mike@aldebaran.anu.oz.au (Mike Papazoglou) (05/06/91)
mike@aldebaran.anu.oz.au (Mike Papazoglou) writes: > IJCAI-91 WORKSHOP > ================= > INTELLIGENT & COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS: > BRINGING AI & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES TOGETHER > ================================================ > Darling Harbour Sydney Australia - 25 August 1991. > THEME: > ===== >The paradigm for the Next Generation of Information Processing >Systems will involve large numbers of intelligent agents distributed >over large computer/communication networks. Work tasks will be >defined by one or more agents and will be executed by a pool of agents >acting autonomously, cooperatively, or collaboratively, depending on >the resources required to complete the task. A goal of this vision is >to be able to efficiently, and transparently, use all computing >resources (e.g., processing, knowledge and data) that are available on >all computers in large computer/communications network. The design, >construction, use, and evolution of systems within the above paradigm >will require sophisticated support for all aspects of the systems life >cycle. We call such systems Intelligent and Cooperative Information >Systems (ICIS). >Unlike past major advances in information processing the concept of an >ICIS is evolving from several currently disjoint technologies. >Artificial Intelligence (AI) can contribute knowledge representation >and reasoning techniques, on one hand, and distributed problem solving >in a multi-agent environment on the other. >Software/Knowledge/Information Engineering can contribute design and >development environments/shells and methodologies for building ICIS. >These represent only a sample of the component technologies and the >contributions they can make to ICIS. Other technologies include >Cooperative Work, Distributed Computing, Office Information Systems, >and Interoperability. >AIM: >=== >In this Workshop we propose to address many aspects of the ICIS >functionality, implementation, deployment, and evolution. Thus, the >Workshop will provide an ideal forum for exchange of ideas and for >identification of the potential roles and nature of the emerging >notion of Intelligent Cooperative Information Systems. >TOPICS: >======= >The Workshop will solicit papers describing original ideas and new >results on the foundations and role of ICIS. Suggested topics include >but are not limited to: > >#1 Novel Architectures for ICIS, > >#2 Advanced Modelling and Reasoning Techniques for ICIS: > - Data/Knowledge Representation and Management Techniques for > Coordinating Multiple Cooperating Agents, > - Techniques for Partitioning and Composing Data and Knowledge, >#3 Interoperability Management in Distributed, Heterogeneous Knowledge Bases: > - Interfaces, protocols and functionality, > - Consistency and Reliability for Shared Knowledge Bases. >#4 Cooperative User Interfaces for ICIS >ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: >===================== >The organizing committee consists of: > Mike P. Papazoglou (Chairman), > Australian National University (ANU), > Dept. of Computer Science, > GPO Box4, Canberra ACT 2601, > Australia > tel: +61-6-249-4725 > mike@anucsd.anu.edu.au > > Patrick O. Bobbie, (US Coordinator) John G. Hughes (European Coordinator), > Division of Computer Sci., Dept. of Information Systems, > Univ. of West Florida, Univ. of Ulster, > Pensacola, Shore Rd., > Florida, FL 32514-5750, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim > USA N. Ireland BT37 0QB > tel: +1-904-474-2250 tel: +44-232-365131 > pbobbie%uwf.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu CBFE23@ujvax.ulster.ac.uk >The organizing committee will be assisted with paper reviweing by the >program committee which consists of the following people: >Peter Bernus (Univ. of Queensland), >Bruce Blum (Johns Hopkins Univ.), >Dimitris Karagiannis (Univ. of Ulm), >Erik Knudsen (Cap Gemini, Sweden), >Vince Lum (Naval Postgraduate School), >Louis Marinos (Erasmus Univ. Holand), >Matthew Morgenstern (Xeror Advanced Information Systems), >Timos Sellis (Univ. of Maryland), >John Smith (CSIRO, Australia), >Makoto Takizawa (Tokyo Denki Univ., Japan), >Jeffrey Tsai (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago), >Ben Wah (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana), >Norihiko Yoshida (Kyushu Univ., Japan). > >The members of the organizing committe, as well as most of the >people in the program committte, are involved in the editing of a new >international journal on the theme of the Workshop which will appear > in March 1992. >SCHEDULE: >======== >The Workshop will be one day long and wil take place on Sunday, August >25, 1991. There will be four hour sessions (two morning sessions with >a break, followed by a lunch break (possibly working lunch), followed >by two afternon sessions with a break in between. Session topics will >be determined by the issues addressed in the submissions and will >correspond to the topics already presented above. >Each session will begin with a few overview remarks from one of the >program committee members who has refereed the papers for that >sesssion and will act as a chairman. This will be followed by a brief >presentation (ca. 20 mins) by each of those who had papers accepted >for that session topic. This will be folowed by an open discussion on >the issues of each session, an wil be mediated by the session >chairmain. To maximize interaction atendance will be limited to 35-40 >active participants, with no more than 10-12 presentations. >SUBMISIONS: >========== >Thee will be two kinds of submissions: >- Submission of 5 copies of a double-spaced paper not exceeding > 5,000 words not later than June 17, 1991 to the organizing > committee chairman or the any of the area representatives. > The focus of the submissions should be on identification and > discussion of key issues concerning ICIS as described above and > in particular in the role/solutions that AI techniques can provide, > as well as the current status of existing applications. > The aim here is to focus on high priority issues for research and to > encourage domain experts who have runing or prototyped applications to > describe the special requirements of the application that are not > addressed by current software as well as their solutions and/or > unsolved problems. >- Submission of 5 copies of a one-page descriprion of reserach > interests and current work (including recent publications) which > demonstrates the ability of the potential participant to contribute to > the discussions. Domain experts are encouraged to respond in this > fashion. > >Invitations will be primarily issued to those who provide substantive >submissions. The committee will have the final choice concerning the >invitation of participants. All submissions wil be reviewed by the >program commitee. the selection of presenters an dparticipants will be >based on originality and strength of their submissions as wel as >contribution to the field. Presenters and participants will be >notified by mid July 1991. Final copy submissions will be made by >mid August 1991. >A major publishing company has been approached for publishing the >workshop proceedings. Selected papers will be considered for >publication in a special issue of intentional journal on ``Intelligent >& Cooperative Information Systems'' (IJICIS). >IMPORTANT DATES: >=============== >Deadline for submission: 17 June, 1991. >Notification of acceptance or rejection: July 1991. >Final paper due: 16 August, 1991. >Conference: August 25, 1991. > >For further information please contact the organizing committee chair: >mike@anucsd.anu.edu.au