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