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EPIA - 91 Fifth Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence Call for Papers Hotel Montechoro, Albufeira, Algarve October 1-3, 1991 The Fifth Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence will be held in Hotel Montechoro, Albufeira, Algarve, in October 1-3, 1991. The Conference is sponsored by the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA) and by local companies. Topics ------ The Conference is devoted to all areas of Artificial Intelligence and will cover both theory and foundations as well as applications. Papers describing completed or on-going research are requested in the following topic areas: - Knowledge Representation - Automatic Deduction - Natural Language Understanding - Learning - Architectures and Languages - Planning - Knowledge Engineering - Non-standard Logics - Logic Programming - Cognitive Modelling Paper Submission ---------------- Authors should submit four copies of their papers in hard copy to the conference chair. Papers should be no longer than 15 pages, printed in European A4 format (29.6 x 21 cm), and should be of letter quality print. Each paper should contain the following information: - Title of paper - Names and affiliation of authors - Abstract Accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation and will be printed in the proceedings. An award will be given to the most outstanding paper, which will be presented in a special session, and an acknowledgement will be printed in the proceedings. As with the Fourth Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag has agreed to publish this Conference proceedings in its Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. Tutorials --------- In addition to papers, we will be accepting proposals for tutorial presentations (both advanced and introductory) of one and a half hour duration. Each tutorial proposition should include the following: - Detailed topic list and descriptive abstract (approximately 5 pages) - Tutorial Level: introductory, intermediate, or advanced - Short tutorial and instructional vitae of presenter (previous lecture experience) Important Dates --------------- - March 31, 1991: Four copies of papers and tutorial proposals are due - May 31, 1991: Author notifications mailed - June 30, 1991: Camera-ready papers are due Conference Chair ---------------- Pedro Barahona Departamento de Informatica Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2825 Monte da Caparica, Portugal phone: (351) - 1 - 295 44 64 fax: (351) - 1 - 295 56 41 email: pb@fct.unl.pt Program Chair ------------- Luis Moniz Pereira, Antonio Porto Departamento de Informatica Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2825 Monte da Caparica, Portugal phone: (351) - 1 - 295 44 64 fax: (351) - 1 - 295 56 41 email: lmp@fct.unl.pt, ap@fct.unl.pt Program Committee ----------------- Pedro Barahona (UNL) Pavel Brazdil (UP) Helder Coelho (ISEG) Gabriel Pereira Lopes (CIUNL) J. Pavao Martins (IST) Fernando Pereira (Bell Labs) Luis Moniz Pereira (UNL) Antonio Porto (UNL)