From: csa29@seq1.keele.ac.uk (A. Herath)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: Tutorial and Workshop on CKBS (Revised Call for Registration)
Date: 14 Aug 92 00:01:41 GMT
Expires: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 07:00:00 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England


                           Final Call for Registration
          Tutorial and Workshop on Cooperating Knowledge Based Systems
                    September 23-25, 1992, Keele University



The UK Special Interest Group on Cooperating Knowledge Based Systems
(CKBS-SIG( UK)) sponsored by the UK Department of Trade and Industry, invites
you to register for a tutorial and workshop to be held at Keele University
from September 23 to 25, 1992.

Tutorial [Wednesday, September 23, 2-5p.m]

 Topic:       Multi-agent Systems
 Presenter:   Dr.  Donald Steiner, Siemens, Germany
              Dr.  Steiner worked in some large US projects
              before joining Siemens to work on multi-agent
              systems.


Workshop [Thursday & Friday, September 24-25, 1992]

 Papers to be presented :   attached

A draft workshop proceedings will include drafts/handouts, as available, of
the presentations at the workshop.  The full papers will be reviewed
subsequently following their presentation at the workshop, and those
selected will constitute t he final workshop proceedings.  The copies of the
final proceedings will be mailed to the attendees in due course.

Final Registration Form

Due a the large number of good quality papers received, we had to extend the
workshop into 2 days ( Sept 24 & 25) as originally planned, with a
consequential sm all increase in fee.  We regret this inconvenience.


Background

In CKBS a number of intelligent computer systems cooperate together to solve
problems that cannot be solved otherwise.  CKBSs may be described as the
next generation of intelligent systems, with a wide range of industrial
application areas, such as air traffic control, telecommunications network
management, distributed sensor networks, distributed monitoring and fault
diagnostics, intelligent manufacturing systems and so on.  The focus of
CKBS is applied multi-agent systems where the techniques of distributed
artificial intelligence and distributed dat abases blend together to provide
good solutions to real world problems.

The first international conference on this theme was the CKBS'90 held at
Keele in October 1990.  The conference was considered by the participants to
be a valuab le forum for the cross fertilisation of ideas in this area and at
their suggestion a special interest group, CKBS-SIG International, was formed
(managed by the DA KE Centre at Keele), in order to provide a nucleus for
further activities in this area.  The CKBS-SIG(UK) is a subgroup of this
larger SIG. Attendance is welcome from members of CKBS-SIG International
and also from other interested researchers.  The activity committee of the
workshop will consist of:


         Prof.  S.M. Deen   (Keele University) [Chairman]
         Prof.  J. Doran    (University of Essex)
         Dr.    D. Griffiths(British Telecom)
         Dr.    P. Kearney  (Sharp Laboratories, Europe)
         Prof.  I. Mamdani  (Queen Mary and Westfield College, London)


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                        Papers to be presented
        WorkshopSoneCooperatingpKnowledgetBasedeSystemsmber 24-25, 1992,
                            Keele University

Partial list of expected paper titles in an abbreviated form


o The recently proposed DARPA (US Department of Defence) language for
  multi-agent systems

o Design issues in a CKBS approach to telecommunications diagnostics

o Optimisation in an intelligent data-network routing system

o Some issues in Air Traffic Control

o Applying CKBS techniques to electronic Mail

o Knowledge Consistency

o Distributed help desk system

o An architecture for cooperative intelligent information systems

o Prolog for multi-agent systems

o ESPRIT KBS-SHIP project

o Negotiation for cooperating agents

o Rule-based multi-agent system
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                            FINAL REGISTRATION FORM
          Tutorial and Workshop on Cooperating Knowledge Based Systems
                    September 23-25, 1992, Keele University


Name (including title) :   ................................................
 Affiliation (for badge) :  ...............................................

Address :   ...............................................................
            ...............................................................
            ...............................................................

SGES(BCS Specialist group on Expert Systems) Membership Number:............
 ..
Phone:   ............... Fax: ................. Email: ....................

Tutorial Registration Fee (23 September)
includes handouts and afternoon tea/coffee

   Student                                                      25 pounds O
   Academic                                                     35 pounds O
     SGES Member                                                45 pounds O
     Other                                                      55 pounds O
     Surcharge for registering after 18 September               15 pounds O


Workshop Registration Fee (24-25, September)

Includes lunch, Tea/Coffee, draft workshop proceedings and the final workshop
proceedings

   Student and Academic                                         50 pounds O
     SGES Member                                                65 pounds O
     Other                                                      80 pounds O
     Surcharge for registering after 18 September               15 pounds O

Accommodation

22 pounds per night (includes breakfast), $33 per night with bathroom
facilities (limited supply)

  September 22                             22 pounds O      or 33 pounds O
  September 23                             22 pounds O      or 33 pounds O
  September 24                             22 pounds O      or 33 pounds O
  September 25                             22 pounds O      or 33 pounds O

Total :                                               ...............pounds

* students and academics from recognised institutions only.
  Please tick the appropriate boxes above.

Payment must be made to the University of Keele, in pounds sterling drawn on
a British Bank or by Eurocheque or Bankers Draft.  Cheques must be crossed.
Payment can alternatively be made by credit card

 Please tick   ACCESS O  VISA O   MASTERCARD O   EUROCARD O

Card Number ................................. Expiry.Date...................

Signature   ................................................................


Please note full payment must accompany the registration form; there is no
pro- vision for invoicing.  Please send your forms with payment to:

  Mark Walsh (CKBS-SIG Secretary),
  DAKE Centre, University of Keele, Keele, Staffs.  ST5 5BG. UK.
  Phone: +44 782 583410, Fax: +44 782 713082, Email: mark@cs.keele.ac.uk

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