**Call For Papers** #################################################### 1997 ACML SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED COMPUTING (SAC '97) ++SPECIAL TRACK ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE++ February 28-March 2, 1997 Holiday Inn, San Jose, California, U. S. A. #################################################### Over the past eleven years, Symposium on Applied Computing has become a primary forum for applied computer scientists and application developers from around the world to interact and present their work. SAC '97 is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Groups SIGAda, SIGAPP, SIGBIO, and SIGCUE. Special track on Artificial Intelligence (AI) ============================================== A special track on Artificial Intelligence will be held in SAC '97. It will be a forum for scientists, engineers, researchers and practitioners throughout the world to share technical ideas and experiences relating to implementation, application and evaluation of Artificial Intelligence techniques. Authors are invited to contribute original papers, or abstracts for a poster, in all areas of AI applications. Major topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: o Intelligent Front-Ends o Natural Language Processing o Diagram Interpretation o User Modelling o Integration with existing software or data systems, particularly GIS o Design or selection of information presentations (esp. multi-modal) o Automatic design of software interfaces or other tools Proposals for tutorials (half or full day) and panel sessions are also invited. Guidelines For Submission ========================= Original presentations dealing with any aspect of Artificial Intelligence will be considered for presentation and/or publication in the SAC '97 Proceedings. This includes three categories of submissions: 1) original and unpublished research; 2) reports of innovative applications in the arts, sciences, engineering, business, government, education and industry; and, 3) reports of successful technology transfer to new problem domains. All submissions will be subject to peer review. Accepted papers in all categories will be published in the symposium proceedings. Expanded versions of selected papers from all categories will be considered for publication in the ACM/SIGAPP quarterly Applied Computing Review or one of the other participating SIGs' publications. o An intention-to-submit by email to robert@cogsci.ed.ac.uk would be appreciated. Please include the title, some keywords and a one-paragraph summary of the paper and an indication of whether you intend to submit electronically or on paper. o The body of a paper should not exceed 4,000 words (approx. 15 pages, double-spaced). The abstract for a poster should not exceed 4 sides. o Author name(s) and address(es) must NOT appear in the body of the submission, and self reference should be in third person. o Separate from the paper or abstract, authors must provide the following contact information: o title of the paper o author(s) and affiliation(s), o address for correspondence (with fax and phone number) o email address for correspondence (if available). If an email address is given, it will be used. o All papers must be received by the Track Chair by SEPTEMBER 2nd, 1996. NOTE that this deadline is later than the general conference deadline, but is FINAL, and any submissions received after it will be ignored. o Poster abstracts can be submitted at any time until the 31st of January, 1997. Authors of submissions received before 31st December 1996 will be notified of acceptance by the end of the month following their submission. o TO SUBMIT ON PAPER, send the Track Chair a single package containing: o FOUR copies of the manuscript o ONE separate cover sheet containing contact information. Please ensure that the package is clearly marked as a submission to the SAC'97. o ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS can be accepted as either a single file of ASCII text or a single file postscript. These files must not identify the authors of the papers Use anonymous ftp to transfer that file to ftp.cogsci.ed.ac.uk. Put it in the directory /pub/SAC/incoming, using a file name derived from the title. When you have done this, send an email notification to the track chair (robert@cogsci.ed.ac.uk). This should have the subject line ``SAC Submission'', and should contain the contact information for the paper, the name and length in bytes of the file transferred and the time it was transferred. Current information about the track, and further information about the Symposium, will be available at http://www.acm.org/conferences/computing_week/SAC97/ General enquiries should be sent to the Symposium Chair or the Programme Chair. Proposals for panels, tutorials and workshops should be sent to the Programme Chair by August 15, 1996. Enquiries and submissions relating to this special track should be sent to: Robert Inder (SAC '97 Artificial Intelligence Track Chair) Human Communication Research Centre University of Edinburgh 2, Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW SCOTLAND E-mail: R.Inder@ed.ac.uk Tel: (+44) 31 650 4449 Fax: (+44) 31 650 4587 ---------------------------------------------------------- | IMPORTANT DATES | | | | AUGUST 15, 1996 Papers and Proposals Due | | OCTOBER 15, 1996 Notification of Acceptance | | DECEMBER 1, 1996 Camera-Ready Paper Due | | FEBRUARY 28, 1997 CONFERENCE BEGINS | ------------------------------------------------------------ SAC '97 Officials ================== Programme Chair Barrett R. Bryant Department of Computer and Information Sciences The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1300 University Blvd. Birmingham, AL 35294-1170, U. S. A. Tel: +1 205 934 2213 FAX: +1 205 934 5473 E-mail: bryant@cis.uab.edu Symposium Chair: Symposium Co-chair: Jim Hightower K.M. George Mgmt. Science/Information Systems Dept. Computer Science Dept., MS 218 California State University-Fullerton Oklahoma State University Fullerton, CA 92634-9480 Stillwater, OK 74078 Phone: (714) 773-2221 Phone: (405) 744-5221 Fax: (714) 449-5940 Fax: (405) 744-9097 E-mail: hightower@acm.org E-mail: kmg@a.cs.okstate.edu TRACKS AND TRACK CHAIRS ======================= Ada and Software Engineering Steve Grimaldi, UHD (USA) steveg@uhd2.uhd.com Artificial Intelligence Robert Inder, University of Edinburgh (UK) robert@cogsci.edinburgh.ac.uk Biomedical Computing Donna Mooney, Univ. Arkansas for Med. Sci. (USA) dmmooney@care.ach.uams.edu Computational Logic and Ralph Wilkerson, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla (USA) Logic Programming ralphw@cs.umr.edu Computer and Mohammad S. Obaidat, City Univ. New York (USA) Telecommunication Networks obaidat@ees1s0.engr.ccny.cuny.edu Computer Uses in Education Jim Hightower, Calif. St. Univ.-Fullerton (USA) hightower@acm.org Database Technology Masaru Kitsuregawa, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) kitsure@tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp Fuzzy Applications E. Damiani, Univ. di Milano (Italy) damiani@hermes.dsi.unimi.it Genetic Algorithms Roger Wainwright, University of Tulsa (USA) rogerw@penguin.mcs.utulsa.edu Mobile Computing Systems Dorota M. Huizinga, Calif. St. U-Fullerton (USA)and Applications dorota@titan.fullerton.edu Multimedia Systems Brajendra Panda, Alababama A&M University (USA) aambnp01@asnaam.aamu.edu Parallel and Distributed Keqin Li, State Univ. New York-New Paltz (USA) Algorithms lik@npvm.newpaltz.edu Programming Languages Hisham Al-Haddad, Marshall University (USA) haddad@acm.org Scientific Computing S. Lakshmivarahan, University of Oklahoma (USA) varahan@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu Direct general inquiries to the Symposium Chair or the Programme Chair.