Conference - Expert Systems In Government
camis..duke@mitre.arpa
the Mitre Corporation and the IEEE Computer Society in association with
the AIAA National Capital Section will be held October 20-24, 1986 at
the Tyson's Westpark Hotel in McLean, VA. The tentative program, subject
to changes and additions, is as follows:
October 20-21 Tutorials
Monday, October 20
Full Day Tutorial: Advanced Topics in Expert Systems
by Kamran Parsaye, IntelligenceWare, Inc.
Morning Tutorial: Knowledge Base Design for Rule Based Expert Systems
by Casimir Kulikowski, Rutgers University
Afternoon Tutorial: Knowledge Base Acquisition and Refinement
by Casimir Kulikowski, Rutgers University
Tuesday, October 21
Morning Tutorial: Distributed Artificial Intelligence
by Kamal Karna,
Computer Communications & Graphics Associates, Inc.
and
Barry Silverman, George Washington University
Morning Tutorial: Introduction to Common Lisp
by Carl Hewitt, MIT AI Lab
Afternoon Tutorial: Lisp for Advanced Users
by Carl Hewitt, MIT AI Lab
Afternoon Tutorial: The Management of Expert System Development
by Nancy Martin, Softpert Systems
October 22-24 Technical Program
Wednesday, October 22
9 - 10:30
Conference Chairman's Welcome
Keynote Address: Douglas Lenat, MCC
Program Agenda
11am - 12pm
Track A: Military Applications I
Bonasso, Benoit, et al.;
An Experiment in Cooperating Expert Systems for Command and Control
Major R. Bahnij, Major S. Cross;
A Fighter Pilot's Intelligent Aide for Tactical Mission Planning
G. Loberg, G. Powell
Acquiring Expertise in Operational Planning: A Beginning
Track B: Systems Engineering
R. Entner, D. Tosh; Expert Systems Architecture for Battle Management
H. Hertz; An Attribute Referenced Production System
B. Silverman; Facility Advisor: A Distributed Expert System Testbed for
Spacecraft Ground Facilities
12pm - 1pm Lunch, Distinguished Guest Address, The Honorable Charles Rose
1pm - 2:30pm
Track A: Knowledge Acquisition I
J. Boose, J. Bradshaw; NeoETS: Capturing Expert System Knowledge
K. Kitto, J. Boose; Heuristics for Expertise Transfer
M. Chignell; The Use of Ranking and Scaling in Knowledge Acquisition
Track B: Expert Systems in the Nuclear Industry
D. Sebo et al.; An Expert System for USNRC Emergency Response
D. Corsberg; An Object-Oriented Alarm Filtering System
J. Jenkins, W. Nelson; Expert Systems and Accident Management
3pm - 5pm
Track A: Expert Systems Applications I
R. Tong, et al.; An Object-Oriented System for Information Retrieval
D. Niyogi, S. Srihari; A Knowledge-based System for Document Understanding
R. France, E. Fox; Knowledge Representation in Coder
Track B: Diagnosis and Fault Analysis
M. Taie, S. Srihari; Device Modeling for Fault Diagnosis
Z. Xiang, S. Srihari; Diagnosis Using Multi-level Reasoning
B. Dixon; A Lisp-Based Fault Tree Development Environment
Panel Track:
1pm - 5pm Management of Uncertainty in Expert Systems
Chair: Ronald Yager, IONA College
Participants: Lofte Zadeh, UC Berkeley
Piero Bonissone, G.E.
Laveen Kanal, University of Maryland
Thursday, October 23
9am - 10:30am
Track A: Parallel Architectures
L. Sokol, D. Briscoe; Object-Oriented Simulation on a
Shared Memory Parallel Architecture
H. Sowizral; A Basis for Distributed Blackboards
J. Gilmer; Parallelism Issues in the CORBAN C2I Representation
Track B: Aerospace Applications of Expert Systems
J. Popolizio, J. Feinstein; Space Station Security: An Expert Systems Approach
D. Zoch; A Real-time Production System for Telemetry Analysis
J. Schuetzle; A Mission Operations Planning Assistant
P. Roach, D. Brauer; Ada Knowledge Based Systems
F. Rook, T. Rubin; An Expert System for Conducting a
Sattelite Stationkeeping Maneuver
Panel Track: Star Wars and AI; Chair: John Quilty, Mitre Corp.
11am - 12pm
Plenary Address:
B. Chandrasekaran; The Future of Knowledge Acquisition
12pm - 1pm Lunch
1pm - 2:30pm
Track A: Inexact and Statistical Measures
K. Lecot; Logic Programs with Uncertainties
N. Lee; Fuzzy Inference Engines in Prolog/P-Shell
J. Blumberg; Statistical Entropy as a Measure of Diagnostic Uncertainty
Track B: High Level Tools for Expert Systems
S. Shum, J.Davis; Use of CSRL for Diagnostic Expert Systems
E. Dudzinski, J. Brink; CSRL: From Laboratory to Industry
D. Herman, J. Josephson, R. Hartung; Use of the DSPL
for the Design of a Mission Planning Assistant
J. Josephson, B. Punch, M. Tanner; PEIRCE: Design Considerations
for a Tool for Abductive Assembly for Best Explanation
Panel Track: Application of AI in Telecommunications
Chair: Shri Goyal, GTE Labs
Participants: Susan Conary, Clarkson University
Richard Gilbert, IBM Watson Research Center
Raymond Hanson, Telenet Communications
Edward Walker, BBN
Richard Wolfe, ATT Bell Labs
3pm - 5pm
Track A: Expert System Implementations
S. Post; Simultaneous Evaluation of Rules to Find Most Likely Solutions
L. Fu; An Implementation of an Expert System that Learns
R. Frail, R. Freedman; OPGEN Revisited
Track B: Expert System Applications II
R. Holt; An Expert System for Finite Element Modeling
A. Courtemanche; A Rule-based System for Sonar Data Analysis
F. Merrem; A Weather Forecasting Expert System
R. Ahad, A. Basu; Explanation in an Expert System
W. Vera, R. Bozolcz; AI Techniques Applied to Claims Processing
Panel Track: Command and Control Expert Systems
Chair: Andrew Sage, George Mason University
Participants: Peter Bonasso, Mitre
Stephen Andriole, International Information Systems
Paul Lehner, PAR
Leonard Adelman, PAR
Walter Beam, George Mason University
Jude Franklin, PRC
Friday, October 24
9am - 12pm: Classified Track
Classified Working Session: The community building expert systems for
classified applications is unsure of the value and feasibility of some
form of communication within the community. This will be a session
consisting of discussions and working sessions, as appropriate, to
explore these issues in some depth for the first time, and to make
recommendations for future directions for the classified community.
9am - 10:30am
Track A: Military Applications
K. Michels, J. Burger; Missile and Space Mission Determination
J. Baylog; An Intelligent System for Underwater Tracking
J. Neal et al.; An Expert Advisor on Tactical Support Jammer Configuration
Track B: Expert Systems in the Software Lifecycle
D. Rolston; An Expert System for Reducing Software Maintenance Costs
M. Rousseau, M. Kutzik; A Software Acquisition Consultant
R. Hobbs, P. Gorman; Extraction of Data System Requirements
Panel Track: Next Generation Expert System Shells
Chair: Art Murray, George Washington University
Participants: Joseph Fox, Software A&E
Barry Silverman, George Washington University
Lee Erman, Teknowledge
Chuck Williams, Inference
John Lewis, Martin Marietta Research Labs
11am - 12pm
Track A: Spacecraft Applications
D. Rosenthal; Transformation of Scientific Objectives
into Spacecraft Activities
M. Hamilton et al.; A Spacecraft Control Anomaly Resolution Expert System
Track B: Knowledge Acquistion and Applications
E. Tello; DIPOLE - An Integrated AI Architecture
H. Chung; Experimental Evaluation of Knowledge Acquisition Methods
Panel Track: Government Funding of Expert Systems
Chair: Commander Allen Sears, DARPA
Conference Chairman: Kamal Karna
Unclassified Program Chairman: Kamran Parsaye
Classified Program Chairman: Richard Martin
Panels Chairman: Barry Silverman
Tutorials Chairman: Steven Oxman
Registration information can be requested from
IEEE Computer Society
Administrative Office
1730 Massachusetts Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-1903
(202) 371-0101