european conference artificial intelligence 98 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | | / \ / \ | | | - - - | | _ _ _ | / _ _ \ | _ _ _ | _ _ , - | - - - | | | / \ | | / | | | | _ _ _ _ _ _ | \ _ _ _ _ _ / / _ _ _ _ _ _ \ | _ _ _ | ` - / \ ' / / \ august 23-28 1998 brighton uk ( ` - ' ecai-98 : the 13th european conference on artificial intelligence second call for participation http : / / www . cogs . susx . ac . uk / ecai98 register before 1 august to receive a discount of up to 50 pounds on the full registration fee . ecai-98 takes place in brighton on 23-28 august 1998 . the main technical programme for the conference comprises 158 top-quality research papers in 48 sessions covering the following topics : analogy , automated reasoning , belief revision , case - based reasoning , cognitive modelling , computational linguistics , constraint reasoning , diagnosis and intelligent tutoring , genetic algorithms , heuristic search , inductive logic programming , knowledge representation , knowledge - based systems , learning rules and decision trees , logic programming , logic - based planning , logics for kr , logics for actions , modelling actions , multiagent systems , nonmononotic reasoning , numerical methods in machine learning , numerical methods and neural nets , ontologies , planning and scheduling , possibilistic modelling , probabilistic modelling , robotics , temporal and spatial reasoning , user interfaces the programme also includes 6 eminent invited speakers : ramon lopez de mantaras , jean - francois puget , david schmeidler , stephen muggleton , jan - olof eklundh and glenn shafer . in addition to the main conference , 12 pre-conference tutorials and 23 pre-conference workshops offer in depth tuition and discussion of specific hot topics in the field . the conference takes place in the brighton centre , an international conference centre right on the seafront in brighton , and features a full range of social event as well as an exhibition of ai products and publications . full details of the main conference programme , workshops , tutorials and other events , plus registration and accommodation information , and a web-based registration form are available on the website . if you would like to receive an email summary of the programme and registration form please respond to this email . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ecai-98 secretariat tel : + 44 ( 0 ) 1273 678448 centre for advanced software applications fax : + 44 ( 0 ) 1273 671320 university of sussex email : ecai98 @ cogs . susx . ac . uk brighton , bn1 9qh , uk url : http : / / www . cogs . susx . ac . uk / ecai98 ecai-98 is organised by the european coordinating committee for artificial intelligence ( eccai ) and hosted by the universities of brighton and sussex on behalf of aisb . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -