Information Retrieval List Digest 071 (July 3, 1991) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-071 IRLIST Digest July 3, 1991 Volume VIII, Number 28 Issue 71 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES A. Meeting Announcements/Calls for Papers 1. SAC '92: 1992 Symposium on Applied Computing 2. CFP: 8th IEEE Conference on AI for Applications ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.A.1. Fr: Edward A. Fox Re: 1992 Symposium on Applied Computing *****PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS***** 1992 SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED COMPUTING (SAC '92) MARCH 1-3, 1992 KANSAS CITY CONVENTION CENTER SAC '92 is the annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP). For the past six years, SAC '92 has been a primary forum for applied computing practitioners and researchers. This year, SAC '92 will be held in conjunction with the 1992 ACM Computer Science Conference in Kansas City. State-of-the-Art and State-of-the-Practice papers in all areas of applied computing are invited, including, but not limited to, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Communications, Computational Linguistics, Database, Distributed Systems, Expert Systems, Hypermedia, Graphics and Image Processing, Human/Machine Interfaces, Logic and Symbolic Programming, Medical Informatics, Networking, Neural Networks, Object Oriented Programming, Office Automation, Parallelism and Software Engineering. Special sessions and panels are also encouraged. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION: Original papers from any area of applied computing will be considered. Several categories of papers will be considered for presentation and publication: (1) original and unpublished research articles, (2) reports of innovative applications in the arts, sciences, engineering, business, government and industry, and (3) reports of successful technology transfer to new problem domains. Each category of submission will be reviewed by peer groups appropriate to that category. Accepted articles in all categories will be published in the SAC '92 Conference Proceedings to be published by the ACM Press. Best student papers will qualify for awards. Expanded versions of selected papers from all categories will be considered for publication in the ACM/SIGAPP quarterly APPLIED COMPUTING REVIEW. In order to facilitate the blind external review process, submission guidelines must be strictly adhered to: > Submit 5 copies of manuscript to SAC '92 Secretariat at address, below. > Author name(s) and address(es) are NOT to appear in the body of the paper, and self-reference should be in third person. > Body of paper should not exceed 5,000 words (approx. 20 pages, double-spaced). > Separate cover sheet should be attached to each copy, containing (1) title, (2) author(s) and affiliation(s), and (3) address (including e-mail and fax number) to which correspondence should be addressed. > In order to qualify as a student paper, ALL authors must be students at the time the manuscript was submitted. > All papers and panel proposals must be submitted by November 15, 1992. DIRECT ALL CORRESPONDENCE, INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS TO: SAC '92 SECRETARIAT % Computer Science - MS 219 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078-0599 e-mail: SAC92@a.cs.okstate.edu fax: (1)-405-744-7074 IMPORTANT DATES PAPERS DUE: November 15, 1991 PANEL PROPOSALS DUE: November 15, 1991 AUTHOR NOTIFICATION: December 13, 1991 CAMERA READY COPY DUE: January 10, 1992 CONFERENCE BEGINS: March 1, 1992 SAC '92 CONFERENCE CHAIR: Hal Berghel, U. Arkansas SAC '92 PROGRAM CHAIR: George Hedrick, Oklahoma State SAC '92 STEERING COMMITTEE: Hal Berghel, U. Arkansas; George Hedrick, Oklahoma State; Richard Hetherington, U. Missouri-KC; Abe Kandel, Florida State; S. Lakshmivarahan, U. Oklahoma; William Poucher, Baylor; John Talburt, U. Arkansas-Little Rock; Glenn Thompson, AMOCO; Elizabeth Unger, Kansas State; Joe Urban, Arizona State; Roger Wainwright, U. Tulsa; Kam-Fai Wong, ECRC SAC '92 PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Moonis Ali, U. Tennessee; Mike Bauer, U. Western Ontario; Nader Bshouty, U. Calgary; Andy Cheese, Siemens AG; George Coghill, U. Auckland; Phil Cox, TGS Systems; Ed Deaton, San Diego State Univ.; Sudershan Dhall, U. Oklahoma; Paolino Di Felice, U. di L'Aquila; David Elizandro, East Texas State; Michael Folk, NCSA; Ephraim Glinert, RPI; Ron Goforth, U. Arkansas/NHRC; Calvin Gotlieb, U. Toronto; Geoff Harris, Griffith Univ.; Ray Hashemi, U. Arkansas-LR; Terry Hengl, PC AI; Hitoshi Aida, U. Tokyo; C.J. Hwang, SW Texas; Arthur Karshmer, New Mexico State; R. Kotagiri, U. Melbourne; Vijay Kumar, U. Missouri-KC; Louis LeBlanc, U. Arkansas-LR; Doris Lidtke, Towson State; Lester Lipsky, U. Connecticut; Hongjum Lu, Nat. U. Singapore; Ron Oliver, Cal Poly - SLO; Wuxu Peng, SW Texas; Raju Ramaswamy, UMKC; Richard Rankin, U. Missouri-Rolla; David Roach, U. Arkansas; Joe Schmuller, CDM FPOC; Moti Schneider, Florida Inst. Tech.; James Senn, Georgia State; Sujeet Shenoi, U. Tulsa; Charles Shub, U. Colorado-CS; Peter Smith, Cal State-Northridge; Patrick Valduriez, INRIA; Marco Valtorta, U. South Carolina; Ming-fang Wang, U. Central Arkansas; Ian Watson, U. Manchester; Kyu-Young Whang, KAIST; George Whitson, U. Texas-Tyler; Ralph Wilkerson, U. Missouri-Rolla; Hee Youn, U. Texas-Arlington; Mansour Zand, U. Nebraska-Omaha ********** I.A.2. Fr: finin@PRC.Unisys.COM Re: CFP -- 8th IEEE Conference on AI for Applications Preliminary Call For Participation CAIA-92 The Eighth IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Applications Monterey, California March 2 - 6 , 1992 The conference is devoted to the application of artificial intelligence techniques to real-world problems. Two kinds of papers are appropriate: papers presenting case studies of knowledge-based applications that solve significant problems and stimulate the development of useful techniques and papers on AI techniques and principles that underlie knowledge-based systems, and in turn, enable ever more ambitious real-world applications. This conference provides a forum for such synergy between applications and AI techniques. Papers describing significant unpublished results are solicited in two areas: o APPLICATIONS PAPERS. Contributions stemming from the general areas of industry, science, engineering, business, government, law, etc. Application papers must (1) Justify the use of the AI technique, based on the problem definition and an analysis of the application's requirements; (2) Explain how AI technology was used to solve a significant problem; (3) Describe the status of the implementation; (4) Evaluate both the effectiveness of the technique and implementation. Short papers describing systems in use (up to 1000 words) will also be accepted for presentation in these application tracks. o ENABLING TECHNOLOGY PAPERS. Contributions focusing on techniques and principles that facilitate the development of practical knowledge based systems that can be scaled to handle increasing problem complexity. Topics include, but are not limited to: knowledge representation, reasoning, search, knowledge acquisition, learning, constraint programming, planning, validation and verification, project management, natural language processing, speech, intelligent interfaces, integration, problem-solving architectures, programming environments and general tools. Papers should be limited to 5000 words. Papers significantly longer than this will not be reviewed. The first page of the paper should contain the following information (where applicable) in the order shown: - TITLE. - AUTHORS: names and affiliation. (specify student status) - CONTACT: name, postal address, phone, fax and email address - ABSTRACT: A 200 word abstract that includes a clear statement describing the paper's original contributions and what new lesson is imparted. - AREA: one of "application" or "technology". - AI TOPIC: one or more terms describing the relevant AI areas, e.g., knowledge acquisition, explanation, diagnosis, etc. - DOMAIN: one or more terms describing the problem domain area, e.g., mechanical design, factory scheduling, education, medicine, etc. - LANGUAGE/TOOL: Underlying programming languages, systems and tools used. - STATUS: development and deployment status, as appropriate. - EFFORT: Person-years of effort put into developing the particular aspect of the project being described. - IMPACT: A twenty word description of estimated or measured (specify) benefit of the application developed. Papers will be accepted in two forms: long papers and short papers. Papers accepted for publication will be allotted seven pages (long papers) or four pages (short papers) in the conference proceedings. The best papers accepted will be considered for a special issue of IEEE EXPERT to appear late in 1991. An application has been made to reserve a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TDKE) for publication of the best papers in the enabling technologies track. IBM will sponsor an award of $1,500 for the best student paper at the conference. In addition to papers, we solicit the following types of submissions: - PROPOSALS FOR PANEL DISCUSSIONS. Provide a brief description of the topic (1000 words or less). Indicate the membership of the panel and whether you are interested in organizing/moderating the discussion. - PROPOSALS FOR TUTORIAL PRESENTATIONS. Proposals for three hour tutorials of both an introductory and advanced nature are requested. Topics should relate to the management and technical development of useful AI applications. Tutorials which analyze classes of applications in depth or examine techniques appropriate for a particular class of applications are of particular interest. Each tutorial proposal should include the following: * Detailed topic outline and extended abstract (about 3 pages). * Intended audience and assumed background knowledge. * Half-page synopsis of focus, topics, and benefits to audience. * Full professional vita (including lecture/tutorial experience and a one-paragraph summary). - PROPOSALS FOR WORKSHOPS. Proposals are sought for one-day workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. These can focus on a specific application domain (e.g., aerospace applications) or on a technical subarea (e.g., intelligent real-time problem solving). Workshop organization and attendance will be governed by the organizers. Contact the workshop chair for further information. IMPORTANT DATES - AUGUST 30, 1991: Six copies of Papers, and four copies of all panel, tutorial and workshop proposals due. Late submissions will be returned unopened. Electronically transmitted materials will not be accepted. - OCTOBER 25, 1991: Author notifications mailed. - DECEMBER 11, 1991: Accepted papers due to IEEE. Accepted tutorial notes due to Tutorial Chair. - MARCH 2-3, 1992: Conference tutorial program and workshops. - MARCH 4-6, 1992: Conference technical program. SUBMIT PAPERS AND PANELS TO:SUBMIT WORKSHOP PROPOSALS TO: Jan AikinsDon McKay Aion CorporationUnisys Center for Advanced Info. Tech. 101 University Ave.70 East Swedesford Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94301Paoli PA 19301 Phone: 415-328-9595Phone: 215-648-2256 Fax: 415-328-0624Fax: 215-648-2288 Email: aikins@cup.portal.comEmail: mckay@prc.unisys.com SUBMIT TUTORIAL PROPOSALS TO:FOR REGISTRATION AND CONFERENCE INFO: Daniel O'LearyCAIA-92 Graduate School of BusinessThe Computer Society of the IEEE University of Southern California1730 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Los Angeles, CA 90089-1421Washington, DC 20036-1903 Phone: 213-740-4856Phone: 202-371-1013 Fax: 213-747-2815Fax: 202-728-0884 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE General Chair: Tim Finin, Unisys Program Chair: Jan Aikins, Aion Corporation Publicity Co-Chairs: Paul Harmon & Curt Hall, Intelligent Software Strategies Tutorial Chair: Daniel O'Leary, University of Southern California Workshop Chair: Don McKay, Unisys Local Arrangements: Bob Engelmore, Stanford University Program Committee: Chidanand Apte, IBM Research Jim Bennett, Expert Support Inc. Ron Brachman, AT&T Bell Labs Elizabeth Byrnes, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Vasant Dhar, New York University Lee Erman, Cimflex Teknowledge Richard Gabriel, Lucid, Inc. Se June Hong, IBM Research Gary Kahn, A.C. Nielson Bernadette Kowalski, Aion Corporation Bill Mark, Lockheed AI Center Brian McCune, Advanced Decision Systems Steve Minton, NASA Ames Research Center Fumio Mizoguchi, Tokyo Science University Ramesh Patil, University of Southern California/ISI Earl Sacerdoti, The Copernican Group Lokendra Shastri, University of Pennsylvania Howard Shrobe, Symbolics & MIT Dave Waltz, Brandeis University & Thinking Machines Mike Wellman, Wright Laboratory, USAF Mike Williams, IntelliCorp ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. 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