CFP: IEA-98-AIE INTL CONFERENCE (fwd)

Csaba Pleh Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences 202 Junipero Serra Blvd Stanford, Ca. 94305 T.: (415)321-2052, Fax: ...1192 Home: (415)323-1998 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 18:43:08 +0200 From: IEA-98-AIE &lt;iea98(a)titan.inf.uji.es&gt; To: elsnet-list(a)let.ruu.nl Subject: CFP: IEA-98-AIE INTL CONFERENCE Resent-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 97 23:09:33 +100 Resent-From: pleh(a)izabell.elte.hu Resent-To: csaba.pleh(a)casbs.stanford.edu ******************************************************* Call for Papers 11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & EXPERT SYSTEMS IEA-98-AIE New Methodologies, Knowledge Modeling and Hybrid Techniques Hotel Intur Orange, Benicassim, Castellon, Spain June 1-4, 1998 Sponsored by: International Society of Applied Intelligence Universidad Jaume-I de Castellon Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), Madrid In Cooperation with: AAAI, ACM/SIGART, ECCAI, AEPIA, CSCSI, IEE, IM&C, INNS/SIG, JSAI and SWT For more information you can visit our web site: http://titan.inf.uji.es/IEA98/ ********************************************************* IEA/AIE-98 The 11th International Conference on Industrial & Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems, will take place in Benicassim, Castellon (Spain), June 1-4, 1998. This annual conference on applied Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Based Systems (KBS) in industrial and engineering environments was first held in Tennessee and then subsequently in South Carolina, Hawaii, Paderborn (Germany), Edinburgh, Austin (Texas), Melbourne (Australia) and, finally, in Fukuoka (Japan'96) and Atlanta ('97). Now, it visits Spain for the first time. On this occasion the conference will focus on methodological aspects in the development of KBS's, knowledge modeling and hybrid techniques that integrate the symbolic and connectionist perspectives in industrial applications of AI. Papers will be accepted either for oral presentation or for poster sessions. All papers will be published in full length. PROCEEDINGS The Proceedings will be published in time for distribution at the conference as a volume of the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. SCOPE The IEA/AIE-98 Program Committee recognizes the complexity of the real industrial world. To advance the applied perspective of AI we need to examine the characteristics of the scenarios in which generic tasks (such as identification, monitoring, diagnosis, prediction; repair, control, supervision; design and planning) are found to be adequate to the development of KBS's; then, more emphasis is needed on methodology for the phases of development (knowledge modeling, reduction process, development environments and prototype implementation) and techniques (symbolic, connectionist or hybrid). Finally, we need to evaluate the results using "real test-bed" and refine again by means of learning. The essential aim of this perspective for the 11th IEA/AIE conference is to reduce the distance between the techniques for modeling and design of KBS's and the engineering procedures normally employed in the analytic and algorithmic perspectives of continuous and discrete systems theory. INVITED SPEAKERS The following invited speakers have confirmed their willingness to participate in the conference: Prof. Michael Brady Oxford University. Associate Editor of the Artificial Intelligence journal. Prof. Bob J. Wielinga University of Amsterdam. Developer of KADS modeling paradigm. Prof. Roberto Moreno Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Director of the International Computer Science Research Center. TOPICS 1. Methodological Aspects 1.1 Knowledge modeling 1.2 KBS development methods and tools 1.3 KADS related approaches 1.4 Reverse engineering 2. Formal Tools 2.1 Analytic and logic models 2.2 Fuzzy knowledge representation and inference 2.3 Uncertainty and causal reasoning tools 2.4 Bayesian networks 2.5 Qualitative reasoning 2.6 Neural networks 2.7 Genetic algorithms & genetic programming 2.8 Object oriented formulations 2.9 Hybridization techniques 3. Generic Tasks of Analysis in IEA/AIE 3.1 Computer vision, intelligent sensors and multisensor perception 3.2 Speech recognition 3.3 Natural Language Understanding 3.4 System identification 3.5 Monitoring 3.6 Heuristic and connectionist classification 3.7 Fault diagnosis 3.8 Predictive models 3.9 Design recovery 4. Synthesis Tasks in IEA/AIE 4.1 CAD/CAM functionalities 4.2 Spatial, temporal and spatio-temporal planning and scheduling 4.3 Robotic manipulators 4.4 Incremental design 4.5 System configuration 5. Modification Tasks 5.1 Knowledge-based control systems 5.2 Intelligent supervision 5.3 Communication systems (modems-codecs, network management and digital communications) 5.4 Fault tolerant and self-repair systems 5.5 Predictive and model-based control systems 5.6 Visuo-motor coordination 5.7 Real time in AI applications (architectures, tools and case studies) 5.8 Perceptual robotics 6. Machine Learning 6.1 Inductive and deductive strategies 6.2 Analogy and case-based learning 6.3 Multistrategy and hybrid formulations 6.4 Learning in neural nets (supervised and non-supervised) 6.5 Self organization, synergetics and evolutive optimization 7. Applied AI and KBS's in Specific Domains 7.1 Development environments in KBS's and neural nets 7.2 Knowledge editing tools 7.3 Multimedia 7.4 Human-computer interaction 7.5 Decision support systems 7.6 Tutoring systems 7.7 Exploratory prototypes 7.8 Reports on real applications with significant findings 8. Validation & Evaluation Criteria 8.1 Simulation 8.2 Validation & Verification 8.3 Reliability, validity, acceptance and legal reasons in different fields of application (aviation, nuclear power plants, alarms, medicine) 8.4 Benchmarks 8.5 Acceptability 8.6 Explanatory capacity CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS The Program Committee is soliciting proposals for invited sessions, particularly in one of the above theme areas. Prospective organizers should first contact the Program Co-Chair A.P. del Pobil at iea98(a)titan.inf.uji.es, as soon as possible, providing a title for the invited session and including a brief statement of the purpose as well as names of prospective authors if available. Each invited session will consist of four/five papers, if more papers are submitted, then the session can be split into two ones. The organizer will be responsible for inviting authors, selecting the four papers and submitting four copies of each paper to A.P. del Pobil by November 7, 1997, at the address below. The papers will be reviewed by only one member of the Program Committee (contributed papers are reviewed by at least two members). In case an invited paper is finally not accepted, it will be replaced by a relevant contributed paper. The organizer will be invited to serve as Chair for the invited session at the conference and will be granted a reduced registration fee. Information about current invited sessions can be found at our web site. PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit five copies of papers, double spaced, written in English, of up to 10 pages, including figures, tables and references. The format should be A4 or 8 1/2 X 11 inch paper, in a Roman font, 12 point in size, with a printing area of 15.3 X 24.2 cm2 (6.0 X 9.5 sq. inches). If possible, please make use of the latex/plaintex style file available in our WWW site. In addition, one sheet must be attached including: title, authors' names, a list of five keywords, the topic(s) under which the paper fits the best (including its code), the preferred presentation (oral or poster), and the corresponding author information (name, postal and e-mail address, phone and fax numbers). This page must also be sent by email to iea98(a)titan.inf.uji.es before November 7, 1997. All received papers will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. Papers will be accepted either for oral presentation or for poster sessions. All papers will be published in full length. Referees will be asked to nominate papers for a selected set of relevant contributions to the field of applied AI. These papers will be announced at the Conference and all those nominated will be considered for a post-conference publication in the International Journal of Applied Intelligence. Contributions must be sent to the Program Co-Chair Prof. Angel P. del Pobil, at the address below. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of papers November 7, 1997. Acceptance notification January 25, 1998. Camera-ready copy due February 25, 1998. GENERAL CHAIR Moonis Ali Dept. of Computer Science Southwest Texas State University San Marcos TX 78666-4616 USA Phone. +1 (512) 245-3409 Fax +1 (512) 245-8750 Email: ma04(a)swt.edu PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Angel P. del Pobil IEA/AIE-98 Secretariat Department of Informatics Jaume-I University Campus de Penyeta Roja E-12071 Castellon, Spain Fax: 34-64-345.848 Email: iea98(a)titan.inf.uji.es <WWW> http://titan.inf.uji.es/IEA98/ Jose Mira Mira Artificial Intelligence Department, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia Senda del Rey, s/n E- 28040 Madrid, Spain Fax: + 34-1-398.66.97 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR Francisco Toledo Lobo Department of Informatics Jaume-I University Campus de Penyeta Roja E-12071 Castellon, Spain Fax: 34-64-345.848 Email: iea98(a)titan.inf.uji.es PROGRAM COMMITTEE Frank Anger, NSF, USA Senen Barro, U Santiago, Spain Fevzi Belli, U Paderborn, Germany Patrick Brezillon, CNRS, France Joan Cabestany, U Polit. Catalunya, Spain Kai H. Chang, Auburn U, USA Paul Chung, Loughborough U, UK Boi Faltings, Laussane FI, Switzerland Graham Forsyth, DSTO, Australia Christian Freksa, U Hamburg, Germany Shuichi Fukuda, Tokio MIT, Japan Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya U, Japan Francisco Garijo, Telefonica I+D, Spain Maria Gini, U Minnesota, USA Kamal Gupta, Simon Fraser U, Canada Tim Hendtlass, Swinburne U of T, Australia Suhan Lee, JPL & USC, USA Vicente Lopez, IIC, Spain Yi Lu Murphey, U Michigan-Dbn, USA Michael Magee, SW Research I, USA Dario Maravall, U Politec. Madrid, Spain Roque Marin, U Murcia, Spain Manton Matthews, U S Carolina, USA Laszlo Monostori, NTU, Hungary Roberto Moreno, U Palmas GC, Spain Setsuo Ohsuga Waseda U, Japan Juan Pazos, U Politec. Madrid, Spain Franz Pichler, Johannes Kepler U, Austria Don Potter, U Georgia, USA Henri Prade, U Paul Sabatier, France Alberto Prieto, U Granada, Spain Alberto M. Segre, U Iowa, USA Takushi Tanaka, Fukuoka IT, Japan Monique Thonnat, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France Louise Trave-Massuyes, LAAS, France Spyros Tzafestas, NTU Athens, Greece Bob J. Wielinga, U Amsterdam, The Netherlands ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Jose Manuel Inesta, UJI Pedro Sanz, UJI Enrique Cervera, UJI Mar Marcos, UJI Bego�a Martinez Salvador, UJI Miguel Perez Francisco, UJI Gabriel Recatala, UJI Ana E. Delgado, UNED Teresa Escrig, UJI Luis Amable Garcia, UJI LOCATION Hotel Intur Orange Benicassim, Castellon, Spain, June 1-4,1998. Overlooking the sea, the eternal Mediterranean, Castellon has many treasures to offer including scenes that make it a destination which is visited by many tourists throughout year. Benicassim boasts beaches and impressive mountains, placid sand banks, mountain waterfalls, shady ravines, and jagged peaks which glisten againts the clear blue sky. Experienced visitors know that June and September are the best times to fully enjoy this location. The Conference site, Hotel Intur Orange, is situated at 250 m. from the best beach of Benicassim. It offers a new hotel conception with excellent services and other free time options for your entertainment. It has 415 rooms with central heating, air conditioning, complete bathroom, telephone, terrace and satellite television. It also offers cafeteria, restaurant, swimming pools, gardens, parking, tennis, football field, mini golf, table tennis, disco and conventions rooms. Fine shopping and dining possibilities can be found at walking distance. Located between Barcelona and Valencia, the province of Castellon is bathed by the Mediterranean along its 112 km of coastline. Castellon de la Plana, the capital, is located at 10 Km. from Benicassim. It is a forward-looking city in which broad, modern avenues and narrow streets and plazas from yesteryear combine to form a special atmosphere. A walk around town is a pleasant experience. On your stroll, you can find many pleasant surprises: beautiful modernist buildings, modern shops, shady parks and important Gothic and Renaissance monuments. With its deep cultural roots, Castellon de la Plana celebrates its history with fiestas and annual events throughout the year. A look towards the sea confirms the Mediterranean style of Castellon de la Plana. Its carefully attended beaches lay on both sides of the port through which a large amount of exports are shipped each year, accounting for a substantial part of the provincial economy, based mainly on ceramic tile manufacturing, agriculture and tourism. The mild climate of the coastal regions owes much to the sea and the protection from cold northwest winds provided by the mountains. These two factors have a decisive influence on the city's mean annual temperature of 17�C., enabling outdoor activities to be practised throughout the year. ************************************************************* INFORMATION FORM The 11th International Conference on Industrial & Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems. IEA-98-AIE. June 1-4, 1998, Hotel Intur Orange, Benicassim, Castellon, Spain Please fill out and return as soon as possible to : Prof. Angel P. del Pobil Email: iea98(a)titan.inf.uji.es _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ I wish to attend the Conference ___ I intend to submit a paper Tentative title .................................................................... .................................................................... .................................................................... .................................................................... 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