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Subject: Neuron Digest V9 #18 (conferences)
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Neuron Digest   Monday, 13 Apr 1992
                Volume 9 : Issue 18

Today's Topics:
                       ISCIS VII - Call for Papers
                         GNN 92 call for papers
                     ICARCV'92 Final Call-for-Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Signal Processing Applications and
                  NEW Fifth NN & PDP Conference Program
                          Conference : AISB'93


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Subject: ISCIS VII - Call for Papers
From:    Mert Sungur <ISCIS%TRMETU.bitnet@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Date:    Thu, 19 Dec 91 10:33:26 +0500


Dear Sir,

Below is the Call for Papers of an international symposium including
neural networks among the topics. I am submitting it for a possible
appearance in Neuron Digest.

Yours sincerely,

Mert Sungur
ISCIS VII
Publicity Committee Member





                 The Seventh International Symposium on
                    Computer and Information Sciences

                            CALL FOR PAPERS

                               ISCIS VII

                 NOVEMBER 2-4, 1992,   ANTALYA, TURKEY

                             Organized by

                   EHEI                              METU
  Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Informatique,    Middle East Technical
  Universite Rene Descartes, Paris, FRANCE    University, Ankara, TURKEY

                          In cooperation with
                  IEEE Computer Society Turkey Chapter,
                          IEEE Turkey Section,
  and the Computer Engineering Departments of the following universities:
  Bilkent (Ankara), Bogazici (Istanbul), Ege (Izmir), Hacettepe (Ankara),
  Istanbul Teknik (Istanbul), Yildiz (Istanbul).

 ISCIS VII is the seventh of a series of meetings which have brought
 together computer scientists and engineers from about twenty countries.
 ISCIS VII will be held in the beautiful Mediterranean resort city,
 Antalya, located at the heart of a region well known with its rich
 natural and archeological sites.

 High quality research papers are sought in the following areas :

 . Computer Architecture and Systems       . Theory
 . Artificial Intelligence and             . Databases
   Neural Networks                         . Parallelism
 . Graphics and Image Processing           . Performance Evaluation
 . Computational Mathematics               . Software Engineering
 . Operations Research Applications        . Networks

 The conference proceedings will be published by a major international
 publisher.

 How to submit papers :

 Three copies of full papers limited to ten pages,
 or short communications limited to four pages should be sent
 (by postal mail only) to arrive by May 1, 1992 to :

            ISCIS VII
            EHEI,
            45 Rue des Saint-Peres,
            75006 Paris,  FRANCE

 For further information :

 . E-mail : iscis@trmetu.bitnet
 . Fax    : (90 4)  2868624
 . Tel    : (90 4)  2237100  ext. 2079


 Advisory Board :

 E.Arkun, M.Baray, E.Gelenbe, A.E.Harmanci, Y.Karsligil,
 S.Kuru, N.Yalabik, U.Yarimagan, S.Yilmaz

 Program Committee :

 E.Gelenbe (Chair), I.F.Akyildiz (USA), T.Altiok (USA),
 E.Arkun (Turkey), O.Babaoglu (Italy), S.Bilgen (Turkey),
 A.Dogramaci (Turkey), S.Fdida (France), J.M.Fourneau (France),
 U.Halici (Turkey), A.E.Harmanci (Turkey), K.Inan (Turkey),
 S.Jaehnischen (Germany), S.Neftci (Turkey), M.Nivat (France),
 K.Oflazer (Turkey), E.Orhun (Turkey), V.Paschos (France),
 N.Pekergin (France), J.F.Perrot (France), M.Raynal (France),
 A.Stafylopatis (Greece), G.Stamon (France), N.Yalabik (Turkey)

 Local Arrangements Committee :

 N.Yalabik (Chair), M.Guler, I.Ozturk, M.Tolun

 Publicity Committee :

 U.Halici (Chair), R.Al-Hajj, I.Aybay, K.Karatal, M.Sungur


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Subject: GNN 92 call for papers
From:    "Steven C. Suddarth" <suddarth@cs.UMD.EDU>
Date:    Fri, 17 Jan 92 13:15:16 -0500


The following is an announcement for the 3rd annual GNN meeting.  It is
one of the few refereed forums for applications.  Last year we accepted
about one out of four papers, and generally had an interesting meeting.
The meeting ws also useful for those seeking collaborators.  If you have
made any significant contributions to a neural-network oriented
application, you may want to submit an abstract.
 
Steve Suddarth 
suddarth@cs.umd.edu 
 
 
 
 
***************************************************************** 
 
         Government Neural Network Applications Workshop 
 
                        G  N  N      9  2 
 
                Dayton, Ohio, August 24-28, 1992 
 
                 ----------------------------- 
                 C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S 
                 ----------------------------- 
 
 
The 1992 Government Neural Network Applications Workshop will be held
from 24-28 August at the Hope Hotel, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.  The
tentative schedule is:
 
              24 Aug  -  Registration and Tutorial 
           25-27 Aug  -  Main Meeting 
                           (includes export-controlled session) 
              28 Aug  -  Classified Meeting (tentative) 
 
*       Authors are invited to submit abstracts on any application-
oriented topic of interest to government agencies, this inludes:
 
  - Image/speech/signal    - Man-machine        - Detection and 
    processing               interface            classification 
 
  - Guidance and control   - Medicine           - Robotics 
 
*       Presentations will be selected based upon two-page abstracts.
Please note that ABSTRACTS LONGER THAN TWO PAGES WILL BE RETURNED.  Also,
the ABSTRACT DEADLINE IS APRIL 15, 1992.  Abstracts should be accompanied
by a cover letter stating the affiliation, address and phone number of
the author.  The cover letter should also state whether the presentation
will be unclassified (open dissemination), unclassified (export
controlled) or classified.  Send abstracts to the following addresses
 
    Unclassified:                       Classified: 
 
    GNN 92                              GNN 92 
    Maj. Steven K. Rogers               Maj. Steven K. Rodgers 
    AFIT/ENG                            AFIT/ENA 
    WPAFB, OH 45433                     WPAFB, OH  45433 
 
*       The export-controlled session will be open to U.S. citizens  
only.  Please use this session for unclassified material that you  
wish to present in a limited way. 
 
*       Classified abstracts must contain a description of the classified
portion and authors must make clear why classified material is important
to the presentation.  Please note that any "classified" abstracts without
well marked classified content will be automatically rejected.  Finally,
the classified meeting will only take place if the classified program
committee deems there to be a sufficient number of quality papers on
worthwhile classified subjects.  If authors are concerned about reducing
the dissemination of unclassified material, they should use the export-
controlled session of the main meeting.  If the classified portion is
unimportant to the main thrust of the abstract, it should be "sanitized"
and submitted as unclassified.  If accepted, classified authors will be
allotted space in the proceedings for an (optional) unclassified paper.
 
*       Registration fees are not yet final, but they are expected to be
in the $200 to $300 range, and they will include some meals.
 
*       The all-day tutorial on August 24 will be conducted by AFIT
faculty.  It will be oriented toward those who are new to the field and
would like sufficient background for the remainder of the meeting.  There
will be no extra cost for the tutorial.
 
Thanks to the Army, last year's meeting was a big hit. It was one of the
few selective application-oriented meetings in this field.  We look
forward to your presence, and we know that you will find this meeting
informative and useful whether you are currently building neural network
applications, are thinking about them, or are contributing to theories
that underpin them.
 
Conference chairs are: 
 
 
General Chair: 
 
Capt. Steve Suddarth 
Mathematics Department (AFOSR/NM) 
Air Force Office of Scientific Research 
Bolling AFB DC 20332-6448 
Comm: (202) 767-5028    DSN: 295-5028    Fax: (202) 404-7496  
suddarth@cs.umd.edu 
 
 
Program Chair: 
 
Maj. Steve Rogers 
School of Engineering (AFIT/ENG) 
Air Force Institute of Technology 
Wright-Patterson AFB OH  45433 
Comm: (513) 255-9266    DSN: 785-9266    Fax: (513) 476-4055 
rogers@blackbird.afit.af.mil 


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Subject: ICARCV'92 Final Call-for-Papers
From:    takefuji@axon.EEAP.CWRU.Edu (Yoshiyasu Takefuji)
Date:    Sun, 26 Jan 92 10:30:20 -0500


                    ICARCV'92 Final Call-for-Papers

        The Second International Conference on Automation, Robotics
        and Computer Vision will be held in Singapore on 15-18
        September 1992. The conference is jointly organised by
        Nanyang Technological University and the Institution of
        Engineers (Singapore), co-sponsored by the Institution of
        Electrical Engineers (IEE), UK and the Institute of Measurement
        and Control (InstMC), UK, and in cooperation with the IEEE
        Computer Society, the IEEE SMC Society, IEEE Robotics and
        Automation Society (solicited), the IEEE Singapore Section,
        the Instrumentation and Control Society (ICS), Singapore
        Section and other local professional organisations.

        The theme will focus on "A Glimpse of the 21st Century" in the
        context of intelligent industrial automation. There will be
        plenary and tutorial sessions. An exhibition will also be held
        in conjunction with the conference.

        Keynote Addresses by :

        Prof Michael Brady   Prof Russel Eberhart   Prof Lester Gerhardt

        Tutorial Sessions :

        * State-of-the-art in Computer Vision          Prof Michael Brady
        * Technology and Integration in 21st Century   Prof Lester Gerhardt
        * Engineering a Solution with Neural Network   Prof Russel Eberhart
        * Sensor-based Intelligent Robots              Prof Mohan Trivedi
        * Real-time Software Engineering               Prof Mike Rodd
          for Industrial Applications

        Papers describing original theoretical and/or applied work in,
        though not limited, to the following research areas are invited :

        * Robotics                      * Intelligent Automation
        * Computer Vision               * Neural Networks
        * AI and Expert Systems         * Control applications
        * Real-Time Systems             * Fuzzy Logic


        Four copies of an extended summary (300-500 words) of the
        NEURAL NETWORKS in engineering/scientific applications papers 
        should be submitted to:

Professor Yoshiyasu Takefuji
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106
E-mail: takefuji@axon.eeap.cwru.edu


Authors of the other subjects are invited to submit four copies of
an extended summary of 300-500 words to :

                ICARCV'92 Conference Secretariat
                Associated Conventions and Exhibitons
                204 Bukit Timah Road, #04-00
                Boon Liew Building, Singapore 0922
                Fax: (65) 791-2687      Tel: (65) 799-5470
                Telex: RS 28615
                E-mail: EMITAL@NTUVAX.BITNET

        Author's Schedule :    30 April 1992    Extended Summary
                               31 May   1992    Notification of Acceptance
                               30 June  1992    Reciept of Final Manuscript


        All accepted papers for presentation at the conference will be
        reviewed by an international panel of experts for possible
        publication in the Nanyang Technological University's EEE Journal,
        Special Edition on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision.



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Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Signal Processing Applications and Technology - and - DSP World Expo.
From:    DSPWorld@world.std.com (Amnon Aliphas)
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date:    29 Jan 92 22:51:24 +0000


  

  ***************************************************************************

                             CALL FOR PAPERS

                                BOSTON '92

                         ________________________


 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SIGNAL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

                 featuring

                             DSP WORLD Expo.

     November 2 - 5, 1992    Hyatt Regency Hotel - Cambridge, MA. U.S.A,

            Application Areas:  Communications
                                Speech Processing
                                Image Processing
                                DSP Technology
                                DSP Machines
                                Medical Electronics
                                Neural Networks
                                Industrial Control
                                Automotive
                                VLSI Architectures
                                Geophysics
                                Underwater
                                Radar
                                DSP Software
                                Instrumentation and Testing
                                Consumer Products

                                AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

                             ________________________________

            Technology:         Analog Devices, AT&T, Fujitsu,
                                LSI Logic, Motorola, NEC, OKI,
                                Plessey, SGS-THOMSON, Texas Instruments,

                                AND OTHER SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY


           MAIL, FAX, OR send e_mail your 400 word Abstract for Review to:

                                DSP Associates
                                18 Peregrine Road
                                Newton, MA 02159
                                U.S.A.

                                Telephone: (617) 964-3817
                                Fax:       (617) 969-6689

                        electronic mail: DSPWorld@world.std.com



            (The deadline for receiving abstracts is April 30th, 1992)






 *****************************************************************************

                CALL FOR EXHIBITORS - DSP World Expo.


      The Trade Show and Exhibit of Signal Processing Technology

      and Signal Processing-Based Products, and Applications.

      November 3, 1992 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cambridge, MA. U.S.A.

      
            A one-day exhibit, held during second day of the 

   International Conference on Signal Processing Applications and Technology

      
            featuring:  The Industry's Technology Forum


      With Over 120 Booths exhibiting the latest products and technology



        Partial list of last year's exhibitors at DSPWorld expo.

                Academic Press
                Analog Devices, Inc.
                Aptec Computer Systems
                Ariel Corporation
                AT&T Microelectronics   
                ATAIR Real-Time Systems 
                Bores Technical Sales
                Burr-Brown Corporation  
                CADIS GmbH      
                Comdisco
                Control Sys, S.A.       
                Data Beta
                Digital Communications (PVT) Ltd.
                DSP Research
                DSP Software Engineering, Inc.
                Electronic Tools
                Gresilog
                Harcourt Jovanovich
                Hema Elektronik Fertigungs
                John Wiley
                Loughborough Sound Images
                MEDAV Digitale Signalverarbeitung GmbH  
                National Instruments    
                NEC Electronics, Inc.
                PCSI U.K. ltd.
                Politechnika Poznanska
                Rodder GmbH     
                SGS-Thomson Microelectronics-INMOS
                Sharp Microelectronics Technology       
                Sonitech International  
                STAC Elektronische Systeme GmbH
                Systemforschung         
                Tartan, Inc.
                Texas Instruments       
                Zoran Corp.


        If you want an exhibitors kit sent to you or your company
        contact:

                                DSP Associates
                                18 Peregrine Road
                                Newton, MA 02159
                                U.S.A.

                                Telephone: (617) 964-3817
                                Fax:       (617) 969-6689

                        electronic mail: DSPWorld@world.std.com

------------------------------

Subject: NEW Fifth NN & PDP Conference Program
From:    TEPPER@CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU
Date:    Tue, 07 Apr 92 21:25:58 -0500

Here is an updated version of the program for The Fifth Conference on Neural
Networks and Parallel Distributed Processing at Indiana University-Purdue 
University.   Please notice Phil Best's lecture on Friday.   It did not appear 
on the previous announcement.



        Fifth NN & PDP CONFERENCE PROGRAM - April 9, 10 and 11,1992
        -----------------------------------------------------------


The Fifth Conference on Neural Networks and Parallel Distributed Processing
at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne will be held April 9,
10, and 11, 1992.  Conference registration is $20 (on site).  Students and
members or employees of supporting organizations attend free.  

Inquiries should be addressed to:  

US mail:  
- -------
Pr. Samir Sayegh                                               
Physics Department   
Indiana University-Purdue University
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499

email:  sayegh@ipfwcvax.bitnet
- -----

FAX:    (219)481-6880
- ---

Voice:  (219) 481-6306 OR 481-6157
- -----                                    

All talks will be held in Kettler Hall, Room G46:
Thursday, April 9, 6pm-9pm; Friday Morning & Afternoon (Tutorial Sessions),
8:30am-12pm & 1pm-4:30pm and Friday Evening 6pm-9pm; Saturday, 9am-12noon.

Parking will be available near the Athletic Building or at any Blue A-B
parking lots.  Do not park in an Orange A lot or you may get a parking
violation ticket.

Special hotel rates (IPFW corporate rates) are available at Canterbury
Green, which is a 5 minute drive from the campus.  The number is (219)
485-9619.  The Marriott Hotel also has corporate rates for IPFW and is
about a 10 minute drive. Their number is (219) 484-0411.  Another hotel
with corporate rates for IPFW is Don Hall's Guesthouse (about 10 minutes
away).  Their number is (219) 489-2524.

The following talks will be presented:

Applications I  -  Thursday 6pm-7:30pm
- --------------------------------------

Nasser Ansari & Janusz A. Starzyk, Ohio University.  DISTANCE FIELD APPROACH
           TO HANDWRITTEN CHARACTER RECOGNITION

Thomas L. Hemminger & Yoh-Han Pao, Case Western Reserve University.  A REAL-
           TIME NEURAL-NET COMPUTING APPROACH TO THE DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION
           OF UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC TRANSIENTS

Seibert L. Murphy & Samir I. Sayegh, Indiana-Purdue University.  ANALYSIS OF
           THE CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCE OF A BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORK
           DESIGNED FOR ACOUSTIC SCREENING

S. Keyvan, L. C. Rabelo, & A. Malkani, Ohio University.  NUCLEAR DIAGNOSTIC
           MONITORING SYSTEM USING ADAPTIVE RESONANCE THEORY

J.L. Fleming & D.G. Hill, Armstrong Lab, Brooks AFB.  STUDENT MODELING USING
           ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS


Biological and Cooperative Phenomena Optimization I  -  Thursday 7:50pm-9pm
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ljubomir T. Citkusev & Ljubomir J.,  Buturovic, Boston University.  NON-
           DERIVATIVE NETWORK FOR EARLY VISION

Yalin Hu & Robert J. Jannarone, University of South Carolina.  A
           NEUROCOMPUTING KERNEL ALGORITHM FOR REAL-TIME, CONTINUOUS COGNITIVE
           PROCESSING 

M.B. Khatri & P.G. Madhavan, Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis.  ANN
           SIMULATION OF THE PLACE CELL PHENOMENON USING CUE SIZE RATIO

Mark M. Millonas, University of Texas at Austin.  CONNECTIONISM AND SWARM
           INTELLIGENCE



Tutorials I  -  Friday 8:30am-11:45am 
- -------------------------------------

Phil Best, Miami University.  PROCESSING OF SPATIAL INFORMATION IN THE BRAIN"

Bill Frederick, Indiana-Purdue University.  INTRODUCTION TO FUZZY LOGIC

Helmut Heller, University of Illinois.  INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPUTER SYSTEMS

Arun Jagota, SUNY-Buffalo.  THE HOPFIELD NETWORK, ASSOCIATIVE MEMORIES, AND
           OPTIMIZATION


Tutorials II  -  Friday 1:15pm-4:30pm 
- -------------------------------------

Krzysztof J. Cios, University Of Toledo.  SELF-GENERATING NEURAL NETWORK
           ALGORITHM : CID3 APPLICATION TO CARDIOLOGY 

Robert J. Jannarone, University of South Carolina.  REAL-TIME NEUROCOMPUTING,
           AN INTRODUCTION 


Network Analysis I  -  Friday 6pm-7:30pm
- ----------------------------------------

M.R. Banan & K.D. Hjelmstad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  A
           SUPERVISED TRAINING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON LOCAL ADAPTATION, FUZZINESS,
           AND SIMULATION

Pranab K. Das II, University of Texas at Austin.  CHAOS IN A SYSTEM OF FEW
           NEURONS

Arun Maskara & Andrew Noetzel, New Jersey Institute of Technology.  FORCED 
LEARNING IN SIMPLE RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS

Samir I. Sayegh, Indiana-Purdue University.  SEQUENTIAL VS CUMULATIVE UPDATE:
           AN  EXPANSION

D.A. Brown, P.L.N. Murthy, & L. Berke, The College of Wooster.  SELF-
           ADAPTATION IN BACKPROPAGATION NETWORKS THROUGH VARIABLE  DECOMPOSITION
           AND OUTPUT SET DECOMPOSITION


Applications II  -  Friday 7:50pm-9pm
- -------------------------------------

Susith Fernando & Karan Watson, Texas A & M University.  ANNs TO INCORPORATE
           ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN HI FAULTS  DETECTION

D.K. Singh, G.V. Kudav, & T.T. Maxwell, Youngstown State University. 
           FUNCTIONAL MAPPING OF SURFACE PRESSURES ON 2-D AUTOMOTIVE SHAPES BY
           NEURAL NETWORKS

K. Hooks, A. Malkani, & L. C. Rabelo, Ohio University.  APPLICATION OF 
           ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS IN QUALITY CONTROL CHARTS

B.E. Stephens & P.G. Madhavan, Purdue University at Indianapolis.  SIMPLE
           NONLINEAR CURVE FITTING USING THE ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWOR



Network Analysis II  -  Saturday 9am-10:30am
- -------------------------------------------

Sandip Sen, University of Michigan.  NOISE SENSITIVITY IN A SIMPLE CLASSIFIER
           SYSTEM

Xin Wang, University of Southern California.  DYNAMICS OF DISCRETE-TIME
           RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS: PATTERN FORMATION AND EVOLUTION

Zhenni Wang and Christine Di Massimo, University of Newcastle. A PROCEDURE
           FOR DETERMINING THE CANONICAL STRUCTURE OF MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS

Srikanth Radhakrishnan, Tulane University.  PATTERN CLASSIFICATION USING THE
HYBRID COULOMB ENERGY NETWORK


Biological and Cooperative Phenomena Optimization II  - Saturday 10:50am-12noon 
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

J. Wu, M. Penna, P.G. Madhavan, & L. Zheng, Purdue University at
           Indianapolis.  COGNITIVE MAP BUILDING AND NAVIGATION

C. Zhu, J. Wu, & Michael A. Penna, Purdue University at Indianapolis.  USING
           THE NADEL TO SOLVE THE CORRESPONDENCE PROBLEM

Arun Jagota, SUNY-Buffalo.   COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY OF ANALYZING A
           HOPFIELD-CLIQUE NETWORK

Assaad Makki, & Pepe Siy, Wayne State University.  OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS BY
MODIFIED HOPFIELD NEURAL NETWORKS


------------------------------

Subject: Conference : AISB'93
From:    Donald Peterson <aisb93-prog@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk>
Date:    Sat, 11 Apr 92 14:25:38 +0000


    ================================================================

         AISB'93 CONFERENCE : ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

    Theme: "Prospects for AI as the General Science of Intelligence"

                       29 March --  2 April 1993 

                        University of Birmingham

    ================================================================



1.  Introduction
2.  Invited talks
3.  Topic areas for submitted papers
4.  Timetable for submitted papers
5.  Paper lengths and submission details
6.  Call for referees 
7.  Workshops and Tutorials
8.  LAGB Conference 
9.  Email, paper mail, phone and fax. 

1. INTRODUCTION

The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation
of Behaviour (one of the oldest AI societies) will hold its ninth
bi-annual conference on the dates above at the University of Birmingham.
The site is Manor House, a charming and convivial residential hall close
to the University.

Tutorials and Workshops are planned for Monday 29th March and the morning
of Tuesday 30th March, and the main conference will start with lunch on
Tuesday 30th March and end on Friday 2nd April.

The Programme Chair is Aaron Sloman, and the Local Arrangements Organiser
is Donald Peterson, both assisted by Petra Hickey.

The conference will be "single track" as usual, with invited speakers and
submitted papers, plus a "poster session" to allow larger numbers to
report on their work, and the proceedings will be published.

The conference will cover the usual topic areas for conferences on AI
nand Cognitive Science. However, with the turn of the century
approaching, and with computer power no longer a major bottleneck in most
AI research (apart from connectionism) it seemed appropriate to ask our
invited speakers to look forwards rather than backwards, and so the theme
of the conference will be "Prospects for AI as the general science of
intelligence". Submitted papers exploring this are also welcome, in
addition to the normal technical papers.


2. INVITED TALKS

So far the following have agreed to give invited talks:

Prof David Hogg (Leeds)
   "Prospects for computer vision"

Prof Allan Ramsay (Dublin)
   "Prospects for natural language processing by machine"

Prof Glyn Humphreys (Birmingham)
    "Prospects for connectionism - science and engineering". 

Prof Ian Sommerville (Lancaster)
    "Prospects for AI in systems design"

Titles are provisional.


3. TOPIC AREAS for SUBMITTED PAPERS

Papers are invited in any of the normal areas represented at AI and
Cognitive Science conferences, including:

AI in Design,
AI in software engineering
Teaching AI and Cognitive Science,
Analogical and other forms of Reasoning
Applications of AI,
Automated discovery,
Control of actions,
Creativity,
Distributed intelligence,
Expert Systems,
Intelligent interfaces
Intelligent tutoring systems,
Knowledge representation,
Learning,
Methodology,
Modelling affective processes,
Music,
Natural language,
Naive physics,
Philosophical foundations,
Planning,
Problem Solving,
Robotics,
Tools for AI,
Vision,

Papers on neural nets or genetic algorithms are welcomed, but should be
capable of being judged as contributing to one of the other topic areas.

Papers may either be full papers or descriptions of work to be presented
in a poster session.

4. TIMETABLE for SUBMITTED PAPERS

Submission deadline: 1st September 1992

Date for notification of acceptances: mid October 1992

Date for submission of camera ready final copy: mid December 1992

The conference proceedings will be published. Long papers and invited
papers will definitely be included. Selected poster summaries may be
included if there is space.

5. PAPER LENGTH and SUBMISSION DETAILS

Full papers:
    10 pages maximum, A4 or 8.5"x11", no smaller than 12 point print
    size Times Roman or similar preferred, in letter quality print.

Poster submissions
    5 pages summary

Excessively long papers will be rejected without being reviewed.

All submissions should include

    1. Full names and addresses of all authors
    2. Electronic mail address if available
    3. Topic area
    4. Label: "Long paper" or "Poster summary"
    5. Abstract no longer than 10 lines.
    6. Statement certifying that the paper is not being
       submitted elsewhere for publication.
    7. An undertaking that if the paper is accepted at least
       one of the authors will attend the conference.

THREE copies are required.


6. CALL for REFEREES

Anyone willing to act as a reviewer during September should write to the
Programme Chair, with a summary CV or indication of status and
experience, and preferred topic areas.


7. WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS

The first day and a half of the Conference are allocated to workshops
and tutorials. These will be organised by Dr Hyacinth S. Nwana, and
anyone interested in giving a workshop or tutorial should contact her
at: 

Department of Computer Science, 
University of Keele, 
Staffs. 
ST5 5BG. 
U.K.

phone: +44 782 583413, or +44 782 621111(x 3413) 

email
    JANET: nwanahs@uk.ac.keele.cs  
    BITNET: nwanahs%cs.kl.ac.uk@ukacrl
    UUCP  : ...!ukc!kl-cs!nwanahs  
    other : nwanahs@cs.keele.ac.uk 


8. LAGB CONFERENCE.

Shortly before AISB'93, the Linguistics Association of Great Britain
(LAGB) will hold its Spring Meeting at the University of Birmingham from
22-24th March, 1993. For more information, please contact Dr.  William
Edmondson: postal address as below; phone +44-(0)21-414-4763; email
EDMONDSONWH@vax1.bham.ac.uk


9. EMAIL, PAPER MAIL, PHONE and FAX. 

Email:
    * aisb93-prog@cs.bham.ac.uk 
      (for communications relating to submission of papers to the programme)
    * aisb93-delegates@cs.bham.ac.uk 
      (for information on accommodation, meals, programme etc. as it 
       becomes available --- enquirers will be placed on a mailing list)

Address:
    AISB'93 (prog) or AISB'93 (delegates), 
    School of Computer Science,
    The University of Birmingham,
    Edgbaston,
    Birmingham,
    B15 2TT, 
    U.K. 

Phone:
    +44-(0)21-414-3711

Fax:
    +44-(0)21-414-4281



Donald Peterson and Aaron Sloman, April 1992. 


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