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From: geoff@cs.jcu.edu.au (Geoff Sutcliffe)
Subject: PRICAI'96 CFP
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  The Fourth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
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                         Cairns Convention Centre
                   Cairns, North Queensland, Australia

                       26 August - 30 August, 1996

                    PRICAI'96:  First Call for Papers

The Pacific Rim International Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI)
are biennial international events which concentrate on AI technologies and
their applications in areas of social and economic importance for countries in
the Pacific Rim. The objective of PRICAI is to promote research and development
of artificial intelligence in Pacific Rim countries by:
+ providing a forum for the introduction and discussion of new research
  results, concepts, and technologies;
+ providing practising engineers exposure to and an evaluation of evolving
  research, tools, and practices;
+ providing the research community exposure to the problems of practical
  applications of artificial intelligence; and
+ encouraging the exchange of artificial intelligence technologies and
  experience within Pacific Rim countries.
This conference attempts to meet the needs of a large and diverse constituency,
which includes practitioners, researchers, educators, and users. The focus of
the conference is on areas of artificial intelligence that of particular
importance in Pacific Rim countries.

PRICAI'96 will be held from the 26th to the 30th August 1996. The conference
will be at the new Cairns Convention Centre, in the Great Barrier Reef resort
town of Cairns, in North Queensland, Australia.

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Call for Papers
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Papers describing both theoretical and applied research in artificial
intelligence can now be submitted for PRICAI'96. Topics of interest include,
but are not limited to:
+ AI research and development which are having, or are anticipated to have
  impact in the Pacific Rim (e.g., intelligent scheduling, multi-lingual text
  and language processing, financial modelling, intelligent manufacturing,
  etc.),
+ AI research of a theoretical nature, but with some vision of its potential
  impact on applications (e.g., planning for intelligent robotics, belief
  revision for scheduling, induction and learning for data abstraction and
  data mining, etc.),
+ AI research and development in the software development process, including
  information and software repositories, software analysis and abstraction,
  enterprise modelling, etc.)
Topics which are having, or are anticipated to have impact within the Pacific
Rim, are of special interest.

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    ** Papers on commercial or industrial applications of artificial **
    ** intelligence are especially encouraged.                       **
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Five copies of your submission should be submitted by January 15, 1996, to

    Professor Norman Foo
    Knowledge Systems Group
    Department of Computer Science
    University of Sydney
    Sydney NSW 2006
    Australia
    Phone: +61-2-351 2576/3423
    FAX:   +61-2-351-3838
    Email: norman@cs.su.oz.au

    +---------------------------------------------+
    | Submission deadline: 15 January, 1996       |
    | Notification of acceptance: 25 March, 1996  |
    | Camera-ready copy due: 6 May, 1996          |
    +---------------------------------------------+

Multiple submission policy for papers
-------------------------------------
Papers that are being submitted to other AI conferences, whether verbatim or
in essence, must reflect this fact on the title page. If a paper is accepted
at another conference (with the exception of specialized workshops), it must
be withdrawn from PRICAI-96. Papers that do not meet these requirements are
subject to rejection without review. The other major international AI
conferences in August of 1996 are ECAI-96 (August 12-16, Budapest, Hungary),
and AAAI-96 (August 4-8, Portland, Oregon).

Call for Tutorial Proposals
---------------------------
Proposals for tutorials in specific fields of artificial intelligence can
now be submitted for PRICAI'96. Tutorial proposals should be submitted by
January 15, 1996, to:

    Dr Ingrid Zukerman
    Department of Computer Science
    Monash University
    Clayton, VICTORIA 3168
    Australia
    Phone: +61 3 9905-5202
    FAX:   +61 3 9905-5146
    Email: ingrid@cs.monash.edu.au

Call for Workshop Proposals
---------------------------
Proposals for workshops in specific fields of artificial intelligence can
now be submitted for PRICAI'96. Tutorial proposals should be submitted by
January 15, 1996, to:

    Dr Pavlos Peppas
    School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics
    Macquarie University
    Sydney, NSW 2109
    Australia
    Phone: +61-2-850-9567
    FAX:   +61-2-850-9551
    Email: pavlos@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au

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Further information
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Details of the required submission formats can be obtained from the relevant
chairs or from the PRICAI'96 World Wide Web site. Further general information
about the conference, can be obtained from the Local Arrangements Chair or
from the PRICAI'96 World Wide Web site:
    http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/research/groups/ai/pricai96/

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Conference Co-Chairs
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    Prof. Michael McRobbie                Prof. Robin Stanton
    Chief Executive Officer               Dean
    Cooperative Research Centre for       Faculty of Engineering and
        Advanced Computational Systems        Information Technology
    I-Block, CSIT Building
    The Australian National University    The Australian National University
    Canberra ACT 0200                     Canberra ACT 0200
    Australia                             Australia
    Phone: +61 6 2492035                  Phone: +61-6 2493475
    FAX:   +61 6 2490747                  FAX:   +61 6 2490010
    Email: mam@cisr.anu.edu.au            Email: rbs@cs.anu.edu.au

Program Co-Chairs
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    Prof. Norman Foo                       Prof. Randy Goebel
    Knowledge Systems Group                Department of Computing Science
    Department of Computer Science         University of Alberta
    University of Sydney                   Edmonton, Alberta
    Sydney NSW 2006                        Canada T6G 2H1
    Australia
    Phone: +61 2 3512576/3513423           Phone: +1 403 4922683
    FAX:   +61 2 3513838                   FAX:   +1 403 4921071
    Email: norman@cs.su.oz.au              Email: goebel@cs.ualberta.ca

Local Arrangements Chair
------------------------

    Dr Abdul Sattar
    School of Computing and Information Technology
    Faculty of Science and Technology
    Griffith University, Nathan
    Brisbane, Australia, 4111.
    Phone: +61 7 3875 5044
    FAX:   +61 7 3875 5051
    Email: sattar@cit.gu.edu.au

Local Arrangments Co-Chairs
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    Dr Geoff Sutcliffe                     Dr. Shyam Kapur
    Department of Computer Science         Department of Computer Science
    James Cook University                  James Cook University
    Townsville, Australia, 4811            Townsville, Australia, 4811
    Phone: +61 77 815085/814622            Phone: +61 77 814617
    FAX:   +61 77 814029                   FAX:   +61 77 814029
    Email: geoff@cs.jcu.edu.au             Email: kapur@cs.jcu.edu.au

Tutorial Co-Chairs
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    Dr Ingrid Zukerman                     Dr Peter Eklund
    Department of Computer Science         Department of Computer Science
    Monash University                      University of Adelaide
    Clayton, Victoria 3168                 Adelaide, South Australia 5005
    Australia                              Australia
    Phone: +61 3 99055202                  Phone: +61 8 3034483
    FAX:   +61 3 99055146                  FAX:   +61 8 3034366
    Email: ingrid@cs.monash.edu.au         Email: peter@cs.adelaide.edu.au

Workshop Co-Chairs
------------------

    Dr Pavlos Peppas                       Dr. Scott Goodwin
    School of Mathematics, Physics,        Department of Computer Science
        Computing and Electronics          University of Regina
    Macquarie University                   Regina, Saskatchewan
    Sydney, NSW 2109                       Canada S4S 0A2
    Australia
    Phone: +61 2 8509567                   Phone: +1 306 5855210
    FAX:   +61 2 8509551                   FAX:   +1 306 5854745
    Email: pavlos@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au   Email: goodwin@cs.uregina.ca

Program Committee
-----------------

Leopoldo Bertossi (Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
Francisco Cantu   (Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey,
                   Mexico)
David Dowe        (Monash University, Australia)
Phan Minh Dung    (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)
Se June Hong      (IBM TJ Watson, USA)
J.N. Hwang        (University of Washington, USA)
David Israel      (SRI International, USA)
Ray Jarvis        (Monash University, Australia)
Young-bin Kwon    (Chung-Ang University, Korea)
Bertrand Lin      (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Dekang Lin        (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Juzar Motiwalla   (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Hiroshi Motoda    (Hitachi Advanced Research Labs, Japan)
Seung Soo Park    (Ewha University, Korea)
Claude Sammet     (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Zhongzhi Shi      (Academica Sinica, PRC)
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda (Kyoto University, Japan)
W.K. Yeap         (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Chengqi Zhang     (University of New England, Australia)
Hong Zhang        (University of Alberta, Canada)
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Geoff Sutcliffe
Department of Computer Science    Email : geoff@cs.jcu.edu.au
James Cook University             Phone : +61 77 815085/814622
Townsville, Australia, 4811.      FAX   : +61 77 814029
