C A L L F O R P A P E R S
SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURES (ICCS'98)
August 10-14, 1998
Montpellier, FRANCE
URL: http://www.lirmm.fr/ICCS98
e-mail: iccs98@lirmm.fr
Currently supported by AFIA, CNRS, LIRMM
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SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
The International Conferences on Conceptual Structures (ICCS) provide a
forum for discussing current research and applications regarding conceptual
structures with main emphasis on conceptual graphs.
Conceptual graphs are a knowledge representation model introduced by J.F.
Sowa in 1984, stemming from semantic networks and the existential graphs of
C.S. Peirce. The formal aspects have two mathematical basis, logic and
graph theory. Annual workshops have been devoted to conceptual graphs from
1986 to 1992. Since then the ICCS conferences have expanded to other
graphical knowledge representation formalisms. ICCS'98 intends to extend
this opening.
Conceptual structures have been widely used in several domains, such as
natural language processing, knowledge based systems, knowledge engineering
and database design, among others. Researchers have developed a sizeable
software base and continue to build upon it. Our particular desire for
ICCS'98 is to provide presentation of tools and interesting applications of
conceptual structures, besides classical research communications.
ICCS proceedings are published in the Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in
Artificial Intelligence series. References of previous ICCS are #699
(Quebec City, 1993), #835 (Washington D.C., 1994), #954 (Santa Cruz, 1995),
#1115 (Sydney, 1996), #1257 (Seattle, 1997).
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Papers are invited on all topics concerning conceptual graphs and other
graphical knowledge representation languages, including, but not limited
to:
- Theory of Conceptual Structures
- Conceptual Structures and Formal Logic
- Epistemology and History of Conceptual Structures
- Knowledge Representation
- Relationships with Other Knowledge Representation Formalisms
- Algorithms and Complexity
- Reasoning and Learning with Conceptual Structures
- Storage and Retrieval of Conceptual Structures
- Natural Language Processing
- Knowledge Acquisition
- Knowledge Engineering and Modelling
- Ontologies
- Case studies and Applications
- Software Tools and Systems
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Three categories of papers are defined: Theory and analysis, Applications
(use of conceptual structures in significant applications) and Tools (tools
for conceptual structures). In each category, two types of papers are
considered: Major reports (substantial papers with new results) and
Research notes (for work-in-progress or very specific results). Major
reports in application and tool categories should be based on running
implementations; working papers in these categories may be based on partial
implementations or designs. Demonstrations of running implementations
during the conference will be encouraged.
All submitted papers must be in English. Major reports are limited to 14
pages in length, single spaced, including title, author names and
affiliations, abstract, figures and references. Research notes are limited
to 7 pages with the same constraints. Authors have to specify the category
and the type of their submitted paper. According to the referee reports,
changes of category or type may be required. All accepted papers are
published in the same proceedings. Registration of one of the authors will
be required with the final version of an accepted paper.
Submitted papers must be received before or on February 1st, 1998. A
separate presentation page is requested one week before (January 25th,
1998). The presentation page should contain the names, affiliation, postal
and e-mail adresses of all authors, category (theory and analysis,
applications, or tools) and type (major report or research notes) of the
paper, one or two keywords chosen in the topics of interest list, possibly
additional phrases describing the content if the available keywords do not
fit well, and an abstract.
A form for the presentation page will be provided on ICCS'98 web site in
due time. Authors may also send the presentation page in plain text format
through electronic mail, to iccs98@lirmm.fr. Papers are submitted
electronically, using PostScript format. In answer to the presentation
page, authors will be given an ftp address to which the paper should be
sent. Please make sure that your paper is entirely printable from the
PostScript file. If you encounter any problem, please contact the program
chair.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chair Michel Chein
LIRMM, Montpellier, France
chein@lirmm.fr
Program Chair Marie-Laure Mugnier
LIRMM, Montpellier, France
mugnier@lirmm.fr
Honorary Chair John F. Sowa
SUNY at Binghamton, USA
sowa@west.poly.edu
Local Arrangement Eric Salvat
Co-Chairs Corinne Zicler
LIRMM, Montpellier, France
salvat@lirmm.fr, zicler@lirmm.fr
EDITORIAL BOARD
Brian Gaines Univ. of Calgary, Canada
Fritz Lehmann Cycorp, USA
Dickson Lukose Univ. of New England, Australia
Guy Mineau Univ. Laval, Canada
Leroy Searle Univ. of Washington, USA
Stefano Spaccapietra Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Lausanne
Rudolf Wille Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Harmen Van Den Berg Telematics Research Centre, The Netherlands
Jean Bezivin LRSG, Univ. Nantes, France
Bernard Botella Dassault Electronique, St-Cloud, France
Marc Champesme LIPN, Univ. Paris-Nord, France
Yves Chiaramella CLIPS-IMAG, Grenoble, France
Peter Creasy Univ. of Queensland, Australia
Walling R. Cyre Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & Sate Univ., USA
Harry S. Delugach Univ. of Alabama in Hunstville, USA
Judy Dick ActE, Toronto, Canada
Rose Dieng INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France
Peter Eklund Griffith Univ., Australia
Gerard Ellis Peirce Holdings International, Australia
Bruno Emond Univ. du Quebec a Hull, Canada
John Esch Lockheed Martin, USA
Norman Foo Univ. of New South Wales, Australia
Christophe Fouquere LIPN, Univ. Paris-Nord, France
Brian Garner Deakin Univ., Australia
Robert Godin Univ. du Quebec a Montreal, Canada
Michel Habib LIRMM, Univ. Montpellier II, France
Ollivier Haemmerle INAPG, Paris, France
Roger Hartley New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, USA
Mary Keeler Univ. of Washington, USA
Robert Kremer Univ. of Calgary, Canada
Michel Leclere IRIN, Univ. Nantes, France
Maurizio Lenzirini Univ. degli Studi Di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
Robert Levinson Univ. of California at Santa Cruz, USA
Bernard Levrat LERIA, Univ. Angers, France
Craig McDonald Charles Sturt Univ., Australia
Graham A. Mann Univ. of New South Wales, Australia
Rokia Missaoui Univ. du Quebec a Montreal, Canada
Jens-Uwe Moeller Univ. of Hamburg, Germany
Bernard Moulin Univ. Laval, Canada
Maurice Pagnucco Univ. of New South Wales, Australia
Mike P. Papazoglou Univ. of Tilburg, The Netherlands,
Heike Petermann Univ. Hamburg, Germany
Heather Pfeiffer New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, USA
Daniel Rochowiak Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
Genevieve Simonet LIRMM, Univ. Montpellier II, France
Rudi Studer AIFB, Univ. Karlsruhe, Germany
Gerd Stumme Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
William Tepfenhart AT&T Laboratories, USA
Eric Tsui CSC Financial Services Group & Univ.of Sydney
Michel Wermelinger Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Mark Willems Cycorp, USA
Vilas Wuwongse Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Pierre Zweigenbaum DIAM, SIM/AP-HP & Univ. Paris 6, France
IMPORTANT DATES
Presentation page submission deadline January 25, 1998
Paper submission deadline February 1st, 1998
Paper notification of acceptance April 13, 1998
Camera ready papers due May 10, 1998
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