From alex@bird.ece.uc.edu Mon Dec 27 12:56:10 EST 1993 Article: 20065 of comp.ai Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:20065 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!news.cs.indiana.edu!babbage.ece.uc.edu!bird.ece.uc.edu!alex From: alex@bird.ece.uc.edu (Perry Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: CFP: AAAI-94 AI and Systems Engineering Wkshp Date: 27 Dec 1993 16:49:58 GMT Organization: University of Cincinnati Lines: 90 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2fn3nm$ml3@babbage.ece.uc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bird.ece.uc.edu Preliminary Announcement Call for Papers and Participation AAAI-94 Workshop AI and Systems Engineering 12th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-94) Seattle, Washington, USA 1 day during July 31 - August 4, 1994 Systems Engineering (SE) is the iterative process of top-down design and bottom up synthesis and analysis, development, operation, maintenance and enhancement of a real-world system that satisfies, in an "optimal" manner, the full range of the requirements for the product or system. It encompasses the entire life-cycle of a product or system, from initial need perception, to requirements formulation, to partitioning into subsystems, to design, testing, and integration of subsystems, fielding, maintenance, and system enhancements and requirements modification. Because of the increasing complexity of human-made systems, the integrated approach of Systems Engineering is one possible solution to the creation of successful, globally competitive products. Because of its complexity, interdisciplinary nature and reliance on human expertise and experience, SE can benefit from techniques and models developed in AI. Knowledge Representation, Expert Systems, Case-Based Reasoning, Constraint-Based Reasoning, Truth Maintenance, Qualitative Modeling, and Design Theory are some of the techniques that could be used to help systems engineers. The intent of this one-day workshop is to bring together SE and AI researchers and practitioners to discuss on-going and potential research and development activities. We encourage paper submissions presenting promising ongoing research or developing applications as well as papers presenting mature research and applications. Topics include: o Modeling of Large, Heterogeneous Systems o Systems Level Process Modeling o Systems Level Requirements Acquisition, Representation and Verification o Systems Level Design Representation and Verification o Systems Level Integration and Testing o System Maintenance and Change Management o Successful and unsuccessful applications of AI to SE o Panel discussions concerning future applications of AI to SE Attendance: Practicing systems engineers and researchers in SE and AI are encouraged to attend. The attendance will be limited to approximately 40 people with an even mix from industry and academia. Attendance will be by invitation only. Format: Presentations will be brief (10-15 minutes maximum), and will be followed by a panel discussion between the authors and the audience, directed by a panel leader. We intend to split the available time evenly between paper presentations and panel discussion. Workshop notes will be distributed to all participants. Submission Requirements: If you wish to present, submit four copies of an extended abstract (three to five pages) using twelve point font and 8.5''x 11'' page size. Abstracts may be submitted in electronic (LaTeX or PostScript) or hard copy form. Final papers are limited to a maximum of ten pages in length using twelve point font and 8.5''x 11'' page size, including references and figures. If you only wish to attend and participate in discussions, send a one-page position paper describing your interests. Position papers may be subitted in electronic (text, LaTeX, or PostScript) or hard copy form. Submission Deadline: March 18th, 1994 Notification Date: April 8th, 1994 Camera Ready Copies Due: April 29th, 1994 Submit to Workshop Chairperson: Dr. Perry Alexander ECE Dept, ML #30 The University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0030 Perry.Alexander@UC.Edu VOICE: 513-556-4762 FAX: 513-556-7326 Program Committee: Dr. Costas Tsatsoulis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Kansas (tsatsoul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu) Dr. Julian C. Holtzman, Director, Center for Excellence in Computer Aided Systems Engineering, The University of Kansas (J_Holtzman@qm-gateway.cecase.ukans.edu)