Date: Sat 8 Oct 1988 14:12-EDT From: AIList Moderator Nick Papadakis Reply-To: AIList@AI.AI.MIT.EDU Us-Mail: MIT LCS, 545 Tech Square, Rm# NE43-504, Cambridge MA 02139 Phone: (617) 253-6524 Subject: AIList Digest V8 #95 To: AIList@AI.AI.MIT.EDU Status: RO AIList Digest Sunday, 9 Oct 1988 Volume 8 : Issue 95 Here we go again (please read) Announcements: Computer Othello Tournament 2nd Generation Expert Systems 1989 Summer Computer Simulation Conference Washington Neural Network Society Meeting 3rd Intl. Conference on Genetic Algorithms AAAIC '88 Annual Survey of AI Applications to Law and Taxation CLP mailing list conceptual structures news group ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 88 22:05 EDT From: AILIST-REQUEST@AI.AI.MIT.EDU Subject: Here we go again (please read) Hardware difficulties with the distribution machine have interrupted AIList service for the past week; apologies to all. 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Cheers, - nick ------------------------------ Date: 26 Sep 88 16:11:25 GMT From: tank!ncar!noao!asuvax!nud!mcdchg!clyde!watmath!csc@oddjob.uchica go.edu (Wade Richards) Subject: Computer Othello Tournament The Fifth Annual University of Waterloo Computer Science Club Computer Othello Tournament When: Saturday, November 12, 1988, 9:00 am EST. Where: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. Math and Computer Building. (Room to be announced.) Who: Anyone. Why: To encourage programming for purposes other than completing CS assignments. The competition is open to anyone and everyone. Each entrant is required to have written a non-commercial computer program which plays the game of Othello. The programs may run on any computer that: a) the competitor can transport to or dial up from the competition site; or b) is available for use by the Computer Science Club. These include a VAX running 4.3BSD, an IBM 4341 running VM/CMS, a Hewlett-Packard 9000 series 200 running HP-UX (similar to System III Unix), and an IBM PC running MS-DOS. The program may be written in any computer language, or implemented in hardware if so desired. Players who are unable to play in person can transmit their moves via bitnet or telephone, or send their program to us. We will appoint a proxy if needed to run your program for you. If you choose to send your program in, please ensure that it will run on a different system without problems. We will accept either executable or source, but source has a much better chance of working. It must be bug free, with complete implementation details. The clearer your documentation is, the better chance we have of successfully compiling your program. Although we will make every reasonable effort, the CSC cannot guarantee your program's operation. In the event that we cannot run your program, we will refund your entry fee. The games will be run under international Othello rules, with each player allotted 30 minutes of playing time per match. The competition will be organized as a Swiss system tournament. A trophy will be provided by the Computer Science Club to the top finisher in the competition, and the winner's name will be inscribed on the permanent tournament trophy. There will also be an award for the top undergraduate finisher from the University of Waterloo. Entry fee for the competition will be $5.00 (Canadian) for Club members and $7.00 (Canadian) for others. An entry form follows in the next article; if you are interested in competing, please fill it out and return it. Those who wish to submit source must have their entry in by Oct. 29, 1988 accompanied by the code. The deadline for other entries is November 5, 1988. If we have to run your executable, it must be in by this date as well. For complete rules or more information, please contact: Computer Science Club MC 3037 University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 (519) 885-1211 ext. 3870 {uunet,clyde,utai}!watmath!csc ------------------------------ Date: 26 Sep 88 16:59:30 GMT From: mcvax!inria!crcge1!david@uunet.uu.net (Marc David) Subject: 2nd Generation Expert Systems AVIGNON 89 ---------- Ninth International Workshop: Expert Systems & their Applications Avignon - France, May 29 - June 2, 1989. Specialized Conference on: SECOND GENERATION EXPERT SYSTEMS =================================== Call for Papers Following the first session on Second Generation Expert Systems organized during the 12th IMACS Congress (Paris, July 18-22, 88), a second specialized conference is organized during Avignon'89. Second Generation Expert Systems are able to combine heuristic reasoning with deeper reasoning, based on a model of the problem domain. The conference will emphasize practical and theoretical issues relating to the cooperation of these two kinds of reason- ing. TOPICS INCLUDE: --------------- - integration of different reasoning techniques; - architecture (preferably implemented) for combining heuristic reasoning and model-based reasoning; - cooperation of multiple expertise; - application of cooperative reasoning to real-world problems (e.g. diagnosis, control, planing, design); - the use of qualitative, causal or temporal reasoning tech- niques to augment heuristic reasoning; - integration of qualitative and quantitative reasoning. In addition to technical quality, papers will be evaluated by their potential to contribute to achieving the goals of Second Generation Expert Systems. SUBMISSION: ----------- Submit 6 copies of full-length papers (no longer than 5000 words; about 20 double-spaced pages) before December 12, 1988 to: ----------------- Jean-Claude Rault - Avignon'89; EC2; 269-287 rue de la Garenne 92000 Nanterre; France tel: 33 - 1 - 47.80.70.00 fax: 33 - 1 - 47.80.66.29 PROGRAM COMMITTEE: ------------------ chairman: Jean-Marc David Laboratoires de Marcoussis route de Nozay 91460 Marcoussis; France tel: 33 - 1 - 64.49.14.89 fax: 33 - 1 - 64.49.06.94 Alice Agogino (University of California at Berkeley; USA); Bert Bredeweg (University of Amsterdam; The Netherlands); B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University; USA); Marie-Odile Cordier (Universite de Rennes; France); Jean-Luc Dormoy (Etudes et Recherches EDF; France); Jean-Paul Krivine (Sedco Forex Schlumberger; France); Benjamin Kuipers (University of Texas at Austin; USA); Robert Milne (Intelligent Applications; UK); Richard Pelavin (Philips Laboratories; USA); Olivier Raiman (Centre Scientifique IBM; France); Reid Simmons (Carnegie-Mellon University; USA); Luc Steels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Belgium); Jon Sticklen (Michigan State University; USA); Pietro Torasso (Universita di Torino; Italy); Louise Trave (LAAS-CNRS; France). ------------------------------ Date: 27 Sep 88 23:15:34 GMT From: killer!pollux!ti-csl!home!sullivan@eddie.mit.edu (Mike Sullivan) Subject: 1989 Summer Computer Simulation Conference ------------------------------------------------------ Call For Papers Summer Computer Simulation Conference Austin, Texas July 24-27, 1989 The 1989 Summer Computer Simulation Conference to be held in Austin, Texas, July 24-27 is looking for abstracts in the area of Knowledge Based Systems and Simulation. Topics we are looking for include the areas of: o Knowledge Based Simulation Theory o Intelligent Simulation Systems o Knowledge Based Simulation Tools o Knowledge Based Systems using Simulation o Knowledge Representation for Simulation o Intelligent Simulation Control Architectures o Applications of Simulation Techniques to Knowledge Based Systems o Interactions Between Conventional Simulations and Knowledge Based Systems Please send your one page abstract to: Society for Computer Simulation P.O. Box 17900 4838 Ronson Court, Suite 'L' San Deigo, CA 92117-7900 ATTN: Group XIII. Please include your name, organization, address and netaddress (if available). Deadline for abstracts is November 1, 1988. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Sep 88 23:18:58 EDT From: weidlich@ludwig.scc.com (Bob Weidlich) Subject: Washington Neural Network Society Meeting The Washington Neural Network Society First General Meeting October 12, 1988 7:00 PM Speaker: Fred Weingard Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Arlington, Virginia. Neural Networks: Overview and Applications Neural networks and neurocomputing provide a novel and promis- ing alternative to conventional computing and artificial in- telligence. Conventional computing is characterized by the use of algorithms to solve well-understood problems. Artifi- cial intelligence approaches are generally characterized by the use of heuristics to obtain good, but not necessarily best, solutions to problems whose solution steps are not so well-understood. In both approaches, knowledge representions or data structures to solve the problem must be worked out in advance and a problem domain expert is essential. These ap- proaches result in systems that are brittle to unexpected in- puts, cannot adapt to a changing environment, and cannot easi- ly take advantage of parallel hardware architectures. Neural network systems, in contrast, can learn to solve a problem by exposure to examples, are naturally parallel, and are ``robust" to novelty. In this talk Fred Weingard will give a general overview of neural networks that covers many of the most promising neural network models, and discuss the applica- tion of such models to three difficult real-world problems -- radar signal processing, optimal decisionmaking, and speech recognition. Fred Weingard heads the Neural Network Design and Applications Group at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Prior to joining Booz, Al- len, Mr. Weingard was a senior intelligence analyst at the De- fense Intelligence Agency. He has degrees in engineering from Cornell University and is completing his doctorate in computer science / artificial intelligence at George Washington Univer- sity. The meeting will be held in the Contel Plaza Building Audito- rium at Contel Federal Systems in Fairfax, Virginia, at the southwest edge of the Fair Oaks mall. Directions from 495 Beltway: Take Route 66 Westbound (toward Front Royal) and get off at route 50 heading west (Exit 15 Dulles/Winchester). Go 1/4 mile on route 50, follow sign to "shopping center". Stay in right lane and merge into service road that circles shop- ping center. Take driveway from service road to Contel build- ing. Address is 12015 Lee Jackson Highway. Contel building is across shopping parking lot from Lord and Taylor, near Sears. For further information call Billie Stelzner at (703) 359-7685. Host for the meeting is the recently-established Contel Technology Center. Dr. Alan Salisbury, Director of the Technology Center, will present a brief introduction to the plans for research and application of technology at the Contel laboratory, including work in artificial intelligence and man-machine interface design. Schedule: 7:00 - 7:15 Welcoming (Alan Salisbury) 7:15 - 8:15 Speaker (Fred Weingard) 8:15 - 8:30 Report on Neural Network Society (Craig Will) 8:30 - 9:30 Reception, informal discussion ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Oct 88 11:31:53 EDT From: John Grefenstette Subject: 3rd Intl. Conference on Genetic Algorithms Call for Papers The Third International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-89) The Third International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA- 89), will be held on June 4-7, 1989 at George Mason University near Washington, D.C. Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of Genetic Algorithms, including: foundations of genetic algorithms, search, optimization, machine learning using genetic algorithms, classifier systems, apportionment of credit algorithms, relationships to other search and learning paradigms. Papers discussing specific applications (e.g., OR, engineering, science, etc.) are encouraged. Important Dates: 10 Feb 89: Submissions must be received by program chair 10 Mar 89: Notification of acceptance or rejection 10 Apr 89: Camera ready revised versions due 4-7 Jun 89: Conference Dates Authors are requested to send four copies (hard copy only) of a full paper by February 10, 1989 to the program chair: Dr. J. David Schaffer Philips Laboratories 345 Scarborough Road Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 ds1@philabs.philips.com (914) 945-6168 Conference Committee: Conference Chair: Kenneth A. De Jong, George Mason University Local Arrangements: Lashon B. Booker, Naval Research Lab Program Chair: J. David Schaffer, Philips Laboratories Program Committee: Lashon B. Booker Lawrence Davis, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. Kenneth A. De Jong David E. Goldberg, University of Alabama John J. Grefenstette, Naval Research Lab John H. Holland, University of Michigan George G. Robertson, Xerox PARC J. David Schaffer Stephen F. Smith, Carnegie-Melon University Stewart W. Wilson, Rowland Institute for Science ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Oct 88 14:34:20 edt From: wilsonjb%avlab.dnet@wpafb-avlab.arpa (Jim Wilson, AFWAL/AAI, 55800) Subject: AAAIC '88 Aerospace Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AAAIC) '88 Special Emphasis On Neural Network Applications LOCATION: Stouffer Dayton Plaza Hotel Dayton, OH DATES: Monday, 24 Oct - Friday, 28 Oct 88 PLENARY SESSION Tuesday Morning Lt General John M. Loh, Commander, USAF Aeronautical Systems Division Dr. Stephen Grossberg, President, Association of Neural Networks TECHNICAL SESSIONS Tuesday - Thursday (in paralell) I. Neural Network Aerospace Applications Integrating Neural Netorks and Expert Systems Neural Networks and Signal Processing Neural Networks and Man-Machine Interface Issues Parallel Processing and Neural Networks Optical Neural Networks Back Propogation with Momentum, Shared Weights and Recurrency Cybernetics II. AI Aerospace Applications Developmental Tools and Operational and Maintenance Issues Using Expert Systems Real Time Expert Systems Automatic Target Recognition Data Fusion/Sensor Fusion Combinatorial Optimaztion for Scheduling and Resource Control Machine Learining, Cognition, and Avionics Applications Advanced Problem Solving Techniques Cooperative and Competitive Network Dynamics in Aerospace Tutorials I. Introduction to Neural Nets Mon 8:30 - 11:30 II. Natural LAnguage Processing 8:30 - 11:30 III. Conditioned Response in Neural Nets 1:30 - 4:30 IV. Verification and Validation of Knowledge 1:30 - 4:30 Based Systems Workshops I. Robotics, Vision, and Speech Fri 8:30 - 11:30 II. AI and Human Engineering Issues 8:30 - 11:30 III. Synthesis of Intelligence 1:30 - 4:30 IV. A Futurists View of AI 1:30 - 4:30 REGISTRATION INFORMATION (after 30 Sept) Conference $225 Individual Tech Session (ea) $ 50 Tutorials (ea) $ 50 Workshops (ea) $ 50 Conference Reistration includes: Plenary Session Tuesday Luncheon Wednesday Banquet All Technical Sessions Proceedings Tutorials and Workshops are extra. For more information, contact: AAAIC '88 Dayton SIGART P.O. Box 31434 Dayton, OH 45431 Darrel Vidrine (513) 255-2446 Hotel information: Stouffer Dayton Plaza Hotel (513) 224-0800 Rates: Govt Non-Govt Single $55 $75 Double $60 $80 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Oct 88 14:58:46 EDT From: donald berman Subject: Annual Survey of AI Applications to Law and Taxation I am editing THE ANNUAL SURVEY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LAW which will cover automated practice systems, expert systems, conceptual retrieval from legal data bases, computer assisted education, hypertext, and decision analysis. I invite researchers and developers to submit short articles; users to submit product reviews; and developers to submit information about their AI products for listing in a comprehensive directory. For more information you may either reply to this electronic message or contact Professor Donald H. Berman Center for Law & Computer Science Northeastern University 400 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 tel. (617) 437-3346 Berman@corwin.ccs.northeastern.edu ------------------------------ Date: 6 Oct 88 19:41:28 GMT From: THUNDER.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU!spiro@pt.cs.cmu.edu (Spiro Michaylov) Subject: CLP mailing list The CLP mailing list has been created and is going strong. If you have asked to be put on it and have not received any messages it is probably because I haven't been able to get your e-mail address working. If this is the case, please mail clp-request@cs.cmu.edu with lots of alternative e-mail addresses for me to try. In particular, the following addresses are causing problems ...!utacs.uta.fi!ph (user doesn't exist) ...!aida!em (host doesn't exist) clp%inf21@ztivax.siemens.com (host has gone away?) ---------------------------- Spiro Michaylov Carnegie Mellon Computer Science. ------------------------------ Date: 7 Oct 88 19:42:39 GMT From: busalacc@umn-cs.arpa (Perry J. Busalacchi) Subject: conceptual structures news group Conceptual Structures News Group -------------------------------- As was discussed at the annual conceptual graphs workshop, a new news group is being formed which will focus on discussions pertaining to John Sowa's Conceptual Structure theory. This group will be monitored by Perry Busalacchi (University of Minnesota). If you are interested in subscribing send mail to busalacc@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu. Received mail will be compiled into a weekly newsletter and sent to all subscribing parties. -perry ------------------------------ End of AIList Digest ********************