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AIList Digest            Friday, 24 Jan 1986       Volume 4 : Issue 14

Today's Topics:
  Conferences - Knowledge Acquisition for KB Systems &
    Symposium on Logic Programming &
    Office Information Systems '86 &
    Uncertainty and KBS,
  Course - Object-Oriented Programming

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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 86 11:20:57 pst
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Workshop - Knowledge Acquisition for KB Systems

                            Call for Participation
          KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS WORKSHOP

                                 Sponsored by
           AMERICIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AAAI)

                                Banff, CANADA
                             November 3-7, 1986

The bottleneck in the process of building knowledge-based  systems  is  usally
acquiring  the  appropriate  problem solving knowledge.  The objective of this
workshop is to assemble theoriticians and practioners of AI who recognize  the
need for developing systems that assist the knowledge acquisition process.

To encourage vigorous interaction and exchange of ideas the workshop  will  be
kept  small  -  about 30 participants.  There will be individual presentations
and ample time for technical discussions.  An attempt will be made  to  define
the state-of-the-art and the future research needs.

Papers are invited for consideration in all aspects of  knowledge  acquisition
for knowledge-based systems, including (but not restricted to):

      o  Transfer of expertise - systems which interview experts to obtain and
         structure knowledge.

      o  Transfer of expertise -  manual  knowledge  engineering  interviewing
         methods and techniques.

      o  Induction of knowledge from examples.

      o  Knowledge acquisition methodology.

Four copies of an extended abstract  (up  to  8  pages,  double-spaced)  or  a
full-length  paper should be sent to the workshop chairman before May 1, 1986.
Acceptance notices will be mailed by July  1.   Revised  abstracts  should  be
returned  to  the  chairman  by  October  1,  1986,  so that they may be bound
together for distribution at the workshop.  Potential  attendees  should  also
indicate  their  interest  in  chairing  or  participating  in  special  topic
discussion sessions.

Co-Chairmen:

John Boose (send papers here)
Boeing Artificial Intelligence Center
Boeing Computer Services
M/S 7A-03
PO Box 24346
Seattle, Washington, USA, 98124
(206) 763-5811

and

Brian Gaines
Department of Computer Science
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
(403) 220-6015

Program and local arrangements comittee:

Jeff Bradshaw, Boeing Computer Services
William Clancey, Stanford University
Cathy Kitto, Boeing Computer Services
Janusz Kowalik, Boeing Computer Services
John McDermott, Carnegie-Mellon University
Ryszard Michalski, Univ. of Illinois (tentative)
Art Nagai, Boeing Computer Services
Mildred Shaw, University of Calgary

                        John Boose, Boeing Artficial Intelligence Center
                                7A-03, PO Box 24346,
                                Seattle, Wa., 98124, (206) 763-5811

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Date: Thu 9 Jan 86 09:04:20-MST
From: "Robert M. Keller" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Conference - Symposium on Logic Programming

                                    '86 SLP
                                Call for Papers
                     Third Symposium on Logic Programming

                    Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society

                             September 21-25, 1986

                               Westin Hotel Utah
                              Salt Lake City, UT

The conference solicits papers  on all areas  of logic programming,  including,
but not confined to:

        Applications of logic programming
        Computer architectures for logic programming
        Databases and logic programming
        Logic programming and other language forms
        New language features
        Logic programming systems and implementation
        Parallel logic programming models
        Performance
        Theory

Please submit full papers, indicating accomplishments of substance and novelty,
and including appropriate citations of related work.  The suggested page  limit
is 25 double-spaced pages.  Send eight copies of your manuscript no later  than
15 March 1986 to:

                        Robert M. Keller
                        SLP '86 Program Chairperson
                        Department of Computer Science
                        University of Utah
                        Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Acceptances will be mailed by 30 April 1986.  Camera-ready copy will be due  by
30 June 1986.

Conference Chairperson                  Exhibits Chairperson
Gary Lindstrom, University of Utah      Ross Overbeek, Argonne National Lab.

Tutorials Chairperson                   Local Arrangements Chairperson
George Luger, University of New Mexico  Thomas C. Henderson, University of Utah

                          Program Committee

Francois Bancilhon, MCC                 William Kornfeld, Quintus Systems
John Conery, University of Oregon       Gary Lindstrom, University of Utah
Al Despain, U.C. Berkeley               George Luger, University of New Mexico
Herve Gallaire, ECRC, Munich            Rikio Onai, ICOT/NTT, Tokyo
Seif Haridi, SICS, Sweden               Ross Overbeek, Argonne National  Lab.
Lynette Hirschman, SDC, Paoli           Mark Stickel, SRI International
Peter Kogge, IBM, Owego                 Sten Ake Tarnlund, Uppsala University

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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 86 19:22 EST
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Conference - OIS-86

Because of the delay in the distribution of the call for papers for OIS-86 in
the Newsletter, we have decided to postpone the deadline for paper submission
from February 1 to March 1, 1986 in order to satisfy the requirements for
broad distribution of the call.

Enclosed please find the updated call for papers which reflects this change:

*******************       C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S
*                 * ----------------------------------------------
*                 *          Third ACM Conference On
*                 *        OFFICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
*     OIS-86      *
*                 *            October 6-8, 1986
*                 *           Biltmore Plaza Hotel
*                 *              Providence, RI
******************* -------------------------------------------------

General Chair:  Carl Hewitt,          Topics appropriate for this
                MIT                   conference include (but are not
                                      restricted to) the following as they
Program Chair:  Stanley Zdonik,       relate to OIS:
                Brown University
                                         Technologies including Display, Voice,
Treasurer:  Gerald Barber,               Telecommunications, Print, etc.
            Gold Hill Computers
                                         Human Interfaces
Local Arrangements: Andrea Skarra,
                    Brown University     Deployment and Evaluation

An interdisciplinary conference on       System Design and Construction
issues relating to office
information systems (OIS) sponsored      Goals and Values
by ACM/SIGOIS in cooperation with
Brown University and the MIT             Distributed Services and Applications
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Submissions from the following           Knowledge Bases and Reasoning
fields are solicited:
                                         Distributed Services and Applications
   Anthropology
   Artificial Intelligence               Indicators and Models
   Cognitive Science
   Computer Science                      Needs and Organizational Factors
   Economics
   Management Science                    Impact of Computer Integrated
   Psychology                            Manufacturing
   Sociology

The program committee includes:

Bob Allen                       Ray Panko
   Bellcore                         University of Hawaii
Guiseppe Attardi                Robert Rosin
   University of Pisa               Syntrex
James Bair                      Erik Sandewall
   Hewlett Packard                  Linkoping University
Gerald Barber                   Walt Scacci
   Gold Hill Computers              USC
Peter de Jong                   Andrea Skarra
   MIT                              Brown University
Irene Greif                     Susan Leigh Star
   MIT                              Tremont Research Institute
Sidney Harris                   Luc Steels
   Georgia State University         University of Brussels
Carl Hewitt                     Sigfried Treu
   MIT                              University of Pittsburgh
Heinz Klein                     Dionysis Tsichritzis
   SUNY                             University of Geneva
Fred Lochovsky                  Eleanor Wynn
   University of Toronto            Brandon Interscience
Fanya Montalvo                  Aki Yonezawa
   MIT                              Tokyo Institute of Technology
Naja Naffah                     Stanley Zdonik
   Bull Transac                    Brown University
Margrethe Olson
   NYU

Professor J.C.R. Licklider of MIT will be the keynote speaker.

Unpublished papers of up to 5000 words (20 double-spaced pages) are
sought.  The first page of each paper must include the following
information: title, the author's name, affiliations, complete mailing
address, telephone number and electronic mail address where
applicable, a maximum 150-word abstract of the paper, and up to five
keywords (important for the correct classification of the paper).  If
there are multiple authors, please indicate who will present the paper
at OIS-86 if the paper is accepted.  Proceeedings will be distributed
at the conference and will later be available from ACM.  Selected
papers will be published in the ACM Transactions on Office Information
Systems.

Please send eight (8) copies of the paper (which must arrive by March
1, 1986) to:

       Prof. Stan Zdonik
       OIS-86 Program Chair
       Computer Science Department
       Brown University
       P.O. Box 1910
       Providence, RI  02912

DIRECT INQUIRIES TO:   Margaret H. Franchi (401) 863-1839.

                            IMPORTANT DATES

     Deadline for Paper Submission (postponed 1 mo.)  March 1, 1986
     Notification of Acceptance:                      April 30, 1986
     Deadline for Final Camera-Ready Copy:            July 1, 1986
     Conference Dates:                                October 6-8, 1986

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Date: Thu 23 Jan 86 16:25:50-PST
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Conference - International Conference on Uncertainty and KBS

                             ANNOUNCEMENT
                                 AND
                           CALL FOR PAPERS

                     INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
                        INFORMATION PROCESSING
                                 AND
                      MANAGEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY
                      IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS

Paris, France
June 30 - July 4 1986

Supported by:

Ministere de la Recherche
et de la Technologie
AFCET
Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientiique
Societe Francaise de Theorie de l'Informationn

Chairpersons:

Bernadette Bouchon (France)
Ronald R. Yager (United States)

Purpose of the Conference:

The aim of this Conference is to bring together researchers working
on information, uncertain data processing and related topics. The
management of uncertainty is at the heart of many knowledge-based
systems and a number of approaches have been developed for
representing these types of information.

It is hoped that this Conference will provide a useful exchange
between practitioners and theoreticians using these methods.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

J. Bezdek (U.S.A.)              S.Ovchinnikov (U.S.A.)
C. Carlsson (Finland)           J. Pearl (U.S.A.)
A. De Luca (Italy)              B. Picinbono (France)
Deng Ju-Long (China)            J. Pitrat (France)
H.J. Efstathiou (G.B.)          D. Ralescu (U.S.A.)
C. Gueguen (France)             E. Ruspini (U.S.A.)
S. Guiasu (Canada)              A.P. Sage (U.S.A.)
M.M. Gupta (Canada)             G. Shafer (U.S.A.)
J. Kacprzyk (Poland)            J.C. Simon (France)
J.L. Lauriere (France)          M. Sugeno (Japan)
G. Longo (Italy)                E. Trillas (Spain)
J. Lowrance (U.S.A.)            R. Valee (France)
H.T. Nguyen (U.S.A.)            L.A. Zadeh (U.S.A.)
H.J. Zimmermann (Germany)       H. Akdag (France)
M. Mugur-Schacter (France)      G. Cohen (France)
H. Prade (France)               D. Dubois (France)
E. Sanchez (France)             P. Godlewski (France)
M. Terrenoire (France)

TOPICS:

Knowledge Representation                Uncertainty in Expert Systems
Decision Making with Uncertainty        Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Reasoning
Representation of Commonsense Knowledge
Possibility Measures                    Mathematical Theory of Evidence
Combinatorial Information Theory
Shannon Theory                          Questionnaire Theory
Pattern Recognition and Image Processing
Clustering and Classification           Information Security
Fuzzy Sets in Operations Research

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Papers will be selected on the basis of a 500 word abstract.
Communications will be in FRENCH or ENGLISH.

All abstracts should be sent in triplicate to the Conference Secretary:

                          Professor G. Cohen
                  International Conference I.P.M.U.
                               E.N.S.T.
                           46, rue Barrault
                         75013 PARIS, FRANCE

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 1986

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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 86 15:58:24 PST
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Course - Object-Oriented Programming

Tektronix will be holding four day Introductory Smalltalk-80 classes at three
locations in February, March and April, 1986.  This class will introduce the
student to object oriented programming, enable the student to extend the
Smalltalk language by adding new methods and classes, and prepare the student
to write simple applications, using the model-view-controller paradigm.  Class
notes, two textbooks, and four lunches are included.  Participants should be
experienced in at least one high level programming language.

Also planned is an Advanced Smalltalk-80 class, which will enable the student
to utilize advanced techniques of Smalltalk, including advanced model-view-
controller concepts, project management and team programming, multi-process
programming, and external processes and language interfaces.  Participants will
be expected to understand the major classes of Smalltalk and should have three
to six months of Smalltalk programming experience.

Schedule:
        Intorductory:   Gaithersburg, Maryland  18-21 February 1986
        Introductory:   Dallas, Texas           17-20 March 1986
        Advanced:       Beaverton, Oregon        1- 4 April 1986
        Introductory:   Irvine, California      14-17 April 1986

Contact:
        Sandi Unger, (503)685-2941 for registration information, or
        Mary Wells, (503)685-2947 for information on course content.

:::::: Artificial   Intelligence   Machines   ---   Smalltalk   Project ::::::
:::::: Jan Steinman             Box 1000, MS 60-405     (w)503/685-2956 ::::::
:::::: tektronix!tekecs!jans    Wilsonville, OR 97070   (h)503/657-7703 ::::::

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