AIEDAM '99 Special Issue on Generative Systems in Design

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p> </p> <p>This web page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Please get the latest version of Netscape or Internet Explorer to properly view this site. What you see below is an alternative interface to this site.</p> <p> </p>  <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><font size="5" face="Arial">Fall 99: Vol 13#4<br> </font><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">Special Issue on</font><font size="3" face="Arial"> </font><font size="4" face="Arial"><font color="#0080C0">Generative Systems in Design</font><br> </font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial">Editors: E.-G. Vakalo, S. Emdanat and G. Stiny</font></td> <td><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong><img src="images/aiedam.JPG" alt="AIEDAM" align="right" hspace="0" width="162" height="80"></strong></font></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong>Call for Papers (AIEDAM 1999)</strong></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">The Fall 1999 (Vol. 13, #4) special issue of AIEDAM will focus on generative systems in design. Original papers are invited on all aspects of generative systems and grammars in design with particular emphasis on form-making. Design, understood broadly, is concerned with the making of useful form. The study of design, its underlying representations and the methods that can be used to derive new artifacts are important research topics in many disciplines including engineering and architecture. Form-making entails design activities that have a direct influence on the form of the produced artifacts. Its study involves the establishment of explicit and systematic links between the of form of an artifact, its visual properties, its composition, and its performance. In addition to form-making, design is concerned with processes and considerations that precede and follow decisions related to the making of form.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">The special editors suggest that authors consider some of the issues below in preparing their submissions: </font> <ul> <li><font size="2" face="Arial">What are some of the emerging approaches to the use of generative systems in form-making?</font></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial">What is the role of generative systems in form-making research? </font></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial">Can generative systems research lead to a better understanding of form-making and design? </font></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial">How can generative systems be used to produce artifacts that meet desired performance criteria?</font></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial">What are the essential characteristics of form-making and can they be captured formally?</font></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial">Is it useful to distinguish syntax from semantics in generative form-making systems?</font></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial">How can generative form-making systems be designed to handle ambiguity in the generated artifacts as well as issues of emerging and implicit semantics?</font></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial">What are the advantages and limitations of current approaches to defining generative systems and grammars for form-making? Can these be integrated to produce more complex representations?</font></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial">How can the issue of control be handled in implementing generative systems and form-making grammars?</font></li> </ul> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">The editors are particularity interested in papers that introduce new ideas to this area of research. Papers that provide a survey and a critical overview of some group of grammatical formalisms and their applications are also welcome. Authors are encouraged to discuss with the special editors topics both within and outside the aforementioned categories. Submitted papers will be refereed by at least two reviewers both from the application domain and from the artificial intelligence area. </font></p> <hr> <p align="left"><font size="1" face="Arial">This site uses frames, the top page for this site is <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~emdanat/AIEDAM99">http://www-personal.umich.edu/~emdanat/AIEDAM99</a> <br> Last updated: 02/12/99</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong>Submission Requirements of Manuscripts for Review</strong></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">Three printed copies of manuscripts should be mailed to the special editors by June 15<sup>th</sup> 1998: </font></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><em>Special Editors, AIEDAM '99#4: Generative Systems in Design<br> Doctoral Program in Architecture<br> College of Architecture and Urban Planning<br> The University of Michigan<br> 2000 Bonisteel Blvd.<br> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069 <br> Tel. 734.763.1275<br> Fax. 734.763.2322 </em></font></p> </blockquote> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Manuscript Preparation and Style </strong></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">Papers should formatted using "Times</font><font size="2" face="Technic">/ 12 pts" or "Times New Roman/ 12 pts" and should not exceed 45 pages double spaced including illustrations.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">Papers should be typed in double spacing throughout, including tables, footnotes, references and legends to tables and figures. One side of the paper, only, should be used and there should be a margin of at least 2.5 cm all around. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">The position of tables and figures should be clearly indicated, in sequence, in the text. Tables, footnotes and legends to figures should be typed separately. Where it is essential for clear cross-referencing, particularly in mathematically-orientated material, paragraphs and subparagraphs may be numbered, and the decimal system should be used, i.e. 1.1.1., 1.1.2., etc. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">A short running title of not more than 40 characters (including spaces) should be indicated if the full title is longer than this. The name of the laboratory where the work has been carried out should be indicated on the title page and the full postal address for the dispatch of proofs and offprints should be included on a separate page. Minor corrections to the manuscript may be typed or neatly printed in ink; retyping is required for significant changes. Numbers should be spelled out when they occur at the beginning of a sentence; use Arabic numerals elsewhere. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Manuscripts should be organized as follows: </strong></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Title page.</strong> This is page 1. The title should be concise, informative, and free of abbreviations, chemical formulae, technical jargon, and esoteric terms. This page should include (a) the article's full title, (b) names and affiliations of all authors, (c) the name, e-mail and mailing address, and fax and telephone number of the corresponding author, (d) the address for reprint requests if different from that of the corresponding author, (e) a short title of 50 characters or less, and (f) a list of the number of manuscript pages, number of tables, and number of figures. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Abstract and keywords page.</strong> This is page 2 and should include (a) the article's full title, (b) an abstract of no more than 300 words, and (c) up to 5 keywords or phrases that reflect the content and major thrust of the article. The abstract should give a succinct account of the objective, methods, results, and significance of the subject matter. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Introduction</strong>. This section begins on page 3 and should clearly state the objective of the research in the context of previous work bearing directly on the subject. An extensive review of the literature is not usually appropriate. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Citations in text. </strong>Customary abbreviations will be accepted and the authors are recommended to employ Systme Internationale (SI/metric) units. Special and unusual symbols should be clearly identified, especially if handwritten. Spell out acronyms at first use, but use only acronyms thereafter. All equipment supplies and products stated in the article should have the manufacturer name and location identified at first mention. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Tables.</strong> Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and each should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet. All tables are to be grouped together after the references. A short explanatory title and column headings should make the table intelligible without reference to the text. All tables must be cited and their approximate positions indicated in the text. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Figures and legends.</strong> The number of figures should be the minimum necessary to make the essential points of the paper. Figures should be supplied no larger than 8 x 10" (approx. 200 x 250 mm) and must be camera-ready. Photographs will be accepted only if the information cannot be presented easily in any other form. Explanation and keys should, as far as possible, be placed in the legends. Photographs for halftone reproduction must be on white glossy paper. Figures should be composed to occupy a single column (8.3 cm) or two columns (17 cm) after reduction. Diagrams and illustrations must have a professional appearance and be typed or drawn with sharp, black lettering to permit reduction. To assure legibility, letters, numbers, and symbols on figures should have a minimum height of 1 mm when reduced. Artwork should normally be in black and white; if authors have color figures, the publisher will provide a price quotation for the additional production costs. All figures must be identified on the back with the short title of the paper, figure number, and figure orientation (top or bottom). Preferably, figures should be mounted on heavy sheets of the same size as the manuscript. Four complete sets of figures should be carefully packaged in protective envelopes, one to accompany each copy of the manuscript. Each figure must be cited and its approximate position clearly indicted within the text. Figures must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and be accompanied by a descriptive caption typed double-spaced on a separate sheet. The captions, collected at the end of the manuscript, should concisely describe the figure and identify any symbols and/or calibration bars. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>References.</strong> Entries should be listed alphabetically by lead author at the end of the paper. All authors' names should be included, followed by the year of publication, the full title of the journal, volume, issue number, and inclusive page numbers. For books, the full title should be given, followed by the editors, volume number (if any), page numbers, publisher and place of publication. Citations in the text should read: Brown and Smith (1973), but (Brown & Smith, 1973). Where there are more than two authors the citation should read: Brown et al. (1973). The conventional Brown (1973a), Brown (1973b) should be used where more than one paper by the author(s) has appeared in the same year. Brief examples: </font></p> <blockquote> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Journal or Magazine article</strong></font></p> </blockquote> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">Schank, R.C. (1991). Where's the AI? AI Magazine 12(4), 38-49. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">Segre, M.A. (1991). Learning how to plan. Robotics and Autonomous Syst. 8(1-2), 93-111.</font></p> <blockquote> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Book</strong></font></p> </blockquote> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">Dym, C.L. (1994). Engineering design: A synthesis of views. Cambridge University Press, New York. Chapter in an edited book</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">Quinlan, J.R. (1983). Learning efficient classification procedures and their application to chess end games. In Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach, (Carbonell, J.G., et al., Eds.), Vol. 1, pp. 463-482. Morgan Kaufmann, Los Altos, California. </font></p> <blockquote> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Proceedings</strong></font></p> </blockquote> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">Craw, S., & Sleeman, D. (1990). Automating the refinement of knowledge based systems. Proc. Ninth Europ. AI Conf., 167-172. </font></p> <blockquote> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Proceedings with publisher identified</strong></font></p> </blockquote> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">Mittal, S., & Frayman, F. (1989). Towards a generic model of configuration tasks. Proc. Eleventh Int. Joint Conf. Artificial Intelligence, pp. 1395-1401. Morgan Kaufmann, Los Altos, California. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">The alphabetical list of references begins a new page, and must be typed double-spaced. Each in-text citation must have a corresponding reference and vice versa. List works by different authors who are cited within the same parentheses in chronological order, beginning with the earlier work. Journal titles should not be abbreviated. Only published articles and articles in press should appear in this list. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">Responsibility for the accuracy of references cited lies with the authors. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Author biographies.</strong> Brief author biographies will be printed at the end of each paper; they should not exceed 100 words for each author. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">More information is also available on the AIEDAM Website: <a href="http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/aiedam/Instructions.html">http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/aiedam/Instructions.html</a> </font></p> <hr> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">This site uses frames, the top page for this site is <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~emdanat/AIEDAM99">http://www-personal.umich.edu/~emdanat/AIEDAM99</a> <br> Last updated: 02/12/99</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong>Important Dates</strong></font></p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="3" width="90%"> <tr> <td valign="top"><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Arial">February 20th 1998</font></td> <td valign="top"><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Arial">Extended abstracts due</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Arial">March 25th 1998</font></td> <td valign="top"><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Arial">Authors notified of accepted abstracts</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Arial">June 15<sup>th</sup> 1998</font></td> <td valign="top"><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Arial">Full papers due</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Arial">November 30th 1998</font> </td> <td valign="top"><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Authors notified of accepted revisions and further modifications (tentative)</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FF0000"><strong>February 15<sup>th</sup> 1999</strong></font> </td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FF0000"><strong>Deadline for resubmitting modified papers </strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial">Final accept/reject author notification (tentative)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial">April 1st 1999</font></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial">Manuscripts submitted to publishers</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial">Fall 1999</font></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial">Publication date</font></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <hr> <p align="left"><font size="1" face="Arial">This site uses frames, the top page for this site is <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~emdanat/AIEDAM99">http://www-personal.umich.edu/~emdanat/AIEDAM99</a> <br> Last updated: 02/12/99</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong>Contact Information</strong></font></p> <hr> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Guest Editors of AIEDAM99:</strong></font> <ul> <li><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Emmanuel-George Vakalo<br> Samir Emdanat</strong><br> <em>Doctoral Program in Architecture<br> College of Architecture and Urban Planning<br> The University of Michigan<br> </em><br> </font></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>George Stiny</strong><br> <em>Department of Architecture<br> Massachusetts Institute of Technology</em></font></li> </ul> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">You can contact the editors by mail at:</font></p> <blockquote> <address> <font size="2" face="Arial">Guest Editors, AIEDAM Special Issue on Generative Systems in Design<br> Doctoral Program in Architecture<br> College of Architecture and Urban Planning<br> The University of Michigan<br> 2000 Bonisteel Blvd.<br> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069<br> Tel. 734.763.1275<br> Fax. 734.763.2322</font> </address> </blockquote> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">Or by email at: <a href="mailto:aiedam99.editors@umich.edu">aiedam99.editors@umich.edu</a></font></p> <hr> <p align="left"><font size="1" face="Arial">This site uses frames, the top page for this site is <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~emdanat/AIEDAM99">http://www-personal.umich.edu/~emdanat/AIEDAM99</a> <br> Last updated: 02/12/99</font></p> <p align="left"> </p>  </body>