AIList-REQUEST@SRI-AI.ARPA (AIList Moderator Kenneth Laws) (01/24/86)
AIList Digest Friday, 24 Jan 1986 Volume 4 : Issue 14
Today's Topics:
Conferences - Knowledge Acquisition for KB Systems &
Symposium on Logic Programming &
Office Information Systems '86 &
Uncertainty and KBS,
Course - Object-Oriented Programming
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 86 11:20:57 pst
From: bcsaic!john@uw-june.arpa
Subject: Workshop - Knowledge Acquisition for KB Systems
Call for Participation
KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
Sponsored by
AMERICIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AAAI)
Banff, CANADA
November 3-7, 1986
The bottleneck in the process of building knowledge-based systems is usally
acquiring the appropriate problem solving knowledge. The objective of this
workshop is to assemble theoriticians and practioners 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 30 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.
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 which interview experts to obtain and
structure knowledge.
o Transfer of expertise - manual knowledge engineering interviewing
methods and techniques.
o Induction of knowledge from examples.
o Knowledge acquisition methodology.
Four copies of an extended abstract (up to 8 pages, double-spaced) or a
full-length paper should be sent to the workshop chairman before May 1, 1986.
Acceptance notices will be mailed by July 1. Revised abstracts should be
returned to the chairman by October 1, 1986, so that they may be bound
together for distribution at the workshop. Potential attendees should also
indicate their interest in chairing or participating in special topic
discussion sessions.
Co-Chairmen:
John Boose (send papers here)
Boeing Artificial Intelligence Center
Boeing Computer Services
M/S 7A-03
PO Box 24346
Seattle, Washington, USA, 98124
(206) 763-5811
and
Brian Gaines
Department of Computer Science
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
(403) 220-6015
Program and local arrangements comittee:
Jeff Bradshaw, Boeing Computer Services
William Clancey, Stanford University
Cathy Kitto, Boeing Computer Services
Janusz Kowalik, Boeing Computer Services
John McDermott, Carnegie-Mellon University
Ryszard Michalski, Univ. of Illinois (tentative)
Art Nagai, Boeing Computer Services
Mildred Shaw, University of Calgary
John Boose, Boeing Artficial Intelligence Center
7A-03, PO Box 24346,
Seattle, Wa., 98124, (206) 763-5811
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Date: Thu 9 Jan 86 09:04:20-MST
From: "Robert M. Keller" <Keller@UTAH-20.ARPA>
Subject: Conference - Symposium on Logic Programming
'86 SLP
Call for Papers
Third Symposium on Logic Programming
Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society
September 21-25, 1986
Westin Hotel Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
The conference solicits papers on all areas of logic programming, including,
but not confined to:
Applications of logic programming
Computer architectures for logic programming
Databases and logic programming
Logic programming and other language forms
New language features
Logic programming systems and implementation
Parallel logic programming models
Performance
Theory
Please submit full papers, indicating accomplishments of substance and novelty,
and including appropriate citations of related work. The suggested page limit
is 25 double-spaced pages. Send eight copies of your manuscript no later than
15 March 1986 to:
Robert M. Keller
SLP '86 Program Chairperson
Department of Computer Science
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Acceptances will be mailed by 30 April 1986. Camera-ready copy will be due by
30 June 1986.
Conference Chairperson Exhibits Chairperson
Gary Lindstrom, University of Utah Ross Overbeek, Argonne National Lab.
Tutorials Chairperson Local Arrangements Chairperson
George Luger, University of New Mexico Thomas C. Henderson, University of Utah
Program Committee
Francois Bancilhon, MCC William Kornfeld, Quintus Systems
John Conery, University of Oregon Gary Lindstrom, University of Utah
Al Despain, U.C. Berkeley George Luger, University of New Mexico
Herve Gallaire, ECRC, Munich Rikio Onai, ICOT/NTT, Tokyo
Seif Haridi, SICS, Sweden Ross Overbeek, Argonne National Lab.
Lynette Hirschman, SDC, Paoli Mark Stickel, SRI International
Peter Kogge, IBM, Owego Sten Ake Tarnlund, Uppsala University
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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 86 19:22 EST
From: Hewitt@MIT-MC.ARPA
Subject: Conference - OIS-86
Because of the delay in the distribution of the call for papers for OIS-86 in
the Newsletter, we have decided to postpone the deadline for paper submission
from February 1 to March 1, 1986 in order to satisfy the requirements for
broad distribution of the call.
Enclosed please find the updated call for papers which reflects this change:
******************* C A L L F O R P A P E R S
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* * Third ACM Conference On
* * OFFICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
* OIS-86 *
* * October 6-8, 1986
* * Biltmore Plaza Hotel
* * Providence, RI
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General Chair: Carl Hewitt, Topics appropriate for this
MIT conference include (but are not
restricted to) the following as they
Program Chair: Stanley Zdonik, relate to OIS:
Brown University
Technologies including Display, Voice,
Treasurer: Gerald Barber, Telecommunications, Print, etc.
Gold Hill Computers
Human Interfaces
Local Arrangements: Andrea Skarra,
Brown University Deployment and Evaluation
An interdisciplinary conference on System Design and Construction
issues relating to office
information systems (OIS) sponsored Goals and Values
by ACM/SIGOIS in cooperation with
Brown University and the MIT Distributed Services and Applications
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Submissions from the following Knowledge Bases and Reasoning
fields are solicited:
Distributed Services and Applications
Anthropology
Artificial Intelligence Indicators and Models
Cognitive Science
Computer Science Needs and Organizational Factors
Economics
Management Science Impact of Computer Integrated
Psychology Manufacturing
Sociology
The program committee includes:
Bob Allen Ray Panko
Bellcore University of Hawaii
Guiseppe Attardi Robert Rosin
University of Pisa Syntrex
James Bair Erik Sandewall
Hewlett Packard Linkoping University
Gerald Barber Walt Scacci
Gold Hill Computers USC
Peter de Jong Andrea Skarra
MIT Brown University
Irene Greif Susan Leigh Star
MIT Tremont Research Institute
Sidney Harris Luc Steels
Georgia State University University of Brussels
Carl Hewitt Sigfried Treu
MIT University of Pittsburgh
Heinz Klein Dionysis Tsichritzis
SUNY University of Geneva
Fred Lochovsky Eleanor Wynn
University of Toronto Brandon Interscience
Fanya Montalvo Aki Yonezawa
MIT Tokyo Institute of Technology
Naja Naffah Stanley Zdonik
Bull Transac Brown University
Margrethe Olson
NYU
Professor J.C.R. Licklider of MIT will be the keynote speaker.
Unpublished papers of up to 5000 words (20 double-spaced pages) are
sought. The first page of each paper must include the following
information: title, the author's name, affiliations, complete mailing
address, telephone number and electronic mail address where
applicable, a maximum 150-word abstract of the paper, and up to five
keywords (important for the correct classification of the paper). If
there are multiple authors, please indicate who will present the paper
at OIS-86 if the paper is accepted. Proceeedings will be distributed
at the conference and will later be available from ACM. Selected
papers will be published in the ACM Transactions on Office Information
Systems.
Please send eight (8) copies of the paper (which must arrive by March
1, 1986) to:
Prof. Stan Zdonik
OIS-86 Program Chair
Computer Science Department
Brown University
P.O. Box 1910
Providence, RI 02912
DIRECT INQUIRIES TO: Margaret H. Franchi (401) 863-1839.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for Paper Submission (postponed 1 mo.) March 1, 1986
Notification of Acceptance: April 30, 1986
Deadline for Final Camera-Ready Copy: July 1, 1986
Conference Dates: October 6-8, 1986
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Date: Thu 23 Jan 86 16:25:50-PST
From: RUSPINI@SRI-AI.ARPA
Subject: Conference - International Conference on Uncertainty and KBS
ANNOUNCEMENT
AND
CALL FOR PAPERS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
INFORMATION PROCESSING
AND
MANAGEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY
IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
Paris, France
June 30 - July 4 1986
Supported by:
Ministere de la Recherche
et de la Technologie
AFCET
Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientiique
Societe Francaise de Theorie de l'Informationn
Chairpersons:
Bernadette Bouchon (France)
Ronald R. Yager (United States)
Purpose of the Conference:
The aim of this Conference is to bring together researchers working
on information, uncertain data processing and related topics. The
management of uncertainty is at the heart of many knowledge-based
systems and a number of approaches have been developed for
representing these types of information.
It is hoped that this Conference will provide a useful exchange
between practitioners and theoreticians using these methods.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
J. Bezdek (U.S.A.) S.Ovchinnikov (U.S.A.)
C. Carlsson (Finland) J. Pearl (U.S.A.)
A. De Luca (Italy) B. Picinbono (France)
Deng Ju-Long (China) J. Pitrat (France)
H.J. Efstathiou (G.B.) D. Ralescu (U.S.A.)
C. Gueguen (France) E. Ruspini (U.S.A.)
S. Guiasu (Canada) A.P. Sage (U.S.A.)
M.M. Gupta (Canada) G. Shafer (U.S.A.)
J. Kacprzyk (Poland) J.C. Simon (France)
J.L. Lauriere (France) M. Sugeno (Japan)
G. Longo (Italy) E. Trillas (Spain)
J. Lowrance (U.S.A.) R. Valee (France)
H.T. Nguyen (U.S.A.) L.A. Zadeh (U.S.A.)
H.J. Zimmermann (Germany) H. Akdag (France)
M. Mugur-Schacter (France) G. Cohen (France)
H. Prade (France) D. Dubois (France)
E. Sanchez (France) P. Godlewski (France)
M. Terrenoire (France)
TOPICS:
Knowledge Representation Uncertainty in Expert Systems
Decision Making with Uncertainty Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Reasoning
Representation of Commonsense Knowledge
Possibility Measures Mathematical Theory of Evidence
Combinatorial Information Theory
Shannon Theory Questionnaire Theory
Pattern Recognition and Image Processing
Clustering and Classification Information Security
Fuzzy Sets in Operations Research
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Papers will be selected on the basis of a 500 word abstract.
Communications will be in FRENCH or ENGLISH.
All abstracts should be sent in triplicate to the Conference Secretary:
Professor G. Cohen
International Conference I.P.M.U.
E.N.S.T.
46, rue Barrault
75013 PARIS, FRANCE
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 1986
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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 86 15:58:24 PST
From: tektronix!mako.TEK!jans@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
Subject: Course - Object-Oriented Programming
Tektronix will be holding four day Introductory Smalltalk-80 classes at three
locations in February, March and April, 1986. This class will introduce the
student to object oriented programming, enable the student to extend the
Smalltalk language by adding new methods and classes, and prepare the student
to write simple applications, using the model-view-controller paradigm. Class
notes, two textbooks, and four lunches are included. Participants should be
experienced in at least one high level programming language.
Also planned is an Advanced Smalltalk-80 class, which will enable the student
to utilize advanced techniques of Smalltalk, including advanced model-view-
controller concepts, project management and team programming, multi-process
programming, and external processes and language interfaces. Participants will
be expected to understand the major classes of Smalltalk and should have three
to six months of Smalltalk programming experience.
Schedule:
Intorductory: Gaithersburg, Maryland 18-21 February 1986
Introductory: Dallas, Texas 17-20 March 1986
Advanced: Beaverton, Oregon 1- 4 April 1986
Introductory: Irvine, California 14-17 April 1986
Contact:
Sandi Unger, (503)685-2941 for registration information, or
Mary Wells, (503)685-2947 for information on course content.
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