Contributed by: Alex Meystel

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

ISIC/CIRA/ISAS '98
 - IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC)
 - International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and
         Automation (CIRA)
 - Intelligent Systems and Semiotics (ISAS)

A Joint Conference on the Science and Technology of Intelligent Systems

September 14-17, 1998
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD  20899

SCOPE

The theme for the Joint ISIC/CIRA/ISAS'98 conference is "Intelligent
Control of Complex Systems." We define intelligent control as that which
causes a complex system to
successfully perform complex physical tasks in the presence of uncertainty
and unpredictability. Intelligent control requires active processes of
learning, self-representation, and simulation. The conference will focus on
theoretical issues, engineering methodologies, and applications of
intelligent control systems.


CONFERENCE TOPICS
*Theory of intelligent systems * Intelligent system architectures *
Engineering principles for intelligent control systems * Intelligent
control applications * Performance measures * Goals, skills, and behavior
generation * Deliberative, reactive, and emergent behavior * Planning and
problem solving * Perception, cognition, and symbol grounding * Knowledge
representation and world modeling * Entities, events, attributes, and
relationship * Multi-level range and resolution in time and space * Sensing
and acting * Sensory processing and situation assessment * Complexity (in
the controller and in the world) * Attention, grouping, filtering.
estimation, and recognition * Game theory and decision making * Values,
motives, and behavior * Learning, adaptation, and optimization *
Self-reference, introspection, and consciousness * Hybrid systems *
Simulation, modeling, and prediction * Semiotics * Language, communication,
meaning, and pragmatics * Inference, deduction, probability, and
uncertainty * Symbolic manipulation vs. connectionist vs. control theory
approaches * Modern control methods for intelligent systems * Multi-agent
systems * Human-machine interfaces * Real-time control and computational
resources

WWW HOME PAGE
More information, including registration forms, is available on the WWW
page accessed by
http://isd.cme.nist.gov/proj/is98/