Crossposted from news.announce.conferences.

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 FGCS'92 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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                      International Conference
                                 on
               Fifth Generation Computer Systems 1992

                            Tokyo, Japan
                           June 1-5, 1992

    The Fifth Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) project was started
in 1982 to make a revolutionary new type of computer oriented to
knowledge information processing in the 1990s.  After completing the
initial and intermediate stages of research and development, we are
now in the final three-year stage of our ten-year project, putting on
a spurt to complete our prototype Fifth Generation Computer Systems.

    The research goals of the FGCS project were challenging, but we
are achieving most of them.  We have developed a new paradigm of
knowledge information processing including the parallel logic
language, KL1, and the parallel inference machine, PIM.  There has
been intense international collaboration such as joint workshops with
France, Italy, Sweden, the U.K. and joint research with U.S. and
Swedish institutes on parallel processing applications.

    With this background, ICOT will host the International Conference
of Fifth Generation Computer Systems 1992 (FGCS'92).  This is the last
in the series of FGCS conferences; previous conferences were held in
1981, 1984 and 1988.  The purpose of the conference is to present the
final results of the FGCS project, as well as to promote the exchange
of new ideas in the fields of knowledge information processing, logic
programming, and parallel processing.

    FGCS'92 will take place over five days.  The first two days will
be devoted to the presentation of the results of the FGCS project, as
well as to invited lectures by leading researchers.  The remaining
three days will be devoted to technical sessions for invited and
submitted papers and panel discussions.  Throughout the conference
period, a number of demonstrations will be given on the core
technologies of the Fifth Generation Computer Systems and their
application in various areas.  Most of the demonstration will be given
using the parallel inference machine prototype system that we are now
completing.

    We believe your participation in FGCS'92 will deepen your
understanding of Japan's Fifth Generation Computer Systems project.
Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to broaden your
perspectives on the related technologies of other countries and to
enjoy discussions with the World's researchers in this field.

    We look forward to meeting you at the conference.

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 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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PLENARY SESSIONS        Jun.1, Jun.2
Opening Session
Invited Lectures
        Erich Bloch
        (Former Director of National Science Foundation, U.S.A.)
        J.A.Robinson
        (Syracuse Univ., U.S.A.)
Report On ICOT Research Results

TECHNICAL SESSIONS      Jun.3, Jun.4, Jun.5
Invited Lecture
        C.A.R.Hoare
        (Oxford Univ., U.K.)
Invited Papers
        Raymond Reiter
        (Univ. of Toronto, Canada)
        William Dally
        (MIT, U.S.A.)
        Ivan Bratko
        (Josef Stefan Institute, Yugoslavia)
Presentation of about 90 papers selected from 256 submitted papers
        Foundations
        Architectures & Software
        Application & Social Impacts
        ICOT Research Topics
Panel Discussion
        A springboard for information processing in the 21st century
Demonstrations
        Parallel inference machine(PIM)
        Basic software
        Knowledge processing software
        Experimental parallel application software

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 ORGANIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE
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Steering Committee
Chairperson:    Kazuhiro Fuchi,   ICOT

Conference Committee
Chairperson:    Hidehiko Tanaka,  The University of Tokyo
Vice-Chairperson:
                Koichi Furukawa,  ICOT

Program Committee
Chairperson:    Hozumi Tanaka,    Tokyo Institute of Technology
Vice-Chairpersons:
                Makoto Amamiya,   Kyushu University
                Shigeki Goto,     NTT
                Fumio Mizoguchi,  Science University of Tokyo

Publicity Committee
Chairperson:    Kinko Yamamoto,   JIPDEC
Vice-Chairperson:
                Kunio Murakami,   Kanagawa University

Demonstration Committee
Chairperson:    Takashi Kurozumi, ICOT
Vice-Chairperson:
                Shunichi Uchida,  ICOT

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 GENERAL INFORMATION
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Date: June 1-5, 1992

Venue: Tokyo Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

Hosted by: Institute for New Generation Computer Technology (ICOT)

In Cooperation with:
    Information Processing Society of Japan
    The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
    Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
    Japan Society for Software Science and Technology
    The Association for Logic Programming
    The Computer Society of the IEEE
    Association for Computing Machinery

Registration Fee:
    90,000 yen by March 31, 1992
   110,000 yen on and after April 1, 1992

Application:
    Those who wish to make a registration for the conference,
    please request Registration Form to the Secretariat.

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 FGCS'92 Secretariat
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Institute for New Generation Computer Technology (ICOT)
Mita Kokusai Bldg. 21F
4-28 Mita 1-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108, Japan

Phone:  +81-3-3456-3195
Fax:    +81-3-3456-1618
Telex:  32964 ICOT J