workshop announcement

[Luis B. Almeida]

                 IRTICS'93

              CALL FOR PAPERS

       Workshop on Integration Technology
                for Real-Time
          Intelligent Control Systems

             October 5-7, 1993
              Madrid, SPAIN

Sponsored by:
     The Commission of the European Communities (CEC)
     The HINT project

Organized by:
     Instituto de Ingenieria del Conocimiento (IIC)

AIM:
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Nowadays, the necessity of using together several techniques in order
to improve the benefits of real-time intelligent control systems has
become a constant in most industrial environments. Expert systems,
neural networks, modelization, etc... can solve problems but, in many
cases, a solution that partly involves different techniques leads to
synergistic effects.

So, cooperation among different approaches has become a crucial area
of interest in this environment,the objective being to get common
frameworks where you can use the best of each technique as effectively
as possible.

This certainty moved us to the present workshop on "Integration for
Real-Time Intelligent Control Systems", IRTICS'93, that we are sure
will be a good opportunity of examining many of the possibilities that
exist, or will exist, in this direction.

This workshop aims to encourage the communication and exchange of
ideas among researchers, practitioners and end-users aware of the
possibilities of integrating different AI technologies in real-time
environments. Contributions addressing both theoretical problems and
practical experiences will be of great interest for this forum.

The workshop is organized by the Instituto de Ingenieria del
Conocimiento, IIC, as an external activity of the HINT project:
Heterogeneous Integration Architecture for Intelligent Control Systems
(ESPRIT 6447).

All the correspondence about the workshop should be addressed to the
Workshop Secretariat at the IIC.

TOPICS:
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Researchers and practitioners interested in the possibilities of
integration among different techniques applied to real-time
environments, so as specific works that could be synergiistically
enforced by means of integration, are invited to participate in the
workshop by submitting an extended abstract as specified.

Suggested topics include Integration Techniques for:

  * Expert Systems
  * Neural Networks
  * Fuzzy Logic
  * Model Based Reasoning
  * AI Architectures
  * Intelligent User Support Systems

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
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Authors should submit 3 copies of an extended abstract (max 2000
words, approximately 5 single spaced pages) to the secretariat of the
workshop before the deadline indicated in the timetable. They should
include separately a page containing their name and full address,
e-mail, fax or telephone, and the section(s) their work is related to.
All contributions should be submitted in English.

Abstracts will be reviewed according to their relationship with the
basic aim of the workshop, their clarity and originality. Accepted
papers will be included in a book to be published with the results and
conclusions of the workshop.

PROGRAMME:
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The programme of the workshop will include three different activities:

  * Invited Contributions
  * Communications
  * Discussions

We plan to include invited contributions about some state-of-the-art
themes that are of interest for all the participants.

The rest of the time, parallel sessions will be held about each topic,
including communications and a long time for discussions.  The last of
these sessions will deal with 'integration' as the main topic of the
workshop. Participants are invited to summarize the results of their
work in this final session.

TIMETABLE:
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* Submissions must be received: by February 28, 1993.
* Notification of acceptance or rejection: by April 30, 1993.
* Camera-Ready versions: before June 30, 1993.

REGISTRATION FEES:
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The registration fees include midday lunch during the workshop, a
Welcome Party to be held on Monday 4th evening and the proceedings of
the workshop.

Registration: 400 ECU

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:
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Enrica Chiozza (IIC, Spain)
Pilar Rodriguez-Marin (IIC, Spain)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
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Fontaine L. (Dassault Electronique, France)
Rodriguez-Marin P. (IIC, Spain)
Almeida L. B. (INESC, Portugal)
Sundin U. (INFOLOGICS, Sweden)
De Pablo E. (Repsol Petroleo, S.A., Spain)
Jimenez A. (UPM, Spain)

SECRETARIAT:
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Enrica Chiozza

Instituto de Ingenieria del Conocimiento
UAM
Canto Blanco
Modulo C-XVI, P. 4
28049 Madrid
SPAIN
Fax: (34 1) 397 3972
Phone: (34 1) 397 8520
E-mail: CHIOZZA @ EMDCCI11.BITNET
        CHIOZZA @ iic.uam.es
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