From: skalsky@aaai.org (Rick Skalsky)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: AAAI-93 Call for Workshop Proposals
Date: 17 Aug 92 15:36:02 GMT

Call for Workshop Proposals
AAAI-93

The AAAI-93 Program Committee invites proposals for the 
Workshop Program of the American Association for Artificial 
Intelligence's National Conference on Artificial Intelligence 
(AAAI-93). Workshops will be held July 11-16, 1993. Workshop 
participants will have the opportunity to meet and discuss 
issues with a selected focus - providing an informal setting for 
active exchange among researchers, developers and users on 
topics of interest. Members of all segments of the AI community 
are encouraged to submit proposals.

To encourage interaction and exchange of ideas, the workshops 
will be kept small with 25-50 participants. Attendance is limited 
to active participants only. The format of the workshop 
presentations will be determined by the organizers. Organizers 
are encouraged to leave ample time for general discussion. 
Workshops will typically be one full day in length, although 
half-day and two-day proposals will be considered.


Proposal Content

Proposals for workshops should be about 2 pages in length, and 
should contain:
- A description of the workshop. Identify the specific issues on 
which the workshop will focus.
- A brief discussion of why the workshop is of particular interest 
at this time.
- The names and addresses of the organizing committee; 3 to 4 
people knowledgeable in the field. Strong proposals include 
organizers who bring differing perspectives to the workshop 
topic.
- An indication as to whether the workshop should be 
considered for a half-day, one or two-day meeting.

We especially welcome proposals which bridge the gap between 
practitioners and theorists, and which encourage the 
submission of experimental results, the formation of testable 
hypotheses, the analysis or comparison of existing systems, or 
the careful elucidation of the results of exploratory research.


Submissions

Workshop proposals should be submitted as soon as possible 
but no later than October 9, 1992. Organizers will be notified of 
the committee's decision by November 2, 1992. Workshop 
organizers will be responsible for:
- Producing a "call for participation". The Call is due November 
20, 1992. This call will be mailed to AAAI members by AAAI.
- Selecting participants. Workshop attendance is by invitation of 
the organizers. Selection of attendees will be made by the 
organizers on the basis of submissions due March 12, 1993. 
Workshop organizers will need to provide AAAI with a list of 
the participants by April 2,1993.
- Coordinating the production of the workshop notes. AAAI 
provides a small budget to cover publication, mailing and 
administration support. AAAI can reproduce and mail copies of 
the working notes if materials are received by April 30, 1993. 
Working notes may contain a collection of statements by 
participants or other relevant material, but are limited to a total 
of 200 pages.


Scheduling the Workshop Activities

Workshop organizers who want to publish the papers from their 
workshop (or significant portions of it) will have the 
opportunity to do so through the AAAI Press. The Press (which 
retains the right of first refusal to publish) will furnish details of 
its program to interested organizers and authors.

AAAI will provide logistic support, and meeting places for the 
workshops, and will determine the dates and times of the 
workshops. Workshop participants who do not register for the 
main conference will be charged a workshop fee. AAAI reserves 
the right to drop any workshop if the organizers miss the above 
deadlines . Workshops are not to be used as a vehicle for 
marketing products.

Please submit your workshop proposal and address inquiries 
concerning workshops to:

Robert E. Filman
IntelliCorp 
1975 El Camino Real West
Mountain View, CA 94040-2216
email: filman@intellicorp.com

Telephone: 415-965-5706
Fax: 415-965-5647