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CoLi.Uni-SB.DE>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Fourteenth European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information ESSLLI-2002 August 4-17, 2002, Trento, Italy %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% CALL FOR COURSE and WORKSHOP PROPOSALS -------------------------------------- http://www.folli.uva.nl/Esslli/2002/cfp.txt The main focus of the European Summer Schools in Logic, Language and Information is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. Foundational, introductory and advanced courses together with workshops cover a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation. Previous summer schools have been highly successful, attracting up to 500 students from Europe and elsewhere. The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students and researchers interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2002 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI). The ESSLLI-2002 Programme Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 14th annual Summer School on a wide range of topics in the following fields: LANGUAGE & COMPUTATION LANGUAGE & LOGIC LOGIC & COMPUTATION In addition to courses and workshops there will be a Student Session. A Call for Papers for the Student Session will be distributed separately. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Proposals should be submitted through a web form located at http://www.folli.uva.nl/Esslli/2002/submission.html All proposals should be submitted no later than July 22, 2001. Authors of proposals will be notified of the committee's decision no later than September 17, 2001. Proposers should follow the guidelines below while preparing their submissions; proposals that deviate can not be considered. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION: Anyone interested in lecturing or organising a workshop during ESSLLI-2002, please read the following information carefully. ALL COURSES: Courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers. They typically consist of five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week course). Each session lasts 90 minutes. Timetable for Course Proposal Submission: Jul 22, 2001: Proposal Submission Deadline Sep 17, 2001: Notification Nov 15, 2001: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract, lecturer(s) information, course description and prerequisites Jun 1, 2002: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material FOUNDATIONAL COURSES: These are really elementary courses not assuming any background knowledge. They are intended for people to get acquainted with the problems and techniques of areas new to them. Ideally, they should allow researchers from other fields to acquire the key competences of neighbouring disciplines, thus encouraging the development of a truly interdisciplinary research community. Foundational courses may presuppose some experience with scientific methods in general, so as to be able to concentrate on the issues that are germane to the area of the course. INTRODUCTORY COURSES: Introductory courses are central to the activities of the Summer School. They are intended to equip students and young researchers with a good understanding of a field's basic methods and techniques. Introductory courses in, for instance, Language and Computation, can build on some knowledge of the component fields; e.g., an introductory course in computational linguistics should address an audience which is familiar with the basics of linguistics and computation. Proposals for introductory courses should indicate the level of the course as compared to standard texts in the area. ADVANCED COURSES: Advanced courses should be pitched at an audience of advanced Masters or PhD students. Proposals for advanced courses should specify the prerequisites in some detail. WORKSHOPS: The aim of the workshops is to provide a forum for advanced Ph.D. students and other researchers to present and discuss their work. A workshop has a theme. At most one organiser is paid. The organisers should be specialists in the theme of the workshop and give a general introduction in the first session. They are also responsible for the programme of the workshop, i.e., for finding speakers. Each workshop organiser will be responsible for producing a Call for Papers for the workshop by November 15, 2001. The call must make it clear that the workshop is open to all members of the LLI community. It should also note that all workshop contributors must register for the Summer School. A workshop consists of five sessions (a one-week workshop) or ten sessions (a two-week workshop). Sessions are normally 90 minutes. Timetable for Workshop Proposal Submissions Jul 22, 2001: Proposal Submission Deadline Sep 15, 2001: Notification Nov 15, 2001: Deadline for receipt of Call for Papers Dec 1, 2001: Send out Call for Papers Mar 15, 2002: Deadline for Papers (suggested) May 1, 2002: Notification of Workshop Contributors (suggested) May 15, 2002: Deadline for Provisional Workshop Programme Jun 1, 2002: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready copy of Workshop notes Jun 1, 2002: Deadline for Final Workshop Programme FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS: The web-based form for submitting course and workshop proposals is accessible at http://www.folli.uva.nl/Esslli/2002/submission.html . You will be required to submit the following information: * Name (name(s) of proposed lecturer(s)/organiser) * Address (contact addresses of proposed lecturer(s)/organiser; where possible, please include phone and fax numbers) * Title (title of proposed course/workshop) * Type (is this a workshop, a foundational course, an introductory course, or an advanced course?) * Section (does your proposal fit in Language & Computation, Language & Logic or Logic & Computation? name only one) * Description (describe the proposed contents in at most 150 words) * External funding (will you be able to find external funding to help fund your travel and accommodation expenses? if so, how?) * Further particulars (any further information that is required by the above guidelines should be included here) FINANCIAL ASPECTS: Prospective lecturers and workshop organisers should be aware that all teaching and organising at the summer schools is done on a voluntary basis in order to keep the participants fees as low as possible. Lecturers and organisers are not paid for their contribution, but are reimbursed for travel and accommodation. Please note the following: In case a course is to be taught by two lecturers, a lump sum is paid to cover travel and accommodation expenses. The splitting of the sum is up to the lecturers. However, please note that the organisers highly appreciate it if, whenever possible, lecturers and workshop organisers find alternative funding to cover travel and accommodation expenses. Workshop speakers are required to register for the Summer School; however, workshop speakers will be able to register at a reduced rate to be determined by the Organising Committee. Finally, it should be stressed that while proposals from all over the world are welcomed, the Summer School can in general guarantee only to reimburse travel costs for travel from destinations within Europe to Trento. Exceptions will be made depending on the financial situation. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Claire Gardent (chair) Attn: ESSLLI-2002 LORIA BP 239 Campus Scientifique 54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy (France) Tel: +33-3-83-59-2039 Fax: +33-3-83-27-5652 Email: claire.gardentMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
ITStransnational.com>SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ICAIS 2002 First International ICSC Congress on Autonomous Intelligent Systems Deakin University, Waterfront Campus Geelong, Australia 12 - 15 February 2002 http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/icais2002 General information Autonomous intelligent systems can be described as intelligent entities that are capable of independent action in dynamic, unpredictable environments. This is a very fast growing research area attracting the attention of many researchers around the globe. The aim of the International Congress on Autonomous Intelligent Systems (ICAIS) is to bring the researchers, system developers and users both from industry and academia together to exchange their views and receive the very latest information on the on-going research and development. This will be carried out through a series of keynote addresses, technical sessions, workshops and exhibitions. Organizing committee Honorary General Chair Dr. Charles R. Weisbin JPL, NASA, USA General Chair Professor Saeid Nahavandi Deakin University, Australia Co-Chair (Asia) Professor T. Fukuda Nagoya University, Japan Co-Chair (USA) Dr. Shawn Toumodge Raytheon Systems Co., USA Co-Chair (Europe) Professor Paolo Dario ARTS Lab, Italy Tutorial/Workshop Chair Dr. Uwe Zimmer The Australian National University Canberra, Australia Administration and Finance ICSC-NAISO Operating Division The Netherlands Local organizing committee members Abbas Kouzani (Chair) Matthew Joordens Dejan Djukic Lingxue Kong Hieu Trinh Jingxin Zhang Saeid Nahavandi The International Congress on Autonomous Intelligent Systems welcomes submissions of original and high quality papers. Accepted papers will be formally published in the ICSC Journal of Autonomous Systems. Congress topics Technical issues to be addressed include, but are not restricted to: Evolution of Agents Agent-Based Software Engineering Distributed Architecture For Mobile Navigation Autonomous Robots Autonomous Mobile Robots Path Planning And Obstacle Avoidance With Nonholonomic Robots Cooperative Autonomous Robots For Hazardous Environments Fault-Tolerant Algorithms And Architectures For Robotics Adaptive Path Planning Intelligent Navigation and Guidance Design and Control of Autonomous Underwater Robots A Control Architecture For An Autonomous Mobile Robot Action Selection and Planning Adaptation and Learning Agent Architectures Agent Communication Languages Artificial Market Systems and Electronic Commerce Designing Agent Systems Expert Assistants Fusion of Sensory Systems Real Time Vision Distributed Systems Multi-Agent Systems Machine Learning Intelligent Manufacturing Integration And Coordination Of Multiple Activities Knowledge Acquisition And Management Modeling The Behavior Of Agents Models Of Emotion, Motivation, Or Personality Multi-Agent Teams Multi-Agent Communication, Coordination, And Collaboration Multi-Agent Simulation, Verification, And Validation Evolutionary Computing Data Mining Bayesian and Belief Information Fusion Fusion Applications to Management Fusion Applications to Situation Assessment Diagnostic Information Fusion Data Fusion Evaluation and Test Beds Management / Business Information Fusion Image Fusion / Exploitation Target Recognition / Tracking / Identification` Discrimination Machine Vision International technical committee [itc] Abachi H. Monash University, Australia Adeli H. The Ohio State University, USA Aleksander I. Imperial College of Science & Technology London, UK Apte Chid IBM Watson Research Center, USA Arkin R. Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Bazargan M. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Billingsley J. University of Southern Queensland, Australia Alberto Broggi University of Pavia/Parma, Italy Brugali D. Politecnico di Torino, Italy Choset H. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Dario P. ARTS Lab, Italy Di Febbraro Angela Politecnico di Torino, Italy Durrant-White H.F. University of Syndey, Australia Erkman E. Middle East Technical University, Turkey Fiorini P. California Institute of Technology, USA Fukuda T. Nagoya University, Japan Hewit J. University of Dundee, UK Holland O. California Institute of Technology, USA Jarvis Ray Monash University, Australia Kasabov Nik University of Otago, New Zealand Khosla P. Carnegie Mellon University, USA Koivo A. Purdue University, USA Kosuge K. Tohoku University, Japan Kozlowski Chr. Poznan University of Technology, Poland Lee K.-M. Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Luo R. National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, ROC Mamdani E. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, U.K. Marichal G.N. La Laguna University Tenerife, Spain Maynard C. Curtin University of Technology, Australia Miller D. University of Oklahoma, USA Moore P. De Montfort University, UK Naghdy F. University of Wollongong, Australia Nemes L. CSIRO, Australia Nguyen Ch. Catholic University of America, USA Ogihara M. Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA Papanikolopoulos N. University of Minnesota, USA Prassier E. University of Ulm, Germany Saadat M. University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Schenker P. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA Sebaaly Milad American University of Dubai, U.A.E. Shirinzadeh Bijan. Monash University, Australia Sobh T. M. University of Bridgeport, USA Szczerbicki E. University of Newcastle, Australia Tarn T.J. Washington University, USA Huaglori Tianfield Gloucestershire Business School, UK Trevelyan J. University of Western Australia, Australia Webb G. Deakin University, Australia Yuh J. University of Hawaii, USA Zaki Mohammed J. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Zelinky A. Australian National University, Australia Zimmermann H. J. Aachen, Germany Sponsors - Deakin University, Australia - IEEE, The Institue of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEE, Institution of Electrical Engineers - The Institution of Engineers, Australia - ICSC- NAISO Scientific program ICAIS 2002 will include invited plenary talks, contributed sessions, invited sessions, workshops and tutorials. Updated information available on ICAIS home page Call for invited sessions The organization of invited sessions is encouraged. Prospective organizers are requested to send a session proposal - consisting of 4-5 invited papers - to the general chair and respective area co-chair. Invited sessions should preferably start with the title and the purpose of the session and a tutorial paper. The registration fee of the session organizer will be waived, if at least 4 authors of invited papers register to the conference. Poster presentations Poster presentations are encouraged for people who wish to receive peer feedback, and practical examples of applied research are particularly welcome. Poster sessions will allow the presentation and discussion of respective papers, which will also be included in the conference proceedings. Call for workshops, tutorials, and other contributions Several workshops/tutorials are planned for ICAIS 2002. Each workshop/tutorial will focus on a particular topic, and consist of several presentations and open discussions. The proposal for a workshop/tutorial should include the title, topics covered, proposed speakers, targeted audiences, and estimated length (hours) of the workshop/tutorial. The proposal should be submitted to the general chair and respective area co-chair by July 31, 2001 Submission of papers Submission of papers can be done through our web site. If you submit a paper you will receive a notification e-mail with your paper number. Please use this reference number in the subject line in all correspondence and send us a draft paper by email for review by the International Program Committee. Please do not send us any hard copies. Please check our website for further instructions. Important dates Submission Deadline: July 31, 2001 (Extended) Notification of Acceptance: October 15, 2001 (Extended) Delivery of Manuscripts: November 30, 2001 Conference: February 12 - 15, 2002 General chair of ICAIS`2002 Professor Saeid Nahavandi Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus Geelong 3217, Australia email: nahavandMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue