[mod.ai] Conference - 12th IMACS, 2nd-Generation Expert Systems

david@seismo.CSS.GOV@crcge1.UUCP (02/20/87)

        12th IMACS WORLD CONGRESS' 88
        PARIS  -  July  18 - 22, 1988



                            CALL  FOR  PAPERS
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          *       SECOND  GENERATION  EXPERT  SYSTEMS            *
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          *   Reasoning  with  Heuristic  and  Deep  Knowledge   *
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        The 12th IMACS WORLD CONGRESS' 88 on Scientific  Computation
        will be hold in Paris, France (July 18-22, 1988).

        A  one-day  session  of  the  Congress  will be  devoted  to  
        SECOND  GENERATION  EXPERT  SYSTEMS.
        Authors are  invited  to  submit  papers  describing  Expert
        Systems reasoning with Deep Knowledge, or any aspect of deep
        reasoning ; the covered topics include:

           -  Model-Based Reasoning

           -  Qualitative Physics

           -  Multi-Level / Multi-Model Reasoning

           -  Reasoning from Structure, Behavior and Function

           -  Causal Reasoning

        Papers can  deal  with  both  theoretical  aspects  of  deep
        reasoning  and  applications  (diagnosis,  process  control,
        simulation ...).
        Emphasis will be put on work describing  cooperation between
        Heuristic and Deep Reasoning.


        Submission Information :
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        Submit three copies of a 1000 words abstract  by  August  1,
        1987  to  the  Session Chairman.  Papers will be accepted on
        the  basis  of  submitted   abstracts.    Notifications   of
        acceptance will be mailed by December 1, 1987.
        Accepted papers will be  either  original  contributions  or
        important survey papers.


        Timetable :
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           -  abstracts submission: August 1, 1987

           -  notifications of acceptance: December 1, 1987

           -  full papers submission: February 15, 1988



        Submissions and inquiries about the Second Generation Expert
        System Session should be sent to the Session Chairman:

             Jean-Marc DAVID      
             IMACS '88
             Laboratoires de Marcoussis
	     Computer Science Division
             Route  de  Nozay
             91460  -  Marcoussis 
             FRANCE


        Other  inquiries  should  be  directed  to  the  Congress
        Secretariat :

             Secretariat IMACS WORLD CONGRESS '88
             I.D.N.  BP 48
             59651 - Villeneuve d'Ascq      Cedex
             FRANCE