4.1245 Confs: AI, Reasoning, and Creativity (1/158)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 16 Apr 91 23:33:11 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 1245. Tuesday, 16 Apr 1991.

Date: Thu, 11 Apr 91 09:46:23 GMT
From: fay@chomsky.arch.su.oz.au ()
Subject: IJCAI SYMPOSIUM ON AI, REASONING AND CREATIVITY
Forwarded by: "NANCY M. IDE (914) 437 5988" <IDE@VASSAR>

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* PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS *
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SYMPOSIUM ON
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, REASONING AND CREATIVITY

20-23 AUGUST 1991
immediately preceding the
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(IJCAI'91)

organised by
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

to be held at
LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA


AIM
Creativity is one of the least understood aspects of intelligence. It is
commonly regarded as 'intuitive' and not susceptible to rational enquiry.
However, there is now considerable work in artificial intelligence and
cognitive science which addresses creativity. This symposium will
provide a forum for exploring and discussing these ideas, and for
suggesting directions for future research. It aims to attract
practitioners of both 'cognitive' and 'technological' artificial
intelligence.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER - PROFESSOR MARGARET BODEN
Margaret Boden, in her talk on `Creativity and Computers', will discuss
how computational concepts drawn from artificial intelligence can explore
creativity. Computers can sometimes do apparently creative things;
more to the point, they can suggest how we manage to do so. Computational
ideas are therefore helping us to understand how human originality is
possible.

Margaret Boden is Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, and Founding
Dean of the School of Cognitive Sciences, at the University of Sussex,
UK. Her recent publications include `Artificial Intelligence and
Natural Man' (1987), `Artificial Intelligence in Psychology' (1989) and
`The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms (1991).

INVITED SPEAKERS include
Ernest Edmonds, Loughborough University of Technology, UK
John Gero, University of Sydney, Australia
Graham Priest, University of Queensland, Australia
Roger Wales, University of Melbourne, Australia

TOPICS FOR PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION
The symposium calls for extended abstracts of 750-1,000 words. The
following are suggested areas only:

- Models of creativity
- Modelling creative processes
- Creative reasoning, e.g theory generation in science
- Analogical reasoning
- Case-based reasoning
- Nonmonotonic reasoning
- Thought experiments

All abstracts will be refereed. Accepted papers will be subjected to a
further refereeing process for publication by Kluwer Academic Press.
The symposium will be structured to provide adequate time for both
presentation and discussion.

SUBMISSION
Three copies of extended abstracts are required by 31 May 1991.
Abstracts may be submitted electronically as LaTeX or plain ASCII files
via email but hard copies must also be submitted. Two hard copies of
final versions of accepted papers, and an electronic version on Macintosh
disk or via email are required at the time of registration on 20 August
1991. Authors of accepted papers will be expected to sign a copyright
release form to allow publication of the proceedings. At least one
author of each paper is expected to present the paper at the symposium.

PREPRINTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Accepted extended abstracts will be printed in the form of Preprints
and be available for distribution at the time of registration.
Full papers will be published subsequently by Kluwer Academic Press.

LOCATION
The symposium is being held at O'Reillys Lodge in Lamington National
Park, Queensland - a rainforest 120 km south of Brisbane. Rainforests
vary from the temperate beech forest of the higher altitudes to the warm
subtropical rainforest of the valleys. There is an abundance of rare
and spectacular plants (orchids, ferns, giant epiphytes, mosses,
luminous fungi) and a diverse community of birds and animals (crimson
rosellas, king parrots, bower birds, miniature kangaroos, brush turkeys)
all coexisting beneath the lofty rainforest canopy. On the final day of
the symposium there will be ample time for guided or independent bush
walks, 4WD bus trips, barbeques and evening entertainment.

FACILITIES
O'Reillys is a mountain resort of modern units. The seminar facilities
are highly professional, including lecture theatre, audiovisual
equipment and library.

TIMETABLE
Extended abstracts (750-1000 words) - 3 hard copies 31 May 1991
Notification of acceptances 17 June 1991
Full formatted papers due 20 August 1991
Symposium 20-23 August 1991

COSTS in Australian dollars (US$1 = ~A$1.28; PStg 1 = ~A$2.33)
Registration fee (including one copy of Preprints):
Full fee $250
Authors (1 per paper) $150
Accommodation (including all meals):
Bethongabel units (private bath, balcony, view) $119 pp/pn
Elabana units (private bath, limited availability) $105 pp/pn
Bus to Lamington National Park from Griffith University:
Round trip $25

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
Chair
Terry Dartnall, Griffith University, Australia
Conference Organiser
Fay Sudweeks, University of Sydney, Australia
Advisory Board
Margaret Boden, Sussex University, UK
Andy Clarke, Sussex University, UK
Marilyn Ford, Griffith University, Australia
John Gero, University of Sydney, Australia
Rod Girle, Griffith University; Australian National University
Graham Priest, University of Queensland, Australia
Simon Ross, University College of London, UK; Kluwer Academic Press
Aaron Sloman, Sussex University, UK
Roger Wales, University of Melbourne, Australia
Janet Wiles, University of Queensland, Australia

CONFERENCE CONTACTS
Correspondence and queries:
Dr Terry Dartnall
School of Computing and Information Technology
Griffith University
Nathan Qld 4111 Australia
Tel: +61-7-875 5020 Fax: +61-7-875 5198
Email: terryd@gucis.sct.gu.edu.au
Abstracts and papers:
Ms Fay Sudweeks
Department of Architectural and Design Science
University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
Tel: +61-2-692 2328 Fax: +61-2-692 3031
Email: fay@archsci.arch.su.oz.au
Registration:
Ms Denise Vercoe
School of Computing and Information Technology
Griffith University
Nathan Qld 4111 Australia
Tel: +61-7-875 5002 Fax: +61-7-875 5198

Fay Sudweeks VOICE: +61-2-692-2328
Architectural and Design Science FAX: +61-2-692-3031
University of Sydney NSW 2006 fay@archsci.arch.su.oz.au
Australia fay%archsci.arch.su.oz.au@uunet.uu.net