CALL FOR PAPERS IBEROAMERICAN CONGRESS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IBERAMIA 94 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CNIASE 94 IBERAMIA 94/CNIASE 94 will be sponsored by the Venezuelan Association for AI -AVINTA-, the Mexican AI Society -SMIA- and the Spanish Association for IA -AEPIA-. The goal of the conference is to promote research and development in Artificial Intelligence and scientific interchange among AI researchers and practitioners. IBERAMIA 94/CNIASE 94 will be hosted by the Centro de Investigaciones Oficina Metropolis and the School of Systems Engineering of the Universidad Metropolitana of Caracas -UNIMET-, between Tuesday 25th October and Friday 28th October 1994. Program Committee Chair: Hector Geffner - USB (Venezuela) Program Committee: Julian Araoz - USB (Venezuela) Jorge Baralt - USB (Venezuela) Francisco Cantu - ITESM (Mexico) Nuria Castell - UPC (Spain) Alberto Castillo - UCLA (Venezuela) Helder Coelho - INESC (Portugal) Nelson Correa - Univ. de los Andes (Colombia) Alvaro del Val - Stanford U. (USA) Felix Garcia Padilla - UDO (Venezuela) Luciano Garcia - UH (Cuba) Francisco Garijo - TID (Spain) Warren Greiff - UDLAP (Mexico) Christian Lemaitre - LANIA (Mexico) Alonso Marquez - USB (Venezuela) Luis Moniz Pereira - UNL (Portugal) Jose Ali Moreno - UCV (Venezuela) Pablo Noriega - INEGI (Mexico) Olga Padron - UH (Cuba) Tarcisio Pequeno - LIA/UFC (Brazil) Javier Pinto - PUC (Chile) Jose Ramirez - UNIMET (Venezuela) Antonio Sanchez Aguilar - UDLA-P (Mexico) Carlos Sierra - CSIC (Spain) Guillermo Simari - UNS (Argentina) Angel Vina - UAM (Spain) Organizing Committee Chair: Adelaide Bianchini - UNIMET Organizing Committee: Antonietta Bosque - UNIMET Preciosa Castro - UNIMET Edna R. de Millan - UNIMET Rodrigo Ramirez - UNIMET Irene Torres - AVINTA Supporting Associations: Francisco Garijo - AEPIA Christian Lemaitre - SMIA Jose Ramirez - AVINTA We invite authors to submit papers describing original work in all areas of AI, including but not limited to: Machine Learning Knowledge Acquisition Natural Language Processing Genetic Algorithms Evolutionary Programming Knowledge Based Systems Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Automated Reasoning Knowledge-based Simulation Cognitive Modelling Robotics Case-based Reasoning Distributed Artificial Intelligence Neural Networks Virtual Reality All submissions will be refereed for quality and originality. Authors must submit three (3) copies of their papers (not electronic or fax transmisions) by June 30, 1.994 to the following address: AVINTA Apartado 67079 Caracas 1061 Venezuela +58-2-2836942,fax:+58-2-2832689 jramire@conicit.ve or Universidad Metropolitana Centro de Investigaciones Oficina Metropolis Autopista Petare-Guarenas Distribuidor Universidad Terrazas del Avila Caracas 1070-A Venezuela +58-2-2423089, fax:+58-2-2425668 abianc@conicit.ve All copies must be clearly legible. Notification of receipt will be mailed to the first author. Papers can be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese and must be printed on 8 1/2 x 11 inches paper using 12 point type (14 point type for headings). The body of submitted papers must be at most 12 pages. Each copy must have a title page (separate from the body of the paper) containing title of the paper, names and addresses of all authors, telephone number, fax number, electronic mail address and a short (less than 200 word) abstract. All accepted papers will be published in full length by McGraw-Hill. Important dates: Deadline for paper submission: June 30, 1994 Notification of acceptance: July 30, 1994 Camera Ready Copy: September 9,1994 Location: Caracas is located on the north of South America, facing the Caribbean Sea; is a modern city with an enjoyable wheather all year long (20 C to 30 C), with many interesting sites including cultural complexes, historical downtown, shopping malls and excelent hotels and restaurants offering the best food from all over the world. The Simon Bolivar International Airport is 45 minutes from downtown, and have regular flights to all major cities in the world.