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        C A L L  F O R  P A P E R S  A N D  P A R T I C I P A T I O N S

              AI'94 WORKSHOP ON EXPERT SYSTEMS IN PRODUCTION USE

    University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 22 November 1994


TOPICS AND ISSUES

This workshop focuses on KBS/ES that are already in production use. It is 
envisaged that the workshop provides an opportunity for academic and industry 
specialists to discuss the pragmatics of developing, maintaining and gaining 
organisational acceptance of expert systems. Applications may be running on 
mainframe, workstations or microcomputers. Although all areas of expert systems 
applications are welcome, we are particularly interested in applications from 
the major financial services sectors and defense areas. Typical applications 
may include:

        - investment analysis;
        - loan evaluation;
        - risk analysis;
        - stock forecasting;
        - fraud detection;
        - claims processing;
        - underwriting;
        - help-desk advisory systems;
        - surveillance systems and
        - sonar analysis.

A range of technical and organisational issues is expected to be covered in the 
workshop. Issues may include:

        - choice of hardware and software;
        - data collection and knowledge acquisition;
        - efficiency;
        - cost considerations;
        - project planning and control;
        - human computer interface;
        - user training and acceptance;
        - management support and
        - technical support and maintenance.


FORMAT AND DURATION OF THE WORKSHOP

        - Preceded by a series of short presentations (6-8, 20 minutes each) 
        - 2-3 panel sessions on specific issues
        - Demonstrations
        - Workshop summary


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Attendance is primarily restricted to participants who actually have a system 
or systems in production use although there will be places for "attendance only"
participants who can demonstrate they have a strong interest in and are active 
in the field. Applicants who intend to present should send an extended abstract 
(3-5 pages; around 1000-1500 words). Applicants who seek only to attend should 
forward a one-page concise summary of their current work.


WORKSHOP COMMITTEE

Ernest Edmonds	        Loughborough University of Technology
Brian Garner 		Deakin University
Andy Horsfall	        Fujitsu Australia
Daniel O' Leary     	University of Southern California
Anand Rao       	Australian AI Institute
Eric Tsui         	Continuum Australia


IMPORTANT DATES

31st August 1994      		Deadline for submission of abstract/summary
15th September 1994     	Notification of acceptance/rejection
22nd November 1994 	        Workshop
21st - 25th November 1994	Conference 


FURTHER INFORMATION

All enquires regarding this workshop and abstract/summary submission should be 
directed to the following address:

                             Dr. Eric Tsui 
                          Expert Systems Group
                        Continuum Australia Ltd
                              201 Miller St
                          North Sydney NSW 2060

                               Ph. 02-2281152
                               Fax 02-2214808

                           Email: eric@cs.su.oz.au



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IMPORTANT DATES FOR AI'94 WORKSHOPS
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a) 1st Australian Conceptual Structures Workshop
        Submission Deadline             August 31, 1994.
        Notification of Acceptance      September 30, 1994.
        Camera-ready copy               October 15, 1994.

b) AI'94 Workshop on Evolutionary Computation
        Submission Deadline             August 8, 1994.
        Notification of Acceptance      September 12, 1994.
        Camera-ready copy               October 17, 1994.

c) AI'94 Workshop on Expert Systems in Production use
        Abstarct Submission Deadline    August 31, 1994.
        Notification of Acceptance      September 15, 1994.

d) AI'94 Workshop on Knowledge-Based Systems in Natural Resource Management
        Abstarct Submission Deadline    August 31, 1994.
        Notification of Acceptance      September 15, 1994.

e) 2nd Australian Workshop on Natural Language Processing
        Submission of extended abstract August 9, 1994
        Notification of acceptance:     September 16, 1994
        Full paper submission:          October 17, 1994
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