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AIList Digest Sunday, 12 Jan 1986 Volume 4 : Issue 5 Today's Topics: Conferences - Intelligent Systems Symposium & Workshop on AI for Generic Avionics & Uncertainty and AI Workshop & User-System Interfaces Workshop & IFIP Conference on Knowledge and Data & 2nd Expert Systems in Government, Re-Revised Version ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 6 January 1986 1412-EST From: Peter Andrews@A.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Conference - Intelligent Systems Symposium An International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS'86) will be held October 23-25, 1986 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Papers are solicited in the following areas: (1) Expert Systems (2) Knowledge Representation (3) Learning and Adaptive Systems (4) Intelligent Databases (5) Approximate Reasoning (6) Logics for Artificial Intelligence Papers will be due on March 1, 1986, and papers which are accepted will be published in the proceedings of the symposium. A copy of the Call for Papers is posted on my office door (WEH 7216), and you can get a personal copy by sending a message to Zbigniew Ras (ras%tennessee.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 86 17:52:17 est From: Scott C McKay <scm%gitpyr%gatech.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA> Subject: Conference - Workshop on AI for Generic Avionics AVIONICS LABORATORY WORKSHOP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR GENERIC AVIONICS Georgia Tech Research Institute Atlanta, Georgia March 26-28, 1986 The Avionics Laboratory, located within the Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, is the primary organization responsible for planning and executing the Air Force basic research, exploratory and advanced development programs for aerospace avionics. A current major focus of that program is to explore the applicability of artificial intelligence to many functional avionics domains. The results have been very encouraging and we are convinced that AI will have significant future utility in aerospace vehicles. In order to plan for orderly, timely and expanded developments in AI, the Avionics Laboratory will be conducting a Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Generic Avionics. The overall objective is to identify the "key basic research issues" that constrain the future expanded applicability of artificial intelligence technology to avionics applications and to outline what research should be pursued to remove the constraints. The workshop will be held at Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia on March 26-28, 1986. The workshop is planned to be an intensive 3-day work session involving 35-40 (maximum) of the best researchers in the field. Attendance will be by invitation only. If you feel you could contribute significantly to the objectives of the workshop and are interested in attending, please contact either of the following by 20 Jan 86: Lawrence E. Porter (513) 255-4415, AFWAL/GLXRA, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433-6543 or Michael Noviskey (513) 255-2713, same address. The mission of the Avionics Laboratory is broad and includes the primary areas of navigation, surveillance, reconnaissance, electromagnetic warfare, fire control, weapon delivery, communications, system architecture, information and signal processing and control, subsystem integration and supporting electronics, and software and electromagnetic device research and development. This mission spans the spectrum from basic research to advanced development. The emphasis of this workshop is being placed on the former. I encourage you to plan to attend the workshop and participate in a stimulating AI basic research exchange with your peers. I can assure you that the results will have a direct impact on future investment in AI basic research. Lawrence E. Porter Chairperson Artificial Intelligence Planning Avionics Laboratory ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 86 18:29:34 pst From: gluck@SU-PSYCH (Mark Gluck) Subject: Conference - Uncertainty and AI Workshop CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Second Workshop on: "Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence" Philadelphia, PA. August 9-11, 1986 (preceeding AAAI conf.) Sponsored by: AAAI and RCA This workshop is a follow-up to the successful workshop in L.A., August 1985. Its subject is reasoning under uncertainty and representing uncertain information. The emphasis this year is on real applications, 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 the discussions. Also panel discussions will provide a lively cross-section of views. Papers are invited on the following topics: *Applications--Descriptions of novel approaches; interesting results; important implementation difficulties; experimental comparison of alternatives etc. *Comparison and Evaluation of different uncertainty formalisms. *Induction (Theory discovery) under uncertainty. *Alternative uncertainty approaches. *Relationship between uncertainty and logic. *Uncertainty about uncertainty (Higher order approaches). *Other uncertainty in AI issues. Preference will be given to papers that have demonstrated their approach in real applications. Some papers may be accepted for publication but not presentation (except at a poster session). Four copies of the paper (or an extended abstract) should be sent to the arrangements chairman before 23rd. May 1986. Acceptances will be sent by the 20th. June and final (camera ready) papers must be received by 11th. July. Proceedings will be available at the workshop. General Chair: Program Chair: Arrangements Chair: John Lemmer Peter Cheeseman Lawrence Carnuccio KSC Inc. NASA-Ames Research Center RCA-Adv. Tech. Labs. 255 N. Washington St. Mail Stop 244-7 Mooretown Corp. Cntr. Rome, NY 13440 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Route 38, Mooretown, (315)336-0500 (415)694-6526 NJ 08057 (609)866-6428 Program Committee: P. Cheeseman, J. Lemmer, T. Levitt, J. Pearl, M. Yousry, L. Zadeh. ------------------------------ Date: Thu 9 Jan 86 15:12:41-CST From: CMP.LADAI@R20.UTEXAS.EDU Subject: Conference - User-System Interfaces Workshop USER-SYSTEM INTERFACES WORKSHOP When: January 31 - Febuary 1, 1986 Where: Austin South Plaza Hotel, Austin, Texas I-35 and Woodward What: A multidisciplinary conference addressing the problem of implementing effective communication between human and machine. The contributions of various fields such as Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Psychology are considered. Participants: Brooks AFB SAM Burroughs IBM Lockheed MCC Rice University Southwest Research Institute Texas A&M University Texas Instruments University of Texas Registration: Mail to: Before Jan. 24 - $30.00 M. Sury Students - $15.00 Dept. T2-32, Bldg. 30E After Jan. 24 - $40.00 Lockheed Austin Division Students - $20.00 P.O. Box 17100 Includes lunch on Jan. 31. Austin, TX 78760 For additional info: Ron Grissell - [512]448-5154 Manda Sury - [512]448-5314 Diana Webster - [512]448-9186 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Dec 85 23:12:53 EST From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa.yktvmv%ibm-sj.csnet@CSNET-SH.ARPA> Subject: Conference - IFIP Conference on Knowledge and Data IFIP INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING ANNOUNCEMENT TC2 WORKING CONFERENCE organized by Working Group 2.6 Knowledge and Data (DS-2) November 3-7, 1986 in Albufeira (Algarve), Portugal Scope: Questions of meaning are more important for the design of a knowledge base than methods of encoding data in bits and bytes. As database designers add more semantic information to their systems, their conceptual schemata begin to look like AI systems of knowledge representation. In recognizing this convergence on issues of semantics, IFIP Working Group 2.6 is organizing a working conference on Knowledge and Data. It will address the issues and problems of knowledge representation from an interdisciplinary point of view. Topics: Design of a conceptual schema Knowledge and data modeling Database semantics Natural language semantics Expert database systems Logic, databases, and AI Methods of knowledge engineering Tools and aids for knowledge acquisition Invited speakers: Herve Gallaire, Germany Robert Meersman, Belgium J. Alan Robinson, USA Roger Schank, USA Dana Scott, USA An IFIP working conference is oriented towards detailed discussion of the topics presented. Participation is by invitation, with optional contribution of a paper that is refereed by the program committee. Anyone who is interested in participating should send an abstract of current research or a prospective paper to either of the program cochairmen. Abstracts are due March 14, 1986. Complete papers are due May 16, 1986. General Chairman: Amilcar Sernadas, Portugal Program cochairmen: John F. Sowa Robert Meersman IBM Systems Research Institute L.U.C. -- Dept. WNIF 500 Columbus Avenue Universitaire Campus Thornwood, NY 10594 B-3610 Diepenbeek U.S.A. Belgium CSNET: sowa.yktvmt@ibm ------------------------------ Date: 30 Dec 85 16:17:11 EST (Mon) From: Duke Briscoe <duke@mitre.ARPA> Subject: Conference - 2nd Expert Systems in Government, Re-Revised Version This is yet another revision of the notice sent out several weeks ago, and is a revision of the revision sent out earlier today. I am sorry for the repetition, but there have been several foul-ups in the information being fed to me for the production of this announcement. CALL FOR PAPERS THE SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERT SYSTEMS IN GOVERNMENT Tyson's Westpark Hotel, McLean, VA in suburban Washington, D.C. October 20 - 24, 1986 The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and the Mitre Corporation in cooperation with AIAA/NCS. The objective of the conference is to explore the following: - knowledge based applications and supporting technologies - implementation and impact of emerging application areas - future trends in available systems and required research Classified and unclassified papers which relate to the use of knowledge based systems are solicited. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following applications: Professional: engineering, finance, law, management, medicine Office Automation: text understanding, intelligent DBMS, intelli- gent systems Command & Control: intelligence analysis, planning, targeting, communications, air traffic control, battle management Exploration: outer space, prospecting, archaeology Weapon Systems: adaptive control, electronic warfare, Star Wars, target identification Equipment: CAD/CAM, design monitoring, maintenance, repair Software: automatic programming, maintenance, verification and validation Architecture: distributed knowledge based systems, parallel com- puting Project Management: planning, scheduling, control Education: concept formation, tutoring, testing, diagnosis Imagery: photo interpretation, mapping Systems Engineering: requirements, preliminary design, critical design, testing, quality assurance Tools and Techniques: PROLOG, knowledge acquisition and represen- tation, uncertainty management Plant and Factory Automation Space Station Systems Human-Machine Interface Speech and Natural Language The program will consist of submitted and invited papers, which will provide an overview of selected areas. Contributed papers should be consistent with the following outline: 1. Introduction- state clearly the purpose of the work 2. Description of the actual work- must be new and significant 3. Results- discuss their significance 4. References Completed papers are to be no longer than 20 pages, including graphics. For classified papers, please submit a one page un- classified abstract. All classified papers must be releasable at the Secret level or below, and must be pre-approved by the author's cognizant security release authority. Papers to be presented by non-US citizens must be cleared through proper government to government channels. Four copies of the complete paper are to be submitted to: Dr. Kamal Karna, Conference Chairman IEEE Computer Society 1730 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20036-1903 Author's Schedule: Four copies of manuscript May 1, 1986 Acceptance letter June 15, 1986 Camera-ready copy July 15, 1986 Conference Chairman: Dr. Kamal Karna Washington AI Center Mitre Corporation Program Committee: Co-chairman: Classified Mr. Richard Martin Associate Director, Government Programs Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Co-chairman: Unclassified Dr. Kamran Parsaye President Intelliware, Inc. ------------------------------ End of AIList Digest ********************