KDD Nuggets 95:25, e-mailed 95-10-06 Contents: * P. Smyth, KDD-96 Call for Papers, http://www-aig.jpl.nasa.gov/kdd96 * M. Zemankova, US Acad. researchers - NSF DBES CAREER $$$ Guidelines, proposal deadline Oct 17, 1995 * M. Manago, AcknoSoft -- Data mining finalist for European award * GPS, Kluwer ML Journal and more at http://mlis.www.wkap.nl/mach/ * M. Jain, Query: data mining using neural networks ? * Bramer, Expert Systems 95 (UK) Information and Registration Form * R. Musick, CFP: First IEEE Metadata Conference, Maryland, April 96 -- The KDD Nuggets is a moderated mailing list on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD). Please include a DESCRIPTIVE subject line and a URL, when available, in your submission. Nuggets frequency is approximately weekly. Back issues of Nuggets, a catalog of S*i*ftware (data mining tools), references, and other related information is available at Knowledge Discovery Mine, URL http://info.gte.com/~kdd or anonymous ftp to ftp.gte.com, cd /pub/kdd, get README (however ftp site is generally less up to date). E-mail add/delete requests to kdd-request@gte.com E-mail contributions to kdd@gte.com -- Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro (moderator) ********************* Official disclaimer *********************************** * All opinions expressed herein are those of the writers (or the moderator) * * and not necessarily of their respective employers (or GTE Laboratories) * ***************************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quotable Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on Good Morning America on Oct 3, 1995, the commentators talking about the re-reading of the Limo Driver's testimony in O.J. Simpson trial said, "Who knows what nuggets of information they were mining for in that testimony" sent by Larry Kershberg >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: "Padhraic J. Smyth" Subject: KDD-96 Call for Papers ========================================================================= C a l l F o r P a p e r s ========================================================================= The Second International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD-96) -------------------------------------------- Portland, Oregon, USA, August 3-5, 1996 ======================================= Sponsored by AAAI and Collocated with AAAI-96 and UAI-96. visit the KDD-96 WWW page at http://www-aig.jpl.nasa.gov/kdd96 Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD), also referred to as Data Mining, is an area of common interest to researchers in machine discovery, statistics, databases, knowledge acquisition, machine learning, data visualization, high performance computing, and knowledge-based systems. The rapid growth of data and information has created a need and an opportunity for extracting knowledge from databases, and both researchers and application developers have been responding to that need. KDD applications have been developed for astronomy, biology, finance, insurance, marketing, medicine, and many other fields. The first international conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD-95), held in Montreal in August 1995, was an outstanding success, attracting over 340 participants. The second international conference will follow up the success of KDD-95 by bringing together researchers and application developers from different areas focusing on unifying themes. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Theory and Foundational Issues in KDD: Data and knowledge representation for KDD Probabilistic modeling and uncertainty management in KDD Modeling of structured, unstructured and multimedia data Metrics for evaluation of KDD results Fundamental advances in search, retrieval, and discovery methods Definitions, formalisms, and theoretical issues in KDD Data Mining Methods and Algorithms: Algorithmic complexity, efficiency and scalability issues in data mining Probabilistic and statistical models and methods Using prior domain knowledge and re-use of discovered knowledge Parallel and distributed data mining techniques High dimensional datasets and data preprocessing Unsupervised discovery and predictive modeling KDD Process and Human Interaction: Models of the KDD process Methods for evaluating subjective relevance and utility Data and knowledge visualization Interactive data exploration and discovery Privacy and security Applications: Data mining systems and data mining tools Application of KDD in business, science, medicine and engineering Application of KDD methods for mining knowledge in text, image, audio, sensor, numeric, categorical or mixed format data Resource and knowledge discovery using the Internet This list of topics is not intended to be exhaustive but an indication of typical topics of interest. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit papers on any topics of relevance to knowledge discovery and data mining. DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS: KDD-96 also invites working demonstrations of discovery systems. Exact details on how to arrange a demo at KDD-96 will be forthcoming. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW CRITERIA: Both research and applications papers are solicited. All submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance to KDD, novelty, significance, and clarity. Authors are encouraged to make their work accessible to readers from other disciplines by including a carefully written introduction. Papers should clearly state their relevance to KDD. Please submit 5 *hardcopies* of a short paper (a maximum of 9 single-spaced pages not including cover page but including bibliography, 1 inch margins, and 12pt font) to be received by March 18, 1996. A cover page must include author(s) full address, E-MAIL, paper title and a 200 word abstract, and up to 5 keywords. This cover page must accompany the paper. In addition, an ASCII version of the cover page should be sent electronically via email to kdd96@almaden.ibm.com by March 18th 1995 (preferably earlier for e-mail). For the electronic title page, authors are required to use the template made available by ftp. Please visit http://www-aig.jpl.nasa.gov/kdd96/ to retrieve the electronic template. Please mail the 5 hardcopies of the full papers to : AAAI (KDD-96) 445 Burgess Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025-3496 U.S.A. Phone: (+1 415) 328-3123; Fax: (+1 415) 321-4457 Email: kdd@aaai.org *********** I m p o r t a n t D a t e s **************** * 5 copies of full papers received by: March 18, 1996 * * (in addition to an electronic ASCII title page) * * acceptance notices: April 19, 1996 * * final camera-readies due to AAAI by: May 20, 1996 * ********************************************************** KDD-96 Organization: ==================== General Conference Chair: Usama M. Fayyad, Jet Propulsion Laboratory KDD-96 Publicity Chair: Padhraic Smyth, Jet Propulsion Laboratory KDD Sponsorship Chair: Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, GTE Laboratories Program Co-chairs: ================== Evangelos Simoudis (IBM Almaden Research Center) Jia Wei Han (Simon Fraser University) Program Committee ================= Rakesh Agrawal (IBM Almaden Research Center, USA) Tej Anand (AT&T Global Information Solutions, USA) Ron Brachman (AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA) Wray Buntine (Heuristicrats Research, USA) Nick Cercone (University of Regina, Canada) Peter Cheeseman (NASA AMES Research Center, USA) Bruce Croft (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA) Steve Eick (AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA) Usama Fayyad (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA) Clark Glymour (Carnegie-Mellon University, USA) George Grinstein (University of Lowell, USA) David Hand (Open University, UK) David Heckerman (Microsoft Corporation, USA) Se June Hong (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA) Tomasz Imielinski (Rutgers University, USA) Larry Jackel (AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA) Larry Kerschberg (George Mason University, USA) Willi Kloesgen (GMD, Germany) David Madigan (University of Washington, USA) Chris Matheus (GTE Laboratories, USA) Heikki Mannila (University of Helsinki, Finland) Sham Navathe (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Raymond Ng (University of British Columbia, Canada) Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro (GTE Laboratories, USA) Daryl Pregibon (AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA) Ted Senator (US Department of the Treasury, USA) Wei-Min Shen (University of Southern California, USA) Arno Siebes (CWI, Netherlands) Avi Silberschatz (AT&T Bell Laboratories) Andrzej Skowron (University of Warsaw, Poland) Steve Smith (Dun and Bradstreet, USA) Padhraic Smyth (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA) Ramakrishnan Srikant (IBM Almaden Research Center, USA) Alex Tuzhilin (NYU Stern School, USA) Ramasamy Uthurusamy (GM Research Laboratories, USA) Xindong Wu (Monash University, Australia) Wojciech Ziarko (University of Regina, Canada) Jan Zytkow (Wichita State University, USA) For further information, send inquiries regarding * submission logistics to AAAI at kdd@aaai.org Phone: (+1 415) 328-3123; Fax: (+1 415) 321-4457 * KDD-96 sponsorship and industry participation to: Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro at gps@gte.com Phone: 617-466-4236, Fax: 617-466-2960 * technical program and content to kdd96@almaden.ibm.com * general and publicity issues to kdd96@aig.jpl.nasa.gov >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 13:56:59 -0500 From: mzemanko@nsf.gov (Maria Zemankova) Subject: US Acad. researchers - NSF DBES CAREER $$$ Guidelines -- deadline for proposals is Oct. 17 CAREER Guidelines, NSF 95-118 state on p. 2 under "Award Level and Duration" that proposals may request at least $200K for 4 years or at least $250,000 for 5 years. In order to have a reasonable uniformity in the level of proposed efforts and to observe realistic budget projections for the Database and Expert Systems Program (DBES), I STRONGLY recommend your observing the following guidelines: * project duration: 4 years * yearly support requested from NSF: about $50K * 4-year total requested from NSF: max $200K You are encouraged NOT to increase your yearly budgets for future years, but keep it at $50K/year, as we are NOT expecting increases in the DBES budget in future years. (On the contrary, the new 4-year awards will put a serious strain on the already limited budget.) You are also strongly encouraged to seek cost-sharing for the support of your research effort from your institution or other sources (e.g., industry). General advice on proposal preparation: Frame your problem area carefully and provide motivation for the proposed work. Demonstrate your knowledge about the current state of knowledge and technology relevant to your proposed work. State any assumptions clearly, including projections into the future (e.g., increasing storage capacities, etc.). Please include a 4-year research plan, with objectives/goals/milestones for each year. This will add credibility and feasibility to your planned reseach and educational activities. (Do not go overbaord, but the reviewers should be able to see that you can achieve your overall proposal objectives in the timeframe of 4 years). I would recommend your including a brief description of the impact and/or potential applications of the expected results of your proposed project. Best wishes, Maria P.S. I'll be gone Oct. 11 - 19, and currenly have a backlog of 168 email messages and 3 feet (vertically) of hard-copy mail, so I hope my guidelines above will prevent additional inquiries... ================================================================== Maria Zemankova, Ph.D. Internet: mzemanko@nsf.gov Database and Expert Systems Program Bitnet: mzemanko@nsf National Science Foundation Phone: 703-306-1926 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1115 Fax: 703-306-0599 Arlington, VA 22230 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 10:56:35 +0000 From: manago@ibpc.fr (Michel Manago) Subject: Data mining finalist for European award I am extremely pleased to inform you that AcknoSoft has been selected as a finalist for the first Information Technology European Award (ITEA'95). Three prizes, each consisting of a trophy and 200,000 Ecus (about $300,000 for each of the first 3 winners) will be awarded to the ITEA'95 winners by Commissioner Martin Bangemann during EITC'95 on november 29th in Brussels. ITEA is an annual competition for novel information technology products (i.e. software and hardware). Its objective is to promote excellence and stimulate innovation and competitiveness in industry. The 20 ITEA finalist will exhibit their product on a stand during EITC'95. The event will receive considerable press coverage. The finalists were selected by independant experts nominated by Euro-CASE (the European Councile of Applied Siences and Engineering) among nearly 300 applications received in the first year of the competition from 15 European countries. THE PRODUCTS WERE CHOSEN NOT ONLY ON THE BASIS OF THEIR TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATIVE CONTENT, BUT ALSO ON THE BASIS OF THEIR MARKET READINESS AND COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS; ITEA is organised by the ESPRIT programme of the European Commission DG III - industry, jointly with Euro Case. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ LIST OF FINALISTS AMONGST THE 300 CANDIDATES : AcknoSoft SA, France : KATE a tool to help decision-making, digging into historical databases Advanced Travel Technology, Denmark : Sky Gate System: Advanced travel administration and planning tool for cooperations Digicash BV, The Netherlands : Electronic cash : an electronic payment system for Internet or other networks Electrogig technology, The Netherlands : Gigtime : reality tracking. A system for 3D animation to create graphic stages sets which can be combined with real actors German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH, Germany : WIP : a Knowledge based software tool for automating the design of multimedia presentations IBM Europe, France : IBM Voice Type Dictation : Automatic Speech recognition system for English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish ILOG S.A., France : ILOG Schedule : Software component for scheduling applications M77 Huddinge University Hospital and Celsius Information Systems AB, Sweden : Bedside : A point of care hospital medical record and patient care system Material Data AB, Sweden : Kittelock : A combined electronic driving license and ignition key contributing to traffic safety MOLYNX, United Kingdom : SensUs : advanced image recognition system to allow retailers monitor the way customers interact with the store MULTICOSM Ltd, United Kingdom : Microcosm for Windows V3 : An open hyp=EArmedia system for managing and disseminating unstructured digital information NOMAI, France : Multimedia Catridge Drive (MCD) : Storage Platform for multimedia OCE-Nederland BV : The Netherlands : OCE 9800 : a digital copier/printer/scanner for very large documents PRISM technologies Ltd, United Kingdom : OpenBase : Open object platform for framework based distributed applications RIGHT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Ltd, United Kingdom : 4 Thought 3.0 : Business Modelling, analysis and forecasting software for business executive SILMAG, France : Recording head on silicon for magnetic disc drives manufactured in a microelectronic process VINGMED SOUND A/S, Norway : Vingmed System Five : A non invasive medical imaging system based on ultrasound VITEC MULTIMEDIA, France : VM422 : low cost, single-chip, high performance solution for multistandard digital video capture and compression ZENECA Specialities, United Kingdom : CAPISCE : Software system integrating business, production and process management for the manufacturing industry (done in collaboration with SAP). AcknoSoft International 58 rue du Dessous des Berges 75013 Paris FRANCE tel : (331) 44248800, fax (331) 44248866 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 10:02:05 -0400 From: gps@gte.com (Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro) Subject: Kluwer ML Information Source at http://mlis.www.wkap.nl/mach/ Kluwer, the publisher of Machine Learning Journal, has set up a Machine Learning Information Source website at http://mlis.www.wkap.nl/mach/ with free access to ML journal abstracts and full MLJ text (for paid subscribers). It also has many pointers to other useful sources of ML information. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 02 Oct 95 11:31:00 -0400 From: "Mahesh K. Jain" Subject: data mining using neural networks Respected Sir/Madam, This is Mahesh Jain, a graduate student at Wayne State University, Michigan. I am currently doing some research on data mining from databases using neural networks. I am looking for articles (papers, books, conferences, etc.) on the above subject. I would really appreciate it if you can send me some references to the articles that are related to data mining using neural networks. Thanks in advance. Sincerely - Mahesh Email - mkj@cs.wayne.edu >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Return-Path: From: bramerma@cv.port.ac.uk Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 18:05:52 EDT To: kdd@gte.com Subject: Expert Systems 95: Information and Registration Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 29751 EXPERT SYSTEMS '95 INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION LEAFLET 15th Annual Conference of the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Expert Systems 11-13 December 1995 Queens' College, Cambridge, UK Co-sponsored by:The Institution of Electrical Engineers Endorsed by:the Department of Trade and Industry and The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ***N.B. ALL PRICES ARE QUOTED IN POUNDS STERLING*** EXPERT SYSTEMS 95: DEVELOPMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY; SUCCESSES IN APPLICATION INTRODUCTION Expert Systems '95 is the fifteenth Annual Conference of the British Computer Society's Specialist Group on Expert Systems (SGES). The two principal aims of the Conference are to review the recent technical advances in Knowledge-based systems technology and, importantly, show how this leading edge technology has been applied to solve business problems. To meet these objectives, ES95 has a number of parallel sessions on both the technology and applications. The programme also includes tutorials to provide greater depth in four selected topics. We are confident that ES95 has the widest possible appeal to the industrial,commercial and academic communities throughout Europe. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The Conference is aimed at those who wish to update themselves with news and views of recent developments, understand how other groups are applying the technology and exchange ideas with leading international experts in the field. Our goal, as always, is for ES95 to be a meeting place for the international knowledge based systems community. The two-track Conference, the Tutorials and the Exhibition are designed to provide a wide range of options for delegates, whether they are newcomers to the technology or seasoned practitioners. The social programme provides an opportunity to relax, meet old friends and make new contacts. TUTORIALS ES95 is supported by four state-of-the-art tutorials: Integration of Finite Constraint Satisfaction Programming in Object-Oriented Languages P Roy, F Pachet:LAFORIA-IBP, Universite Paris 6, France Merging Symbolic Reasoning with Subsymbolic Tasks to Build Intelligent Decision Support Systems J Zeleznikow:La Trobe University; D Hunter:University of Melbourne, Australia Effective Diagnostic Systems C Price:University of Aberystwyth, Wales Case Based Reasoning Development Tools I Watson:University of Salford, England The presenters are all technical authorities in their own right. Delegates will find these tutorials to be especially valuable where there is a current need to consider the introduction of these technologies into their own organisations. TWO-DAY CONFERENCE The papers in both the Technical and Application Streams have been selected through a rigorous process of refereeing. The papers in the Application Track have been chosen to reflect the practical issues of applying the technology to real world problems. Papers from both tracks will be published as separate volumes of the Conference proceedings - Research and Development in Expert Systems XII and Applications and Innovations in Expert Systems III. THE DTI/EPSRC ISIP PROGRAMME Once again the event this year is endorsed by both the DTI and EPSRC and there will be as session entirely devoted to the dissemination of information from their jointly funded 13million pound Intelligent Systems Integration Programme (ISIP). THE GREAT DEBATE "Does the Knowledge Acquisition Bottleneck Still Exist?" CHAIRMAN:Professor Derek Sleeman:University of Aberdeen INCLUDING: Nigel Shadbolt:Nottingham University; Ian Nabney:Aston University; John Hunt:University of Aberystwyth; Stephen Muggleton:Oxford University; Colin Shearer:Integral Solutions Ltd AWARDS AND SPONSORSHIP British Airways and Hewlett Packard will be sponsoring the prizes for the best submitted application and technical papers. There will also be a best presentation award. Winners of the best submitted papers have already been invited by the Conference Committee to make extended presentations of their papers, at which time they will receive their prizes. The Best Presentation Award will be based on the voting of delegates at the Conference. All winners will receive a trophy and a generous cash prize. Integral Solutions Limited (ISL) will sponsor two-day attendance at ES95 for up to two academic attendees who have not previously attended an SGES Conference. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS OPENING APPLICATIONS KEYNOTE ADDRESS Professor Mark Fox:University of Toronto, Canada Mark Fox is Professor of Industrial Engineering and holder of the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Enterprise Integration. Prior to his return to Toronto, he was director of the Centre for Integrated Manufacturing Systems of The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and supervised one of the largest efforts in the United States focused on extending and Applying Intelligent Systems, including Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research, to engineering and manufacturing problems. He is also co-founder and past president of Carnegie Group, Inc., a knowledge-based software company that focuses on engineering, manufacturing and telecommunications applications. TECHNICAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS Towards Soft Computing - E H Mamdani:Imperial College, England This talk will re-examine the epistemology of AI and suggest that to make further progress requires an eclectic approach to various available techniques. This fusion of methods of AI and also fusion of AI and HCI has been termed Soft Computing. Any attempt at fusion brings with it new problems that have to be solved. That is the main challenge for Soft Computing. Professor Mamdani is one of the originators of fuzzy logic and is heavily involved in the integration of fuzzy logic with other computing paradigms. SKELETON PROGRAMME MONDAY 11 DECEMBER 1995 08.30 Registration & Refreshments 09.30 Tutorials 1&2 in parallel 11.00 Refreshments 11.30 Tutorials 1&2 Continued 13.00 Lunch 14.30 Tutorials 3&4 in parallel 16.00 Refreshments 16.30 Tutorials 3&4 continued 16.45 KA/ML Meeting 18.30 Welcome Reception TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 1995 08.00 Registration & Refreshments 09.00 Welcome Plenary session Application Keynote, Best Application Paper 10.30 Refreshments 10.45 Tec&App in parallel- 4 papers 12.45 Lunch 13.45 Tec&App - 5 papers 16.00 Refreshments 16.15 Tec&App - 4 Papers 18.15 The Great Debate (Plenary Session) 19.30/20.00 Conference Dinner WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER 1995 08.30 SGES AGM 09.00 Plenary Session Technical Keynote, Best Technical Paper 10.00 Refreshments 10.15 Tec&App in parallel - 4 Papers 12.15 Lunch 13.15 Tec&App - 5 Papers 15.30 Refreshments 15.45 ISIP Project Presentations 17.00 Best Presentation Award & Close TUTORIALS a.m.Integration of Finite Constraint Satisfaction Programming Techniques in Object Oriented Languages P Roy, F Pachet:LAFORIA-IBP, Universite Paris 6, France This tutorial aims at introducing the area of finite domain constraint satisfaction programming (CSP) and its integration with full-fledged object-oriented languages. In the first part the main principles of CSP are presented, through the use of simple examples (algorithms for arc-consistency and enumeration). In the second part we show how object structures may be used in conjunction with CSP and what kind of problems this combination of techniques allows us to solve naturally. The BackTalk system (a canonical integration of CSP techniques in Smalltalk) will be used as an exemplar system throughout the tutorial and demos of working systems will illustrate the course. A basic knowledge of object-oriented programming is required. Merging Symbolic Reasoning with Subsymbolic Tasks J Zeleznikow:La Trobe University; D Hunter:University of Melbourne, Australia Traditional expert systems used deductive reasoning to model expert's knowledge. Such systems have failed to directly use data, do not provide alternative and possibly completing strategies and perform inadequate argumentation and explanation. We propose the use of induction, case-based reasoning and neural networks and an integration of these strategies, to build second generation expert systems. The aim of this tutorial is to demonstrate how traditional symbolic artificial intelligence paradigms can be supplemented with numerical and statistical techniques to build second generation expert systems. Attendees should have a minimal knowledge of rule based expert systems. p.m.Effective Diagnosis Systems C Price:University of Aberystwyth, Wales This tutorial will be of relevance to anyone planning to build practical systems for the following diagnostic tasks:diagnosis of complex machinery - remediation of real-time process problems - intelligent user-oriented help. It will look at the main types of successful diagnostic applications and explain the choices for building each type, with examples and some demonstrations, and considering techniques used, information required, how the systems have been built and how maintainable they are. Technologies covered will include case-based reasoning, rule- based systems, real-time diagnostic tools, causal nets, functional models and reasoning from first principles. Case Based Reasoning Development Tools I Watson:University of Salford, England A follow up to the successful tutorial on Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) held at ES94, this will be of value to companies or researchers planning to investigate the potential of CBR and require advice on software selection and to people who would like to see how the theory of CBR is implemented. The tutorial will introduce delegates to features of the CBR tools currently on the market and the functionality of CBR Express, ESTEEM and ReMind will be demonstrated in detail, thus providing a comprehensive review and comparison of available CBR software. Delegates will be provided with a report summarising the content of thetutorial. TECHNICAL STREAM TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 1995 SESSION 1 DEKLARE:Knowledge Acquisition and Support System for Re-Design P Fothergill, I Arana:Aberdeen University, Scotland; J Forster, J A Lakunza:Ikerlan, Spain Knowledge Acquisition for Engineering Systems using Bond Graphs W J Crowther, D R Bull, C A Burrows, K A Edge:University of Bath; R M Atkinson, P G Hawkins, D J Woollons:University of Exeter, England Knowledge Elicitation Techniques for Grounded Theory A C Chisnall,R I John, S C Bennett:De Montfort University,England Proof Scheme:A Model to Explicit Strategic Knowledge S Zerhouni-Bendali:Universite P et M Curie; C Jimenez-Dominguez: EDF/DER, France SESSION 2 ELEM:A Method for Inducing Rules from Examples A An, N Shan, C Chan, N Cercone:University of Regina, Canada; X Huang:City University, England Using Induction in Legal Expert Systems J Zeleznikow, A Stranieri, B Lewis:La Trobe University,Australia Refiner+:An Efficient System for Detecting and Removing Inconsistencies in Example Sets M Winter, D Sleeman:University of Aberdeen, Scotland A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating the Performance of Case-Based Reasoning Systems I Dattani, M Bramer, G Leonard:University of Portsmouth,England Integrating Machine Learning, Problem Solving and Explanation D McSherry:University of Ulster, N Ireland SESSION 3 Decision Making and Planning by Autonomous Agents; a Generic Architecture for Safety-Critical Applications J Fox:Imperial Cancer Research Fund; S Das:Imperial College;D Elsdon:Integral Solutions Ltd;P Hammond:Brunel University,England Intelligent Agents for Dynamic Information Management - An Application Development Framework M Andersen, R Smith:Cambridge Consultants Limited; D Catton : Strand Software Technologies Limited, England A Distributed Economic Architectural Shell for Controlling Agent Interactions within Blackboard Systems CJ Satchell,GP Fletcher,CJ Hinde:Loughborough University, England A Methodological Approach for Object Knowledge Bases S Garlatti:Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Bretagne; E Montabord,B Gibaud,Ch Barillot:Laboratoire SIM, France WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER 1995 BEST TECHNICAL PAPER Integrating Constraint Satisfaction Techniques with Complex Object Structures F Pachet, P Roy:LAFORIA-IBP, Universite Paris 6, France SESSION 4 VIM:3D Co-operative Diagrams as KBS Surfaces D Dodson, J Secker, R Scott, H Reeves:City University, England Diagrams for Design:A Schema Interpreter for Knowledge Systems T R Addis, J J Townsend Addis:University of Portsmouth, England An Integrated Methodology for the Development of Hybrid Information Systems X Chen,S Kendal,I Potts,P Smith:University of Sunderland,England A Deferred Communication in a Parallel Distributed Expert System Shell W Lejouad:INRIA/CERMICS, France SESSION 5 Experiments in the use of Neighbourhood Search Techniques for Vehicle Routing T Duncan:AIAI, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Ticker:A Qualitative Model of the Electrical System of the Heart J Hunter, I Kirby:University of Aberdeen, Scotland Knowledge Level Planning in the Search and Rescue Domain H Cottam,N Shadbolt:University of Nottingham,England;J Kingston,H Beck,A Tate:AIAI,University of Edinburgh, Scotland Qualitative Probabilities for Ordering Diagnostic Reasoning in Causal Graphs P Fuster Parra:University of Balearic Islands, Spain; A Ligeza : Institute of Automatics AGH, Poland A Hybrid Rule-Based System with Rule-Refinement Mechanisms R Poli, M Brayshaw, A Sloman:University of Birmingham, England APPLICATION STREAM TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 1995 BEST APPLICATION PAPER TIGER:Knowledge Based Gas Turbine Condition Monitoring R Milne, C Nicol:Intelligent Applications Ltd; R Fisher:Exxon Chemicals, Scotland; L Trave-Massuyes:CNRS/LAAS, France; J Quevedo:Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain A condition monitoring system in continuous use at Exxon for over two years. SESSION 1: BUSINESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT A Knowledge-Based System for Contract Staff Time-Recording M Moulton:University of Portsmouth, England An operational system for a major UK manufacturing site. A Knowledge Based Support System for Competitive Bidding S Gallagher, J Trainor:Short Brothers plc; M Murphy, E Curran: University of Ulster, N Ireland System has captured the company's key business rationale forbid/no-bid decisions. KBST:A Support Tool for Business Modelling in BSMD Y-H Chen-Burger, D Robertson:University of Edinburgh; J Fraser: AIAI, University of Edinburgh; C Lissoni:International Business Machines Corporations UK Ltd, Scotland Uses case-based reasoning techniques to build business models. DRS Assistant:Intelligent Advice for Operating and Maintaining a World-Wide Information System S Greenwood:Oxford Brookes University;M Davis:Reuters Ltd,England A multi-media expert system. SESSION 2: DECISION SUPPORT An Agent Based Helicopter Decision Support System R Zanconato:Cambridge Consultants Ltd; H Howells:DRA Farnborough, England A real-time KBS involving 24 separate agents running concurrently on 10 processors. Prediction without Modelling:A Demonstration of the Use of Case-Based Reasoning for the Prediction of Process Behaviour S Rougegrez:LAFORIA-IBP, Universite Paris 6, France Applying case-based reasoning to forest fires An Expert System for Strategic Oil Storage J Hartman:Israel Institute for Biological Research, Israel Integrates knowledge of a number of experts in different fields of fuel quality. Detection of Oceanographic Fronts:A Knowledge Based Approach N Rees, J Aiken:Plymouth Marine Laboratory, England Overcomes limitations of signal detection algorithms by incorporating knowledge from oceanographers. An Integrated Approach to the Route Autofinder Problem K P Lam, K K Yiu, H C Leung:Chinese University of Hong Kong Multimedia approach to finding optimal routes in a city street map. SESSION 3: MANUFACTURING Improving Cake Product Quality R Petryszak, L Young, S Cauvain:CCFRA, England A KBS to solve faults in production of cakes and sponges Adding Multimedia Interfaces to Simplify the World of Circuit Board Assembly Line Production F McCaffery, M McTear:University of Ulster, N Ireland The user can respond by either using the keyboard or speaking into a microphone. A Feasibility Study into the Use of a Real-Time Emergency Advisory System for Batch Reactors K Y Mau, P F Nolan, C H Steele:South Bank University, England Uses an expert system shell, a knowledge base derived from case histories and hazop and fault-tree analysis. A Hypermedia/Knowledge Based System to Promote Energy Efficiency in UK Companies J L Gordon, M Edge, T Fort, M Holden:Blackburn College, England A KBS to give companies advice on energy management. WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER SESSION 4: FINANCE AND MEDICAL Tackling Cognitive Biases in the Detection of Top Management Fraud with the Use of Case-Based Reasoning O Curet:Touche Ross & City University Business School; M Jackson:London Business School, England An expert system to assist accountants. Using a Genetic Algorithm to Data Mine in the Financial Services Sector V J Rayward-Smith, J C W Debuse, B de la Iglesia:University of East Anglia, England A technical approach is described using commercial company data. A Comparative Study of Three Machine Learning Approaches to the Treatment of Patients at Anticoagulant Out-Patient Clinics P B Musgrove, J Davies:University of Wolverhampton, England Results show case-based reasoning as the most appropriate technique for applications of this type. An Expert System for Selection of Artificial Pacemakers and Lessons Learned from Development V P Lane:AFBIS, South Bank Business School; N Moghaddam : Kingston College, England An operational system used in the clinical environment for on-line consultation. SESSION 5: ENGINEERING Practical Applications of Multiple Models - The Need for Simplicity and Reusability D Pugh, C Price, N Snooke:University of Wales Experience gained from transferring a system to Ford and Jaguar Incorporation of a Process Model into a Generative Design Product Model C B Chapman:University of Warwick, England Using this method, 3 man months of design time can be reduced to 2 days. CSELECT:Seal Selection Without the Aid of Acronyms! J P Carr, D A Hughes:John Crane UK Ltd, England To be used as a key selection tool by 1000 sales persons and sales engineers. A New Graphical Representation for Rule Definition and Explanation in an Expert System J M Evans:Data Sciences UK Ltd, England; M J Fear:BP Exploration; N C Meany:Hughes Christensen Company, Scotland Expert system to give advice on drill bit selection for the oil industry. NIRMANI:A Case-Based Expert System for Integrated Design and Estimating I Watson:University of Salford, England; S Perera:University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Produces a conceptual design and first cost plan for warehouse buildings. ISIP PROJECT PRESENTATIONS IMIS - Intelligent Marketing Integrated System Project Partners: Henley Centre for Forecasting, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Distillers, TSB CHRONOS Project Partners: ICL, Lloyds Register, IC-PARC (Imperial College), UMIST IA - Intelligent Architecture Project Partners: Richard Rogers Partnership, Bovis Construction, Smallworld Systems, PowerGen, DEGW London, Broadgate Properties, Criterion Software, Qualum, Avanti Architects, Department of Computer Science UCL, Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning UCL. STAR - Standardised Argument Report Project Partners: Imperial Cancer Research Fund, City University, LHASA UK, Logic Programming Associates ADEPT, ENTERPRISE, MOBIT and CAKE Summarised by DTI/ISIP Representative SPECIALIST GROUP ON EXPERT SYSTEMS The SGES is one of Europe's longest established groups working to support the local community of expert and knowledge-based systems developers and users. In addition to the Annual Conference, membership of the SGES provides access to a wealth of technical information, including a regular newsletter, monthly information packs, workshops, local events, special interest groups and more. For further information about the SGES, including details of Corporate Membership, call the SGES Administration on + 44(0)1256 55899. You do not need to be a member of the British Computer Society to join the SGES. ES95 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Dr Rob Milne, Intelligent Applications Ltd (Conference Chairman) Dr Ian Watson,University of Salford (Deputy Conference Chairman/Tutorial Co-ordinator) Professor Max Bramer, University of Portsmouth (Technical Programme Chairman) Dr John Nealon,Oxford Brookes University (Deputy Technical Programme Chairman) Ann Macintosh,AIAI, University of Edinburgh (Application Programme Chairman) Mr Chris Cooper,Coopers & Lybrand (Deputy Application Programme Chairman) Dr Alan Montgomery,Integral Solutions Ltd (ExhibitionCo-ordinator) THE EXHIBITION As in previous years we are keen to provide a Conference with the widest possible interest and greatest value to the delegates. The suppliers of products and services are essential members of the KBS community in the UK, and the conference programme can only benefit from the demonstrations and hands-on opportunities provided by an Exhibition. A table-top Exhibition will run alongside the Conference. There will be a limited number of spaces available and potential exhibitors are encouraged to book early. The exhibition package includes: *display space (approx 2m2) with table, chairs & power points *lunches and refreshments daily *full address list of all delegates SPONSORSHIP Conferences such as ES95 are, for many companies, an excellent opportunity to create or reinforce their image within a community such as the KBS and expert systems users in the UK. This does not only apply to suppliers of products and services, but also to larger corporate users and software developers for whom recruitment is a major issue. Many opportunities exist at ES95 where financial support in the form of sponsorship will be invaluable in ensuring that we provide the most memorable event for every participant. PROMOTIONAL LITERATURE SERVICE There is an opportunity for companies to insert their promotional literature in the delegates' wallets, at a cost of 250.00. A sample of literature must be sent when making your booking for this service. PROCEEDINGS The proceedings will be published by SGES. The bound set will be available from TCT once the Conference has closed. VENUE One of the most beautiful of all the colleges, Queens' incorporates the old with the new. Founded in 1446 the college had two royal patrons - Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI in 1448 and in 1465 Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV - which accounts for the plural spelling of Queens'. WELCOME RECEPTION & GALA DINNER Delegates are invited to attend a Welcome Reception on the evening of Monday 11 December 1995. The reception will be held in the Exhibition area and will be an ideal opportunity to meet up with old friends and colleagues and make new ones. The Gala Dinner will be held on the evening of Tuesday 12 December 1995 and will take place within the Great Hall at King's College and the Mayor of Cambridge, Councillor Dr Sonja Froggett and her Consort will be our guests. We are honoured to have as this year's after dinner speaker Donald Michie, the founder of the BCS Specialist Group on Expert systems, who will present his own unique view of the field. ACCOMMODATION A limited number of student bedrooms have been reserved at Queens' College. These can be booked using the registration form and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. STUDENTS There are a limited number of places at a special rate for bonafide research students, available on application. Special group discounts and day delegate rates may also be available. CANCELLATIONS Fees will be refunded in full for cancellations received at least six weeks prior to the event. Cancellations received more than 28 days and less than six weeks prior to the event will attract a 10% administration charge. No refund will be made for cancellations received less than 28 days prior to the event. However substitutions may be made at any time. METHODS OF PAYMENT FULL PAYMENT OF THE REGISTRATION FEE MUST ACCOMPANY REGISTRATION FORMS. Please submit one form for each delegate. Photocopies of a blank form may be used. * Cheques should be made payable to The Conference Team and drawn in sterling on a UK bank. * Bank transfers in sterling should be paid to their account at: National Westminster Bank, 231 Bedford Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8DA Account no:82844003 Bank Sort Code:60-12-45 NB There is an additional charge of 5 for overseas sterling bank transfers * Sterling Bank Drafts should be used by delegates wishing to attend from countries with currency restrictions. Please quote ES95 and the name of the delegate and company on all transactions. THE REGISTRATION FORM IS AN INVOICE AND WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU AS AN OFFICIAL VAT RECEIPTED INVOICE WHEN PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND THE DELEGATE NUMBER ALLOCATED. NO OTHER FORM OF INVOICE WILL BE ISSUED. FURTHER INFORMATION AND ENQUIRIES ES95 is organised by The Conference Team on behalf of the BCS Specialist Group on Expert Systems. Enquiries should be addressed to Mrs Kit Stones, The Conference Team 17 Spring Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8LS Telephone/Fax:(01234) 343384 International Dialling:+ 44 (1234) 343384 E.mail:kstonestct@cix.compulink.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------ Payment MUST accompany this form CONFERENCE INVOICE AND REGISTRATION FORM EXPERT SYSTEMS 95 Queens' College, Cambridge, UK 11-13 December 1995 Return to: The Conference Team, 17 Spring Road, Kempston Bedford MK42 8LS United Kingdom Tel/Fax:(01234) 343384 VAT Reg No. GB 608 6660 26 F.A.O. Mrs Kit Stones, Conference Secretariat Prof/Dr/Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms (delete as applicable) Forename.............................................. Surname............................................... Position/Appointment.................................. 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VAT is charged at 17.5% AMOUNT DUE FOR OFFICE IF BOOKING FOR FULL CONFERENCE USE ONLY ALSO TICK CHOSEN TUTORIALS BASIC VAT Full Conference Fee on or before 13.11.94 Non-Member 690 + VAT 120.75 = 810.75 Non-Member Academic 535 + VAT 93.63 = 628.63 SGES/IEE Member 565 + VAT 98.88 = 663.88 SGES/IEE Academic Member 430 + VAT 75.25 = 505.25 After 13.11.94 Non-Member 740 + VAT 129.50 = 869.50 Non-Member Academic 585 + VAT 102.38 = 687.38 SGES/IEE Member 605 + VAT 105.88 = 710.88 SGES/IEE Academic Member 470 + VAT 82.25 = 552.25 Two Day Conference Fee on or before 13.11 94 Non-Member 465 + VAT 81.38 = 546.38 Non-Member Academic 310 + VAT 54.25 = 364.25 SGES/IEE Member 400 + VAT 70 = 470 SGES/IEE Academic Member 270 + VAT 47.25 = 317.25 After 13.11.94 Non-Member 515 + VAT 90.13 = 605.13 Non-Member Academic 360 + VAT 63 = 423 SGES/IEE Member 440 + VAT 77 = 517 SGES/IEE Academic Member 310 + VAT 54.25 = 364.25 Tutorial Options 2 x Half-Day Tutorials @ 310 + VAT 54.25 = 364.25 1 x Half-Day Tutorial @ 200 + VAT 35 = 235 Please tick to show which Tutorial(s) you wish to attend O CSP Techniques in Object Oriented Languages O Merging Symbolic Reasoning with Subsymbolic Tasks O Effective Diagnostic Systems O CBR Development Tools To Exhibit Non members 675 + VAT 153.13 = 828.13 SGES/IEE Members 575 + VAT 100.63 = 675.63 Promotional Literature Service @ 250 Conference Dinner: I require ... extra ticket(s) @ 40.00 each. Accommodation: Student accommodation at Queens' College - per night B&B. 35 + VAT 6.13 = 41.13 Please tick for appropriate nights: 10 11 12 13 December 1995 TOTAL N.B. Full Conference Fee includes:two half-day tutorials, two-day conference, two-volume proceedings, lunch and refreshments daily, invitation to Welcome Reception, one ticket to Gala Dinner. Two-Day Conference Fee *excludes* tutorials >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Return-Path: Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 12:03:35 PDT From: rmusick@anduin.ocf.llnl.gov (Charles R Musick Jr) To: kdd@gte.com Subject: First IEEE Metadata Conference CFP Content-Type: text Content-Length: 3447 CALL FOR PAPERS FIRST IEEE METADATA CONFERENCE 16 - 18 April 1996 NOAA Auditorium Silver Spring, Maryland Sponsored by: IEEE Mass Storage Systems and Technology Technical Committee National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hughes Information Technology Corporation The objectives of this conference are to (1) provide a forum to address metadata issues faced by the various communities including mass storage, data management, image and multimedia processing, and distributed computing, as well as managers of networked heterogeneous information servers, (2) bring the different communities together for technical interchange of ideas on common technologies related to metadata; (3) hear the various perspectives from the users as well as from the producers of metadata; and (4) facilitate the development and usage of metadata. We invite participants from academia, government, and industry to share ideas and experiences. We are soliciting panel proposals, abstracts of papers of up to 500 words of ASCII text, and abstracts of electronic poster-demo presentations of up to 500 words of ASCII text. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: % What is Metadata? * Definition, Semantics % Metadata Modeling and Representation * Application specific models * Reference models, data models * Ontologies * Multimedia representation of metadata % Metadata Management * Creating, Updating, Maintaining metadata * Repositories for metadata management * Handling different data types, Security, Integrity, Quality * Distributed/centralized storage of metadata % Metadata Generation/Extraction * Automatic metadata generation/extraction * Data mining techniques for metadata extraction % Metadata Usage * Querying, Application development * Information system integration * Search tools % Metadata Standards * Survey of existing standards * Need for additional standards Previously published papers will not be considered. Panel proposals should describe the topic and intended audience, and provide a list of participants. Poster demonstration proposals should focus on presenting novel and interesting technical aspects of metadata research or development. Please send your submissions electronically including the name, address, phone number, and email of the contact author to: metadata-96@llnl.gov For further information contact: Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham thura@mitre.org Phone: 617-271-8873 Fax: 617-271-2352 or Dr. Ron Musick rmusick@llnl.gov Phone: 510-424-5015 Fax: 510-422-8920 Important Dates: Deadline for paper abstract, poster-demo abstract, panel proposal submission: 10 December 1995 Acceptance/Rejection Notification: 25 January 1996 Final hard copies of the papers (4 - 6 pages) due: 27 March 1996 Proceedings will be published electronically. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Robert Coyne (IBM) - Chair Joy Colucci (Hughes) - Vice Chair Erin Binder (NML) Merritt Jones (MITRE) Ben Kobler (NASA) Bernard O'Lear (NCAR) Chris Miller (NOAA) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Bhavani Thuraisingham (MITRE) - Chair Ron Musick (LLNL) - Vice Chair Gerald Barton (NOAA) Brian Boyle (NOVON) Rosemary Dakos (Hughes) Tom Karl (NOAA) Robert Kluttz (CMS) George Jamerson (NOAA) Ken McDonald (NASA) Ted Myer (NASA) Lola Olsen (NASA) Louiqa Raschid (U. of MD) Len Seligman (MITRE) Steven Shantzis (Hughes) Eric Simon (INRIA) Paul Singley (ORNL) Rick Steinheiser (ORD) Mark Whiting (PNL)