Eight Austrian Artificial Intelligence Conference FLAI'93 Fuzzy Logic in Artificial Intelligence June 28-30, 1993 Bildungszentrum St. Magdalena, Linz, Austria (Europe) Announcement and Call for Papers General Information Recently, a rapidly growing number of real world applications based on fuzzy logic has drawn much attention to the theory's scientific background. Especially the artificial intelligence research community has focused interest in ways to integrate advantages of fuzzy logic into existing techniques such as expert systems. This conference will present recent advances in achieving this goal. Program The scientific program will include invited talks and presentation of selected papers. The program will be complemented by panel discussion and the possibility of organizing workshops (June 28, 1993) on selected topics. Also on June 28, tutorials and demonstrations (partly in German language) will be given. Persons planning a demonstration should contact the chairpersons as soon as possible. Topics of the Conference Submissions are invited on issues covering all aspects of fuzzy logic related to artificial intelligence, including but not strictly limited to: * Fuzzy Inference * Relations to other Approximate Reasoning Methods * Engineering Applications * Uncertainty Management * Theoretical Foundations * Learning and Acquisition of Approximate Models * Critics (controversial statements are solicited and will be impartially reviewed) * Applications of Fuzzy Logic to - Expert Systems - Knowledge Representation - Qualitative Modeling - Process Control - Databases - Neural Networks - Case Based Reasoning - Genetic Algorithms - Scheduling - Pattern Recognition Submission of Papers Prospective participants are encouraged to submit papers dealing with any of these issues. Research results, position declarations, and system descriptions are all appropriate. A paper need not describe final results, so reports on work in progress are welcome. Papers should be not longer than 12 pages including title, figures, tables, and references. Review copy submissions are to be sent via electronic mail to flai93@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (standard LaTeX or pure ASCII only). If electronic submission is impossible, send five paper copies (same deadline) clearly marked FLAI'93 to Wolfgang Slany (address below). Prospective participants may contact committee members for more information on the conference. Important Dates Deadline for submission of papers .................. January 22, 1993 Notification of acceptance ........................ February 26, 1993 Camera ready copy ..................................... April 2, 1993 Proposal for Workshops (June 28, 1993) Particularly welcome are proposals for workshops that promote collaboration between fuzzy logic and other research areas. The position of each group can be summarized in a paper that will appear in the FLAI'93 Proceedings. The deadline for proposals is January 22, 1993. Conference Chairpersons Erich Peter Klement Fuzzy Logic Laboratorium Linz Institut fuer Mathematik Johannes Kepler Universitaet A-4040 Linz, Austria (Europe) Tel: +43-732-2468-9151 Fax: +43-732-2468-10 Wolfgang Slany Christian Doppler Labor fuer Expertensysteme Institut fuer Informationssysteme (Nr. 184/2) Technische Universitaet Wien Paniglg. 16, A-1040 Vienna, Austria (Europe) Tel: +43-1-58801-6123 Fax: +43-1-5055304 Send E-mail submissions and questions to flai93@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at For latest informations send E-mail to flai93_info@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at Program Committee K.-P. Adlassnig (Austria) D. Dubois (France) A. Geyer-Schulz (Austria/Germany) V. H. Haase (Austria) R. Kruse (Germany) R. Lopez de Mantaras (Spain) M. Reinfrank (Germany) Ph. Smets (Belgium) H. Takagi (Japan/USA) R. R. Yager (USA) M. Zemankova (USA) H.-J. Zimmermann (Germany) Conference Organizer Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Artificial Intelligence / Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence Cooperating Institutions Fuzzy Logic Laboratorium Linz Christian Doppler Laboratory for Expert Systems