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From: geller@hertz.njit.edu (James Geller)
Subject: CFP: Special Issue of INFORMATICA: MIND not equal COMPUTER
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CFP: This is a Call For Papers for a special journal issue of 
     INFORMATICA on the topic:

            MIND <> COMPUTER     [i.e.  Mind NOT EQUAL Computer]

MOTIVATION: Recent progress in AI (or, as some people would say, the 
      lack of progress) brings to mind papers by Winograd, Dreyfus,
      etc. that question the possibility of achieving "strong" AI.
      Was the scientific community correct when rejecting their ideas
      years ago?

      In this special issue we want to re-evaluate the soundness of current
      AI research positions, especially the heavily disputed strong-AI
      paradigm, and explore new approaches that aim to achieve true 
      intelligence.

      The core of this special issue will be a small number of invited
      papers, including papers by Winograd, Dreyfus, Michie, McDermott, 
      Agre, Tecuci, etc.  Here, we are soliciting additional papers on the 
      topic.

TOPICS: Papers are invited in all subareas and aspects of the above 
     topic, especially in:
     - Current state, positions, and "real" advancements achieved
       in the last 5 years (as opposed to parametric improvements).
     - Trends, perspectives and foundations of natural and artificial 
       intelligence.
     - Strong AI versus weak AI versus the reality of most "typical" 
       publications in AI.
     - New directions in AI.
     
TIME TABLE AND CONTACTS:
     Papers in 5 hard copies should be received by May 15, 1995 at one of
     the following addresses (no email/fax submissions):

North & S. America: Jim Geller       
                    New Jersey Institute of Technology 
                    CIS Department
                    323 Dr. King Blvd. 
                    Newark, NJ 07102, USA
                    geller@vienna.njit.edu
 
Asia, Australia:    Xindong Wu        
                    Department of Software Development, Monash University,
                    Melbourne, VIC 3145, Australia
                    xindong@insect.sd.monash.edu.au

Europe, Africa:     Matjaz Gams      
                    Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39,
                    61000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe
                    matjaz.gams@ijs.si

    E-mail information about the special issue is available from 
    the above 3 contact editors.
    
    The special issue will be published in late 1995.  Depending on 
    the number and quality of submissions there is a possibility 
    for the special issue to be reproduced as or extended to a book.

FORMAT AND REVIEWING PROCESS: Papers should not exceed 8,000 words 
    (including figures and tables but excluding references. A
    full page figure should be counted as 500 words). Ideally 5,000
    words are desirable.  If accepted, the authors will be invited to
    transform their manuscripts into the Informatica LaTeX style.

    Each paper will be refereed by at least two anonymous referees 
    outside the author's country and by an appropriate subset of the 
    program committee. 

More information about Informatica and the special issue can be accessed 
through URL: ftp://ftp.arnes.si/magazines/informatica.

-- 
 James Geller
 New Jersey Institute of Technology / CIS Department
 Newark, NJ 07102
 email: geller@hertz.njit.edu /fax: (201) 596-5777 /voice: (201) 596-3383
