Date: Thu 30 Jun 1988 00:02-EDT From: AIList Moderator Nick Papadakis Reply-To: AIList@AI.AI.MIT.EDU Us-Mail: MIT Mail Stop 38-390, Cambridge MA 02139 Phone: (617) 253-2737 Subject: AIList Digest V7 #47 To: AIList@AI.AI.MIT.EDU Status: R AIList Digest Thursday, 30 Jun 1988 Volume 7 : Issue 47 Today's Topics: Announcements: Visiting position in NL at Toronto TOC from Canadian Artificial Intelligence, No. 16, July 1988 call for papers - 5th IEEE conference on AI applications ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 88 14:04:18 GMT From: Graeme Hirst Subject: Visiting position in NL at Toronto VISITING POSITION IN NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP (DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE) A one-year visiting position, for a post-doc or more senior person, is available in the University of Toronto A.I. group, in the area of natural language understanding and computational linguistics. The visitor would carry a 50% teaching load (one half-course per semester), supervise MSc theses, and participate in the research group's activities. The position is to commence asap. The Toronto A.I. group includes 6.5 faculty, 2 research scientists, and approximately 40 graduate students. The natural language subgroup includes one faculty member (Graeme Hirst) and about ten graduate students. For more information, contact Graeme Hirst, preferably by e-mail: In North America: gh@ai.toronto.edu In U.K./Europe: gh@uk.ac.ed.aipna Phone (in U.K. until 18 July): 031 225 7774 x.225 (in Canada from 19 July): 416-978-8747 Write: Graeme Hirst Dept Computer Science University of Toronto Toronto, CANADA M5S 1A4 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Jun 88 15:35:10 EDT From: Christopher Prince Subject: Canadian AI magazine TOC Table of contents from Canadian Artificial Intelligence, No. 16, July 1988 (edited at the Alberta Research Council) a publication of the CSCSI (Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence). Communications 3 Executive Notes 4 Humour-Dear Dr. Rob AI News 7 Short Takes 9 New Products 10 A Proposal for the Creation of SIGET Philippe Duchastel Feature Articles 13 AI and Resource Industries Connie Bryson 16 Research Directions for ICAI in Canada Philippe Duchastel Research Reports 20 AI Research and Development at Applied AI Systems, Inc. Takashi Gomi 23 Artificial Intelligence Work at MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. Max Krause 27 Knowledge Acquisition Research and Development at Acquired Intelligence Inc. Brian A. Schaefer Conference Reports 29 Social Issues Conference Robin Cohen 32 Report on the 1988 Distributed Artificial Intelligence Workshop Ernest Chang 34 The Fourth IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications Betty Ann Snyder Publications 36 Book Reviews 38 Books Received 39 Computational Intelligence Abstracts 41 Technical Reports 44 Conference Announcements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Prince, Alberta Research Council, Calgary, Alberta. Canada. (403) 297-2600 arcsun!chris@uunet or prince@noah.arc.cdn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jun 88 10:02:15 EDT From: Mark.Fox@ISL1.RI.CMU.EDU Subject: conference call for papers PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PARTICIPATION THE FIFTH IEEE CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS OMNI HOTEL MIAMI, FLORIDA MARCH 6-10, 1989 SPONSORED BY: THE COMPUTER SOCIETY OF IEEE This conference is devoted to the application of artificial intelligence techniques to real-world problems. Two kinds of papers are appropriate: papers that focus on principles which underlie knowledge-based system applications, and case studies of knowledge-based application programs that solve significant problems. Only new, significant and previously unpublished work will be accepted. The following types of papers will be accepted for review by the Program Committee: - Papers focusing on principles of knowledge-based systems. Such papers should describe significant completed research, detailing the practical aspects of designing and constructing knowledge-based systems, how relevant AI techniques were applied effectively to important problems, software life cycle engineering concerns, etc. AI techniques include, but are not limited to the following: Knowledge acquisition, task-specific knowledge representations, task-specific reasoning, verification and validation, diagnosis, project management, intelligent interfaces, and general tools. - Papers describing case studies of AI-based application programs. Such papers should describe an application of AI technology demonstrating the solution of a significant problem, including an analysis of why the implementation techniques selected were appropriate for the problem domain. Case study areas include, but are not limited to the following: Science, medicine, law, business, engineering, manufacturing, and robotics. Case Study papers should contain the following sections: (1) Problem definition; (2) Previous approaches; (3) Approach of the case study; (4) Performance analysis; (5) Status of implementation. Papers should be limited to 5000 words. Starting this year, the first page of the paper will be standardized in order to provide the reader with additional application information. The first page of the paper must contain the following information: - TITLE - CONTACT INFORMATION: Name, affiliation, US Mail and electronic mail addresses, telephone number. - TOPIC: Principles or Case Study, Subtopics within the topic (e.g., manufacturing, diagnosis, explanation, knowledge acquisition). - ABSTRACT: A 200 word abstract. - STATUS: Status of implementation: research, development, field test, or production use. - DOMAIN: Domain of application, e.g., medical diagnosis, factory scheduling. - LANGUAGE: Implementation language (if applicable), both programming language, e.g., LISP, C, and knowledge engineering tool (if applicable). - EFFORT: Person-years of effort put into the project to date. Each paper accepted for publication will be allotted six pages in the conference proceedings. 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 (3) hours in duration; copies of slides are to be provided in advance to IEEE for reproduction (see schedule of dates below). If you have any questions about tutorial proposals, contact the Tutorial Chair, Nancy Martin, for more information. Each tutorial proposal should include the following: * Detailed topic list and descriptive abstract (approximately 5 pages) * Tutorial level: introductory, intermediate, or advanced * Prerequisite reading for intermediate and advanced tutorials * Short tutorial and instructional vita of presenter (previous lecture experience) * Short professional vita demonstrating presenter's experience in area of tutorial IMPORTANT DATES September 20, 1988: Four copies of Papers, Demonstration Proposals, Panel Proposals, and Tutorial Proposals are due. Submissions not received by that date will be returned unopened. October 18, 1988: Author notifications mailed. December 6, 1988: Accepted papers due to IEEE. Accepted tutorial notes due to Tutorial Chair, Nancy Martin. March 6-7, 1989: Tutorials convene. March 6-10, 1989: Conference convenes. Submit Papers and Other Materials to: Mark S. Fox/ Roy A. Maxion Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 USA Phone: 412-268-3832 FAX: 412-268-5016 TELEX: 854941 ARPANET: msf@isl1.ri.cmu.edu Submit Tutorial Proposals to: Nancy Martin Softpert Systems 24 Berkeley Street Nashua, NH 03060 Phone: 603-882-1790 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE General Chair Elaine Kant, Schlumberger-Doll Research Program Committee Chairs Mark S. Fox, Carnegie-Mellon University Roy Maxion, Carnegie-Mellon University Tutorial Chair Nancy Martin, Softpert Systems Program Committee Jan Aikins, AION Corp. Alice Agogino, UC Berkeley Miro Benda, Boeing Computer Services B. Chandrasekaren, Ohio State University Rina Dechter, UC Los Angeles Vasant Dhar, New York University Lee Erman, Teknowledge Brian Gaines, University of Calgary Richard Herrod, Texas Instruments Se June Hong, IBM Gary Kahn, Carnegie Group Sanjay Mittal, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Sergei Nirenburg, Carnegie-Mellon University Van Paranak, ITI Marilyn Stelzner, Intellicorp Steve Shafer, Carnegie-Mellon University Beau Sheil, Price Waterhouse Technology Center Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan Mitch Tseng, Digital Equipment Corporation Additional Information For registration, exhibits, and additional conference information, contact: CAIA-89 The Computer Society of the IEEE 1730 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036-1903 Phone: 202-371-0101 ------------------------------ End of AIList Digest ********************