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XbApplications have not been very visible at logic programming
conferences despite many attempts to solicit them in the Call for
Papers for the conferences. Part of the reason for the lack of
application papers is that the refereeing for conferences encourages
original research results, and discourages reporting of known
applications. As an attempt to make applications more visible, I
volunteered to organize a poster session on applications of logic
programming at the coming conference on logic programming to be held
in San Diego in 1991. The reason for suggesting a poster session is to
have a different forum for presenting work, one which works in other
fields such as biology, where interested people can chat in some
detail about your experiences with developing a logic programming
application. I believe sharing of such experiences is important and
valuable. However, judging from the experience of the International
Logic Programming Conference where few papers were submitted to a
poster session, just announcing a poster session is insufficient to
attract reports of applications. I would like to start a discussion of
what vehicle readers of comp.lang.prolog would find most valuable for
including reports on applications at conferences (or if indeed people
would like to find a way). Some suggestions I have heard is to make
the session hands-on, i.e. insist that applications come with demos,
changhing the poster session to a workshop, and soliciting individuals
directly without goibng through a lengthy review process.

	Please send me your comments and suggestions. I will summarize
interesting discussions on the net.

	Leon Sterling