I wonder if we have enough people interested in organizing/participating an AGI workshop during AAAI-04 (or some other conference).
Pei > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Call for AAAI-04 Workshop Proposals > Nineteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence > July 25-29 > San Jose, California > Sponsored by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence > > http://www.aaai.org/Workshops/2004/ws-04.html > > > The AAAI-04 Program Committee invites proposals for the Workshop Program > of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence's Nineteenth > National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-04). > > Workshops will be held at the beginning of the conference, July 25-26, > 2004. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to meet and > discuss issues with a selected focus-providing an informal setting for > active exchange among researchers, developers and users on topics of > current interest. Members of all segments of the AI community are > encouraged to submit proposals. > > To foster interaction and exchange of ideas, the workshops will be kept > small, with 25-50 participants. Attendance is limited to active > participants only. The format of workshops will be determined by their > organizers, who are encouraged to leave ample time for general > discussion.Workshops will typically be one full day in length, although > half-day and two-day proposals will be considered. > > *** Proposal Content > > Proposals for workshops should be about two (2) pages in length, and > should contain: > * A description of the workshop topic. Identify the specific > issues on which the workshop will focus. > * A brief discussion of why the topic is of particular > interest at this time. > * A brief description of the proposed workshop format, regarding > the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, > panels, and general discussion. > * An indication as to whether the workshop should be considered > for a half-day, one or two-day meeting. > * The names and full contact information (e-mail and postal > addresses, fax and telephone numbers) of the organizing committee - > 3 to 4 people knowledgeable in the field - and short descriptions > of their relevant expertise. Strong proposals include organizers > who bring differing perspectives to the workshop topic and > who are actively connected to the communities of potential > participants. > * A list of potential attendees. > > Workshops are an excellent forum for exploring emerging approaches and > task areas, for bridging the gaps between AI and other fields or between > subfields of AI, for elucidating the results of exploratory research, or > for critiquing existing approaches. Because workshops are intended for > focused exploration of special topics, topics that are already the > subject of regular meetings are not appropriate. > > *** Workshop Organization > > Workshop organizers will be responsible for: > * Producing a call for participation. The Call is due November 14, > 2003. This Call will be mailed to AAAI members by AAAI and > placed on the AAAI web site. Organizers are responsible for additional > publicity such as distributing the Call to relevant newsgroups > and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences > from outside the AAAI community. > * Selecting participants. Workshop attendance is by invitation of the > organizers. Selection of attendees will be made by the organizers > on the basis of submissions due March 12, 2004. Workshop organizers > will need to provide AAAI with a preliminary list of the participants > by April 23, 2004. > * Coordinating the production of the workshop notes. AAAI provides a > small budget to cover publication, mailing and administrative support. > AAAI can reproduce and mail copies of the working notes if materials > are received by May 25, 2004. Working notes may contain a collection of > statements by participants or other relevant material, but are limited > to a total of 200 pages. > > Workshop organizers who want to publish the papers from their workshop > (or significant portions of it) will have the opportunity to do so > through the AAAI Press. The Press (which retains the right of first > refusal to publish) will furnish details of its program to interested > organizers and authors. > > AAAI will provide logistic support, and meeting places for the > workshops, and will determine the dates and times of the workshops. AAAI > reserves the right to drop any workshop if the organizers miss the above > deadlines.Workshops are not to be used as a vehicle for marketing > products. All workshop participants must register for the AAAI-04 > Technical Program. > > *** Proposal Submission > > Workshop proposals must be received no later than October 3, 2003. > E-mail submissions in PDF format are preferred. Organizers will be > notified of the committee's decision by October 27, 2003. > > The Workshop Program is chaired by Milos Hauskrecht of the University of > Pittsburgh and cochaired by Dieter Fox of the University of Washington. > Please submit workshop proposals and address inquiries concerning > workshops to: > > Milos Hauskrecht > University of Pittsburgh > Computer Science Department > 5329 Sennott Square > Pittsburgh, PA 15260 > Telephone: (412) 624-8845 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
