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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 16:39:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CFP: FLAIRS 99, May 1-5, Orlando, FL. Submissions by: Oct 30.
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						   Call for Papers
						   ===============
			   The 12th International FLAIRS Conference
							  FLAIRS-99

							May 1- 5, 1999

						  Hotel Royal Plaza
					  Walt Disney World Village
							 Orlando, FL

			http://erau.db.erau.edu/~towhid/flairs99.html

The Twelfth International FLAIRS Conference seeks high quality paper
submissions in all areas of AI, including planning, learning,
uncertainty reasoning, computer vision, expert systems, artificial
neural networks, multiagent systems, logic, knowledge representation,
and AI education, validation and verification, and knowledge
management.   

Papers will be refereed and all accepted papers will appear in the
conference proceedings which will be published by AAAI Press. Selected
authors will be invited to submit a revised copy of their paper to a
special issue of the International Journal of Pattern Recognition and
Artificial Intelligence. 

Submission Guidelines
---------------------
Authors should format their paper according to AAAI guidelines posted
on the conference Web page. The paper should not identify the
author(s) in any manner. In case of multiple authors, all
correspondence will be sent to the first author unless otherwise
requested. Authors may submit by mailing hard copies, or
electronically. We prefer electronic submission. Deadline for
submission is October 30, 1998. 

Authors may want to consider submitting their paper directly to one of
the special tracks if appropriate. Check the conference web page for
the most recent list of special tracks. If you wish to submit to a
special track, send your submission directly to the chair of the
special track. 

Hard copy Submissions 
---------------------
Interested authors must submit 5 copies of their paper of no more than
10 double-spaced pages to:  

Ingrid Russell (FLAIRS-99)
Department of Computer Science
Dana Hall, Room 230
University of Hartford 
200 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117, USA

Please include one separate cover page containing the author's
name(s), address(es), phone number, email, affiliation, paper title,
and keywords.  In addition, authors must enter information about their
submission online on the Web page pointed to by the conference web
page.  

Questions regarding paper submissions should be addressed to:

Ingrid Russell
[email-masked]
(860)768-4191

Electronic Submissions
----------------------
Authors may submit their paper on-line by anonymous ftp at
ftp.ramapo.edu. Detailed instructions are provided on the conference
web page: 
http://erau.db.erau.edu/~towhid/flairs99.html
They must also enter information about their submission online on the
Web page pointed to by the conference web page. In the event that the
electronic submission cannot be printed, authors will be asked to FAX
a copy of their paper to 201 529 7637, Attn: Amruth Kumar.

For questions regarding electronic submission, contact: 

Amruth Kumar 
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mahwah, NJ 07430-1680, USA [email-masked] 
(201)  529-7712

For general information concerning the conference, contact the general
co-chairs: 

Avelino Gonzalez
Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering
University of Central Florida
[email-masked]
	or
Massood Towhidnejad
Department of Computer Science
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
[email-masked]
(904)226-6891

Keynote Speakers
----------------
Dr. Frank Anger, NSF
Dr. Bruce G. Buchanan, University of Pittsburgh
Ken Ford, NASA Ames Research Center and University of West Florida
Pat Hayes, University of West Florida
Dr. John E. Laird, University of Michigan
Dr. David G. Stork, Ricoh Silicon Valley and Stanford University

Important Deadlines
-------------------
Paper submissions due
	October 30, 1998

Notification letters sent
	January 4, 1999

Camera ready copy due
	February 3, 1999

Call for Special Tracks 
-----------------------
A number of special track sessions will be held in parallel with
FLAIRS-99 conference sessions. A list of the current special tracks is
available at the conference web site.  If you are interested in
proposing a special track, please contact the special tracks
coordinator Dr. Valerie Barr at [email-masked].

Call for Workshops
------------------
Several workshops are being planned for FLAIRS-99.  These will be held
immediately before the conference.  If you are interested in proposing
a workshop, please contact the workshops coordinator, Howard Hamilton,
at [email-masked]. 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
--------------------
General Co-Chairs
Avelino Gonzalez, University of Central Florida
Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Program Co-Chairs
Amruth Kumar, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Ingrid Russell, University of Hartford

Members
Robert Aiken, Temple University
Syed S. Ali, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 
K. Suzanne Barber, University of Texas
Kevin Bowyer, University of South Florida
Will Briggs, University of North Texas
Alberto Canas, University of West Florida
Brian Carse, University of the West of England
Diane J. Cook, University of Texas at Arlington
Meledath Damodaran, Universiiy of Houston-Victoria
Douglas Dankel, University of Florida
Tara Estlin, Jet Propulsion Lab
Kenneth Ford, NASA Ames Research Center, University of West Florida
LiMin Fu, University of Florida
James Geller, New Jersey  Institute of Technology
Melinda Gervasio, Institute for the Study of Learning and Expertise
Piotr Gmystrasiewicz, University of Texas at Arlington
Lawrence O. Hall, University of South Florida
Sandra Harabagiu, SRI International
Rattikorn Hewett, Florida Atlantic University
Henry Hexmoor, University of North Dakota
Fred Hoffman, Florida Atlantic University
Larry Holder, University of Texas at Arlington
Adele E. Howe, Colorado State University
Lina Khatib, Florida Institute of Technology
Rainer Knauf,  University of Ilmenau, Germany
David Leake, Indiana University
Christine L. Lisetti, Stanford University
Sushil Louis, University of Nevada
George Luger, University of New Mexico
Bill Manaris, University of Southwestern Louisiana
Dan Moldovan, Southern Methodist University
Ralph Morelli, Trinity College
Bob Morris, Florida Institute of Technology
Robin Murphy, Colorado School of Mines
Eric Neufeld, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Anthony Pipe, University of the West of England
S. I. Sayegh, University of Michigan
Ethan Scarl, Boeing Defense and Space
Takao Terano, Tsukubu University, Japan
Setsuo Tsuruta, Hitachi Systems Research Laboratory, Japan
Stanislav N. Vassilyev, Russian Academy of Sciences
Patrick Wang, Northeastern University and Harvard University
Scott Winterstein, University of Florida
Ronald Yager, Iona College
Neli Zlatareva, Central Connecticut State University

For more information, visit the conference web site at:
http://erau.db.erau.edu/~towhid/flairs99.html

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