[mod.ai] Conference - 2nd AI Applications in Engineering

sriram@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (07/24/86)

                           CALL FOR PAPERS

                  SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
              APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN
                             ENGINEERING

                         AUGUST 4TH-7TH, 1987
                        BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

INTRODUCTION

Following  the  success  of  the  first  international  conference  in
Southampton, UK, the second international conference is to be held  in
Boston  during  the  first  week  of  August.  The first international
conference  stimulated  many  presentations  on  both  the  tools  and
techniques  required  for  the successful use of AI in engineering and
many new applications. The  organizing  committee  members  anticipate
that  the  second conference will be even more succesful and encourage
papers to be submitted.

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this conference is to provide  an  international  forum
for  the  presentation  of  work  on  the  applications  of artificial
intelligence to engineering problems. It also aims  to  encourage  and
enhance the development of this most important area of research.

CONFERENCE THEMES

The  following  topics  are  suggested and other related areas will be
considered:

   - Computer-aided design
   - Planning and scheduling
   - Constraint management
   - Intelligent tutors
   - Knowledge-based systems
   - Knowledge representation
   - Learning
   - Natural language applications
   - Cognitive modelling of engineering problems
   - Database interfaces
   - Graphical interfaces
   - Knowledge-based simulation
   - Model-based problem solving

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Authors are invited to submit a  1000  word  extended  abstract.  This
abstract should have sufficient details, such as the type of knowledge
representation, problem solving  strategies,  and  the  implementation
language  used,  to  permit  evaluation  by  a committee consisting of
renowned experts in the field. The abstract should be  accompanied  by
the  following  details:  author's name, address, affiliation, and the
person to whom all correspondence should be sent.

All abstracts should  be  submitted  to  Dr.  R.  Adey,  Computational
Mechanics  Inc.,  Suite 6200, 400 West Cummings Park, Woburn, MA 01801
(Tel. no. 617-933-7374), before November  1986.  The  notification  of
acceptance  will  be sent before February 1st, 1987.  Final acceptance
of papers will be based on the review of the complete paper.

Organizing Committee

General Chair       Dr. R. Adey, CML Ltd.

Program Chair       Dr. J. Connor, M. I. T.

Technical Chair     Dr. D. Sriram, M. I. T.

Technical Program Co-ordinators
                    Dr. M. Tenenbaum, Fairchild Research Labs, USA
                    Dr. R. Milne, Intelligent Applications Ltd., UK
                    Dr. J. Gero, University of Sydney, Australia


Advisory Board
	           Leading researchers in the field