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From: dorota@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Dorota Kieronska)
Subject: Advance Program: AIS'92
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1992 22:54:47 GMT



                             ADVANCE PROGRAM

                     The Third Annual Conference on 
           AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems

            THEME: Integrating Perception, Planning and Action

                             8-10, July, 1992
            Kings Ambassador Hotel, Perth, Western Australia



Sponsored by: Curtin University, Western Australia


Conference Co-chairs:
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Dorota Kieronska                       Svetha Venkatesh
School of Computing Science            School of Computing Science
Curtin University of Technology        Curtin University of Technology
Western Australia                      Western Australia
dorota@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au       svetha@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au

Organizing Committee:
---------------------
Paul A. Fishwick       University of Florida, USA
Franz Pichler          University of Linz, Austria
Jerzy W. Rozenblit     University of Arizona, USA
Suleyman Sevinc        University of Sydney, Australia
Robin Stanton          Australian National University, Australia


Programme Committee:
--------------------
Narendra Ahuja         University of Illinois, USA
Panos Antsaklis        Notre Dame University, USA
E. Balagurusamy        Institute of Public Enterprise, India
Felix Bretschneider    Siemens, Germany
Terri Caelli           University of Melbourne, Australia
F. Y. L. Chin          University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Silvano Colombano      NASA Ames Research Centre, USA
John Debenham          University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Vu Duong               Schlumberger Laboratory, France
Norman Foo             University of Sydney, Australia
Michael Georgeff       Australian AI Institute, Australia
Roderick Girle         Griffith University, Australia
Witold Jacak           University of Linz, Austria
Tag Gon Kim            University of Kansas, USA
C.T. Leondes           University of Washington, USA
Olivier Monga          INRIA, France
Ram Nevatia            University of Southern California, USA
Herbert Praehofer      University of Linz, Austria
Ethan Scarl            Boeing Computer Services, USA
Reid Simmons           Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Chuck Thorpe           Carnegie Mellon University, USA
C.P. Tsang             University of Western Australia, Australia
Haruki Ueno            Tokyo Electrical Institute, Japan


Local arrangements:
-------------------
Mary Simpson
Ken Swain
Lance C. C. Fung
Wladyslaw Mielczarski



CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The design and development of autonomous systems requires expertise from a
multitude of areas.  The theme of this conference is  the integration of
perception, planning and action using a task-directed approach.  Years of
research in fields of vision and perception, planning, knowledge
representation, modelling, reasoning, control, simulation and many others,
have culminated in the development of models that are useful in limited and
separate domains.  However, integration of these modules in automated
intelligent systems has proved too computationally expensive.  In all these
fields there is a shift towards situated reasoning and task directed problem
solving.  Action requires intelligent decision making, and the choice of
action is based on results of close interaction between task directed sensory
perception and situated reasoning.  The underlying issue is the
representation and modelling of the relevant aspects of the environment, and
problems encountered here are closely related to those in intelligent
simulation.  Techniques in computer simulation can provide useful models that
serve as the foundation for simulating the behaviour of autonomous agents,
and such simulation can provide meaningful insight into the agent's
behaviour. This conference seeks to provide an opportunity for researchers
from a range of disciplines and application domain projects to interact and
address these issues.


CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wednesday, July 8

 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote 1: R.A. Brooks, MIT, USA

10:30 - 12:30 T1: Neural Networks: Control and Learning
              T2: Robotics: Flexible Manufacturing

 2:00 -  3:00 Panel 1: Can we talk? Integrating modeling terminology.

 3:30 -  5:30 T1: Integrated Intelligent Systems
              T2: Simulation and Modeling I


Thursday, July 9

 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote 2: K.P. Wong, UWA, Australia

10:30 - 12:30 T1: Planning: Active Perception
              T2: Simulation and Modeling II

Afternoon:    Technical visit

              Conference Dinner


Friday, July 10

 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote 3: B.P. Zeigler, University of Arizona, USA

10:30 - 12:30 T1: Planning: Reasoning
              T2: Vision for Autonomous Systems

 2:00 -  3:00 Panel 2: Intelligent Manufacturing Systems: Design, Planning,
                       and Control

 3:30 -  5:30 T1: Robotics: Mobile Systems
              T2: Theoretical Aspects of Reasoning


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                             TECHNICAL PROGRAM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WEDNESDAY

8:30   OPENING

 9:00 - 10:00 R.A. Brooks, MIT, USA

10:00 - 10:30 BREAK

10:30 - 12:30 Track 1:  Neural Networks: Control and Learning
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"A Hybrid Reinforcement Learning System for Identification and Control"
        P.M. Mills, CRA, Adv. Tech. Dev., Australia
        M.O. Tade, Curtin University, Australia
        A.Y. Zomaya, University of Western Australia

"Use of Back Propagation Network for Modeling an Electrostatic
Precipitator"
        T. Lakshminarayana, Bharat Heavy Electricals Corp, India
        H.S.N. Murty, JNT University, India

"VGA: A Self Tutoring Algorithm for Concept Learning in Highly
Autonomous Systems"
        R.G. Reynolds, E. Zannoni, Wayne State University, USA

"Incremental Rule-Based Control and Learning"
        D. Luzeaux, Berkeley University, USA


              Track 2:  Robotics: Flexible Manufacturing
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"A development Toolkit To Support The Architecture of Flexible
        Manufacturing Systems Based on Intelligent Autonomous Units"
        A. Sedlmeier, S. Bocionek, H-G. Weil, Siemens, Germany

"Towards Design and Control of High Autonomy Manufacturing Systems"
        J.W. Rozenblit, University of Arizona, USA,
        W. Jacak, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

"An Integrated Method for Planning Smooth Collision-free Trajectories
for Robot Arms"
        Jianwei Zhang, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

"Surface Following and Modelling for Planar n-Link Manipulator Arms
Equipped with Proximity Sensors"
        C.J. Pudney, University of Western Australia, Australia


12:30 -  2:00 LUNCH 

 2:00 -  3:00 Panel 1: Can We Talk? Integrating Modeling Technology
              Chair: P. Fishwick

 3:00 -  3:30 BREAK

 3:30 -  5:30 Track 1:  Integrated and Intelligent Systems
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Relevance-derived Metafunction: An Interface Between Intelligent
System's Subcomponents"
        B. Gorayska, R. Lindsay, K. Cox, J. Marsh, N. Tse, City
        Politechnic of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

"Achieving Autonomy Through Design"
        J.W. Rozenblit, University of Arizona, USA

"Implementing Planning as Tactical Reasoning"
        L. Spalazzi, University of Ancona, Italy

"Simulating Teaching by Reasoning about Instructional Objectives"
        K-K. Yum, T. Richards, La Trobe University, Australia


              Track 2:  Simulation and Modelling I
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Discrete-Event Simulation with POSS"
        T. Van Le, University of Canberra, Australia

"A Functional/Declarative Dichotomy for Characterizing Simulation
Models"
        P.A. Fishwick, University of Florida, USA

"Intelligent Simulation for Manufacturing Systems"
        N.K. Baid, N.N. Nagarur, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

"Applying a Graphical Locomotion Model to a Behavioural Animation
System"
        A. Marriot, T. Widyanto, Curtin University, Australia



THURSDAY

 9:00 - 10:00 K.P. Wong, UWA, Australia

10:00 - 10:30 BREAK

10:30 - 12:30 Track 1:  Planning: Active Perception
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Inexact Spatial Reasoning"
        D.C. Altman, Curtin University, Australia

"Flexible Task-specific Control Using Active Vision"
        R.J. Firby, M.J. Swain, University of Chicago, USA

"Evolution versus Design: Controlling Autonomous Robots"
        P. Husbands, I. Harvey, University of Sussex, England

"Spatial Reasoning via Active Observation"
        S. Venkatesh, D.H. Kieronska, Curtin University, Australia


              Track 2:  Simulation and Modelling II
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Abstracting and Explaining Simulation Model Behaviour"
        L. Travers, S. Sevinc, University of Sydney, Australia

"The Application of Pattern Recognition for Distance Relaying"
        S.K. Chakravarthy, Curtin University, Australia

"Qualitative Interpretation Theory"
        M. Johnston, University of Western Sydney, 
        L-Y, Shue, University of Wollongong, Australia

"Determining Linguistic Models with Constrained Fuzzy Regression"
        J. Barone, Loki Software, USA


FRIDAY

 9:00 - 10:00 B.P. Zeigler, University of Arizona, USA

10:00 - 10:30 BREAK

10:30 - 12:30 Track 1:  Planning: Reasoning
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Representing the Plan Monitoring Needs and Resources of Robotic
Systems"
        M. Schoppers, Advanced Decision Systems, USA

"Multi-Agent Planning and Execution Monitoring: Application to Motorway
Traffic"
        P. Mourou, B. Fade, IRIT, France

"A Qualitative Approach to the Integration of Vision and Reactive and
Planning"
        A.J.Travers, T.C. Ly, E.Bastholm, Curtin University, Australia

"Reactive Planning with Uncertainty of a Plan"
        S. Yamada, Osaka University, Japan



              Track 2:  Vision for Autonomous Systems
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Supervision of Perception Tasks for Autonomous Systems: the OCAPI
Approach"
        V. Clement, M. Thonnat, INRIA, France

"Issues, Architecture and Techniques in Real-Time Vision"
        J. Cooper, Melbourne University, Australia

"Using Partial Derivatives of 3D Images to Extract Typical Surface
Features"
        Olivier Monga, Serge Benayoun, INRIA, France

"Optimizing Evidenced-Based Object Recognition Systems"
        T. Caelli, Melbourne University, Australia  


 2:00 - 3:00 Panel: Intelligent Manufacturing Systems: Design, Planning,
                    and Control
             Chair: J.W. Rozenblit

 3:00 -  3:30 BREAK


 3:30 -  5:30 Track 1:  Robotics: Mobile Systems
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"FAW Project AMOS: Integrating Sub-Symbolic and Symbolic Information
Processing in Robot Control"
        F.J. Radermacher, FAW Ulm, Germany

"Reactive Mobile Robots Based on a Visual Servoing Approach"
        P. Rives, INRIA, R. Pissard-Gibollet, ISIA, France

"A Modular Agent/Deliverable Modality for Mobile Robot Development"
        R.W. Albrecht, University of Washington, USA

"An Architecture for Adaptive Navigation Control"
        Mark Nelson, DSTO, Australia

"Characterization of Environment Conditions with Metric Temporal Feature
Logic"
        S. Nadjm-Tehrani, P. Osterling, Linkoping University, Sweden


              Track 2:  Theoretical Aspects of Reasoning
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Expectation-based Temporal Prediction System"
        M. Rillo, Universitaet Karlsruhe, Germany

"Inclusive Resolution for Horn Sets"
        Li Dafa, Tsinghua University, China

"Eliza and The Automata"
        R.A. Girle, Griffith University, Australia



______________________________________________________________________

                     The Third Annual Conference on 
           AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems

                             8-10, July, 1992
            Kings Ambassador Hotel, Perth, Western Australia



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