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Softcomputing - AFSS'98 CFP - UAI-98 Call for Papers - ALIFE VI: CFP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR OF GA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: (with GA-List issue reference) Evol Computation for Industrial Applications,New Zealand (v11n3)Nov 24-28, 97 EuroGen97 Short course GAs & ESs / Comp Sci & Eng (v11n5) Nov 28 - Dec 5, 97 AI97 Australian Joint Conference on AI, Perth, Australia (v11n30) Dec 1, 97 ET97 Emerging Tech Wkshp on Theory and App of EC, London (v11n37) Dec 15, 97 SAC98 GAs and Optimization Track, Atlanta, Georgia (v11n17) Feb 27- Mar 1, 98 Symposium Softcomputing, Goettingen, Germany (v11n39) Mar 12, 98 EP98 7th Conf on Evolutionary Programming, San Diego (v11n18) Mar 25-27, 98 EUROGP98 1st European Workshop on GP, Paris (v11n33) Apr 14-15, 98 PAKDD98 Pacific-Asia Conf on Knowl Disc and Data Mining(v11n33) Apr 15-17, 98 EVOROBOT98 Euro Workshop on Evolutionary Robotics,Paris (v11n34)Apr 16-17, 98 ACDM98 Adaptive Comp in Design & Manufacture, Plymouth (v11n3) Apr 21-23, 98 ICEC98 Intl Conf on Evol Computation, Anchorage, Alaska (v11n22) May 4-9, 98 ISORA98 Learning Cyclic Control/Behavior in Robots,Alaska(v11n8)May 10-14, 98 FLAIRS98 Sanibel Island, Florida (v11n34) May 17-20, 98 IEA98AIE Ind and Engin App of AI and Expert Sys, Spain (v11n38) Jun 1-4, 98 AFSS98 Asian Fuzzy Systems Symposium, Kyungnam, S. Korea(v11n39)Jun 18-21, 98 WSC3 World Conference on Soft Computing, Internet (v11n37) Jun 21-30, 98 ALIFEVI Intl Conf on Artificial Life, Los Angeles, CA (v11n39) Jun 26-29, 98 ICGI98 Intl Colloq on Grammatical Inference, Ames, IA (v11n31) Jul 12-14, 98 TARK Conf on Theor Asp of Rationality & Knowl, Evanston (v11n33)Jul 22-24, 98 GP98 Genetic Programming Conference, Madison, WI (v11n23/25) Jul 22-25, 98 UAI98 Uncertainty in AI, Madison, WI (v11n39) Jul 24-26, 98 SAB98 Intl Conf of the Soc for Adaptive Behavior, Zurich(v11n35)Aug 17-21, 98 ECAI98 13th European Conference on AI, Brighton, UK (v11n31) Aug 23-28, 98 HIC98 Intl Conf on Hydroinformatics, Copenhagen, Denmark(v11n13)Aug 24-26, 98 NC98 Intl ICSC/IFAC Symposium on Neural Comp, Vienna (v11n35) Sep 23-25, 98 FOGA98 Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, Amsterdam (v11n29) Sep 24-26, 98 ICES98 Intl Conf on Evolvable Systems, Lausanne, Switz (v11n11) Sep 24-26, 98 PPSN98 Parallel Problem Solving from Nature,Amsterdam(v11n16)Sep 27-Oct 1, 98 LOFT3 Logic and Found of Theory of Games and Dec,Torino(v11n39) Dec 17-20, 98 http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/info/conferences/CONFERENCES.html has more information on the above conference activities. Send announcements of other activities to GA-List@aic.nrl.navy.mil. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 23:59:00 -0400 From: girish@MIT.EDU Subject: Looking for EP/GP tool for Architectural 3-D surfaces/ form generation I am a graduate student in the School of Architecture at MIT in Cambridge,MA currently working on my M.Arch Thesis. I am exploring the use of Evolutionary Algorithms and Genetic Programming for Architectural design exploration. Looking for Evolutionary programs or Genetic programming tools which I could use for my thesis which is due in December. Because of the limitations of time, instead of starting from scratch I would like to explore the possibilties of either improvising or developing newer applications of existing GP/EP tools and explore its role in architectural design process. I would like to look into both evolutionary approach as well as GP's. What I may be looking for: 1. EA/GA or GP that has the ability to generate 3-D forms/images of any kind based on certain given specs (Biological in Nature) and fitness function. -- An EA/GP that also has a graphic engine. 2 EA/GP that can interface with any of the standard 3-D graphic/modeling softwares like AUTOCAD, Form-Z, 3-D studio or Wavefront. 3. Any known works, research or programs that do generate 3-D forms I would like to either link a EP/GP with a 3-D graphics software or use a GP which can generate 3-D surfaces/Forms, perform some boolean operations, morphing or mutations. I would appreciate any pointers to research work or software that I can use for my thesis. I would also like to know if anyone knows how to link a EP/GP with a 3-D graphics software. It can be on Unix(sun)/SGI's ,MAC or PC's. Looking forward to hear from you, Girish Ramachandran School of Architeture and Planning MIT, Cambridge, MA. USA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 12:56:25 -0700 From: Giacomo Bonanno Subject: LOFT3 conference CALL FOR PAPERS Third Conference on "Logic and the Foundations of the Theory of Games and Decisions" (LOFT3) ICER, Torino (Italy), December 17-20, 1998 Organizing Committee: Giacomo BONANNO (University of California Davis, U.S.A.), Enrico COLOMBATTO (University of Turin and ICER, Italy), Wiebe van der HOEK (University of Utrecht, Holland). Mamoru KANEKO (University of Tsukuba, Japan) AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE This is the third in a series of conferences on the applications of logical methods to foundational issues in the theory of games and individual decision-making. The previous two conferences took place at CIRM (Marseille) in January 1994 and at ICER (Torino) in December 1996. Even more than the first two conferences, LOFT3 aims at promoting exchange across different disciplines. The organizers express their preference for papers which bring together the work and problems of several fields, such as game and decision theory, logic, computer science and artificial intelligence, philosophy, cognitive psychology and mathematics. Among the topics of particular relevance are: 1) Modal logic: multi-agent logic, probabilistic and multi-valued logic, logic of belief revision, the logical-omniscience problem; 2) Game and decision theoretic applications of modal logic: Epistemic foundations of axiomatic decision theory, Epistemic foundations of equilibrium concepts in games, Reasoning and belief revision in extensive-form games, Applications of complexity theory; 3) Learning and information-processing models. In particular: Bayesian and non-Bayesian accounts of belief revision, Inductive learning and inductive decision making, Learning in game-theoretic contexts, Economic aspects of information processing. FORMAT OF THE CONFERENCE AND SUBMISSION The four-day conference will include three invited lectures, five invited papers and fifteen contributed papers. Submission for contributed papers are encouraged from all those who are working in one or more of the broad areas above, whatever their professional field is. Potential contributors should send one copy of an extended abstract (not more than 3 pages) to: The Organizing Committee, LOFT3 International Centre for Economic Research Villa Gualino Viale Settimio Severo, 63 10133 Torino, Italy (Fax: 39.11.6600082, E-mail: icer@inrete.it, URL: http://pages.inrete.it/icer) Complete papers are also welcome, but they will not be considered if they are not accompanied by an extended abstract. If not obvious from the abstract, the authors should mention whether and how their work fits the list of topics suggested above. The deadline for submission is May 15, 1998, and authors will be notified of acceptance decisions by June 30, 1998. People presenting contributed papers will have their local expenses (accommodation and meals) covered by ICER, while they are expected to rely on themselves for travel expenses. Further details will be communicated following acceptance of the papers. All questions concerning the LOFT3 conference should be addressed to ICER. In particular, those who wish to be invited to the conference without submitting a paper should express their interest to the Organizing Committee at ICER. PROCEEDINGS Selected papers from the previous conferences were published (or are forthcoming) in special issues of Theory and Decision and Mathematical Social Sciences and in a volume by Kluwer Academic Press. It is the intention of the organizers to publish a selection of the papers presented at LOFT3 in one or more special issue of a suitable journal. Details will be given at the conference. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-. Giacomo Bonanno Department of Economics, gfbonanno@ucdavis.edu University of California, Tel. (916)-752 1574 One Shields Avenue, Fax: (916)-752 9382 Davis, CA 95616 - 8578 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-. ------------------------------ From: Volker Nissen Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:11:47 +0000 Subject: CfP 4. Symp. Softcomputing CALL FOR PAPERS ================== 4. SYMPOSIUM SOFTCOMPUTING "Softcomputing in Production and Material Management" Neural Nets, Fuzzy Set Theory, Evolutionary Algorithms University of Goettingen, Thu. 12. March 1998 (10 am - 6 pm) THEME: The theme of this years symposium are softcomputing applications in production and material management. Softcomputing as a technical term includes the complementary core areas of artificial neural networks, fuzzy set theory, and evolutionary algorithms. While softcomputing is actively being applied in the technical sectors, we believe that the great potential of softcomputing for the management domain has not yet been sufficiently appreciated in industry. The Goettingen symposium was established to serve as a link between science and practice, focussing on innovative applications and know-how transfer. Possible topics of contributions include but are not limited to: * production planning * lot sizing and scheduling * cutting problems * inventory control * machine diagnosis * data mining * maintenance planning * system layout * line balancing * process control and optimization * waste management The main conference language is GERMAN. (There will be no translation available.) Some talks will be in English. ORGANISATION: The symposium is strictly application-orientated. It is organised by members of the ,Workgroup on Softcomputing in Business", jointly with the bureau of technology transfer of the University of Goettingen. It takes place at the University of Goettingen, central lecturing building. All three previous symposia received very positive judgements from scientists and practicians. DEADLINES: 12. Jan. 1998 Deadline for extended abstract submission (ca. 2 pages, e-mail submission OK) 19. Jan. 1998 Notification of acceptance 16. Feb. 1998 Camera ready full papers due 27. Feb. 1998 Registration deadline and latest date to pay conf. fee 12. Mar 1998 Symposium CONFERENCE FEE: The conference fee is DM 100,- fuer speakers und DM 200,- for other participants, and includes the proceedings, lunch and coffee breaks. Please pay to our account no. 9242 058 at Nord LB (German bank code 250 500 00). Account holder is the ,Foerderverein FH BS-WF". Please mention "4. Symposium Softcomputing" with your payment. We accept euro cheques, but unfortunately cannot accept credit cards. PROCEEDINGS: A proceedings volume will be distributed at the conference. In preparing your manuscript, please follow these format requirements: printing area 17 x 24 cm, 12 pt Times Roman or similar font, single line spacing, no page numbering, max. 16 pages, title in 18 pt Arial bold and centered. Below please state authors names and affiliations (centered). Please include short abstract and key words. Contributions in German or English. Please send two copies of your manuscript in reproducable form as well as the formated file on disk to the address stated below. At least one of the authors of an accepted paper is required to participate in the symposium and present the paper. Talks should not exceed 40 minutes (including 10 minutes for discussion). SYMPOSIUM WWW-PAGE: http://www.wi1.wiso.uni-goettingen.de/pa/afn/4symp_e.htm CONTACT: PLEASE SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: 4. Symposium Softcomputing Dipl.-Phys. Martin Tietze Universitaet Goettingen Abt. Wirtschaftsinformatik I Platz der Goettinger Sieben 5 D-37073 Goettingen Germany REGISTRATION ADDRESS: Dipl.-Kfm. Dipl.-Ing. Detlef Puchert FH Braunschweig-Wolfenbuettel Technologietransfer-Kontaktstelle Salzdahlumer Str. 46/48 38302 Wolfenbuettel Germany E-mail: d.puchert@verwaltung.fh-wolfenbuettel.de FOR QUESTIONS VIA E-MAIL PLEASE REFER TO: vnissen@gwdg.de (Dr. Volker Nissen) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 97 10:19:08 KST From: dkim@vlsi.donga.ac.kr (Daijin Kim) Subject: AFSS'98 CFP Dear Colleagues concerned in Fuzzy Systems, We are happy to announce the following call for papers. You can find this from AFSS'98 Home page: http://www.donga.ac.kr/~djkim/afss98.html AFSS'98 THE 3RD ASIAN FUZZY SYSTEMS SYMPOSIUM June 18-21, 1998 Masan / Tongyoung, Kyungnam, Korea In Cooperation With Korea Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems Society(KFIS) Organizing Institution Kyungnam University, Masan, Korea AFSS'98 : Conference Information The KFIS(Korea Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems Society) is pleased to announce that the 3rd AFSS(AFSS'98) will be held in Masan and Tongyoung, Kyungnam province, during June 18-21, 1998. The first conference of this symposium was held in singapore, November, 1993. And the secod conference was held in Kenting in Taiwan, December, 1996. AFSS'98 aims to encourage information exchange between researchers from Asia to the world for new researchers in the fields of fuzzy systems and related areas. Masan and Tongyoung are famous scenic sites as well as historic harbor cities in Kyungnam province. The beautiful scenery and the best climate during the conference period will provide all the participants with the comfortable and satisfactory meetings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Theme The state-of-art and the future of soft computing and intelligent systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Objective The objective of the symposium is to encourage information exchange between researchers in Asia and Western world in the fields of fuzzy systems and the related areas. It is also an opportunity to povide industrial applications, new technologies and products which is based on fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic and other soft computing methods ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics: AFSS'98 covers the following topics, but others relevant to fuzzy sets and systems ara also represented. Soft computing Fundamentals of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic Approximate reasoning Qualitive and approximate modeling Learning and acquisition of opproximate models Integration of fuzzy logic and neural networks Integration of fuzzy logic and evolutionary computing Hardware implementation of fuzzy logic and algorithms Design and synthesis of fuzzy logic controllers Applications to System modeling and control Computer vision Robotics and manufacturing Signal processing Image understanding Decision systems Finance Databases Information systems Virtual reality Man-machine interfaces and etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Submission of Abstrations of Papers: November 15, 1997 Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 1997 Submission of Camera-Ready Papers: March 15, 1998 Deadline for registration: May 15, 1998 Conference: June 18-21, 1998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Organization Honorary Chair L.A. Zadeh, UC Berkeley, USA General Co-Chair C.K. Park, Kyunghee University, Korea K.C. Min, Yonsei University, Korea International Advisory Committee Chair : Z. Bien, KAIST, Korea Members: K. Hirota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan M. Mizumoto, Osaka Electro-Communication Univ., Japan M. Mukaidono, Meiji University, Japan M. Sugeno, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan H. Tanaka, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan L. C. Jain, University of South Australia, Australia M. R. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India Y.M. Liu, Sichuan Union University, China H.W. Lee, Samsung Electronics Co., Korea M.S. No, LG Electronics Co., Korea H. F. Wang, National Tsing-hua University, Taiwan L. Ding, Institute of System Sciences, Singapore J.C. Bezdek, U.S.A. J.M. Keller, U.S.A. Advisory Committee J.G. Park, President, Kyungnam University, Korea H.G. Kim, Governor of Kyungnam Province, Korea I. G. Kim, Mayor of Masan City, Korea D.S. Ko, Mayor of Tongyoung City, Korea I. K. Kang, Dean, Youn Am Junior College, Korea T.H. Yun, LG Electronics Co., Korea J.G. Ha, Il San Co., Korea J.Y. Choi, Wonkwang University, Korea H. M. Chung, Catholic Univ. of Taegu Hyosung, Korea C.Y. Lee, Korea National Maritime University, Korea Y.D. Lim, Dong-A University, Korea Organizing Committee Chair : H.S. Ko, Kyungnam University, Korea Co-Chair : G.T. Kang, Bukyung University, Korea Members : J.Y. Koo, Korea Marine Training and Research Institute, Korea J.G. Kim, Kyungsung University, Korea Y.S. Park, Dong Eui University, Korea J.H. Park, Bukyung University, Korea D.H. Shin, Masan Junior College, Korea S.B. Lee, Hankook National Maritime University, Korea O.G. Lee, Dong Eui Junior College, Korea J.T. Lee, Dong-A University, Korea H.W. Lee, Kyungnam University, Korea H.S. Jung, Dong Seo University, Korea M.K. Chun, Dong Eui Junior College, Korea Y.G. Choi, Busan National University, Korea Y.H. Park, Changwon Junior College, Korea S.S. Kang, Chinju National University, Korea B. Y. Lee, Dong-A University, Korea Internatioal Program Committee Chair : S.G. Hwang, Kyungnam University, Korea Members : D.J. Kim, Dong-A University, Korea J.S. Joh, Changwon National university, Korea Y.G. Kim, Kyungsang National University, Korea T. Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan S. Miyamoto, Tsukuba University, Japan H. Takagi, Kyushu Institute of Desigen, Japan M. Umano, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan T. Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan Y.Y. Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan G.K.Park, Mokpo National Maritime University, Korea S.H. Kwon, Yeungnam University, Korea J.C. Lee, Kyungil University, Korea J.M. Kim, Kyungil University, Korea K.T. Kwon, Tong Yang University, Korea J. K. Kim, Hanseo University, Korea Y.M. Park, Kyungnam University, Korea D.D. Majumder, India M. K. Chakraborty, India K.W. Oh , Sogang University, Korea K. Hur, Wonkwang University, Korea S. G. Kong, Soong-sil University, Korea H. Kang, Chung-Ang University, Korea H. T. Jeon, Chung-Ang University, Korea J.H. Kim, KAIST, Korea M. Park, Yonsei University, Korea ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors International Fuzzy Systems Association Japan Society of Fuzzy Theory and Systems, Japan Fuzzy Mathematics and Systems Association of China Indian Society for Fuzzy Mathematics and Information Processing Chinese Fuzzy Systems Association, Taiwan, China Kyungnam University, Masan, Kyungnam, Korea Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea Korea Research Foundation, Korea Korea Science & Engineering Foudation, Korea ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue The Conference will take place at the campus of the Kyungnam University(15000 students) which is located in the southern part of Masan. Kyungnam University is one of the leading Korean private universities, very well equipped with modern audiovisual technology and projection facilities for all available media as well as with all kinds of Internet connections. The banguet and social events of AFSS98 will be held in Tongyoung at Tongyoung Marina Resort. Tongyoung is the most beautiful port called Naples of Korea. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission All materials must be written in English. Extended abstracts(3 copies): double-spaced, 2 pages of A4 size white papers. Choose the session from the above topics Please indicate title, author(s), affiliation(s), mailing address(es), Telephone and FAX numbers and E-mail address Abstracts must be received by November 15, 1997 Papers for those registered and presenting at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings;specific details on format and paper length will be sent upon acceptance Send abstracts to: Prof. Yong Gi Kim Department of Computer Science Kyungsang National University 900 Gajwa, chinju, Kyungnam, 660-701Korea Tel : +82-591-751-5997 Fax : +82-591-762-1944 E-mail : ygkim@nongae.gsun.ac.kr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-registration Form AFSS'98 The Third Asian Fuzzy Systems Symposium June 18-21, 1998 Masan/Tongyoung, Kyungnam, Korea Pre-registration Form Please type or write in block letters Last Name _______________________________________ First Name __________________[ ]Mr. [ ] Ms. [ ]Prof. [ ]Dr. Organaization ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Address _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ZIP____________________City______________________ Country _________________________________________ Phone __________________________________________ Fax _____________________________________________ E-mail __________________________________________ Please mark the appropriate boxes. [ ] I intend to attend the conference [ ] I intend to submit a paper on the following topic ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ [ ] I wish to receive further information [ ] I intend to attend the industrial visit [ ] I intend to attend the cultural tour Date __________________ Signature _________________ To be sent as soon as possible but not later than by November 15, 1997(Using Fax, E-mail, Mail) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- All the information concerning the conference and its program can be obtained from: Secretariat of AFSS98 Prof. Seung Gook Hwang Program Committee Chair of AFSS98 Department of Industrial Engineering Kyungnam University 449 Weolyoung, Happo, Masan, Kyungnam, 631-701 Korea Tel : +82-551-49-2705 Fax : +82-551-43-8133 E-mail : hwangsg@hanma.kyungnam.ac.kr http://www.donga.ac.kr/~djkim/afss98.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 01:47:34 +0000 From: Serafin Moral Subject: UAI-98 Call for Papers ====================================================== C A L L F O R P A P E R S ====================================================== ** U A I 98 ** THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON UNCERTAINTY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE July 24-26, 1998 University of Wisconsin Business School Madison, Wisconsin, USA ======================================= Please visit the UAI-98 WWW page at http://www.uai98.cbmi.upmc.edu ************************************************************** CO-LOCATION ANNOUNCEMENT The 1998 UAI Conference will be co-located with ICML-98 (International Conference on Machine Learning) and COLT-98 (Computational Learning Theory). Registrants to any of the three conferences will be allowed to attend without additional costs the technical sessions of the other conferences. Joint invited speakers, poster sessions and a panel session are planned for the three conferences. The day after the co-located conferences (Monday, July 27, 1998), full day workshops and/or tutorials will be offered by each of ICML, COLT, and UAI. UAI will offer a full day course in which an overview of the field of uncertain reasoning will be presented by a faculty of its distinguished researchers. The AAAI-98 conference technical program begins on Tuesday, July 28th. ========================================================================== UAI-98 will meet at the University of Wisconsin Business School, in close proximity to the Convention Center, where AAAI-98 will be held. * * * CALL FOR PAPERS Uncertainty management in artificial intelligence has now been established as a well founded discipline, with a degree of development that has allowed the construction of practical applications that are able to solve difficult AI problems. Since 1985, the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) has served as the central meeting on advances in methods for reasoning under uncertainty in computer-based systems. The conference is a primary international forum for exchanging results on the use of principled uncertain-reasoning methods, and it has helped the scientific community move along the path from theoretical foundations, to efficient algorithms, to successful applications. The UAI Proceedings have become a basic reference for researches and practitioners who want to know about both theoretical advances and the latest applied developments in the field. We are very pleased to announce that UAI-98 will be co-located with ICML-98 (International Conference in Machine Learning) and COLT-98 (Computational Learning Theory). This will be an outstanding opportunity for members of the three communities to share ideas and techniques. The scope of UAI covers a broad spectrum of approaches to automated reasoning and decision making under uncertainty. Contributions to the proceedings address topics that advance theoretical principles or provide insights through empirical study of applications. Interests include quantitative and qualitative approaches, and traditional as well as alternative paradigms of uncertain reasoning. We encourage the submission of papers proposing new methodologies and tools for model construction, representation, learning, inference and experimental validation. Innovative ways to increase the expressive power and the applicability spectrum of existing methods is encouraged as well; hybrid approaches may, for example, provide one way to achieve these goals. Papers are welcome that present new applications of uncertain reasoning that stress the methodological aspects of their construction and use. Highlighting difficulties in existing procedures and pointing at the necessary advances in foundations and algorithms is considered an important role of presentations of applied research. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): >> Foundations * Theoretical foundations of uncertain belief and decision * Uncertainty and models of causality * Representation of uncertainty and preference * Generalization of semantics of belief * Conceptual relationships among alternative calculi * Models of confidence in model structure and belief * Knowledge revision and combination >> Principles and Methods * Planning under uncertainty * Temporal reasoning * Markov processes and decisions under uncertainty * Qualitative methods and models * Automated construction of decision models * The representation and discovery of causal relationships * Uncertainty and methods for learning and data mining * Abstraction in representation and inference * Computation and action under limited resources * Control of computational processes under uncertainty * Time-dependent utility and time-critical decisions * Uncertainty and economic models of problem solving * Integration of logical and probabilistic inference * Statistical methods for automated uncertain reasoning * Hybridization of methodologies and techniques * Algorithms for uncertain reasoning * Advances in diagnosis, troubleshooting, and test selection * Formal languages to represent uncertain information * Data structures for representation and inference * Fusion of models * Uncertain reasoning and information retrieval * Enhancing the human-computer interface with uncertain reasoning * Automated explanation of results of uncertain reasoning >> Empirical Study and Applications * Empirical validation of methods for planning, learning, and diagnosis * Uncertain reasoning in embedded, situated systems (e.g., softbots) * Nature and performance of architectures for real-time reasoning * Experimental studies of inference strategies * Experience with knowledge-acquisition methods * Comparison of representation and inferential adequacy of different calculi * Methodologies for problem modeling For papers focused on applications in specific domains, we suggest that the following issues be addressed in the submission: - Why was it necessary to represent uncertainty in your domain? - What are the distinguishing properties of the domain and problem? - What kind of uncertainties does your application address? - Why did you decide to use your particular uncertainty formalism? - Which practical procedure did you follow to build the application? - What theoretical problems, if any, did you encounter? - What practical problems did you encounter? - Did users/clients of your system find the results useful? - Did your system lead to improvements in decision making? - What approaches were effective (ineffective) in your domain? - What methods were used to validate the effectiveness of the system? ================================= SUBMISSION AND REVIEW OF PAPERS ================================= Papers submitted for review should represent original, previously unpublished work. Papers should not be under review for presentation in any other conference, however, an extended version of the paper may be under review for publication in a scientific journal. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated on the basis of originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Papers may be accepted for presentation in plenary or poster sessions. There will be a joint poster session with the ICML-98 and COLT-98 Conferences. Some of the papers selected for this poster session may also have a plenary presentation at UAI. All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of the Fourteenth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, published by Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. An outstanding student paper will be selected for special distinction. Submitted papers must be at most 20 pages of 12pt Latex article style or equivalent (about 4500 words). We strongly encourage the electronic submission of papers. To submit a paper electronically, send an electronic version of the paper (Postscript format) to the following address: uai98@cbmi.upmc.edu The subject line of this message should be: $.ps, where $ is an identifier created from the last name of the first author, followed by the first initial of the author's first name. Multiple submissions by the same first author should be indicated by adding a number (e.g., pearlj2.ps) to the end of the identifier. Additionally, the paper abstract and data should be sent by using the electronic form at the following address: http://www.uai98.cbmi.upmc.edu/data.html Authors unable to submit papers electronically should send 5 copies of the complete paper to one of the Program Chairs at the addresses listed below. Authors unable to use the electronic form to submit the abstract should provide the following information (by sending a message to the e-mail address above): * Paper title (plain text) * Author names, including student status (plain text) * Surface mail address, e-mail address, and voice phone number for a contact author (plain text) * A short abstract including keywords (plain text) * Primary and secondary classification indices selected from conference topics listed above. * Indicate whether the paper is appropriate for a joint session with ICML-98 and COLT-98 * Indicate the preferred type of presentation: poster or plenary ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Important Dates ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> All submissions must be received by: Monday, February 23, 1998 >> Notification of acceptance on or before: Friday, April 10, 1998 >> Camera-ready copy due: Friday, May 8, 1998 >> Conference dates: July 24, 25, 26, 1998 >> Full day course on Uncertain Reasoning: Monday, July 27, 1998 ========================== Conference E-mail Address ========================= Please send all inquiries (submissions and conference organization) to the following e-mail address: uai98@cbmi.upmc.edu Program Co-chairs: =================== Gregory F. Cooper Center for Biomedical Informatics University of Pittsburgh Suite 8084 Forbes Tower 200 Lothrop Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582 USA Phone: (412) 647-7113 Fax: (412) 647-7190 E-mail: gfc@cbmi.upmc.edu Serafin Moral Dpto. Ciencias de la Computacion e IA Universidad de Granada 18071 - Granada SPAIN Phone: +34 58 242819 Fax: +34 58 243317 E-mail: smc@decsai.ugr.es WWW: http://decsai.ugr.es/~smc General Conference Chair: ======================================================== Prakash P. Shenoy University of Kansas School of Business Summerfield Hall Lawrence, KS 66045-2003 USA Phone: (913) 864-7551 Fax: (913) 864-5328 E-mail: pshenoy@ukans.edu WWW: http://stat1.cc.ukans.edu/~pshenoy ======================================================== Refer to the UAI-98 WWW home page for late-breaking information: http://www.uai98.cbmi.upmc.edu ------------------------------ From: brown@krl.caltech.edu Subject: ALIFE VI: CFP Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 14:08:44 -0800 (PST) CALL FOR PAPERS: ALIFE VI The Sixth International Conference on Artificial Life (Life and Computation: the Boundaries are Changing) June 26th - June 29th, 1998 UCLA, Los Angeles, USA ALIFE VI will be the sixth meeting bringing together biologists, computer scientists, physicists, chemists, geneticists, and more, hoping to learn from one another about questions of mutual interest. Many of the subjects that have been spotlighted in previous conferences (such as neural networks, genetic algorithms, and agents) have now grown in stature so that entire meetings are devoted to them. For ALIFE VI we encourage the submission of work using new methods and technologies not traditionally a part of ALife, and cross-pollinate research across diverse areas. In addition to new and important results in "classical" ALife topics, we invite contributions investigating: * DNA computing * Genomic data mining * Computational chemistry * Combinatorial and evolutionary methods in biotechnology * Genetic, developmental, behavioral and ecological modelling * Exobiology (e.g., biogenic traces in the Martian meteorite ALH84001) * Agent-based WWW media, communication and economics Such contributions juxtapose computing technologies and biological paradigms, leading to new perspectives in the field. Papers should be no longer than 10 pages, and must utilize the Microsoft Word or LaTeX templates available from the FTP directory, ftp.alife.org:/pub/alife6 We anticipate the publication of a companion issue of the Artificial Life Journal containing selected papers from ALIFE VI. Publication of the conference proceedings will include a CD-ROM holding ancillary materials such as data sets, computational models, and movies; please bring potential contributions to the CD-ROM to the attention of reviewers. We welcome submissions and suggestions for workshop, tutorial, and demo sessions; workshops and tutorials will be scheduled to begin before the conference, on or before June 26th. In addition, we are organizing an Artificial Life Art Show; contact for information on submitting your work. SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Contact address: alife6@alife.org Web page: http://alife6.alife.org/ SUBMISSION DEADLINES: December 22nd: Title and abstract required January 5th: Electronic submissions (PostScript + Word/LaTeX source req'd) February 23rd: Authors notified of acceptance March 23rd: Final revisions due (Word/LaTeX source req'd) CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: Chris Adami (General Chair) Richard K. Belew (Program Co-Chair) Hiroaki Kitano (Program Co-Chair) Charles Taylor (Local Arrangements) C. Titus Brown (Conference Secretary) Peary Brug (Program Coordinator) Nick Gessler (Art Show and Local Arrangements) ADVISORY BOARD: David Ackley (UNM) Leonard Adelman (USC) Ted Case (UCSD) Daniel Dennett (Tufts) Manfred Eigen (MPI Goettingen) Jeffrey Elman (UCSD) Tetsuyo Higuchi (ElectroTechnical Laboratory) Danny Hillis (Disney) David Hillis (UT Austin) Pauline Hogeweg (Utrecht) Gerald Joyce (Scripps) Kunihiko Kaneko (Tokyo) Richard Lenski (MSU) John Roughgarden (Stanford) J.W. Schopf (CSEOL) Peter Schuster (Vienna) Terry Sejnowski (UCSD) Luc Steels (Sony CSL Paris) ------------------------------ End of Genetic Algorithms Digest ******************************