From jldh@sei.cmu.edu Fri Apr 22 10:13:04 EDT 1994 Article: 21783 of comp.ai Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.software-eng:21791 comp.ai:21783 comp.edu:9555 comp.realtime:5859 Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.ai,comp.edu,comp.language.ada,comp.language.lisp,comp.language.clos,comp.language.prolog,comp.realtime Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!jldh From: jldh@sei.cmu.edu (Jorge Luis Diaz-Herrera) Subject: Real-time AI 1-day workshop in D.C. Message-ID: <1994Apr21.155907.21074@sei.cmu.edu> Keywords: AI, real-time, Ada, Lisp Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews) Organization: The Software Engineering Institute Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 15:59:07 EDT Lines: 65 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- SIGAda Artificial Intelligence WG Meeting at the Washington Ada Symposium McClean Hilton, Virginia June 27-July 1, 1994 AIWG 1-day Workshop (June 27, 1994) ------------------- The purpose of this workshop is to bring together software researchers and practitioners from real-time and AI communities to exchange ideas, results, and lessons learned, addressing the unique set of problems brought about by the integration of Artificial Intelligence into conventional embedded systems. |---------------------------------------------------------------------- | With the dynamic growth of the field of Artificial Intelligence and | the tremendous progress in hardware technology it seems inevitable | that AI components will soon, if not already, play a major role in | real-time embedded applications. Embedded AI refers to the use of | knowledge-based techniques in larger systems in such a way as to WHY? | enable new functionality and improved mission results as a whole. | Designers of these AI embedded applications also face the same | problems and challenges as traditional software engineers. These are | compounded by the nature of AI algorithms and AI support tools. |---------------------------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Although these next generation embedded systems possess some unique | special purpose requirements (for example, intelligent behavior such | as introspection, self-monitoring and self-description), they must be WHAT? | integrated with existing software performing conventional real-time | tasks. This introduces new conceptual and engineering problems into | traditional AI including (emphasis will be placed on software | engineering and language issues): | | Systems design and integration | AI problems (applications) and their solutions within the | framework of embedded real-time systems | integration approaches to incorporate knowledge-based | technology with conventional, complex, large software systems | Real-time AI computing | algorithms (e.g., performance within real-time constraints) | theory (e.g., reasoning with dynamically changing data) TOPICS | Software Engineering issues | scaling up (from prototypes to full-scale deployed systems) | difficulties with requirements analysis and with design methods | which adequately encompass rapid prototyping and V&V | compliance with standard practice | Language issues | adequacy of traditional AI languages (specially CommonLisp) | adequacy of software engineering languages (specially Ada) |---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Submit a position paper (2-3 pages) on any of the subjects listed | above, or related topic, by May 15, 1994. Authors will be notified | of acceptance by May 31, 1994 and will be given instructions for | final preparation of their papers/presentations at that time. | | Dr. Jorge L. Diaz-Herrera | Academic Education, Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 | voice: (412) 268-7636; FAX: (412) 268-5758; | e-mail: JLDH@SEI.CMU.EDU ===============================================================================