tedk@bcsaic.UUCP (Ted Kitzmiller) (01/07/87)
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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Workshop on Coupling Symbolic and Numeric Computing
in Knowledge-based Systems
The second workshop on coupling symbolic and numeric computing in
knowledge-based systems will be held the 20-24 of July 1987 at the
Boeing Advanced Technology Center, Bellevue, Washington. This
workshop will be jointly sponsored by the American Association for
Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and Boeing Computer Services (BCS).
Many real-life problems encountered in science and industry require solution
techniques that combine AI and conventional computation methods (coupled
systems). Typically these problems have some major subproblems that are
amenable to conventional techniques - such as numerical analysis, statistics,
quantitative modeling - but others for which these techniques are not
appropriate.
This workshop will attempt to build upon last year's workshop and improve
our understanding of the issues involved in developing coupled systems.
During the workshop the methodology of designing and developing coupled
systems will be explored by assessing alternative approaches. The primary
goals of the workshop will be to establish criteria and guidelines for those
involved in the design and implemention of coupled systems and to define the
state-of-the-art and the future research needs in this area.
To encourage a vigorous interaction and exchange of ideas between those
attending, the workshop will be limited to approximately 35 participants.
Ample time will be provided during the workshop for the presentation of
technical papers and discussions of the material presented. Participation
will be by invitation and will be based upon the referee of a submitted paper.
Submittals are invited for consideration on the following topics: software and
hardware architectures that facilitate the development and use of coupled
systems (or those that don't), approaches to designing and developing coupled
systems, deep reasoning involving quantitative models or numeric algorithms,
representation of knowledge within coupled systems, generic coupled system
languages/shells, and novel or state-of-the-art applications.
All submitted papers will be refereed with respect to how well they identify
and discuss the factors affecting the design and implementation of coupled
systems. Authors should discuss their design decisions (why a particular
approach or development environment was selected); what worked, what didn't
and why; the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of their approach; and
what they would recommend to others developing coupled systems. Preference
will be given to those papers that discuss approaches that have been
demonstrated in real applications.
Four copies of a full-length paper (or extended abstract), double spaced draft
up to 5000 words, should be submitted to the workshop chairman before 1 March
1987 (please notify the chairman by 30 January 1987 of your intent to submit).
Acceptances will be mailed by 1 May 1987. Final papers will be required by 1
July 1987 so they may be bound together for distribution before or at the
workshop. Potential attendees should also indicate their interest in chairing
or participating in special discussion sessions.
Workshop Chairman: C.T. Kitzmiller,
MS: 7J-63, Boeing Advanced Technology Center, Boeing Computer Services,
PO Box 24346, Seattle, Washington, 98124-0346.
Telephone: (206) 865-3227.
E-mail: tedk@boeing.com or bcsaic!tedk@uw-june.arpa juggy@bcsaic.UUCP (Vasudevan Jagannathan) (01/08/87)
Call for Participation
Workshop on Blackboard Systems: Implementation Issues
In the past couple of years a wide variety of black-
board systems have been built to address a wide variety of
problems. The goal of this workshop is to study the design
and implementation issues in blackboard systems and to
understand the diversity which exists in such systems.
Specific issues that will be focused on are:
1. Control Issues: What is the approach taken to control
the problem solving and rationale for choice?
2. Organization Issues: What are the mechanisms available
for organizing knowledge in such systems? If the system is
distributed what are the communication issues that play a
critical role in the development of the system.
3. Parallelism and Concurrency Issues: What scope is
present in the system to exploit parallelism at the applica-
tion level, at the system level?
4. Performance issues: What benchmarks are available for
evaluating the performance, and what are the bottlenecks
affecting performance?
5. Development Environment: Does the system provide any
help in developing the actual application?
To encourage vigorous interaction and exchange of ideas
between those attending, the workshop will be limited to
approximately 30 participants. The workshop is scheduled on
July 13th, 1987, Monday, as a parallel activity during AAAI
1987, and will last for a day.
All submitted papers will be refereed with respect to
how well they identify and discuss the factors affecting the
design and implementation of blackboard systems. Authors
should discuss their design decisions (why a particular
approach was selected); what worked, what did not and why;
the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of their
approach; and what they would recommend to others developing
such systems. Preference will be given to those papers that
discuss approaches that have been demonstrated in real
applications.
Submission Details: Five copies of an extended abstract,
double spaced draft up to 4000 words, should be submitted to
the workshop chairman before April 1, 1987. Acceptances
will be mailed by May 1, 1987. Final copies of the extended
abstract will be required by June 1, 1987 so that they may
be informally bound together for distribution before the
workshop.
Workshop Chairman: V. Jagannathan, M/S 7L-64, The Boeing
Advanced Technology Center, Boeing Computer Services, P.O.
Box 24346, Seattle, WA 98124-0346. Telephone: (206)865-3240.
E-mail:juggy@boeing.com.