abrams@MITRE.ARPA (Marshall Abrams) (12/16/85)
CALL FOR PAPERS THE SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERT SYSTEMS IN GOVERNMENT Tyson's Westpark Hotel, McLean, VA in suburban Washington, D.C. October 20 - 24, 1986 The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and the Mitre Corporation in cooperation with AIAA/NCS. The objective of the conference is to explore the following: - knowledge based applications and supporting technologies - implementation and impact of emerging application areas - future trends in available systems and required research Classified and unclassified papers which relate to the use of knowledge based systems are solicited. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following applications: Professional: engineering, finance, law, management, medicine Office Automation: text understanding, intelligent DBMS, intelli- gent systems Command & Control: intelligence analysis, planning, targeting, communications, air traffic control, battle management Exploration: outer space, prospecting, archaeology Weapon Systems: adaptive control, electronic warfare, Star Wars, target identification Equipment: CAD/CAM, design monitoring, maintenance, repair Software: automatic programming, maintenance, verification and validation Architecture: distributed knowledge based systems, parallel com- puting Project Management: planning, scheduling, control Education: concept formation, tutoring, testing, diagnosis Imagery: photo interpretation, mapping Systems Engineering: requirements, preliminary design, critical design, testing, quality assurance Tools and Techniques: PROLOG, knowledge acquisition and represen- tation, uncertainty management Plant and Factory Automation Space Station Systems Human-Machine Interface Speech and Natural Language The program will consist of submitted and invited papers, which will provide an overview of selected areas. Contributed papers should be consistent with the following outline: 1. Introduction- state clearly the purpose of the work 2. Description of the actual work- must be new and significant 3. Results- discuss their significance 4. References Completed papers are to be no longer than 20 pages, including graphics. For classified papers, please submit a one page un- classified abstract. All classified papers must be releasable at the Secret level or below, and must be pre-approved by the author's cognizant security release authority. Papers to be presented by non-US citizens must be cleared through proper government to government channels. Four copies of the complete paper are to be submitted to: Dr. Kamal Karna, Conference Chairman IEEE Computer Society 1730 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20036-1903 Author's Schedule: Four copies of manuscript May 1, 1986 Acceptance letter June 15, 1986 Camera-ready copy July 15, 1986 Conference Chairman: Dr. Kamal Karna Washington AI Center Mitre Corporation (703)883-5866 Program Committee: Co-chairman: Classified Dr. Richard Martin Associate Director Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University (412)578-7617 Co-chairman: Unclassified Dr. Kamran Parsaye Intelliware, Inc. (213)305-9391