MILLER@VTCS1.BITNET.UUCP (02/19/87)
********************Mid-Atlantic Regional AI Meeting********************
The first annual meeting of AISMAS (the AI Society of the Mid-Atlantic
States) will be held at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia on March 6
and 7. The meeting will include a keynote speech by Prof. Gerry Dejong
of the University of Illinois, panels on the value and capabilities of
expert systems and AI architectures, and graduate student presentations
of current research. As a special inducement towards graduate student
attendance/participation, there will be free doughnuts and coffee, and
no registration fee.
Below is a preliminary schedule of the AISMAS meeting:
Friday, March 6 Saturday, March 7
8:00pm Keynote speech: 8:30am Grad Student presentations
Prof Gerry Dejong, U. of Ill. 10:00am Coffee Break
9:30pm Reception 10:15am Panel
"What Expert Systems Can't Do"
11:15am Grad Student presentations
12:00 Lunch & program demos
1:30pm Grad Student presentations
3:00pm Coffee Break
3:15pm Panel
"Special AI Architectures"
4:15pm Grad Student presentations
5:00pm AISMAS Business Meeting
If you are doing AI research and in the Mid-Atlantic region (or near the
Mid-Atlantic region and don't mind a longish trip) then your attendance
and/or participation is encouraged. For more information about AISMAS
contact your local AISMAS coordinator or
Prof. David Miller
Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
(703) 961-5605
miller%vtcs1@bitnet-relay.arpa
This year's meeting is sponsored by the Automation and Robotics Project
at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories and the Virginia Tech Department of
Computer Science.