1996 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (TAAI-96) ------ joint with 1996 International Computer Symposium (ICS'96) ------ December 19-21, 1996 National Sun Yat-Sen University Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC Sponsored by the Ministry of Education, ROC, the National Science council, ROC, the Computer Society of ROC, the IEEE, Taipei Section, Taipei/Taiwan ACM Chapter, and the Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence (TAAI) Conference Chair Cheng-Seen Ho, National Taiwan Institute of Technology, ROC Program Chair Shie-Jue Lee, National Sun Yat-Sen University, ROC Program Committee Wolfgang Bibel, Technische Hochschule, Germany Zeungnam Bien, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Daniel J. Buehrer, National Chung Cheng University, ROC Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA Ming-Yang Chern, National Chung Cheng University, ROC Shyi-Ming Chen, National Chiao Tung University, ROC Chih-Cheng Chien, Telecommunications Labs, ROC Paul W. H. Chung, Loughborough University of Technology, UK Hsiao-Lan Fang, China Steel Co., ROC Tzung-Pei Hong, Kaohsiung Polytechnic Institute, ROC Jieh Hsiang, National Taiwan University, ROC Ching-Chi Hsu, National Taiwan University, ROC Yueh-Min Huang, National Cheng Kung University, ROC Yi-Ping Hung, Academic Sinica, ROC Yau-Hwang Kuo, National Cheng Kung University, ROC Hahn-Ming Lee, National Taiwan Institute of Technology, ROC Jonathan Lee, National Central University, ROC Stan Matwin, University of Ottawa, Canada David A. Plaisted, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Ivan Plander, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia ZhongZhi Shi, Academia Sinica, China Von-Wun Soo, National Tsing Hua University, ROC Takushi Tanaka, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Jeffrey Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Ronlon Tsai, Industrial Technology Research Institute, ROC Chen-Wen V. Yen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, ROC Wing-Kwong Wong, National Yunlin Institute of Technology, ROC Xindong Wu, Monash University, Australia This conference is intended to provide a forum to discuss current research developments and practices, and to explore future trends and applications in artificial intelligence technology. Topics Topics of interest include: AI Applications Machine Learning and Knowledge Acquisition AI Architectures Natural Language Processing Automated Reasoning Pattern Recognition Cognitive Modeling Planning Common-Sense Reasoning Probabilistic and Uncertainty Reasoning Distributed AI Problem Solving and Search Fuzzy and Neural Networks Robotics Hybrid Systems Speech Recognition and Synthesis Intelligent Agents Vision Knowledge-Based Systems Other Related Topics Knowledge Representation Tutorial ``Heuristics Learning for Performance Enhancement in Engineering Applications'' by Benjamin W. Wah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Submission Authors are invited to submit 4 copies of a complete paper of about 5000 words (no longer than 20 double-spaced pages in A4/letter format using no less than 11-point font) by July 15, 1996, to the following addresses: Prof. Chu-Sing Yang (Far East Region) ICS'96 Program Chair Institute of Computer and Information Engineering National Sun Yat-Sen University Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424, ROC Prof. Lionel M. Ni (Other Regions) Department of Computer Science Michigan State University A714 Wells Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1027, USA The cover page of each paper should contain: 1) name of the conference; 2) title of the paper; 3) a short abstract; 4) name, current affiliation, postal address, email address, telephone number, and fax number for each author; 5) name of the contact author; and 6) a list of keywords indicating the content areas related to the paper. The results presented in the paper must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere, including the proceedings of other conferences or workshops. One author of each accepted paper will be expected to present the paper at the conference. Important Dates: Paper Submission Due: July 15, 1996 Acceptance Notification: September 15, 1996 Final Camera Ready Due: October 15, 1996 Web page http://earth.ee.nsysu.edu.tw/taai96.htm Inquiries Prof. Shie-Jue Lee Dept. of Electrical Eng., National Sun Yat-Sen Univ. Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424, ROC Fax: +886-7-5615137 E-mail: leesj@ee.nsysu.edu.tw