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           Fifth International Conference on Conceptual Structures
                         Fulfilling Peirce's Dream

                             August 4 - 8, 1997
                          University of Washington
                          Seattle Washington USA.

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IMPORTANT DATES

 Paper Submission Deadline                     January 31, 1997
 Paper Notification                            March 1, 1997
 Tutorial Proposals Due                        April 1, 1997
 Camera-Ready Papers Due                       April 15, 1997
 CGTOOLS Workshop Papers Due                   April 15, 1997
 Tutorials Approved                            May 1, 1997
 Early Registration Deadline                   June 15, 1997
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SPONSORS

* Computer Science Department, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
  Center for the Humanities , University of Washington, USA
* Intelligent Systems Laboratory of the Centre for Automation and Robotics,
  at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
* Knowledge Science Institute, The University of Calgary, Canada
* Distributed Artificial Intelligence Centre, School of Mathematics and
  Information Sciences, The University of New England, Australia

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1. TOPICS AND ISSUES

Conceptual graphs are a logic-based formalism for knowledge representation
based on the existential graphs of Charles S. Peirce and semantic networks.
Conceptual structures have been widely used as a semantic representation for
natural language and as a graphic system of logic for knowledge-based expert
systems, theorem provers, and database design. Significant gains have been
made in the storage and retrieval of DBMS information coupled with knowledge
based system problem solving capability.

Researchers have developed a sizable software base and continue to build
upon it. Successful implementations include: rule-based systems, database
systems, knowledge-based systems, knowledge engineering tools, enterprise
modeling, management information systems, conceptual information retrieval,
medical informatics and natural language applications, among others.

The International Conference on Conceptual Structures (ICCS) is the annual
conference and principle research forum in the practice and theory of
conceptual structures. The main proceedings of the conference are published
in the Springer Verlag lecture notes on Computer Science series. Previous
ICCS conferences have been held at Sydney (ICCS'96), the University of
California, Santa Cruz (ICCS '95), The University of Maryland (ICCS '94),
and Universite Laval, Quebec City (ICCS '93).

ICCS'97 is the fifth conference in this series. In 1997, ICCS'97 will be
held at the University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA.

2. TOPICS

Papers are invited on the following topics:

   * Conceptual Graph Theory
   * Reasoning with Conceptual Structures and Conceptual Graphs
        o Deduction
        o Induction
        o Abduction
        o Inference
   * Relationship of Conceptual Structures and cognitive science
   * Comparison of Conceptual Graphs with other representational formalisms
   * Relationship of Conceptual Graphs to other "logics"
        o Extending Conceptual Graphs beyond first order logic
        o Peirce Logic
        o Modal Logic in Conceptual Graphs
        o Non-monotonic Logic in Conceptual Graphs
        o Functional Relations and their uses
   * Exploiting the visual representation of Conceptual Structures
        o Human factors (HCI) studies
        o Graph grammars and/or visual operators
        o Visual representations of reasoning in linguistics and cognitive
          science
        o Experience with tools and/or interactive/feedback environments
   * Case Studies and Applications using Conceptual Graphs
        o Information Retrieval
        o Natural Language Processing
        o Machine Translation
        o Enterprise Modeling
        o Database Integration
        o Expert Systems
        o Information Extraction
   * Implementations of Conceptual Graphs
        o Implementation Strategies
        o Reusable Architectures
        o Integration Strategies
        o Scaling up of conceptual graph architectures to large systems
   * Knowledge Engineering
        o Conceptual Analysis
        o Knowledge/Skill Modelling
        o Knowledge/Skill Acquisition/Elicitation
        o Knowledge Re-organisation
        o Knowledge Management using Conceptual Graph
        o Machine Learning and Conceptual Structures
   * Theories of Ontology and Higher Taxonomic Structures
   * Software Tools for Conceptual Graphs

3. INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

   * All papers must be in English and the language of the conference will
     be English.
   * Authors are requested to submit papers to the Program Chair by January
     31, 1997.
   * Papers are limited to 14 pages in length, single-spaced, including
     abstract (required), figures and references.
   * Papers may be submitted either electronically (using PostScript,
     preferably including all fonts) or by hard copy (four copies printed on
     standard US 8.5x11 or A4 paper) to the address below.
   * Authors are requested to provide a cover letter indicating which of the
     following topics is addressed by their paper. You may list up to five
     of the topics below. If you want to include a topic that is not in the
     list, you may add at most one of your own choosing.
        o Applications of Conceptual Structures
        o Charles Sanders Peirce and his ideas
        o Concept Formation
        o Conceptual Graph Theory
        o Formal Logic
        o History of Conceptual Structures
        o Human Factors / Ergonomics of Conceptual Structures
        o Knowledge/Skill Acquisition/Elicitation
        o Knowledge Representation
        o Natural Language Processing/Translation
        o Ontologies
        o Practical Epistemology
        o Pragmatics
        o Semantics
        o Semiotics

4. PAPER SUBMISSIONS

Authors are requested to submit their paper to the following address:

                                  ICCS'97
                             c/o Dickson Lukose
                        Knowledge Science Institute
                       Department of Computer Science
                         The University of Calgary
                        2500 University Drive N.W.,
                              Calgary, Alberta
                               Canada T2N 1N4

or email their paper to the following email address:

                             iccs97@cs.uah.edu

5. TUTORIALS

Proposals are invited for tutorials. Duration will be either half-day
(approx 3 hours) or whole day (approx 6 hours). Suggestions are welcome.
Potential presenters are encouraged to apply by the following date:

                               April 1, 1997

6. CGTOOLS WORKSHOP

A one day CGTOOLS Workshop is being organised as part of this conference.
The purpose of this workshop is provide an avenue for all researches and
tools developers working with Conceptual Graphs to exchange ideas, share
experiences, compare notes and to evaluate progress from previous years. The
CGTools Workshop will take place over a full day immediately following the
technical sessions of the ICCS'97 conference.

The CGTOOLS Home Page is located at the following URL:

                     http://turing.une.edu.au/~cgtools

Participation in the CGTOOLS workshop is via Conceptual Graph Tools and
Application demonstration. Submissions are invited for speakers to present
at the workshop. A 2-4 page extended abstract are to be submitted by the
following date:

                               April 15, 1997

to the following email address:

                         cgtools@turing.une.edu.au

 7. ORGANISING COMMITTEE

 General Chair             Harry S. Delugach
                           University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
                           delugach@cs.uah.edu

 Program Chair             Dickson Lukose
                           The University of New England, Australia
                           lukose@peirce.une.edu.au

 Honorary Chair            John Sowa
                           SUNY at Binghamton, USA
                           sowa@west.poly.edu

 Local Arrangements        Mary Keeler
 Co-Chairs                 University of Washington, USA
                           mkeeler@u.washington.edu

                           Leroy Searle
                           Center for the Humanities
                           Box 353910, Seattle, WA 98195
                           (206) 543-3920
                           University of Washington, USA
                           lsearle@u.washington.edu

 8. EDITORIAL BOARD

 Michel Chein              LIRMM, Universite Montpellier, France
 Guy Mineau                Universite Laval, Canada
 Fritz Lehmann             Cycorp,USA
 Brian Gaines              The University of Calgary, Canada
 Leroy Searle              University of Washington, USA

 9. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

 Harmen van den Berg       Telematics Research Centre, The Netherlands
 Duane Boning              MIT, USA
 Judy Dick                 ActE, Canada
 Norman Foo                University of New South Wales, Australia
 Pavel Kucora              The University of Loughborough, UK
 Heather Pfeiffer          New Mexico State University, USA
 Heike Petermann           The University of Hamburg, Germany
 Maurice Pagnucco          University of New South Wales, Australia
 James Slagle              The University of Minnesota, USA
 Bill Tepfenhart           AT&T, USA
 Marie-Laure Mugnier       LIRMM, Universite Montpellier, France
 Michel Wermelinger        University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 Eric Tsui                 CSC Continuum & University of Sydney, Australia
 Mark Willems              Bolesian, The Netherlands
 Bernard Moulin            Universite Laval, Canada
 Vilas Wuwongse            Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
 Robert Levinson           The University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
 Brian Garner              Deakin University, Australia
 Peter Eklund              University of Adelaide, Australia
 Gerard Ellis              RMIT, Australia
 Daniel Rochowiak          University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
 Debra Evans               Micro Analysis and Design, Inc., USA
 Valerie Shute             Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, USA
 Bruno Emond               Universite du Quebec a Hull, Canada
 Andrew Fall               Simon Fraser University, Canada
 Rudolf Wille              Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
 John Esch                 Lockheed Martin, USA
 Walling Cyre              Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
                           University, USA

10. FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information contact:

                     Harry S. Delugach (General Chair)
                        Computer Science Department
                    University of Alabama in Huntsville
                         Huntsville, AL 35899 USA.

                           Phone: (205) 890-6614
                            Fax: (205) 890-6239
                         Email: delugach@cs.uah.edu

11. INFORMATION ON WWW

This CFP and the latest information regarding ICCS'97 can be found on the
World Wide Web at http://www.cs.uah.edu/~iccs97/.
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