AISB96 Call for Workshop Proposals

[Alison White]

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                  AISB-96: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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                  Call for Workshop Proposals: AISB-96

                       University of Sussex,
                         Brighton, England

                         April 1 -- 2, 1996

                        Society for the Study of
         Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB)

           Workshop Series Chair: Dave Cliff, University of Sussex
         Local Organisation Chair: Alison White, University of Sussex

The AISB is the UK's largest  and foremost Artificial Intelligence society  --
now in it's 32nd year. The  Society has an international membership of  nearly
900 drawn from both academia and  industry. Membership is open to anyone  with
interests in Artifical Intelligence and the Cognitive and Computing Sciences.

The AISB  Committee  invites  proposals  for  workshops  to  be  held  at  the
University of Sussex  campus, on April  1st and 2nd,  1996. The AISB  workshop
series is  held  in  even years  during  the  Easter vacation.  In  odd  years
workshops are held immediately before the biennial conference.

The  intention  of  holding  a  regular  workshop  series  is  to  provide  an
administrative and  organisational  framework for  workshop  organisers,  thus
reducing the administrative burden for  individuals and freeing them to  focus
on the  scientific  programme.  Accommodation, food,  and  social  events  are
organised for all workshop participants by the local organisers.

Proposals are  invited for  workshops  relating to  any aspect  of  Artificial
Intelligence or the Simulation of Behaviour.

Proposals, from an individual or a  pair of organisers, for workshops  between
0.5 and 2 days long will be considered. Workshops will probably address topics
which are  at the  forefront of  research, but  perhaps not  yet  sufficiently
developed to warrant a full-scale conference.

In addition  to research  workshops, a  'Postgraduate Workshop'  has  become a
successful regular  event over  recent years.  This event  focuses on  how  to
survive the process of studying for  a PhD in AI/Cognitive Science, and  has a
hybrid workshop/tutorial  nature.  We  welcome  proposals,  particularly  from
current PhD survivors, to organise the 1996 Postgraduate Workshop at Sussex.

For further information  on organising the  postgraduate workshop, please  see
the AISB96 web page (address below) or contact Dave Cliff or Alison White.

Proposals for  tutorials will  also be  considered, and  will be  assessed  on
individual merit:  please  contact Dave  Cliff  or Alison  White  for  further
details of submission of tutorial proposals. It is the general policy of  AISB
to only approve tutorials which look likely to be financially viable.



 Submission:
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 A workshop proposal should contain the following information:

 1. Workshop Title

 2. A detailed outline of the workshop.
    This should include the necessary background and the potential target
    audience for the workshop and a justified estimate of the number of
    possible attendees. Please also state the length and preferred date(s) of
    the workshop. Specify any equipment requirements, indicating whether the
    organisers would be expected to meet them.

 3. A brief resume of the organiser(s).
    This should include: background in the research area, references to
    published work in the topic area and relevant experience, such as
    previous organisation or chairing of workshops.

 4. Administrative information.
    This should include: name, mailing address, phone number, fax, and
    email address if available. In the case of multiple organisers,
    information for each organiser should be provided, but one organiser
    should be identified as the principal contact.

 5. A draft Call for Participation.
    This should serve the dual purposes of informing and attracting
    potential participants.


The organisers of accepted  workshops are responsible for  issuing a call  for
participation, reviewing requests to  participate and scheduling the  workshop
activities within the constraints set by the Workshop Organiser. They are also
responsible for submitting a collated set of papers for their workshop to  the
Workshop Series Chair. Workshop participants will receive bound photocopies of
the collated set of papers, with copyright retained by the authors. Individual
workshop organisers may wish to approach publishers to discuss publication  of
workshop papers in journal or book forms.

DATES:
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Intentions to organise a workshop should be made known to the Workshop
Series Chair (Dave Cliff) as soon as possible.

Proposals must be received by October 1st 1995.

Workshop organisers will be notified by October 15th 1995. Organisers
should be prepared to send out calls for workshop participation as soon as
possible after this date.

Collated sets of papers to be received by March 15th 1996.

Proposals should be sent to:

    Dave Cliff
    AISB96 Workshop Series Chair
    School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
    University of Sussex
    Brighton BN1 9QH
    U.K.

    email:  davec at cogs.susx.ac.uk
    phone:  +44 1273 678754
    fax:    +44 1273 671320

Electronic submission (plain ascii  text) is highly  preferred, but hard  copy
submission is  also accepted,  in which  case 5  copies should  be  submitted.
Proposals should not exceed 2 sides of A4 (i.e. 120 lines of text approx.).

General enquiries should be addressed to:

    Alison White
    AISB96 Local Organisation Chair
    School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
    University of Sussex
    Brighton BN1 9QH
    U.K.

    email:  alisonw at cogs.susx.ac.uk
    phone:  +44 1273 678448
    fax:    +44 1273 671320

A copy of this call, with further details for workshop organisers (including a
full schedule), is available on the WWW from:

         http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/aisb/aisb96/cfw.html

A plain-ASCII version of the web page is available via anonymous ftp from:

%   ftp ftp.cogs.susx.ac.uk
 login: anonymous
 password: [your_email at your_address]
 ftp   cd pub/aisb/aisb96
 ftp   get [filename]*
 ftp   quit

* Files available at present are:

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