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[B M Smith]

                        CALL FOR PAPERS

                            AISB'91

        8th SSAISB CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

                    University of Leeds, UK
                       16-19 April, 1991

The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of
Behaviour (SSAISB) will hold its eighth biennial conference at
Bodington Hall, University of Leeds, from 16 to 19 April 1991. There
will be a Tutorial Programme on 16 April followed by the full Technical
Programme. The Programme Chair will be Luc Steels (AI Lab, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel).

Scope:
Papers are sought in all areas of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of
Behaviour, but especially on the following AISB91 special themes:

  * Emergent functionality in autonomous agents
  * Neural networks and self-organisation
  * Constraint logic programming
  * Knowledge level expert systems research

Papers may describe theoretical or practical work but should make a
significant and original contribution to knowledge about the field of
Artificial Intelligence. 

A prize of 500 pounds for the best paper has been offered by British
Telecom Computing (Advanced Technology Group). It is expected 
that the proceedings will be published as a book.

Submission:
All submissions should be in hardcopy in letter quality print and
should be written in 12 point or pica typewriter face on A4 or 8.5" x
11" paper, and should be no longer than 10 sides, single-spaced.
Each paper should contain an abstract of not more than 200 words and a
list of up to four keywords or phrases describing the content of the
paper. Five copies should be submitted. Papers must be written in
English. Authors should give an electronic mail address where possible. 
Submission of a paper implies that all authors have obtained
all necessary clearances from the institution and that an author will
attend the conference to present the paper if it is accepted. Papers
should describe work that will be unpublished on the date of the
conference.

Dates:
  Deadline for Submission:		1 October 1990
  Notification of Acceptance:		7 December 1990
  Deadline for camera ready copy:	16 January 1991

Information:
Papers and all queries regarding the programme should be sent to
Judith Dennison. All other correspondence and queries regarding the
conference to the Local Organiser, Barbara Smith.

  Ms. Judith Dennison			Dr. Barbara Smith
  Cognitive Sciences			Division of AI
  University of Sussex			School of Computer Studies
  Falmer				University of Leeds
  Brighton BN1 9QN			Leeds LS2 9JT
  UK					UK

  Tel: (+44) 273 678379			Tel: (+44) 532 334627
  Email: judithd at cogs.sussex.ac.uk	FAX: (+44) 532 335468
					Email: aisb91 at ai.leeds.ac.uk