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			Second Call for Papers

  First PRICAI Workshop on AI & Telecommunications: Theory and Practice

			   26 August 1996
			 Cairns, Australia


Description of Workshop

This workshop will run in conjunction with the 1996 Pacific Rim Conference 
on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI'96) held in Cairns, Australia.

The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers from universities, 
telecommunications providers and suppliers to discuss the use of artificial 
intelligence techniques for telecommunications. The emphasis of the workshop 
will be to bridge the gap between theoretical artificial intelligence and 
how it can be successfully applied to solve real-world problems in the 
domain of telecommunications. In particular, the workshop will provide 
sessions on emerging AI technologies that are of relevance to 
telecommunications, and innovative telecommunication applications that 
make use of AI techniques. 

We especially want to encourage submissions in areas such as neural networks, 
distributed artificial intelligence, software agents and natural language 
understanding. In particular, the emphasis of the workshop will be on new 
techniques that demonstrate both their relevance to important problems in 
telecommunications, and their advantages over existing techniques.

Applications that are relevant to the workshop include all areas of 
telecommunication operations and services. In the area of telecommunciation 
operations, relevant topics include the design, monitoring and 
reconfiguration of networks, fault diagnosis, workforce scheduling, and 
customer support. We also encourage papers on topics related to new 
telecommunication services that use AI. This can include areas such as 
natural language access to services, user modelling and market analysis, 
information retrieval and directory services, and mobile information services.

Duration of workshop: 1 full day

Submissions and Presentations

Presenters will be chosen on the basis of submitted papers. Papers should 
use a minimum of 12 point font, and not exceed 8 pages. The first page of 
each submission should include the names and affiliations of each author, 
as well as a complete postal address, phone and fax number, and email 
address for further contact. Submissions must be sent by e-mail as Postscript 
files to the address below by the 26 April 1996. 

Submit your paper to:

Chris Leckie		e-mail: c.leckie@trl.oz.au
AI Section
Telstra Research Laboratories
770 Blackburn Road
Clayton, VIC 3168 Australia
Phone: +61-3-9253 6245
Fax: +61-3-9253 6173

Submissions due    26 April 1996
Notifications sent 31 May 1996
Camera-ready due   28 June 1996

Registration

All workshop attendess will need to pay a registration fee of AUD$60, as 
well as registering for the main PRICAI'96 conference.

Please direct any questions about the workshop or the submission of papers 
to the workshop co-chairs:

Workshop Co-Chairs
Dr. Rye Senjen (Telstra Research Laboratories, Australia) r.senjen@trl.oz.au
Dr. Chris Leckie (Telstra Research Laboratories, Australia) c.leckie@trl.oz.au

Program Committee
Muriel de Beler (CNET ISSY - France Telecom)
Associate Professor Andrew Jennings (RMIT, Australia)
Dr. Adam Kowalczyk (Telstra Research Laboratories, Australia)
Dr. Huan Liu (National University of Singapore)
Dr. Bhavani Raskutti (Telstra Research Laboratories, Australia)
Chris Rowles (Telstra Research Laboratories, Australia)
Dr. Tadashi Sone (NTT, Japan)