Hi, I'd be interested to participate, either as a co-organizer or simply by submitting a research paper
ben > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Stephen Reed > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [agi] an AGI workshop? > > > I participated in a AAAI-02 workshop and I would be interested in > participating in one for AAAI-04. The bar for research paper submission > is much lower - basically the organizers review the submissions. > > -Steve > > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Pei Wang wrote: > > > 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] > > > > -- > =========================================================== > Stephen L. 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