[comp.ai.digest] SGAICO conference announcement

dvorak@iam.unibe.ch (Jiri Dvorak) (07/12/88)

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 88 06:53 EDT
From: Jiri Dvorak <dvorak%iam.unibe.ch@RELAY.CS.NET>
To: ailist@mc.lcs.mit.edu
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Subject: SGAICO conference announcement


  SWISS GROUP OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE (SGAICO)
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                      1988 ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON
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   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLY, AND ROBOTICS
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The conference will be held at the University of Berne on October 5, 1988.
Besides invited overview lectures presenting the state of the art and
future trends there will be a poster session and reports on current work
in Switzerland (and perhaps other European countries).


A                          ONE DAY TUTORIAL
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will precede the conference on October 4, 1988. 


CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

H. Bunke, University of Berne: Opening
K. Kempf, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA: Practical Applications of Artificial
   Intelligence in Manufacturing
B. Neumann, University of Hamburg: Planning and Configuration Based on
   Knowledge Hierarchies
K. Konolige, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA: Integrating Perception,
   Action, and Intention
J. Troccaz, University of Grenoble: Automatic Robot Programming: On-going
   Research and Future Trends
R. Bless, M. Mueller, ETH Zuerich: ARM: Automated Robust Assembly
C.V. Rusca, EPF Lausanne: The IRMA Project: Towards a Robust Parallel Logic
   Programming Environment in Robotics
E. Gmuer, H. Bunke, University of Berne: PHI-1: A Robot Vision System Based
   on CAD Models
J.P. Mueller, University of Neuchatel: MARS: Mobile Autonomous Robot System
P. Rixhon, P. Rixhon AG, Basel: Integrated Configuration Systems - the
   "Mehrstrom" Experience
Panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Switzerland.

TUTORIAL PROGRAM

A. Kak, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN: Scene understanding with
   reflectance and range images
R. Dillmann, University of Karlsruhe: CAD-Oriented Programming of Robot
   Applications
Prof. J.-P. Mueller, University of Neuchatel: Planning for Artificial
   Intelligence Based Robotics
B. Neumann, University of Hamburg: Introduction to Configuration Expert
   Systems 


For more information contact

Prof. H. Bunke
Program chairman SGAICO '88
Institut fuer Informatik und angew. Mathematik
Universitaet Bern
Laenggassstrasse 51
CH-3012 Bern / Switzerland
Tel. (+41 31) 65 44 51 or 65 86 81

or

J. Dvorak   (local organization)
at the same address
Tel. (+41 31) 65 49 02
Email: dvorak@iam.unibe.ch
    or dvorak%iam.unibe.ch@relay.cs.net
 UUCP: ..!uunet!mcvax!iam.unibe.ch!dvorak


Fees:
                          conference:   tutorial:
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   SI or SVI/FSI member    130.- Sfr    120.- Sfr 
   non members             200.- Sfr    250.- Sfr
   registered students      50.- Sfr     40.- Sfr

   These fees include one copy of the conference proceedings and
   tutorial material.


For registration please contact the SI secretariat (Ms. A.-M. Nicolet),
Schwandenholzstrasse 286, 8052 Zuerich, Switzerland. Tel: (+41 1) 371 73 42.