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AI papers at November 2-6, 1986 FJCC, Dallas Texas

Professional Education Program Items
John D. McGregor, Building Expert Systems Workshop
Loiss Boggess and Julia Hodges, Knowledge-Based-Based Expert
Systems
Benjamin Wah,Architectures for AI Applications
Michael Lebowitz, Natural Language Processing
Michael Lebowitz, Machine Learning
Paul Bamberg, Speech Recognition:From Isolated Digits to Natural
Language Dissertation
John Kender and Takeo Kanade, Computer Vision from an AI Perspective
Douglas DeGroot, Prolog and Knowledge INfo Processing
Harland H. Black, AI Programming and Environments

Paper Sessions

AI-1, November 4, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Panel Session on "Design Issues and Practice in AI Programming"

AI-2 Session 1, November 5, 10:00 am to noon, Computer Vision
Generic Surface Interpretation Inference Rules and Quasi-Invariants
  Thomas Binford, Stanford U.
An Overview of Computation of Structure and Motion From Images
  J. K. Aggarwal, University of Texas at Austin
Industrial World Vision
  Robert Haralick, Machine Vision International

AI-2 Session 2, November 5, 1:30 PM-3:30PM
Survey of Image Quality Measurements
  I. Abdou and N. Dusaussoy, University of Delaware
A Spatial Knowledge Structure for Image Information Systems Using
Symbolic Projects
  S. K. Chang, U. of Pittsburgh, E. Jungert, FFV Elektronic A. B.
Document Image Understanding
  S. N. Srihari, SUNY at Buffalo

AI-3 Session 1, November 5 3:45 PM- 5:15 PM, Robotics
Living in a Dynamic World
  Russell A. Andersson, AT&T Bell Labs
Error Modeling in Stereo Navigation
  L. Matthies and S. A. Shafer, Carnegie Mellon U
CMU Sidewalk Navigation System
  Y. Goto, et. al. Carnegie Mellon U.

AI-3 Session 2, November 6 10AM - noon
Automatic Gasp Planning: An Operation Space Approach
  M. T. Mason  R. C. Brost Carnegie Mellon U.
Planning Stable Grasps for Multi-fingered Hands
  V. Nguyen, MIT
Off-line Planning for On-line Object Localization
  T. Lozano-perez, W.E. Grimson, MIT

AI-3 Session 3, Novmeber 6, 1:30 PM - 3:30pm

AMLX: A Manufacturing Language/Extended
  L. Nackman, et al. IBM t. J. Watson Research Center
SATYR and the NYMPH: SoftwareDesign in a Multiprocessor
for Control Systems
  J. B. Chen et. al. Stanford University
The Meglos User Interface
  R. Gaglianello and H. Katseff, AT&T Bell Laboratories
A Robot Force and Motion Server
  R. Paul and H. Zhang, University of Pennsylvania

AI4, Session 1 November 5, 1:30pm - 3:30 pm, Rule Based
  Systems
The AI-ADA Interface
  Dr. Jorge Diaz-Herrera, George Mason University
The AI-LiISP Environment
  Dr. Harry Tennant, Texas Instruments
The AI PROLOG Environment: SIMPOS- Sequential Inference
Machine Programming
  Drs. H. Ishibashi, T. Chikayama, H. Sato, M. Sato and
  S. Uchida, ICOT Research Center
Software Engineering for Rule-Based systems
  R. J. K. Jacob and J. N. Froscher, Naval Research
  Laboratory

Session 2: Knowledge Engineering pannel, November 5,
  3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
  Dr. Richard Wexelblat, Philips Lab, Chair
  Dr. Paul Benjamin, Philips Laboratories
  Dr. Christina Jette, Schlumberger Well Services
  Dr. STeve Pollit, Digital Equipment

Session 3:, November 6, 1:30PM - 3:30 PM

"An Organizational Frameworks for Building Adapative Artificial
Intelligence Systems:
  T. Blaxton and B. Kushner, BDM Corporation
"An Object/Task Modelling Approach"
  Q. Chen, Beijing Research Institute of Surveying and Mapping
"A Plant INtelligent Supervisory Control Expert System:
  M. Ali and E. Washington, Unviersity of Tennessee
"Knowledge-Based Layout Design System for Industrial Plants"
  K. Yoshida, et. al., Hitachi Ltd.

Session 4: Prolog and Frame based Methods, November 6, 3:45 pm to 5:15 pm
"A Logic-Programming Approach to Frame-Based Language Design"
  H. H. Chen, I. P. Lin and C. P. Wu, National Taiwan University
"Interfacing Prolog to Pascal"
  K. Magel, North Dakota State University
"Knowledge-Based Optimization in Prolog Compiler"
  N. Tamura, Japan Science Institute, IBM Japan

Natural Language Processing, Session 1, Nov. 4 10AM - noon
"Communication with Expert Systems"
  Kathleen R. McKeown, Columbia University
"Language Analysis in Not-So-Limited Domains"
  Dr. Paul S. Jacobs, General Electric, R&D
"Providing Expert Systems with INtegrated Natural Language and Graphical
Interfaces"
  Dr. Philip J. Hayes, Carnegie Group Inc.
"Pragmatic Processes in a Portable NL System"
  Dr. Paul Martin, SRI_AI Center

Session 2:Nov 4 1:30-3:30pm
"Uses of Structured Knowledge Representation Systems in Natural Language
Processing"
  N. Sondheimer, University of Southern California
"Unifying Lexical, Syntactic and Semantic Text Processing"
  K. Eiselt, University of California at Irvine
"Robustness in Natural Language Interfaces"
  R. Cullingford, Georgia Tech
"Connectionist Approaches to Natural Language Processing"
  G. Cottrell, UC of San Diego

Panel: Problems and Prospects of NLP NOvember 4, 3:45pm - 5:15pm
Chair: Dr. Philip J. Hayes
Gene Charniak, Brown University, Dave Waltz Thinking Machines
Robert Wilensky, UC at Berkeley, Gary Hendrix, Symantec, Jerry Hobbs, SRI

"Parallel Processing for AI" Tuesday November 4 10am - 12noon
"Parallel Prodcessing of a Knowledge-Based Vision System"
  D. I. Moldovan and C. I. Wu, USC

"A Fault Tolerant, Bit-Parallel, Cellular Array Processor"
  S. Morton, ITt-Advanced Technology Center
"Implementation of Parallel Prolog onTree Machines"
  M. Imai, Toyohashi University of Technology
"Optimal Granularity of Parallel Evaluation of AND-Trees"
  G. J. Li and B. W. Wah, University of Illinois at Urbana

(some of the following sessions contain non-AI papers that are not listed)
Session 2: New Directions in Optical Computing" November 4 1:30pm - 3:30 pm
  "Optical Symbolic Computing" Dr. John Neff, DARPA/DSO andB. Kushner, BDM Co.


VLSI Design and Test: Theory and Practice, Nov 4 10AM - 12 noon

A Knowledge-Based TDM Selection System
  M. E. Breuer and X. Zhu, USC

Expert Systems for Design and Test Thursday, November 6, 10AM - 12 noon
DEFT, A Design for Testability Expert System
  J. A. B. Fortes and M. A. Samad
Experiences in Prolog DFT Rule Checking
  G. Cabodi, P. Camurati and P. Prinetto, Politecnico di Torino

Object-Oriented Software, Tuesday, November 4 1:30pm - 3:30 pm
"Some Problems with Is-A: Why Properties are Objects"
  Prof. Stan Zdonik, Brown University

Computer Chess Techniques
"Phased State Space Search" T. A. Marsland, University of Alberta and
N. Srimani, Southern Illinois U.
"A MultiprocessorChess Program" J. Schaeffer, University of Alberta
Panel Discussion
Tony Marsland, U. of Alberta, Hans Berliner, CMU, Ken Thompson, AT&T Bell Labs
Prof. Monroe Newborn, McGill University, David Levy, IntelligentSoftware,
Prof. Robert Hyatt,U. of Southern Mississippi

Searching, Nov 6, 10AM - 12 noon
"Combining Symmetry and Searching",
  L. Finkelstein, et al. Northeastern University

Fifth Generation Computers I: Language Arch, Nov 5, 10AM - 12 noon
Knowledge-Based Expert System for Hardware Logic Design
  T. Mano et. al. Fujitsu
Research Activities on Natural Language Processing of the FGCS Project
  H. Miyhoshi, et al., ICOT
ARGOS/V: A System for Verification of Prolog Programs
  H. Fujita, et al., Mitsubishi Electric

Session 4: "Supercomputing Systems" November 6 10:00am - noon
The IX Supercomputer for Knowledge Based Systems
  T. Higuchi, et al. ETL

(There are positions as volunteers available for which you get to attend
the conference and get a copy of the proceedings in exchange for helping
out one day.  If interested call, 409-845-8981.  The program is oriented
towards graduate students and seniors.)
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Compsac 86, Conference October 7-10 1986, Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago Ill

Tutorial: October 6, 1986, 9AM - 5PM
Doug DeGroot, Prolog and Knowledge Information Processing

October 8 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Modularized OPS-Based Expert Systems Using Unix Tools
  Pamela T. Surko, AT&T Bell Labs
Space Shuttle Main Engine Test Analysis: A Case Study for Inductive Knowledge
Based systems for Very Large Databases
  Djamshid Asgari, Rockwell International
  Kenneth L. Modesitt, California State University
A Knowledge Based Software Maintenance Environment;
  Steven S. Yau, Sying-Syang Liu, Northwestern University

October 8 2:00PM - 3:30 PM
An Evaluation of Two New INference Control Methods
  Y. H. Chin, W. L. Peng, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Learning Dominance Relations inCombinatorial Search Problems
  Chee-Fen Yu, Benjamin Wah of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Fuzzy Reasoning Based on Lambda-LH Resolution
  Xu-Hua Liu, Carl K. Chang and Jing-Pha Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago

4:00-5:30PM Panel Discussion on the Impact of Knowledge-Based Technology
Chair: Charl K. Chang, University of Illinois at Chicago
Panelists: Don McNamara GE Corporate Research, Kiyoh Nakamura, Fujitsu (Japan),
Wider Yu, AT&T Bell Labs, R. C. T. Lee, National Hsing Hua Univeristy, Taiwan

Thursday, October 9, 1986, 10:30 - 12:00 PM
Special Purpose Computer Systems for Supporting AI Applications
Minireview by Benjamin Wah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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ACM Conference on Office INformation Systems, October 6-8 1986, Providence
Rhode Island

October 6, 1986 2:45 - 4:5PM
Adaptive Interface Design: A Symmetric Model and a Knowledge-Based Implementatio
n
  Sherman W. Tyler, Siegfried Treu, University of Pittsburgh
Automating Review of Forms for International Trade Transactions: A Natural
Language Processing Approach
  V. Dhar, P. Ranganathan

October 8, 1986 9:10:15AM
Panel on "AI in the Office", Chair Gerald Barber

October 8, 1986 10:30 - 12:00 AM Organizational Analysis: Organizational Ecology
Modelling Due Process in the Workplace
  Elihu M. Gerson, Susan L. Star, Tremont Research Institute
An Empirical Study of the INtegration of Computing into Routine Work
  Les Gasser, University of Southern California
Offices are Open Systems
  Carl Hewitt, MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab

October 8, 1986 1:00 - 2:30PM
Handling Shared Resources in a Temporal Data Base Management System
  Thomas L. Dean, Brown University
Language Constructs for Programming by Example
  Robert V. Rubin, Brown University
Providing Intelligent Assistance in Distributed Office Environments
  Sergei Nirenburg, Victor Lessor Colgate University/ University of Massachusett

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Fourth Symposium on Empirical Foundations of Information and Software Sciences
October 22-24 Atlanta Georgia

October 22, 1:30-3:15 PM
Expert Systems for Knowledge Engineering: Modesof Development
  Glynn Harmon, University of Texas, Austin

October 23, 10:45 - 12:30 AM
Face to Machine Interaction in Natural Language: Empirical Results of Field
Studies with an English and German Interface
  Juergen Krause, Universitaet Regensburg, F. R. Germany

October 24, 9:00 - 10:30AM
Evaluating Natural Language INterfaces to Expert Systems
  Ralph M. Weischedel BBN, Cambridge MA
Couting Leaves: An Evaluation of Ada, LISP and Prolog
  Jagdish C. Agrawal, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
  Shan Manicam, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC

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The Fourth Chautaqua, October 25-29, 1986, Coronado, California

Session 9 Knowledge Based Systems 10:30-12:30PM

Knowledge-based Systems Development of CNC Software,
  Roy Tsui, Software R&D Engineer, Pneumo Precision, INc., Allied Company
Towards Resident Expertise in Systems Design
  Dr. Medhat Karima, CAD/CAM Consultant, Ontario CAD/CAM Center
The Engineer as an Expert System Builder
  Dr. Richard Rosen, Vice President, Product Development, Silogic Inc.
An Overview of Knowledge-Based Systems for Design and Manufacturing
  Dr. Larry G. Richards, Director, Master's Program, University of Virginia