kim@CS.TORONTO.EDU (Kimberlee Pietrzak-Smith) (08/09/90)
Call for Tutorial Proposals: IJCAI-91 The IJCAI-91 Program Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial program of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-91) to be held in Sydney, Australia, 24-30 August 1991. Tutorials will be offered both on standard topics and on new and more advanced topics. A list of topics from the IJCAI-89 Tutorial Program is given below, to suggest the breadth of topics that can be covered by tutorials, but this list is only a guide. Other topics, both related to these and quite different from them, will be considered: * Introduction to Artificial Intelligence * Logic Programming * Planning and Reasoning about Time * Evaluating Knowledge-Engineering Tools * Truth Maintenance Systems * Knowledge-Acquisition * Natural Language Processing * Artificial Intelligence and Education * Common Lisp Object System * Advanced Architectures for Expert Systems * Computer Vision * Uncertainty Management * Model-Based Diagnosis * Case-Based Reasoning * Real-Time Knowledge-Based Systems * Neural Network Architectures * Managing Expert Systems Projects * Knowledge Representation * Artificial Intelligence and Design * Reasoning about Action and Change * Inductive Learning * Verifying and Validating Expert Systems * Constraint-Directed Reasoning * Integrating AI and Database Technologies Anyone interested in presenting a tutorial should submit a proposal to the 1991 Tutorial Chair, Martha Pollack. Proposals from a pair of presentors will be strongly favored over ones from a single individual. A tutorial proposal should contain the following information: 1. Topic. 2. A brief description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in the conference registration brochure. 3. A detailed outline of the tutorial. 4. The necessary background and the potential target audience for the tutorial. 5. A description of why the tutorial topic is of interest to a substantial segment of the IJCAI audience (for new topics only). 6. A brief resume of the presentor(s), which should include name, mailing address, phone number, email address if available, background in the tutorial area, any available examples of work in the area (ideally, a published tutorial-level article on the subject), evidence of teaching experience (including references that address the proposer's presentation ability), and evidence of scholarship in AI/Computer Science (equivalent to a published IJCAI conference paper or tutorial syllabus). Those submitting a proposal should keep in mind that tutorials are intended to provide an overview of a field; they should present reasonably well agreed upon information in a balanced way. Tutorials should not be used to advocate a single avenue of research, nor should they promote a product. Proposals must be received by Jan. 4, 1991. Decisions about topics and speakers will be made by Feb. 22, 1991. Speakers should be prepared to submit completed course materials by July 1, 1991. Proposals should be sent to: Dr. Martha Pollack Artificial Intelligence Center SRI International 333 Ravenswood Ave. Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA email: pollack@ai.sri.com Tel: (+1-415) 859-2037 Fax: (+1-415) 326-5512 (NOTE: Indicate clearly on the first page that it is intended for "Martha Pollack, Artificial Intelligence Center".)