taylor@hplabsz.UUCP (10/29/87)
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Call for Participation:
3RD KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
Sponsored by the:
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AAAI)
Banff, Canada
November 7-11, 1988
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 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 an abstract (from 4 to 8 pages) or a full-length paper (up
to 20 pages) should be sent to John Boose before May 15, 1988. Acceptance
notices will be mailed by July 15. Full papers (20 pages) should be
returned to the chairman by September 30, 1988, so that they may be bound
together for distribution at the workshop.
Ideal abstracts and papers will make pragmatic or theoretical contributions
supported by a computer implementation, and explain them clearly in the
context of existing knowledge acquisition literature. Variations will be
considered if they make a clear contribution to the field (for example,
comparative analyses, major implementations or extensions, or other
analyses of existing techniques).
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
Advanced Technology Center
Boeing Computer Services, 7L-64
PO Box 24346
Seattle, Washington, USA 98124
(206) 865-3253
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
Brian Gaines
Department of Computer Science
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
(403) 220-5901
Program and Local Arrangements Committee:
Jeffrey Bradshaw, Boeing Computer Services
B. Chandrasekaran, Ohio State University
William Clancey, Stanford University
Michael J. Freiling, Tektronix, Inc.
Catherine Kitto, Boeing Computer Services
Sandra Marcus, Boeing Computer Services
John McDermott, Digital Equipment Corporation
Ryszard Michalski, University of Illinois
Mildred Shaw, University of Calgary
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