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AIList Digest Wednesday, 28 Aug 1985 Volume 3 : Issue 115 Today's Topics: Seminar - Mathematical Learning (MIT), Conferences - Symposium on Factory Automation and Robotics & Simulation, Automation, and Robotics & Program of Expert Systems in Government Symposium ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 85 09:59:20 EDT From: Andy diSessa <ADIS at MIT-MC.ARPA> Subject: Seminar - Mathematical Learning (MIT) [Forwarded from the MIT bboard by SASW@MIT-MC.] Marlene Kliman will talk about her work on balancing this Weds., August 28, 4 PM, third floor conference room. Mathematical Knowledge Underlying Performance on the Balance Scale Interviews of elementary school children using a balance scale show that balancing is a complex domain involving many levels of competence and understanding. Performance on set balancing tasks may not always be indicative of underlying knowledge, as children frequently display special-case knowledge. As children experiment with the balance scale, they not only find new pieces of knowledge, but they also begin to find connections among pieces of knowledge. This talk will present an analysis of mathematical knowledge underlying performance on the balance scale in terms of the kinds of things children do and generalizations they make when exploring the balance scale, strategies children find natural and helpful, and facets of balancing that children find particularly intriguing. Educational implications of this analysis will be discussed. ------------------------------ Date: 27 Aug 85 10:33 EDT From: (Herb Bernstein) <BERNSTEIN@NYU-CMCL1.ARPA> Subject: Symposium on Fact. Aut. & Robotics Reminder: The Symposium on Factory Automation and Robotics A Forum for Industrial and Academic Robotics Engineers and Scientists will be held 9-11 September 1985 by the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU in honor of Marvin Denicoff sponsored by the National Science Foundation Registration $35 ($25 for NYU faculty and staff), in advance to NYU/CIMS Symposium on Fac. Aut. and Robotics Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences 251 Mercer Street, New York, N.Y. 10012 Attn: Herbert J. Bernstein Or at the meeting, Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, Loeb Student Center, 566 LaGuardia Place (corner of LaGuardia Place and Wash. Sq. South). For more information or to RSVP, mail to yaya@nyu (on ARPANET), or call 212-533-3363 or 212-460-7444. ------------------------------ Date: 20 Aug 1985 21:09-EST From: leff%smu.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa Subject: Conference Announcement I am relaying this from printed material received here for the benefit of those who might be interested. I am not connected with the conference. Society of Computer Simulation P. O. Box 17900 San Diego California 92117-7900 Telephone 619-277-3888 Southwestern Region Simualtion presents their Fall 85 Technical Meeting Theme: Simulation and Automation and Robotics Dates: October 24-25 1985 Thursday and Friday Location: Fort Worth Texas Cost: $25 registration fee Keynote Address: Robotics and Intelligent Systems: An Overview by George A. Bekey ------------------------------ Date: 28 Aug 85 08:21:59 EDT (Wed) From: Marshall D. Abrams <abrams@mitre.ARPA> Subject: Program of Expert Systems in Government Symposium Following is a list of all the sessions and papers for the Expert Systems in Government Symposium to be held October 24-25, 1985 at the Tysons Westpark Hotel, McLean, VA. The symposium is sponsored by the MITRE Corporation and the IEEE Computer Society. Two one-day tutorials are scheduled for October 23rd: "Concepts of Knowledge Engineering" by Kamran Parsaye and "Expert Systems Development" by Elaine Kant. Additional information is available from abrams@mitre. A registration form follows the session listing. ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS Vice-Chairman: Prof. Mary Lou Maher, Carnegie-Mellon University Session-Chairman: Dr. Duvvuru Sriram, Carnegie-Mellon University "A Rule-Based System for Masonry Failures," S.M. Cornick, Carlton University "Development of An Intelligent Interface To An Interactive Design Model," R.A. Harris, Vanderbilt University "Micro Computer Based Expert Systems In Engineering: An Exam- ple," Nitin Pandit, D. Sriram, Carnegie-Mellon University "LASER: A Programming Environment For Building High Performance Expert Systems," Dr. Y.V. Reddy, West Virginia University "An Expert Tutor for Rigid Body Mechanics: Athena Cats-- Macavity," John H. Slater, Robert B.P. Petrossiam, S. Shyam- sunder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MISSION PLANNING Vice_Chairman: Prof. Mark Fox, Carnegie-Mellon University Sessions_Chairman: Dr. Robert Milne, Pentagon "Management of AI System Software Development For Military Deci- sion Aids," Kerry Gates, John Lemmer, PAR Technology Corporation "Expert Mission Planning and Replanning Scheduling System," G.B. Hankins, J.W. Jordan, J.L. Katz, A.M. Mulvehill, The MITRE Corporation "Mission Planning Within the Framework of the Blackboard Model,"Glen Pearson, FMC Corporation "Developing a Microcomputer Based Intelligent Project Planning System," Suzanne Bradley, Ruth Buys, Amr ElSawy, Alan Sipes, The MITRE Corporation PANEL: FRONTIERS OF KBES: PRO & CON MODERATOR: Dr. Marvin Denicoff, Thinking Machine, Inc. Panelists: PRO Prof. Chandrasekaran, Ohio State University PRO Dr. Neil Pundit, DEC CON Dr. Gary Martins, Intelligent S/W, Inc. CON Dr. John Benoit, MITRE MIDDLE Dr. Robert Milne, Pentagon MIDDLE Dr. Kamran Parsaye, Intelliware UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT Vice_Chairman: Dr. North Fowler, RADC Sessions_Chairman: Dr. Piero Bonissone, G.E. "An Application of Fuzzy Reasoning to A Confirmation/Disconfirmation Decision Making Algorithm," Joseph A. Karakowski, U.S. Army "An Expert System Based on a Stochastic Parallel Network," V. Venkatasubramanian, Northeastern University "Data Analysis Assisted by an Uncertainty Varying Expert System," Petr Hajek, Fred Neil Springsteel "In Introduction to Fact Based Model Expert Systems," Sing Chi Koo, Software Intelligence Lab, Inc. NETWORK MANAGEMENT Vice_Chairman: Dr. Richard Martin, MCC Session_Chairman: Dr. Greg Vesonder, AT&T Bell Laboratories "Specifications of a Knowledge System for Packet-Switched Data Network Topological Design," Chelsea White, III, Edward A. Sykes, University of Virginia "Telecommunications Resource Allocation A Knowledge-Based Sys- tem," Dai Chuang, Booz Allen & Hamilton "Compass: An Expert System for Telephone Switch Maintenance," Shri K. Goyal, David S. Prerau, Alan V. Lemmon, Alan Gunderson, Robert Reinke, GTE Laboratories, Inc. "NEMESYS: An Expert System for Fighting Congestion in the At&T Network," Dr. Richard C. Windecker, Stephen M. Guattery, Dr. Francisco J. Villarreal, AT&T Bell Labs, Inc. INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM Vice_Chairman: Prof Saj-Nicole Joni, Yale Session_Chairman: Prof. Beverly Woolf, University of Mas- sachusetts "Intelligent Tutoring Using the Integrated Diagnostic Model: An Expert System for Diagnosis and Repair," Howard R. Smith, Pamela K. Fink, John C. Lusth, Southwest Research Institute "An Informal Programming Language," Jeffery Bonar, William Weil, University of Pittsburg "Understanding Discourse Conventions in Tutoring," Beverly Woolf, University of Massachusetts "PRUST: An Automatic System Program Debugger," Lewis Johnson, ISI NEW DIRECTIONS IN KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION Vice_Chairman: Dr. Bruce Bullock, Teknowledge Session_Chairman: Ethan Scarl, The MITRE Corporation "Artificial Intelligence for C:3:I: The Design and Development of a Prototype Causal Schema Knowledge-Based System," Gerard W. Hopple, Stanley M. Halpin, Defense Systems, Inc. "Capturing Domain Primitives for Knowledge Engineering," R. Peter Bonasso, The MITRE Corporation "A Shared Knowledge Base for Independent Problem Solving Agents," Susan E. Conry, R.A. Meyer, J.E. Searleman, Clarkson College "Research in the Applications of Expert Systems at the NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility," Eugene L. Duke, Victoria A. Regeniek, NASA Ames Research Center INTELLIGENT ANALYSIS Vice_Chairman: Dr. Morten Hirschberg, Army Ballistic Research Laboratories Session_Chairman: Major Russ Frew, U.S. Army Intelligence Center & School "XCOR--A Knowledge-Based System for Correction of Oceanographic Reports," Vincent G. Sigillito, R.F. Wachter, The Johns Hopkins University "A Demonstration of An Ocean Surveillance Information Fusion Ex- pert System," Elizabeth H. Groundwater, Science Applications Int., Corporation "An AI Technology Insertion Experiment With Analyst," Peter Bonasso, The MITRE Corporation "ACES Airborne Communication Expert System: A Proposed Expert Sys- tem for Managing Airborne Military Communication," Hal Miller- Jacobs, The MITRE Corporation "Artificial Intelligence Applications to Intelligence Analysis," Jerald L. Feinstein, Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc. PANEL: INTELLIGENT COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION MODERATOR: Dr. Jeff Bonar, LRDC/University of Pittsburg Panelists: 1. Dr. Beverly Woolf, University of Massachusetts. 2. Dr. Joseph Psotka, PERI-IC, Army Research Institute 3. Prof Walker Schneider, University of Illinois 4. Prof. T. Govindraj, Georgia Instute of Technology 5. Dr. Stelan Ohlsson, University of Pittsburg SOFTWARE Vice_Chairman: Dr. Santosh Chokhani, The MITRE Corporation Session_Chairman: Dr. Robert Ensor, AT&T Bell Laboratories "Automation of Programming: the ISFI Experiments," Richard Brown, The MITRE Corporation "Mutations & Their Consequences; A Study of Non-Monotonic Behavior," Gary A. Cleveland, Richard Brown, The MITRE Corpora- tion "Designing Expert Systems for Ease of Change," Judith N. Frosch- er, Robert J.K. Jacob, Department of the Navy "Arrowsmith-P A Prototype Expert System for Software Engineering Management,: Victor R. Basili, Connie Loggia Ramsey, University of Maryland LANGUAGE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES Vice_Chairman: Dr. Thomas London, AT&T Bell Laboratories Session_Chairman: Dr. Kamran Parsaye, Intelliware, Inc. "A Multicriteria Model to Select An Expert System Shell," Ernest H. Forman, Thomas J. Nagy, The George Washington University "Guess/1: A General Purpose Expert Systems Shell," Newton S. Lee, John W. Roach, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University "Prolog for Expert Systems: An Evaluation," Richard Helm, Cath- erine Lassez, Kim Marriott, University of Melbourne "Evaluating the Existing Tools for Developing Expert Systems In PC Environment," Animesh Karna and Amitabh Karna , Information Technical Institutes WEAPONS SYSTEMS: ADAPTIVE CONTROL Vice_Chairman: Dr. Morton Hirschberg, Army Ballistics Research Laboratories Session_Chairman: Dr. Morton Hirschberg, Army Ballistics Research Laboratories "A Numerical Symbolic Expert System in Computational Fluid Dynam- ics," Rick Briggs, NASA Ames Research Center "RICA: An Expert System for Radar Image Classification," Deborah T. Franks, Software Architecture & Engineering, Inc. "Concepts for a Tactical Fire Control Decision Aid," Richard C. Kaste, U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory "An Experimental Expert Weapon Direction System," R.L. Stewart, D.R. Ousborne, The Johns Hopkins University PANEL: NETWORK MANAGEMENT MODERATOR: Dr. Kamal Karna, The MITRE Corporation Panelists: 1. Dr. Shri Goyal, GTE Labs 2. Dr. Richard Wolf, AT&T Bell Labs 3. Ms. Alice Van Domelen, GTE Sprint 4. Mr. Lucien Capone, Jr., Vice President, Booz Allen & Hamil- ton SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Vice_Chairman: Ms. Diane Tosh, E Systems, Melpar Division Session_Chairman: Ray Dolgert, Softtech, Inc. "An Expert System Prototype For Aiding in the Development of Software Functional Requirements For NASA Goddard's Command Management System," Jay Liebowitz, The George Washington Univer- sity "Comments on the Procurement & Development of Expert Systems," David L. Hall, HRB Singer "Distributed Intelligence In Alternative Analysis for Computor Systems Selection & Configuration," Fiorin T. Zeviar, Boeing Com- puter Services Co. "Expert Systems & Robotics for the Space Station: Design Con- siderations," Barry G. Silverman, V.S. Moustakis, The George Washington University INTELLIGENT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL-1 Vice_Chairman: Dr. Roy Rada, National Library of Medicine Session_Chairman: Dr. Brian McCune, Advanced Information & Deci- sion Systems "A Rule-Oriented Methodology for Constructing a Knowledge Base from Natural Language Documents," Dr. Stan Matwin, University of Ottawa "Understanding Technical Documents and Graphics," R.P. Futrelle, University of Illinois "Information Retrieval Techniques In An Expert System for Foster Care," Sheila G. Winett, Edward A. Fox, Virginia Polytechnic In- stitute "Cognitive Graphing & The Representation of Biomedical Knowledge," G. Matthew Bonham, George J. Nozicka, F.N. Stokman, The American University ELECTRONIC WARFARE Vice_Chairman: Dr. Morton Hirschberg, Army Ballistic Research Laboratories Sessions_Chairman: Mr. Joseph Mitola, Advanced Information & De- cision Systems "Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques in a War Gaming En- vironment," Gregory B. White, Stephen E. Cross, Air Force Insti- tute of Technology "Evidential Reasoning for Electronic Warfare Threat Assessment," Dr. Tom Garvey, SRI International "Object Oriented Modeling in Electronic Warfare, Jim Cunningham, Advanced Information & Decision Systems "Information Management Expert Systems, Capt Robert Milne, Penta- gon DESIGN, MONITORING & CONTROL Vice_Chairman: Dr. Eric Braude, RCA Session_Chairman: Dr. Peter Politakis, DEC "A Knowledge-Based System for Transit Bus Maintenance," Peter Wood, The MITRE Corporation "Reactor Safety Assessment System--A Situation Assessment Aid for USNRC Emergency Response," Michael A. Bray, Idaho National En- gineering Laboratory "Artificial Intelligence System for Failure Detection & Monitor- ing in Electronics & Communication," L.F. Pau, Battelle Insti- tute, Geneva Laboratories "TITAN: An Expert System to Assist in Troubleshooting the Texas Instruments 990 Minicomputer System," Joe D. Stuart, Steven D. Pardue, Radian Corporation INTELLIGENT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL-2 Vice_Chairman: Dr. Roy Rada, National Library of Medicine Session_Chairman: Dr. Roy Rada, National Library of Medicine "An Expert System for Document Retrieval," Bruce Croft, Roger H. Thompson, University of Massachusetts "Building A Knowledge Base Statistically," Hafedh Mili, Roy Rada, George Washington University "The Application of an Expert System for Information Retrieval at the National Archives," Daniel DeSalvo, Jay Liebowitz, American Management Systems, Inc. "Intelligent Information Retrieval: Issues in User Modelling," Robert R. Korfhage, So. Methodist University MEDICINE-1 Vice_Chairman: Prof. B. Chandrasekaran, Session_Chairmen: Dr. R. Smith, Ohio State University "A Deductive Inference & Associative Memory Retrieval," James A. Reggia, University of Maryland "An Expert Advisory System for Primary Eye Care in Developing Countries," Jack H.. Ostroff, Chandler R. Dawson, John K. Kastner, Sholom Weiss, Casimir A. Kulikowski, Kevin B. Kern, Rutgers University "Knowledge Representation for Knowledge Directed Data Retrieval," Jon Sticklen, Ohio State University "Mapping Medical Knowledge Into the Conceptual Structure Representation Language," Thomas C. Bylander, Ohio State Univer- sity FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION Vice_Chairman: Prof. Tulin Mangir, UCLA Session_Chairman: Roger Duncan, The MITRE Corporation "The Evolution of an Expert System for Process Planning, Roy S. Freedman, Hazeltine Corporation "Flexible Automation for Printed Circuit Board Assembly, Dr. Robert J. Stewart, Westinghouse Manufacturing Systems and Tech- nology Center "Sensor-Based Robot Programming for Automated Assembly," Dr. Shaheen Ahmed, Purdue University MEDICINE-2 Vice_Chairman: Prof. Sholom Weiss, Rutgers University Session_Chairmen: Dr. R. Smith, Ohio State University "RED: A Classification & Abductive Inference Expert System," Jack W. Smith, Jr., Ohio State University "Improved Retrieval Through Traversal of a Knowledge-Base," Ellen Bicknell-Brown, Roy Rada, National Institutes of Health "Semantic Network Representations for Neurological Diagnosis," S. Srihari, Xiang, Chatkow, Shapiro, SUNY at Buffalo "An Expert System for Interpretation of Cranial C.T. Scan Im- ages," R. Kremar, S. Srihari, SUNY at Buffalo ENVIRONMENT & WEATHER Vice_Chairman: Dr. Robert Kay, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Session_Chairman: Dr. Jude Franklin, Planning Research Corpora- tion "Expert Systems for Environmental Regulation," Susan G. Hadden, Chandler Stolp, University of Texas at Austin "A Demonstration Expert System For Weather Forecasting," George Swetnam, The MITRE Corporation "An Expert System for Water Quality Protection Permits," Charles Spooner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "The Potential Role of Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems in the Warning and Forecast Operations of the National Weather Ser- vice," Randy I. Racer, John Gaffney, Jr., National Weather Ser- vice INTELLIGENT INTERFACES Vice_Chairman: Prof. Saj-Nicole Joni, Yale University Session_Chairman: Prof. Beverly Woolf, University of Mas- sachusetts "A Knowledge Based Lab Assistant for a Computer Based Instruction System," Larry Christensen, Gordon Stokes, Bill Hays, E. Dale Coons, Brigham Young University "The Cognitive Principles Underlying Software Design," B. Adel- son, Yale University "Tutoring Expertise: Human & Otherwise," David Littman, Jeannine Pinto, Elliot Soloway, Yale University "Application of Expert Systems to Training," David L. Young, Mys- tech Associates, Inc. POLITICS & WELFARE Vice_Chairman: Prof. Sholom Weiss, Rutgers University Session_Chairman: Prof. Gavan Duffy, University of Texas at Aus- tin, AMI Micro System "A Prolog Model of Social Structure," Sanjoy Banerjee, Baruch College "WEDS Welfare Eligibility Determination System: An Expert System in an Administrative Context," Eswaran Subrahmanian, Carnegie- Mellon University "Expert Systems as Elite Foreign Policy Advisors: Some User/Machine and Organization/Machine Issues," Howard Tamashiro, G. Brunk, University of Oklahoma "A Role for Expert System in Foreign Policy Decision Making," Prof. Stewart Thorson, Dr. Christie Anderson, Syracuse Universi- ty "SYSFIL: A Generalized Expert System Architecture for Filings," Krishan Chhabra, Kamal Karna, The MITRE Corporation This list of session was compiled 8/20/85 and is subject to further correction. send REGISTRATION to: Expert Systems Symposium IEEE Computer Society 1730 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036-1903 prior to 10/1/85 late reg. surcharge member non-member tutorial $200 $250 $30 symposium $120 $160 $30 Give membership #, name, title, company, address, etc. Blood type is optional (joke). On-site registration may be limited. Call 202/371-0101 for latest information on space availability. ------------------------------ End of AIList Digest ********************