CALL FOR PAPERS                         AIMSA'94

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Since the first AIMSA in 1984, the
AIMSA conferences  take  place  in      6th International Conference on
Bulgaria. They are biennial forums      ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:
for presentation  of  AI  research       Methodology,
and  development,  with a now well       Systems,
established tradition of  interna-       Applications
tional scientific exchange between     _____________________________________
Central  and  Eastern  Europe  and
the rest of the world.                  SEPTEMBER, 21-24, 1994
                                        Sofia, Bulgaria
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AIMSA'94 is sponsored by ECCAI European Coordinating Committee
             for Artificial Intelligence

AIMSA'94 will be preceded by a Summer School on AI, organized by TEMPUS
Joint European Project 1728, with  the support of  TEMPUS Joint European
Project 1497.
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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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  * Automated reasoning:
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theorem proving, reasoning about action and change, reasoning
about time and  space, constraint  satisfaction, reasoning on
uncertainty and with fuzzy sets, analogy and induction,
machine learning.

  * Logics for AI:
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logics  for  knowledge, belief  and  intention,  multi-valued
logics, modal and temporal logics,  epistemic  logics,  fuzzy
logics.

  * Languages, structures and algorithms for AI:
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logic programming,  inductive logic  programming,  constraint
programming,multi-agent systems,connectionist systems,genetic
algorithms, parallel processing for AI.

  * Knowledge-based systems:
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languages and systems for representing knowledge,object-based
knowledge  representation  systems,  knowledge   acquisition,
validation of knowledge-based systems.

  * Natural language processing:
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syntax, semantics, discourse, speech recognition and understanding,
natural language generation,  natural language front ends.

  * Perception and action:
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computer vision, object recognition,  stereo vision, active vision,
robotics systems,  robot programming,robot motion  planning, mobile
robotics,  behavior-based reactive robots.

  * Principles of AI applications:
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AI for decision systems, AI in education, AI in engineering
design, AI in manufacturing control, AI in medicine,  AI in
molecular biology, Ai in environmental sciences.


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FORMAT OF PAPERS
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Papers  should  be written in  English and  be printed  on
one side of A4  paper  (21cm x 29.7cm), using high quality
printers.  Format  should be  single-spaced, with no  more
than 50  lines per  page, 3cm margins and  12 point  type.
Minimum length is 2500 words (about 5 pages single spaced)
and maximum 5000 words (10 pages),including figures,tables,
diagrams.  Electronic  or  fax  submissions  will  not  be
considered.

Each paper should start with:

   - Title of the paper (with 18 point type),
   - Names and institutions of all authors,
   - Postal and email address of one of the
     authors (to whom mail from the program
     committee will be sent),
   - An abstract of 100-150 words.


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SELECTION OF PAPERS
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Each paper will be  reviewed  by several referees. Selection
criteria include  accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity
and significance of results, quality of presentation. Authors
of accepted papers  will be asked  to prepare final versions
for the proceedings and are expected to present their papers
at the conference.


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BEST PAPER AWARD
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The Program Committee  will select one paper of exceptional
quality among the accepted papers. The authors will receive
the best paper award during the Conference.


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
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  - March 21, 1994:  Deadline for submissions
  - April 15, 1994:  Notification of acceptance
  - May 15, 1994  :  Deadline for final papers

Four copies of submitted papers must be sent to:

                Philippe Jorrand - AIMSA'94 Program Chair
                Institute IMAG - LIFIA
                46, avenue Felix Viallet
                38000 GRENOBLE - France

For further information concerning submissions:

               Email : Philippe.Jorrand@imag.fr
               Fax   : +33 76 57 46 02
               Phone : +33 76 57 46 47

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Peter Braspenning          (The Netherlands)
Benedict du Boulay         (United Kingdom)
Jacques Cohen              (USA)
Christo Dichev             (Ireland)
Danail Dochev              (Bulgaria)
Luis Farinas del Cerro     (France)
Les Gasser                 (USA)
Malik Ghallab              (France)
Eva Hajicova               (Czech Republic)
Steffen Holldobler         (Germany)
Philippe Jorrand,          Program Chair (France)
Alberto Martelli           (Italy)
Pedro Meseguer             (Spain)
Peter Mikulecky            (Czech Republic)
Ewa Orlowska               (Poland)
Ivan Popchev               (Bulgaria)
Francois Rechenmann        (France)
Vassil Sgurev              (Bulgaria)
Tibor Vamos                (Hungary)


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ORGANIZATION
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AIMSA'94 is organized by :

**  Bulgarian Artificial Intelligence Association
**  Institute of Informatics - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
**  Foundation "Eureka"
**  Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians

With the support of the Bulgarian Society for Cognitive Science and
the Bulgarian Association for Pattern Recognition.


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LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
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Organizing committee:

Vassil Sgurev, Chairman
Danail Dochev, Secretary

For further information concerning arrangements and for details
about the Summer School on AI preceeding AIMSA'94, write to:

        Danail Dochev - AIMSA'94,
        Institute of Informatics-BAS    Telephone: +359 2 707 586
        Bl. 29A, Acad. G. Bonchev St    Telefax:   +359 2 720 166
        1113 SOFIA - BULGARIA           E-mail:    ari@iinf.bg

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