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- Subject: CFP: AAAI'93 Workshop in AI & Systems Eng.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.123209.46187@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 12:32:09 CST
- Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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- Call for Participation
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- AAAI-93 Workshop on
- AI Models for Systems Engineering
-
- Washington, DC
-
- Systems Engineering (SE) can be defined as the iterative process of top-down
- design and bottom up synthesis and analysis, development, operation, mainte-
- nance and enhancement of a real-world product or system that satisfies, in an
- "optimal" manner, the full range of the requirements for the product or system.
- It encompasses the whole life-cycle of a product or system, from initial need
- perception, to requirements formulation, to partitioning into subsystems, to
- design, testing, and integration of subsystems, documentation, fielding,
- maintenance, and system enhancements and requirements modification.
-
-
- Systems Engineering contains elements of the Product Realization Process (PRP),
- concurrent engineering and design. SE is more complex than the Product
- Realization Process, since it addresses many non-functional requirements for a
- product. It uses concurrent engineering to allow the integration of many
- technologies and functional and non-functional specifications, but involves a
- lot more. SE is broader than design, since it starts with the first idea of a
- product, and continues long past the fielding of a system.
-
- Recently Systems Engineering has been recognized as the process responsible for
- the orderly evolution of human-made systems. Because of the increasing
- complexity of human-made systems, the integrated approach of Systems
- Engineering is now seen as one possible solution to the creation of successful,
- globally competitive products. Systems Engineering is also recognized as an
- imperative for the completion of extremely large engineering projects, as, for
- example, the Space Station or mass transit systems.
-
- Because of its complexity and its reliance on human expertise and experience,
- SE can benefit from techniques and models developed in AI. Expert Systems,
- Case-Based Design, Qualitative Modeling and Decision Theory are just some of
- the techniques that could be used to help systems engineers. The intent of
- this one-day workshop is to bring together SE and AI researchers and
- practitioners and to foster better interaction between the two groups. The
- goal is to expose AI researchers to Systems Engineering, make systems engineers
- aware of AI techniques, and showcase attempts to integrate the two disciplines.
-
- Topics include:
- o What are the fundamental problems in SE?
- o What are some examples of successful application of AI to SE? Why did the
- integration work?
- o What are some examples of unsuccessful application of AI to SE? Why didn't
- the integration work?
- o Panel discussions about possible future applications of AI to SE;
- prototypical domains; expected cost versus benefits.
-
- Attendance: Practicing systems engineers and researchers in SE and AI are
- encouraged to attend. The attendance will be limited to approximately 40
- people. Attendance will be by invitation only. Approximately half of the
- attendees will be invited to make a short (10 minute) presentation and
- participate to an ensuing panel discussion.
-
- Format: Our goal is to promote a dialogue between AI practitioners and systems
- engineers, and to pose questions rather than provide answers. Presentations
- will be brief (10 minutes maximum), and will be followed by a panel discussion
- between the authors and the audience, directed by a panel leader who will be a
- member of the workshop's organizing committee. Workshop notes will be
- distributed to all participants.
-
- Submission Requirements: If you wish to present, submit four copies of an
- extended abstract (three to five pages) by March 12, 1993 using twelve point
- font and 8.5'' x 11'' page size, not including references and figures.
- Abstracts should be sent in hard copy only. Final papers are limited to a
- maximum of ten pages in length using twelve point font and 8.5'' x 11'' page
- size, including references and figures. If you only wish to attend and
- participate in the discussions, send a one-page description of your interests.
-
- Submission Deadline: March 12, 1993
- Notification Date: April 2, 1993
- Final Date for Camera-Ready Copies: April 30, 1993
- Submit to Workshop Chairperson:
- Dr. Costas Tsatsoulis
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- The University of Kansas
- Lawrence, KS 66045
- tsatsoul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
- TSATSOUL@UKANVAX.BITNET
- (913) 864-4615
- (913) 864-7749
- FAX: (913) 864-7789
-
- Program Committee:
- o Dr. Julian Holtzman, Dept. of Engineering Management, University of Kansas
- (holtzman%turing@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu)
- o Dr. David Oliver, General Electric Corporate Research and Development
- (oliverdw@crd.ge.com)
- o Dr. W. Perry Alexander, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
- University of Cincinnati
- (alex@thor.ece.uc.edu)
-