This is a call for papers and workshop, tutorial and special track proposal for the 12th International conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (IEA/AIE-99). ==================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS The Twelfth International Conference on Industrial & Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems IEA/AIE-99 Le Meridien Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, May 31- June 3, 1999 Sponsored by: International Society of Applied Intelligence Organized in Cooperation with: AAAI, ACM/SIGART, CSCSI, ECCAI, IEE, INNS, JSAI, SWT IEA/AIE-99 continues the tradition of emphasizing applications of artificial intelligence and expert/knowledge-based systems to engineering and industrial problems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Automated Problem Solvin Intelligent Agents Natural Language Processing Adaptive Control Intelligent Networks Neural Networks CAD/CAM Intelligent Database Planning & Scheduling Case-based Reasoning Intelligent Interfaces Practical Applications Computer Vision Intelligent Tutoring Reasoning Under Uncertainty Connectionist Models KBS Methodologies Robotics Data Mining Knowledge Acquisition Sensor Fusion Distributed AI Architect Knowledge Discovery Spatial & Temporal Reasoning Expert Systems Knowledge Representation Speech Recognition Fuzzy Logic Machine Learning System Integration Tools Genetic Algorithms Model-based Reasoning Verification & Validation Heuristic Searching Authors are invited to submit 1) a URL address containing a printable version of their paper; 2) a list of key words (some sample topics are listed above); 3) no more than one page (by email) describing: a) the contribution, b) the significance, and c) the results of the presented work; and 4) one hard copy of their paper to the Program Co-chair at the address given below no later than October 31, 1998. Also, the conference will contain a series of special track sessions. If an author desires to include his/her paper in a special track, please indicate that as well. A list of special tracks will be announced through the URL: http://mason.gmu.edu/~iimam/ieaaie99/ieaaie99.html Papers must be written in English, have up to 10 single-spaced pages, presenting the results of original research or innovative practical applications relevant to the scope of the conference. Practical experiences with state-of-the-art AI methodologies are also acceptable when they reflect lessons of unique value to the conference attendees. Short works, up to 6 pages, to be presented in 10 minutes, may be submitted as SHORT PAPERS representing work in progress or suggesting possible research directions. (Please, indicate "short paper" in the submission letter in this case). Submissions should be completed on the Internet and the URL addresses along with a hard copy should be received by the Program Co-Chair by October 31, 1998. Notification of the review process will be made by January 22, 1999, and the final copies of papers will be due for inclusion in the conference proceedings by February 20, 1999. Referees will be asked to nominate papers for a Best Paper Prize to be announced at the conference. All papers, but particularly those nominated for the Best Paper competition, will be automatically considered for a place in the International Journal of Applied Intelligence. General conference information can be sought from the General Chair at the following address. Dr. Moonis Ali Dr. Ibrahim Imam General Chair of IEA/AIE-99 Program Co-Chair of IEA/AIE-99 Southwest Texas State Univ. Thinking Machines Corporation Department of Computer Science 16 New England Executive Park 601 University Drive, Burlington, MA 01803, USA San Marcos TX 78666-4616 USA Email: ifi@think.com Email: ma04@swt.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS: Researchers are invited to submit a workshop, a tutorial, or a special track session proposal to the Program Co-Chair, Ibrahim Imam, preferably by email before July 20, 1998. Decisions will be mailed by July 30, 1998. Email: ifi@think.com Workshop proposals should follow the guideline at: http://mason.gmu.edu/~iimam/ieaaie99/WS99.html Tutorial proposals should follow the guideline at: http ://mason.gmu.edu/~iimam/ieaaie99/TU99.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizing and Program Committee General Chair : M. Ali, SWT U., USA Program Chairs : A. El-Dessouki, Egy. Res. Instit., Egypt I. Imam, Thinking Machines Corp., USA Y. Kodratoff, U. Sud, France Local Chair : A. Wahab, ERI, Egypt Publicity Chair : A. Sheta, ERI, Egypt Exhibit. Chair : M. Imam, Cairo U., Egy. Regist. Chair : C. Morriss, SWT U., USA Program Committee: B. AboElNasr, Alexandria U., Egypt F. Anger, NSF, USA O. Badr, Ain Shams U., Egypt S. Barro, U. Santiago de Comp, Spain G. Antoniou, Griffith U., Australia F. Belli, U. of Paderborn, Germany K. Chang, Auburn U., USA L. Chittaro, U. di Udine, Italy N. Darwish, Cairo U., Egypt R. Debreceny, Nanyang Tech. U., Singp. K. DeJong, George Mason U., USA R. Engels, U. Karlsruhe, Netherlands I. Farag, Cairo U., Egypt K. Fischer, DFKI, Germany S. Fukuda, Tokyo M. Inst. of Tech., Jap. A. Geneid, American U. in Cairo, Egypt A. Ghoneimy, Ain Shams U., Egypt H. Guesgen, Auckland U., New Zealand N. Hegazi, Egypt. Research Inst., Egypt K. Kawamura, Vanderbilt U., USA L. Kerschberg, George Mason U., USA A. Kondratyev, U. of Aizu, Japan N. Kushmerick, U. of Washington, USA G. Lacey, Trin. College Dublin, Ireland D. Leake, Indiana U., USA M. Lenz, Humboldt U. Berlin, Germany M. Matthews, U. South Carolina, USA R. Modjeski, Florida Inst. of Tech., USA L. Monostori, Hung. Aca. Sci., Hungary A. del Pobil, Jaume-I U., Spain D. Potter, U. of Georgia, USA G. Prabhakar, Bell Lab., USA A. Ram, Georgia Institute of Tech., USA C. Sammut, N. South W. U., Australia S. Shaheen, Cairo U., Egypt S. Sin, U. of Tulsa, USA R. Sun, U. of Alabama, USA T. Tanaka, Fukuoka Inst. Tech., Japan J. Treur, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands Y. Umeda, U. of Tokyo, Japan G. Widmer, Austr. Resear. Instit., Austria M. Wooldridge, QMW, UK