From: "Steve Rees" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 15:30:39 +0000
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AIMDM'99
Joint European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and
Medical Decision Making
Seventh biennial meetings of the AIME and ESMDM societies
20th - 24th June 1999, Aalborg, Denmark
http://www.miba.auc.dk/AIMDM99/
Sponsored by: Det Obelske Familiefond
Second Call for Papers
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PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIR
Werner Horn ......Wien, Austria.
Greger Lindberg ..... Huddinge, Sweden, co-Chair
Yuval Shahar ..... Stanford, Calif., USA, co-Chair
ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Steen Andreassen ..... Aalborg, Denmark.
TUTORIALS CHAIR
Jeremy Wyatt .... London, United Kingdom
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
For AIME:
Steen Andreassen ..... Aalborg, Denmark
Pedro Barahona ..... Lisboa, Portugal
Robert Baud .... Geneve, Switzerland
Jan van Bemmel ... Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Carlo Combi .... Udine, Italy
Luca Console .... Torino, Italy
Michel Dojat .... Grenoble, France
Rolf Engelbrecht .... München, Germany
John Fox .... London, United Kingdom
Catherine Garbay .... La Tronche, France
Reinhold Haux .... Heidelberg, Germany
Jim Hunter .... Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Elpida Keravnou .... Nicosia, Cyprus
Nada Lavrac .... Ljubljana, Slovenia
Leonard Leibovici .... Petah-Tiqva, Israel
Silvia Miksch .... Wien, Austria
Alan Rector .... Manchester, United Kingdom
Costas Spyropoulos .... Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
Mario Stefanelli .... Pavia, Italy
Mario Veloso .... Lisboa, Portugal
Bonnie Webber .... Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Jeremy Wyatt .... London, United Kingdom
For ESMDM:
Gianni Barosi .... Pavia, Italy
Diederik Dippel .... Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Jack Dowie .... Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
J. I. Emparanza .... San Sebastian, Spain
C. Margolis .... Beer-Sheva, Israel
Gianpaolo Molino .... Torino, Italy
Christian Ohmann .... Düsseldorf, Germany
Helmut Sitter .... Marburg, Germany
Charles Sulman .... Lille, France
Sarah Twaddle ... Glasgow, United Kingdom
Jef Van den Ende .... Antwerpen, Belgium
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Steve Rees (Chair), Kim Dremstrup Nielsen,
Johnny Solberg
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The European Societies for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME)
and Medical Decision Making (ESMDM) were both established in 1986.
The aims of AIME and ESMDM are the following:
AIME
· to foster fundamental and applied research in the application of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to medical care and medical
research, and
· to provide a forum for reporting significant results achieved at
biennial conferences.
ESMDM
· to promote research and training in medical decision-making
· to provide a forum for circulating ideas and programs of related
interest
A major activity of both these societies has been a series of
international conferences, held biennially over the last 12 years
AIME ESMDM
1987 Marseilles 1986 Leiden
1989 London 1988 Copenhagen
1991 Maastricht 1990 Glasgow
1993 Munich 1992 Marburg
1995 Pavia 1994 Lille
1997 Grenoble 1996 Torino
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AIMDM'99
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For the first time AIMDM'99 will see a joint conference of the
European societies for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME) and
Medical Decision Making (ESMDM), building on common interests in the
representation and application of medical knowledge in medical
decision making.
The societies seek to publish original contributions to the
development of theory, techniques, and applications of both AI in
medicine and medical decision making (MDM). Contributions to theory
may include presentation or analysis of the properties of novel AI or
MDM methodologies potentially useful to solve medical problems.
Papers on techniques should describe the development or the extension
of AI or MDM methods and their implementation. They should also
discuss the assumptions and limitations which characterize the
proposed methods. Application papers should describe the
implementation of AI or MDM systems to solve significant medical
problems, including health care quality assurance, health care costs
and ethical considerations. Application papers should present
sufficient information to allow evaluation of the practical benefits
of the system.
AIMDM'99 will include:
· Invited papers
· Contributed papers
· Contributed abstracts
· Contributed posters
· System demonstrations
· Tutorials to introduce newcomers and discuss advanced topics
· Workshop
The scope includes the following methodological areas:
AI in medicine:
· Knowledge acquisition, representation, refinement, validation and
maintenance
· Machine learning and data mining
· Decision support systems, including knowledge based systems, neural
networks, belief networks and statistical models
· Uncertain, temporal, and case based reasoning
· Planning and scheduling
· Natural language generation and understanding
· Computer vision, image and signal interpretation
· Intelligent agents and information retrieval
· Telemedicine and knowledge management in intranets and the Internet
· Cognitive modeling
Medical decision making:
· Strategies, guidelines and applications dealing with diagnosis,
treatment and follow-up of patients
· Health care quality assurance, improvement and clinical audit
· Health economics, cost effectiveness, resource allocation
· Ethical, regulatory, legal and psychological aspects of medical
decision making and decision support tools
· Technology assessment and health policy making
· Decision analysis, utility assessment and decision modeling
· Evidence based medicine and clinical effectiveness
INVITED SPEAKERS
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In addition to the above activities AIMDM'99 includes lectures from
eminent speakers in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and decision
making in medicine. Preliminary titles for these lectures are:
Artificial Intelligence for Learning Health Care Organizations
Prof. Mario Stefanelli
Laboratory of Medical Informatics, Department of Computers and
Systems Science, University of Pavia, Italy
>From Clinical Guidelines to Decision Support
Prof. Gianpaolo Molino
Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni
Battista di Torino, Italy
Machine Learning for Data Mining in Medicine
Prof. Nada Lavrac
Department of Intelligent Systems, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana,
Slovenia
Timing is Everything: Temporal Reasoning and Temporal Data Maintenance
in Medicine
Prof. Yuval Shahar
Medical Informatics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Calif.,
USA
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WORKSHOP
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Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Sunday, June 20th 1999
The care of critically ill patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs)
and during Anaesthesia is becoming increasingly complex. Clinicians
are required to rapidly interpret and respond to a large number of
clinical parameters, selecting appropriate treatment for the patient
among many different options. New measurement technology has
increased the demand for improved information management, as has the
need to monitor and assess the quality of care provided. This
workshop presents "State of the art" applications of information
technology for clinicians, researchers and industry working in
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care.
· Topics of particular interest include those related to supporting
clinical decision making, including
· Decision support systems: clinical guidelines and protocols; model
based advisory systems; monitoring and intelligent alarming; and the
application of Artificial Intelligence methodology in Anaesthesia and
Intensive care.
· Computer systems for control and assessment of quality of care.
· Information management: visualization and interpretation of clinical
data; planning and scheduling of critical care resources.
In addition Patient Data Management systems will be presented by
representatives from industry.
The workshop invites submission of structured abstracts or full
papers (see instruction for authors for AIMDM'99) to the workshop
chair, Silvia Miksch, (see Conference addresses) preferably in
electronic format (word, pdf or postscript) no later than March 1st
1999. Authors will be notified of acceptance by April 15th 1999.
Authors are requested to state their preference for oral presentation
or poster. Abstracts and papers will appear as separate workshop
notes. In addition a special issue of Artificial Intelligence in
Medicine (AIM) dedicated to Knowledge-Based Information Management in
Intensive Care and Anaesthesia is planned, and will include a
selection of the best papers from the workshop.
Scientific committee: Silvia Miksch (Chair) (A), Steen Andreassen
(DK), Michel Dojat (F), Jim Hunter (UK), Christian Popow (A), Steve
Rees (DK), Per Thorgaard (DK). Registration fee: Workshop only 750
DKK, for participants of AIMDM'99 500 DKK. The fee includes light
refreshments and lunch.
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TUTORIALS
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Half day tutorials will be organized on Sunday 20th June in parallel
sessions. Morning tutorials will take place from 9 am to 12:30 pm and
afternoon tutorials from 1:30 pm to 5 pm. Prices will be 500 DKK for
one tutorial and 800 DKK for two. Proposals for tutorials are
invited. Send proposals to the tutorials chair, Jeremy Wyatt (see
Conference addresses) no later than December 15th 1998. Tutorials
will include the two listed below but more tutorials will be added.
1) Data Mining Techniques and Applications in Medicine by Blaz Zupan
and Nada Lavrac, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
The widespread use of medical information systems that include
rapidly growing databases, present physicians and medical researchers
with a problem of making use of the stored data. Traditional manual
data analysis has become insufficient, and methods for efficient
computer-assisted analysis indispensable, in particular those of data
mining and other related techniques of knowledge discovery in
databases and intelligent data analysis. This tutorial will address
current techniques and applications of data mining in medicine,
including symbolic data mining (mining of decision rules, association
rules, decision trees, inductive logic programming, hierarchical
concept discovery, etc.) and subsymbolic data mining (instance based
learning, neural nets, Naive Bayesian classifier, etc). Evaluation
techniques and statistical criteria as well as methods for data
preprocessing and visualization will be discussed.
2) How to Build a Causal Probabilistic Network by Finn V. Jensen and
Steen Andreassen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Causal Probabilistic Networks (CPNs), also called Bayesian networks
have established themselves as a practical method for knowledge
representation and inference in a number of medical areas. The
tutorial will give an informal introduction to the theory of CPNs and
to the use of CPNs in connection with decision theory. The tutorial
will give the participants hands-on experience with the construction
of a small CPN, including the acquisition of structure and
conditional probabilities from knowledge or from mining of databases.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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CONFERENCE DETAILS
AIMDM'99 will be held at Hotel Hvide Hus in Aalborg, Denmark starting
on June 20th and ending midday June 24th 1999.
Tutorials and the workshop on `Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive
Care' will be held between 9am and 5pm on June 20th 1999. Please
find updated information on the conference at
http://www.miba.auc.dk/AIMDM99/
CONFERENCE VENUE
Hotel Hvide Hus, Vesterbro 2, DK-9000 Aalborg Tel. +45 98 13 84 00,
Fax: +45 98 13 51 22. Hotel Hvide Hus is situated
only a couple of minutes' walk from downtown Aalborg. Aalborg Airport
is only 5 km away and you will find a convenient airport bus service
directly to the hotel (DKK 35). Transportation by Taxi will cost
approx. DKK 100. REGISTRATION Registration fees include participation
in the technical programme, a copy of the proceedings, all lunches
and refreshments during the Conference, and the Welcome Reception on
Sunday evening.
Fees are in Danish Kroner (DKK).
Registration before May 15th 1999: 2550
Registration after May 15th 1999: 3000
Student registration before May 15th 1999: 1400
Student registration after 15/05/99: 1800
Tutorials - cost per tutorial: 400
Workshop only: 750
Workshop for AIMDM participants: 500
Lunch for tutorial participants: 180
Tutorial fees exclude lunch on the June 20th. Lunch can be purchased
separately.
Students should attach a letter of support from their institution
confirming student status. Please use the enclosed REGISTRATION FORM.
SOCIAL EVENTS
Sunday, June 20th, 18.00 - 20.00
Welcome reception hosted by the Mayor of Aalborg, Mr. Henning G. Jensen
Monday, June 21st 10.00-13.00
Guided walk in 'Old Aalborg' for accompanying persons. The tour will
include visits to the Monastery of the Holy Ghost (1431) and
Aalborghus Castle - but we will also find time for a visit to a
glassblower where we get a chance to see how confidently the
craftsman works this difficult material. Price per person DKK 50.
Tuesday, June 22nd 19.00
Conference Dinner. The conference dinner will be held at
Skydepavillionen located in the centre of Aalborg. Price per person
DKK 300
Wednesday, June 23rd 19.00 - 23.00
Midsummer Eve in Denmark. We cruise by M/S Hornfisken to the small
island of Egholm for a traditional St Hans evening of seafood, drink,
relaxing by the bonfire and listening to traditional Danish Midsummer
songs. Price per person DKK 180.
Please note that tours are subject to cancellation in case of an
insufficient number of participants.
WEATHER
June in Denmark is warm with day-temperatures of about 18-20o C.
However, the Danish climate
is known for its unpredictability - so we recommend raincoat and warm
clothing for outings.
ACCOMMODATION
Aalborg has numerous hotels, details of which may be found at
http://www.tourist-aal.dk/aalbturi.nsf. To book your accommodation,
please use the REGISTRATION FORM.
PAYMENT
Payment of the registration fees etc. should be made in Danish Kroner
net of all bank charges and commissions as indicated on the
REGISTRATION FORM. CANCELLATION The Secretariat of the AIMDM'99
conference must be notified in writing of any cancellation. A
cancellation fee of 500 DKK will be charged prior to June 10th. After
this date there will be no refund of registration fees.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Full papers or structured abstracts should be submitted on or
before December 15th 1998 (send three copies to the programme
committee chair, Werner Horn).
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
The following details apply to submissions for AIMDM'99 and the
associated workshop on "Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care"
Full papers: These should not exceed 5000 words, or a maximum of 10
pages. Full papers should be formatted according to Springer's LNCS
format, details of which can be obtained from
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html, or by writing to the
programme committee chair.
Structured abstracts: These should be a maximum of one page A4 with
the text fitting within a box 16 cm wide and 22 cm high. The title of
the abstract should be in 12 point bold format with author details
and main text being 12 point font, single line spaced, preferably in
Times font. Abstracts should be structured with the following
headings: Objective, methods, results and conclusions.
Authors are requested to classify their submitted paper or abstract
using the categories given in the scope and to sate their preference
for oral presentation or poster. Papers and abstracts must be original
and must not have been published before. All papers and abstracts will
be carefully reviewed by at least two independent referees. Full
papers and structured abstracts will be presented either as oral
presentations or posters. The working language is English. All
accepted full papers (not workshop papers) will appear in the
conference proceedings which will be published as part of the Springer
Verlag "Lecture Notes in AI" series. In addition, the authors of the
best submissions will be invited to expand and refine their papers for
possible publication in the journal Artificial Intelligence in
Medicine (Elsevier). Structured abstracts will be included in a
separate supplement distributed at the conference.
SCHEDULE
Receipt of full papers and abstracts for consideration: Dec. 15th 1998
Notification of acceptance: Feb. 15th 1999
Receipt of revised camera-ready manuscript: March 15th 1999
Receipt of workshop papers and abstracts: March 1st 1999
Notification of acceptance of workshop
papers and abstracts: April 15th 1999
CONFERENCE ADDRESSES
Submit papers and abstracts to:
Werner Horn, Programme committee chair, Austrian Research Institute for
Artificial Intelligence, Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Vienna, Austria. Tel:
+43-1-4277-63114, Fax: +43-1-4277-9631, email: [log in to unmask]
Send enquiries about the conference to:
Steen Andreassen, Organizing Committee Chair, Dept. of Medical
Informatics and Image Analysis, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers
Vej 7D, DK-9000 Aalborg Øst, Denmark.
Tel: + 45 96358812, Fax: + 4598154008, email: [log in to unmask]
Send enquiries about accommodation and social programme to: AIMDM99,
Aalborg Turist og Kongres Bureau A/S, Østerågade 8, Postbox 1862,
DK-9100 Aalborg, Denmark. Tel: + 45 98 12 63 55, Fax: + 45 98 16 69 22,
email: [log in to unmask]
Submit workshoppapers and abstracts to:
Silvia Miksch, Workshop Chair, Vienna University of Technology,
Institute of Software Technology (IFS), Resselgasse 3/188, A-1040
Vienna, Austria. email: [log in to unmask]
Submit proposals for tutorials to:
Jeremy Wyatt, Health Knowledge Management Centre, School of Public
Policy, University College, 29/30 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9EZ, UK.
Tel: +44 171 504 4986, Fax: +44 171 504 4969, email: [log in to unmask]
Conference venue:
Hotel Hvide Hus, Vesterbro 2, DK-9000 Aalborg.
Tel. +45 98 13 84 00, Fax: +45 98 13 51 22
REGISTRATION FORM
Kindly complete in capitals and mail to:
Aalborg Tourist and Convention Bureau, AIMDM'99,
P.O. Box 1862, DK-9100 Aalborg, Denmark.
Family name.......................................................
Firstname.........................................................
Organisation......................................................
Address...........................................................
City...............................State..........................
Country.........................Zip Code..........................
Telephone.....................Fax.................................
E-Mail............................................................
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CONFERENCE FEES
Fees are in Danish Kroner (DKK).
Before May 15th 99 2550 .................
After May 15th 99 3000 .................
Student before May 15th 99 1400 .................
Student after May 15th 99 1800 .................
WORKSHOP FEES
Workshop only 750 .................
Workshop for AIMDM'99 participants 500 .................
SOCIAL EVENTS
Conference dinner 300 .................
Midsummer eve 180 .................
Guided Tour of Aalborg 50 .................
Total of registration fees (DKK) .................
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TUTORIALS
_ Please tick here to receive further information on tutorial content
and registration
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PAYMENT
Payment of the registration fees (conference, social events and
workshop) should be made in Danish Kroner net of all bank charges and
commissions. Please make sure that your name, address and "AIMDM'99"
are clearly written on all forms of payment and transfer documents.
Payment of registration fees can be made by:
Bankers' cheque issued in Danish Kroner and drawn on a Danish bank.
(Danish participants may pay by ordinary cheque)
Bank or giro transfer to Aalborg Tourist and Convention Bureau's
account no: 639.5171 in BG Bank, Girostroeget 1, DK-0800 Hoje
Taastrup, Denmark. Bank sorting code: 1199. SWIFT: BIK UD KKK.
Credit card. We accept the following cards, please tick
_ Eurocard _ JCB _ Visa
_ Access _ Mastercard _ Diners
_ American Express
Card no ...............................Date of expiry.................
Card holder...........................................................
Signature.............................................................
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ACCOMMODATION
Date of arrival |__ _|__ _|__ _|, Departure |__ _|__ _|__ _|
Number of Nights __
single _ double _ (please tick)
Hotel Hvide Hus _ 625 _ 750
(conference venue)
Hotel Chagall _ 600 _ 730
(8 min walk)
Hotel Aalborg Soemandshjem _ 415 _ 550
(15 min walk)
The deadline for hotel bookings is Friday, May 14th, 1999. After this
date accommodation cannot be guaranteed. Payment for accommodation
should be made directly to the hotel on departure. No deposit is
required but participants will be liable in case of no-show without
prior cancellation.
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