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              IEEE Conference on AI Applications, CAIA-90

LAST CALL!!!  The Sixth IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Applications (CAIA-90) is coming soon!  IT will be held March 5-9, 1990,
at the Fess Parker's Red Lion Resort in Santa Barbara CA.  The last date
for advance registration is Feb 9th, although you can register later, or
even at the door.

CAIA-90 is devoted to the application of artificial intelligence
techniques to real-world problems.  There will be two days of tutorials
(March 5 and 6), followed by three days of main program.  Invited talks
include:

 - "Knowledge Based Systems: the Competitive Imperative of the 90's"
     by Ed Mahler, E.I. Dupont, Keynote address
 - "Massively Parallel Text Processing" by David Waltz, Thinking Machines,
     Plenary address
 - "Robots That Work", by William Whitaker, CMU
 - "Modeling and Analyzing Business: A High Payoff Challenge for AI"
     by Richard Fikes, Price Waterhouse

There will be panels on:

 - "How to Deploy Lisp Applications"
 - "Verification and Validation of AI Applications"
 - "Everyday Encounters with AI"
 - "New Funding Initiatives for AI"
 - "The Future of AI and AI Applications" (Plenary Panel)

The quality of papers this year is excellent.  There will be case studies
of knowledge-based applications solving significant problems in
Engineering, Manufacturing and Business/Decision support, as well as
papers on AI techniques and principles that underlie knowledge-based
systems and in turn enable ever more ambitious real-world applications.
In two volume proceedings: Papers, and visuals.  The second volume will
be mailed soon after the conference.

There will also be 7 demonstrations of AI applications.

For a copy of the advance program, call IEEE at 202/371-1013, or fax them
at 202/728-0884.  Hotel reservations can be made directly with Fess
Parker's Red Lion Resort, 633 East Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara CA 93103,
phone 805/564-4333.
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 Tim Finin                                   finin@prc.unisys.com
 Center for Advanced Information Technology  215-648-7446, 215-648-7412 (fax)
 Unisys, PO Box 517, Paoli, PA 19301         215-386-1749 (home)