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* AISB'01 CONVENTION *
* University of York *
* United Kingdom *
* March 21st-24th, 2001 *
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* http://www.aisb.org.uk/2001convention *
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* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *
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LAST FEW DAYS OF EARLY REGISTRATION PRICES
BOOKINGS FOR THE BANQUET AND BUFFET ONLY
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Please consider attending the AISB'01 convention this year. The
convention will consist of seven specialised symposia held over 3 days
at the University of York, United Kingdom. The theme of the convention
is 'Agents and Cognition' and there are some symposia on agents, as
well as a variety of other topics. Over 100 technical papers will be
presented as well as the following 6 invited talks with plenary
sessions:
Professor Nick Jennings (21st March)
Department of electronics and computer science, Southampton University.
"Automated Haggling: Building Artificial Negotiators"
Dr. Lyndon Lee (22nd March)
ISR Intelligent Agent Research, British Telecom.
"Multi-Agent Research at BT"
Professor Andrew Jones (23rd March)
Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo.
"On the Concept of Trust"
Dr. Christoph Benzmueller (23rd March)
University of Birmingham/Saarland University.
"An Agent Based Approach to Reasoning"
Thanks to the Automated Reasoning Workshop for their support in inviting
Christoph.
Professor Jim Doran (24th March)
Department of Computer Science, University of Essex.
"Agents and Ecosystem Management: from the Fraser River to Boolean Networks"
Dr. Enric Plaza
(keynote speaker in the Symposium on Adaptive Agents
and Multi-Agent Systems)
Institut d'Investigaci en Intelligencia Artificial, Campus Universitat
Autonoma de Barcelona
Title to be announced.
Thanks to AgentLink for their support in inviting Enric.
Attached to this email is some information about the city of York, a
breakdown of the topics to be covered in the symposia and a registration
form for the convention. If you wish to register, please fill in the form and
send it to Dr. Eduardo Alonso (address given with form).
Registration forms are also available at the convention web site:
http://www.aisb.org.uk/2001convention
If you have any questions, please contact the convention chair:
Simon Colton
Department of Computer Science
University of York
Heslington, York. YO10 5DD. UK.
+44 1904 432707
[log in to unmask]
http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/~simonco
Yours sincerely,
Simon Colton and Eduardo Alonso
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The City of York
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York is a thriving modern city, but you'll find constant reminders of
its Roman, Viking and Medieval past. An ideal base for visiting the
nearby National Parks and heritage coastline, York is ideal for a
short break at any time of the year. York is the best preserved
medieval city in the United Kingdom, surrounded by ancient stone walls
and four magnificent 'bars' which form the gateways to the city. York
Minster is the largest gothic cathedral in Northern Europe and a must
for all visitors to York. The Jorvik Viking Centre breathes fresh life
into York's Viking past in a brand new interpretation of 10th century
Yorvik.
Accommodation is available at the university campus,a 200-acre
landscaped park, well-known for its idyllic lake and wildfowl. The
convention banquet will be held at King's Manor, one of York's most
attractive and unusual sites. Originally the Abbot's House of St
Mary's Abbey, the King's Manor served the Tudors and Stuarts as a seat
of government, becoming a school and residences in the 18th century.
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The AISB'01 Symposia
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Eighth Workshop on Automated Reasoning
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Keywords:
theorem proving in classical and non-classical logics, equational
reasoning, unification, induction, logic programming, functional
programming, constraint solving, formal methods for specifying,
transforming and verifying systems (in particular safety-critical systems),
non-monotonic reasoning, abduction logic-based knowledge representation (in
particular description logics).
Workshop Chair:
Andrei Voronkov, University of Manchester, UK.
Further details are available here:
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~voronkov/ARW2001/
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Symposium on Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
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Keywords:
learning and adaptation in multi-agent systems, evolutionary agents and
emergent multi-agent structures, learning from interaction with humans,
learning by observation, imitation and cooperation, practical applications
of learning agents, agent learning and cognition, distributed learning.
Symposium Chairs:
Daniel Kudenko and Eduardo Alonso, University of York, UK.
Further details are available here:
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kudenko/aisb01/
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Symposium on AI and Creativity in Arts and Science
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Keywords:
cognitive musicology and intelligent music systems, computer-based visual
art, creative language (especially humour and stories), scientific
creativity, methodologies for study and/or simulation of creative
behaviour, art works of all kinds whose creation involves computational
creativity.
Symposium Chair:
Geraint Wiggins, City University, UK.
Further details are available here:
http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~geraint/aisb01/
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Symposium on Emotion, Cognition and Affective Computing
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Keywords:
the use of emotions in human-computer interaction, emotions in
computer-mediated communication, emotional models in computing, studying
human emotion though computers.
Symposium Chair:
Colin Johnson, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
Further details are available here:
http://www.cs.ukc.ac.uk/people/staff/cgj/research/aisb2001/aisb2001.html
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Symposium on Information Agents for E-Commerce
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Keywords:
adaptivity/personalisation, architectures, auctions, data mining, document
management, economics, information integration, information trading,
information dissemination, negotiation, supply chain, trust, privacy and
security issues, user interface design issues, visualisation issues,
practical applications.
Symposium Chairs:
Michael Schroeder and Kostas Stathis, City University, UK.
Further details are available here:
http://lima.soi.city.ac.uk/aisb/cfp.htm
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Symposium on Nonconscious Intelligence: From Natural To Artificial
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Keywords:
implicit learning in humans and artificial agents, nonconscious information
processing, implicit versus explicit learning, computational models of
implicit learning, AI systems with nonconscious processing capabilities,
social aspects of nonconscious information processing, nonconscious
cognition in multi-agent societies, implicit negotiation, nonconscious
facets of representation and inference, nonconscious facets of natural
language understanding.
Symposium Chairs:
Axel Cleeremans, Free University of Bruxelles, Belgium.
Pawel Lewicki, University of Tulsa, USA.
Further details are available here:
http://srsc.ulb.ac.be/AISB.html
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Symposium on Software Mobility and Adaptive Behaviour
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Keywords:
software mobility in evolutionary and self-organising systems, ants,
mobile agents and mobile code, active networks.
Symposium Chair:
Luc Moreau, University of Southampton, UK.
Further details are available here:
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavm/aisb/cfp.html
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AISB'01 REGISTRATION FORM
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The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the
Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB) 21st-24th March 2001, University of
York, United Kingdom.
For each person registering, please print out a copy of this form and
post it to:
Eduardo Alonso
Department of Computer Science
University of York
Heslington
York YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
Please also email Eduardo Alonso ([log in to unmask]) to let us know you
have registered.
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Convention Registration
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If you're not already a member, please consider joining SSAISB, as
there are many benefits including cheaper registration fees for
AISB'01. In particular, if UK students join SSAISB, they will actually
save 5 pounds on the registration fee for AISB'01. If you would like
to join SSAISB, please tick one as appropriate:
[ ] I would like to join SSAISB at 15/19/25 pounds (I am currently a student
in
the UK/Europe/World)
[ ] I would like to join SSAISB at 25 pounds (I live in the UK)
[ ] I would like to join SSAISB at 28 pounds (I live in Europe)
[ ] I would like to join SSAISB at 40 pounds (I live outside Europe)
Students - please include a photocopy of your student card.
If joining SSAISB, please fill out the form here:
http://www.aisb.org.uk/membership
and post it to EDUARDO ALONSO, along with this form (please do not post the
form to SSAISB headquarters).
Please tick one as appropriate:
[ ] I would like to register for AISB'01 as an SSAISB member at 90 pounds
[ ] I would like to register for AISB'01 as a non-member at 110 pounds
[ ] I would like to register for AISB'01 as a student SSAISB member at 50
pounds
[ ] I would like to register for AISB'01 as a student non-member at 70 pounds
Convention registration entitles delegates to attend all invited talks, any of
the
technical sessions in any symposia, proceedings from up to 3 symposia, a
reception on Weds
21st March and teas, coffees, etc. throughout.
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Symposia and Proceedings
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Convention registration entitles you to up to three proceedings.
Additional proceedings can be purchased for 7 pounds
each. Please sign up for up to three symposia for which you will
receive the corresponding proceedings. Please note that convention
registration entitles you to attend all symposia but you will only be
guaranteed a place at the symposia you sign up for below.
Number of
Extra Proceedings
Attend Symposium at 7 pounds each
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[ ] AI and Creativity in Arts and Sciences, 23rd-24th) [ ]
[ ] 8th Workshop on Automated Reasoning (22nd-23rd) [ ]
[ ] Software Mobility & Adaptive Behaviour (23rd-24th) [ ]
[ ] Nonconscious Intelligence (22nd-23rd) [ ]
[ ] Emotion, Cognition & Affective Computing (23rd-24th) [ ]
[ ] Adaptive Agents & Multi-Agent Systems (22nd-23rd) [ ]
[ ] Information Agents for E-Commerce (22nd-23rd) [ ]
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On-Campus Accommodation
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On-campus accommodation will be in James college, which is very near
to the conference centre. Accommodation includes breakfasts.
I would like EN-SUITE accommodation for these nights (at 40 pounds per night):
[ ] Wednesday 21st March
[ ] Thursday 22nd March
[ ] Friday 23rd March
[ ] Saturday 24th March
[ ] Sunday 25th March
[ ] Other days:
I would like STANDARD accommodation for these nights (at 27 pounds per night):
[ ] Wednesday 21st March
[ ] Thursday 22nd March
[ ] Friday 23rd March
[ ] Saturday 24th March
[ ] Sunday 25th March
[ ] Other days:
Please accept our apologies for previously advertising standard
accommodation as 25 pounds per night, which was incorrect (a typing
error).
If you are driving to the convention, please indicate which days you
will need a parking space. Car parking costs 1 pound per day if you
tell us in advance, 3 pounds per day otherwise. Parking on the 24th
and 25th March is free.
I would like parking on: [ ] 21st [ ] 22nd [ ] 23rd
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Meals
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The convention banquet is on Friday 23rd March at 7:30pm at the Kings
Manor in York. This costs 35 pounds plus 2 pounds for a coach to the
city centre and back (37 pounds in total). Drinks are included with
the meal. Please come, it will be a very enjoyable event. There is
also a reception and buffet starting at 7:30pm on Wednesday 21st
March.
[ ] I would like vegetarian meals.
Please choose either to have all the meals or select the individual meals you
require.
[ ] I would like all meals (including the banquet), costing 73 pounds in
total.
[ ] I would like to choose the following meals:
[ ] Buffet on Wednesday at 8:00pm at 12 pounds
[ ] Lunch on Thursday 22nd March at 8 pounds
[ ] Lunch on Friday 23rd March at 8 pounds
[ ] Lunch on Saturday 24th March at 8 pounds
[ ] I would like to attend the convention banquet at 37 pounds
If you are attending the banquet, please also fill out the form here:
http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/~simonco/conferences/AISB01/banquet.html
and send it to the above address.
If you have special dietary requirements other than being vegetarian,
please contact the local organiser, Eduardo Alonso at [log in to unmask]
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Payment
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The total amount is ________________ pounds sterling.
Please tick as appropriate:
[ ] I enclose a cheque made payable to The University of York.
PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THIS PAYABLE TO AISB OR AISB'01
[ ] I would like to pay by credit card:
Card Type: Visa/Mastercard/American Express/Access (please delete as
necessary)
Card Number:
Card Holder's Name:
Expiry Date:
Signature: __________________________________
Address at which the card is registered:
Is this a corporate credit card? Yes/No
[ ] I would like to pay by bank transfer to the following account:
Midland Bank
Parliament Street, York
Account number: 2089 8201
Sort code: 40 47 31
Reference: AISB-2001
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