Dear Colleague: You are cordially invited to participate in The Fifth Workshop on Architectures for Intelligent Control Systems AICS-93 which will be held on August 25, 1993 at the Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA, in association with the 8th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control. This Workshop is planned to extend the discussions held at previous Workshops in Aberdeen, Arlington, Nice, and Haifa. It will address the issues raised in the discussion on the AICS-L listserv group and will more extensively define the solutions and techniques applied in the area of Architectures for Intelligent Control Systems. The specific objectives of this Workshop are: - to define the variety of existing approaches (centralized, distributed, and hybrid designs) - to characterize their features (such as using analytical, AI, and schema- based methodologies) - to identify pending problems (e.g., definition of a benchmark scenario, recommended techniques for comparative analysis, etc.) - to determine the particular component and parameters of the architecture that are linked with the ability of intelligent control systems to learn. The long term objectives of the workshop are: - to stimulate development of new ideas concerning the Architectures for Intelligent Control Systems - to develop a taxonomy of the knowledge domain related to Architectures for Intelligent Control Systems - to discuss and continue to develop a glossary of common terms which describe the attributes of Architectures for Intelligent Control Systems - to devise prepective methods and measures by which to evaluate and compare the performance of Architectures for Intelligent Control Systems - to focus the research and engineering efforts on the area of Architectures for Intelligent Control Systems. The following topics will be addressed: - structures of control ingrained within architectures, - their distribution within the architectures, - techniques for functional decomposition, - methods of mapping functions into the architectural components, - methods and tools for design, implementation, and testing, - evaluation and comparison of the architectures 1st Session 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 1. An Overview of the AICS LISTSERV discussion U. Ozguner, OSU 2. From Hierarchies to Heterarchies, to Multiresolutional Schemata A. Meystel, DU 3. A Century of Artificial Brain: A Realistic Forecast for the 21st Century S. Harmon, HRL 4. Architectures for Intelligent Processes: Are They Different From Architectures for Intelligent Machines? P. Garrett, UC 5. TO BE ANNOUNCED 6. Applications of Intelligent Control in Material Processing B. Cleveland, MTS 7. Outline of the Science of Intelligent Machines A. Yavnai, RAFAEL 2nd Session, 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Panel discussion If you are interested in participating and want to propose a paper, please: - prepare a 1-page abstract with a brief description of the approach you will demonstrate and defend, - prepare a list of discussion topic suggestions, - mail, FAX, or e-mail it to A. Meystel Abstracts will be compiled and distributed at the beginning of the Workshop. A registration fee of $30 will be charged at the time of registration. Organizers: S. Harmon, A. Meystel, A. Yavnai S. Harmon, MS RL 96 Hughes Research Lab. 3011 Malibu Canyon Rd. Malibu, CA 90265 Phone: (213) 317-5140 Fax: (213) 317-5695 E-Mail: harmon@aic.hrl.hac.com A. Meystel ECE, Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: (215) 895-2220 Fax: (215) 895-1695 E-Mail: meysteam@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu A. Yavnai RAFAEL P.O. Box 2250(39) Haifa 31021, Israel Phone: +972-(4)-908-645 Fax: +972-(4)-906-687