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From: xin@dolphin.cs.adfa.oz.au (Xin Yao)
Subject: The Eighth Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI95)
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		  F I N A L   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.
This annual conference is the largest Australian AI conference and also
attracts many overseas participants.

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. The keynote speakers of AI'95 include
Professor Kenneth De Jong from George Mason University, and Professor William
Clancey from the Institute of Research on Learning.


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       		Phone: +61 6 268 8819 
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia			Fax: +61 6 268 8581
Email: xin@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au


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 World Scientific Publ. Co.
Authors of all accepted papers must pre-register for and present 
their papers at the conference. The registration fee 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 full-length (<=8 pages) poster 
papers will also be published.


Conference Registration Fee
---------------------------

	Full Rate	Early Bird (Before or on 18 August 1995)
Normal	  $490			$400
Student	  $250			$200


Tutorials
---------

Please check our AI'95 Web page for more information about tutorials and
workshops. (URL: http://walrus.adfa.oz.au/ai95/ai95.html)

The following pre-conference tutorials will be organised as part of AI'95.
(The AI'95 Organising Committee reserves the right to cancel a tutorial if
there is an insufficient number of registrations.)

1. Knowledge-Based Management System. 
   Presented by Dr H. Wang and Dr I.~Jurisica.
   Email: iswang@city.edu.hk. Phone: +852 2788 8491. Fax: +852 2788 8694.

2. KBS (Knowledge-Based System) Methodologies: KADS & Others. 
   Presented by Dr T.~Menzies.
   Email: timm@insect.sd.monash.edu.au. Phone: +61 3 903 1033.

3. Fuzzy Object-Oriented System Modelling. 
   Presented by Dr T. Van Le. 
   Email: vanl@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au.

4. Introduction to Evolutionary Computing. 
   Presented by Prof. Z. Michalewicz. 
   Email: zbyszek@mosaic.uncc.edu. Phone: +1 704 547 4873. Fax: +1 704 547 3516.

5. Symbolic Reasoning with Subsymbolic Tasks. 
   Presented by Dr J. Zeleznikow.
   Email: johnz@latcs1.lat.oz.au. Phone: +61 3 479 1003. Fax: +61 3 479 4915.

6. Nonmonotonic Reasoning From Incomplete Information. 
   Presented by Dr. G. Antoniou. 
   Email: mgga@alinga.newcastle.edu.au. 
   Phone: +61 49 216 848. Fax: +61 49 216 911.

7. Modeling the Dynamics of Information Systems. 
   Presented by Dr. M.-A. Williams. 
   Email: maryanne@frey.newcastle.edu.au. 
   Phone: +61 49 215 009. Fax: +61 49 216 911.

8. Introduction to Conceptual Structures. 
   Presented by Dr P. Eklund and Dr G. Ellis. 
   Email: peter@cs.adelaide.edu.au. Phone: +61 8 303 4483. Fax: +61 8 303 4366.

9. Minimum Encoding Inference. 
   Presented by Dr J. Oliver. 
   Email: jono@cs.monash.edu.au. Phone: +61 3 905 5885. Fax: +61 3 905 5146.

10. AI Applications in Manufacturing. 
    Presented by Dr S. Murugesan. 
    Email: s.murugesan@uws.edu.au. Phone: +61 46 203 513. Fax: +61 46 266 683.

11. Real-Time Concerns in AI. 
    Presented by Dr J. You and Dr W. Zhu. 
    Email: majy@cis0.levels.unisa.edu.au. 
    Phone: +61 8 302 3979. Fax: +61 8 302 3381.

12. Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. 
    Presented by Dr U. Fayyad and Dr E. Simoudis. 
    Email: fayyad@aig.jpl.nasa.gov. 
    Phone: +1 818 306 6197. Fax: +1 818 306 6912.

13. Knowledge Acquisition and Ripple Down Rules. 
    Presented by A/Prof P. Compton. 
    Email: compton@cse.unsw.edu.au. Phone: +61 2 385 3934. Fax: +61 2 663 4576.

14. Group Decision Support Systems. 
    Presented by Prof C. Newton and Mr D. Hoffman. 
    Email: {csn,dlh}@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au. 
    Phone: +61 6 268 8177. Fax: +61 6 268 8581.


Tutorial Registration Fees
--------------------------
Early Bird (Before or on 18 August 1995)	$320
Full Rate					$375


Workshops
---------

The following pre-conference workshops will be organised as part of AI'95.

1.  Commonsense Reasoning. 
    Contact person: Dr M.-A.~Williams. 
    Email: maryanne@frey.newcastle.edu.au. 
    Phone: +61 49 215 009. Fax: +61 49 216 911.

2.  Robotics and Real World AI. 
    Contact person: Dr A. Zelinsky. 
    Email: alex@cs.uow.edu.au. Phone: +61 42 231 859. Fax: +61 42 231 262.

3.  The First Australian Distributed Artificial Intelligence Workshop. 
    Contact person: Dr D. Lukose. 
    Email: lukose@peirce.une.edu.au. Phone: +61 67 73 2350. Fax: +61 67 73 3312.

4.  The Second Australian Conceptual Structures Workshop. 
    Contact person: Dr P. Eklund. 
    Email: peter@cs.adelaide.edu.au. Phone: +61 8 303 4483. Fax: +61 8 303 4366.

5.  Intelligent Decision Support Systems. 
    Contact person: Dr A. Blair. 
    Email: andrew@socs.uts.edu.au. Phone: +61 2 330 1803. Fax: +61 2 330 1807.

6.  AI and the Environment. 
    Contact person: Dr J. Weckert. 
    Email: jweckert@zac.riv.csu.edu.au.

7.  Multi-Model Information Sources. 
    Contact person: Dr M. Cross. 
    Email: mcross@itd.dsto.gov.au. Phone: +61 6 265 8026. Fax: +61 6 265 8010.

8.  AI in Defence. 
    Contact person: Dr S. Goss. 
    Email: goss@kingfish.cis.dsto.gov.au.


Workshop Registration Fees
--------------------------
Conference Attendee	$75
Non-attendee		$150


Enquiries about tutorials and workshops can be sent to:

Dr. J. R. Davis (AI'95 Tutorial/Workshop Chair)
CSIRO Division of Water Resources		Phone: +61 6 246 5706
P O Box 1666, Canberra City 2601, Australia	Fax: +61 6 246 5800
Email: richardd@cbr.dwr.csiro.au


The following workshop will also be held in conjunction with the AI'95:

Automated Reasoning. 
    Contact person: Dr R. Gore. 
    Email: rpg@cisr.anu.edu.au. Phone: +61 6 249 5421. Fax: +61 6 249 0747.


Special Sessions on Real-World AI Applications
----------------------------------------------

Special sessions on real-world AI applications will be organised at AI'95.
Prospective authors must submit a 2 page summary to the Special Sessions Chair,

Mr Laurie Lock Lee (AI'95 Special Sessions Chair)
Manager, R&D, BHP IT Advanced Systems Group	Phone: +61 49 401 602
PO Box 216, Hamilton, NSW 2003, Australia	Fax: +61 49 401 666
Email: laurie@cerberus.bhpese.oz.au

by *26 May 1995*. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent out on
23 June 1995. Authors of an accepted paper must submit camera-ready copies of
their 1 page abstract (to be published in the conference proceedings) and
the full-length paper of no more than 8 pages (to be published in a separate
proceedings along with poster papers) to the Programme Committee Chair by 
*18 August 1995*. Authors who wish to have their full-length paper considered 
for publication in the conference proceedings should submit their complete paper
(not a summary) to the *Programme Committee Chair* according to the
following schedule for normal papers.


Important Dates
---------------

7 April 1995 		Deadline for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals.

	NORMAL PAPERS			
9 June 1995 		Deadline for Paper Submission
21 July 1995 	 	Notification of Acceptance
18 August 1995 		Camera Ready Copy

	SPECIAL SESSIONS PAPERS
26 May 1995		Deadline for Two Page Summaries
23 June 1995		Notification of Acceptance
18 August 1995          Camera Ready Copy


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

AI'95 will be held at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) 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 programme in many 
disciplines, e.g., computer science, etc., in which any people, either 
civilian or military, can be enrolled if they are 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. November is the last month of the spring in
Australia. The weather in Canberra is generally very pleasant.


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

Further information about AI'95 can be obtained from our AI'95 Web page at
		URL:http://walrus.adfa.oz.au/ai95/ai95.html 
or 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		Phone: +61 6 268 8169
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia			Fax:   +61 6 268 8581
Email: rim@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au

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