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From: xin@octarine.adfa.oz.au (Xin Yao)
Subject: AI'95 CALL FOR PAPERS
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Summary: AI'95 CFPs
Keywords: artificial intelligence
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Organization: Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia
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		F I R S T   C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S


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  *  The Eighth Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence	*
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  *			       A I ' 9 5				*
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  *			13 -- 17 November 1995				*
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				Hosted by 

		     Department of Computer Science
	  University College, The University of New South Wales
		    Australian Defence Force Academy
		     Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia


About AI'95
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AI'95 is the Eighth Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. The
last two conferences were held in Melbourne, Victoria (AI'93), and Armidale, 
New South Wales (AI'94). This annual conference is the largest Australian AI 
conference and also attracts many overseas participants. Over 45% of 
submitted papers to AI'93 and AI'94 came from overseas. The proceedings of
previous conferences were published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Ltd.

The main theme of AI'95 is ``bridging the gaps,'' i.e., bridging the
gap between the classical symbolic approach and other subsymbolic approaches,
such as artificial neural networks, evolutionary computation and artificial
life, to AI, and bridging the gap between the AI theory and real world
applications. The goals of the conference are to promote cross-fertilisation
among different approaches to AI and provide a common forum for both
researchers and practitioners in the AI field to exchange new ideas and
share their experience. Tutorials and workshops on various topics of AI will 
be organised before the main conference. A separate call for proposals for
tutorials and workshops will be distributed.


Paper Submission
----------------

Authors are invited to submit papers describing both theoretical and practical
work in any areas of artificial intelligence. (Papers accepted or under review
by other conferences or journals are not acceptable.)
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Artificial Life 		     Automated Reasoning 
Autonomous Intelligent Systems 	     Artificial Intelligence Applications 
Adaptive Behaviours 		     Bayesian and Statistical Learning Methods 
Cognitive Modelling 		     Computer Vision 
Distributed Artificial Intelligence  Evolutionary Learning 
Evolutionary Optimisation 	     Fuzzy Systems 
Group Decision Support Systems 	     Hybrid Systems 
Image Analysis and Understanding     Intelligent Decision Support Systems 
Knowledge-Based Systems 	     Knowledge Acquisition
Knowledge Representation 	     Machine Learning 
Natural Language Processing 	     Neural Networks 
Planning and Scheduling 	     Pattern Recognition
Philosophy of AI 		     Robotics 
Speech Recognition 

Five hard copies of the completed paper must be received by the 
conference programme committee chair before or on *9 June 1995*. Fax and 
electronic submission are not acceptable. Papers received after 9 June 1995 
will be returned unopened. A BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD will be given at 
the conference. The first author of the paper must be a full-time student, 
e.g., a PhD, MSc, or Honours student. A letter from the head of the student's 
department, confirming the status of the student, must be submitted along with 
the paper in order to be considered for the best student paper award. 
The award includes a $A200 cheque and a certificate issued by the AI'95 
Programme Committee. Send all paper submissions to:

Dr Xin Yao 
AI'95 Programme Committee Chair 
Department of Computer Science 
University College, The University of New South Wales   
Australian Defence Force Academy        
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Email: xin@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au
Phone: +61 6 268 8819
Fax: +61 6 268 8581 


Preparation of Manuscript
-------------------------

All five hard copies must be printed on 8.5 in x 11 in or A4 paper using 
12 point Times. The left and right margin should be 25mm each. The top and 
bottom margin should be 35mm each. Each submitted paper must have a separate 
title page and a body. The title page must include a title, a 300-400 word 
abstract, a list of keywords, the names and addresses of all authors, their 
email addresses, and their telephone and fax numbers. The body must also 
include the title and abstract, but the author information must be excluded. 
The length of submitted papers (excluding the title page) must be no more than
8 single-spaced, single-column pages including all figures, tables, and 
bibliography. Papers not conforming to the above requirements may be rejected 
without review.


Publication of Papers
---------------------

The proceedings of AI'95 will be published by a recognised international 
publisher. Authors of all accepted papers must pre-register for and present 
their papers at the conference. The registration fee, which will be advised 
later, must be received by the conference organiser before or on 18 August 
1995, i.e., the deadline for the camera-ready copy, in order for the paper to 
be included in the proceedings. Papers accepted for oral presentation will be 
allocated up to 8 pages in the proceedings. Papers accepted for poster 
presentation will be allocated 1 page in the proceedings. A separate 
proceedings for poster papers will also be published.


Important Dates
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7 April 1995 		Deadline for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals.
9 June 1995 		Deadline for Paper Submission.	
21 July 1995 	 	Notification of Acceptance.
18 August 1995 		Camera Ready Copy.	
13--14 November 1995 	Tutorials and Workshops.
15--17 November 1995 	Conference Sessions.


Programme Committee
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Dr. Xin Yao (Chair)  		UNSW/ADFA
Prof. Zeungnam Bien  		KAIST, Korea 
Mr. Phil Collier  		University of Tasmania 
A/Prof. Paul Compton  		UNSW 
Dr. Terry Dartnall  		Griffith University
Prof. John Debenham  		University of Technology, Sydney 
Dr. David Dowe  		Monash University
Dr. David Fogel  		Natural Selection, Inc., USA 
A/Prof. Norman Foo  		University of Sydney 
A/Prof. Matjaz Gams  		Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia 
Prof. Ray Jarvis  		Monash University
A/Prof. Jong-Hwan Kim  		KAIST, Korea 
Prof. Guo-Jie Li  		NCIC, PRC 
Dr. Dickson Lukose  		University of New England 
Dr. Bob McKay  			UNSW/ADFA 
Prof. Zbigniew Michalewicz  	UNC-Charlotte, USA 
Mr. Chris Rowles  		Telecom Research Laboratories 
Dr. John Slaney  		Australian National University 
Prof. Rodney Topor  		Griffith University
Dr. Chi Ping Tsang  		University of Western Australia 
Dr. Olivier de Vel  		James Cook University of North Queensland 
Dr. Geoff Webb  		Deakin University
Dr. Wilson Wen  		Telecom Research Laboratories 
A/Prof. Kit Po Wong  		University of Western Australia 
Dr. Chengqi Zhang  		University of New England


Organising Committee
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Dr. Bob McKay (Chair)  		UNSW/ADFA
Dr. Jennie Clothier  		Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Dr. Richard Davis  		Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial 
					Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Mr. Warwick Graco  		Health Insurance Commission
Dr. Tu Van Le  			University of Canberra
Mr. John O'Neill  		Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Mr. Peter Whigham  		UNSW/ADFA
Dr. Graham Williams  		CSIRO
Dr. Xin Yao  			UNSW/ADFA


Conference Location
-------------------

AI'95 will be held at ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy) in Canberra, the
capital city of Australia. ADFA is located less than 5km from the CBD of
Canberra. The University College within the ADFA is part of the University 
of New South Wales. It is responsible for providing university education to 
officer undergraduates and officer cadets of the Australian Defence Force in 
addition to carrying out research and other university activities. 
The University College has an active postgraduate research program in many 
disciplines, e.g., computer science, etc., which can be enrolled by any 
person, either civilian or military, considered appropriate by the university.

Canberra is situated between Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and
Melbourne. There are daily flights between Canberra and all the
major cities in Australia. Canberra features a number of tourist attractions
which are easily accessible by car, bus or even bike! There is an excellent
cycle path system in Canberra.


Further Information
-------------------

Further information about AI'95 can be obtained by emailing the following
address (preferred):
			ai95@adfa.edu.au
or by contacting the organising committee chair Dr. Bob McKay at the following
address:

Dr Bob McKay
AI'95 Organising Committee Chair
Department of Computer Science
University College, The University of New South Wales
Australian Defence Force Academy
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Email: rim@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au
Phone: +61 6 268 8169
Fax:   +61 6 268 8581

