CALL FOR TUTORIALS: IJCAI-95 The IJCAI-95 Program Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial Program for IJCAI-95, which is to be held in Montreal, Canada, August 20-25, 1995. Topics of Interest ------------------ Tutorials will be offered both on standard topics and on new and more advanced topics. A list of suggested topics that can be covered by tutorials is given below, but this list is only a guide. Other topics, both related to these and quite different from them, will be considered: * Analogical and Inductive Inference * Logics for AI and Inference Techniques Architectures for AI Systems * Machine Learning AI in Education Mobile Robot Navigation * AI in Engineering Design Motion Planning in Robotics * Computer Vision Natural Language Programming Distributed AI * Neural Networks -- Principles and Applications Epistemic Logic in AI * Object-Oriented Knowledge Representation Hybrid Reasoning * Planning and Reasoning about Time Innovative Applications of AI * Probabilistic Reasoning and Uncertainty * Knowledge Acquisition -- Theory and Practice * Programming and Reasoning with Constraints * Intelligent Environments to Support Human Learning Requirements for Submission --------------------------- Anyone interested in presenting a tutorial should submit a proposal to the IJCAI-95 Tutorial Chair, Gordon McCalla. A tutorial proposal should contain the following information: * A brief description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in the conference registration brochure * A detailed outline of the tutorial * The necessary background and the potential target audience for the tutorial * A description of why the tutorial topic is of interest to a substantial part of the IJCAI audience * A brief resume of the presenter(s), which should include name, postal address, phone and fax numbers, email address if available, background in the tutorial area, any available example of work in the area (ideally, a published tutorial-level article on the subject), evidence of teaching experience (including references that address the proposer's presentation ability), and evidence of scholarship in AI/Computer Science (equivalent to a published IJCAI conference paper or tutorial syllabus). Those submitting a proposal should keep in mind that tutorials are intended to provide an overview of the field; they should present reasonably well agreed upon information in a balanced way. Tutorials should not be used to advocate a single avenue of research, nor should they promote a product. It is planned that the Tutorial Program will consist of about sixteen four-hour tutorials given at the beginning of the conference. Important Dates --------------- Proposals must be received by November 1, 1994. Decisions about topics and speakers will be made by December 15, 1994. Tutors will be sent a set of guidelines for the preparation of course materials. Completed course materials must be received for duplication by the AAAI office by April 28, 1995 . Please note that IJCAI will normally only duplicate up to 200 pages per participant. Proposals should be sent to: Gordon McCalla Department of Computational Science University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W0 CANADA email: mccalla@cs.usask.ca phone: +1-306-966-4902 fax: +1-306-966-4884