cfp spatial expressions first call papers first call papers first call papers ijcai95 workshop representation processing spatial expressions fourteenth international joint conference artificial intelligence ijcai95 montreal canada 1 day 19th 21st august 1995 organising committee klaus peter gapp saarbruecken germany jugal kalita colorado usa paul mc kevitt sheffield uk amitabha mukerjee iit kanpur india patrick olivier aberystwyth uk junichi tsujii umist manchester uk laure vieu irit toulouse france wolfgang wahlster dfki saarbruecken germany yorick wilks sheffield uk workshop issues many different approaches representation processing spatial expressions including geometric schemas semantic nets fuzzy sets predicate logic yet existing computational characterisations far restricted particularly narrow problem domains specific spatial contexts determined overall system goals date artificial intelligence research field rarely taken advantage studies language spatial cognition carried cognitive science community one intentions workshop bring together researchers disciplines belief artificial intelligence much gain appreciation cognitive theories addition presenting original research participants asked possible address following questions work draw upon differ refine extend existing linguistic cognitive artificial intelligence approaches limitations assumptions approach knowledge space represented underlying knowledge representation reasoning formalism issues motivated choice important issue cognitive plausibility lexicon organised respect spatial prepositions spatially relevant words multiple meanings words accommodated meaning spatial expressions addressed isolation indeed spatial expressions used many different physical contexts environments meanings individual spatially relevant words composed processing obtain meanings complex spatial expressions object knowledge generally thought play important role interpretation spatial words especially spatial prepositions realised factors affect interpretation spatially relevant words language dependent approach open questions submission requirements electronic submission strongly encouraged preferably selfcontained latex papers must printed 8 1 2 x 11 size must maximum 15 pages page 43 lines lines 140mm long 12 point type title abstract figures references must included within length limit four copies mailed address double sided printing encouraged patrick olivier e mail plo aber ac uk centre intelligent systems tel 44 970622447 university wales fax 44 970622455 aberystwyth dyfed sy23 3db uk deadlines submission deadline 13th march 1995 notification acceptance 13th april 1995 camera ready copy due 27th april 1995 publication accepted papers published workshop notes preprints ijcai sufficient interest intended book published based workshop notes