[comp.ai.digest] Conference - Office Knowledge

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            Office Knowledge: Representation, Management and Utilization
                                University of Toronto
                             IFIP WG8.4 Workshop Program

                For information contact: Fred Lochovsky, fred@csri.toronto.edu

                              Monday, August 17th, 1987
          8:00-9:00 Registration
          9:00-9:15 Workshop Opening Remarks
          9:15-10:45 Session: Invited Talk
             Objects and Things.   D. Tsichritzis,  Universite  de  Geneve,
               Switzerland
          11:15-12:45 Session: Supporting Organizational Activities
             Ubik: A System for Conceptual and Organizational  Development.
               P. de Jong, MIT, U.S.A.
             KNOOM - KNowledge  Oriented  Office  Model  Representation  of
               Knowledge  in  the  Office.   M. Hofmann, Universitaet Wien,
               Austria
             OTM: A Language  for  Representing  Concurrent  Office  Tasks.
               J. Hogg, University of Toronto, Canada
          2:00-3:30 Session: Invited Talk
             Representing  Office  Work   with   Goals   and   Constraints.
               W.B. Croft, University of Massachusetts, U.S.A.
          4:00-5:30   Session: Representing,   Querying   and    Generating
                              Office Objects
             Time  Management  in  the  Office-net  System.    R. Maiocchi,
               R. Zicari,   Politecnico   di   Milano,   Italy,  M. Fugini,
               Universita di Brescia, Italy
             Towards  a  Graphic  Query  Interface  for  Complex   Objects.
               G. Lausen, Universitaet Mannheim, West Germany, A. Oberweis,
               Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, West Germany
             Knowledge Representation and Utilization in  Automatic  Office
               Form  Generation.   K. Watabe, K. Tsuruoka, NEC Corporation,
               Japan
          5:30-6:30 Reception
          6:30-7:30 Demonstration
             Meta-Data for Automating the Management of Office Information.
               R.E.A. Mason, A. Benjamin, J.R. Tessier, Online People Inc.,
               Canada
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                             Tuesday, August 18th, 1987
          9:00-10:30 Session: Invited Talk
             Organizational Semantics.  C. Hewitt, MIT, U.S.A.
          11:00-12:30 Session: Problem Solving
             An   Office   Environment   to   Support   Problem    Solving.
               P.W.G. Bots,   H.G. Sol,  Delft  University  of  Technology,
               Netherlands
             Generic   Knowledge   in   Office   Activities.    A.A. Araya,
               M.J. Stefik, Xerox PARC, U.S.A.
             EXPERTNET: An Approach to Resource Sharing  on  a  Network  of
               Workstations.    A. Allam,  Northern  Telecom  Canada  Ltd.,
               Canada, G.M. White, University of Ottawa, Canada
          2:00-3:30 Session: Text and Pictures
             Semantics and Conceptual Modelling of  Documents.   F. Barbic,
               S. Daneluzzi,    F. Garzotto,    S. Mainetti,    P. Paolini,
               Politecnico di Milano, Italy
             Knowledge-Based Text Processing in  Office  Environments:  The
               Text   Condensation  System  TOPIC.   U. Hahn,  Universitaet
               Passau, West Germany, U. Reimer, Universitaet Konstanz, West
               Germany
             Knowledge  Base  for  Storage  and  Retrieval   of   Pictures.
               B. Beetz, SEL Research Center, West Germany
          4:00-5:30 Session: Poster Session
             Artificial Intelligence and Organizational  Design:  Prospects
               of  Integrating  Two  Perspectives.   U. Frank, Universitaet
               Mannheim, West Germany
             Intermediate  Knowledge  Representation  for  Extended  Office
               Systems.  E.S. Cordingley, University of Surrey, England
             Intelligent  Interfaces  for   Office   Information   Systems.
               B.C. Desai,   Concordia   University,   Canada,  C. Frasson,
               J. Vaucher, Universite de Montreal, Canada
             Managing  Office  Knowledge  through  Conceptual   Structures.
               G. Berg-Cross, Advanced Decision Systems, U.S.A.
             Picture Management on Optical Disks: A Practical  Approach  on
               Micro-computers.   S. Miranda,  N. Le  Thanh,  A.C. Salgado,
               E. Borelli-Vittori, Universite de Nice, France
             Managing    Replicas    in    Distributed    Telephone/Address
               Directories.   H.M. Gladney,  IBM  Almaden  Research Center,
               U.S.A.
          7:30 Banquet
          _________________________________________________________________
                            Wednesday, August 19th, 1987
          9:00-10:30 Session: Invited Talk
             NICK:  Intelligent  Computer   Supported   Cooperative   Work.
               C. Ellis, MCC, U.S.A.
          11:00-12:30 Session: Office Communication
             Solving the Connection  Problem.   M.S. Mazer,  University  of
               Toronto, Canada
             Viewing  Communication  as  a  Problem  Solving  Activity:  An
               Enrichment   Towards  Supporting  Cooperative  Office  Work.
               C.C. Woo, F.H. Lochovsky, University of Toronto, Canada
             CHAOS: A Knowledge-Based System for Conversing Inside Offices.
               F. De    Cindio,    C. Simone,   R. Vassallo,   A. Zanaboni,
               Universita di Milano, Italy
          2:00-3:30 IFIP WG8.4 Business Meeting