rajd@cel.fmc.COM (Rajendra Dodhiawala) (03/11/88)
Workshop Announcement -- Call For Participation
THE SECOND WORKSHOP ON BLACKBOARD SYSTEMS
Sponsored by AAAI
Congress Suite, Radisson St. Paul Hotel, St. Paul, Minnesota
Wednesday, August 24, 1988
(Parallel activity during AAAI '88)
(Note change in date from previous announcements of the workshop)
The Second Workshop on Blackboard Systems will address issues that pertain to
the design, implementation and applications of blackboard systems. Emergence
of blackboard systems as practical tools to implement a diversity of
applications has raised some important questions about the various aspects that
need further investigation. The focus of the workshop will be to discuss the
following interest areas in blackboard systems:
1. Control and Organization Issues: What is the approach taken to control the
problem solving and the rationale for the choice? What is the ramifications on
performance? What are the mechanisms available for organizing knowledge in such
systems? What is the ramifications of organization in control?
Moderator: Vic Lesser
2. Real-time Issues: What is the applicability of blackboard systems to
real-time problems? How is the architecture enhanced or reduced to meet the
needs of real-time problem-solving? There is increasing interest on the role of
parallelism at the system level to achieve real-time performance. How can
parallelism or distribution be exploited to provide for real-time performance?
Moderator: Roberto Bisiani
3. Applications: In what innovative ways can the blackboard system be used to
address particular problems or classes of problems? Comparisons with alternate
approaches and paradigms, why they fail, and distinctive features of the
blackboard paradigm that had the greatest impact should be highlighted.
Moderator: Bob Engelmore
To encourage vigorous interaction and exchange of ideas between those
attending, the workshop will be limited to approximately 30 participants. There
will be three panel sessions, one for each of the three subject areas listed
above. There will also be a free form discussion session to address unanswered
questions. The format of the panels will be decided by the respective
moderators.
All submitted papers will be refereed with respect to how well they identify
and discuss the factors affecting the design and implementation of blackboard
systems. Authors should discuss their design decisions (why a particular
approach was selected); what worked, what did not and why; the advantages,
disadvantages and limitations of their approach; and what they would recommend
to others developing such systems. Preference will be given to those papers
that discuss approaches that have been demonstrated in real applications.
Workshop planning committee and referees:
Roberto Bisiani, Carnegie Mellon University
Harold Brown, Stanford University
Dan Corkill, University of Massachusetts
Robert Engelmore, Stanford University
Lee Erman, Teknowledge, Inc.
Barbara Hayes-Roth, Stanford University
Victor Lesser, University of Massachusetts
Penny Nii, Stanford University
D. Sriram, MIT
Submission Details: Five copies of an extended abstract, double spaced up to
4000 words, should be submitted to either of the workshop co-chairs before May
10, 1988. Acceptances will be mailed by June 30, 1988. Final copies of the
papers will be required by July 31, 1988.
Title Page: The extended abstract must have a title page which lists the names
and addresses, including electronic addresses if any, of all the authors. All
communication will be with the first author, unless indicated otherwise. Since
there may be overlaps in the subject areas of this workshop, authors are
encouraged to mention on the title page the area in which they think their work
best contributes.
Edited Volume: Academic Press (HBJ Publishers) have agreed to publish an edited
volume of the current and outstanding papers in the subject areas of this
workshop. The papers for this volume will be selected from the submissions to
this workshop and the proceedings of the first workshop. However, there will be
an additional review process to select the final set of papers for the edited
volume.
Workshop Co-chairs:
V. Jagannathan, M/S 7L-64 R. T. Dodhiawala
Boeing Advanced Technology Center FMC Central Engineering Labs
Boeing Computer Services 1205 Coleman Avenue, Box 580
P. O. Box 24346 Santa Clara, CA 95052
Seattle, WA 98124-0346. (408) 289-3303
(206)865-3240. rajd@cel.fmc.com
juggy@boeing.com
Important dates:
May 10, 1988: Extended Abstracts due (5 copies)
June 30, 1988: Notification of acceptance
July 31, 1988: Final versions of papers and abstracts due.
August 24, 1988: Workshop
- rajendra