************************************************************ For the Call for Workshop Proposals see below! ************************************************************ ========================================================================== The 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS Sixth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI 2000) August 28 - September 1, 2000 Melbourne Convention Centre Cnr Flinders & Spencer Streets Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (http://www3.cm.deakin.edu.au/pricai/) =========================================================================== *********** What's new ******************************** ** ** ** Dead lines have been revised. ** ** Invited speakers are listed. ** ** ** ** ** ** IMPORTANT DATES FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS: ** ** --------- Revised deadlines --------- ** ** March 17, 2000 Submission deadline for papers ** ** May 8, 2000 Notification ** ** June 9, 2000 Camera-ready copy deadline ** ******************************************************* The Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) is the leading conference in the Pacific Rim region for presentation of research in Artificial Intelligence, including its applications to problems of social and economic importance. The objectives of PRICAI are: to provide a forum for the introduction and discussion of new research results, concepts, & technologies; to provide practising engineers exposure to and an evaluation of evolving research, tools, and practices; to provide the research community exposure to the problems of practical applications of AI; and to encourage the exchange of AI technologies and experience within Pacific Rim countries. PRICAI 2000 attempts to meet the needs of a large and diverse constituency, which includes researchers, practitioners, educators, and users. Topics of PRICAI 2000 include: Abduction Knowledge discovery & Data mining Adaptive interface Knowledge management Agents Knowledge representation AI architectures Logic programming Artificial life Machine learning Bayesian networks Machine translation Belief revision Mobile agents Cognitive modelling Model-based reasoning CSCW and AI Multimedia and AI Common sense reasoning Multiagent systems Computational complexity Music and AI Computational learning theory Natural language processing Complex systems Neural networks Computer-aided education Nonmonotonic reasoning Constraint satisfaction Ontological engineering Decision theory Planning Description logics Probabilistic reasoning Distributed AI Qualitative reasoning Emergent computing Real-time systems Foundation of AI Reinforcement learning Fuzzy Logics Robotics Game playing Scientific discovery Genetic algorithms Search Image processing Software engineering and AI Induction Spatial reasoning Industrial applications of AI Speech and spoken dialog understanding Intelligent CAD Temporal reasoning Intelligent information gathering Text analysis Intelligent learning environment Theorem proving Internet and AI User modelling Knowledge acquisition, Virtual reality modeling and validation Vision Knowledge-based systems Aspects of AI not otherwise listed Submission ---------- Papers describing both theoretical and applied research in AI are welcome. Papers should be no longer than 10 pages including all tables, figures, and references but excluding a cover page. Over-length papers may be rejected without review. Submissions should preferably use the LaTeX style file llncs.sty provided by Springer and available from ftp://arp.anu.edu.au/pub/llncs.sty Submissions not prepared in LaTeX should conform approximately to the default configuration of the llncs style: single column, 10 point text, 122mm text width, no more than 46 lines per page. Authors must submit an electronic titlepage. Point a web browser at http://arp.anu.edu.au/pricai2000/submit.html and complete the form there. The required information is: - Title of the paper - Author names with affiliations, addresses, and phone numbers; - Email address of the contact author; - Abstract of no more than 200 words; - At least 1 and no more than 4 content areas selected from the list above. All papers should be sent electronically to: pricai2000-papers@arp.anu.edu.au Postscript is preferred (optionally compressed or gzipped). Other formats such as PDF or MsWord may be accepted at the discretion of the Program Chair. If you have any query for submission, please contact John K. Slaney "jks@arp.anu.edu.au". Multiple submission policy for papers ------------------------------------- Papers that are being submitted to other 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 specialised workshops), it must be withdrawn from PRICAI 2000. Papers that do not meet these requirements are subject to rejection without review. Call for Workshop Proposals --------------------------- Proposals for workshops in specific fields of AI should be submitted to: Workshop chair: Huan Liu (NUS) Email: liuh@comp.nus.edu.sg Details can be obtained from the PRICAI 2000 web page at http://www3.cm.deakin.edu.au/pricai/ Call for Tutorial Proposals --------------------------- Proposals for tutorials in specific fields of AI should be submitted to: Tutorial chair: Eric Tsui (CSC) Email: Eric_Tsui@csc.com.au, Details can be obtained from the PRICAI 2000 web page at http://www3.cm.deakin.edu.au/pricai/ IMPORTANT DATES FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS: --------- Revised deadlines --------- March 17, 2000 Submission deadline for papers May 8, 2000 Notification June 9, 2000 Camera-ready copy deadline -------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES FOR WORKSHOP & TUTORIAL PROPOSALS: -------------------------------------------------- March 17, 2000 Submission deadline for Workshops and Tutorials March 31, 2000 Workshop and tutorial notification Review ------ All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, significance, soundness and clarity. Three referees will review each submission. Publication ----------- Papers accepted for presentation at PRICAI 2000 will be published in LNAI, the series of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, from Springer-Verlag. Invited speakers as of Dec.25, 1999 ----------------------------------- (1) Professor Nick Jennings Dept. of Electronic Engineering Queen Mary & Westfield College University of London title:Automated Haggling: Building Artificial Negotiators (2) Prof. Shun-ichi Amari RIKEN Brain Science Institute Director of Brain-Style Information Systems Research Group Laboratory for Information Synthesis, Head Japan title:Information Geometry of Neural Networks (3) Randy Goebel Professor of Department of Computing Science University of Alberta title:Knowledge representation, belief revision, and the challenge of optimality. (4) Qiang Yang Professor of the School of Computing Science Simon Fraser University (SFU), British Columbia Canada title:New-generation Search and Information Retrieval on the Web Contact Information ------------------- For PC matters, please contact: Riichiro Mizoguchi PC Co-Chair Email: miz@ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research Osaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0047 Japan Phone: +81-6-6879-8415, 2125 Fax: +81-6-6879-2126 URL: http://www.ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp/ For general information, please contact: Marg Scarlett PRICAI 2000 Conference Secretariat C/- The Conference Organisers Pty Ltd PO Box 1127 Sandringham Victoria 3191 AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 3 9521 8881 Fax: +61 3 9521 8889 Email: conforg@ozemail.com.au Latest information regarding PRICAI 2000 is available at http://www3.cm.deakin.edu.au/pricai/. ------------------------------------ Conference Organisation: General chair: Geoffrey Webb (Deakin Univ.) Program committee Co-chairs: Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka Univ.) John Slaney (Australian National Univ.) Organising chair: Chengqi Zhang (Deakin Univ.) Workshop chair: Huan Liu (National University of Singapore) Tutorial chair: Eric Tsui (Computer Science Corporation) Publicity chair: Achim Hoffmann (University of New South Wales) Program Committee Members: Edward Altman, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea John Debenham, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Norman Foo, University of New South Wales, Australia Scott D. Goodwin, University of Regina, Canada Jieh Hsiang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Mitsuru Ishizuka University of Tokyo, Japan David Israel, SRI International, USA Shyam Kapur, Infoseek, USA Shigenobu Kobayashi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Alfred Kobsa, GMD FIT, Germany Jae Kyu Lee, KAIST, Korea Dayou Liu, Jilin University, P. R. China H. Lee-Kwang, KAIST, Korea Hing-Yan Lee, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore Chee-Kit Looi, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore Yuji Matsumoto, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Satoru Miyano, University of Tokyo, Japan Hideyuki Nakashima, ETL, Japan Fred Popowich, Simon Fraser University, Canada R. Sadananda, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand M. Sasikumar, National Centre for Software Technology, India Zhongzhi Shi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China Keith Stenning, Edinburgh University, UK Leon Sterling, University of Melbourne, Australia Benjamin Watson, University of Alberta, Canada Albert Wu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, P. R. China Takahira Yamaguchi, Shizuoka University, Japan Wai-kiang Yeap, University of Otago, New Zealand Ingrid Zukerman, Monash University, Australia ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ http://www3.cm.deakin.edu.au/pricai/ Call for Workshop Proposals 6th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Melbourne Convention Centre, August 28 - September 1, 2000 The PRICAI 2000 Conference Committee invites proposals for the Workshop Program of the Sixth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI 2000). Workshops will be held at the beginning of the conference, on August 28 - August 29, 2000 . Workshop participants will have the opportunity to meet each other and discuss issues with a selected focus -- providing an informal setting for active exchange among researchers, developers and users on topics of interest. Submissions are welcome in all areas of AI, both theoretical and applied, for PRICAI 2000. Suggested topics for workshops include, but are not limited to, the following: * Agent architectures and languages * AI for internet applications * AI in business * AI in education and computer-assisted learning environments * Computational Learning Theory * Hybrid reasoning systems * Innovative applications of AI technology * Intelligent document processing and analysis * Intelligent multimedia * Intelligent user interface * Knowledge discovery and data mining * Knowledge acquisition and machine learning * Logical foundations for intelligent systems * Multi-lingual natural language processing * Networked entertainment and games, * Practical planning, scheduling, and learning methods * Programming and Reasoning with Constraints * Robotics and Vision * Theory and Practice of Soft computing To encourage interaction and exchange of ideas, the workshops will be kept small, with 25-40 participants. Attendance is limited to active participants only. The format of the workshop presentations will be determined by the organizers. Organizers are encouraged to leave ample time for general discussion. Workshops will typically be one full day in length, although half-day, or up to two-day proposals will be considered. Proposal Content Proposals for workshops should be about 2 pages in length, and should contain: * A description of the workshop. Identify the specific issues on which the workshop will focus. * A brief discussion of why the workshop is of particular interest at this time. * The names and addresses of the organizing committee; 3 to 4 people knowledgeable in the field. Strong proposals include organizers who bring differing perspectives to the workshop topic. * An indication as to whether the workshop should be considered for a half-day, one or two-day meeting. We welcome proposals that explore the frontiers of AI research as well as novel application domains. Submissions that link AI technology to specific problems in the Pacific Rim are particularly encouraged. Submissions Workshop proposals should be submitted as soon as possible but no later than March 17, 2000 (extended from Feb. 11, 2000). Organizers will be notified of the committee's decision by March 31, 2000 (extended from Feb. 25, 2000). Workshop organizers will be responsible for: * Producing and distributing a call for participation. * Selecting participants. Workshop attendance is by invitation of the organizers. Selection of attendees will be made by the organizers on the basis of submissions. Workshop organizers will need to provide PRICAI with a list of the participants by July 28, 2000. * Coordinating the production and distribution of the workshop notes. Scheduling the Workshop Activities PRICAI will provide logistic support, and schedule the meeting dates, times, and places for the workshops. Workshop organizers will be advised of the registration fees, which should be included in their call for participation. PRICAI reserves the right to drop any workshop if there is insufficient interest. Workshops are not to be used as a vehicle for marketing products. Please submit your workshop proposal and address inquiries concerning PRICAI workshops to: Dr. Huan Liu Department of Computer Science & Engineering Arizona State University PO BOX 875406 Tempe, AZ 85287-5406, USA phone: 1-480-727-7349 fax: 1-480-965-2751 email: hliu@asu.edu or liuh@comp.nus.edu.sg (Electronic submissions in ascii, *.ps or *.html formats preferred)