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Incorporating The Sixth International Conference and Exhibition on
The Practical Application of Prolog

and

The Fourth International Conference and Exhibition on 
The Practical Application of Constraint Technology

Wednesday 25th March - Friday 27th March 1998, London, UK
http://www.demon.co.uk/ar/PAPPACT98/

PAP/PACT98 is sponsored and supported to date by: AI International,
Amzi! inc., CompulogNet, IF Computer, Integral Solutions Ltd, LPA,
Prolog Development Centre, PrologIA, Prolog Management Group,
Association of Logic Programming, Lionheart Publishing Inc. and is held
in cooperation with the AAAI.

Call for Participation

The PAP/PACT conference and exhibition is the premier forum for Prolog
and Constraint applications and systems. 

Now in their sixth and fourth years respectively this joint conference
builds on
the success of previous conferences and continues to demonstrate the
benefits of using Prolog and constraints for solving real-world
problems. PAP/PACT98 will focus on the growing industrial exploitation
of these technologies, and explore the tangible benefits for business,
and identify future trends.

Both Prolog and constraints offer significant advantages, including
increased productivity, reduced maintenance, and adaptable solutions
which can react to changing business requirements. Moreover, the
underlying research and scope of these technologies is still evolving
with new ideas and techniques continually emerging.

PAP/PACT98 provides an excellent opportunity to appreciate the breadth
of application of these technologies, to share new developments in the
field and to find out how to exploit these developments in practice.

Conference Objectives

PAP/PACT98 will provide a rich blend of tutorials, invited talks,
refereed papers, panel discussions, an exhibition, a poster session and
social agenda.  The result, as in previous years, is an ideal forum for
the exchange of ideas and knowledge, between experts from a broad
spectrum of industries and technologies.

PA EXPO98

PAP/PACT98 will form part of a five day Practical Application Expo which
will also include: 
PADD98-The Practical Application of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining 
PAAM98-The Practical Application of Intelligent Agent and Multi Agent
Technology                                      
PAKeM98-The Practical Application of Knowledge Management.
The Four conference and tutorial programmes will overlap, enabling
delegates to get the best possible value from attending these events.

You are invited to register your interest for PAP/PACT98 by completing
the reply form below.

Call for Papers

As the conference focuses on the real-world benefits of technology,
preference will be given to papers describing fielded applications, and
to papers describing techniques which have ready application in
producing industrial strength code.
Also of interest are descriptions of advanced prototypes, tools and
techniques, and general survey papers which indicate the future
directions for logic programming and constraint technology.

Topics might include but are not limited to:
        Applications for:      
        The Web/Multimedia 
        Manufacturing/Engineering
        Commerce
        Consumers
        Medicine
        Finance/Insurance
             
        Tools for:        
        Timetabling
        Transportation and Distribution
        Planning
        Scheduling
        Business Process Modelling
        Databases and Data Exchange
        Diagnostics
        Resource Allocation
        Expert Systems
             
        Techniques for:        
        Heuristics and Algorithms
        Parsing and Browsing
        Visualization
        Decision Support
        Knowledge Engineering
        Software Engineering
        Resource Optimisation
        Natural Language

Papers should be no more than twenty pages long.  Five copies of your
paper, in English, should be received by the conference organisers, on
or before December 5,1997. Papers from non English speakers are strongly
encouraged, however we would ask that your paper is proof read by a
native English speaker, if possible, before submission.

Please include:
A Cover Page containing Full Contact Details
A Short Abstract
Your E-mail Address

Authors of successful submissions will be notified by January 12, 1998.  
Accepted papers in camera-ready format will be due by February 13, 1998.

Call for Exhibitors

PAP/PACT98 provides an excellent opportunity for vendors and
developers to demonstrate their systems. You are invited to contact the
conference organisers to arrange for your application to be exhibited at
the event. 

Programme Committee

Chaired by Guy Narboni of IMPLEXE, the programme committee is drawn
worldwide, from industry leaders and first class universities and
research organisations.

Syed Sibte Raza Abidi                 USM, Malaysia
Kent Andersson                          Uppsala University, Sweden 
Pedro Barahona                          New University of Lisbon,
Portugal 
Oskar Bartenstein                      IF Computer, Japan 
Ivan Bratko                                University of Ljubljana,
Slovenia
Norman Cruse                            Cruse Systems Services Ltd,
Canada 
Andrew Davison                         Prince of Songkhla Univ.,
Thailand
Pierre Deransart                       INRIA, France          
Robin Drogemuller                     James Cook University, Australia 
Marcus Fromherz                      Xerox PARC, USA
Gopal Gupta                               New Mexico State University,
USA
Kazuyoshi Honda                       Tokyo Gas Company, Japan
George Imlah                             BICC, UK
Leo Jensen                                PDC, Denmark
Peter Ludemann                         InXight Software, Inc.,USA
Dennis Merritt                           Amzi! inc, USA 
Karen Morrissey                         Analysts International
Corporation, USA 
David Pearce                             DFKI, Germany 
Donald Nute                               University of Georgia, USA 
Luis Moniz Pereira                     New University of Lisbon,
Portugal
Peter Reintjes                           NetSpeak Corporation, USA
Thomas Sjoland                         SICS, Sweden
Brian Steel                                LPA, UK
Leon Sterling                             University of Melbourne,
Australia
Geoff Sutcliffe                          James Cook University,
Australia
Peter Szeredi                           IQSOFT, Hungary
Osamu Takata                           Toyota Central R&D Labs., Japan 
Patrick Taillibert                      Dassault Electronique, France
Masanobu Umeda                      Kyushu Institute of Technology,
Japan
Andrew Verden                        IF Computer, Germany 
Jan Van Der Vorst                    NedCar, The Netherlands
David RR Weber                       Exemplar Systems Inc, USA
George Yaeger                         US Army, USA

PACT98 Programme Committee

Henri Beringer                           ILOG, France 
Mouhssine Bouzoubaa                 Sintef, Norway 
Andre Chamard                          Dassault Aviation, France
Jean-Marc David                       Renault, France
Tim Duncan                                Harlequin Ltd,
UK                    
Jacob Feldman                           IntelEngine, USA 
Eugene C. Freuder                      University of New Hampshire, USA
Geir Hasle                                  Sintef, Norway
Baudouin Le Charlier                   F.U.N.D.P., Belgium
Claude Le Pape                           Bouygues, France
James Little                               Brunel University, UK
Micha Meier                               ECRC, Germany
Paola Mello                                 University of Bologna, Italy 
Guy Narboni                               IMPLEXE, France
Mike Pegman                              Vine Solutions, UK
Francesca Rossi                          University of Pisa, Italy
Helmut Simonis                           Cosytec, France
Peter Stuckey                             University of Melbourne,
Australia
Erik Tiden                                   Siemens, Germany 
Edward Tsang                             University of Essex, UK
Michel Van Caneghem                  PrologIA, France            
Pascal Van Hentenryck               Brown University, USA
Mark Wallace                             IC-Parc, UK        
Andrew Verden                          IF Computer, Germany 

Organisation

The Conference is organised by The Practical Application Company. The
Sponsorship and Exhibition Coordinator is Clive Spenser, PMG Treasurer,
and Marketing Director of Logic Programming Associates.

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