finin@prc.unisys.com (Tim Finin) (09/13/89)
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The Sixth IEEE Conference on
Artificial Intelligence Applications
Fess Parker's Red Lion Resort
Santa Barbara, California
March 5-9, 1990
Sponsored by: The Computer Society of IEEE
The conference is devoted to the application of artificial intelligence
techniques to real-world problems. Two kinds of papers are appropriate:
Case studies of knowledge-based applications that solve significant problems
and stimulate the development of useful techniques. Papers on AI techniques
and principles that underlie knowledge-based systems, and in turn, enable
ever more ambitious real-world applications. This conference provides a
forum for such synergy between applications and AI techniques.
Papers describing significant unpublished results are solicited along
three tracks:
- "Engineering/Manufacturing" Track. Contributions stemming from
the general area of industrial and scientific applications.
- "Business/Decision Support" Track. Contributions stemming from
the general area of business, law and various decision support
applications.
Papers in these two application tracks must: (1) Justfy the use
of the AI technique, based on the problem definition and an
analysis of the application's requirements; (2) Explain how AI
technology was used to solve a significant problem; (3) Describe
the status of the implementation; (4) Evaluate both the
effectiveness of the implementation and the technique used.
- "Enabling Technology" Track. Contributions focusing on techniques
and principles that facilitate the development of practical knowledge
based systems, and can be scaled to handle increasing problem complexity.
Topics include, but not limited to: knowledge
acquisition, representation, reasoning, searching, learning, software
life cycle issues, consistency maintenance, verification/validation,
project management, the user interface, integration, problem-
solving architectures, and general tools.
Papers should be limited to 5000 words. The first page of the paper should
contain the following information (where applicable) in the order shown:
- Title.
- Authors' names and affiliation. (specify student)
- Abstract: A 200 word abstract that includes a clear statement on
what the original contribution is and what new lesson is imparted
by the paper.
- AI topic: Knowledge acquisition, explanation, diagnosis, etc.
- Domain area: Mechanical design, factory scheduling, education,
medicine, etc. Do NOT specify the track.
- Language/Tool: Underlying language and knowledge engineering tools.
- Status: development and deployment status as appropriate.
- Effort: Person-years of effort put into developing the particular
aspect of the project being described.
- Impact: A 20 word description of estimated or measured (specify)
benefit of the application developed.
Each paper accepted for publication will be allotted seven pages in the
conference proceedings. Best papers accepted in the Enabling Technology
track will be considered for a special issue of IEEE Transactions on
Knowledge and Data Engineering (TDKE) to appear in late 1990. Best
papers accepted in the application tracks will be considered for a
special issue of IEEE EXPERT, also to appear in late 1990. In addition,
there will be a best student paper award of $1,500, sponsored by IBM
for this conference.
In addition to papers, we will be accepting the following types of
submissions:
- Proposals for Panel discussions. Topic and desired participants.
Indicate the membership of the panel and whether you are interested
in organizing/moderating the discussion. A panel proposal should
include a 1000-word summary of the proposed subject.
- Proposals for Demonstrations. Videotape and/or description of a live
presentation (not to exceed 1000 words). The demonstration should be
of a particular system or technique that shows the reduction to
practice of one of the conference topics. The demonstration or video
tape should be not longer than 15 minutes.
- Proposals for Tutorial Presentations. Proposals of both an
introductory and advanced nature are requested. Topics should relate
to the management and technical development of usable and useful
artificial intelligence applications. Particularly of interest are
tutorials analyzing classes of applications in depth and techniques
appropriate for a particular class of applications. However, all
topics will be considered. Tutorials are three hours in
duration; copies of slides are to be provided in advance to IEEE for
reproduction.
Each tutorial proposal should include the following:
* Detailed topic list and extended abstract (about 3 pages)
* Tutorial level: introductory, intermediate, or advanced
* Prerequisite reading for intermediate and advanced tutorials
* Short professional vita including presenter's experience in
lectures and tutorials.
- Proposals for Vendor Presentations: A separate session will be held
where vendors will have the opportunity to give an overview to
their AI-based software products and services.
IMPORTANT DATES
- September 29, 1989: Six copies of Papers, and four copies of all
the proposals are due. Submissions not received by that date will
be returned unopened. Electronically transmitted materials will not
be accepted.
- October 30, 1989: Author notifications mailed.
- December 12, 1989: Accepted papers due to IEEE. Accepted tutorial
notes due to Tutorial Chair, Donald Kosy
- March 5-6, 1990: Tutorials
- March 7-9, 1990: Conference
Submit Papers and Other Materials to:
Se June Hong (Room 31-206)
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
P.O. Box 218
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
USA
Phone: (914)-945-2265
CSNET: HONG@IBM.COM
FAX: (914)-945-2141
TELEX: 910-240-0632
Submit Tutorial Proposals to:
Donald Kosy
Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Phone: 412-268-8814
ARPANET: kosy@cs.cmu.edu
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
General Chair
Mark S. Fox, Carnegie-Mellon University
Publicity Chair
Jeff Pepper, Carnegie Group Inc
Tutorial Chair
Donald Kosy, Carnegie Mellon University
Program Committee
Chair Se June Hong, IBM Research
At-large Jan Aikins, AION Corp.
John Gero, University of Sidney
Robert E. Filman, IntelliCorp
Gary Kahn, Carnegie Group
John Mc Dermott, DEC
Engineering/Manufacturing Track
Chair Chris Tong, Rutgers University (Visiting IBM)
Sanjaya Addanki, IBM Research
Alice Agogino, UC Berkeley
Miro Benda, Boeing Computer Services
Sanjay Mittal, Xerox PARC
Duvurru Sriram, MIT
Business/Decision Support Track
Chair Peter Hart, Syntelligence
Chidanand Apte, IBM Research
Vasant Dhar, New York University
Richard Fikes, Price-Waterhouse
Timothy Finin, Unisys Paoli Research Center
Daniel O'Leary, University of Southern California
Enabling Technology Track
Chair Howard Shrobe, Symbolics
Lee Erman, CIMFLEX-Teknowledge
Brian Gaines, University of Calgary
Eric Mays, IBM Research
Kathy McKeown, Columbia University
Katia Sycara, Carnegie-Mellon University
Additional Information
For registration and additional conference information, contact:
CAIA-90
The Computer Society of the IEEE
1730 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1903
Phone: 202-371-0101
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