Date: Fri 9 Dec 1988 13:58-EST 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 #137 To: AIList@AI.AI.MIT.EDU Status: RO AIList Digest Saturday, 10 Dec 1988 Volume 8 : Issue 137 Announcements: Urgent Note on IJCAI Deadline Change in Symposium Series Deadline Dates (AAAI) Neural Networks Training Program at UCSD Second European Natural Language Generation Workshop Workshop on Formal Aspects of Semantic Networks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 02 Dec 88 20:09:10 PST (Fri) From: sridhara@cel.fmc.com (Sridharan) Subject: Urgent Note on IJCAI Deadline There has been some confusion on Deadlines for paper submission to IJCAI89. If the paper arrives by Dec 12th at the AAAI-Office it has made the deadline. Another slew of questions have been regarding Margins. Please consider margin requirement flexible. Titles, Abstracts, Figures, References (everything that should be appearing in the proceedings) count to the page limit. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1988 14:53:11 PST From: AAAI Subject: Change in Symposium Series Deadline Dates We have extended the deadline dates for the submission of abstracts or papers to the Spring Symposium to be held on Stanford's campus, March 28-30, 1989. The revised deadline date is now DECEMBER 23, 1988. Please send your submission to the following chair: AI and Software Engineering-David Barstow, Schlumberger Doll Research, Old Quarry Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877-4108 AI in Manufacturing-Mark Fox, Robotics Institute, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Knowledge System Development Tools and Languages-Richard Fikes, Price Waterhouse, 68 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Planning and Search-Richard Kord, CS Dept, 3532H Boelter Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 Robot Navigation-Bill Thompson, CS Dept, 4-192 EE?CS Bldg, 200 Union ST, SE University of Minnesota, UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUuUUUUUUUUUUUUU ------------------------------ Date: 1 Dec 88 18:41:46 GMT From: elman@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu (Jeff Elman) Subject: neural networks training program at UCSD RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAM IN NEURAL MODELLING FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGISTS Center for Research in Language University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California 92093 The Center for Research in Language at UCSD has just obtained a pilot grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, to provide 5 - 10 developmental psychologists at any level (dissertation students through senior investigators) with short-term training in neural computation. The program has two goals: (1) To encourage developmental psychologists in target interest areas (speech, language, early visual-motor and cognitive development, future oriented processes) to begin making use of connectionist modelling as a tool for evaluating theories of learning and change; (2) To encourage greater use of realistic developmental data in the connectionist enterprise. Our experience at UCSD suggests that a well-prepared and computer literate developmental psychologist can learn to make productive use of neural modelling techniques in a relatively short period of time, i.e. 2 weeks to 3 months, depending on level of interest and prior experience. Appli- cants may request training periods in this range at any point from 9/89 through 8/90. Depending on the trainee's needs and resources, we will provide (1) lodging at UCSD, (2) travel (in some cases), (3) access to SUN and VAX works- tations with all necessary software, and (4) hourly services of an individual programmer/tutor who will supervise the trainee's progress through self-paced learning materials while assisting in the implementation of the trainee's pro- posed developmental project. Trainees are also welcome to attend seminars and workshops, and to consult with the rela- tively large number of faculty involved in connectionist modelling at UCSD. Applicants are asked to submit 5 - 10 page proposals outlining a specific modelling project in a well-defined domain of developmental psychology. Criteria for evaluating proposals will include (1) the scientific merit and feasi- bility of the project itself (2) the applicant's computer sophistication and probability of success with short term training, (3) the probability that the applicant can and will continue working at the interface between neural model- ling and developmental psychology (including access to ade- quate computer facilities at the applicant's home site). Applicants should indicate the preferred duration and start- ing date for the training program. Applications should be submitted to Jeff Elman, Direc- tor, Center for Research on Language, University of Califor- nia, San Diego, La Jolla, Ca. 92093. For further informa- tion, contact Jeff Elman (619-534-1147) or Elizabeth Bates (619-534-3007). Email inquiries may be sent to elman@amos.ling.ucsd.edu or bates@amos.ling.ucsd.edu. ------------------------------ Date: 5 Dec 88 20:16:23 GMT From: Robert Dale Subject: Second European Natural Language Generation Workshop Call for Participation in The Second European Workshop on Natural Language Generation 6th-8th April 1989 University of Edinburgh Scotland PURPOSE AND SCOPE: Following on from the successful First European Workshop on Language Generation held at Abbey de Royaumont, near Paris, in January 1987, this workshop aims to bring together researchers in a rapidly growing field. Papers are invited on substantial, original and unpublished research on all aspects of natural language generation, including, but not limited to, text planning, the use of discourse and hearer models in generation, the generation of referring expressions, and the use of linguistically well-founded grammars in generation. SUBMISSIONS: Contributors interested in participating in this workshop are requested to submit three copies of an extended abstract not to exceed five double-spaced pages (exclusive of references) in a font no smaller than 10 point (elite). The title page should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), complete addresses (including email address if available), a short (5 line) summary, and a specification of the topic area. Send to: Chris Mellish Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh 80 South Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1HN, Scotland (+44) 31 225 7774 ext 247 chrism%uk.ac.ed.aiva@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk SCHEDULE: Extended abstracts should be received prior to January 31st 1989. Approximately 15 abstracts will be accepted for presentation at the workshop. Authors will be notified of acceptance by February 28th 1989. WORKSHOP INFORMATION: Attendance at the workshop will be limited to 30 people. Copies of the chosen abstracts will be sent to each participant prior to the workshop. Presenters will be encouraged to expand their abstracts for inclusion in the workshop proceedings, which will be published after the workshop. The workshop has been timed to immediately precede the European ACL meeting, being held in Manchester, England from 10th-12th April 1989. Details of the ACL conference can be obtained from Harold Somers, Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, England; (+44) 61 236-3311 ext 2333. The cost of the workshop, including accommodation and lunches but not evening meals, is expected to be in the region of UK pounds 100 per person. The workshop is supported by the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour. Local arrangements are being handled by Robert Dale, Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh, 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW; (+44) 31 667 1011 ext 6470; rda%uk.ac.ed.epistemi@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk ORGANISING COMMITTEE: Chris Mellish, Robert Dale, and Michael Zock. -- Robert Dale Phone: +44 31 667 1011 x6470 | University of Edinburgh UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!its63b!epistemi!rda | Centre for Cognitive Science ARPA: rda%epistemi.ed.ac.uk@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk | 2 Buccleuch Place JANET: rda@uk.ac.ed.epistemi | Edinburgh EH8 9LW Scotland ------------------------------ Date: 8 Dec 88 20:52:25 EST From: John Sowa Subject: Workshop on Formal Aspects of Semantic Networks WORKSHOP ON FORMAL ASPECTS OF SEMANTIC NETWORKS Dates: February 15 to 17, 1989 Location: Santa Catalina Island, California Deadline for extended abstracts: Jan. 6, 1989 (address below) Notification of acceptance: On or before January 20, 1989 A workshop to explore the foundations of semantic networks and related AI systems will be held on Catalina Island from February 15 to 17, 1989. The purpose is to analyze the structure of knowledge representation schemes in order to determine how and what various graph and network formalisms contribute to representational power, reasoning techniques, and ease of use. Attendance at the workshop will be by invitation only. Authors and coauthors of all accepted papers will be invited. Room and board at the conference will be supported by grants from the AAAI and Morgan Kaufmann Publishing Company. After the workshop, the program committee will invite the authors of the best papers to write chapters for a forthcoming book, Formal Aspects of Semantic Networks, to be published by Morgan Kaufmann. Suggested topics: - Principles underlying various graph and network representations - How various network systems are related to one another and to logic - Reasoning techniques that use graphs and networks in significant ways - Aspects of knowledge whose expression is facilitated by networks In selecting papers, the program committee will be looking for an emphasis on the underlying principles. A description of a notation, a rule of inference, or an application by itself is not especially interesting. Instead, papers should show how the structure of the formalism affects the representational or deductive power. Comparisons between various systems of networks, frames, and logic that clarify the underlying principles are encouraged. General Chairman: Norm Sondheimer, General Electric Research Program Chairman: John Sowa, IBM Systems Research Local Arrangements: Robert MacGregor, USC Information Science Institute Program Committee: Ron Brachman, AT&T Bell Laboratories Jaime Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University Norman Foo, Sydney University Christopher Habel, Hamburg University Len Schubert, SUNY at Rochester Stuart Shapiro, SUNY at Buffalo Doug Skuce, University of Ottawa James Slagle, University of Minnesota Rich Thomason, University of Pittsburgh David Touretzky, Carnegie Mellon University Robert Wilensky, UC Berkeley Send extended abstracts to John Sowa, preferably electronically. Via Internet: sowa@ibm.com Via BITNET: sowa@yktvmx Otherwise: John F. Sowa IBM Systems Research 500 Columbus Avenue Thornwood, NY 10594 If you must submit a paper by U.S. mail, please send both a paper copy and a floppy disk in IBM PC compatible format. Just send a plain ASCII file with NO word processing marks, pointers, or formats. ------------------------------ End of AIList Digest ********************