Special Announcements

Citation

(1998), "Special Announcements", Kybernetes, Vol. 27 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/k.1998.06727bac.002

Special Announcements

Conference notice

International Congress "Cybernetics and Ecology"

Palma de Majorca, 7-10 November 1998

This congress, organised by the Cybernetics Academy "Stefan Odobleja" and the European Association for Bioeconomics Studies, will be held in 1998, from 7-10 November, in Palma de Majorca (Spain) at the Dragan European Foundation.

The main topics will be:

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  general theory of living systems;

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  implications of ecology on life and society;

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  interdependencies between cybernetics and ecology;

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  evolutionary epistemology and bioeconomics.

Key speakers: J. Ramaekers (B), R. Vallée (F), R. Revans (GB), W.H. Pemberton (US), F.M. Wuketits (A), J. Gowdy (US).

Propositions for communications (title, main topics) were requested for 1 January 1998*, to be sent to Cybernetics Academy "Stefan Odobleja" (Dragan European Foundation), 153 Calea Rahovei, sector 5, Bucharest, Romania. The congress fee is US$350 including meals, accommodation and entertainment.

For further information contact:

Ioana Hoisescu, Scientific Secretary, Cybernetics Academy "Stefan Odobleja". Tel: +40 1 335 3719; Fax: +40 1 336 0779.

*Please contact the organisers for late submissions.

First announcement

6th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems '98

21-23 July 1998, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Conference chair	Programme chair	Local arrangements
Robert B. Fisher	Gillian M. Hayes	Emanuele Trucco
Department of	Department of	Dept of Comp. and Electrical
Artificial Intelligence,	Artificial Intelligence,	Engineering
University of Edinburgh	University of Edinburgh	Heriot-Watt University

Aim and scopeThe aim of the event is to cover all modern approaches to robotics problems. The symposium will provide invited lectures by established personalities, original presentations by junior scientists about research in progress, and discussions on (but not limited to) the following topics: Mobile Robotics; Active Perception; 3D Reconstruction; Learning and Control; Co-operation; Control Architectures; Robotic Applications; Planning and Plan Execution; Fuzzy and Neural Networks; Techniques for Control; Miniature Robotics.

The event is organised in co-operation with the International Society for Intelligent Autonomous Systems, and sponsored by the Department of Artificial Intelligence and the EC TMR Networks SMART2 and CAMERA.

LocationThe event will take place at the campus of the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh is often called "the Athens of the North" because of its many attractive buildings. Easily accessed by rail from all over the UK, the town has good flight connections to all countries in Europe and to all major cities in America and Asia.

Programme committeeHelder Araujo, Henrik I. Christensen, Carlo Colombo, James L. Crowley, Michel Devy, Ken Dawson-Howe, Artur Dubrawsy, Robert Fisher, Joao Gonclaves, Erik Granum, Gillian Hayes, David Hogg, Peter Neugebauer, Jean-Daniel Nicoud, Isabel Ribeiro, Patrik Reignier, Giulio Sandini, Jose Santos Victor, Bernt Schiele, Emanuele Trucco, Jan Wikander.

SubmissionsPlease send four copies of an extended abstract of approximately four pages to the Programme Chair. Three copies must be anonymous (title and abstract only), the fourth have full author contact information, which must include the author's e-mail address. All accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the Symposium. The conference language will be English.

Timetable: please contact the organisers for the timetable for receipt of contributions. Final full papers are required by 8 June 1998.

Further information

All information related to SIRS '98 is available at the following web site: http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/SIRS98/

Detailed information regarding programme, conference fee, accommodation and social events will appear in the SIRS '98 web site at the appropriate time. Questions can be put by e-mail to sirs98@dai.ed.ac.uk

The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

Second IMA Conference onParallel Computation

13-15 July 1998, Oxford, UK

First announcement

You are cordially invited to attend the second IMA conference on Parallel Computation and to submit a brief description of up to 100 words for a poster session, or for a contributed paper. The emphasis of the conference is on scientific computation and parallel machines. Conference themes include, but are not limited to:

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  Software and hardware developments;

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  Algorithms for parallel computing;

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  Applications of parallel computing to industrial problems;

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  European HPCN projects;

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  Tools and languages for parallel scientific computing.

Please contact the Conference Officer about the timetable for the submission of papers. (Address below or use e-mail.) See also the WWW page.

Invited speakers will look at recent developments and future trends in parallel computation.

Organising committee: S. Hague (Chair) (The Numerical Algorithms Group Limited, Oxford), A. Colebrook (Smith Systems Engineering Limited, Guildford), I.S. Duff C.Math. FIMA (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon), S. Hammarling C.Math. FIMA (The Numerical Algorithms Group Limited, Oxford), H. Liddell C.Math. FIMA (Queen Mary and Westfield College, London), W.F. McColl (Oxford University Computing Laboratory).

Mrs Pamela Bye, Conference Officer, The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 1EF. Tel: (01702) 354020; Fax: (01702) 354111; E-mail: conferences@ima.org.uk ; World Wide Web: http://www.ima.org.uk

Conference notice

Thirteenth International Conference AIENG 98: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering

7-8 July 1998, Galway, Ireland

Organised by: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK; University College, Galway, Ireland

IntroductionThe thirteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering will be held during 7-9 July 1998 in Galway, Ireland. The previous twelve international conferences stimulated significant presentations on the application of AI in Engineering as well as the tools and techniques required for the successful use of AI in Engineering. The organising committee members anticipate that 1998 will be yet another successful conference and encourage papers that are based upon these objectives.

ObjectivesThe purpose of this conference is to provide an international forum for the presentation of work on the State-of-the-Art in Applications in Artificial Intelligence to Engineering problems. It also aims to encourage and enhance the development of this most important area of research.

Conference chairmanDr R.A. Adey, Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO40 7AA, UK. Tel: 44 (0) 1703 293223; Fax: 44 (0) 1703 292853; E-mail: radey@wessex.ac.uk

Conference themesBasic Research in AI: knowledge representation; neural networks; genetic algorithms; validation/verification; constraint propagation; qualitative modelling; model-based reasoning.

case-based reasoning; temporal reasoning; fuzzy logic; real-time aspects.

AI Research Applied to Engineering: a full list of topics are available. See WWW pages.

Programme ChairsProfessor G. Rzevski, The Open University, UK; Professor P. Nolan, University College, Galway, Ireland.

Local organising committeeDr P. Cunningham, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; Professor M.E.J. O'Kelly, University College, Galway, Ireland; Professor J.F. McNamara, University College, Galway, Ireland; Professor M. McTear, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.

International Scientific Advisory Committee

27 International Scientists form the International Committee.

Conference secretariatWessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO40 7AA, UK. Tel: 44 (0) 1703 293223; Fax: 44 (0) 1703 292853; E-mail: wit@wessex.ac.uk

See also the Conference Web pages at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/aieng