Received: from ics.uci.edu by Paris.ics.uci.edu id aa11330; 25 Jan 92 13:38 PST Received: from ics.uci.edu by q2.ics.uci.edu id aa28219; 25 Jan 92 13:37 PST To: ML-LIST: ; Subject: Machine Learning List: Vol. 4 No. 2 Reply-to: ml@ics.uci.edu Date: Sat, 25 Jan 92 13:31:41 -0800 From: Michael Pazzani Message-ID: <9201251337.aa28219@q2.ics.uci.edu> Machine Learning List: Vol. 4 No. 2 Tuesday, Jan 25, 1992 Contents: Faculty Position at UCI Japanese Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop ML-92 Registration The Machine Learning List is moderated. Contributions should be relevant to the scientific study of machine learning. Mail contributions to ml@ics.uci.edu. Mail requests to be added or deleted to ml-request@ics.uci.edu. Back issues may be FTP'd from ics.uci.edu in pub/ml-list/V/ or N.Z where X and N are the volume and number of the issue; ID: anonymous PASSWORD: ------------------------------ Subject: AI Position at UC Irvine Date: Sat, 25 Jan 92 13:10:23 -0800 From: Michael Pazzani Message-ID: <9201251310.aa11177@Paris.ics.uci.edu> UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE Department of Information and Computer Science Faculty Position in Artificial Intelligence The Department of Information and Computer Science (ICS) is seeking to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) particulary machine learning, neural networks, nonmonotonic reasoning, approximate reasoning, computational neuroscience, model-based reasoning, planning, or cognitive modeling. We are looking for new faculty with strong research records who would thrive in a highly productive but friendly setting; applicants must possess a Ph.D. and show excellent promise of a distinguished research career. Duties include teaching both at the graduate and undergraduate level in the ICS curriculum. Preference will be given to a junior appointment, but a tenured position may be possible for an exceptionally qualified applicant. Currently the AI group consists of five faculty members, 30 graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees, and several international visitors with the following research interests: machine learning, cognitive modeling, explanation and learning, tractable inferences, constraint-based reasoning, learning and problem solving, and computational neuroscience. The AI group has been responsible for \$3 million of extramural research funding since 1987, and current research funding totals roughly $1 million per year. In addition to AI, the ICS Department has research groups in the areas of computer systems design, parallel processing, software, computer networks and distributed systems, algorithms and data structures, and social and managerial analysis of computing. ICS faculty emphasize core computer science as well as research in emerging areas of the discipline, with effective interdisciplinary collaborative ties to colleagues in neurobiology, cognitive science, management, engineering, and the social sciences. The department currently has 29 full-time faculty positions and more than 120 Ph.D. students. Department equipment includes approximately 175 workstations, primarily Sparc 1's and 2's, Sun-3's and Sun-4's. Two large multiprocessor Sequents and a Hypercube are available, as well as approximately 300 Macintosh Plus's and II's. There are also a few HP, DEC, NeXT, and Symbolics workstations. All our major workstations and computers are tied together with networks, which are gatewayed to the campus network, and from there, to national and international networks. In addition, department members have access to campus-wide computing resources as well as regional super-computer access. UC Irvine is located in Orange County, three miles from the Pacific Ocean adjacent to Newport Beach, and approximately forty miles south of Los Angeles. The campus is situated in the heart of a national center of high-technology enterprise. Both the campus and the enterprise area are growing rapidly and offer exciting professional and cultural opportunities. Salaries and benefits are competitive. Special housing assistance is available from the university, including newly built, for-sale housing within short walking distance from the Department. Send resume and names of four references to: Lisa Tellier A.I.Position ICS Department University of California Irvine, CA 92717 Application screening will begin immediately upon receipt of curriculum vitae. Maximum consideration will be given to applications received by January 31, 1992. The University of California is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The Department of ICS is particularly interested in receiving applications from women and minority candidates. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 92 09:12:03 +0900 From: Motoda Hiroshi Subject: Workshop on Knowledge Acquisition Please post if you think this fits in the ML community. Hiroshi Motoda Advanced Research Laboratory Hitachi Ltd., Hatoyama, Saitama 350-03 Japan E-mail motoda@harl.hitachi.co.jp Phone 81-492-96-6111 Fax 81-492-96-6006 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Second Japanese Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop Sponsored by Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence In Cooperation with Information Processing Society of Japan Japan Society for Software Science and Technology The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers Venue & Date Kobe International Conference Hall (Kobe) November 9 - 11, 1992 Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd. (Hatoyama) November 12 - 13, 1992 A problem in the process of building knowledge-based systems is acquiring and modeling appropriate problem-solving knowledge. The objective of this workshop is to assemble theoreticians and practitioners of AI who recognize the need for developing methods and systems that assist the knowledge acquisition process. The workshop will be in two parts: a three-day open meeting in Kobe and two-day workshop in Hatoyama (near Tokyo). A major goal of the workshop is to encourage vigorous interaction and exchange of idea. Consequently, the workshop participation in Hatoyama will be kept small - about 40 participants. This will be done by limiting workshop participation to one of the authors for any given paper, although some exceptions can be made based upon requests to the organizers. In addition, persons not submitting papers can request to participate by sending a summary of their research and/or publications in knowledge acquisition to the organizers. Acceptance for participation in the Hatoyama workshop will be decided upon by the organizers. Papers will be presented at both workshops. There will be tutorial and invited talk sessions in the open workshop. Best paper awards are available for foreign students to cover a part of their travel expenses (100,000 yen/person). Papers are invited for consideration in all aspects of knowledge acquisition for knowledge-based systems, including (but not restricted to): o Transfer/modeling of expertise - systems that obtain and model knowledge from experts. o Transfer/modeling of expertise - manual knowledge acquisition methods and techniques. o Apprenticeship, explanation-based, and other learning systems; integration of such systems with other knowledge acquisition techniques. o Methods for capturing design knowledge and requirements o Issues in cognition and expertise that affect the knowledge acquisition process. o Extracting and modeling of knowledge from text. o Eliciting and modeling knowledge from multiple sources. o Integration of knowledge acquisition techniques within a single system; integration of knowledge acquisition systems with other systems (hypermedia, database management systems, simulators, spreadsheets...). o Knowledge acquisition methodology and training. o Validation of knowledge acquisition techniques; the role of knowledge acquisition techniques in validating knowledge-based systems. Five copies of a draft paper (up to 20 pages) should be sent to Riichiro Mizoguchi before March 31st, 1992. Acceptance notices will be mailed by June 30th. Camera-ready copies should be returned before August 31st. A preprint volume will be distributed at the workshop. Workshop Co-chairmen: Riichiro Mizoguchi Hiroshi Motoda Institute of Scientific and Advanced Research Laboratory Industrial Research Hitachi, Ltd. Osaka University motoda@harl.hitachi.co.jp 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, 567 Japan miz@ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp John Boose Brian Gaines Advanced Technology Center Department of Computer Science Boeing Computer Services University of Calgary john@atc.boeing.com gaines@cpsc.ucalgary.ca Ross Quinlan Basser Department of Computer Science University of Sydney quinlan@basser.cs.su.oz.au Local Arrangement Committee Teruo Koyama(National Center for Information Science) Takahira Yamaguchi(Faculty of Engineering, University of Shizuoka) And all the members of SIG-KBS of JSAI International Program Committee Thomas R. Addis, University of Reading, UK Klaus-Dieter Althoff, Univ. Kaiserlautern, Germany Nathalie Aussenec, IRIT, CNRS, France Guy Boy, Centre d'Etudes et de Rech. de Toulouse, NASA AMES, USA Jeffrey Bradshaw, Boeing Computer Services, USA I. Bratko, Ljubljana, Jugoslawia B. Chandrasekaran, Ohio State University, USA William Clancey, Institute for Research on Learning, USA Paul Compton, University of New South Wales, Australia John Debenham, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Michael J. Freiling, Wyatt Software, USA Jean Gabriel Ganascia, Universite Paris VI, France Thomas Gruber, Stanford University, USA Koichi Hori, University of Tokyo, Japan Bob Jansen, ESTRO, The Netherlands Catherine Kitto, Boeing Computer Services, USA Georg Klinker, Digital Equipment Company, USA Shigenobu Kobayashi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Yves Kodratoff, Universite Paris-Sud, France Jae K. Lee, Korea Adv Inst of Science and Technology, Korea Marc Linster, GMD, St. Augustin, Germany Sandra Marcus, Boeing Computer Services, USA John McDermott, Digital Equipment Corporation, USA Mary Meyer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Ryszard Michalski, George Mason University, USA Katharina Morik, GMD, Bonn, Germany Mark Musen, Stanford University, USA Toyoaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan Bruce Porter, University of Texas at Austin, USA Alain Rappaport, Neuron Data, USA Thomas Rothenfluh, Zurich ,Switzerland Franz Schmalhofer, DFKI Kaiserlautern, Germany Gus Schreiber, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Nigel Shadbolt, University of Nottingham, The Netherlands Mildred Shaw, University of Calgary, Canada Duncan Smeed, University of Strathclyde, UK Ingeborg Solvberg, Trondheim, Norway Maarten van Someren, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Hirokazu Taki, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan Masanobu Watanabe, NEC Corporation, Japan Thomas Wetter, IBM Heidelberg, Germany Bob Wielinga, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Brian Woodward, University of Calgary, Canada ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 92 12:37:56 From: Dr Pete Edwards Subject: ML92 Registration Info & Form MMM MMM LL 999 2222 MM MM MM MM LL 99 99 22 22 MM MM MM MM LL ==== 99 99 22 MM M MM LL 99999 222 MM MM LL 99 222 MM MM LLLLLL 999999 22222222 NINTH INTERNATIONAL MACHINE LEARNING CONFERENCE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND 1 - 3 JULY 1992 Registration Information ======================== On behalf of the organizing committee, we are pleased to announce that ML92, the Ninth International Machine Learning Conference, will be held at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, July 1-3, 1992. Informal workshop sessions will be held immediately after the conference on Saturday, July 4, 1992. The conference will feature invited speakers, technical and poster sessions. The invited speakers for ML92 are: * David Klahr Carnegie-Mellon University, USA * Ivan Bratko Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia * Jude Shavlik University of Wisconsin, USA REGISTRATION FEE The registration fees for ML92 are as follows: Normal - Pound Sterling 115, Student - Pound Sterling 75. These fees cover conference participation, proceedings, teas and coffees during breaks and a number of evening receptions. The deadline for registration is May 29, 1992. After this date, a late fee of Pound Sterling 20 will be charged. Cancellation fees are as follows: before May 29 - Pound Sterling 10, May 30 to June 30 - Pound Sterling 20, after June 30 - at the discretion of the General Chairman. ACCOMMODATION A large number of rooms in university halls of residence (student dorms) have been available for ML92 delegates. Delegates requiring on-campus accommodation must return completed forms by May 29, 1992 - after that date accommodation cannot be guaranteed. In addition, block bookings have been made with three city centre hotels (all approx. 30 minutes walk, or a short bus ride from the conference venue.) Rates are as follows: University Hall (Student Dorm) Single: Pound Sterling 18.50 Copthorne Hotel Single: Pound Sterling 72.50 Double: Pound Sterling 87.50 Brentwood Hotel Tues June 30 - Thurs July 2: Single: Pound Sterling 48.00 Double: Pound Sterling 58.00 Fri July 3 & Sat July 4: Single: Pound Sterling 28.00 Double: Pound Sterling 38.00 Caledonian Thistle Hotel Tues June 30 - Thurs July 2: Single: Pound Sterling 88.20 Double: Pound Sterling 103.50 Fri July 3 & Sat July 4: Single: Pound Sterling 38.00 Double: Pound Sterling 76.00 Notes All double room prices are based on 2 people occupying room. All prices include breakfast except for Caledonian Thistle on June 30, July 1 & July 2. University accommodation should be booked using the conference registration form. Delegates requiring hotel accommodation should contact the hotels directly using the contact information below. When booking hotel accommodation delegates must mention ML92 to qualify for conference rates and should contact hotels before May 29, 1992, after which accommodation cannot be guaranteed. Copthorne Hotel Brentwood Hotel 122 Huntly Street 101 Crown Street Aberdeen, AB1 1SU Aberdeen, AB1 2HH SCOTLAND SCOTLAND Tel. +44 224 630404 Tel. +44 224 595440 Fax +44 224 640573 Fax +44 224 571593 Telex 739707 Telex 739316 Caledonian Thistle Hotel Union Terrace Aberdeen, AB9 1HE SCOTLAND Tel. +44 224 640233 Fax +44 224 641627 Telex 73758 LUNCH Lunch will be provided on campus, close to the conference venue. Cost: Pound Sterling 5.00 per day. All delegates are recommended to select conference lunches - as there are no alternatives close to the campus. Please indicate on the registration form the days on which you require lunch. (The cost of lunch on Saturday July 4 is included in the workshop fee.) CONFERENCE DINNER The conference dinner will be held on the evening of Friday, July 3 at the Pittodrie House Hotel, a country hotel outside Aberdeen. Places are limited and will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. Cost of the meal plus transport: Pound Sterling 27.00. WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY JULY 4 A number of informal workshops are to be held on Saturday July 4, immediately after the conference. The five workshops are: 1. Biases in Incremental Learning Coordinator: Diana Gordon (Naval Research Lab, Washington DC, USA) 2. Computational Architectures for Supporting Knowledge Acquisition & Machine Learning Coordinator: Mike Weintraub (GTE labs., USA) 3. Integrated Learning in Real-World Domains Coordinator: Patricia Riddle (Boeing, Seattle, USA) 4. Knowledge Compilation & Speedup Learning Coordinator: Prasad Tadepalli (Oregon State University, USA) 5. Machine Discovery Coordinator: Jan Zytkow (Wichita State University, USA) ACCOMPANYING PERSONS PROGRAM An accompanying persons program will be organized if numbers merit it. The area around Aberdeen has a high concentration of historic sites, castles, etc. and some of the most beautiful countryside in Scotland. TRAVELLING TO ABERDEEN Delegates travelling from the USA can now fly direct to Scotland. American Airlines fly Chicago to Glasgow, while British Airways fly New York to Glasgow. A regular rail service links Glasgow's Queen Street station to Aberdeen. A number of airlines fly direct to Aberdeen from European cities: Air France (Paris), SAS (Copenhagen) & AirUK (Amsterdam). Aberdeen is also served by regular flights from several UK airports: Manchester (British Airways, DanAir), London Gatwick (DanAir), London Heathrow (British Airways), Stansted (AirUK). A frequent high speed rail service links Aberdeen to London - journey time approx. 8 hours (Sleeper services are available). PRE- OR POST-CONFERENCE HOLIDAYS IN SCOTLAND Delegates wishing to arrange holidays in Scotland for the period immediately before or after the conference may wish to contact Chieftain Tours Ltd, who can offer help with car hire, hotel bookings, etc. Please mention ML92 when contacting Chieftain Tours. Please note that all correspondence regarding holidays must be done direct with the tour company and not through the ML92 organizers. Chieftain Tours can also provide information about low-cost flights to Scotland from the USA and Canada. Contact details for Chieftain Tours: Chieftain Tours Ltd. A8 Whitecrook Centre Tel +44 41 9511470 Whitecrook Street, Clydebank Fax +44 41 9511467 Glasgow, Scotland G81 1QF Telex 778169 Delegates from the USA may wish to make use of the following toll free fax number: 1 800 352 4350 PAYMENT Payment may be by cheque or credit card (Visa or Mastercard). Cheques must be in pounds sterling and must be made payable to "University of Aberdeen". Completed registration forms should be returned by mail or fax to: ML92 Registrations Department of Computing Science King's College University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, AB9 2UB Tel +44 224 272296 SCOTLAND Fax +44 224 487048 (Please note - registration by email is not acceptable.) CUT HERE ________________________________________________________________________ ML92 REGISTRATION FORM Please complete this form in typescript or BLOCK capitals and send to: ML92 Registrations, Department of Computing Science, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB9 2UB, SCOTLAND. PERSONAL DETAILS Name ___________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Email ___________________________________________ Telephone No. ___________________________________________ Fax No. ___________________________________________ REGISTRATION FEE Delegates requiring reduced (student) fee must provide proof of status (such as xerox of student ID). Please tick the appropriate boxes below. ---- Normal Registration Pound Sterling 115.00 | | ---- ---- Student Registration Pound Sterling 75.00 | | ---- ---- Late Fee (after May 29) Pound Sterling 20.00 | | ---- Registration Total ----------- (Pound Sterling): | | ----------- ACCOMMODATION Use this section to book university hall (student dorm) accommodation. (Pound Sterling 18.50 per night) University Hall (Single room) ---- Tuesday June 30 | | ---- ---- Wednesday July 1 | | ---- ---- Thursday July 2 | | ---- ---- Friday July 3 | | ---- ---- Saturday July 4 | | ---- Delegates requiring on-campus accommodation must return forms by May 29, 1992. Delegates whose completed forms arrive after this date cannot be guaranteed accommodation. Accommodation Total ----------- (Pound Sterling): | | ----------- LUNCH Please indicate the days on which you require lunch (Cost: Pound Sterling 5.00 per day) ---- Wednesday July 1 | | ---- ---- Thursday July 2 | | ---- ---- Friday July 3 | | ---- Lunch Total ----------- (Pound Sterling): | | ----------- CONFERENCE DINNER Yes - I wish to attend the ML92 Conference Dinner ---- (Pound Sterling 27.00) | | ---- Dinner Total ----------- (Pound Sterling): | | ----------- SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS Please indicate below if you require a special diet. ---- Vegetarian | | ---- ---- Vegan | | ---- ---------------- Other (please specify) | | ---------------- ACCOMPANYING PERSONS PROGRAM Please indicate the number of persons ---------- likely to accompany you to the conference. | | ---------- WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY JULY 4 ---- Yes - I will be attending the ML92 workshops | | ---- ---- No - I will not be attending the ML92 workshops | | ---- If yes, please indicate which workshop you wish to attend: ---- Biases in Incremental Learning | | ---- ---- Computational Architectures for Supporting | | Knowledge Acquisition & Machine Learning ---- ---- Integrated Learning in Real-World Domains | | ---- ---- Knowledge Compilation & Speedup Learning | | ---- ---- Machine Discovery | | ---- The workshop fee includes the cost of the workshop proceedings, lunch on July 4 plus teas/coffees during breaks. ---- Normal Pound Sterling 20 | | ---- ---- Student Pound Sterling 15 | | ---- Workshop Total ----------- (Pound Sterling): | | ----------- FINAL TOTAL ----------- (Pound Sterling): | | ----------- PAYMENT CREDIT CARD ----------- Please charge my VISA / MASTERCARD (delete as appropriate) Name (as it appears on card) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Card Number ------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Expiry Date | | | / | | | ----------------- Amount -------------------- (Pound Sterling): | | | | . | | | -------------------- Signature _________________________________________________ ** The credit card payment facility for ML92 is available ** ** as a result of the generous support of Bank of Scotland plc.** CHEQUE ------ I enclose a pounds sterling cheque made payable to "University of Aberdeen" for : ----------- | | ----------- ------------------------------ END of ML-LIST 4.2