[mod.ai] Meeting - Mid-Atlantic Universities Regional AI Meeting

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.