levitt@ADS.ARPA (Tod Levitt) (10/24/86)
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Third Workshop on: "Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence"
Seattle, Washington, July 10-12, 1987 (preceeding AAAI conf.)
Sponsored by: AAAI
This is the third annual AAAI workshop on Uncertainty in AI. The
first two workshops have been successful and productive, involving many
of the top researchers in the field. The 1985 workshop proceedings have
just appeared as a book, "Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence", in
the North-Holland Machine Intelligence and Pattern Recognition series.
The general subject is automated or interactive reasoning under
uncertainty.
This year's emphasis is on the representation and control of
uncertain knowledge. One effective way to make points, display
tradeoffs and clarify issues in representation and control is through
demonstration in applications, so these are especially encouraged,
although papers on theory are also welcome. The workshop provides an
opportunity for those interested in uncertainty in AI to present their
ideas and participate in discussions with leading researchers in the
field. Panel discussions will provide a lively cross-section of views.
Papers are invited on the following topics:
* Applications--including both results and implementation
difficulties; experimental comparison of alternatives
* Knowledge-based and procedural representations of uncertain information
* Uncertainty in model-based reasoning and automated planning
* Learning under uncertainty; theories of uncertain induction
* Heursitics and control in evidentially based systems
* Non-deterministic human-machine interaction
* Uncertain inference procedures
* Other uncertainty in AI issues.
Papers will be carefully reviewed. Space is limited, so
prospective attendees are urged to submit a paper with the intention of
active participation in the workshop. Preference will be given to papers
that have demonstrated their approach in real applications; however,
underlying certainty calculi and reasoning methodologies should be
supported by strong theoretical underpinnings in order to best encourage
discussion on a scientific basis. To allow more time for discussion,
most accepted papers will be included for publication and poster
sessions, but not for presentation.
Four copies of a paper or extended abstract should be sent to
the program chairman by February 10, 1987. Acceptances will be sent by
April 20, 1987. Final (camera ready) papers must be received by May 22,
1987. Proceedings will be available at the workshop.
General Chair: Program Chair: Arrangements Chair:
Peter Cheeseman Tod Levitt Joe Mead
NASA-Ames Research Center Advanced Decision Systems KSC Inc.
Mail Stop 244-7 201 San Antonio Circle 228 Liberty Plaza
Moffett Field, CA 94035 Suite 286 Rome, NY 13440
(415)-694-6526 Mountain View, CA 94040 (315)-336-0500
cheeseman@ames-pluto.arpa (415)-941-3912
levitt@ads.arpa
Program Committee:
P. Bonissone, P. Cheeseman, J. Lemmer, T. Levitt, J. Pearl, R. Yager, L. Zadeh
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