
Genetic Algorithms Digest   Friday, June 7 1991   Volume 5 : Issue 13

 - Send submissions to GA-List@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL
 - Send administrative requests to GA-List-Request@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL

Today's Topics:
	- Meeting digest standards?!?!
	- Availability of Genesis
	- ECAI'92 CALL FOR PAPERS

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CALENDAR OF GA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: (with GA-List issue reference)

4th Intl. Conference on Genetic Algorithms (v5n9)            Jul 13-16, 1991
AAAI 91, National Conference on AI, Anaheim, CA              Jul 14-19, 1991
EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL on MACHINE LEARNING (v5n7)            Jul 22-31, 1991
Genetic Algorithm Course, Stanford (v5n11)                   Jul 22-26, 1991
IJCAI 91, International Joint Conference on AI, Sydney, AU   Aug 25-30, 1991
First European Conference on Artificial Life (v5n8)          Dec 11-13, 1991
ECAI 92, 10th European Conference on AI (v5n13)              Aug  3-7,  1992

(Send announcements of other activities to GA-List@aic.nrl.navy.mil)

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From: Alan C. Schultz (GA-List Moderator)
Subject: Meeting digest standards?!?!

	Several people have requested that the GA-list conform
	to a standard for electronic digests.  (Arghhhhh!)
	The standard, for those who who care, is RFC-1153.
	We could let a GA search for an acceptable format where
	the evaluation function is the combined opinion of the
	readers, but somehow, the system admin people might not
	like the results ;-)

	Starting with this issue, the line seperating the
	preamble from the submissions is 70 hyphens, and the line
	seperating each message is 30 hyphens.

	- Alan

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From: Richard Dale Romero <rr2p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 May 91 08:25:38 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Genesis ftp site?

    Does anyone out there have an ftp site for the genesis package
    for genetic algorithms?

    -rick

[Ed's Note:  The following message is a response from John Grefenstette
 (the author of Genesis) concerning availability of Genesis.]

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From: gref@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 91 18:19:37 EDT
Subject: GENESIS and OOGA diskette

    GENESIS can be obtained from:

    TSP
    P.O. Box 991
    Melrose, MA 02176
    (617) 662-8991

    For $52.50 ($60 per copy for addresses outside of North America),
    you can get the latest version of GENESIS (in C) and OOGA (a GA
    system in Common Lisp and CLOS), along with documentation.  This
    version of GENESIS runs under UNIX or DOS (using Turbo C), and
    should port easily to other environments.  Call the number above
    to get an order form.

    - John Grefenstette

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From: ai-vie!paolo@relay.EU.net (paolo petta)
Date: Tue, 14 May 91 15:35:58 +0200
Subject: ECAI'92  CALL FOR PAPERS


                            CALL FOR PAPERS

     10th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 92)

                   August 3-7, 1992, Vienna, Austria

    The  European  Conference  on  Artificial  Intelligence  (ECAI)  is  the
    European  forum for scientific exchange and presentation of AI research.
    The aim of the conference is to cover all aspects of AI research and  to
    bring  together  basic  research  and  applied  research.  The Technical
    Programme will  include  paper  presentations,  invited  talks,  panels,
    workshops,  and  tutorials.  The  conference  is  designed  to cover all
    subfields of AI, including non-symbolic methods.

    ECAIs are held in alternate years and  are  organized  by  the  European
    Coordinating  Committee  for  Artificial  Intelligence (ECCAI). The 10th
    ECAI in 1992 will be hosted  by  the  Austrian  Society  for  Artificial
    Intelligence  (OGAI).  The  conference  will  take  place  at the Vienna
    University of Economics and Business Administration.

    TOPICS OF INTEREST

    You are invited to submit an original  research  paper  on  any  of  the
    following subjects:

    - Automated  Reasoning  (e.g.  automatic  programming,  reasoning   with
	 uncertainty,   theorem   proving,  constraint  satisfaction,  logic
	 programming, search)
    - Cognitive  Modeling  (e.g.  models  for  human  problem  solving   and
	 information  processing,  memory  models, computational theories in
	 psychology)
    - Connectionist and PDP Models for AI (e.g. connectionist architectures,
	 connectionist learning, neural networks applications)
    - Distributed  AI  and  Multiagent  Systems  (e.g.  distributed  problem
	 solving,    distributed    resource    allocation,   communication,
	 cooperation)
    - Enabling  Technology  and  Systems  (e.g.  machine  architectures,  AI
	 computer languages, tools for AI system development)
    - Integrated Systems (e.g. integrating several AI  components,  embedded
	 AI, integrating AI and conventional systems)
    - Knowledge Representation (e.g. terminological knowledge,  nonmonotonic
	 logic,  foundations  of  temporal,  causal  and  spatial reasoning,
	 abduction, common sense, complexity of reasoning)
    - Machine  Learning  (e.g.  inductive  learning,   knowledge   intensive
	 learning, discovery, concept formation)
    - Natural Language  (e.g.  text  generation  and  understanding,  speech
	 understanding, syntax, semantics, discourse, representation issues,
	 NL system architecture)
    - Philosophical Foundations (e.g. philosophy of mind, functionalism  and
	 AI, epistemological foundations)
    - Planning, Scheduling, and Reasoning about Actions (e.g.  temporal  and
	 causal  reasoning  for planning, task scheduling, plan recognition,
	 resource allocation)
    - Principles of  AI  Applications  (e.g.  generic  applications,  expert
	 system  design, tutoring systems, knowledge acquisition, case-based
	 reasoning)
    - Reasoning  about  Physical   Systems   (e.g.   modeling,   model-based
	 simulation,  qualitative  reasoning, diagnosis, design, monitoring,
	 applications  of  causal,  temporal  and  spatial   reasoning   for
	 engineering, scientific, medical, economic problems)
    - Robotics (e.g. connecting perception to action, sensor-motor  systems,
	 kinematics, navigation, grasping)
    - Social, Economic, Legal, and Artistic Implications (e.g. AI scenarios,
	 ethical issues, legal issues and responsibility, AI and music)
    - User  Interfaces  (e.g.  intelligent  graphical  interfaces,   natural
	 language  front  ends,  user  models,  knowledge-based  information
	 presentation, artificial reality)
    - Verification, Validation  &  Test  of  Knowledge-Based  Systems  (e.g.
	 improving and securing consistency, completeness, reliability)
    - Vision  and  Signal  Understanding  (e.g.  vision  and  perception  in
	 biological    and   technical   systems,   sensor   interpretation,
	 intelligent signal interpretation)

    SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

    Authors are requested to submit to the Programme Chairperson 5 copies of
    papers  written  in  English  in  hardcopy  format  (electronic  and fax
    submissions will not be accepted). Submitted papers must be unpublished,
    original  work  and  substantially different from papers currently under
    review. They must not be submitted elsewhere before  notification  date.
    This  restriction  does  not  apply to workshops and similar specialized
    presentations with a limited audience.

    Papers can be either long papers (completed research: maximum 5000 words
    /  10  single-spaced  pages)  or short papers (ongoing research: maximum
    2000 words / 4 pages). Each full page of figures counts  as  500  words.
    Each  paper  should  contain an abstract (maximum 200 words). A separate
    title page should include the  title,  the  name(s)  of  the  author(s),
    complete  address(es), the specification of one of the above topics, and
    the category long or short. Papers should be printed on A4  or  8.5"x11"
    sized  paper  in letter quality print, with 12 point type (10 chars/inch
    on typewriter).

    Work described in an accepted paper  may  also  be  illustrated  with  a
    videotape  or  a  demo.  Special  sessions  will  be scheduled for video
    presentations and demos. Authors wishing to show a videotape or  a  demo
    should  specify  the duration and the requirements of the videotape/demo
    when submitting their paper for review.

    TIMETABLE

    Papers must be received by the Programme Chairperson before January  17,
    1992.  Authors  will  be notified of acceptance or rejection by April 1,
    1992. Final camera-ready papers must be received by May 15, 1992.

    WORKSHOPS

    Workshops are welcome at  ECAI  92.  They  will  give  participants  the
    opportunity  to  discuss  specific technical topics in a small, informal
    environment,  which  encourages  interaction  and  exchange  of   ideas.
    Workshop  proposals  should be sent to the Programme Chairperson as soon
    as possible, but not later than January  17,  1992.  Workshop  proposals
    should  contain  a  brief  description of the workshop and the technical
    issues addressed, a preliminary schedule, and the  names  and  addresses
    (postal,  phone,  fax,  e-mail)  of  the  Organizing  Committee  of  the
    workshop. The proposals will be reviewed  and  the  organizers  will  be
    notified  not  later  than  February  28,  1992.  The   organizers   are
    responsible  for  producing  a  call  for  participation,  for reviewing
    requests to participate  and  for  scheduling  the  workshop  activities
    within  the constraints set by the conference organizers. Workshops will
    be scheduled outside the main technical programme.

    ECAI PRIZE

    A prize for the best paper as determined by the Programme Committee will
    be awarded; the Digital Equipment Prize will also be awarded at ECAI 92.

    PROGRAMME CHAIRPERSON

    Papers, workshop proposals and all  inquiries  regarding  the  programme
    should be sent to the Programme Chairperson:
       Prof. Bernd Neumann
       FB Informatik
       University of Hamburg
       Bodenstedtstr.16
       D-W-2000 Hamburg 50
       Germany

    PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

    Luigia Carlucci Aiello, Italy       Ramon Lopez de Mantaras, Spain
    Giuseppe Attardi, Italy             David Makinson, France
    Wolfgang Bibel, Germany             Robert Milne, United Kingdom
    Mike Brady, United Kingdom          Katharina Morik, Germany
    Ivan Bratko, Yugoslavia             Bernhard Nebel, Germany
    Alan R. Bundy, United Kingdom       Wolfgang Nejdl, Austria
    Stephan Busemann, Germany           Erkki Oja, Finland
    Rolf Eckmiller, Germany             Eugenio Oliveira, Portugal
    Jan-Olof Eklundh, Sweden            Domenico Parisi, Italy
    Boi Faltings, Switzerland           Radoslav Pavlov, Bulgaria
    Olivier Faugeras, France            Henri Prade, France
    Francoise Fogelman-Soulie, France   Peter Raulefs, USA
    Christian Freksa, Germany           Graeme D. Ritchie, United Kingdom
    Peter Gardenfors, Sweden            Lorenza Saitta, Italy
    Volker Haarslev, Germany            Erik Sandewall, Sweden
    Eva Hajicova, Czechoslovakia        Aaron Sloman, United Kingdom
    Werner Horn, Austria                Karen Sparck-Jones, United Kingdom
    Gerard Kempen, The Netherlands      Sam Steel, United Kingdom
    Dietrich Koch, Germany              Luc Steels, Belgium
    Yves Kodratoff, France              Pietro Torasso, Italy
    Jan Koenderink, The Netherlands     Robert Trappl, Austria
    Jean-Pierre Laurent, France         Enn Tyugu, USSR
    Maurizio Lenzerini, Italy

    OTHER ACTIVITIES AND INQUIRIES

    ECAI 92 will present a set of tutorials which  will  focus  both  on  AI
    topics  from  the  practical perspective and on topics about emerging AI
    technologies. All inquiries regarding tutorials should  be  directed  to
    the  Tutorial  Chairperson, Werner Horn, Austrian Research Institute for
    Artificial Intelligence, Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Vienna,  Austria  (tel:
    +43-1-53532810, fax: +43-1-630652, email: werner@ai-vie.uucp).

    For inquiries about registration (scientific programme  and  tutorials),
    accommodation  and  other  local  arrangements  you  should  contact the 
    ECAI92 Conference Office,  ADV,  Trattnerhof 2,  A-1010 Vienna,  Austria
    (tel: +43-1-5330913-74, fax: +43-1-5330913-77, telex: 75311178 adv a).

    All inquiries regarding other activities should be directed to the Local
    Arrangements   Chairperson,   Johannes   Retti,   Siemens  AG,  Abt.EK4,
    Goellnergasse 15, A-1030 Vienna, Austria  (tel:  +43-1-71711-5030,  fax:
    +43-1-71711-5120, email: retti%siewien.uucp@relay.eu.net).   

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