From: dieng@picsou.inria.fr (Rose Dieng)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.edu
Subject: Call for participation (IJCAI Workshop)
Date: 3 Dec 92 18:40:54 GMT
Organization: INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis (Fr)



 	             CALL FOR PARTICIPATION


  IJCAI'93 Workshop on Using Knowledge in its Context


  Context of the proposal:
  Advances in multidisciplinary research are leading
  towards a new  generation of intelligent assistant
  systems which are context-sensitive.It is hypothe-
  sized that 'knowledge' has a contextual component.
  If  its  importance is  acknowledged ,  contextual
  component  is  rarely  represented  explicitly  in
  available knowledge representations , and not used
  in subsequent processing  of knowledge. There is a
  gap  between what is known  and what is done . For
  instance , this situation is particularly critical
  for  intelligent assistant systems where knowledge
  in context is a key component. Thus , acquisition,
  representation   and exploitation of  knowledge in
  context would have a major contribution in all IAS
  areas such as  knowledge representation, knowledge
  acquisition,explanation,maintenance,documentation,
  learning , human-computer  communication and vali-
  dation / verification. A computational  capability
  that understand,represent and reason about context
  will  be very  valuable and of immense  benefit to
  many AI problems.

  Goal :
  This workshop will  bring together  leading resear-
  chers involved in the notion of context and its use
  in advanced information systems . The workshop will 
  focus  on computational  principles and  mechanisms
  for eliciting, modelling, and using  the contextual
  aspect of knowledge,as well as techniques and tools
  for contructing  context-sensitive systems. We will
  address the  problem  through questions relevant to
  the theme of knowledge in context such as: 
  - What is context ? 
  - How the notion of context can be modeled? 
  - How context can be encapsulated in representation
    formalisms? 
  - What are the  cognitive  aspects  linked  to  the
    notion of context?
  - How  does  context  influence human dialogues and
    how can it be taken into account in IASs?
  - How to  exploit the  notion of  context in human-
    computer interaction ( assistance to user, expla-
    nations, etc.)?
  - What is  the role of  the notion of  context in a
    computer-supported cooperative work?  

  The  workshop  will be  open to  participants  from
  different  disciplines such as , cognitive science,
  knowledge  representation , knowledge  acquisition,
  explanations,knowledge assimilation, human computer
  interaction and navigation. Topics may concern (but
  not limited to):
  - context-sensitive explanations (from experts,from
    documents)
  - context-sensitive human computer interaction(user
    model, visualisation, navigation aid, cooperative
    explanation) , acquisition and  representation of
    knowledge in context (domain expert, document)
  - context-sensitive information document management
  - context- sensitive  architecture  of  the  system
    (customisable & flexible, situated agents)

  Schedule :
     papers received:         February 1st, 1993
     author notification:     March    1st, 1993
     final papers received:   April    1st, 1993
     preprints distributed:   May      1st, 1993

  Participants will be selected on  the basis of sub-
  mitted papers (10 pages maximum). Four paper copies
  are required. Papers must include: author's name(s),
  affiliation, complete address mailing,phone and fax
  number, and e-mail.

  Preprints will be mailed to participants before the
  workshop  in order to work  before the workshop, by
  e-mail if possible . Our aim is  that  participants
  present a synthetical or controversal point of view
  of that work.  The workshop will  be limited  to 30
  active participants. Additional information will be
  sent by the chair person on request.

  Organizing Committee: 
     Alem L., CSIRO, D.I.T. (Australia)
     Boy G., EURISCO (France)
     Brezillon P., University Paris 6 (France)
     Clancey W.J., IRL (USA)
     Dieng R., INRIA Sophia Antipolis (France)
     Jansen B., CSIRO (Australie)
     Vercoustre A.M., INRIA Rocquencourt (France) 

  Chairperson:

  Patrick Brezillon
  LAFORIA, Box 169,       Phone:  (33-1) 44 27 70 08
  University Paris VI,    Fax:    (33-1) 44 27 70 00
  4, Place Jussieu        E-mail: brezil@laforia.ibp.fr
  F-75252 PARIS Cedex 05
  France