john@bcsaic (John Boose) (12/13/88)
Call for Participation:
4TH KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
Sponsored by the:
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AAAI)
Banff, Canada
October 1 - 6, 1989
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 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 May 1, 1989. Acceptance notices will be mailed by July 3.
Full papers (20 pages) should be returned to the chairman by September
1, 1989 so that they may be bound together for distribution at 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
john@boeing.com gaines@calgary.cdn
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