tedk@bcsaic.UUCP (Ted Kitzmiller) (01/07/87)
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ---------------------- 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.