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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
IFIP WG8.4 Workshop on
Office Knowledge: Representation, Management and Utilization
17-19 August 1987
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
WORKSHOP CHAIRMAN PROGRAM CHAIRMAN
Prof. Dr. Alex A. Verrijn-Stuart Dr. Winfried Lamersdorf
University of Leiden IBM European Networking Center
ORGANIZING CHAIRMAN
Prof. Fred H. Lochovsky
University of Toronto
This workshop is intended as a forum and focus for research in
the representation, management and utilization of knowledge in
the office. This research area draws from and extends techniques
in the areas of artificial intelligence, data base management
systems, programming languages, and communication systems. The
workshop program will consist of one day of invited presentations
from key researchers in the area plus one and one half days of
contributed presentations. Extended abstracts, in English, of
4-8 double-spaced pages (1,000-2,000 words) are invited. Each
submission will be screened for relevance and potential to
stimulate discussion. There will be no formal workshop
proceedings. However, accepted submissions will appear as
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submitted in a special issue of the WG8.4 newsletter and will be
made available to workshop participants.
How to submit
Four copies of double-spaced extended abstracts in English of
1,000-2,000 words (4-8 pages) should be submitted by 15 April
1987 to the Program Chairman:
Dr. Winfried Lamersdorf
IBM European Networking Center
Tiergartenstrasse 15
Postfach 10 30 68
D-6900 Heidelberg
West Germany
Important Dates
Extended abstracts due: 15 April 1987
Notification of acceptance for presentation: 1 June 1987
Workshop: 17-19 August 1987