CFP: SARA 2002

[Sven Koenig]

Our apologies if you receive more than one call for papers for SARA
2002 (Symposium on Abstraction, Reformulation and Approximation). The
deadline for indicating an intent to submit is February 20, 2002.

Cheers,
Robert Holte
Sven Koenig

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			   CALL FOR PAPERS

			      SARA-2002

      Symposium on Abstraction, Reformulation and Approximation
        Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
            August 2-4, 2002 (immediately after AAAI-2002)


			       OVERVIEW

SARA-2002 is an Artificial Intelligence symposium on all aspects of
abstraction, reformulation, and approximation. Like past SARAs, it
will consist of stimulating technical presentations spanning the
traditional boundaries that fragment Artificial Intelligence research.
Three invited speakers will give their perspectives on abstraction,
reformulation, and approximation.

Attendance is limited to approximately 50 participants. Some funding
is available to subsidize the cost of graduate students whose research
involves techniques of abstraction, reformulation or approximation.

SARA-2002 will be situated amidst the spectacular Rocky Mountains of
the Kananaskis Valley, 60 miles west of Calgary, Alberta, and 45 miles
southeast of Banff, Alberta.

To make it convenient for AAAI-2002 attendees to participate in SARA,
a luxurious bus will drive from the AAAI conference site to the SARA
site the afternoon of August 1.

		      *** PAPER SUBMISSIONS ***

Submissions are due on February 25, and may be either full papers
or extended abstracts.  Authors are requested to send a notification
of intent to submit, together with a draft title and short abstract,
by February 20, 2002 to sara-submission at cc.gatech.edu

		     *** FOR MORE INFORMATION ***

Additional information, including a complete call for papers, may be
obtained from the symposium home page

	      http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~holte/SARA2002/

If you would like to receive updates about the conference, please send
email to holte at cs.ualberta.ca and ask to be added to the SARA mailing
list.

We gratefully acknowledge support from AAAI and NASA.


-- Robert Holte   holte at cs.ualberta.ca
   Sven Koenig    skoenig at cc.gatech.edu

   SARA-2002 co-chairs