john@bcsaic (John Boose) (10/30/90)
PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
6TH BANFF KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FOR
KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
Banff, Canada, October 6-11, 1991
In cooperation with the University of Calgary and Boeing Computer Services
A problem in the process of building knowledge-based systems is acquiring and
modeling appropriate problem-solving knowledge. The objective of this workshop
is to assemble theoreticians and practitioners of AI who recognize the need
for developing methods and systems that assist the knowledge acquisition
process.
To encourage vigorous interaction and exchange of ideas the workshop will be
kept small - about 40 participants. There will be individual presentations and
ample time for technical discussions. An attempt will be made to define the
state-of-the-art and future research needs. Attendance will be limited to
those presenting their work, one author per paper.
Papers are invited for consideration in all aspects of knowledge acquisition
for knowledge-based systems, including (but not restricted to):
o Transfer/modeling of expertise - systems that obtain and model knowledge
from experts.
o Transfer/modeling of expertise - manual knowledge acquisition methods and
techniques.
o Apprenticeship, explanation-based, and other learning systems;
integration of such systems with other knowledge acquisition techniques.
o Issues in cognition and expertise that affect the knowledge acquisition
process.
o Methods for capturing design knowledge and requirements.
o Extracting and modeling of knowledge from text.
o Eliciting and modeling knowledge from multiple sources.
o Integration of knowledge acquisition techniques within a single system;
integration of knowledge acquisition systems with other systems
(hypermedia, database management systems, simulators, spreadsheets...).
o Knowledge acquisition methodology and training.
o Validation of knowledge acquisition techniques; the role of knowledge
acquisition techniques in validating knowledge-based systems.
Five copies of a draft paper (up to 20 pages) should be sent to John Boose
before April 17, 1991. Acceptance notices will be mailed by June 19. Full
papers (20 pages) should be returned to the chairman by August 14 so that they
may be bound together for distribution before the workshop.
There will be a travel-and-expense award of up to $500.00 US for the best
paper submitted by a graduate student. Please note if the paper should be
considered for this award.
Workshop Co-chairmen:
Send papers via US mail to:
John Boose Brian Gaines
Advanced Technology Center Department of Computer Science
Boeing Computer Services, 7L-64 University of Calgary
PO Box 24346 2500 University Dr. NW
Seattle, Washington, USA 98124 Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
(206) 865-3253 (403) 220-5901
Send papers via express mail to:
John Boose
Advanced Technology Center, 7L-64
Boeing Computer Services, Bldg. 33.07
2760 160th Ave. SE
Bellevue, Washington, USA 98008
Program Committee:
Jeffrey Bradshaw, Boeing Computer Services
B. Chandrasekaran, Ohio State University
William Clancey, Institute for Research on Learning
Michael J. Freiling, Tektronix, Inc.
Thomas Gruber, Stanford University
Catherine Kitto, Boeing Computer Services
Sandra Marcus, Boeing Computer Services
John McDermott, Digital Equipment Corporation
Ryszard Michalski, George Mason University
Mark Musen, Stanford University
Bruce Porter, University of Texas at Austin
Mildred Shaw, University of Calgary