chandra@osiris.CSO.UIUC.EDU (10/16/86)
Applications of AI in NATURAL RESOURCES and ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, Recently, Molly Stock (of Univ. of Idaho) conducted a survey of AI applications to forestry management. Her findings are pleasantly surprising. A large number of universities and government agencies are currently building interesting AI applications. Sparked by the survey, we are now planning on holding a NATIONAL WORKSHOP in this area. The purpose of this workshop is to bring researchers together under one roof. We envision this workshop as an opportunity for researchers to share ideas and lay down directions for future research. This letter is a probe. I'm trying to get a sense of "WHAT'S OUT THERE". The areas covered are: - Environmental Planning & management. - Env Impact Statements - Geographic Info Systems - Natural Resource planning - Environmental Modeling - Other related areas If you are involved in any such research and/or would be interested in participating in a WORKSHOP, please contact me at the address below: US-MAIL: D. Navinchandra Intelligent Engineering Systems Lab. Room 1-241 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139 ARPA-NET: dchandra@athena.mit.edu Phone: (617)577-8047 (call first) (617)253-3880 (call if no answer at above number) If you are currently involved in some projects and or have technical reports, I'd like to know about them. After this survey is complete, a formal Announcement will be promulgated. THANKS D. Navinchandra IESL, MIT (p.s. At the IESL,MIT we are working on building tools to build Knowledge Based systems for Geographic Info Systems. We are doing this research in collaboration with the Environmental group of the Construction Engineering Research Lab, Champaign Illinois)