Subject: kbcs-98 call for papers

k b c s-98 call for papers international conference on knowledge based computer systems national centre for software technology mumbai , india december 17-18 , 1998 the international conference on knowledge based computer systems will be held in mumbai , india during december 17-18 , 1998 . the conference is intended to act as a forum for promoting interaction among researchers in the field of artificial intelligence in india and abroad . there will be a one and a half day conference during december 17-18 , 1998 followed by a half day of post-conference tutorials on december 18 , 1998 . papers are invited on substantial , original and unpublished research on all aspects of artificial intelligence , including , but not limited to the following : o ai applications o ai architectures o automatic programming o cognitive modeling o expert systems o foundations of ai o genetic algorithms o information retrieval o intelligent agents o intelligent tutoring systems o knowledge acquisition o knowledge representation o machine learning o machine translation o natural language processing o neural networks o planning and scheduling o reasoning o robotics o search techniques o speech processing o theorem proving o uncertainty handling o vision format of submission authors should submit their papers , not to exceed 5000 words ( including figures and references ) either electronically or in hard copy . papers should be in english . papers should include an abstract of about 100-200 words in length . papers outside the specified length are subject to rejection without review . since reviewing will be " blind " , the authors ' names and affiliations along with the main area of the paper should be given only on a separate cover sheet . hard copy submissions should be sent in triplicate . papers in electronic form can be in any of the following formats : plain text , postscript , latex , microsoft word ( rtf format ) or wordstar . submissions in electronic form are preferred . call for tutorials proposals are invited for post-conference tutorials . tutorials will be half-day and will be held on december 18th , 1998 . the proposal should be presented in the form of a 200 - word abstract , one page topical outline of the content , description of the proposers and their qualifications relating to the tutorial content . send papers and tutorial proposals to the kbcs-98 secretariat . submission deadlines papers : o due : august 15 , 1998 o acceptance notification : october 10 , 1998 o camera ready copy due : november 15 , 1998 tutorial proposals : o due : august 30 , 1998 o acceptance notification : september 15 , 1998 o materials due : november 25 , 1998 for further information please refer to the kbcs-98 home page or write to the kbcs-98 secretariat . address kbcs-98 secretariat phone : + 91 ( 22 ) 620 1606 national centre for software technology fax : + 91 ( 22 ) 621 0139 gulmohar cross rd no . 9 e - mail : kbcs @ konark . ncst . ernet . in juhu , mumbai 400 049 , india url : http : / / konark . ncst . ernet . in / ~ kbcs / kbcs98 /
