Expert systems and systematic biology workshop

[Michael G. Walker]

Workshop Announcement: Artificial Intelligence and Modern Computer
Methods in Systematic Biology  (ARTISYST Workshop)
 
The Systematic Biology Program of the National Science Foundation,
is sponsoring a Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Expert
Systems, and Modern Computer Methods in Systematic Biology, to be
held September 9 to 14, 1990, at the University of California,
Davis.  There will be about 45 participants representing an even
mixture of biologists and computer scientists.
 
Attendance at the workshop is by invitation only.  All expenses for
participants (travel, hotel, food) will be paid.
 
These are the subject areas for the workshop:
 
1.  Scientific workstations for systematics;
2.  Expert systems, expert workstations and other tools for
    identification;
3.  Phylogenetic inference and mapping characters onto tree
    topologies;
4.  Literature data extraction and geographical data;
5.  Machine vision and feature extraction applied to systematics.
  
The workshop will examine state-of-the-art computing methods and
particularly Artificial Intelligence methods and the possibilities
they offer for applications in systematics.  Methods for knowledge
representation as they apply to systematics will be a central focus
of the workshop.  This meeting will provide systematists the
opportunity to make productive contacts with computer scientists
interested in these applications.  It will consist of tutorials,
lectures on problems and approaches in each area, working groups
and discussion periods, and demonstrations of relevant software. 
 
Participants will present their previous or proposed research in
a lecture, in a poster session, or in a software demonstration
session.
 
If you are interested in participating, complete the application
form below.  Preference will be given to applicants who are most
likely to continue active research and teaching in this area.  The
Workshop organizers welcome applications from all qualified
biologists and computer scientists, and strongly encourage women,
minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply.
 
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER APRIL 15, 1990 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
 

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Application form
 
Name:
Address:
E-mail address:
 
In your application, please include 1) a short resume, 2) a
description of your previous work related to the workshop topic,
3) a description of your planned research and how it relates to the
workshop, and 4) whether you, as biologists (or computer
scientists) have taken or would like to take steps to establish
permanent collaboration with computer scientists (or biologists). 
A total of two pages or less is preferred.  This material will be
the primary basis for selecting workshop participants.
 
If you have software that you would like to demonstrate at the
workshop, please give a brief description, and indicate the
hardware that you need to run the program.  Several PC's and
workstations will be available at the workshop.
 
Mail your completed application to:
 
Renaud Fortuner, ARTISYST Workshop Chairman, 
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Analysis & Identification, room 340
P.O. Box 942871
Sacramento, CA 94271-0001
USA
(916) 445-4521
E-mail: rfortuner at ucdavis.edu
 
For further information, contact Renaud Fortuner, Michael Walker,
Program Chairman, (Walker at sumex-aim.stanford.edu), or a member of
the steering committee:
 
Jim Diederich, U.C. Davis (dieder at ernie.berkeley.edu)
Jack Milton, U.C. Davis (milton at eclipse.stanford.edu)
Peter Cheeseman, NASA AMES (cheeseman at pluto.arc.nasa.gov)
Eric Horvitz, Stanford University (horvitz at sumex-aim.stanford.edu)
Julian Humphries, Cornell University (lqyy at crnlvax5.bitnet)
George Lauder, U.C Irvine (glauder at UCIvmsa.bitnet)
James Rohlf, SUNY (rohlf at sbbiovm.bitnet)
James Woolley, Texas A&M University (woolley at tamento.bitnet)