epia 97 call participation call participation epia 97 8th portuguese conference artificial intelligence university auditorium coimbra portugal october 6 9 1997 auspices portuguese association artificial intelligence 8th portuguese conference artificial intelligence held coimbra portugal october 6 9 1997 previous issues 89 91 93 95 epia 97 run international conference english official language conference covers areas artificial intelligence including theoretical areas foundational areas applications scientific program consists invited lectures tutorials parallel workshops paper presentations eight wellknown researchers present invited lectures tutorials conference proceedings published springer verlag made available attendees invited lectures tom mitchell oskar dressler cmu usa occ software gmbh germany luis moniz pereira francisco varela unl portugal cnrs france tutorial program daniel oleary usc usa ai finance ramon de mantaras csic spain kdd data mining pedro barahona unl portugal constraint programming felix costa ul portugal neurocomputing venue coimbra important city central portugal situated banks river mondego mere 40km sea coimbra twohour train journey international airports lisbon oporto university coimbra one oldest world history dating back 13th century grown around university coimbra reflects deep academic life cultural tradition irreverence merge together offer splendid well residents visitors immense historical heritage unique romantic atmosphere coimbra one favorite tourist destinations portugal population approximately 100 000 beginning october temperature ranges 20c 22c 68f 72f day lightweight clothing therefore recommended rains time time part year also advisable bring umbrella transport closest international airports located lisbon oporto respectively 200km 120km away coimbra conference arrange limited number shuttle buses attendees lisbon oporto airports coimbra back places buses subjected previous reservation trips airports coimbra may also 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