kumar@ut-sally.UT.EDU (Vipin Kumar) (03/24/88)
- - - AAAI'88 WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT Parallel Algorithms for Machine Intelligence and Pattern Recognition. Minneapolis, Minn. Aug.20 and 21, 1988(During the AAAI Conference) Organizing Committee: Prof. Laveen N. Kanal,(kanal@mimsy.umd.edu) Dept. of Computer Science University of Maryland,College Park, Md., 20742 Dr. P.S. Gopalakrishnan, (PSG@ibm.com) IBM Research Division T.J. Watson Research Center, 39-238 P.O.Box 218 Yorktown Heights, N.Y. 10598 Prof. Vipin Kumar,(kumar@sally.utexas.edu) Computer Science Dept. Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 78712. There is much interest in AI in parallel algorithms for exploring higher level knowledge representations and structural relationships. Parallel algorithms for search,combinatorial optimization,constraint satisfaction, parallel production systems,and pattern and graph matching are expressions of this interest. There is also considerable interest and ongoing work on parallel algorithms for lower level analysis of data,in particular,in vision,speech and signal processing,often based on stochastic models. For practical applications of machine intelligence and pattern recognition the question arises as to the extent to which parallelism for high and low level analysis can be achieved in an integrated manner. The workshop will aim at bringing together individuals working in each of the above two aspects of parallel algorithms to consider the basic nature of the procedures involved and the degree to which parallel approaches to high and low level operations in machine intelligence, pattern recognition, and signal processing can be integrated. Contributors interested in participating in this workshop are requested to submit a 1000-2000 word extended abstract of their work on parallel algorithms in areas of Machine Intelligence and Pattern Recognition. Areas of interest include Search Problems in A.I. and Pattern recognition, high and low level processing in Computer Vision, Speech Recognition, Optimization Problems in A.I.,Constraint Satisfaction, and Pattern and Graph matching. Although the number of participants at the workshop must be limited due to limited room size, papers invited for submission on the basis of the abstracts, together with invited papers and discussions presented at the workshop, will all be reviewed for inclusion in an edited volume of the series Machine Intelligence and Pattern Recognition published by North-Holland Publishers. Abstracts should be sent as soon as possible and must reach the organizers no later than June 1,1988. Abstracts may be sent by electronic mail to all the organizers at the e-mail addresses shown. Hard copy versions of each abstract should also be sent to each of the organizers in order to expedite review. Responses to all who submit abstracts will be sent by July 1, 1988. - - -