john@bcsaic (John Boose) (04/06/89)
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
WORKSHOP ON WISDOM-BASED SYSTEMS
22-24 June 1989, Rosario Resort, Orcas Island, Washington
Knowledge-based systems are now being applied to a wide spectrum of
applications. As new applications in diplomacy, environmental
management, jurisprudence, corporate strategy, and others are developed,
there is a critical need to understand the limitations and potential of future
automated systems. Based on what we have learned from attempts to
represent knowledge in computer form, what can we say about the
possibility of representing wisdom? Can knowledge-based systems
recognize the limits and proper application of their knowledge? Can human
values be used to enhance the effectiveness of such systems during
judgment and decision making? Will human/computer participatory
systems be developed that improve the prospects for wisdom?
The workshop will be kept small - about 25 participants. The setting of
Rosario Resort on Orcas Island will facilitate informality in individual
presentations and promote opportunities for vigorous discussion and
exchange of ideas among researchers in computer science, psychology,
and philosophy.
Papers are invited for consideration in all aspects of wisdom-based
systems, including (but not restricted to):
- Human value modeling and use
- Wisdom development, acquisition, representation
- Boundaries of knowledge-based system technology
- Modeling of emotions
- Applications of wisdom-based systems
- Ethical reasoning in computer systems
- Recognition of problems that exceed limits of system expertise
Five copies of an abstract or a full-length paper (up to 15 pages) should be
sent to Jeff Bradshaw before April 15. Acceptance notices will be mailed
by April 30. Accepted papers and abstracts will be bound together for
distribution at the workshop.
Workshop Co-Chairs:
(Send papers here:)
Jeff Bradshaw
Boeing Computer Services
Building 33.07, M/S 7L-64
2760 160th Ave. SE
Bellevue, WA 98008 USA
(206) 865-3422
jbrad@atc.boeing.com
Brian Gaines
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
(403) 220-5901 gaines@calgary.cdn
John Boose
Boeing Computer Services, 7L-64
P.O. Box 24346
Seattle, WA 98124 USA
(206) 865-3253 john@atc.boeing.com
Program and Local Arrangements Committee:
Kenneth Ford, Dept. of Computer Science, University of West Florida
Earl Hunt, Dept. of Psychology, University of Washington
Douglas Schuler, Boeing Computer Services
Kish Sharma, Boeing Computer Services
Mildred Shaw, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Calgary
Sponsors:
Boeing Computer Services
University of Calgary
Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility-Seattle Chapter