From: "Ronald R. Mourant" Subject: CFP: ITS '98 Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 22:25:50 +0000 ITS '98 Call For Papers/Panels/Exhibits/Workshop Participants Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems August 16-19, 1998 San Antonio, Texas at the Hyatt Regency on the Riverwalk http://lonestar.texas.net/~val/its98/home.htm ITS '98 is sponsored by Brooks Air Force Base, Mei Technology, St. Mary's University, Galaxy Scientific, Command Technologies, and University of Texas at San Antonio. ITS '98 is supported by AI-ED and SIGCUE (ACM, AAAI, IEEE, SIGART are pending). The International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems in 1998 will focus on a broad spectrum of research concerned with how artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies can be applied to education and training. The conference will be concerned with current state of the art and serve as a reference basis for future research directions. ITS '98 will be supported by a strong international program committee that will ensure full refereeing of all submitted papers. There will be provocative papers and panels on "hot topics" in the field and exhibits of prototypes, research projects, and products from universities and industries. Topics of Interest: AI programming environments Architectures for ITS Assessment and evaluation techniques Cognitive task analysis Cognitive modeling Collaborative learning Design/interface issues Deploying ITS Discovery environments/microworlds Educational objects/agents Helping and advising systems/agents Knowledge elicitation Knowledge structure and representation Negotiated tutoring Neural nets/models applied to ITS Pedagogical agents Real-world applications Situated learning Software tools for tutoring Student modeling Teaching and learning strategies Use of multimedia for ITS Virtual reality in ITS Web-based ITS Submission of Papers: Papers should describe original and unpublished results of research work. Authors are requested to submit electronically by email or five hard copies (in English) of a double-spaced manuscript of up to 5000 words no later than January 16, 1998 to the Program Chair: Henry Halff, 8930 Fourwinds Drive, Suite 450, San Antonio, TX, 78239; Tel: 210-655-8911; Email: henry@meitx.com. Submitted papers should include a cover page with: (a) the title of the paper and the author's name and affiliation; (b) snail-mail address, phone, and fax numbers; (c) email address; (d) a 10-line abstract; and (e) a list of applicable topics from the Topics of Interest for your paper. All papers received will be refereed by an international committee, and each paper will be reviewed by at least three independent referees. Electronic submissions must be received by midnight January 16 preferably in Postscript or Word formats. If you send your paper by courier such as Federal Express please use the address above. Papers will appear in a proceedings by a publisher such as Springer Verlag Lectures Notes in Computer Science. An award will be made to the best paper submitted to the conference. Submission of Panels: Proposals for panels (2 pages) can be sent to Pat Kyllonen at kyllonen@alhrm.brooks.af.mil or at 7909 Lindbergh Dr., Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5352. by January 16. Panels will be approximately 1 1/2 hours long. Include the topic of the panel, intended speakers, contact person and panel description. Proposals will be reviewed by a committee. Submission of Exhibits: ITS '98 will offer the opportunity to show working prototypes and fully developed systems. Individuals and organizations interested in presenting their instructional software are invited to submit a short (3-4 pages) description of the system to Kurt Rowley at rowleyk@cobra.brooks.af.mil or HRCT, 7909 Lindbergh Dr., Brooks AFB, TX 78235 by January 16. Proposed exhibits will be reviewed by a committee. Submission of Workshop Participant Papers: The following workshops will be held on August 16. Workshop 1 - Web-based ITS Bev Woolf (Chair), University of Massachusetts, USA Workshop 2 - Pedagogical Agents Claude Frasson (Chair), University of Montreal, Canada Guy Gouarderes (Co-chair) Universite de Pau, France Workshop 3 - Efficient ITS Development Allen Munro (Chair), University of Southern CA, USA Workshop 4 - Embedding Cognitive Principles in ITS Wes Regian (Chair), Armstrong Laboratory, USA People interested in participating in these workshops are invited to submit 3-5 page papers before March 31, 1998. Send papers or questions to Cathy Connolly at cathy@texas.net or Galaxy Scientific, 7334 Blanco, Suite 206, San Antonio, TX 78216. ITS Steering Committee * Stephano Cerri (University of Milano, Italy) * Claude Frasson (Universiti de Montrial, Canada) * Gilles Gauthier (UQAM, Canada) * Guy Gouardhres (Universiti de Pau, France) * Marc Kaltenbach (Bishop's University, Canada) * Judith Kay (University of Sydney, Australia) * Alan Lesgold (LRDC, USA) * Vimla Patel (Mc Gill University, Canada) * Elliot Soloway (University of Michigan, USA) * Daniel Suthers (LRDC, USA) * Beverly Woolf (University of Massachussetts, USA) Conference Chairs * Carol Redfield (Mei Technology, USA) * Valerie Shute (Armstrong Lab, USA) Program Chair * Henry Halff (Mei Technology, USA) Panels Chair * Pat Kyllonen (Armstrong Laboratory, USA) Exhibits Chair * Kurt Rowley (Command Technologies, USA) Workshops Chair * Cathy Connolly (Galaxy Scientific, USA) Registration Chair * Doug Hall (St. Mary's University, USA) Publicity Chair * Kevin Kline & Cathy Connolly (Galaxy Scientific, USA) Conference Treasurer & Local Arrangements * Carol Redfield (Mei Technology, USA) Production Volunteer Coordinators * Tom Bylander (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA) * Abe Yazdani (St. Mary's University, USA) Web Page Curator * Val Shute (Armstrong Laboratory, USA) Summary of Important Dates: Papers/Panels/Exhibits due: January 16, 1998 Papers/Panels/Exhibits acceptance notice: March 15, 1998 Workshop papers due: March 31, 1998 Camera-ready papers/panels/exhibits: April 15, 1998 Workshop acceptance notice: May 15, 1998 Early registration/hotel reservation cut off: July 26, 1998 ITS '98 conference: August 16-19, 1998 For more information, please send email to: vshute@colab.brooks.af.mil or carol@meitx.com. Continue to look at the web page for updates at http://lonestar.texas.net/~val/its98/home.htm Program Committee * Esma Aimeur (Universite de Montreal, Canada) * Michael Baker (Universite Lumiere Lyon, France) * Paul Brna (University of Leeds, England) * Ben du Boulay (University of Sussex, UK) * Peter Brusilovsky (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) * Stephano Cerri (University of Milano, Italy) * Albert Corbett (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) * Sharon Derry (University of Wisconsin, USA) * Isabel Fernandez de Castro (UPV/EHU, Spain) * Claude Frasson (Universite de Montreal, Canada) * Guy Gouarderes (Universite de Pau, France) * Monique Grandbastien (Universite de Nancy, France) * Jim Greer (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) * Ellen Hall (Armstrong Laboratory, USA) * Daniele Herin (LIRMM, Univ Monpellier, France) * Martin Ippel (Armstrong Laboratory, via the Netherlands) * Lewis Johnson (University of Southern California, USA) * Sandra Katz (University of Pittsburgh, USA) * Ken Koedinger (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) * Pat Kyllonen (Armstrong Laboratory, USA) * Susanne Lajoie (McGill University, Canada) * Chee-Kit Looi (Information Tech. Institute, Singapore) * Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka University, Japan) * Claus Moebus (University of Oldenburg, Germany) * Jean Francois Nicaud (Universite de Nantes) * Gilbert Paquette (Teleuniversite, Canada) * Vimla Patel (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) * Valery Petrushin (Andersen Consulting, USA) * Carol Redfield (Mei Technology, USA) * Kurt Rowley (Command Technologies, USA) * Valerie Shute (Armstrong Laboratory, USA) * Daniel Suthers (L.R.D.C., Pittsburgh, USA) * Lisa Torreano (Armstrong Lab, USA) * Kurt VanLehn (L.R.D.C., Pittsburgh, USA) * Barbara White (University of CA, Berkeley, USA) Ron Phone: 617 373-3931 FAX: 617 373-2921 mourant@coe.neu.edu http://www.coe.neu.edu/~mourant/velab.html Prof. Ronald R. Mourant, Virtual Environments Laboratory 330 Snell Engineering Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115