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From: Dave.Touretzky@CMU-CS-A@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: AAAI-83 registration
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Date: Tue, 6-Sep-83 02:37:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  6 02:37:00 1983
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The actual attendance at AAAI-83 was about 2000, plus an additional
1700 people who came only for the tutorials.  This gives a total of
3700.  While much less than the 7000 figure, it's quite a bit larger
than last year's attendance.  Interest in AI seems to be growing
rapidly, spurred partly by media coverage, partly by interest in
expert systems and partly by the 5th generation thing.  Another reason
for this year's high attendance was the Washington location.  We got
tons of government people.

Next year's AAAI conference will be hosted by the University of Texas
at Austin.  From a logistics standpoint, it's much easier to hold a
conference in a hotel than at a university.  Unfortunately, I'm told
there are no hotels in Austin big enough to hold us.  Such is the
price of growth.

-- Dave Touretzky, local arrangements committee member, AAAI-83 & 84