dchandra@ISL1.RI.CMU.EDU (Dundee Navinchandra) (03/14/88)
AAAI-88 WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
AI in Design
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Part-of: Workshop on Integrated Manufacturing
Sponsored-by: AAAI Special Interest Group on AI in Manufacturing
Date: August 24, 1988 (During the Conference)
Background:
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Design is fast becoming a major focus of AI research. This is due, in
part, to the emerging theory's reliance on AI techniques such as
planning, control, learning, qualitative reasoning, etc. The purpose
of this workshop is to identify critical issues in design, applicable
AI technologies, and directions for future research. The emphasis
will be on issues rather than on specific systems. There are several
issues which are of common interest to people concentrating in
different domains such as : VLSI design, Mechanical Engineering,
Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering etc. The workshop will
provide researchers from these different domains an opportunity to
exchange ideas and views on topics of specific interest to the them.
Organization:
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The workshop will be a one-day affair and will be comprised of five
sessions of 1.5 hours each. Each session will be led by a member of
the organizing committee and will concentrate on one issue.
We have tentatively identified the following topics of interest:
* Planning and Control of the design process. The use abstractions
and rough designs to guide future decisions.
* Design Modeling. Qualitative modeling. Simulation of behavior and
manufacturing process.
* Innovation in design. The use and control of mutation operators,
precedents and the role of analogy in design.
* Cooperative design. Control and communication among agents.
Negotiation and conflict management.
* Constraint management and domain-independent frameworks
for configuration design problems. Constraint compilation.
The list is tentative and will be revised based on the interests expressed
by the participants. Potential attendees are invited to submit extended
abstracts of about 5 pages. These abstracts will be used as background
information for the discussions during the workshop. Send SIX copies of your
abstract, including your name, address, phone number, title and authors on a
separate page, to:
D. Navinchandra
Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Abstracts should be received no later than May 15. Authors will be notified
of acceptance by July 1, 1988. The workshop is limited to 45 participants
and acceptance of abstracts will be based on their relevance to the
prevailing issues.
Organizing Committee:
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Workshop Chairmen: Mark S. Fox and D. Navinchandra, Carnegie Mellon
University.
Program Committee:
M. Dyer, UCLA
J. Gero, Sydney University, Australia
R. Mayers, Texas A&M
S. Mittal, Xerox PARC
D. Sriram, M.I.T.
C. Tong, Rutgers University