From: leake@borneo.cs.indiana.edu (David Leake)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: CFP:  The AAAI-93 Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning
Date: 20 Dec 92 21:32:47 GMT
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington


                          CALL FOR PAPERS

              The AAAI-93 Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning
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                    Washington, D.C., July 1993


Description of the Workshop:
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Case-based reasoning (CBR) is an increasingly important paradigm for
learning and reasoning in Artificial Intelligence systems.  The last
case-based reasoning workshop, held in May of 1991, established
directions for advancing case-based reasoning.  Since that workshop,
considerable progress has been made.  Major research efforts are
addressing fundamental theoretical issues in CBR, while burgeoning
activity in CBR applications is evidenced by the growing number of
commercial CBR products.  However, there has been no opportunity for
the case-based reasoning community to gather to relate the results of
these efforts.  The AAAI-93 Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning will
bring together investigators from theoretical and applied viewpoints
to exchange results and discuss their ramifications.  By providing
perspective on the fundamental issues of the field, the workshop will
both advance the state of the art and define directions for future
progress.


Topics:
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 - Progress in content theories and knowledge representation
 - Theoretical and applied results in indexing and case retrieval
 - Methods for similarity assessment
 - Theory and practice of case adaptation
 - Hybrid systems 
 - Strengths, limitations and open issues of implemented CBR systems


Format of workshop:
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The workshop will take place over two days.  The first day will
concentrate on theoretical research, and the second will examine
practical progress in implementing CBR systems.  Each day of the
workshop will begin with an invited talk, followed by paper sessions
moderated by discussants.  Ample time will be reserved for open
discussion.  The workshop will close with a panel representing both
academics and industry that will discuss major issues and conclusions
from the workshop.

Attendance:
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Attendance will be limited to 50 invitees, primarily those presenting
papers, serving as discussants and participating in the final panel.
As space permits, a few additional people will be invited to attend
based on a brief statement of interest (see below).


Submission requirements:
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Five (5) copies of each paper should be submitted in hard copy form.
Submitted papers should include a cover page containing paper title,
authors' names, postal addresses, electronic mail addresses, telephone
numbers, and a brief abstract.  Papers should be in 12 point type and
should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages including figures and
bibliography.  Authors of accepted papers will be expected to provide
camera ready copy; notifications of acceptance will be accompanied by
formatting instructions.  Those who wish to attend without presenting
a paper should submit a brief statement of interest and relevant work.

Accepted papers will be distributed to all workshop participants in
the form of working notes.  The AAAI Press will publish a technical
report based on the working notes for wider distribution, but authors
may choose to have their papers appear only in the working notes.
Notifications of acceptance will be accompanied by a nonexclusive
permission form that must be completed by authors who wish to have
their papers included in the technical report.


Submission deadline:  March 12, 1993
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Notification date:  April 2, 1993
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Final date for camera-ready copy to organizers:  April 30, 1993
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Submit to:
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        David Leake
        Workshop Chair
        The AAAI-93 Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning
        Computer Science Department
        Lindley Hall 215
        Indiana University
        Bloomington, IN 47405

        Phone: 812-855-9756
        Fax: 812-855-4829
        Email: leake@moose.cs.indiana.edu        


Organizing committee:
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David Leake, Indiana University (chair)

Ray Bareiss, The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern
University (bareiss@ils.nwu.edu)

Kristian Hammond, Department of Computer Science, University of
Chicago (kris@cs.uchicago.edu)

Evangelos Simoudis, Lockheed AI Center 
(simoudis@titan.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com).


Papers will be reviewed by a program committee consisting of:
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Ray Bareiss, The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern 
   University
L. Karl Branting, University of Wyoming
Kristian Hammond, University of Chicago
Janet Kolodner, Georgia Institute of Technology
David Leake, Indiana University (chair)
Chris Owens, University of Chicago
Chris Riesbeck, The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern 
   University
Evangelos Simoudis, Lockheed AI Center
Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University
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