finin@hamlet (Tim Finin) (08/15/90)
Final Call For Participation
The Seventh IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications
Fontainbleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
February 24 - 28, 1991
The conference is devoted to the application of artificial
intelligence techniques to real-world problems. Two kinds of papers
are appropriate: case studies of knowledge-based applications that
solve significant problems and stimulate the development of useful
techniques and papers on AI techniques and principles that underlie
knowledge-based systems, and in turn, enable ever more ambitious
real-world applications. This conference provides a forum for such
synergy between applications and AI techniques.
Papers describing significant unpublished results are solicited along
three tracks:
o "Scientific/Engineering" Applications Track. Contributions stemming
from the general area of industrial and scientific applications.
o "Business/Decision Support" Applications Track. Contributions stemming
from the general area of decision support applications in business,
government, law, etc.
Papers in these two application tracks must: (1) Justify the use
of the AI technique, based on the problem definition and an
analysis of the application's requirements; (2) Explain how AI
technology was used to solve a significant problem; (3) Describe
the status of the implementation; (4) Evaluate both the
effectiveness of the implementation and the technique used.
Short papers up to 1000 words in length will also be accepted for
presentation in these two application tracks.
o "Enabling Technology" Track. Contributions focusing on techniques
and principles that facilitate the development of practical knowledge
based systems that can be scaled to handle increasing problem
complexity. Topics include, but are not limited to: knowledge
representation, reasoning, search, knowledge acquisition, learning,
constraint programming, planning, validation and verification, project
management, natural language processing, speech, intelligent
interfaces, natural language processing, integration, problem-solving
architectures, programming environments and general tools.
Long papers in all three tracks should be limited to 5000 words and
short papers in the two applications tracks limited to 1000 words.
Papers which are significantly longer than these limits will not be
reviewed. The first page of the paper should contain the following
information (where applicable) in the order shown:
- Title.
- Authors' names and affiliation. (specify student status)
- Contact information (name, postal address, phone, fax and email address)
- Abstract: A 200 word abstract that includes a clear statement describing
the paper's original contributions and what new lesson is imparted.
- AI topic: one or more terms describing the relevant AI areas, e.g.,
knowledge acquisition, explanation, diagnosis, etc.
- Domain area: one or more terms describing the problem domain area,
e.g., mechanical design, factory scheduling, education, medicine, etc.
Do NOT specify the track.
- Language/Tool: Underlying programming languages, systems and tools used.
- Status: development and deployment status, as appropriate.
- Effort: Person-years of effort put into developing the particular
aspect of the project being described.
- Impact: A twenty word description of estimated or measured (specify)
benefit of the application developed.
Each paper accepted for publication will be allotted seven pages in
the conference proceedings. The best papers accepted in the two
applications tracks will be considered for a special issue of IEEE
EXPERT to appear late in 1991. An application has been made to
reserve a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data
Engineering (TDKE) for publication of the best papers in the enabling
technologies track. IBM will sponsor an award of $1,500 for the
best student paper at the conference.
In addition to papers, we will be accepting the following types of
submissions:
- Proposals for Panel discussions. Provide a brief description of the
topic (1000 words or less). Indicate the membership of the panel and
whether you are interested in organizing/moderating the discussion.
- Proposals for Demonstrations. Submit a short proposal (under 1000
words) describing a videotaped and/or live demonstration. The
demonstration should be of a particular system or technique that
shows the reduction to practice of one of the conference topics.
The demonstration or videotape should be not longer than 15 minutes.
- Proposals for Tutorial Presentations. Proposals for three hour
tutorials of both an introductory and advanced nature are
requested. Topics should relate to the management
and technical development of useful AI applications. Tutorials
which analyze classes of applications in depth or examine
techniques appropriate for a particular class of applications are of
particular interest. Copies of slides are to be provided in advance to
IEEE for reproduction.
Each tutorial proposal should include the following:
* Detailed topic list and extended abstract (about 3 pages)
* Tutorial level: introductory, intermediate, or advanced
* Prerequisite reading for intermediate and advanced tutorials
* Short professional vita including presenter's experience in
lectures and tutorials.
- Proposals for Vendor Presentations. A separate session will be held
where vendors will have the opportunity to give an overview to
their AI-based software products and services.
IMPORTANT DATES
- August 31, 1990: Six copies of Papers, and four copies of all proposals
are due. Submissions not received by that date will be returned
unopened. Electronically transmitted materials will not be accepted.
- October 26, 1990: Author notifications mailed.
- December 7, 1990: Accepted papers due to IEEE. Accepted tutorial
notes due to Tutorial Chair.
- February 24-25, 1991: Tutorial Program of Conference
- February 26-28, 1991: Technical Program of Conference
Submit Papers and Other Materials to:
Tim Finin
Unisys Center for Advanced Information Technology
70 East Swedesford Road
PO Box 517
Paoli PA 19301
internet: finin@prc.unisys.com
phone: 215-648-2840; fax: 215-648-2288
Submit Tutorial Proposals to:
Daniel O'Leary
Graduate School of Business
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1421
phone: 213-743-4092, fax: 213-747-2815
For registration and additional conference information, contact:
CAIA-91
The Computer Society of the IEEE
1730 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1903
phone: 202-371-1013
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
General Chair: Se June Hong, IBM Research
Program Chair: Tim Finin, Unisys
Publicity Chair: Jeff Pepper, Carnegie Group, Inc.
Tutorial Chair: Daniel O'Leary, University of Southern California
Local Arrangements: Alex Pelin, Florida International University, and
Mansur Kabuka, University of Miami
Program Committee:
AT-LARGE SCIENTIFIC/ENGINEERING TRACK
Tim Finin, Unisys (chair) Chris Tong, Rutgers (chair)
Jan Aikins, AION Corp. Sanjaya Addanki, IBM Research
Robert E. Filman, IntelliCorp Bill Mark, Lockheed AI Center
Ron Brachman, AT&T Bell Labs Sanjay Mittal, Xerox PARC
Wolfgang Wahlster, German Res. Center Ramesh Patil, USC/ISI
for AI & U. of Saarlandes David Searls, Unisys
Mark Fox, CMU Duvurru Sriram, MIT
ENABLING TECHNOLOGY TRACK BUSINESS/DECISION SUPPORT TRACK
Howard Shrobe, Symbolics (chair) Peter Hart, Syntelligence (chair)
Lee Erman, Cimflex Teknowledge Chidanand Apte, IBM Research
Eric Mays, IBM Research Vasant Dhar, New York University
Norm Sondheimer, GE Research Steve Kimbrough, U. of Pennsylvania
Fumio Mizoguchi, Tokyo Science Univ. Don McKay, Unisys
Dave Waltz, Brandeis & Thinking Machines
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