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Subject: CFP: Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems
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Date: Sat, 2-May-87 16:00:50 EDT
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                             CALL FOR PAPERS

                        FIRST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON
            KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
                       Reading University, England
                          1st-3rd September 1987

A workshop on Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based  Systems  will  be
held at Reading University, England, from 1st-3rd September 1987.

Topics include:
      -  Transfer of expertise  -  systems  which  interview  experts  and
         structure knowledge
      -  Knowledge engineering -  manual  techniques,  training  knowledge
         engineers
      -  Induction of knowledge from examples
      -  Extraction of knowledge from text
      -  Knowledge acquisition methodologies

The attendence at the workshop will be limited to 30 people.  Four  copies
of  an  extended  abstract (up to 8 pages, double spaced) or a full-length
paper should be sent to Tom Addis or Brian Gaines before July 1, 1987.

Reading University is near Heathrow Airport and a short train journey from
central  London.   The  workshop  is  residential  and accomodation may be
booked at the University through Tom Addis.

Co-Chairmen:

Tom Addis (Tom.Addis@reading.ac.uk)
Department of Computer Science
University of Reading
Whitenights, PO Box 220, Reading RG6 2AX, UK

John Boose (john@boeing.com)
Boeing Advanced Technology Center
Boeing Computer Services M/S 7L-64
PO Box 24346, Seattle, WA, 98124,  USA

Brian Gaines (gaines@calgary.cdn)
Department of Computer Science
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4

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