sjt@otter.hpl.hp.com (Stephen Todd) (06/11/90)
Call for Tutorial Proposals: AISB-91
8th Biennial Conference on Artificial Intelligence
University of Leeds, England
16-19th April 1991
Society for the Study of
Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB)
The AISB-91 Programme Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial
Programme of the 8th Biennial Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(AISB-91) to be held at the University of Leeds, England, during
16-19th April 1991. The Tutorial Programme will take place on 16th
April.
Proposals for full day or half day tutorials will be considered.
Tutorials may be offered both on standard topics and on new and more
advanced aspects of Artificial Intelligence or Simulation of
Behaviour.
The Technical Programme of AISB-91 (Programme Chairman: Luc Steels)
will include special themes on:
* Emergent functionality in autonomous agents
* Neural networks and self-organisation
* Constraint logic programming
* Knowledge level expert systems research
Tutorials related to these themes would be particularly welcome.
Proposals from an individual or pair of presentors will be considered.
Anyone interested in presenting a tutorial should submit a proposal to
the AISB-91 Tutorial Organisers, Caroline Knight and Stephen Todd, at
the address below.
Submission:
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A tutorial proposal should contain the following information:
1. Tutorial Title
2. A brief description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in
the conference brochure.
3. A detailed outline of the tutorial.
This should include the necessary background and the potential
target audience for the tutorial.
4. A brief resume of the presentor(s).
This should include: background in the tutorial area, references to
published work in the topic area (ideally, a published tutorial-level
article on the subject), and teaching experience, including previous
conference tutorials or short-courses presented.
5. Administrative information.
This should include: name, mailing address, phone number, Fax, and
email address if available. In the case of multiple presentors,
information for each presentor should be provided, but one presentor
should be identified as the principal contact.
Dates:
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Proposals must be received by September 17th, 1990.
Decisions about topics and speakers will be made by November 5th, 1990.
Speakers should be prepared to submit completed course materials by
March 4th, 1991.
Proposals should be sent to:
Caroline Knight / Stephen Todd
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Filton Road
Stoke Gifford
Bristol BS12 6QZ
UK
Email: cdfk%hplb.uucp@ukc.ac.uk sjt%hplb.uucp@ukc.ac.uk
cdfk@hplb.lb.hp.co.uk sjt@hplb.lb.hp.co.uk
cdfk@hplb.hpl.hp.com sjt@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Tel: (+44) (0272) 799910
Fax: (+44) (0272) 790554
All other correspondence and queries regarding the conference should
be sent to the Local Organiser, Barbara Smith.
Barbara Smith
AI Division
School of Computer Science
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK
Email: aisb91@uk.ac.leeds.ai
Tel: (+44) (0532) 334627
Fax: (+44) (0532) 335468