[comp.edu] UM90: 2nd Int'l Workshop on User Modeling

ak@fb10vax.sbsvax.uucp (Alfred Kobsa) (08/08/89)

               Second International Workshop on User Modeling

                     Hawaii, March 30 - April 1, 1990

                         Call for Participation



Objectives

User models have recently attracted much research interest in the field of
computer dialog systems.  It has become evident that the cooperativeness of
such systems can be greatly improved if the system has a model of the user
available which contains assumptions about his/her background knowledge as well
as his/her goals and plans in consulting the system.  Research in the field of
user models investigates how such assumptions can be automatically created,
represented and exploited by the system in the course of an interaction with
the user.

This workshop (a sequel of one in Germany in 1986) will provide a forum for the
discussion of research topics central to the development of user modeling
components in dialog systems.  The issues to be addressed include (but are not
restricted to):

   -Acquisition of user and student models
   -Plan recognition
   -Representation of user models
   -User stereotypes
   -Dialog planning and response tailoring
   -Levels of user expertise
   -Student modeling and tutoring strategies
   -Shell systems for user modeling
   -Conceptual models, mental models

An explicit aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers working on
user modeling in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Human-Computer
Interaction, as well as researchers working in the related field of student
modeling in Intelligent Tutoring Systems.

Program chairman    David Chin, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, 2565 The Mall,
+ local arrangement Honolulu, HI 96822, U.S.A.
                    Phone: (808) 948-8162
                    E-mail: chin@cultis.ics.hawaii.edu

General Chairman    Wolfgang Wahlster, 
                    Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Saarbruecken and
                    German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
                    D-6600 Saarbruecken 11, West Germany
                    Phone: +49 681 302 2363
                    E-mail: wahlster%fb10vax.uni-saarland.dbp.de
                          ...[U.S.: uunet!]unido!sbsvax!wahlster

Program committee:  Sandra Carberry, Univ. of Delaware, U.S.A.
                    Robin Cohen, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada
                    Thomas Green, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.
                    Anthony Jameson, Univ. of Nijmegen, Netherlands
                    Aravind Joshi, Univ. of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
                    Alfred Kobsa, Univ. of Saarbruecken, W. Germany
                    Gordon McCalla, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada
                    Kathleen McCoy, Univ. of Delaware, U.S.A.
                    Cecile Paris, Univ. of Southern California, U.S.A.
                    Elaine Rich, MCC, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
                    Derek Sleeman, Univ. of Aberdeen, U.K.
                    Michael Tauber, Univ. of Paderborn, W. Germany

To encourage interaction and a broad exchange of ideas, the workshop will be
kept to a moderate size - preferably to about 50 participants who will either
be presenters or commentators on presentations.  Attendance is by invitation
only.  Interested presenters should send 4 copies of an extended abstract or a
full paper of their talk to the program chairman (at least 6 pages,
double-spaced).  Interested commentators should send him a short statement of
interest.  Inquiries regarding the program and local arrangements should be
directed to David Chin, and all other inquiries to Wolfgang Wahlster.

Deadlines:          Nov. 31, 1989: Extended abstracts due
                    Dec. 31, 1989: Statement of interest of commentators due
                    Jan. 31, 1990: Notification about acceptance of
                                   presentation or attendance.


The papers of the workshop may be published in the newly founded international
journal 'User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction'.

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Alfred Kobsa, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Saarbruecken,
              D-6600 Saarbruecken 11, West Germany
              kobsa@informatik.uni-saarland.dbp.de  ...uunet!unido!sbsvax!kobsa
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Alfred Kobsa, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Saarbruecken,
              D-6600 Saarbruecken 11, West Germany
              kobsa@informatik.uni-saarland.dbp.de  ...uunet!unido!sbsvax!kobsa