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In addition to soliciting submissions from potential presenters, we
encourage others interested in attending and taking part in the
discussions to send a brief letter indicating their desire to attend. 
Please note that the deadline for submissions is March 11.

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TITLE



  AAAI-98 Workshop on KNOWLEDGE SHARING ACROSS BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL
KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS



DATE AND LOCATION



   National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-98) in Madison,
Wisconsin, July 26 - July 27, 1998.  See the AAAI web site at
http://www.aaai.org for additional details.

 

DESCRIPTION



The amount of biological and medical information is growing at an
exponential rate and overwhelming researchers and clinicians. Various
groups have applied the technology of knowledge base systems to help in
the effective utilization of available information.  These systems have
been used for applications in information retrieval, natural language
processing, database integration, machine earning, data mining, and
decision-making. 



While there is a substantial overlap of knowledge represented in these
knowledge based systems there has been very limited dialog among the
various groups creating these systems. This one-day workshop explores
ways in which the knowledge contained in the various systems can be
shared. 



Specifically, the workshop goals include:



1. Understanding the scope of knowledge contained in various knowledge
based systems in biology and medicine.



2. Understanding strengths and limitations of different knowledge
representation formalisms, inference engines, and knowledge acquisition
methods for biological and medical systems.



3. Identifying strategies for knowledge sharing across different
development groups as we move toward more comprehensive knowledge bases
for researchers and clinicians in biology and medicine.





SUBMISSIONS



Potential presenters should submit a short paper (up to 5-8 pages)
addressing any of the issues relevant to the workshop goals.  Others
interested in participating should submit a 1-2 page statement of
background and interest.  



E-mail in PostScript or MS Word format to



        Dhiraj K. Pathak at dp33010@glaxowellcome.com
or
        Gary H. Merrill at ghm48805@glaxowellcome.com 



Submission Deadline:  March 11, 1998



Notification Date:  April 1, 1998




ORGANIZING COMMITTEE



Dhiraj K. Pathak, Glaxo Wellcome (Co-chair) (dp33010@glaxowellcome.com)

Gary H. Merrill, Glaxo Wellcome (Co-chair) (ghm48805@glaxowellcome.com)

Carol Bean, National Library of Medicine (bean@nlm.nih.gov)

Andy Brass, University of Manchester (abrass@manchester.ac.uk)

Ed Hammond, Duke University (hammo001@mc.duke.edu)

Rober Jenders, Columbia University (jenders@cucis.cis.columbia.edu)


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Gary H. Merrill / Principal Consultant, Information Access Technology
[Views and opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily
those of GlaxoWellcome Inc.]