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Summary: 7th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence
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                   EPIA'95 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

                     SEVENTH PORTUGUESE CONFERENCE
                                  ON
                        ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

        Casino  Park Hotel,  Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal
                           3-6 October, 1995

       (Under the auspices of the Portuguese Association for AI)


The  7th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence will be held
at  Funchal,  Madeira  Island,  Portugal, October 3-6, 1995. As in the
past,  EPIA  95  is  an  international  conference with English as the
official  language.  The  conference  covers  all  areas of Artificial
Intelligence,  including  theoretical  areas,  foundational areas, and
applications.  The  scientific  program  consists of invited lectures,
tutorials,  demonstrations and paper presentations. There will also be
parallel workshops on Expert Systems, Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks,
and Applications of AI to Robotics and Vision Systems. 


                           Invited Speakers
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marvin  Minsky  (MIT  -  USA)  
"Why  Human  Brains Can't Really Think"

Manuela  Veloso  (CMU  -  USA)
"Planning  and Learning in Intelligent Agents"

Luis  B. Almeida (IST - Portugal)
"The Connectionist Paradigm and  AI"

Rodney Brooks (MIT - USA)
"The Evolutionist Approach - Past, Present and Future of AI" 


                              Tutorials
                              ~~~~~~~~~
T1 - Artificial Life and Autonomous Robots (3.10.95 AM)
     Luc Steels

Artificial Life studies the phenomenon of life the same way AI studies
intelligence:  by  building  artificial  systems  that  show  the same
capabilities  as living systems. For a growing group of researchers in
AI,  there  must  be  strong  connections between the two disciplines,
because  they  believe  that  the  principles  of living systems are a
prerequisite  for  those  of  intelligent  systems.  This  tutorial is
intended  for  a  general  AI  audience  with  no  prior background in
biology,  Alife,  or  robotics.  It  gives  an overview of research in
Alife,  the  behavior-oriented  approach  to  AI,  and  the biological
significance of this research. 


T2 - Virtual Reality - The AI perspective (3.10.95 PM)
     David Hogg

The  tutorial  will  examine  the  rapidly  evolving  field of Virtual
Reality (VR) and explore the key role that AI could play in its future
development.  Participants  will gain an understanding of the state of
the  art  in VR hardware and systems, and an appreciation of the major
areas  in  which it is being applied. With this background, the aim is
to  provoke  interest  and  activity  in  the  application of AI to VR
through  the development of: (1) automatons to populate virtual worlds
alongside human participants; and (2) intelligent systems for creating
virtual worlds from sensory images of the real world, in order to give
the illusion of presence at a remote location. 

T3 - Introduction  to  Artificial Intelligence
     (in Portuguese - 3.10.95 AM)
     Ernesto Costa 

Artificial  Intelligence  is  the  enterprise  of building intelligent
agents.  An  intelligent  agent  is  an entity that perceives, reasons
about  and  acts  upon  the  environment.  We  will  start  by briefly
discussing  the different paradigms (symbolic, connectionist, genetic,
emergent) that had been proposed as approaches to the task of building
such  agents. We will then focus on the symbolic approach, showing how
intelligence  is  the  result  of  the interplay between knowledge and
reasoning,  and  discussing the declarative, procedural and structured
ways  of  dealing with knowledge representation and reasoning. We will
conclude  with  simple  examples  from areas of learning, planning and
natural language understanding. 

T4 - Design of Expert Systems
     (in Portuguese - 3.10.95 PM)
     Ernesto Morgado 

The  objective  of  this  tutorial is to introduce the key ideas about
expert  systems.  What  are the problems that require them? What makes
expert  systems  different  from  other  programs?  What  are the main
techniques  used  by  them?  What  are  the  different types of expert
systems  available  today?  How  can  they  be  integrated  with other
problems  in  the  real world? How can they be developed successfully?
These  and  many  other  aspects  must  be  understood for someone who
desires to develop expert systems in the real world. 


                               The Venue
                               ~~~~~~~~~
Madeira  is an island in the northern half of the Atlantic Ocean about
1,000  km  from Lisbon. It is 57 km long and 22 km wide. The landscape
is  vernal  and luxuriant: the rich flora, with its diversity of trees
and flowers, exist in a truly sub-tropical environment. The population
of  the  entire  island  is  approximately  280,000,  and  that of the
capital, Funchal, is approximately 140,000. 


                           Climate and Dress
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At  the  beginning  of October, the temperature ranges from 22C to 25C
(72F  to  77F)  during  the day, and 20C to 22C (68F to 72F) at night.
Lightweight clothing is therefore recommended. However, if you plan to
visit  the  mountain  areas  of the island, it is recommended that you
bring  a jacket. The island does receive rain from time to time during
this  part  of  the  year,  so  it  is advisable to bring an umbrella.


                    Transport  and  Accommodations
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The  trip  from  the  airport  to the hotels in Funchal is by bus. The
round  trip  from the airport to the Congress Hotel is included in the
conference  fee  only  for  those  who make their airline reservations
through  JFM Tours - the EPIA 95 official travel agency. If you take a
cab  from  the  airport,  be  prepared  to  pay from 3000 PTE (daytime
working  days,  without  luggage) to around 5000 PTE for the trip from
the  airport  terminal  to the Casino Park Hotel. (Note that these are
merely  rough  estimates.) All tickets issued by JFM Tours will not be
restricted  as  to the minimum number of days of stay, and tickets can
therefore be changed on request. 


                                Hotels
                                ~~~~~~
Casino  Park  Hotel
-------------------
The  conference  is held in Casino Park Hotel, which includes a casino
and  a  conference center. It is one of the finest five-star hotels on
the  island. For your convenience, EPIA 95 has booked a limited number
of  rooms  at  reduced conference rates. As Funchal is a tourist city,
you  are  strongly  advised  to  reserve  your room, by filling in the
enclosed form, as early as possible. 

Accommodations for Students
---------------------------
There  is  a  limited  number  of  available rooms for students in the
Madeira  Youth  Hostel.  Double  rooms, and some collective rooms have
private WCs. 

Reservations
------------
The reservation is considered to be effective when the payment for all
the  days of stay has been made. There are other hotels available near
the conference center. The deadline for reservations is June 30. Rooms
cannot  be  guaranteed if requests for reservations are received after
that  date.  The  deadline  for refund requests is September 15. There
will be a processing fee of PTE 7,500 fee on all refunds. Enquires and
requests  for  accommodation  forms  should be directed to the EPIA 95
official travel agency: 

             JFM Tours 
             Av. das Comunidades Madeirenses, 15 
             9000 Funchal, PORTUGAL 
             FAX: +351 (091) 230198 
             Voice: +351 (091) 220317 


                             Social Program 
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The  conference  program  includes scheduled tours and visits for both
the  participants and their companions on Saturday, October 7 (Tour 1,
Tour  2  and Tour 3). Other activities are scheduled on the conference
days for the participants companions (Tour 4, Tour 5 and Tour 6). 

Tour 1 - Island Tour (7.10.95 full day) 
Departure  from  Funchal  passing  Camara de Lobos, a typical village,
then Cabo, the highest cliff in the world. From there you will proceed
to  Porto  Moniz  (passing  Encumeada) where lunch will be served in a
restaurant  near  to the volcanic rocks swimming pools. Return passing
by  Ponta  Delgada,  going on to Santana, where you can appreciate the
colourful  cottages.  Return  to  Funchal  passing by Ribeiro Frio and
Monte. (4,550 PTE, including lunch). 

Tour 2 - Ribeiro Frio/Portela Walking Tour (7.10.95 full day) 
A  relaxing  "back  to  nature"  walk  along an old levada (irrigation
channel). (PTE 4,300, including pic-nic). 

Tour 3 - Eira do Serrado (7.10.95 half day) 
Visit  to  Pico  dos  Barcelos  to  admire  the  view over the City of
Funchal.  Continue  to  Eira  do  Serrado, view point, overlooking the
Valley of Curral das Freiras. On the way back to Funchal stop at Monte
(PTE 3,200, including toboggan). 

Tour 4 - Tour in the city (03.10.95 AM) 
Visit  to  the  farmers  market, wine lodge, and an embroidery factory
(PTE 1,320). 

Tour 5 - Pico do Areeiro Tour (04.10.95 AM) 
Visit  to  Monte,  Pico  do  Areeiro,  and Camacha - the centre of the
wickerwork industry (PTE 1,580). 

Tour 6 - Museums (06.10.95 AM) 
Tour  in  the  city,  visiting  museums  and the Botanical garden (PTE
2,400, including entrance fees). 


        Conference Dinners and a visit to a Madeira Wine Cellar
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two  conference  dinners  are  included in the social program: welcome
dinner  (in  town,  on October 4, not included in the conference fee),
and  a farewell dinner (out of the town, on October 6, included in the
conference  fee,  except  for  students  for  whom  it is optional). A
Madeira folklore group will perform during this dinner. The visit to a
Madeira  Wine  Cellar  is scheduled for October, 5. During this visit,
participants  and  companions  will be served a Madeira Wine. Shopping
for wine can also be done during the visit. 


                     Conference Registration Form
                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please  fill  out  the attached registration form and mail it with the
corresponding  conference  fee  to  the  address  below  for  EPIA  95
enquiries.   The  registration  fee  covers  your  attendance  at  the
conference,  the  conference  proceedings, a copy of the working notes
for  the  workshop  (or  tutorial)  you attend, coffee breaks, and the
farewell dinner. 


                           Method of Payment
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Payments  can  be  made  by check to the order of EPIA 95 or by credit
card  (Visa,  American Express, MasterCard, Eurocard and Diners Club).
All  payments  are  in  Portuguese Escudos (PTE). All refunds requests
must  be  in  writing and postmarked by September 15, 1995. A 7500 PTE
processing  fee will be levied on all refunds granted. No refunds will
be  granted  after  this date. Those registering as full-time students
must  include  legible  proof  of  their  student  status.  Conference
proceedings and farewell dinner are not included when applying reduced
conference fee for students. 


                        Student Scholarships
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A  limited  number of student scholarships is available. To apply, you
must submit proof of your full-time student status in a degree-bearing
program,  such as a letter from your faculty advisor or a copy of your
current  registration  receipt.  Note that student body cards will not
suffice.  These  scholarships,  aided  by support from ACM SIGART, are
intended to assist those who would not otherwise be able to attend the
conference,  and  in particular, those students from the less well-off
countries.  To  apply  for a scholarship, please contact either of the
conference co-chairs at the address for enquiries given below. 


                              Insurance
                              ~~~~~~~~~
The  EPIA  95 Committee can accept no liability for personal injuries,
or  for  loss  of  or  damage  to  property  belonging  to  conference
participants, either during or as a result of the conference. 


                          Program Committee
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Antonio Porto (Portugal)                          Luc Steels (Belgium) 
Benjamin Kuipers (USA)                           Luigia Aiello (Italy) 
Bernhard Nebel (Germany)                    Luis B. Almeida (Portugal) 
David Makinson (Germany)                    Luis M. Pereira (Portugal) 
Erik Sandewall (Sweden)                       Luis Monteiro (Portugal) 
Ernesto Costa (Portugal)                          Manuela Veloso (USA) 
Helder Coelho (Portugal)                        Maria Cravo (Portugal) 
Joao P. Martins (Portugal)                Miguel Filgueiras (Portugal) 
John Self (UK)                                       Yoav Shoham (USA) 
Jose Carmo (Portugal)                          Yves Kodratoff (France) 
Laurie Carlson (Finland) 


                    Conference & Program Co-Chairs
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Carlos Pinto-Ferreira                                 Nuno Joao Mamede 
Instituto Superior Tecnico                  Instituto Superior Tecnico 
ISR, Av. Rovisco Pais                            INESC, Apartado 13069 
1000 Lisboa, Portugal                            1000 Lisboa, Portugal 
Voice: +351 (1) 8418270                        Voice: +351 (1) 3100234 
Fax: +351 (1) 8418291                             Fax: +351 (1) 525843 
E-mail: cpf@isr.isr.ist.utl.pt            E-mail: Nuno.Mamede@inesc.pt 


                           Enquiries Address
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EPIA'95 - INESC                                E-mail: epia95@inesc.pt         
Av. Alves Redol, 9                             Fax: 351-1-525843
1000 Lisboa                                    Voice: 351-1-3100325
PORTUGAL

           Home Page:  http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/~cpf/epia95


                              Supporters
                              ~~~~~~~~~~
Banco Nacional Ultramarino                 Governo Regional da Madeira
Instituto Superior Tecnico                SISCOG - Sistemas Cognitivos
INESC                                                            CITMA
IBM                                                    TAPair Portugal                  


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                       EPIA'95 REGISTRATION FORM
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Return the following form (by email, fax or mail) to:

    E-mail: epia95@inesc.pt                 EPIA'95 (INESC)
                                            Rua Alves Redol 9
    FAX: (351-1) 525843                     Apartado 13069
                                            1000 Lisboa, PORTUGAL


PARTICIPANT (Please print legibly and use one form per participant)
~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: ________________________________________________________________
University/Comp.: ____________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________
	 _____________________________________________________________
ZIP Code: ____________________________________________________________     
Country: _____________________________________________________________
E-mail: ______________________________________________________________ 
Phone: _______________________________________________________________
Fax: _________________________________________________________________
Accompanying Person: _________________________________________________


Registration FEEs (in Portuguese Escudos (PTE), including VAT)


CONFERENCE
~~~~~~~~~~
                 +-----------------------------------------------+
                 |     Early     |      Late     |               |
                 | Registration  |  Registration |               |
                 |               |               |    On-Site    |
                 |  Rec. before  |  Rec. before  |  Registration |
                 |    June, 30   |    Sept., 20  |               |
 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
 | Student       |      9 000    |     12 000    |     15 000    |
 |               | (proceedings and Farewell dinner NOT included)|
 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
 | Student       |     20 000    |     25 000    |     30 000    |   
 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
 | University    |     35 000    |     45 000    |     55 000    |   
 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
 | Regular       |     50 000    |     65 000    |     75 000    |   
 +---------------------------------------------------------------+
 All tutorial attendees and workshop participants have to register
 in the conference.

                                             1 x  ________ = _________


WORKSHOPS (each)
~~~~~~~~~
 +---------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Student       |      3 500    |      4 500    |      6 000    |   
 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
 | University    |      5 000    |      7 000    |      9 000    |   
 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
 | Regular       |      7 500    |      9 000    |     12 500    |   
 +---------------------------------------------------------------+

[ ] Applications of Expert Systems
[ ] Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks
[ ] Robotics and Vision Systems

                                ___ workshops  x  ________ = _________


TUTORIALS (each)
~~~~~~~~~
 +---------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Student       |      3 000    |      4 000    |      5 000    |   
 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
 | University    |      4 000    |      5 000    |      7 000    |   
 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
 | Regular       |      5 000    |      7 000    |      9 000    |   
 +---------------------------------------------------------------+

[ ] Artificial Life (AM)
[ ] Virtual Reallity(PM)
[ ] Introduction to AI (AM) (in Portuguese)
[ ] Design of Expert Systems (PM) (in Portuguese)

                               ___ tutorials  x  ________  = _________


                                              GRAND TOTAL  = _________
             
DISCOUNT
~~~~~~~~
[ ] APPIA Member Number: ___ (joined in 1995) (3 000 discount)
[ ] APPIA Member number: ___ (joined in 1994 or before) (5 000 discount)
[ ] PC member (5 000 discount)
[ ] Reviewer (5 000 discount)

                                                 DISCOUNT  = _________

TOTAL ENCLOSED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                             GRAND TOTAL  -  DISCOUNT = TOTAL ENCLOSED

                              __________  -  ________ =  ___________


METHOD OF PAYMENT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ ] Check (payable to EPIA95 and drawn on a Portuguese bank)
[ ] Visa     [ ] MasterCard    [ ] Eurocard    [ ] Diners Club
[ ] American Express

Card Number: _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _

Exp. Date: __ /__

Name (as it appears on card) _________________________________________

Signature_____________________________________________________________


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             EPIA'95 ACCOMMODATION and SOCIAL PROGRAM FORM
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Return the following form (by fax or mail) to:

  FAX: (351-091) 230198            JFM Tours
                                   Av. das Comunidades Madeirenses, 15
  Voice: (351-091) 220317          9000 Funchal, PORTUGAL



PARTICIPANT (Please print legibly and use one form per participant)
~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: ________________________________________________________________
University/Comp.: ____________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________
	 _____________________________________________________________
ZIP Code: ____________________________________________________________     
Country: _____________________________________________________________
Phone: _______________________________________________________________
Fax: _________________________________________________________________
Accompanying Person: _________________________________________________



Registration FEEs (in Portuguese Escudos (PTE), including VAT)



ACCOMMODATION AT THE CASINO PARK HOTEL:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
                                                  Accommodation Fees
Date of arrival (at Funchal) :    __ /__         +-------------------+
                                                 | Single  | 12 500  |
Date of departure (from Funchal): __ /__         +---------+---------+
                                                 | Double  | 15 000  |
Number of nights: ______                         +-------------------+
                                                 Rates  are  based  on
[ ] Double        [ ] Single                     charges per room, per
                                                 night with breakfast,
[ ] Other hotel (on request)                     service and VAT incl.
                                                 

                                     __  nights  x _______ = _________


ACCOMMODATION AT THE YOUTH HOSTEL (students):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Double  rooms and  some collective rooms have a private WC. Collective
rooms have 6, 8, 10 or 12 beds. A limited number of beds is available.
The  deadline  for  this  student  housing  reservation  is  June, 30. 
Reservations received after June 30 cannot be guaranteed availability.
 
                                           Accommodation Fees
Date of arrival                       +----------------------+-------+
(at Funchal) :  __ /__                | Double (with WC)     | 3 850 |
                                      |----------------------+-------|
Date of departure                     | Collective (with WC) | 3 500 |
(from Funchal): __ /__                |----------------------+-------|
                                      | Collective           | 1 750 |
Number of nights: ______              +----------------------+-------+
                                      Rates  are  based on charges per  
                                      person,   per   night   without, 
[ ] Male     [ ] Female               breakfast (300 each).

[ ] Double   [ ] Colective           [ ] Colective
                 (with private WC)       (no private WC)   
                         
[ ] Other hotel (on request)
                                     __  nights  x _______ = _________

                                 __  breakfasts  x _______ = _________




AIR PLANE TICKET:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                    Air Plane Fees
Place of Origin: __________________            +---------------------+
                                               | Lisbon    |  31 000 |
Date of depart. (from origin): __ __ / __ __   | Porto     |  44 900 |
                                               | Madrid    |  71 950 |
Date of depart. (from Funchal):__ __ / __ __   | Paris     |  87 396 |
                                               | London    |  75 812 |
[ ] Other origin/destination (on request)      | Rome      | 104 197 |
                                               | Milan     | 104 197 |
                                               | Frankfurt | 112 287 |
                                               | Bruxels   | 102 362 |
                                               | New York  | 140 670 |
                                               +---------------------+
                                               Rates include all taxes

                                     __  tickets x _______ = _________


SOCIAL EVENTS AND TOURS:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ ] Welcome dinner	               __  tickets  x  6 000 = _______
[ ] Farewell dinner	          __ extra tickets  x  6 000 = _______

[ ] Tour 1 (for participants also)     __  tickets  x  4 550 = _______
[ ] Tour 2 (for participants also)     __  tickets  x  4 300 = _______
[ ] Tour 3 (for participants also)     __  tickets  x  3 200 = _______
[ ] Tour 4 (for companions)            __  tickets  x  1 320 = _______
[ ] Tour 5 (for companions)            __  tickets  x  1 580 = _______
[ ] Tour 6 (for companions)            __  tickets  x  2 400 = _______


TOTAL ENCLOSED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                        TOTAL ENCLOSED  =  ___________

METHOD OF PAYMENT 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Youth Hostel accommodation cannot be paid with credit card!)

[ ] Check (payable to EPIA95 and drawn on a Portuguese bank)
[ ] Visa     [ ] MasterCard    [ ] Eurocard    [ ] Diners Club
[ ] American Express

Card Number: _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _

Exp. Date: __ /__

Name (as it appears on card) _________________________________________

Signature_____________________________________________________________

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-- 
Nuno J. Mamede                         INESC - Instituto de Engenharia de
Nuno Mamede@inesc.pt                           Sistemas e Computadores
Tel: +351(1)3100234                    Rua Alves Redol 9
Fax: +351(1)525843                     1000 Lisboa / Portugal
