CFP IBEROAMERICAN CONGRESS ON AI

[Jose Ramirez G. (AVINTA]

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                               CALL FOR PAPERS

            IBEROAMERICAN CONGRESS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
                                 IBERAMIA 94

               NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
                                   CNIASE 94


IBERAMIA 94/CNIASE 94 will be sponsored by the Venezuelan Association
for AI -AVINTA-, the Mexican AI Society -SMIA- and the Spanish
Association for IA -AEPIA-. The goal of the conference is to promote
research and development in Artificial Intelligence and scientific
interchange among AI researchers and practitioners. 

IBERAMIA 94/CNIASE 94 will be hosted by the Centro de Investigaciones
Oficina Metropolis and the School of Systems Engineering of the
Universidad Metropolitana of Caracas -UNIMET-, between Tuesday 25th
October and Friday 28th October 1994. 

Program Committee Chair:
Hector Geffner - USB (Venezuela) 

Program Committee:
Julian Araoz - USB (Venezuela)
Jorge Baralt - USB (Venezuela)
Francisco Cantu - ITESM (Mexico)
Nuria Castell - UPC (Spain)
Alberto Castillo - UCLA (Venezuela)
Helder Coelho - INESC (Portugal)
Nelson Correa - Univ. de los Andes (Colombia)
Alvaro del Val - Stanford U. (USA)
Felix Garcia Padilla - UDO (Venezuela)
Luciano Garcia - UH (Cuba)
Francisco Garijo - TID (Spain)
Warren Greiff - UDLAP (Mexico)
Christian Lemaitre - LANIA (Mexico)
Alonso Marquez - USB (Venezuela)
Luis Moniz Pereira - UNL (Portugal)
Jose Ali Moreno - UCV (Venezuela)
Pablo Noriega - INEGI (Mexico)
Olga Padron - UH (Cuba)
Tarcisio Pequeno - LIA/UFC (Brazil)
Javier Pinto - PUC (Chile)
Jose Ramirez - UNIMET (Venezuela)
Antonio Sanchez Aguilar - UDLA-P (Mexico)
Carlos Sierra - CSIC (Spain)
Guillermo Simari - UNS (Argentina)
Angel Vina - UAM (Spain)

Organizing Committee Chair:
Adelaide Bianchini - UNIMET

Organizing Committee:
Antonietta Bosque - UNIMET
Preciosa Castro - UNIMET
Edna R. de Millan - UNIMET
Rodrigo Ramirez - UNIMET
Irene Torres - AVINTA

Supporting Associations:
Francisco Garijo - AEPIA
Christian Lemaitre - SMIA
Jose Ramirez - AVINTA

We invite authors to submit papers describing original work in all areas
of AI, including but not limited to:

Machine Learning                     
Knowledge Acquisition
Natural Language Processing  
Genetic Algorithms                 
Evolutionary Programming                    
Knowledge Based Systems       
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning      
Automated Reasoning              
Knowledge-based Simulation
Cognitive Modelling                 
Robotics
Case-based Reasoning             
Distributed Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks                        
Virtual Reality

All submissions will be refereed for quality and originality. Authors
must submit three (3) copies of their papers (not electronic or fax
transmisions) by June 30, 1.994 to the following address:

AVINTA
Apartado 67079 
Caracas 1061
Venezuela
+58-2-2836942,fax:+58-2-2832689
jramire at conicit.ve

or

Universidad Metropolitana
Centro de Investigaciones Oficina Metropolis
Autopista Petare-Guarenas
Distribuidor Universidad
Terrazas del Avila
Caracas 1070-A
Venezuela
+58-2-2423089, fax:+58-2-2425668
abianc at conicit.ve

All copies must be clearly legible. Notification of receipt will be
mailed to the first author. 

Papers can be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese and must be
printed on 8 1/2 
x 11 inches paper using 12 point type (14 point type for headings). The
body of submitted papers must be at most 12 pages. Each copy must have a
title page (separate from the body of the paper) containing title of the
paper, names and addresses of all authors, telephone number, fax number,
electronic mail address and a short (less than 200 word) abstract.

All accepted papers will be published in full length by McGraw-Hill.

Important dates:
Deadline for paper submission: June 30, 1994
Notification of acceptance: July 30, 1994
Camera Ready Copy: September 9,1994

Location:
Caracas is located on the north of South America, facing the Caribbean
Sea; is a modern city with an enjoyable wheather all year long (20 C to
30 C), with many interesting sites including cultural complexes,
historical downtown, shopping malls and excelent hotels and restaurants
offering the best food from all over the world.

The Simon Bolivar International Airport is 45 minutes from downtown, and
have regular flights to all major cities in the world.