From: dcb@willow.wpi.edu (David Brown)
Subject: AI in Design conference & workshops
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 23:46:48 GMT


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Workshop on MACHINE LEARNING IN DESIGN

to be held in conjunction with the

SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DESIGN
22-25 June 1992,
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.

SUMMARY:
This workshop is intended to provide a forum for provocative discussion
related to the application and extension of machine learning techniques
in design.  Various machine learning techniques have been applied in
domains such as medical diagnosis and classification.  The paradigms 
for machine learning range from symbolic approaches such as conceptual
clustering, to subsymbolic approaches, such as neural networks.

The premise to the development of this workshop is that design provides
distinct challenges to the application of machine learning techniques.
The current techniques as developed in the AI community do not address
many of the issues relevant to design. This workshop will focus on the
issues that make machine learning in design difficult. The expected
outcome is a set of issues that the AI in design community should be
addressing in the next few years.

ATTENDANCE:
Participation will be limited to keep the group small enough for
discussion to be possible (approximately 20 people). Participants will
be selected based on the submission of a two-page position paper
on the use of machine learning in design
(including title and references).  Participants must be registered
attendees of the AID'92 conference.  The positions papers of the
participants will be distributed in advance of the workshop.  A 
workshop registration fee of $50, to be paid by all participants, 
will cover costs.

FORMAT:
The format of the workshop is to be discussion with discussion leaders.
It will be held during a half day session just prior to the full
conference. There may be a chance to submit extended versions of the
position papers to a special edition of a journal after the workshop.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: 
Send one copy of the two page position statement via email to Mary Lou
Maher at mary@archsci.arch.su.oz.au by May 8th.  Submissions may be
in hard copy form, but email submissions of plain text files is
preferred. Authors of selected submissions will be notified as soon as
possible after that date.  Submit three copies of hard copy statements
to:
	Dr Mary Lou Maher
	Department of Architectural and Design Science
	University of Sydney, NSW 2006
	AUSTRALIA
	Telephone: 011 612 692 4108
	Fax:       011 612 692 3031

WORKSHOP ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
        Mary Lou Maher, University of Sydney, Australia.
                        Email: mary@archsci.arch.su.oz.au
        David C. Brown, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA.
                        Email: dcb@cs.wpi.edu
        Alex Duffy,     University of Strathclyde, Scotland.
                        Email: alex@cad-centre.strathclyde.ac.uk

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