john@bcsaic.UUCP (11/10/86)
Call for Participation:
2ND KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
Sponsored by the:
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AAAI)
Banff, Canada
October 19-23, 1987
A problem in the process of building knowledge-based systems is acquiring
appropriate problem solving knowledge. The objective of this workshop is to
assemble theoreticians and practitioners of AI who recognize the need for
developing systems that assist the knowledge acquisition process.
To encourage vigorous interaction and exchange of ideas the workshop will be
kept small - about 40 participants. There will be individual presentations
and ample time for technical discussions. An attempt will be made to define
the state-of-the-art and the future research needs. Attendance will be
limited to those presenting their work, one author per paper.
Papers are invited for consideration in all aspects of knowledge acquisition
for knowledge-based systems, including (but not restricted to)
o Transfer of expertise - systems that obtain knowledge from experts.
o Transfer of expertise - manual knowledge acquisition methods and
techniques.
o Apprenticeship learning systems.
o Issues in cognition and expertise that affect the knowledge
acquisition process.
o Induction of knowledge from examples.
o Knowledge acquisition methodology and training.
Five copies of an abstract (up to 8 pages) or a full-length paper (up to 20
pages) should be sent to John Boose before April 15, 1987. Acceptance notices
will be mailed by June 15. Full papers (20 pages) should be returned to the
chairman by September 15, 1987, so that they may be bound together for
distribution at the workshop.
Ideal abstracts and papers will make pragmatic or theoretical contributions
supported by a computer implementation, and explain them clearly in the
context of existing knowledge acquisition literature. Variations will be
considered if they make a clear contribution to the field (for example,
comparative analyses, major implementations or extensions, or other analyses
of existing techniques).
Workshop Co-chairmen:
Send papers via US mail to:
John Boose Brian Gaines
Advanced Technology Center Department of Computer Science
Boeing Computer Services University of Calgary
PO Box 24346 2500 University Dr. NW
Seattle, Washington, USA 98124 Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
Send papers via express mail to:
John Boose
Advanced Technology Center
Boeing Computer Services, Bldg. 33.07
2760 160th Ave. SE
Bellevue, Washington, USA 98008
Program and Local Arrangements Committee:
Jeffrey Bradshaw, Boeing Computer Services
B. Chandrasekaran, Ohio State University
Catherine Kitto, Boeing Computer Services
Sandra Marcus, Boeing Computer Services
John McDermott, Carnegie-Mellon University
Ryszard Michalski, University of Illinois
Mildred Shaw, University of Calgary