call for papers, previous message From: motoda@harl.hitachi.co.jp (Hiroshi Motoda) Subject: CFP: The Third Japanese Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 19:17:16 GMT Call for Papers JKAW94 The Third Japanese Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop Sponsored by Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence Supported by Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. In Cooperation with American Association for Artificial Intelligence Information Processing Society of Japan Japan Society for Software Science and Technology The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers Venue & Date Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd. (Hatoyama) November 7 - 9, 1994 A problem in the process of building knowledge-based systems is acquiring and modeling appropriate problem-solving knowledge. The objective of this workshop is to assemble theoreticians and practitioners of AI who recognize the need for developing methods and systems that assist the knowledge acquisition process. A major goal of the workshop is to encourage vigorous interaction and exchange of idea. Consequently, the workshop participation will be kept small - about 50 participants. Persons not submitting papers can also request to participate. Authors are invited to formulate an issue that would be useful to discuss. Software demonstrations related to presented papers are also encouraged. Best paper awards are available for foreign students to cover a part of their travel expenses (100,000 yen/person). Papers are invited for consideration in all aspects of knowledge acquisition for knowledge-based systems, including (but not restricted to): o Languages and frameworks for knowledge and knowledge modeling o Tools and techniques for knowledge modeling o Tools and techniques for sustained knowledge acquisition, knowledge refinement and knowledge validation o Fundamental views on knowledge that affect the knowledge acquisition process and the use of knowledge in knowledge engineering o Integration of knowledge acquisition and machine learning o Integration of knowledge acquisition techniques within a single system; integration of knowledge acquisition systems with other systems (hypermedia, database management systems, simulators, spreadsheets ...) o Methods and techniques for sharing and reusing knowledge and knowledge models Five copies of a draft paper (up to 20 pages) should be sent to Riichiro Mizoguchi (see the address below) before May 31, 1994. Acceptance notices will be mailed by August 31, 1994. Camera-ready copies should be returned before October 10, 1994. The proceedings will be published and distributed at the workshop. Workshop Co-chairs Riichiro Mizoguchi Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research Osaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki 567, Japan miz@ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp Hiroshi Motoda Advanced Research Laboratory Hitachi, Ltd. Hatoyama, Saitama 350-03, Japan motoda@harl.hitachi.co.jp John Boose Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA jboose@spock.fhcrc.org Brian Gaines Department of Computer Science University of Calgary, Canada gaines@calgary.cdn Paul Compton School of Computer Science and Engineering Artificial Intelligence Laboratory University of New South Wales, Australia compton@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au Local Organizing Committee Fumio Hattori (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.) Masahiro Hori (IBM Japan. Ltd.) Yoshiyuki Koseki (NEC Corp.) Teruo Koyama (National Center for Science Information Systems) Naomichi Sueda (Toshiba Corp.) Hirokazu Taki (Mitsubishi Electric Corp.) Takao Terano (Tsukuba University) Hidetoshi Usami (Fujitsu Corp.) International Program Committee Tom Addis (University of Reading, UK) Klaus-Dieter Althoff (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles (Universite Paul Sabatier, France) John Boose (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA) Guy Boy (European Institute of Cognitive Science and Engineering, France) Jeffrey Bradshaw (European Institute of Cognitive Science and Engineering, France) Ivan Bratko (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) William Clancey (Institute for Research on Learning, USA) Paul Compton (University of New South Wales, Australia) John Debenham (CSIRO and University of Technology, Sydney, Australia) Brian Gaines (University of Calgary, Canada) Jean-Gabriel Ganascia (Universitte Pierre et Marie Curie, France) Thomas Gruber (Stanford University, USA) Bob Jansen (CSIRO, Australia) Catherine Kitto (Boeing Computer Services, USA) Georg Klinker (Digital Equipment Corp., USA) Yves Kodratoff (CNRS and University of Paris-Sud, France) Jae K. Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea) Marc Linster (Digital Equipment Corp., USA) Sandra Marcus (Boeing Computer Services, USA) John McDermott (Digital Equipment Corporation, USA) Mary Meyer (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka University, Japan) Katharina Morik (University Dortmund, Germany) Hiroshi Motoda (Hitachi, Ltd., Japan) Mark Musen (Stanford University, USA) Toyoaki Nishida (Nara Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) Alain Rappaport (Neuron Data, USA) Thomas Rosenfluh (Stanford University, USA) Franz Schmalhofer (DFKI, Germany) Guss Schreiber (University of Amsterdam, Holland) Nigel Shadbolt (University of Nottingham, UK) Mildred Shaw (University of Calgary, Canada) Hirokazu Taki (Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Japan) Masanobu Watanabe (NEC Corporation, Japan) Thomas Wetter (IBM Heidelberg, Germany) Bob Wielinga (University of Amsterdam, Holland)