aisb-95 sheffield : registration ( con / work . tut ) aisb-95 the tenth biennial conference on ai and cognitive science sheffield , england monday 3rd - - friday 7th april 1995 theme : hybrid problems , hybrid solutions ( eacl-95 , 7th conference of the european chapter of the association for computational linguistics at university college dublin , belfield , dublin , ireland , precedes aisb-95 on march 27-31 , 1995 ) hosted by the society for the study of artificial intelligence and simulation of behaviour ( ssaisb ) and the department of computer science ( university of sheffield ) in cooperation with departments of automatic control and systems engineering , information studies , philosphy , psychology ; artificial intelligence vision research unit ( aivru ) , hang - seng centre for cognitive studies , institute for language , speech and hearing ( ilash ) , ( university of sheffield ) ; dragon systems uk limited ( melvyn hunt ) ; lpa limited ( clive spenser ) ; sharp laboratories europe limited ( paul kearney ) ; wisepress limited ( penelope g . head ) main conference wednesday 5th - friday 7th april 1995 workshops and tutorials monday 3rd - tuesday 4th april 1995 invited speakers + + professor alex gammerman ( department of computer science , royal holloway / new bedford college , university of london , england ) + + professor malik ghallab ( laas-cnrs , toulouse , france ) + + professor graeme hirst ( department of computer science , u of toronto ) + + professor john mayhew ( aivru , university of sheffield , england ) + + professor noel sharkey ( department of computer science , u of sheffield ) theme the world 's oldest ai society , the society for the study of artificial intelligence and simulation of behaviour ( aisb ) , will hold its tenth biennial international conference at the university of sheffield . the past few years have seen an increasing tendency for diversification in research into artificial intelligence , cognitive science and artificial life . a number of approaches are being pursued , based variously on symbolic reasoning , connectionist systems and models , behaviour-based systems , and ideas from complex dynamical systems . each has its own particular insight and philosophical position . this variety of approaches appears in all areas of artificial intelligence . there are both symbolic and connectionist natural language processing , both classical and behaviour-based vision research , for instance . while purists from each approach may claim that all the problems of cognition can in principle be tackled without recourse to other methods , in practice ( and maybe in theory , also ) combinations of methods from the different approaches ( hybrid methods ) are more successful than a pure approach for certain kinds of problems . the committee feels that there is an unrealised synergy between the various approaches that an aisb conference may be able to explore . thus , the focus of the tenth aisb conference is on such hybrid methods . the aisb conference is a single track conference lasting three days , with a two day tutorial and workshop programme preceding the main technical event , and around twenty high calibre papers will be presented in the technical sessions . five invited talks by respected and entertaining world class researchers complete the programme . the proceedings of the conference will be published in book form at the conference itself , making it a forum for rapid dissemination of research results . the preliminary programme for the conference is attached below . note that the organisers reserve the right to alter the programme as circumstances dictate , though every effort will be made to adhere to the provisional timings and calendar of events given below . programme monday 3rd april , 1995 [ all day ] workshops and tutorial programme tuesday 4th april , 1995 [ all day ] workshops and tutorial programme 6 . 00 - 9 . 00 registration reception , halifax hall , university of sheffield wednesday 5th april , 1995 08 : 00 - on registration 09 : 00 chair opening address : paul mc kevitt , conference chair / local organisation ( university of sheffield ) 09 : 10 hod opening address : colin smythe , head of department of computer science ( university of sheffield ) 09 : 20 programme chair opening address : john hallam , programme chair ( university of edinburgh ) 09 : 30-10 : 30 invited talk professor malik ghallab , laas-cnrs , toulouse , fr 10 : 30-11 : 00 break 11 : 00-12 : 45 3 papers + ` an introduction to dynamic symbol systems ' ' , herbert jaeger , faculty of technology , university of bielefeld , germany . + ` ` reactive systems in physical environments ' ' , simin nadjm - tehrani , departmentof computer and information science , linkoping university , sweden . + ` ` from numerical observations to propositional representations : a cognitive methodology to structure hybrid spatial knowledge in the wire project ' ' , mario borillo , irit toulouse and herve pensec , sogerma-socea , groupe aerospatiale , merignac , france . 12 : 45-14 : 15 lunch 14 : 15-16 : 00 3 papers + ` ` decisions , decisions : knowledge goals in planning ' ' , louise pryor , department of artificial intelligence , university of edinburgh , scotland . + ` ` knowing how : a semantic approach ' ' , sam steel , department of computer science , university of essex , england . + ` ` a meta - level framework for exploring conflicts in multiple knowledge bases ' ' mandy haggith , department of artificial intelligence , u of edinburgh , scotland . 16 : 00-16 : 30 break 16 : 30-17 : 50 2 papers + ` ` unsatisfied variables in local search ' ' , ian gent , department of artificial intelligence , university of edinburgh and toby walsh , mechanized reasoning group , irst , genoa , italy . + ` ` an attempt to map the performance of a range of algorithm and heuristic combinations ' ' , edward p . k . tsang , james e . borrett and alvin c . m . kwan , department of computer science , university of essex , england . 20 : 00 conference reception , sheffield kelham island industrial museum ( with don river live steam engine ) thursday 6th april , 1995 09 : 15-10 : 15 invited talk professor john mayhew , aivru , u of sheffield 10 : 15-10 : 45 break 10 : 45-12 : 30 3 papers + ` ` the somass system : a hybrid symbolic and behaviour - based system to plan and execute assemblies by robot ' ' , chris malcolm , department of artificial intelligence , university of edinburgh , scotland . + ` ` multiple agent systems for configuration design ' ' , stuart watt , zdenek zdrahal , knowledge media institute , open university & mike brayshaw , school of computer science , university of birmingham , england . + ` ` symbolic and continuous proceses in the automatic selection of actions ' ' , r cooper , tim shallice & jonathan farringdan , department of psychology , university college , london , england . 12 : 30-14 : 00 lunch 14 : 00-15 : 00 invited talk professor noel sharkey , department of computer science , university of sheffield , england . 15 : 00-15 : 20 break 15 : 20-16 : 30 2 papers + ` ` a neural network decision - support tool for the diagnosis of breast cancer ' ' , joseph downs , robert f harrison , department of automatic control & systems engineering , university of sheffield and simon s cross , department of pathology , university of sheffield medical school , england . + ` ` rulex & cebp networks as the basis for a rule refinement system ' ' , r andrews & shlomo geva , neurocomputing research centre , queensland university , australia 16 : 30-16 : 50 break 16 : 50-18 : 00 2 papers + ` ` a heuristic for general rule extraction from a multilayer perceptron ' ' , zhe ma & robert f harrison , department of automatic control & systems engineering , university of sheffield & r . lee kennedy , department of medicine , university of edinburgh , scotland . + ` ` an adaptive state machine for use in unsupervised parallel learning systems ' ' , christopher j holgate & thomas j w clarke , neural systems engineering group , imperial college , england . 20 : 00 conference banquet , halifax hall 21 : 00 after dinner speech by distinguished seasoned ai researcher friday 7th april , 1995 09 : 15-10 : 15 invited talk professor graeme hirst department of computer science , university of toronto , canada 10 : 15-10 : 45 break 10 : 45-12 : 30 3 papers + ` ` towards learning semantics of spontaneous dialog utterances in a hybrid framework ' ' , volker weber and stefan wermter , computer science department , university of hamburg , germany . + ` ` knowledge acquisition using metaphors ' ' , asoka s karunananda , hyacinth s nwana & pearl brereton , department of computer science , u of keele , england . + ` ` grounding dtms : an interview tool for acquiring meta - strategic teaching knowledge ' ' , nigel major and kieron o hara , department of psychology , university of nottingham , england . 12 : 30-14 : 00 lunch 14 : 00-15 : 00 invited talk professor alex gammerman , dept of computer science , royal holloway and new bedford college , university of london , england . 15 : 00-15 : 20 break 15 : 20-16 : 30 2 papers + ` ` towards hybrid nonmonotonic reasoning systems ' ' , james p delgrande , school of computer science , simon fraser university , canada & torsten h schaub , irisa , rennes , france . + ` ` why some hybrid solutions are n't really solutions ( and why others are n't really hybrid ) ' ' , bradley franks , department of psychology , london school of economics & richard cooper , department of psychology , university college , london , england . 16 : 30-17 : 00 conference ends . workshops and tutorials programme monday 3rd - tuesday 4th april 1995 http : / / www . cogs . susx . ac . uk / aisb / aisb95 organiser title mon tue = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ( 1 ) [ code w1 ] d . bridge , engineering knowledge - based systems ( u of york , england ) x point of contact : derek bridge dgb @ minster . york . ac . uk anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / engineering _ kbs _ workshop _ cfp ( 2 ) [ code w2 ] t . fogarty , evolutionary computing ( u of west england ) x x point of contact : terence fogarty : tcf @ btc . uwe . ac . uk anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / evolutionary _ computing _ workshop _ cfp ( 3 ) [ code w3 ] a . ireland , 2nd workshop on automated reasoning : x bridging the gap between theory and practice ( u of edinburgh ) point of contact : andrew ireland : a . ireland @ ed . ac . uk anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / automated _ reasoning _ workshop _ cfp ( 4 ) [ code w4 ] b . jones , postgraduate workshop ( u of edinburgh ) x x point of contact : b . jones : bernie @ cogsci . ed . ac . uk anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk v pub / aisb / aisb95 / postgrad _ workshop _ cfp ( 5 ) [ code w5 ] a . narayanan , language visualisation ( u of exeter ) x point of contact : a . narayanan : ajit @ dcs . exeter . ac . uk . anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / language _ vis _ workshop _ cfp ( 6 ) [ code w6 ] s . o nuallain reaching for mind : foundations of cog science x x ( dublin city university , ireland ) ( national research council , canada ) p . mc kevitt ( university of sheffield , england ) point of contact : sean o nuallain : onuallains @ dcu . ie anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / cogsci _ workshop _ cfp ( 7 ) [ code w7 ] t . prescott , mobile robotics ( u of sheffield ) x point of contact : tony prescott t . prescott @ aivru . sheffield . ac . uk . anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / mobile _ robotics _ workshop _ cfp ( 8 ) [ code w8 ] m . rosner , ai education - - goals , courses , resources x ( idsia , lugano , switzerland ) point of contact : michael rosner aisb @ idsia . ch anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / ai _ ed _ workshop _ cfp tutorials organiser title mon tue = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ( 1 ) [ code t1 ] d . benyon intelligent user interfaces x ( open university , england ) anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / intelligent-ui - tutorial ( 2 ) [ code t2 ] m . fisher programming with temporal logics x ( afternoon ) ( manchester metropoliton university , england ) anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / prog-temp - log-tutorial ( 3 ) [ code t3 ] t . fruehwirth constraint reasoning - build your own solver x ( ecrc , munich , germany ) anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / constraint-reasoning - tutorial ( 4 ) [ code t4 ] m . patel ga + nn hybrid systems x ( ics-forth , heraklion , greece ) anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / ga _ nn _ tutorial ( 5 ) [ code t5 ] f . ritter soar cognitive architecture x ( university of nottingham , england ) anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / soar _ tutorial ( 6 ) [ code t6 ] s . zrehen perac : a modular neural network architecture for autonomous robots ( lausanne university , switzerland ) x anonymous ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk pub / aisb / aisb95 / perac _ tutorial demos / open days / services information on demos by the departments of computer science and psychology on current research projects in ai and cognitive science will be provided during the conference . also , the department of computer science will have open days where delegates at the conference can meet researchers . it is intended that the department will provide on site ftp / www and e - mail services to delegates . contact addresses : aisb-95 conference chair / local organisation : paul mc kevitt e - mail : p . mckevitt @ dcs . shef . ac . uk department of computer science www : http : / / www . dcs . shef . ac . uk / regent court www : http : / / www . shef . ac . uk / 211 portobello street ftp : ftp . dcs . shef . ac . uk university of sheffield fax : + 44 ( 0 ) 114-278 - 0972 gb - s1 4dp , sheffield phone : + 44 ( 0 ) 114-282 - 5572 ( office ) england , uk , eu . 282-5596 ( lab . ) 282-5590 ( secretary ) aisb-95 workshops and tutorials chair : dr . robert gaizauskas e - mail : robertg @ dcs . shef . ac . uk department of computer science www : http : / / www . dcs . shef . ac . uk / university of sheffield www : http : / / www . shef . ac . uk / 211 portobello street ftp : ftp . dcs . shef . ac . uk regent court fax : + 44 ( 0 ) 114 278-0972 sheffield s1 4dp phone : + 44 ( 0 ) 114 282-5572 u . k . aisb-95 programme chair : john hallam e - mail : john @ aifh . edinburgh . ac . uk department of artificial intelligence fax : + 44 ( 0 ) 1 31 650 6899 university of edinburgh phone : + 44 ( 0 ) 1 31 650 3097 5 forrest hill edinburgh eh1 2ql scotland . venue the venue for registration and all conference events is : halifax hall of residence , endcliffe vale road , gb - s10 5df , sheffield , uk , eu . fax : + 44 ( 0 ) 114-266 - 3898 tel : + 44 ( 0 ) 114-266 - 3506 ( 24 hour porter ) tel : + 44 ( 0 ) 114-266 - 4196 ( manager norma taylor ) address ( for registrations ) alison white email : alisonw @ cogs . susx . ac . uk aisb executive office www : http : / / www . cogs . susx . ac . uk / aisb cognitive and computing sciences ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk / pub / aisb university of sussex tel : + 44 ( 0 ) 1273 678448 falmer , brighton fax : + 44 ( 0 ) 1273 671320 england , uk , bn1 9qh address ( for general enquiries ) gill wells , email : g . wells @ dcs . shef . ac . uk administrative assistant , aisb-95 , fax : + 44 ( 0 ) 114-278 - 0972 department of computer science , phone : + 44 ( 0 ) 114-278 - 5590 regent court , 211 portobello street , university of sheffield , gb - s1 4dp , sheffield , uk , eu . email : aisb95 @ dcs . shef . ac . uk ( for auto responses ) www : http : / / www . dcs . shef . ac . uk / aisb95 [ sheffield computer science ] ftp : ftp . dcs . shef . ac . uk ( cd aisb95 ) www : http : / / www . shef . ac . uk / [ sheffield computing services ] ftp : ftp . shef . ac . uk ( cd aisb95 ) www : http : / / ijcai . org / ) [ ijcai-95 , montreal ] www : http : / / www . cogs . susx . ac . uk / aisb [ aisb society sussex ] ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk / pub / aisb programme committee dave cliff ( u of sussex ) , erik sandewall ( u of linkoeping ) , nigel shadbolt ( u of nottingham ) , sam steel ( u of essex ) , yorick wilks ( u of sheffield ) local organisation committee ( u of sheffield ) phil green , jim mcgregor , bob minors , tony prescott , and tony simons publicity malcolm crawford , mark lee , derek marriott , and simon morgan ( cambridge ) delegates wishing to join aisb ( thus avoiding the non - aisb - member supplement ) should contact : aisb administration , e - mail : aisb @ cogs . susx . ac . uk cognitive and computing sciences ( cogs ) www : http : / / www . cogs . susx . ac . uk / aisb university of sussex ftp : ftp . cogs . susx . ac . uk / pub / aisb gb - bn1 9qh , falmer , brighton fax : + 44 ( 0 ) 1273 671320 uk , eu . phone : + 44 ( 0 ) 1273 678448 aisb office ( university of sussex ) tony cohn ( chairman ) , roger evans ( treasurer ) , chris thornton ( secretary ) , and alison white ( executive office )
