From: ethan@bcsaic (Ethan Scarl)
Subject: The Third International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis
Keywords: diagnosis deduction abduction model-based associative
Organization: Boeing Computer Services ATC, Seattle
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:55:05 GMT
Expires: Tue, 2 Jun 1992 07:00:00 GMT


                                   DX-92
        The Third International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis
                    Vicinity of Seattle, Washington, USA
                            October 11-14, 1992

                              Call for Papers

This is the third in a series of workshops to encourage interaction
and cooperation among researchers in artificial intelligence with
diverse approaches to diagnosis.  Previous workshops in this series
were held at CISE, Milano (Italy) in 1991 and at Stanford University
(USA) in 1990, with a forerunner at Paris (France) in 1989.

Attendance will be limited to fifty participants with three days of
presentations and substantial time reserved for discussion.

Those interested in participating should submit papers for review by
the committee.  Submissions are welcome on (but not limited to) the
following topics:

   o Theory of diagnosis: abductive, deductive, or probabilistic
theories.

   o  Computational issues: controlling combinatorial explosion;
focusing strategies; controlling inference in complex systems; use,
inference, or absence of structural knowledge.

   o  Modeling for diagnosis: multiple, approximate, incomplete,
probabilistic, and qualitative models; integration of heuristics with
model-based diagnosis; geometric knowledge; dynamic systems; embedded
software.

   o  Integration of diagnosis with control, planning, analysis, theory
construction, tutoring, and design/redesign, testability/
diagnosability/sensor-placement.

   o  Empirical evaluation of theoretical results, theoretical
implications of practical applications and their successes or failures.

   o  Inductive approaches to diagnosis: case-based reasoning, neural
nets.

Although not a requirement, previously unpublished work is preferred.
Papers are limited to a maximum of 5000 words; shorter papers are
encouraged, but space should be used to ensure adequate presentation.
Include postal (and courier) addresses, electronic mail, fax, and
telephone numbers.  Please indicate whether you wish to present or
only attend.  The conference chair (below) must receive three paper
copies of each submission by June 2, 1992, and notifications will be
sent by August 4.  Accepted papers can be revised for inclusion in the
workshop working notes.

Workshop chair: Ethan Scarl; postal address (NOT for courier
deliveries): MS 7L-64, Boeing Computer Services, P.O. Box 24346,
Seattle, WA USA 98124-0346; courier address (NOT for US mail): MS
7L-64, Boeing Computer Services 2760 - 160th Avenue S.E., Bldg. 33-07,
Bellevue, WA USA 98008; phone: (206) 865-3255; fax: (206) 865-2964;
email: ethan@atc.boeing.com.

Committee: I. Bratko (U. Ljubljana), L. Console (U. di Udine), P. Dague
(IBM), J. deKleer (Xerox), O. Dressler (Siemens), K. Eshghi (HP, Stanford),
G. Friedrich (T.U. Wien), D. Heckerman (USC), M. Kramer (MIT), W.  Nejdl
(T.U. Wien), R. Patil (ISI), D. Poole (U. British Columbia), O.  Raiman
(Xerox), M.  Shirley (Xerox), J.  Sticklen (Michigan State U.), G.
Tornielli (CISE), M.  Wellman (Wright-Patterson), B. Williams (Xerox)