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Preliminary Announcement

8th World Conference of the Artificial Intelligence and Education
Society (AI-ED97)

19th - 22nd August 1997
Kobe International Conference Center, JAPAN
URL: http://www.ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp/aied97/cfp.html

The 8th World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education
(AI-ED 97) is one of a series of international conferences designed to
report the best research in the field of AI in Education and to
provide opportunities for the cross-fertilisation of information and
ideas on research and applications in this field.

The theme for 1997 will be Knowledge and Media in Learning Systems,
and papers that explore the emerging roles of intelligent multimedia
and distributed technologies as well as computer supported
collaboration within that theme will be particularly welcome.

Scope The technical program focuses on research activities linking
Artificial Intelligence theories and techniques with Educational
theory and practice. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

Agents
Architectures
Authoring systems and tutoring shells
Case-based systems
Cognitive development
Cognitive diagnosis
Collaboration and collaborative tools
Computer-assisted language learning
Conceptual change
Educational robotics
Evaluation of instructional systems
Human factors and interface design
Intelligent multimedia and hypermedia systems
Intelligent tutoring systems
Knowledge and skill acquisition
Knowledge representation for instruction
Learning environments and microworlds
Modelling pedagogical interactions
Motivation
Natural language interfaces
Networked learning and teaching systems
Non-standard and innovative interfaces
Principles and tools for instructional design
Social and cultural aspects of learning
Student modelling
Higher-order thinking skills and metacognition
Theories of teaching
Visual and graphical interfaces


+In addition to RESEARCH papers and posters in the above areas, SURVEY
papers will also be accepted.  A survey paper will offer a coherent
and critical summary of achievements and outstanding problems in an
area.

+To provoke debate and reflection, THEME papers are also sought under
the specific title "Knowledge and Media in Learning Systems - the next
15 years".

+Exhibits are expected to be an integral part of the AI-ED 97
conference. Companies or institutions offering to exhibit AI-ED
products are invited.

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Deadlines
 Submissions due:       23rd January 1997
 Authors notified:      mid March 1997
 Final Papers due:      mid April 1997
=========================================

Kobe, JAPAN

The Kobe International Conference Center is located on an artificial
island off the Kobe port. The center, which can seat some 690 people,
is fully equipped for international conferences. It takes about fifty
minutes from the Kansai International airport(KIX) to the venue.
Although downtown Kobe was damaged by the great Hanshin Earthquake in
January, 1995, the International Conference Center on Port Island
remains virtually unscathed.

Kobe is a beautiful city flanked by mountains and the sea. The sea is
often called the "Face of Kobe", and there are numerous parks along
its coast, along with a beach and yacht harbor, where it is possible
to enjoy fishing throughout the year. The Rokko Mountain Range is a
favorite place for nature lovers and mountain hikers. The panorama
nightview of Kobe from the Rokko summit is especially breathtaking. A
wonderful hot spring resort named Arima, one of Japan's oldest resort
towns, lies at the back of the Rokko Mountain.

An hour away from Kobe is Kyoto, the imperial capital of Japan for
over a thousand years. Located south of Kyoto is Nara, which has an
even longer history than Kyoto. A one-day tour for Kyoto and Nara will
be arranged.

Accommodation:

Linked to the venue by elevated passageways is the five-star Portopia
Hotel. SPECIAL room rates, including service charge, for conference
participants are:

       Single-bed room: 9000 yen(about $90)
       Two-bed room: 14000 yen(about $140)
       Two-bed room with an extra bed: 15000 yen(about $150)

There are also less expensive hotels downtown, which can be reached
within 15 minutes using modern unmanned trains (Portliners).

Food:

Nice and inexpensive restaurants (500-1000 yen for lunch) are located
at the venue site, in addition to about five deluxe restaurants in the
Portopia Hotel.

For further information, contact the local organizing committee chair:

Riichiro Mizoguchi, ISIR, Osaka University; Fax: +81-6-879-2123;
E-mail: miz@ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp

IJCAI97 in JAPAN:

IJCAI97 will be held in Nagoya, located in one hour ride distance by
Shinkansen, a bullet train, from Kobe, during August 23-29, 1997. As
the IJCAI97 home page(http://ijcai.org/ijcai-97/) explains, the
deadline for paper submission is also Jan. 23rd, 1997.


Conference Chair:
Joost Breuker (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Organizing Committee
Chair: Setsuko Otsuki (Hiroshima City University, Japan)
Benedict du Boulay (University of Sussex, UK)
Joost Breuker (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Gary Marks (AACE, USA)
Gordon McCalla (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka University, Japan)
Toshio Okamoto (The University of Electronics and Communications, Japan)
John Self (University of Leeds, UK)

Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka University, Japan)
Toshio Okamoto (The University of Electronics and Communications, Japan)
Setsuko Otsuki (Hiroshima City University, Japan)

Program Committee
Chair: Benedict du Boulay (University of Sussex, UK)
Michael Baker (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)
Geoff Cumming (La Trobe University, Australia)
Sharon Derry (University of Wisconsin, USA)
Pierre Dillenbourg (Universite de Geneve, Switzerland)
Jim Greer (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Toshio Okamoto (The University of Electronics and Communications, Japan)
Setsuko Otsuki (Hiroshima City University, Japan)
Peter Reimann (University of Freiburg, Germany)
Brian Reiser (Northwestern University, USA)
Jacobijn Sandberg (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Phil Winne (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
