jdd@allegra.UUCP (08/22/83)
Help! I put off registering for AAAI-83 until too late, and now I hear that
it's overbooked! (I heard 7000 would-be registrants and 1500 places, or
some such.) If you're registered but find you can't attend, please let me
know, or if you have any other suggestions, feel free.
Cheers,
John ("Something Wrong With My Planning Heuristics") DeTreville
Bell Labs, Murray Hillarnold@umcp-cs.UUCP (08/23/83)
If there will be over 7000 people attending AAAi_83 Then there will almost be as many people as will attend the World Sci. Fic. Convention. I worked registration for AAAI-83 on Aug 22 (Monday) There was about 700 spaces avaible. Along with about 1700 people who pre-registered. If you are planning on going the costs are AAAI Member Non- Member student $75.00 $90.00 all others $115.00 $150.00 --- A Volunteer
Dave.Touretzky@CMU-CS-A@sri-unix.UUCP (09/06/83)
The actual attendance at AAAI-83 was about 2000, plus an additional 1700 people who came only for the tutorials. This gives a total of 3700. While much less than the 7000 figure, it's quite a bit larger than last year's attendance. Interest in AI seems to be growing rapidly, spurred partly by media coverage, partly by interest in expert systems and partly by the 5th generation thing. Another reason for this year's high attendance was the Washington location. We got tons of government people. Next year's AAAI conference will be hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. From a logistics standpoint, it's much easier to hold a conference in a hotel than at a university. Unfortunately, I'm told there are no hotels in Austin big enough to hold us. Such is the price of growth. -- Dave Touretzky, local arrangements committee member, AAAI-83 & 84