DM: 2nd cfp: PRICAI2000 in Melbourne, Australia

[Achim Hoffmann]

Please accept my apologies, if you receive this CfP more than once.

Best regards,

  Achim Hoffmann, UNSW, Australia

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                          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/)
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IMPORTANT DATES FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS:
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Feb   11, 2000    Submission deadline for papers
April 14, 2000    Paper notification deadline
May   22, 2000    Camera-ready paper deadline

IMPORTANT DATES FOR WORKSHOP & TUTORIAL PROPOSALS:
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Feb   11, 2000    Submission deadline for Workshops and Tutorials
Feb   25, 2000    Workshop and tutorial notification


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
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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
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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
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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
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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/


Review
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All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality,
significance, soundness and clarity. Three referees will review each
submission.

Publication
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Papers accepted for presentation at PRICAI 2000 will be published in LNAI,
the series of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, from
Springer-Verlag.

Contact Information
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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/.

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Conference Organisation:

General chair: Geoffrey Webb (Deakin Univ.)
Program committee Co-hairs: Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka Univ.)
                            John Slaney (Australian National University)
Organising chair: Chengqi Zhang (Deakin Univ.)
Workshop chair: Huan Liu (National University of Singapore)
Tutorial chair: Eric Tsui (Computer Sciences Corporation)
Publicity chair: Achim Hoffmann (University of New South Wales)
Treasurer: Douglas Newlands (Deakin University)


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