[comp.ai.neural-nets] CONFERENCE-ON-PRAGMATICS-IN-AI

paul@nmsu.edu (Paul McKevitt) (11/15/89)

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FROM: Organizing Committee RMCAI-90:

Paul Mc Kevitt                Yorick Wilks
Research Scientist            Director
CRL                           CRL


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SUBJECT: Please post the following in your Laboratory/Department/Journal:
  
                            CALL FOR PAPERS 

  
                   Pragmatics in Artificial Intelligence
       5th Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial Intelligence (RMCAI-90)
                Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, June 28-30, 1990 

  
PRAGMATICS PROBLEM:
The problem of pragmatics in AI is one of developing theories, models,
and implementations of systems that make effective use of contextual
information to solve problems in changing environments.
 
CONFERENCE GOAL: 
This conference will provide a forum for researchers from all
subfields of AI to discuss the problem of pragmatics in AI.
The implications that each area has for the others in tackling
this problem are of particular interest.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
In cooperation with:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (pending approval)
Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence (SIGART) (pending approval)
U S WEST Advanced Technologies and the Rocky Mountain Society
for Artificial Intelligence (RMSAI)

With grants from:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence (SIGART)
U S WEST Advanced Technologies and the Rocky Mountain Society
for Artificial Intelligence (RMSAI)

THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT:
Las Cruces, lies in THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT (New Mexico),
USA and is situated in the Rio Grande Corridor with the scenic
Organ Mountains overlooking the city. The city is
close to Mexico, Carlsbad Caverns, and White Sands National Monument.
There are a number of Indian Reservations and Pueblos in the Land Of
Enchantment and the cultural and scenic cities of Taos and Santa Fe
lie to the north. New Mexico has an interesting mixture of Indian, Mexican
and Spanish culture. There is quite a variation of Mexican and New
Mexican food to be found here too.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
The Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial Intelligence is a
major regional forum in the USA for scientific exchange and presentation
of AI research.
 
The conference emphasizes discussion and informal interaction
as well as presentations.
 
The conference encourages the presentation of completed research,
ongoing research, and preliminary investigations.
 
Researchers from both within and outside the region
are invited to participate.
 
Some travel awards will be available for qualified applicants.
 
FORMAT FOR PAPERS:
Submitted papers should be double spaced and no more than 5 pages
long. E-mail versions will not be accepted.

Send 3 copies of your paper to:
 
Paul Mc Kevitt,
Program Chairperson, RMCAI-90,
Computing Research Laboratory (CRL),
Dept. 3CRL, Box 30001,
New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001, USA. 

 
DEADLINES:
Paper submission: March 1st, 1990
Pre-registration: April 1st, 1990
Notice of acceptance: May 1st, 1990
Final papers due: June 1st, 1990 

 
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Jennifer Griffiths, Local Arrangements Chairperson, RMCAI-90.
(same postal address as above).

INQUIRIES:
Inquiries regarding conference brochure and registration form
should be addressed to the Local Arrangements Chairperson.

Inquiries regarding the conference program should be addressed
to the program Chairperson.

Local Arrangements Chairperson: E-mail: INTERNET: rmcai@nmsu.edu
                                Phone: (+ 1 505)-646-5466
                                Fax: (+ 1 505)-646-6218.

Program Chairperson: E-mail: INTERNET: paul@nmsu.edu
                     Phone: (+ 1 505)-646-5109
                     Fax: (+ 1 505)-646-6218.

 
TOPICS OF INTEREST: 
You are invited to submit a research paper addressing  Pragmatics
in AI , with any of the following orientations:
 
  Philosophy, Foundations and Methodology
  Knowledge Representation
  Neural Networks and Connectionism
  Genetic Algorithms, Emergent Computation, Nonlinear Systems
  Natural Language and Speech Understanding
  Problem Solving, Planning, Reasoning
  Machine Learning
  Vision and Robotics
  Applications
 

INVITED SPEAKERS: 
The following researchers have agreed to speak at the
conference (a number of others have been invited):
 
Martin Casdagli, Los Alamos National Laboratory USA
(Dynamical systems, Artificial neural nets, Applications)

Arthur Cater, University College Dublin IRELAND
(Robust Parsing)

James Martin, University of Colorado at Boulder USA
(Metaphor and Context)

Derek Partridge, University of Exeter UK
(Connectionism, Learning)

Philip Stenton, Hewlett Packard UK
(Natural Language Interfaces)

 
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
 
John Barnden, New Mexico State University 
(Connectionism, Beliefs, Metaphor processing)

Hans Brunner, U S WEST Advanced Technologies 
(Natural language interfaces, Dialogue interfaces)

Martin Casdagli, Los Alamos National Laboratory
(Dynamical systems, Artificial neural nets, Applications)

Mike Coombs, New Mexico State University 
(Problem solving, Adaptive systems, Planning)

Thomas Eskridge, Lockheed Missile and Space Co. 
(Analogy, Problem solving)

Chris Fields, New Mexico State University 
(Neural networks, Nonlinear systems, Applications)

Roger Hartley, New Mexico State University 
(Knowledge Representation, Planning, Problem Solving)

Paul Mc Kevitt,  New Mexico State University
(Natural language interfaces, Dialogue modeling)

Joe Pfeiffer, New Mexico State University 
(Computer Vision, Parallel architectures)

Keith Phillips, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 
(Computer vision, Mathematical modeling)

Yorick Wilks, New Mexico State University 
(Natural language processing, Knowledge representation)

Scott Wolff, U S WEST Advanced Technologies 
(Intelligent tutoring, User interface design, Cognitive modeling)


REGISTRATION: 
Pre-Registration: Professionals $50.00; Students $30.00
(Pre-Registration cutoff date is April 1st 1990)
Registration: Professionals $70.00; Students $50.00

(Copied proof of student status is required).

Registration form (IN BLOCK CAPITALS).
Enclose payment
(ONLY checks in dollars and drawn on a US bank accepted).

Send to the following address (MARKED REGISTRATION):

	Jennifer Griffiths,
	Local Arrangements Chairperson, RMCAI-90
	Computing Research Laboratory
	Dept. 3CRL, Box 30001, NMSU
	Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001, USA.

 
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Organizing Committee RMCAI-90:

Paul Mc Kevitt                Yorick Wilks
Research Scientist            Director
CRL                           CRL

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Paul Mc Kevitt,
Computing Research Laboratory,
Dept. 3CRL, Box 30001,
New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001, USA.

505-646-5109/5466

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