john@ai.etl.army.MIL (John Benton) (07/18/88)
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 88 12:48 EDT
From: John Benton <john@ai.etl.army.mil>
To: ailist@ai.ai.mit.edu
Subject: AI Research for the Battlefield Environment
*******************************CALL FOR ABSTRACTS****************************
The U.S. Army Symposium/Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Research for the
Battlefield Environment will be held on November 15-18, 1988 at the Westin
Hotel in El Paso, Texas. The Symposium/Workshop is being held under the
auspices of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and
Acquisition and is co-sponsored by the U.S. Army Engineer Topographic
Laboratories, The Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory and the Ballistic Research
Laboratory. No classified papers will be presented at the Symposium. Extended
abstracts (of 200 to 300 words) addressing the issues listed in the attached
Symposium Program are being solicited. Abstracts which most closely address
these issues will be given preference for acceptance. The abstracts must be
submitted to the Session Chairs listed below by September 1, 1988. Contractors
are reminded to include a clearance from their Contracting Officer with the
abstract. Government authors must include a clearance for the abstract from
their agency. Authors of abstracts accepted for inclusion in the symposium
will be notified not later than September 30 that their abstract has been
accepted and that a camera-ready manuscript must be submitted no later than the
first day of the Symposium. Letters indicated that the papers have been
cleared by the relevant authorities must be included with the submitted paper.
The chairman for the Session on Automated Terrain Reasoning is John R. Benton,
tel: (202)355-2717, Autovon 345-2717, ARPANET: john@etl.arpa. His address is
Commander and Director
U.S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories
ATTN: ETL-RI-I (John Benton)
Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-5546
The chairman for the Session on The Realistic Battlefield is Dr. Howard Holt.
tel: (505)678-2412 or Autovon 258-2412. His address is
Commander and Director
U.S. Army Atmospheric Sciences Lab
ATTN: SLCAS-AS (DR. E. Howard Holt)
White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002-5501
The chairman for the Session on State-of-the-Art Applications is Morton
Hirschberg. tel: (301)278-6661 Autovon 298-6661, ARPANET: mort@brl.arpa
Director
Ballistic Research Laboratory
ATTN: SLCBR-SE-C (M. Hirschberg)
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5066
(Note: Abstracts may be sent by ARPANET to Mr. Benton or Mr. Hirschberg
accompanied by a statement that the abstract has been cleared and that the
the clearance has been mailed.)
John Benton
Program Committee Chairman
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Symposium Program
for
U.S. Army Symposium/Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Research
for the Battlefield Environment
Session I: Introduction and Military Requirements
Session II: Automated Terrain Reasoning
Session Chair: John R. Benton, U.S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories
Assuming the existence of a topographic data base, can automated terrain rea-
soning systems be developed to provide support for operations in the Battle-
field Environment. Submitted papers should address the following questions:
a. What are the relevant military doctrines; can we identify them, con-
vert them to computer representation?
b. What current research on spatial reasoning has been done that is
relevant to exploiting the battlefield environment? What additional
research needs to be done? Can cold weather factors be incorporated into
the research efforts?
c. How will the Condensed Army Mobility Model System (CAMMS) be
integrated into automated terrain reasoning. Are there inadequacies in
the model?
d. What special requirements do terrain reasoning systems put on Geo-
graphic Information Systems (GIS)? Are present GIS's adequate?
e. Do Expert Systems (ES) have a role in spatial reasoning - fundamen-
tally or only as an interface to the military doctrine representation?
f. How can we make the information usable to the GI in the Field? Will
it be at platoon, company, battalion, division or corps? Is it premature
to distinguish applications along these lines?
Session III: The Realistic Battlefield
Session Chairman: Dr. Howard Holt, U.S. Army Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory
How can we apply artificial intelligence techniques for exploitation of the
realistic battlefield environment with multiple sources of smoke, dust and
obscurants? Papers will address the following questions:
a. Is relevant military doctrine subjective? Can it easily be converted
to a computer representation.
b. How can information on smoke and obscurants be usefully presented to
the GI in the field?
c. Can Geographic Information Systems be used to represent obscurants
which move as a function of time. How can obscurant data be made to
interact with a GIS.
d. What role will Expert Systems (ES) play?
Session III: State-of-the Art Applications
Session Chair: Morton Hirschberg, U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Are there any State-of-the Art applications? What are the best candidates for
automating terrain reasoning? Submitted papers should address these questions.