filer@manse.cs.man.ac.uk (01/10/90)
Call for Papers =============== ****************************************************** * * * 5th Workshop on Explanations - April 25-27th 1990 * * * ****************************************************** Deadline for initial expression of interest: Friday 2nd March 1990. Sponsored by: Department of Trade and Industry, Information Engineering Directorate. The 5th meeting of the Explanation SIG will take place on April 25-27th 1990 at the University of Manchester, UK. The workshop will be limited to approximately 30 places in order to facilitate open discussion. Time will be reserved for demonstrations of KBS which generate explanations. Most sessions will consist of a single group, whose time will be divided up into sections, to consider major themes such as: - The use and semantics of graphical explanations. - The design/generation of explanatory dialogue both on demand and spontaneously. - The design of Inference Engines and Knowledge Bases for explanation. - Why are "explanations" important, who wants them and what for (Such a theme might be directed at developing models of explanation requirement)? Papers from attendees will be published in the workshop proceedings. Contributors who can present systems which can be used as case studies will be especially welcomed. Case studies should ideally be presented in the form of an outline of a problem for which a system is going to be designed. Both completed and prototype systems may be demonstrated. It is an important characteristic of these workshops that ideas as well as developed exemplars are demonstrated and discussed. If you would like to participate, please send a one page abstract of your work relevant to "explanations" to the organiser before Friday 2nd March 1990. Fees for the workshop will be 300 pounds including accommodation and food. UK academics and post-graduate students should have most of their fees paid by the organisers. All correspondance should prominently display your name, address, international telephone number and electronic mail addresses. Organiser: Dr Nick Filer Department of Computer Science University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK EMAIL: nfiler@uk.ac.man.cs or ...!uunet!mcsun!ukc!mucs!nfiler Telephone: +44 61 275 6171 FAX: +44 61 275 6280