From kris@cs.uchicago.edu Mon Nov 15 17:24:23 EST 1993 Article: 19560 of comp.ai Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:19560 Newsgroups: comp.ai Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!msuinfo!uchinews!kris From: kris@cs.uchicago.edu (Kris Hammond) Subject: 2nd International Conference on AI Planning Systems Message-ID: <1993Nov15.160911.14015@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 16:09:11 GMT Lines: 124 Note: NEW PAPER DEADLINE ************* CALL FOR PAPERS ************* SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AI PLANNING SYSTEMS The University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois June 15th -17th, 1994 ******************************************* CONFERENCE CHAIR Austin Tate - University of Edinburgh PROGRAM CHAIR Kristian Hammond - University of Chicago We are pleased to invite contributions for the Second International Conference on AI Planning Systems, to be held at The University of Chicago, June 15th - 17th, 1994. This conference will be aimed at bringing together researchers attacking different aspects of the planning problem and related issues. In addition to AI researchers, others working on planning-related issues are also encouraged to contribute and attend. Of special interest are papers discussing the integration of differing approaches to planning or the integration of planning and other AI technologies. Topics of Interest Include: APPLICATIONS -Empirical studies of existing planning systems; domain-specific techniques; heuristic techniques; scheduling systems. ARCHITECTURES - Real-time support for planning and control; mixed-initiative planning and user interfaces. ENVIRONMENTAL AND TASK MODELS - Analyses of the dynamics of environments, tasks, and domains with regard to different models of planning and execution. FORMAL MODELS - Reasoning about knowledge, action, and time; search methods and analysis of algorithms; formal characterization of existing planners. INTELLIGENT AGENCY - Resource-bound reasoning; distributed problem solving; integrating reaction and deliberation. LEARNING - Learning in the context of planning and execution; learning new plans and operators. MEMORY-BASED APPROACHES - Case-based planning; plan and operator learning and reuse; incremental planning. PLANNING AND PERCEPTION - Integration of planning and perceptual systems. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ISSUES - Analyses of goal-directed behavior; neurophysiological studies concerning planning; connectionist planning systems. REACTIVE SYSTEMS - Environmentally driven devices/behaviors; reactive control; behaviors in the context of minimal representations. ROBOTICS - Motion and path planning; planning and control; planning and perception. REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION TIMETABLE - The conference will take place June 15th - 17th,1994, at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Authors must submit 5 copies of their papers (no electronic or Fax transmissions) by Tuesday January 11th, 1993. Notification of receipt will be sent to the first (or designated) author soon thereafter. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be mailed by February 18, 1994. Authors will need to provide camera ready copy by March 8, 1994. APPEARANCE - Papers should be printed on 8.5" x 11" (or, if necessary, A4) sized paper, with 12 point type. Letter quality print is required. (Normally, dot-matrix printout will be unacceptable unless truly of letter quality. Exceptions will be made for submissions from countries where high quality printers are not widely available.) LaTeX 12pt article style will be acceptable. TITLE PAGE - Each copy of the paper must include a title page, separate from the body of the paper. This should contain (i) Title, (ii) Names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of all authors, and (iii) An abstract of 100-200 words. LENGTH - Papers should be submitted in 12 point text filling roughly 5.5" x 7.5" per page (LaTeX article style with 12 point text is acceptable). Papers should be no more than 12 pages including figures, tables, diagrams, and references. Short papers (5 pages or less) may be submitted for review as posters. All papers will be included in the conference proceedings. DEMONSTRATIONS - Participants wanting to give computer and/or video taped demonstrations should send a two page abstract describing their contribution to the same address by February 22, 1994. These abstracts should include a separate title page with a (i) Program name and (ii) Names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of all authors. Demonstrations will be held in concert with the conference's poster session. PANELS - Researchers interested in organizing panels should get hold of the program chair as soon as possible. All submissions should be sent to: AIPS-94 c/o Kristian Hammond Department of Computer Science University of Chicago 1100 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 For more information, email to: hammond@cs.uchicago.edu Article 5784 of news.announce.conferences: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu news.announce.conferences:5784 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sparky!sparky!not-for-mail From: kris@cs.uchicago.edu (Kris Hammond) Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences Subject: AI Planning Systems, 94 - Call for Participation. Followup-To: poster Date: 11 Mar 1994 16:21:10 -0600 Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago Lines: 133 Sender: rick@sparky.sterling.com Approved: rick@sparky.sterling.com Expires: 16 Jun 1994 8:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <2lqqsm$qgi@sparky.sterling.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.sterling.com ************* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ************* SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AI PLANNING SYSTEMS The University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois June 13th - 15th, 1994 *** NOTE DATE CHANGE *** ******************************************* CONFERENCE CHAIR Austin Tate - University of Edinburgh PROGRAM CHAIR Kristian Hammond - University of Chicago INVITED SPEAKERS Ken Forbus - Institute of Learning Sciences Drew McDermott - Yale University INVITED PANELS Planning and Learning - Manuela Veloso, CMU Planning and Perception - Michael Swain, U Chicago Planning and Understanding - Bonnie Webber, U. Penn ******************************************* We are pleased to invite participation in the Second International Conference on AI Planning Systems, to be held at The University of Chicago, June 13th - 15th, 1994. This conference will be aimed at bringing together researchers attacking different aspects of the planning problem and related issues. The conference will include talks, demonstrations, and posters relating to a wide variety of issues in planning and execution. This year's conference will also include panels aimed at illuminating the links between planning systems and other areas of AI. TIME AND PLACE The Conference will take place Monday, June 13th - Wednesday, June 15th, 1994, at The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. There will also be a reception at the Conference Hotel during registration on the evening of Sunday the 12th. REGISTRATION FORM NAME: ___________________________________________________________ AFFILIATION: ____________________________________________________ STREET ADDRESS: _________________________________________________ CITY: _____________________ STATE: _____________ ZIP:________ COUNTRY: ________________ PHONE: _________________ EMAIL: _______________________________ AAAI MEMBERSHIP NUMBER: ________________ (needed for AAAI discount) Full payment in U.S. dollars must accompany the registration form. Credit cards can not be accepted. Make checks payable to the The University of Chicago/AIPS-94. Payment and the completed registration form should be sent to: AIPS-94 c/o Kristian Hammond Department of Computer Science University of Chicago 1100 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Check Appropriate Fee: STATUS Before 5/20 After 5/20 AAAI Member $160 $190 Non-Member $180 $210 Student $ 75 $ 95 Students must include photocopies of student IDs to qualify for student status. The registration fee covers conference attendance, a copy of the proceedings, and all receptions and breaks. HOTEL REGISTRATION AIPS-94 is using the Ramada Inn Lake Shore for conference housing. The hotel is close to campus and transportation between the hotel to the conference site will be provided. A block of rooms for the conference has been reserved from Sunday, June 12th through Wednesday, June 15th. Rooms must be booked before May 22nd to guarantee availability. Rates are as follows: SINGLE: $62 per night. QUAD: 82 per night. DOUBLE: 62 per night. SUITE: 135 per night. TRIPLE: 72 per night. Reservations can be made directly by calling the Hotel directly at: (800) 237-4933 or (312) 288-5800. Conference attendants should identify themselves as being with the "Planning Conference". INFORMATION For any further information, write to: AIPS-94 c/o Kristian Hammond Department of Computer Science University of Chicago 1100 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 or send email to: AIPS-94@cs.uchicago.edu Article 21759 of comp.ai: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:21759 Newsgroups: comp.ai Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!toads.pgh.pa.us!godot.cc.duq.edu!birdie-blue.cis.pitt.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!kris From: kris@cs.uchicago.edu (Kris Hammond) Subject: AI Planning Systems 94 - Schedule Message-ID: <1994Apr20.162910.13501@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 16:29:10 GMT Lines: 286 SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AI PLANNING SYSTEMS The University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois June 13th - 15th, 1994 ******************************************* CONFERENCE CHAIR Austin Tate - University of Edinburgh PROGRAM CHAIR Kristian Hammond - University of Chicago INVITED SPEAKERS Ken Forbus - Institute of Learning Sciences Drew McDermott - Yale University INVITED PANELS Planning and Learning - Manuela Veloso, CMU Planning and Perception - Michael Swain, U Chicago Planning and Understanding - Bonnie Webber, U. Penn ******************************************* TIME AND PLACE The Conference will take place Monday, June 13th - Wednesday, June 15th, 1994, at The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. There will also be a reception at the Conference Hotel during registration on the evening of Sunday the 12th. SCHEDULE SUNDAY, JUNE 12TH, 1994 7:00 - 10:00: REGISTRATION AND RECEPTION (Ramada Inn Lake Shore) MONDAY, JUNE 13TH, 1994 8:45 - 9:00: WELCOME: Kristian Hammond, University of Chicago. 9:00 - 10:15: INVITED SPEAKER: Drew McDermott , Yale University. 10:15 - 10:30: BREAK 10:30 - 12:30: TECHNICAL SESSION The need for different domain-independent heuristics. Peter Stone, Manuela Veloso, Jim Blythe Arguing about plans: Plan representation and reasoning for mixed-initiative planning. George Ferguson, James F. Allen The intentional planning system: ItPlanS. Christopher W. Geib Representation and control in IxTeT, a temporal planner. Malik Ghallab, Herve Laruelle Managing dynamic temporal constraint networks. Roberto Cervoni, Amedeo Cesta, Angelo Oddi 12:30 - 2:00: LUNCH 2:00 - 3:30: INVITED PANEL: Planning and Learning 3:30 - 3:45: BREAK 3:45 - 5:45: TECHNICAL SESSION Generating plans that maximize probability of success. Sugato Bagchi, Gautam Biswas, Kazuhiko Kawamura Optimal planning with a goal-directed utility model. Mike Williamson, Steve Hanks Task networks for controlling continuous processes. R. James Firby Conditional linear planning. Robert P. Goldman, Mark S. Boddy Embedded planning. Philippe Morignot 6:00 - 7:30: POSTER SESSION AND RECEPTION Planning-based integrated decision support systems. Marie A. Bienkowski, Marie E. des Jardins The design of ALPS: An adaptive learning and planning system. Randall J. Calistri-Yeh, Alberto M. Segre Using AI planning techniques to automatically generate image processing procedures. Steve A. Chien Branching continuous time and the semantics of continuous action. Ernest Davis The use of optimistic and pessimistic resource profiles to inform search in an activity based planner. Brian Drabble, Austin Tate Adapting routines to improve task coordination. Michael Freed, Gregg Collins Decision-theoretic refinement planning using inheritance abstraction. Peter Haddawy, Meliani Suwandi Planning, monitoring, behaviours and decomposition using graph grammars and fuzzy logic. Jorg-Michael Hasemann Planning with thematic actions. Deepak Khemani Reactive and automatic behavior in plan execution. Pat Langley, Wayne Iba, Jeff Shrager U-plan: An approach to planning given uncertain and incomplete information. Todd Michael Mansell Project Vision: Teamwork: ProAct Donald H. Mitchell, William S. Davis, Jay W. Tompkins Control knowledge to improve plan quality. M. Alicia Perez, Jaime G. Carbonell Learning planning operators by observation and practice. Xuemei Wang A framework for automatic problem decomposition in planning. Qiang Yang, Shuo Bai, Guiyou Qiu TUESDAY, JUNE 14TH, 1994 9:00 - 10:35: TECHNICAL SESSION Solving time-critical decision-making problems with predictable computational demands. Thomas Dean, Lloyd Greenwald Approximate planning. Matthew L. Ginsberg Real-time planning by interleaving real-time search with subgoaling. Shigeo Matsubara, Toru Ishida Incremental search algorithms for real-time decision making. Joseph C. Pemberton, Richard E. Korf 10:35 - 11:00: BREAK 11:00 - 12:35: TECHNICAL SESSION Avoiding pitfalls in case-based planning. Jana Koehler Testing incremental adaptation. D.M. Lyons, A.J. Hendriks Planning with failure. Fausto Giunchiglia, Luca Spalazzi, Paolo Traverso The use of supervenience in dynamic-world planning. Lee Spector, James Hendler 12:30 - 2:00: LUNCH 2:00 - 3:30: INVITED PANEL: Planning and Perception 3:30 - 3:45: BREAK 3:45 - 5:45: TECHNICAL SESSION Improving robot plans during their execution. Michael Beetz, Drew McDermott Probabilistic planning with information gathering and contingent execution. Denise Draper, Steve Hanks, Daniel Weld Plan execution motivation in multi-agent systems. Eithan Ephrati, Motty Perry, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein Action-based planning. Amy L. Lansky Reasoning about when to start acting. Richard Goodwin 6:00 - 7:30: POSTER SESSION AND RECEPTION Decision-theoretic control of failure recovery. Lisa J. Burnell Producing satisficing solutions to scheduling problems: An interactive constraint relaxation approach. Steve A. Chien, Jonathan M. Gratch Reconfiguration of multi-agent planning systems. Diane J. Cook Automatic derivation of world update schemes. Joseph Downs, Han Reichgelt, Nigel Shadbolt A sound and complete procedure for hierarchical task-network planning. Kutluhan Erol, James Hendler, Dana Nau Robot motion planning integrating planning strategies and learning methods. Luca Maria Gambardella, Cristina Versino Planning for dynamic configuration of component-based architectures. Gail Haddock A planner with quality goal and its speedup learning for optimization problem. Masahiko Iwamoto How to make probabilistic planners risk-sensitive. Without altering anything. Sven Koenig, Reid G. Simmons Human frontal lobes and AI planning systems. Richard Levinson Splitting multiple situations in conditional planning. Alfredo Milani Opportunities: A unifying framework for planning and execution. Louise Pryor, Gregg Collins Case adaptation in a case-based process planning system. Hao Yang, Wen F. Lu WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15TH, 1994 9:00 - 10:15: INVITED SPEAKER: Ken Forbus , Northwestern University 10:15 - 10:30: BREAK 10:30 - 12:30: TECHNICAL SESSION Decomposition and causality in partial-order planning. R. Michael Young, Martha E. Pollack, Johanna D. Moore Linkability: Examining causal link commitments in partial-order planning. Manuela Veloso, Jim Blythe Design tradeoffs in partial order (plan space) planning. Subbarao Kambhampati Generating parallel execution plans with a partial-order planner. Craig A. Knoblock Delaying variable binding commitments in planning. Qiang Yang, Alex Y.M. Chan 12:30 - 2:00: LUNCH 2:00 - 3:30: INVITED PANEL: Planning and Natural Langauge Understanding 3:30 - 3:45: BREAK 3:45 - 5:20: TECHNICAL SESSION Synthesizing protection monitors from causal structure. Glen A. Reece, Austin Tate Becoming increasingly reliable. Reid Simmons Constructing simplified plans via truth criteria approximation. Steve A. Chien, Gerald F. DeJong Toward a plan steering agent: Experiments with schedule maintenance. Tim Oates, Paul R. Cohen Article 21758 of comp.ai: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:21758 Newsgroups: comp.ai Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!kris From: kris@cs.uchicago.edu (Kris Hammond) Subject: AI Planning Systems - Call for Participation Message-ID: <1994Apr20.164143.14154@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 16:41:43 GMT Lines: 133 ************* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ************* SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AI PLANNING SYSTEMS The University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois June 13th - 15th, 1994 ******************************************* CONFERENCE CHAIR Austin Tate - University of Edinburgh PROGRAM CHAIR Kristian Hammond - University of Chicago INVITED SPEAKERS Ken Forbus - Institute of Learning Sciences Drew McDermott - Yale University INVITED PANELS Planning and Learning - Manuela Veloso, CMU Planning and Perception - Michael Swain, U Chicago Planning and Understanding - Bonnie Webber, U. Penn ******************************************* We are pleased to invite participation in the Second International Conference on AI Planning Systems, to be held at The University of Chicago, June 13th - 15th, 1994. This conference will be aimed at bringing together researchers attacking different aspects of the planning problem and related issues. The conference will include talks, demonstrations, and posters relating to a wide variety of issues in planning and execution. This year's conference will also include panels aimed at illuminating the links between planning systems and other areas of AI. TIME AND PLACE The Conference will take place Monday, June 13th - Wednesday, June 15th, 1994, at The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. There will also be a reception at the Conference Hotel during registration on the evening of Sunday the 12th. REGISTRATION FORM NAME: ___________________________________________________________ AFFILIATION: ____________________________________________________ STREET ADDRESS: _________________________________________________ CITY: _____________________ STATE: _____________ ZIP:________ COUNTRY: ________________ PHONE: _________________ EMAIL: _______________________________ AAAI MEMBERSHIP NUMBER: ________________ (needed for AAAI discount) Full payment in U.S. dollars must accompany the registration form. Credit cards can not be accepted. Make checks payable to the The University of Chicago/AIPS-94. Payment and the completed registration form should be sent to: AIPS-94 c/o Kristian Hammond Department of Computer Science University of Chicago 1100 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Check Appropriate Fee: STATUS Before 5/20 After 5/20 AAAI Member $160 $190 Non-Member $180 $210 Student $ 75 $ 95 Students must include photocopies of student IDs to qualify for student status. The registration fee covers conference attendance, a copy of the proceedings, and all receptions and breaks. HOTEL REGISTRATION AIPS-94 is using the Ramada Inn Lake Shore for conference housing. The hotel is close to campus and transportation between the hotel to the conference site will be provided. A block of rooms for the conference has been reserved from Sunday, June 12th through Wednesday, June 15th. Rooms must be booked before May 22nd to guarantee availability. Rates are as follows: SINGLE: $62 per night. QUAD: 82 per night. DOUBLE: 62 per night. SUITE: 135 per night. TRIPLE: 72 per night. Reservations can be made directly by calling the Hotel directly at: (800) 237-4933 or (312) 288-5800. Conference attendants should identify themselves as being with the "Planning Conference". INFORMATION For any further information, write to: AIPS-94 c/o Kristian Hammond Department of Computer Science University of Chicago 1100 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 or send email to: AIPS-94@cs.uchicago.edu