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Mark Boddy has received his PhD in Computer Science in 1991 at Brown University. Dr. Boddy has been a research scientist in the Automated Reasoning group at HTC since 1991. His research interests include planning and scheduling, constraint satisfaction problems, formal and implementation issues in temporal reasoning, managing risk while planning under conditions of uncertainty and incomplete information, mixed-initiative problem solving, and negotiation protocols for the relaxation or enforcement of constraints in distributed problem solving. He has worked on a variety of scheduling systems for domains including Shuttle Spacelab mission operations, discrete manufacturing of printed circuit cards, processor and communication scheduling for the Boeing 777 Aircraft Information Management System, image data archiving, retrieval, and analysis for the Earth Observing System, and batch manufacturing.
Leslie D. Interrante
Leslie D. Interrante is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Information Systems Applications Department of Sandia National Laboratories, and chair of the Sandia Artificial Intelligence Interest Group. She is currently active in the development of supply chain integration software for the Integrated Textile Complex and the introduction of new software technologies for product realization in the nuclear weapons complex. Leslie is an honorary member of the editorial board of the Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, a reviewer for NSF and for a number of journals. She has authored a variety of papers and book chapters, primarily focused on active rescheduling and material handling applications. She has chaired a number of national workshops related to artificial intelligence and manufacturing. Prior artificial intelligence research projects include the development of new technologies for Chrysler Corporation, the National Science Foundation, the Marshall Space Flight Center, the US Army Missile Command, and Aerojet Corporation.
Shane Chang is a Chief Engineer in the Technical Research Division of Honda R&D North America in Columbus, Ohio, where he is building a brand new research group focused on computer graphics, visualization, physical systems modeling and simulation. The goal of his group is to create innovative technology to enable better product development involving idea conception, design, manufacturing, and service. Previously he was a computer scientist with GE's Corporate R&D Center in upstate New York. His GE career included involvement in developing the first "open magnet" for the operating rooms to provide during-the-operation magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); large scale distributed electronic commerce software systems; and more recently in GE Aircraft Engine's design for maintainability initiative developing advanced motion planning techniques to replace physical mockups. For this work he won the 1996 Albert W. Hull Award from GE Corporate R&D for young scientist, and was named one of the "Fifty R&D Stars to Watch" in 1996 by Industry Week magazine. He holds five US patents. Shane earned his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1990 with a thesis on computational means to rectify geometrical and intensity distortions in MRI.
Dana Nau
Dana Nau is a Professor at the University of Maryland, in the
Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Systems Research,
where he is leader of the Computer Integrated Manufacturing group.
His research interests include AI planning and searching, and
computer-integrated design and manufacturing. Dr. Nau received his
Ph.D. in Computer Science from Duke University in 1979, where he was
an NSF graduate fellow. He has more than 150 technical publications;
copies of recent papers are available at
William Regli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Drexel University and is currently visiting research faculty at Carnegie Mellon University's Institute for Complex Engineered Systems. Previously he had been a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate (1996-1997) and Computer Scientist (1992-1995) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. During his tenure at NIST, Dr. Regli was involved in numerous programs bridging academia, industry, and government; he was the chair of several industry-university workshops, including those on process planning and network-enabled design and manufacturing. Dr. Regli's research interests include solid modeling, artificial intelligence, integration of distributed manufacturing systems, Internet technology, and computer-integrated design and manufacturing. He is the recipient of the Univeristy of Maryland's Institute for Systems Research Outstanding Graduate Student Award (1994-1995), NIST Special Service Award (1995), General Electric Corporation Teaching Incentive Grant (1994-1995), among other awards. He is a member of ACM, ASME, IEEE, AAAI, and Sigma Xi and on the editorial board of the Journal IEEE Internet Computing. Dr. Regli has authored or co-authored more than 45 technical publications.
This is a large research effort aimed at early detection of problems in manufacturing equipment (mostly for semiconductor manufacturing) using remote diagnostics over the Web. The Web page includes information on diagnostics research, model-based diagnosis, Bayesian Belief Nets, failure modes and effects analysis, condition monitoring and preventive maintenance, reliability.
The page includes a variety of pointers to information on assembly and task planning, and links to relevant sites such as the Assembly Sequence Planning Bibliography at http://www.cs.tamu.edu/research/robotics/Wolter/asp/bib.html.
The book is a relatively concise guide to the different forms of communication (written, oral, graphics, and electronic) that are expected in science and engineering. The book starts with some general remarks on writing, defining your audience, organising documents, and with some detailed examples of revising drafts to improve the writing style and organization. The material on writing covers in more details a variety of types of writing (memos, letters, email, proposals, journal articles, reports, etc). The book includes topics such as developing graphics, using electronic forms of communication, searching the literatures, conducting meetings, giving oral presentations. Significant emphasis is given through the book to forms of electronic communication. Each chapter starts with a simple scenario to motivate the presentation of the material. The writing style is simple and to the point. The examples presented cover the variety of real situations that professional engineers and scientists face almost every day.
Internet Economics, Lee W. McKnight and Joseph P. Bailey (eds). The MIT Press. 1997. 525 pages. $35.00. ISBN 0-262-13336-9.
The book is a collection of articles on prcing on the Internet and related issues. The book includes material presented at a workshop in 1995 and covers a wide variety of issues in a timely way. The book starts with a review of the basic economic qualities of the Internet and introduces the debate over flat-rate and usage sensitive pricing. This is followed by more detailed material on interconnection arrangements and models for Internet pricing. A section on electronic commerce covers topics such as mechanisms for payment, licensing, reimbursements, and security over the Internet. The major contribution of the book is in presenting models of Internet pricing intended to preserve the low transaction costs that have characterized the Internet and helped its tremendous growth.
Elements of Artificial Neural Networks, Kishan Mehrotra, Chilukuru K. Mohan, Sanjay Ranka, The MIT Press. 1997. 344 pages. $55.00. ISBN 0-262-13328-8.
The book presents a thorough coverage of Artificial Neural Networks starting from basic models of single and multilayer networks, to more advanced models, such as adaptive multilayer networks, associative models, Boltzmann machines, and Hopfield networks. The material is organized in supervised learning, unsupervised learning, associative models, and optimization methods. The optimization part includes Hopfield networks, simulated annealing, random search and evolutionary computation. A good set of applications is included, covering topics ranging from medical applications to forecasting commodity prices and controlling a mechanical device. The introductory chapter is a clear description of what neural networks are and what they are good for, that, by itself, could be sufficient for many readers to get a good grasp of the issues without having to be bogged down in all the details. All algorithms are clearly described using pseudo-code. The level of mathematical sophistication expected is that of college students, and the book even includes a short appendix with a little math refresher. The mathematical notation used in the book is kept simple and consistent, the writing is clear and systematic.
http://cs.wpi.edu/~dcb/EDAM/MLinD/CFP.html
At the Machine Learning in Design (MLinD) Workshop at the AI in Design
conference in 1996 the discussion
centered around a number of dimensions of MLinD, namely:
What can trigger learning?
What are the elements supporting learning?
What might be learned?
Availability of knowledge for learning?
Methods of learning?
Local vs Global learning;
Consequences of learning.
You are invited to submit a paper discussing
your original work in relation to the above dimensions.
Every paper will be reviewed by at least three reviewers.
Papers due: 27 June 1997.
Reviews to Authors: 29 August 1997.
Revised papers: 17 October 1997.
Issue 12(2) appears: April 1998.
Please send paper and all correspondence via email to the guest
editors, at
mlind@cad.strath.ac.uk
Guest Editors: Dr Alex H B Duffy, University of Strathclyde, UK,
alex@cad.strath.ac.uk
Prof Ashok Goel, Georgia Inst. of Technology, USA.
goel@cc.gatech.edu
Prof David C Brown, Worcester Polytechnic Inst., USA,
dcb@cs.wpi.edu
Special Issue on Real-Time Detection of Defects of the Journal of Real Time Imaging
http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~mtc/special/call.html or ftp to osiris.cee.hw.ac.uk (anonymous login, then cd pub/rtispecial)
Quality control is crucial for any production process, and many
traditional methods for defect detection in manufacturing are rapidly
changing. Real-time defect detection of shape, colours and textures is
becoming mandatory for many products
made of a variety of materials to meet increasingly demanding quality
standards.
The special issue is focused on real-time techniques and
architectures, both software and hardware, for
recognition and classification of defects;
detection of defects in texture and pattern;
detection of shape defects;
detection of defects in colour;
defect modeling,
automatic acquisition of models suitable for defect detection;
validation techniques for defect detectors.
Guest Editors:
Paolo Nesi, Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica,
University of Florence, Via S. Marta 3, 50139 Firenze, ITALY.
Tel: +39-55-4796523;
Fax: +39-55-4796363;
mtc@cee.hw.ac.uk
Submit papers by October 31, 1997 to
Emanuele Trucco, JRTI Special Issue Co-Editor.
Papers should present innovative results which can be useful for
technologists and practitioners alike. Basic research on specific low-level
techniques ensuring real-time performances, as well as experiences reporting
the development of specific applications are welcome.
Special issue on Artificial intelligent and expert systems in product development of the Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing.
For information contact A. Gunasekaran, emstagu@brunel.ac.uk +44 1895 274 000 x2634, +44 1895 812 556. Papers due 15 October 1997; special issue scheduled for October 1998.
Special issue on Design and implementation of agile manufacturing systems of the Int. Journal of Production Economics.
For information contact A. Gunasekaran emstagu@brunel.ac.uk +44 1895 274 000 x2634, +44 1895 812 556. Papers due 31 December 1997.
11th International Conference on Industrial & Engineering
Applications of Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems,
Benicassim, Castellon (Spain), June 1-4, 1998.
http://titan.inf.uji.es/IEA98/
The conference will focus on methodological aspects in the
development of Knowledge Based Systems, knowledge modeling and
hybrid techniques that integrate the symbolic and connectionist
perspectives in industrial applications of AI.
Topics of interest include methodological aspects, formal tools,
machine learning,
applied AI and KBS's in specific domains, validation and evaluation criteria.
Submit five copies of papers, in English, of
up to 10 pages, including figures, tables and references.
If possible, make use of the latex/plaintex style file available in the
WWW page.
All papers will be reviewed by the Programme Committee.
The best papers will be considered for publication in
the Int'l Journal of Applied Intelligence or in Inteligencia
Artificial (Spanish AI journal).
Submission of papers: Nov 1997.
Notification of acceptance: Jan 1998.
Camera-ready copy: Febr 1998.
Send contributions to the Program Co-Chair:
Angel P. del Pobil,
IEA/AIE-98 Secretariat,
Department of Informatics,
Jaume-I University,
Campus de Penyeta Roja,
E-12071 Castellon, Spain.
Fax: 34-64-345.848
iea98@titan.inf.uji.es
Intelligent Systems and Control June 1-4, 1998 Halifax, Canada
The Int'l Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control
pursues the aim of becoming a major forum for scientists, engineers and
practitioners throughout the world to present the latest
research, results, and ideas in the area of intelligent systems
and control. It will include keynote addresses, contributed papers and
tutorials.
Submit 3 copies of full papers (max 12 double-spaced pages
including figures, with 4 keywords) by October 1, 1997.
Include a statement confirming that if the
paper is accepted one of the authors will attend the conference
to present it and the full name, affiliation,
telephone and fax numbers, and email address of the
corresponding author.
Proposals for half-day tutorials are due
October 1, 1997. The tutorial proposal should
clearly indicate the background knowledge expected of the
participants, the objectives and the time allocation for the
major course topics. The qualifications of the instructor(s)
must also be included.
Send all submissions to:
IASTED Secretariat ISC'98,
1811 West Katella Avenue, Suite 101,
Anaheim, CA, USA 92804
Tel: 1-800-995-2161 or 714-778-3230
Fax: 714-778-5463
Email:
iasted@orion.oac.uci.edu or
iasted@cadvision.com.
http://www.iasted.com
Artificial Intelligence in Design '98 (AID'98),
20-23 July 1998, Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/kcdc/conferences/aid98/
Original papers are invited on all aspects of AI in design.
Papers will be rigorously refereed by an international board of
reviewers and accepted papers will be published as a book
under the title of "Artificial Intelligence in Design '98".
Submission of papers (5 copies): 1 Oct 1997.
Submission of poster abstracts (5 copies): 1 Nov 1997.
Notification of acceptance: 30 Nov 1997.
Revised papers (2 copies + e;ectronic copy): 31 Jan 1998.
Submission of a paper implies that it has not been submitted or published
elsewhere. Authors of accepted papers are expected to sign a
copyright release form to allow the publication of the proceedings. One
author of each paper is expected to present the paper at the conference.
There will be a reduction in the conference fee for one author of each
accepted paper.
The AID templates (LaTeX style, Word 6.0, and Office 97) are available
from ftp.arch.su.edu.au/pub/AID98/formats or via the conference web site.
A maximum length of 20 formatted pages will be strictly enforced.
Conference Chair: John Gero, University of Sydney, Australia,
john@arch.usyd.edu.au
Local Chair: Joao Bento, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal,
joao@civil.ist.utl.pt
International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems '97 (SIRS'97),
7-11 July 1997, Stockholm, Sweden.
For information look at
http://www.nada.kth.se/cas/sirs
or contact
hic@nada.kth.se
Genetic Programming 1997 Conference,
July 13-16, 1997, Fairchild Auditorium, Stanford University, California.
In cooperation with AAAI, ACM, SIGART, and SIAM.
Contact: GP-97, AAAI, 445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025;
415-328-3123; FAX: 415-321-4457; email:
gp@aaai.org;
http://www.aaai.org
Conference Chair:
http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~koza/
AAAI-97, Fourteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
July 27-31 1997, Providence, Rhode Island.
Contact: AAAI-97,
445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025; 415-328-3123; FAX: 415-321-4457;
ncai@aaai.org;
http://www.aaai.org
AAI-97, Ninth Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of
Artificial Intelligence,
July 28-30, 1997, included in AAAI-97, Providence, Rhode Island.
Contact: IAAI-97, 445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025;
415-328-3123; FAX: 415-321-4457;
iaai@aaai.org;
http://www.aaai.org
KDD-97, Third International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and
Data Mining, August 14-17, 1997, Newport Beach, California.
Contact: KDD-97, 445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025;
415-328-3123; FAX: 415-321-4457;
kdd@aaai.org;
http://www.aaai.org
Technical program information:
kdd97pgm@aig.jpl.nasa.gov.
Symposium on Network-Centric Design and Manufacturing,
Hyatt Regency, Sacramento, CA, 14-17 September 1997.
A cross-conference track in the 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical
Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference,
http://www-jmd.engr.ucdavis.edu/detc97
The 1st International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Workshop
(EDOC'97),
October 24-26, 1997, Marriott Resort, Gold Coast, Australia.
http://www.dstc.edu.au/events/edoc97/;
email:
edoc-info@dstc.edu.au
AAAI 1997 Fall Symposium Series,
November 8-10, 1997, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Contact: FSS-97, AAAI, 445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025;
415-328-3123; FAX: 415-321-4457;
fss@aaai.org;
http://www.aaai.org
Workshop on Strategic Knowledge and Concept Formation,
November 17-19th, 1997, Burleigh Court, Loughborough University, England.
The theme of the workshop is strategic knowledge and concept
formation in design. The emphasis will be on relevant issues
in computer-based design support.
For information look at:
http://bashful.lut.ac.uk/skwshop/
10th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry
and Engineering,
December 3 - 5, 1997, Ramada Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio, Texas USA.
Contact: ISCA Headquarters, 8820 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27615-2969.
Phone: 919-847-3747, Fax: 919-676-0666,
E-mail:
isca@ipass.net ,
http://www.isca-hq.org
International ICSC Symposium on Engineering Of Intelligent Systems
(EIS'98), 11-13 February 1998, University of La Laguna Tenerife, Spain
Contact: ICSC Int'l Computer Science Conventions,
icsc@compusmart.ab.ca;
http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/icsc