APPLICATIONS OF EXPERT SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
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Seventh Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal
October 3-6, 1995
(Under the auspices of the Portuguese Association for AI)
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REMEMBER: SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 2, 1995
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INTRODUCTION
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The Seventh Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(EPIA'95) will be held at Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal,
between October 3-6, 1995. As in previous cases ('89, '91,
and '93), EPIA'95 will be run as an international
conference, English being the official language. The
scientific program includes tutorials, invited lectures,
demonstrations, and paper presentations. The Conference will
include three parallel workshops on Expert Systems, Fuzzy
Logic and Neural Networks, and Applications of A.I. to
Robotics and Vision Systems. These workshops will run
simultaneously (see below) and consist of invited talks,
panels, paper presentations and poster sessions.
Applications of Expert Systems Workshop may last for either
1, 2 or 3 days, depending on the quantity and quality of
submissions.
INVITED LECTURERS
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In this issue of the conference,four special invited lectures
will promote a debate on the very foundations of Artificial
Intelligence, its approaches and results. It is an honour to
announce the invited lecturers and the corresponding talks:
"Why Human Brains Can't Really Think",
by Marvin Minsky (MIT-USA);
"Planning and Learning in Intelligent Agents",
by Manuela Veloso (CMU-USA);
"The Connectionist Paradigm and AI",
by Luis B. Almeida (IST-Portugal);
"The Evolutionist Approach - Past, Present, and Future of AI",
by Rodney Brooks (MIT-USA).
TUTORIALS
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In this issue of the conference, four tutorials will be
delivered:
"Artificial Life and Autonomous Robots",
by Luc Steels (VUB AI Lab-Belgium);
"Virtual Reality - The AI perspective",
by David Hogg (Univ. of Leeds-UK);
"Introduction to Artificial Intelligence",
by Ernesto Costa (Univ. of Coimbra-Portugal);
(in Portuguese)
"Design of Expert Systems",
by Ernesto Morgado (IST-Portugal);
(in Portuguese)
APPLICATIONS OF EXPERT SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
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Expert Systems are being intensively used in industry,
finance, and other areas, in which systems for supporting
decisions or implementing control strategies are crucial for
improving performance.
This workshop is intended to promote (i) the presentation of
systems which are applications in those areas, (ii) the
discussion of relevant results from ongoing research or user
experience, and (iii) the critical analysis of tools,
techniques, or systems. Expert System applications will be
preferred. Second generation Expert Systems as well as
systems integrating products of other areas as multimedia,
databases or communications are also welcome.
All active members of Expert Systems community as well as
application developers working in related areas are invited
to participate.
EXHIBITIONS
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In order to illustrate and to support theoretical
presentations the organization will provide adequate
conditions (space and facilities) for exhibitions regarding
the three workshops mentioned. These exhibitions can include
software running systems (several platforms are available),
video presentations (PAL-G VHS system), robotics systems
(such as robotics insects, and autonomous robots), and
posters. On the one hand, this space will allow the
presentation of results and real-world applications of the
research developed by our community and, on the other it
will serve as a source of motivation to students and young
researchers.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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Authors are asked to submit five (5) copies of their papers
to the submissions address by May 2, 95. Notification of
acceptance or rejection will be mailed to the first (or
designated) author on June 5, 95, and camera ready copies
for inclusion in the workshop proceedings will be due on
July 3, 95. Each copy of submitted papers should include a
separate title page giving the names, addresses, phone
numbers and email addresses (where available) of all
authors, and a list of keywords identifying the subject area
of the paper. Papers should be a maximum of 16 pages and
printed on A4 paper in 12 point type with a maximum of 38
lines per page and 75 characters per line ( corresponding to
LaTeX article style, 12 pt). Double sided submissions are
preferred. Electronic or faxed submissions will not be
accepted. Further inquiries should be addressed to the
inquiries address.
ATTENDANCE
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Each workshop will be limited to at most fifty people. In
addition to presenters of papers and posters, there will be
space for a limited number of other participants chosen on
the basis of a one- to two-page research summary which
should include a list of relevant publications, along with
an electronic mail address if possible. A set of working
notes will be available prior to the commencement of the
workshops. Registration information will be available in
June 1995. Please write for registration information to the
inquiries address.
DEADLINES
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Papers submission: ................. May 2, 1995
Notification of acceptance: ........ June 5, 1995
Camera Ready Copies Due: ........... July 3, 1995
PROGRAM-CHAIR
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Joaquim Filipe (EST, Portugal)
ORGANIZING-CHAIR
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Luis Antunes (ISEG/INESC, Portugal)
SUBMISSION AND INQUIRIES ADDRESS
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EPIA'95
Applications of Expert Systems Workshop
INESC, Apartado 13069
1000 Lisboa Portugal
Voice: +351 (1) 310-0325
Fax: +351 (1) 525843
Email: epia95-AESWorkshop@inesc.pt
PLANNING TO ATTEND
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People planning to submit a paper or/and to attend the
workshop are asked to complete and return the following form
(by fax or email) to the inquiries address standing their
intention. It will help the workshop organizer to estimate
the facilities needed and will enable all interested people
to receive updated information.
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End of FUZZY-MAIL Digest 154
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FUZZY-MAIL Digest 155
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Fuzzy large databases
by fhegge@paltech.com (Fred Hegge)
2) RARS for UNIX/Linux (Robot Auto Racing Sim)
by met7@wileypost.cac.psu.edu (Mitchell E. Timin)
3) fuzzy system coding into ANN
by egauthie@imag.fr (Eric Gauthier )
4) Nonlinear optimization
by Surf Grommet <baskett@rohan.sdsu.edu>
5) Re: How do I design fuzzy controllers?
by cowden@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Anthony Cowden)
6) CFP: Brazilian Symposium on Intelligent Automation
by carmo@icmsc.sc.usp.br ( Maria do Carmo )
7) AI/Engineering Conf US$420 Early Regn Closing 24th April
by Graham.forsyth@dsto.defence.gov.au (Graham F Forsyth)
8) BISC Seminar lecture: April 27th, 4:00-5:00 pm
by Michael Lee <leem@cs.berkeley.edu>
9) BISC Seminar lecture: April 20th, 4:00-5:00 pm
by Michael Lee <leem@cs.berkeley.edu>
10) Re: Fuzzy String Comparison
by Jim Talley <talley@MCC.COM>
11) Re: back propagation (for fuzzy controller)
by Detlef Nauck <nauck@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
12) 2nd CFP: CFSA/IFIS/SOFT'95
by yjlee <yjlee@SPARC15.SRC.NCU.EDU.TW>
13) Re: How do I design fuzzy controllers?
by windhorn@ic.mankato.mn.us (Allen Windhorn)
14) Neural nets and Fuzzy controlers in Robotics
by caricio@cic.unb.br (Caricio Afonso Junior)
15) Re: Politics: a form of fuzzy thinking
by Tom Whalen <dscthw@GSUSGI2.GSU.EDU>
16) A New Fuzzy Book : Great Software for Windows!!!!
by "W. Barabash" <barabash@warp.atcon.com>
17) Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping
by bgranade@aol.com (Bgranade)
18) Re: Kosko considered fuzzy -- entropy (still)
by rising@crl.com (Hawley K Rising)
19) Re: A New Fuzzy Book : Great Software for Windows!!!!
by Warren Hearnes <whearnes@isye.gatech.edu>
20) Re: The Human Brain.
by lfly@sam.neosoft.com (Larry D. Fly)
21) Fuzzy logic - info on applications sought
by pldab@ncs.bris.ac.uk (D.A.Brickley)
22) Workshop on Connectionist-Symbolic Integration
by rsun@cs.ua.edu (Ron Sun)
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