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AI'93 TUTORIAL PROGRAM
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6th Australian Joint Conference
On
Artificial Intelligence
TUTORIAL 1
TITLE: "DEDUCTIVE DATABASES AND APPLICATIONS"
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PRESENTERS: Professor Kotagiri Rammamohanarao
Dr. James Harland
Computer Science Department,
The University of Melbourne
VENUE: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
TIME: Tuesday, 16 November, 9:00-12:20
Deductive databases use logic programming technology to extend the
capabilities of relational databases by providing support for recursive
views and non-atomic data. This means that the information stored in a
deductive database can be more flexible and general than in a relational
database, as relations may also be defined implicitly by means of rules.
When a query is made to such a database, answers are retrieved not only in
the traditional relational manner, but also by inference from the rules of
the database. This extra expressiveness simplifies the development of
complex applications, particularly as there is typically no need to embed
the database within a host language. The deductive framework also has the
advantage of presenting the user with a single unified interface for all
database concepts, as well as allowing greater scope for global
optimisation than is possible in a relational system. In this tutorial we
give an introduction to deductive database systems, and describe the main
features of such systems. The Aditi deductive database system, which has
been developed at the University of Melbourne, will also be briefly
described.
PRESENTERS' BACKGROUNDS:
Professor Kotagiri Ramamohanarao received his Ph.D. from Monash University
in 1980, and joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of
Melbourne in the same year. Prof. Kotagiri leads the Machine Intelligence
Project in the area of logic programming and deductive databases, and he is
also the Research Director of the Co-Operative Research Centre for
Intelligent Decision Systems. His other research interests include extended
relational database systems, parallel processing and computer architecture.
Professor Kotagiri has been a program committee member and an invited
speaker at several international conferences.
Dr. James Harland is currently, a Research Fellow in the Department of
Computer Science at the University of Melbourne, working in the area of
deductive databases and logic programming for the Machine Intelligence
Project. He received his B.Sc.(Hons) degree from the University of
Melbourne in 1985, and his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1991.
His other research interests include specification and verification, proof
theory, linear logic and automated theorem proving.
PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE:
No priori knowledge of the area is assumed, but knowledge of Prolog and/or
database systems would be an advantage.
ENQUIRIES TO:
Dr. Wilson X. Wen
AI'93 Tutorial Coordinator
AI Systems
Telecom Research Laboratories
P. O. Box 249
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia
Email: w.wen@xxxxxxxxx
Phone: (03)253-6273
REGISTRATION: See AI'93 Registration Form below:
TUTORIAL 2
TITLE: "APPLICATION OF AI IN DESIGN"
PRESENTERS: Associate Professor Mary Lou Maher
Professor John S. Gero
Key Centre of Design Computing
The University of Sydney
VENUE: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
TIME: Tuesday, 16 November, 2:00-5:20
This tutorial will present selected AI techniques applicable in the
synthesis of new designs. Much of AI is concerned with theoretical
approaches to problem solving. The aim of this tutorial is to consider
when and how such problem solving theories can be applied to design.
Three topics will be presented with one hour for each.
Each topic will be presented as a generic problem solving method,
followed by its application to design, and then an example of an
implementation.
Representation paradigms of design. Artificial Intelligence concepts
allow for the representation of both knowledge and descriptions.
Schema-based representations of design and design processes will be
introduced.
Case-based Reasoning in design. The generic process model of case memory
organisation, retrieval, and adaption will be presented. An application
of CBR to the storage and retrieval of buildings designs will be
presented. A constraint satisfaction approach to case adaptation will be
demonstrated.
Computer-Supported Collaborative design. The use of multi-user
interfaces for team work will be described as well as the hardware and
software platforms required for such applications. The use of multi-user
software in design will be discussed and an example of a multi-user CAD
system will be presented.
Presenters
Associate Professor Mary Lou Maher teaches postgraduate courses in CAD,
Knowledge-based design systems, graphics and database management systems
in the Department of Architectural and Design Science at the University
of Sydney. Her research interests are case-based reasoning,
computer-supported collaborative work, and machine learning. She has
published 6 books and over 70 articles on the general topic of AI in
design.
John Gero is Professor of Design Science at the University of Sydney and
has been a visiting professor of computer science, civil engineering,
mechanical engineering, and architecture at universities in USA, UK and
France. His research is in computer-aided design with particular
reference to the use of artificial intelligence concepts in design. He
is author/editor of 20 books and over 250 research papers.
Prerequisite Knowledge
Prerequisite knowledge for the tutorial includes computer science or
design background.
Course notes and references
Course materials will include the set of transparencies used to present
the concepts and copies of one or two relevant articles for each of the
four areas. The main references are:
Representation in Design:
Gero, J. S. (1990) Design prototypes: a knowledge representation schema
for design, AI Magazine , Vol. 11, No. 4, pp.26-36.
Case-Based Reasoning:
Riesbeck, C. and Schank, R. (1989) Inside Case-Based Reasoning,
Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, New Jersey.
Maher, M.L. and Zhao, D.M. (1993) CADSYN: A case-based design process
model, (AI EDAM) Special Issue on Case-Based Design Systems,
Academic
Press.
Genetic Algorithms:
Goldberg, D. (1989) Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and
Machine Learning, Addison-Wesley, Reading.
Holland, J. (1975) Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems,
University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.
Gero, J. S., Louis, S. and Kundu, S. (1992) Evolutionary learning of
novel grammars for design improvement, Working Paper, Key Centre of
Design Computing, University of Sydney, Sydney.
Computer-Supported Collaborative Work:
Greenberg, S. (ed.) (1991). Computer-supported Cooperative Work and
Groupware, Academic Press.
Maher, M.L., Gero, J.S., and Saad, M. (1993). Supporting collaboration
and emergence in CAD, CAAD Futures '93, Pittsburgh.
ENQUIRIES TO:
Dr. Wilson X. Wen
AI'93 Tutorial Coordinator
AI Systems
Telecom Research Laboratories
P. O. Box 247
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia
Email: w.wen@xxxxxxxxx
Phone: (03)253-6273
REGISTRATION: See AI'93 Registration Form below:
TUTORIAL 3
TITLE: "IMAGE PROCESSING AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES"
PRESENTER: Dr. Hong Yan (Senior Lecturer)
Department of Electrical Engineering
The University of Sydney
VENUE: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
TIME: Tuesday, 16 November, 2:00-5:20pm
This tutorial provides an introduction to image processing and pattern
recognition techniques. Specific topics include:
(1) Basic image processing system structure.
(2) Image enhancement: point, spatial and transform operations, full
colour image enhancement.
(3) Image restoration: observation models, filtering, and maximum entropy
and generalised projection based restoration methods.
(4) Image compression: error-free coding, prediction and transformation
based techniques, vector quantisation, fractal models, and full
colour image compression.
(5) Image recognition: pre-processing, feature extraction, statistical
and neural network based classifiers, document image segmentation
and multi-font printed and handwritten character recognition.
We shall also present our recent research results obtained in these areas
in our Laboratory for Imaging Science and Engineering (IS&E) at the
University of Sydney
PRESENTERS' BACKGROUNDS:
Hong Yan received his PhD degree from Yale University in 1989. He is
currently a senior lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the
University of Sydney. His research interests include medical
imaging, signal and image processing, pattern recognition, neural
networks, and fuzzy logic. He is an author or co-author of over
100 papers published in engineering journals and conferences and the
principal investigator of several major research projects. Dr Yan is
a senior member of IEEE and a member of SPIE, International Neural
Network Society (INNS), Pattern Recognition Society (PRS) and
Society of Magnetic Resonance for Medicine (SMRM).
PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE:
No priori knowledge of the area is assumed, but basic knowledge of
calculus will be helpful.
ENQUIRIES TO:
Dr. Wilson X. Wen
AI'93 Tutorial Coordinator
AI Systems
Telecom Research Laboratories
P. O. Box 249
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia
Email: w.wen@xxxxxxxxx
Phone: (03)253-6273
REGISTRATION: See AI'93 Registration Form below:
TUTORIAL 4
TITLE: "AGENT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
-- An Approach to Developing Distributed Real-Time Systems"
PRESENTER: Dr. Anand S. Rao (Senior Research Scientist)
AAII (Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute)
VENUE: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
TIME: Tuesday, 16 November, 9:00-12:20am
This tutorial will introduce participants to the emerging paradigm of
agent-oriented programming, discuss its foundations, describe systems
designed using this paradigm, and examine industrial applications built
using such agent-oriented systems.
Modern societies depend upon large distributed systems in applications
as diverse as telecommunications, power distribution, transport, air
traffic control, and medical services. All these systems require
careful management and control if they are to provide an acceptable
level of service to the community. Similarly, complex systems such as
aircraft, railways, power stations, oil refineries and large natural
gas facilities require sophisticated and flexible management and
control. Despite significant automation in these areas, the resulting
growth of these systems has meant that they have become highly complex
and thus increasingly difficult for human operators to manage and
control efficiently.
Conventional design and software techniques have been found to be
inadequate to handle the complexity and flexibility required for
automating such complex systems. Object-oriented design and
object-oriented programming are increasingly being seen as tools to
overcome this complexity. In the object-oriented paradigm a system is
composed of objects that encapsulate both the data and the methods or
procedures which operate on this data. Objects communicate with each
other using messages. The paradigm provides data and program
abstraction and hides the implementation details of an object from
other objects.
This tutorial will introduce participants to a new paradigm, which
goes beyond the existing object-oriented paradigm, namely the
agent-oriented paradigm. In this paradigm, a system is viewed as a
collection of autonomous agents embedded in an environment,
continuously receiving perceptual input from the environment, and
reacting to it by taking certain actions. The actions taken by the
agent are dependent on its internal mental state, which is composed of
the beliefs, desires or goals, plans, and intentions. In addition
to data abstraction offered by the object-oriented paradigm, the agent-
oriented paradigm offers a powerful form of task abstraction.
The tutorial will consist of three main sections. The first section
will introduce the concepts underlying the agent-oriented paradigm.
Object-oriented programming, real-time system design, expert systems
technology, and reactive situated planning have all contributed to the
emergence of this paradigm. These topics will be briefly reviewed to
give the participants an historical perspective of the approach.
The second section will look at the design of agent-oriented systems.
It will describe the Procedural Reasoning System (PRS), one of the
first agent-oriented systems. The different components of the system
and their functionality will be discussed in detail.
The third section will consider two case studies in the design and
implementation of agent-oriented systems, namely, a real-time network
management system and an air-combat modelling system. The tutorial
will conclude by giving a preview into the current status of research
in this area and the kind of systems that can be expected in the next
three to five years.
PRESENTERS' BACKGROUNDS:
Anand S. Rao is a Senior Research Scientist at the Australian
Artificial Intelligence Institute. He received his PhD from University
of Sydney in 1988 on the topic of {\em Dynamics of Belief Systems}.
As a research student he spent a year at the IBM T. J. Watson Research
Center. On completing his doctorate he joined the Australian
Artificial Intelligence Institute and has since been actively involved
in the theoretical and practical development of agent-oriented
systems. His contributions range from the theoretical investigations
of the mental state of an agent to the development of agent-oriented
applications such as the Interactive Real-Time Network Management
System for Telecom Australia, Air-Combat Modelling System for
DSTO-ARL, and an Air-Traffic Management System for the Civil Aviation
Authority. He has published over 30 research papers in international
conferences and journals.
PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE
No prerequisites. Familiarity with expert systems and/or
object-oriented methodology would be useful.
ENQUIRIES TO:
Dr. Wilson X. Wen
AI'93 Tutorial Coordinator
AI Systems
Telecom Research Laboratories
P. O. Box 249
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia
Email: w.wen@xxxxxxxxx
Phone: (03)253-6273
REGISTRATION: See AI'93 Registration Form below:
1993 AUSTRALIAN JOINT CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI'93 REGISTRATION BROCHURE
GRAND HYATT HOTEL
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA
16-19 NOVEMBER, 1993
An invitation to participate...
On behalf of the organising committee, we are very pleased to
invite you to attend AI'93, to be held in Melbourne from
November 16th to 19th. The Australia AI conference has grown
in stature over the years, and now attracts a growing
proportion of papers from throughout the world. This year we
have received over 135 papers for consideration, with around
45% coming from overseas.
The conference programme features three world-renowned experts
in very different fields of expertise. Earl Sacerdoti is known
for both his pioneering work in AI, and for his work on
technology transfer. Mary O'Kane is renowned for her work in
speech recognition. Our third speaker, Chris Wallace, is a
pre-eminent authority in machine learning. So you can be
guaranteed a wide variety of invited talks. There is an
extensive workshop programme, a wide range of tutorials, and
active technical sessions.
AI as a technology has not been without its problems. But
there is a growing presence of real applications in operation,
and a gradual understanding of the significance of the field,
which is reflected in the conference programme. It is also
perhaps one of the great research challenges, so we should not
be surprised at the controversy that continues to surround
AI.
We look forward to meeting with you and joining in a
successful conference.
Conference Co-chairs
Dr. Andrew Jennings Dr. Huan Liu
Committee
Dr. Ingrid Zukerman (Treasurer)
Dr. Simon Goss Dr. Vic Ciesielski
Tutorials Co-ordinator
Dr. Wilson X. Wen
Workshops Co-ordinator
Chris Leckie
Programme Committee
Chris Rowles (Co-chair) Assoc. Professor Norman Foo
(Co-chair)
Dr. Huan Liu Dr. Ingrid Zukerman
Prof. Terry Caelli Dr. Janet Aisbett
Dr. Claude Sammut Prof. Mike Brooks
Prof. Rod Girle Prof. John Gero
Dr. Adam Kowalczyk Dr. Anand Rao
Programme
Three streams of workshops and two streams of tutorials will
be conducted on Tuesday the 16th November 1993. Each day will
begin with an invited speech. There will be three concurrent
sessions with tea breaks. AI'93 will be also highlighted by a
poster session.
Technical Programme (Topics of interest include:)
* Machine Learning and Knowledge Acquisition
* Knowledge-based Systems * Cognitive Modeling
* Knowledge Representation * Robotics and Vision
* Qualitative Reasoning * Distributed AI
* Automated Reasoning (scheduling, planning)
* Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
* Natural Language
Social Programme
Tuesday 16th November -- 6.30pm to 8.00pm
WELCOME COCKTAIL PARTY at The Hyatt
Thurs. 18th November -- 7.00pm to 12.00am
CONFERENCE DINNER -- Dinner with a surprise
Tutorials -- Tuesday 16th November (Registration fee $130.00,
includes Lunch)
1. Dr. James Harland, Professor Kotagiri Ramamohanarao
Computer Science Department, The University of Melbourne
"DEDUCTIVE DATABASES AND APPLICATIONS"
2. Associate Professor Mary Lou Maher, Professor John Gero
Key Centre of Design Computing, The University of Sydney
"APPLICATION OF AI IN DESIGN"
3. Dr. Hong Yan (Senior Lecturer)
Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Sydney
"IMAGE PROCESSING AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES"
4. Dr. Anand S. Rao (Senior Research Scientist)
AAII (Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute)
"AGENT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING"
Workshops (Registration fee $30, no Lunch)
Please note: your participation in a specific workshop must
have been approved by the workshop organisers.
1. Evolutionary Computation and its Applications
Contact: Dr. Xin Yao Email: xin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2. Natural Language Processing
Contact: Muriel de Beler Email: m.de-beler@xxxxxxxxx
3. Hybrid Systems and their Application
Contact: Dr. Rye Senjen Email: r.senjen@xxxxxxxxx
4. Machine Learning: Recent Progress and Future Directions
Contact: Dr. Sabrina Sestito Email: sestito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5. AI in the Natural World
Contact: Dr. Bob McKay Email: rim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
6. Belief Revision: Bridging the Gap between Theory and
Practice
Contact: Dr. Abdul Sattar Email: sattar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
General Information
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The Australian Computer Society has accredited the AI'93
programme with 16 Practising Computer Professional (PCP)
points. The programme has also been designed to meet the
requirements for a 'structured training programme' as provided
under the Training Guarantee (Administration) Act 1990.
Supporting documentation is available to employers.
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proceedings in a satchel, morning and afternoon teas, cocktail
party and gala dinner.
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tertiary institutions. It includes entry to all sessions,
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teas. Student registration does NOT include the cocktail party
and gala dinner. For student registration we require
certification of full-time student status, signed by a faculty
member.
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afternoon teas on the one day.
Accommodation
Mures Convention Management has booked a range of
accommodation in Melbourne, including the conference venue, at
conference discount rates. Full details are contained in this
brochure.
A deposit of $80.00 is required with all bookings. Should you
fail to arrive without prior notification your deposit will be
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Registration forms and fees will be acknowledged and
accommodation bookings confirmed, as they are received. Please
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Cancellation Policy
Cancellation must be notified in writing to the conference
secretariat. Cancellations received before 29 October will not
incur a cancellation fee. Cancellations received after this
date will be subject to a cancellation fee of $200 and a copy
of the proceedings would be mailed.
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Details of day tours to be held during the conference and
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Melbourne has four distinct seasons and the climate at this
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AI'93 TUTORIAL PROGRAM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6th Australian Joint Conference
On
Artificial Intelligence
TUTORIAL 1
TITLE: "DEDUCTIVE DATABASES AND APPLICATIONS"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PRESENTERS: Professor Kotagiri Rammamohanarao
Dr. James Harland
Computer Science Department,
The University of Melbourne
VENUE: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
TIME: Tuesday, 16 November, 9:00-12:20
Deductive databases use logic programming technology to extend the
capabilities of relational databases by providing support for recursive
views and non-atomic data. This means that the information stored in a
deductive database can be more flexible and general than in a relational
database, as relations may also be defined implicitly by means of rules.
When a query is made to such a database, answers are retrieved not only in
the traditional relational manner, but also by inference from the rules of
the database. This extra expressiveness simplifies the development of
complex applications, particularly as there is typically no need to embed
the database within a host language. The deductive framework also has the
advantage of presenting the user with a single unified interface for all
database concepts, as well as allowing greater scope for global
optimisation than is possible in a relational system. In this tutorial we
give an introduction to deductive database systems, and describe the main
features of such systems. The Aditi deductive database system, which has
been developed at the University of Melbourne, will also be briefly
described.
PRESENTERS' BACKGROUNDS:
Professor Kotagiri Ramamohanarao received his Ph.D. from Monash University
in 1980, and joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of
Melbourne in the same year. Prof. Kotagiri leads the Machine Intelligence
Project in the area of logic programming and deductive databases, and he is
also the Research Director of the Co-Operative Research Centre for
Intelligent Decision Systems. His other research interests include extended
relational database systems, parallel processing and computer architecture.
Professor Kotagiri has been a program committee member and an invited
speaker at several international conferences.
Dr. James Harland is currently, a Research Fellow in the Department of
Computer Science at the University of Melbourne, working in the area of
deductive databases and logic programming for the Machine Intelligence
Project. He received his B.Sc.(Hons) degree from the University of
Melbourne in 1985, and his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1991.
His other research interests include specification and verification, proof
theory, linear logic and automated theorem proving.
PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE:
No priori knowledge of the area is assumed, but knowledge of Prolog and/or
database systems would be an advantage.
ENQUIRIES TO:
Dr. Wilson X. Wen
AI'93 Tutorial Coordinator
AI Systems
Telecom Research Laboratories
P. O. Box 249
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia
Email: w.wen@xxxxxxxxx
Phone: (03)253-6273
REGISTRATION: See AI'93 Registration Form below:
TUTORIAL 2
TITLE: "APPLICATION OF AI IN DESIGN"
PRESENTERS: Associate Professor Mary Lou Maher
Professor John S. Gero
Key Centre of Design Computing
The University of Sydney
VENUE: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
TIME: Tuesday, 16 November, 2:00-5:20
This tutorial will present selected AI techniques applicable in the
synthesis of new designs. Much of AI is concerned with theoretical
approaches to problem solving. The aim of this tutorial is to consider
when and how such problem solving theories can be applied to design.
Three topics will be presented with one hour for each.
Each topic will be presented as a generic problem solving method,
followed by its application to design, and then an example of an
implementation.
Representation paradigms of design. Artificial Intelligence concepts
allow for the representation of both knowledge and descriptions.
Schema-based representations of design and design processes will be
introduced.
Case-based Reasoning in design. The generic process model of case memory
organisation, retrieval, and adaption will be presented. An application
of CBR to the storage and retrieval of buildings designs will be
presented. A constraint satisfaction approach to case adaptation will be
demonstrated.
Computer-Supported Collaborative design. The use of multi-user
interfaces for team work will be described as well as the hardware and
software platforms required for such applications. The use of multi-user
software in design will be discussed and an example of a multi-user CAD
system will be presented.
Presenters
Associate Professor Mary Lou Maher teaches postgraduate courses in CAD,
Knowledge-based design systems, graphics and database management systems
in the Department of Architectural and Design Science at the University
of Sydney. Her research interests are case-based reasoning,
computer-supported collaborative work, and machine learning. She has
published 6 books and over 70 articles on the general topic of AI in
design.
John Gero is Professor of Design Science at the University of Sydney and
has been a visiting professor of computer science, civil engineering,
mechanical engineering, and architecture at universities in USA, UK and
France. His research is in computer-aided design with particular
reference to the use of artificial intelligence concepts in design. He
is author/editor of 20 books and over 250 research papers.
Prerequisite Knowledge
Prerequisite knowledge for the tutorial includes computer science or
design background.
Course notes and references
Course materials will include the set of transparencies used to present
the concepts and copies of one or two relevant articles for each of the
four areas. The main references are:
Representation in Design:
Gero, J. S. (1990) Design prototypes: a knowledge representation schema
for design, AI Magazine , Vol. 11, No. 4, pp.26-36.
Case-Based Reasoning:
Riesbeck, C. and Schank, R. (1989) Inside Case-Based Reasoning,
Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, New Jersey.
Maher, M.L. and Zhao, D.M. (1993) CADSYN: A case-based design process
model, (AI EDAM) Special Issue on Case-Based Design Systems,
Academic
Press.
Genetic Algorithms:
Goldberg, D. (1989) Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and
Machine Learning, Addison-Wesley, Reading.
Holland, J. (1975) Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems,
University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.
Gero, J. S., Louis, S. and Kundu, S. (1992) Evolutionary learning of
novel grammars for design improvement, Working Paper, Key Centre of
Design Computing, University of Sydney, Sydney.
Computer-Supported Collaborative Work:
Greenberg, S. (ed.) (1991). Computer-supported Cooperative Work and
Groupware, Academic Press.
Maher, M.L., Gero, J.S., and Saad, M. (1993). Supporting collaboration
and emergence in CAD, CAAD Futures '93, Pittsburgh.
ENQUIRIES TO:
Dr. Wilson X. Wen
AI'93 Tutorial Coordinator
AI Systems
Telecom Research Laboratories
P. O. Box 247
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia
Email: w.wen@xxxxxxxxx
Phone: (03)253-6273
REGISTRATION: See AI'93 Registration Form below:
TUTORIAL 3
TITLE: "IMAGE PROCESSING AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES"
PRESENTER: Dr. Hong Yan (Senior Lecturer)
Department of Electrical Engineering
The University of Sydney
VENUE: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
TIME: Tuesday, 16 November, 2:00-5:20pm
This tutorial provides an introduction to image processing and pattern
recognition techniques. Specific topics include:
(1) Basic image processing system structure.
(2) Image enhancement: point, spatial and transform operations, full
colour image enhancement.
(3) Image restoration: observation models, filtering, and maximum entropy
and generalised projection based restoration methods.
(4) Image compression: error-free coding, prediction and transformation
based techniques, vector quantisation, fractal models, and full
colour image compression.
(5) Image recognition: pre-processing, feature extraction, statistical
and neural network based classifiers, document image segmentation
and multi-font printed and handwritten character recognition.
We shall also present our recent research results obtained in these areas
in our Laboratory for Imaging Science and Engineering (IS&E) at the
University of Sydney
PRESENTERS' BACKGROUNDS:
Hong Yan received his PhD degree from Yale University in 1989. He is
currently a senior lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the
University of Sydney. His research interests include medical
imaging, signal and image processing, pattern recognition, neural
networks, and fuzzy logic. He is an author or co-author of over
100 papers published in engineering journals and conferences and the
principal investigator of several major research projects. Dr Yan is
a senior member of IEEE and a member of SPIE, International Neural
Network Society (INNS), Pattern Recognition Society (PRS) and
Society of Magnetic Resonance for Medicine (SMRM).
PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE:
No priori knowledge of the area is assumed, but basic knowledge of
calculus will be helpful.
ENQUIRIES TO:
Dr. Wilson X. Wen
AI'93 Tutorial Coordinator
AI Systems
Telecom Research Laboratories
P. O. Box 249
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia
Email: w.wen@xxxxxxxxx
Phone: (03)253-6273
REGISTRATION: See AI'93 Registration Form below:
TUTORIAL 4
TITLE: "AGENT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
-- An Approach to Developing Distributed Real-Time Systems"
PRESENTER: Dr. Anand S. Rao (Senior Research Scientist)
AAII (Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute)
VENUE: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
TIME: Tuesday, 16 November, 9:00-12:20am
This tutorial will introduce participants to the emerging paradigm of
agent-oriented programming, discuss its foundations, describe systems
designed using this paradigm, and examine industrial applications built
using such agent-oriented systems.
Modern societies depend upon large distributed systems in applications
as diverse as telecommunications, power distribution, transport, air
traffic control, and medical services. All these systems require
careful management and control if they are to provide an acceptable
level of service to the community. Similarly, complex systems such as
aircraft, railways, power stations, oil refineries and large natural
gas facilities require sophisticated and flexible management and
control. Despite significant automation in these areas, the resulting
growth of these systems has meant that they have become highly complex
and thus increasingly difficult for human operators to manage and
control efficiently.
Conventional design and software techniques have been found to be
inadequate to handle the complexity and flexibility required for
automating such complex systems. Object-oriented design and
object-oriented programming are increasingly being seen as tools to
overcome this complexity. In the object-oriented paradigm a system is
composed of objects that encapsulate both the data and the methods or
procedures which operate on this data. Objects communicate with each
other using messages. The paradigm provides data and program
abstraction and hides the implementation details of an object from
other objects.
This tutorial will introduce participants to a new paradigm, which
goes beyond the existing object-oriented paradigm, namely the
agent-oriented paradigm. In this paradigm, a system is viewed as a
collection of autonomous agents embedded in an environment,
continuously receiving perceptual input from the environment, and
reacting to it by taking certain actions. The actions taken by the
agent are dependent on its internal mental state, which is composed of
the beliefs, desires or goals, plans, and intentions. In addition
to data abstraction offered by the object-oriented paradigm, the agent-
oriented paradigm offers a powerful form of task abstraction.
The tutorial will consist of three main sections. The first section
will introduce the concepts underlying the agent-oriented paradigm.
Object-oriented programming, real-time system design, expert systems
technology, and reactive situated planning have all contributed to the
emergence of this paradigm. These topics will be briefly reviewed to
give the participants an historical perspective of the approach.
The second section will look at the design of agent-oriented systems.
It will describe the Procedural Reasoning System (PRS), one of the
first agent-oriented systems. The different components of the system
and their functionality will be discussed in detail.
The third section will consider two case studies in the design and
implementation of agent-oriented systems, namely, a real-time network
management system and an air-combat modelling system. The tutorial
will conclude by giving a preview into the current status of research
in this area and the kind of systems that can be expected in the next
three to five years.
PRESENTERS' BACKGROUNDS:
Anand S. Rao is a Senior Research Scientist at the Australian
Artificial Intelligence Institute. He received his PhD from University
of Sydney in 1988 on the topic of {\em Dynamics of Belief Systems}.
As a research student he spent a year at the IBM T. J. Watson Research
Center. On completing his doctorate he joined the Australian
Artificial Intelligence Institute and has since been actively involved
in the theoretical and practical development of agent-oriented
systems. His contributions range from the theoretical investigations
of the mental state of an agent to the development of agent-oriented
applications such as the Interactive Real-Time Network Management
System for Telecom Australia, Air-Combat Modelling System for
DSTO-ARL, and an Air-Traffic Management System for the Civil Aviation
Authority. He has published over 30 research papers in international
conferences and journals.
PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE
No prerequisites. Familiarity with expert systems and/or
object-oriented methodology would be useful.
ENQUIRIES TO:
Dr. Wilson X. Wen
AI'93 Tutorial Coordinator
AI Systems
Telecom Research Laboratories
P. O. Box 249
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia
Email: w.wen@xxxxxxxxx
Phone: (03)253-6273
REGISTRATION: See AI'93 Registration Form below:
1993 AUSTRALIAN JOINT CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI'93 REGISTRATION BROCHURE
GRAND HYATT HOTEL
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA
16-19 NOVEMBER, 1993
An invitation to participate...
On behalf of the organising committee, we are very pleased to
invite you to attend AI'93, to be held in Melbourne from
November 16th to 19th. The Australia AI conference has grown
in stature over the years, and now attracts a growing
proportion of papers from throughout the world. This year we
have received over 135 papers for consideration, with around
45% coming from overseas.
The conference programme features three world-renowned experts
in very different fields of expertise. Earl Sacerdoti is known
for both his pioneering work in AI, and for his work on
technology transfer. Mary O'Kane is renowned for her work in
speech recognition. Our third speaker, Chris Wallace, is a
pre-eminent authority in machine learning. So you can be
guaranteed a wide variety of invited talks. There is an
extensive workshop programme, a wide range of tutorials, and
active technical sessions.
AI as a technology has not been without its problems. But
there is a growing presence of real applications in operation,
and a gradual understanding of the significance of the field,
which is reflected in the conference programme. It is also
perhaps one of the great research challenges, so we should not
be surprised at the controversy that continues to surround
AI.
We look forward to meeting with you and joining in a
successful conference.
Conference Co-chairs
Dr. Andrew Jennings Dr. Huan Liu
Committee
Dr. Ingrid Zukerman (Treasurer)
Dr. Simon Goss Dr. Vic Ciesielski
Tutorials Co-ordinator
Dr. Wilson X. Wen
Workshops Co-ordinator
Chris Leckie
Programme Committee
Chris Rowles (Co-chair) Assoc. Professor Norman Foo
(Co-chair)
Dr. Huan Liu Dr. Ingrid Zukerman
Prof. Terry Caelli Dr. Janet Aisbett
Dr. Claude Sammut Prof. Mike Brooks
Prof. Rod Girle Prof. John Gero
Dr. Adam Kowalczyk Dr. Anand Rao
Programme
Three streams of workshops and two streams of tutorials will
be conducted on Tuesday the 16th November 1993. Each day will
begin with an invited speech. There will be three concurrent
sessions with tea breaks. AI'93 will be also highlighted by a
poster session.
Technical Programme (Topics of interest include:)
* Machine Learning and Knowledge Acquisition
* Knowledge-based Systems * Cognitive Modeling
* Knowledge Representation * Robotics and Vision
* Qualitative Reasoning * Distributed AI
* Automated Reasoning (scheduling, planning)
* Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
* Natural Language
Social Programme
Tuesday 16th November -- 6.30pm to 8.00pm
WELCOME COCKTAIL PARTY at The Hyatt
Thurs. 18th November -- 7.00pm to 12.00am
CONFERENCE DINNER -- Dinner with a surprise
Tutorials -- Tuesday 16th November (Registration fee $130.00,
includes Lunch)
1. Dr. James Harland, Professor Kotagiri Ramamohanarao
Computer Science Department, The University of Melbourne
"DEDUCTIVE DATABASES AND APPLICATIONS"
2. Associate Professor Mary Lou Maher, Professor John Gero
Key Centre of Design Computing, The University of Sydney
"APPLICATION OF AI IN DESIGN"
3. Dr. Hong Yan (Senior Lecturer)
Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Sydney
"IMAGE PROCESSING AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES"
4. Dr. Anand S. Rao (Senior Research Scientist)
AAII (Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute)
"AGENT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING"
Workshops (Registration fee $30, no Lunch)
Please note: your participation in a specific workshop must
have been approved by the workshop organisers.
1. Evolutionary Computation and its Applications
Contact: Dr. Xin Yao Email: xin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2. Natural Language Processing
Contact: Muriel de Beler Email: m.de-beler@xxxxxxxxx
3. Hybrid Systems and their Application
Contact: Dr. Rye Senjen Email: r.senjen@xxxxxxxxx
4. Machine Learning: Recent Progress and Future Directions
Contact: Dr. Sabrina Sestito Email: sestito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5. AI in the Natural World
Contact: Dr. Bob McKay Email: rim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
6. Belief Revision: Bridging the Gap between Theory and
Practice
Contact: Dr. Abdul Sattar Email: sattar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
General Information
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The Australian Computer Society has accredited the AI'93
programme with 16 Practising Computer Professional (PCP)
points. The programme has also been designed to meet the
requirements for a 'structured training programme' as provided
under the Training Guarantee (Administration) Act 1990.
Supporting documentation is available to employers.
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Conference Registration
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There are several options for registration at the conference.
FULL REGISTRATION includes entry to all sessions, conference
proceedings in a satchel, morning and afternoon teas, cocktail
party and gala dinner.
STUDENT REGISTRATION is available to full-time students at
tertiary institutions. It includes entry to all sessions,
conference proceedings in a satchel, morning and afternoon
teas. Student registration does NOT include the cocktail party
and gala dinner. For student registration we require
certification of full-time student status, signed by a faculty
member.
DAY REGISTRATION includes entry to all sessions, morning and
afternoon teas on the one day.
Accommodation
Mures Convention Management has booked a range of
accommodation in Melbourne, including the conference venue, at
conference discount rates. Full details are contained in this
brochure.
A deposit of $80.00 is required with all bookings. Should you
fail to arrive without prior notification your deposit will be
forfeited.
Confirmation of Bookings
Registration forms and fees will be acknowledged and
accommodation bookings confirmed, as they are received. Please
check the confirmation letter and advise of any changes
immediately.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation must be notified in writing to the conference
secretariat. Cancellations received before 29 October will not
incur a cancellation fee. Cancellations received after this
date will be subject to a cancellation fee of $200 and a copy
of the proceedings would be mailed.
Registration and Information Desk
The Registration desk will be located in the Foyer of the
Hyatt Meeting Room area and will be open on Tuesday 8.00 a.m.
to 9.30 a.m. for Tutorials and Workshops and in the afternoon
from 4.00 p.m. to 8.00p.m., then daily Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday from 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Accompanying Persons/Partners Tour & Post Conference Tours
Details of day tours to be held during the conference and
afterwards are available on request from the Secretariat and
the Registration Desk. As Melbourne is famous for its
shopping, there is a discount shopping tour they can join.
Climate
Melbourne has four distinct seasons and the climate at this
time of the year should be mild days and cool evenings. For
outings it is a good idea to have a light jacket. The average
temperature range in November is 10 to 22C.
Ansett Australia Airlines
Mures Travel and Ansett Australia are pleased to have been
chosen as the Official Agent and Airline for this conference.
To ensure that Ansett continue their valuable support to our
conference committee, it is essential that you make your
travel arrangements through Mures Travel or your nearest
Ansett Airlines Office quoting the conference name with your
reference number.
Ansett have arranged special conference fares for delegates
attending (seats are limited and conditions do apply).
Reference Number: MC 09069
These tickets are a flexible airfare and are 45% and 35%
cheaper than the normal economy air ticket. Please complete
Registration Form for your preferred travel arrangements.
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Accommodation
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GRAND HYATT HOTEL (1)
This exclusive 5 star Hotel has everything you could possibly
want--from the airport limousine, tennis court and gymnasium
to the indoor heated swimming pool. And of course this is the
conference venue.
Superior Room $195.00 Single Twin or Double
HOTEL SWANSTON (2)
Rising above Swanston Street, one of Melbourne's main
thoroughfares, a deluxe establishment right in the heart of
Melbourne's shopping and business district, two blocks from
the Hyatt. First class facilities with each suite tastefully
furnished and full of lifes comforts.
Room $121.00 Single Twin or Double
NOVOTEL MELBOURNE ON COLLINS (3)
Situated a short walking distance from the conference venue,
Novotel offers first class comfort and value, excellent
facilities and boasts the Southern Hemisphere's largest
atrium.
Superior Rooms $139.00 Single Twin or Double
Deluxe Rooms $165.00 Single Twin or Double
JOHN SPENCER HOTEL (4)
The Country Hotel right in the heart of Melbourne, a short
tram ride to the Hyatt, providing comfortable accommodation at
a budget price.
Business Class $66.00 Single Twin or Double (own facilities)
Economy Rooms $27.00 Single or Twin (share facilities)
VICTORIA HOTEL (5)
The Victoria Hotel is an older, elegant hotel in the heart of
the City within walking distance of the conference venue. The
hotel has recently been refurbished. All rooms have private
facilities.
Business Class $60.00 Single, $80.00 Double or Twin
Standard $42.00 Single, $64.00 Double or Twin
Budget $38.00 Single, $50.00 Double or Twin
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