pdk@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de (workshop organizers) (03/25/91)
PDK '91
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
International Workshop
on
PROCESSING DECLARATIVE KNOWLEDGE
-- Representation and Implementation Methods --
July 1-3, 1991 Kaiserslautern, Germany
The high description level of declarative representation formalisms
facilitates readability, maintenance, and parallelization of knowledge
bases; their orientation toward logic enables clear semantics. However, the
processing of large declarative knowledge bases is becoming efficient only
with the use of modern implementation techniques. For instance, the
increased gap to von Neumann machines may be bridged by (global) static
analysis and (multi-stage) transformation/compilation of the representation
formalisms. The workshop addresses researchers and developers with
interests ranging from logic programming to expert-system shells. Critics
of declarative-knowledge processing (e.g. having procedural, object-
oriented, or connectionist points of view) are also welcome.
The technical program will consist of:
- Contributed papers selected by the international program committee
- Invited talks by leading experts in the field:
Pascal van Hentenryck, Brown University, Providence
Andrew Taylor, University of Sidney
Carlo Zaniolo, MCC Austin
- A panel discussion: "Declarative and procedural paradigms - do they
really compete?"
- Demonstrations of implemented systems
Registration fee:
Early registration (before May 15): 290.- DM (or $210)
(students: 90.- DM or $65)
Late registration (received after May 15): 340.- DM (or $245)
(students: 140.- DM or $100)
Registration fee will cover the technical program of the conference, a
banquet, coffee/tea etc., and a copy of the preprints of the proceedings
and the book proceedings per registrant. A limited number of scholarships
is available, especially to researchers from Eastern Europe (please send an
informal application showing your involvement in the field). For further
information, registration and hotel reservation forms, please contact the
conference office:
PDK
DFKI GmbH
P. O. Box 2080
6750 Kaiserslautern
F. R. Germany
Phone: +49-631-205-3470, FAX: +49-631-205-3210
email: pdk@informatik.uni-kl.de
Program Committee:
Hassan Ait-Kaci, DEC Paris
Hans-Juergen Appelrath, University of Oldenburg
Woody Bledsoe, University of Texas at Austin
Egon Boerger, University of Pisa
Harold Boley, DFKI Kaiserslautern
Maurice Bruynooghe, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Tim Finin, Unisys Paoli
Hervi Gallaire, Bull Paris
Jan Grabowski, Humboldt University Berlin
Alexander Herold, ECRC Munich
Robert Kowalski, Imperial College London
Hans Langmaack, University of Kiel
Jean-Louis Lassez, IBM Yorktown Heights
Michael M. Richter, DFKI Kaiserslautern (Chair)
Erik Sandewall, University of Linkvping
John Taylor, Hewlett Packard Bristol
Andrei Voronkov, Int. Lab. of Intelligent Systems Novosibirsk
Associated Societies:
The workshop is organized by the German Research Center for Artificial
Intelligence (DFKI) in cooperation with the Association for Logic
Programming (ALP) and the Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. (GI).
System Presentations:
Applications for system presentations consisting of a system mini-
description of 1-3 pages as well as a specification of the
hardware/software required should arrive by 3 June 1991. Our computing
environment includes SUNs 4/390 with Ivory Boards, a KCM, and Macintoshs
IIfx. 3 June 1991 is also the deadline to apply for the exhibition of books
and products related to the scope of PDK'91.
Location:
The workshop will take place at the University of Kaiserslautern, Building
57. Kaiserslautern is located in the southwest of Germany with good car and
train connections to the airports of Frankfurt (150 km), Stuttgart (150
km), Saarbruecken (70 km), and Paris (450 km).
Miscellanea:
You are invited to arrive on Sunday 30 June 1991: there will be a workshop
reception in the evening. Lunch is available in the university cafeteria or
off the campus. There will be a banquet on Tuesday, 2 July 1991, which is
included in the registration fee. Tickets for accompanying persons are
available at the registration desk during the workshop. A hike through the
adjacent Palatinate Forest will be offered, giving space for informal
conversations.
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PDK'91
Registration form
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Please mark the item that applies to your registration:
Early registration Late registration
(before 15 May 1991): (received after 15 May 1991):
[ ] 290.- DM (or $210) [ ] 340.- DM (or $245)
[ ] 90.- DM (or $65) for students* [ ] 140.- DM (or $100) for students*
* Please enclose a copy of your valid student-ID
Registration will include a copy of the preprints of the proceedings, the
book proceedings, a banquet, and coffee/tea during the workshop.
If written notifications of withdrawal arrive before 1 June 1991, 90 % of
the registration fee will be refunded. Refunds cannot be made if
participation is cancelled after 1 June 1991.
Name: ____________________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________
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Phone: _____________________________ e-mail:______________________________
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Please send to: PDK
DFKI GmbH
P.O. Box 2080
6750 Kaiserslautern / F.R. Germany
Telefax: +49-631-205-3210
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Please enclose the fee either using traveler's check (preferably in DM) or
check made payable to DFKI GmbH, or transfer the amount to the following bank
account:
Account-Name: DFKI-GmbH, Sonderkonto PDK'91
Account-No: 028 000 842
Bank: Stadtsparkasse Kaiserslautern
BLZ: 540 510 10
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PDK'91
Hotel Reservation Form
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IMPORTANT: For orders received after 31 May 1991
hotel reservation cannot be guaranteed
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[ ] 60.- to 100.- DM
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Please send to: STADTVERWALTUNG
Verkehrs- und Informationsamt
Postfach 1320
6750 Kaiserslautern / West Germany
Telefax: +49-631-852-2553
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The Verkehrsamt in Kaiserslautern is committed to arrange your accomodations.
Your should (air) mail your order early, so that we can find a free room in
the category specified. If this is not possible, a reservation is arranged
in the next lower or higher category.
The Verkehrsamt acts only as a mediator. Reservations arriving in time will
be confirmed by letter or telefax. Otherwise the hotel address can be asked
for at the Verkehrsamt, phone +49-631-852-2317 or fax +49-631-852-2553.
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