchange of ideas, the workshops
will be kept small, preferably under 35 participants. Attendance should be
limited to active participants only. The format of workshop presentations
will be determined by the organizers proposing the workshop, but ample time
must be allotted for general discussion. Workshops can vary in length , but
most will last a half day or a full day. Proposals for workshops
should be between one and two pages in length, and should contain:
1. A brief description of the workshop identifying specific technical issues
that will be its focus.
2. A discussion of why the workshop is of interest at this time,
3. The names, postal addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of the
organizing committee, consisting of three or four people knowledgeable in the
field and not all at the same organization,
4. A proposed schedule for organizing the workshop and a preliminary
agenda.
Proposals should be submitted as soon as possible, but no
later than 21 December 1990. Proposals will be reviewed as they are received
and resources allocated as workshops are approved. Organizers will be notified
of the committee's decision no later than 15 February 1991.
Workshop organizers will be responsible for:
1. Producing a Call for Participation in the workshop, open to all members
of the AI community, which will be distributed by IJCAI.
2. Reviewing requests to participate in the workshop and selecting the
participants.
3. Scheduling the workshop activities. All organizational arrangements
must be completed by May 15, 1991.
4. Preparing a review of the workshop for publication.
IJCAI will provide logistical support and a meeting place
for the workshop, and, in conjunction with the organizers, will determine the
workshop date and time. IJCAI reserves the right to cancel any workshop
if deadlines are missed.
To cover costs, it will be necessary to charge a fee of $US50 for each
participant.
Please submit your proposals, and any enquiries to:
Dr. Joseph Katz
MITRE Corporation
MS-K318
Burlington Road
Bedford, MA 01730
USA
Tel: (+1-617) 271-8899
Fax: (+1-617) 271-2423
email: katz@mbunix.mitre.org
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Date: Fri, 6 Jul 1990 16:16:36 -0400
From: Kimberlee Pietrzak-Smith <kim@cs.toronto.edu>
Subject: IJCAI'91 Call for Tutorials
Call for Tutorial Proposals: IJCAI-91
The IJCAI-91 Program Committee invites proposals for the
Tutorial program of the International Joint Conference on Artificial
Intelligence (IJCAI-91) to be held in Sydney, Australia, 24-30 August 1991.
Tutorials will be offered both on standard topics and on new
and more advanced topics. A list of topics from the IJCAI-89 Tutorial
Program is given below, to suggest the breadth of topics that can be
covered by tutorials, but this list is only a guide. Other topics,
both related to these and quite different from them, will be
considered:
* Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
* Logic Programming
* Planning and Reasoning about Time
* Evaluating Knowledge-Engineering Tools
* Truth Maintenance Systems
* Knowledge-Acquisition
* Natural Language Processing
* Artificial Intelligence and Education
* Common Lisp Object System
* Advanced Architectures for Expert Systems
* Computer Vision
* Uncertainty Management
* Model-Based Diagnosis
* Case-Based Reasoning
* Real-Time Knowledge-Based Systems
* Neural Network Architectures
* Managing Expert Systems Projects
* Knowledge Representation
* Artificial Intelligence and Design
* Reasoning about Action and Change
* Inductive Learning
* Verifying and Validating Expert Systems
* Constraint-Directed Reasoning
* Integrating AI and Database Technologies
Anyone interested in presenting a tutorial should submit a
proposal to the 1991 Tutorial Chair, Martha Pollack. Proposals from a
pair of presentors will be strongly favored over ones from a single
individual. A tutorial proposal should contain the following information:
1. Topic.
2. A brief description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in
the conference registration brochure.
3. A detailed outline of the tutorial.
4. The necessary background and the potential target audience for
the tutorial.
5. A description of why the tutorial topic is of interest to a
substantial segment of the IJCAI audience (for new topics only).
6. A brief resume of the presentor(s), which should include name,
mailing address, phone number, email address if available, background
in the tutorial area, any available examples of work in the area
(ideally, a published tutorial-level article on the subject), evidence
of teaching experience (including references that address the
proposer's presentation ability), and evidence of scholarship in
AI/Computer Science (equivalent to a published IJCAI conference paper
or tutorial syllabus).
Those submitting a proposal should keep in mind that tutorials are
intended to provide an overview of a field; 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.
Proposals must be received by Jan. 4, 1991. Decisions about topics and
speakers will be made by Feb. 22, 1991. Speakers should be prepared to submit
completed course materials by July 1, 1991.
Proposals should be sent to:
Dr. Martha Pollack
Artificial Intelligence Center
SRI International
333 Ravenswood Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
email: pollack@ai.sri.com
Tel: (+1-415) 859-2037
Fax: (+1-415) 326-5512 (NOTE: Indicate clearly on the first page
that it is intended for "Martha Pollack, Artificial Intelligence Center".)
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Date: Fri, 6 Jul 1990 16:17:08 -0400
From: Kimberlee Pietrzak-Smith <kim@cs.toronto.edu>
Subject: IJCAI'91 Call for Awards
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR IJCAI AWARDS: IJCAI-91
THE IJCAI AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
The IJCAI Award for Research Excellence is given at an IJCAI, to a
scientist who has carried out a program of research of consistently
high quality yielding several substantial results. If the research
program has been carried out collaboratively, the Award may be made
jointly to the research team. Past recipients of this Award are
John McCarthy (1985) and Allen Newell (1989).
The Award carries with it a certificate and the sum of $US2,000 plus
travel and living expenses for the IJCAI. The researcher(s) will
be invited to deliver an address on the nature and significance of
the results achieved and write a paper for the conference proceedings.
Primarily, however, the Award carries the honour of having one's
work selected by one's peers as an exemplar of sustained research
in the maturing science of Artificial Intelligence.
We hereby call for nominations for The IJCAI Award for Research
Excellence to be made at IJCAI-91 which is to be held in Sydney,
Australia, 24-30 August 1991. The accompanying note on Selection
Procedures for IJCAI Awards provides the relevant details.
THE COMPUTERS AND THOUGHT AWARD
The Computers and Thought Lecture is given at each International
Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence by an outstanding young
scientist in the field of Artificial Intelligence. The Award
carries with it a certificate and the sum of $US2,000 plus travel
and subsistence expenses for the IJCAI. The Lecture is presented
one evening during the Conference, and the public is invited to
attend. The Lecturer is invited to publish the Lecture in the
conference proceedings. The Lectureship was established with
royalties received from the book Computers and Thought, edited by
Feigenbaum and Feldman; it is currently supported by income from
IJCAI funds.
Past recipients of this honour have been Terry Winograd (1971),
Patrick Winston (1973), Chuck Rieger (1975), Douglas Lenat (1977),
David Marr (1979), Gerald Sussman (1981), Tom Mitchell (1983),
Hector Levesque (1985), Johan de Kleer (1987) and Henry Kautz
(1989).
Nominations are invited for The Computers and Thought Award to be
made at IJCAI-91 in Sydney. The note on Selection Procedures for
IJCAI Awards describes the nomination procedures to be followed.
SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR IJCAI AWARDS
Nominations for The IJCAI Award for Research Excellence and The
Computers and Thought Award are invited from all members of the
Artificial Intelligence international community. The procedures
are the same for both awards.
There should be a nominator and a seconder, at least one of whom
should not have been in the same institution as the nominee. The
nominators should prepare a short submission of less than 2,000
words, outlining the nominee's qualifications with respect to the
criteria for the particular award.
The award selection committee is the union of the Program, Conference
and Advisory Committees of the upcoming IJCAI and the Board of
Trustees of International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence,
Inc., with nominees excluded.
Nominations should be sent to the Conference Chair for IJCAI-91 at the
address below. They must be sent in hardcopy form; electronic
submissions cannot be accepted. The deadline for nominations is
1 December 1990. To avoid duplication of effort, nominators are
requested to submit the name of the person they are nominating by
1 November 1990 so that people who propose to nominate the same
individual may be so informed and can coordinate their efforts.
Prof. Barbara J. Grosz
Conference Chair, IJCAI-91
Aiken Computation Lab 20
Harvard University
33 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
tel: (+1-617) 495-3673
fax: (+1-617) 495-9837
grosz@endor.harvard.edu
Due Date for nominations: 1 December 1990.
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