From crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!openlink.openlink.com!public!skalsky Wed Aug 4 12:21:52 EDT 1993 Article: 18176 of comp.ai Xref: crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:18176 Path: crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!openlink.openlink.com!public!skalsky From: skalsky@public.btr.com (Rick Skalsky UUCPR ed aaai.org skalsky@btr.com) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: AAAI-94 Call for Workshop Proposals Date: 3 Aug 1993 14:55:38 GMT Organization: OpenLink, Inc Lines: 98 Message-ID: <23lu9a$8n6@openlink.openlink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: public.btr.com Keywords: aaai-94 workshops Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-94) Seattle, Washington July, 31-August 4, 1994 Call for Workshop Proposals The AAAI-94 Program Committee invites proposals for the Workshop Program of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence's Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-94). Workshops will be held July 31--August 4, 1994. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to meet and discuss issues with a selected focus- -providing an informal setting for active exchange among researchers, developers and users on topics of interest. Members of all segments of the AI community are encouraged to submit proposals. To encourage interaction and exchange of ideas, the workshops will be kept small with 25-50 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 and 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 especially welcome proposals which bridge the gap between practitioners and theorists, and which encourage the submission of experimental results, the formation of testable hypotheses, the analysis or comparison of existing systems, or the careful elucidation of the results of exploratory research. Submissions Workshop proposals should be submitted as soon as possible but no later than October 15, 1993. Organizers will be notified of the committee's decision by November 8, 1993. Workshop organizers will be responsible for producing a call for participation. The Call is due November 30, 1993. This call will be mailed to AAAI members by AAAI. Participant Selection Workshop attendance is by invitation of the organizers. Selection of attendees will be made by the organizers on the basis of submissions due March 18, 1994. Workshop organizers will need to provide AAAI with a list of the participants by April 8, 1994. Workshop Note Coordination AAAI provides a small budget to cover publication, mailing and administration support. AAAI can reproduce and mail copies of the working notes if materials are received by May 6, 1994. Working notes may contain a collection of statements by participants or other relevant material, but must be limited to a total of 200 pages. Scheduling the Workshop Activities Workshop organizers who want to publish the papers from their workshop (or significant portions of it) will have the opportunity to do so through the AAAI Press. The Press (which retains the right of first refusal to publish) will furnish details of its program to interested organizers and authors. AAAI will provide logistic support, and meeting places for the workshops, and will determine the dates and times of the workshops. Workshop participants who do not register for the main conference will be charged a workshop fee. AAAI reserves the right to drop any workshop if the organizers miss the above deadlines . Workshops are not to be used as a vehicle for marketing products. Please submit (preferably by email) your workshop proposal and address inquiries concerning workshops to: Don Perlis Computer Science Department A V Williams Bldg University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 USA (301) 405-2685 fax: (301) 405-6707 email: perlis@cs.umd.edu