Date: 19 Nov 1996 ----------------- ====================================================================== TOPICS: 1. CFP AI-ED 97 Kobe, Japan. Deadline January 23rd 1997 (partial) 2. Call for Participation KBCS - Bombay, India. Dec 16-18 1996 (partial) 3. Subject: UM97 CFP - Deadline Nov 25 1996 (full) ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Topic 1: From: miz@ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp (Riichiro MIZOGUCHI) Subject: CFP AI-ED 97 Kobe, Japan. Deadline January 23rd 1997 NOTE: Full call for paper on the Web. CALL FOR PAPERS A I - E D 9 7 8TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION --- Knowledge and Media in Learning Systems --- 19th - 22nd August, 1997 Kobe International Conference Center, JAPAN URL: http://www.ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp/aied97/cfp.html Co-Sponsored by: Artificial Intelligence in Education Society(AI-ED) and Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education(JSISE) In Cooperation with: Asia-Pacific Chapter of the AACE Japanese Association for Artificial Intelligence The 8th World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AI-ED 97) is one of a series of international conferences designed to report the best research in the field of AI in Education and to provide opportunities for the cross-fertilisation of information and ideas on research and applications in this field. The theme for 1997 will be Knowledge and Media in Learning Systems, and papers that explore the emerging roles of intelligent multimedia and distributed technologies as well as computer supported collaboration within that theme will be particularly welcome. You are invited to submit proposals for research papers, survey papers, themed papers, posters, tutorials, workshops, and panels. All proposals will be reviewed for inclusion in the technical program. Scope The technical program focuses on research activities linking Artificial Intelligence theories and techniques with Educational theory and practice. Areas of interest include but are not limited to: Agents Architectures Authoring systems and tutoring shells Case-based systems Cognitive development Cognitive diagnosis Collaboration and collaborative tools Computer-assisted language learning Conceptual change Educational robotics Evaluation of instructional systems Human factors and interface design Intelligent multimedia and hypermedia systems Intelligent tutoring systems Knowledge and skill acquisition Knowledge representation for instruction Learning environments and microworlds Modelling pedagogical interactions Motivation Natural language interfaces Networked learning and teaching systems Non-standard and innovative interfaces Principles and tools for instructional design Social and cultural aspects of learning Student modelling Higher-order thinking skills and metacognition Theories of teaching Visual and graphical interfaces +In addition to RESEARCH papers and posters in the above areas, SURVEY papers will also be accepted. A survey paper will offer a coherent and critical summary of achievements and outstanding problems in an area. +To provoke debate and reflection, THEME papers are also sought under the specific title "Knowledge and Media in Learning Systems - the next 15 years". +Exhibits are expected to be an integral part of the AI-ED 97 conference. Companies or institutions offering to exhibit AI-ED products are invited. ====================================================================== Topic 2: From: KBCS Word Processing Subject: Participation KBCS - Bombay, India. Dec 16-18 1996. Note: Full info on Web site. Call for Participation INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE BASED COMPUTER SYSTEMS St. Andrew's Auditorium, Bandra Bombay, India December 16-18, 1996 URL : http://konark.ncst.ernet.in/~kbcs/kbcs96.html ====================================================================== Topic 3: From: cecile@syd.dit.csiro.au (Cecile Paris) Subject: UM97 CFP - Deadline Nov 25 1996 Note: Full info on Web site. ============ UM97: Sixth International Cnnference on user Modeling DEADLINE NOV 25 1996!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ======== You can obtain full information on UM97 from either of the two mirrored Web sites (http://www.cs.uni-sb.de/UM97/ in Germany and http://www.crs4.it/UM97/ in Italy). For your convenience, two parts of this information are included below: the text of the Call for Papers and a list of "Reasons to submit to UM97". ================ UM97 Call for Papers ** ** *** ********* ** ** *** *** ***** ******** ** ** **** **** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ***** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ******** ** ****** ** SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON USER MODELING Chia Laguna, Sardinia, Italy, June 2-5 1997 http://www.cs.uni-sb.de/UM97/ or http://www.crs4.it/UM97/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: Background Conference Topics Conference Organization Brief Submission Instructions Contact Addresses Important Dates -------------------------- BACKGROUND ---------------------------- User modeling has been found to enhance the effectiveness and/or usability of software systems in a wide variety of situations. A user model is an explicit representation of properties of a particular user. A system that constructs and consults user models can adapt diverse aspects of its performance to individual users. Techniques for user modeling have been developed and evaluated by researchers in a number of fields, including artificial intelligence, education, psychology, linguistics, human-computer interaction, and information science. The International Conferences on User Modeling provide a forum in which academic and industrial researchers from all of these fields can exchange their complementary insights on user modeling issues. The size and format of the meetings support intensive discussion, which often continues long after the conference has ended. UM97 follows the Fourth and Fifth International Conferences on User Modeling, which took place in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in August 1994 and Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in January 1996, respectively. UM97 will include tutorials, invited talks, paper and poster sessions, a doctoral consortium, workshops, and system demonstrations. Accepted papers, as well as summaries of other conference contributions, will be published in a proceedings volume. Information about the form of this publication will be made available via the conference World Wide Web site. The Web site will also provide access to electronic versions of contributions to the conference. The journal "User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction" is reserving space for expanded versions of the best papers of UM97. A $500 Best Paper Award is being sponsored by Kluwer Academic Publishers. ----------------------- CONFERENCE TOPICS ------------------------ The following nonexhaustive list gives some examples of topics that are relevant to UM97: Construction of models of users' ... * knowledge, beliefs, and misconceptions, * preferences, * goals and plans, * typical behaviors, * cognitive styles, .... Exploitation of user models to achieve ... * adaptive information filtering and retrieval, * tailored information presentation, * transfer of task performance from user to system, * selection of instructional interventions, * interface adaptation, .... Inference techniques involving ... * neural networks, * psychometric methods, * numerical uncertainty management, * epistemic logic or other logic-based formalisms, * default reasoning and truth maintenance, * stereotype hierarchies, .... Practical issues of ... * privacy and user model inspectability, * user model consistency, * empirical evaluation, * standardization of user modeling shell systems, .... Systems for adaptive ... * tutoring and provision of learning environments, * explanation of system actions, * on-line aiding, * hypermedia and multimodal interaction, * knowledge-based presentation design, * product presentation, * information management on the Internet, * support of end-user programming, * accommodation of users with special needs, * support of collaboration, .... -------------------- CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION --------------------- General Chair: Carlo Tasso University of Udine, Italy Organizing Chair: Alessandro Micarelli University of Rome 3, Italy Program Co-Chairs: Anthony Jameson University of Saarbruecken, Germany Cecile Paris University of Brighton, UK Program Committee: Nicholas J. Belkin Rutgers University, USA Beatrice Cahour CNRS Rouen, France Sandra Carberry University of Delaware, USA Albert Corbett Carnegie Mellon University, USA Fiorella de Rosis University of Bari, Italy Oren Etzioni University of Washington, USA Gerhard Fischer University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Helen M. Gigley Office of Naval Research, USA Brad Goodman The MITRE Corporation, USA Eric Horvitz Microsoft Research, USA Judy Kay Sydney University, Australia Alfred Kobsa GMD FIT, Germany Diane Litman AT&T Research, USA Pattie Maes MIT Media Lab, USA Uwe Malinowski Siemens Corporate R&D, Germany Gordon McCalla University of Saskatchewan, Canada Michael McTear University of Ulster, UK Alessandro Micarelli University of Rome 3, Italy Robert J. Mislevy Educational Testing Service, USA Riichiro Mizoguchi Osaka University, Japan Edie M. Rasmussen University of Pittsburgh, USA John Self University of Leeds, UK Julita Vassileva Federal Armed Forces Univ., Germany Wolfgang Wahlster DFKI, Germany Geoff Webb Deakin University, Australia Ingrid Zukerman Monash University, Australia Doctoral Consortium Organizers: Nadja De Carolis University of Bari, Italy Fiorella de Rosis University of Bari, Italy Workshop Coordinator: Christoph G. Thomas GMD FIT, Germany Demonstration Organizer: Giorgio Brajnik University of Udine, Italy UM97 is being organized jointly by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Udine, the Department of Scientific Disciplines of the University of Rome 3, the Department of Informatics of the University of Bari, and CRS4 (Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia), under the auspices of User Modeling, Inc. UM97 is sponsored by AI*IA - Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence. ----------------- BRIEF SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ------------------ PAPERS AND POSTERS Submissions are invited that describe original academic or industrial research on some aspect of user modeling. Papers should describe significant, mature research; they will be published in full length in the proceedings and presented in talks at the conference. Posters typically describe research which does not yet represent a substantial advance but which can stimulate the exchange of ideas. Summaries of posters will be included in the proceedings. The timetable and the length requirements for poster and paper submissions are the same. Submissions to the poster category may make more use of graphics and tables than is usual for paper submissions, but they must be self-explanatory. If the authors do not indicate a preference for the paper or poster category, the program committee will judge which category is more appropriate. Submissions must fit within 12 single-spaced pages printed with a 12-point font. These 12 pages must include all elements of the submission. Page 1 must include the title of the paper, a short abstract (150 words), a list of keywords, and the authors' postal and e-mail addresses and fax and phone numbers. The abstract and the author information on Page 1 must also be included in an e-mail message that is sent to the program co-chairs one week before the submission of the manuscript. A manuscript can be submitted either electronically (as a PostScript file) or as hard copy. Details of the procedure for electronic submission will be found in the full submission instructions for UM97, which authors can obtain via the conference Web site or by e-mail from the program co-chairs. All authors should obtain these full submission instructions, which will also contain information about style files designed to facilitate manuscript preparation and general tips on how to maximize the likelihood of acceptance. DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The doctoral consortium will offer PhD students a chance to discuss their plans and the intermediate results of their research with a diverse and knowledgeable international audience. Summaries of the accepted presentations will be included in the proceedings volume. Further information on the doctoral symposium, including information about possible sources of funding, can be obtained via the UM97 Web site and by e-mail from the doctoral consortium organizers. WORKSHOPS Half-day workshops will permit discussion and debate on topics of current interest. The format for each workshop will be determined by the proposer of that workshop, who will also set any necessary deadlines for participants. Before submitting a proposal, each proposer should obtain instructions and advice via the conference Web site and/or by e-mail from the UM97 workshop coordinator. SYSTEM DEMONSTRATIONS Various platforms will be available for unrefereed system demonstrations. Prospective presenters should contact the demonstration organizer by e-mail and specify their hardware and software requirements. ----------------------- CONTACT ADDRESSES ------------------------ Up-to-date conference information and detailed submission instructions can be obtained via either of the following World Wide Web sites: http://www.cs.uni-sb.de/UM97/ (site in Germany) or http://www.crs4.it/UM97/ (site in Sardinia) The following addresses can be used for queries and (where applicable) for submissions: ORGANIZING CHAIR um97-organization@cs.uni-sb.de Fax: Alessandro Micarelli, +39-6-5573030 PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: um97-papers@cs.uni-sb.de Hard-copy submissions: Anthony Jameson Department of Computer Science University of Saarbruecken Stuhlsatzenhausweg, Building 36.1 66125 Saarbruecken, Germany Phone: +49-681-302-2474 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM ORGANIZERS um97-doctoral@cs.uni-sb.de WORKSHOP COORDINATOR um97-workshops@cs.uni-sb.de DEMONSTRATION ORGANIZER um97-demos@cs.uni-sb.de ------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------- PAPERS AND POSTERS Monday, Receipt by e-mail of abstracts and 25 November 1996 author information Monday, Receipt of electronic submissions 2 December 1996 (optional) Tuesday, E-mail notification to authors if the 3 December 1996 requirement of hard-copy submission is waived Friday, Receipt of 5 hard copies of each 6 December 1996 manuscript (except where the hard-copy requirement was waived on 3 December) Wednesday, Notification of authors by e-mail about 26 February 1997 acceptance or rejection of submissions Monday, Receipt of electronic versions of 31 March 1997 camera-ready papers and summaries of posters DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Wednesday, Receipt by e-mail of 3-page submissions 5 February 1997 as ASCII text Wednesday, Notification to authors by e-mail about 5 March 1997 acceptance or rejection of submissions Monday, Receipt of electronic versions of 31 March 1997 camera-ready summaries of presentations WORKSHOPS Monday, Receipt by e-mail of 3-page workshop 20 January 1997 proposals as ASCII text Friday, Notification by e-mail to workshop 14 February 1997 proposers about acceptance or rejection of proposals Friday, Submission, by proposers of accepted 21 February 1997 workshops, of final calls for participation Tuesday, Availability via the UM97 Web site 25 February 1997 and by e-mail of calls for participation in workshops SYSTEM DEMONSTRATIONS Tuesday, Registration of system demonstrations 15 April 1997 by e-mail ------------------------------------------------------------------ REASONS TO SUBMIT TO UM97 As a potential author, you may now be wondering whether to write up your work for UM97 or for a journal or another conference. Here are some points to bear in mind: 1. A paper that appears in the proceedings will have the status of a peer-reviewed publication in an internationally distributed edited volume, which will be published by SpringerWien-New York. 2. As an additional means of ensuring accessibility of the proceedings, electronic versions of the papers will remain available on the World Wide Web site of User Modeling, Inc. for a long time after the conference. 3. Publication in the proceedings volume can be viewed as a step along the way to the production of a major journal article about your research. The deadline will encourage you to produce an initial version; the comments of the members of the international program committee will help you to improve it; and the feedback that you get on the final conference paper will help you to produce a strong full journal manuscript. Journal editors will not in general be bothered by the fact that a related conference-length paper has been published, as long as your journal submission is sufficiently longer, more detailed, and otherwise expanded relative to the conference paper. (The journal "User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction" is already reserving space for articles of this sort.) 4. Experience with previous conferences in the UM series has shown that they provide an exceptionally good environment for exchanging ideas and making new contacts. There is a sharp contrast with broader conferences, at which it is often hard to find someone who is interested in the same topics as you are. 5. Finally, people who have visited Sardinia often claim that it is one of the most beautiful places the world. There is nothing wrong with enjoying this beauty for a few days before or after UM97. ====================================================================== eof ======================================================================