The Fourth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
The Fourth Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-92) was collocated with AAAI-92, and held
July 12-16, 1992, in San Jose, California
In the initial IAAI conference, most of the applications represented
the first attempts by various organizations to put AI to practical
use. In this conference we see the next generation of applications developed
in organizations that no longer view AI as risky, but rather as stable
technology. American Express and Swiss Bank Corporation, for example,
are each working toward a corporate computing environment
in which cooperative AI applications interact. In the first volume, we
saw many applications by companies that traditionally have been early
adopters of new technology; this year we see that AI applications are
appearing also in companies that traditionally have waited to use
proven technologies.
This conference presented AI applications in a variety of industries such as finance
and banking, telecommunications, automotive and transportation.
The applications address a variety of tasks such as customer service,
data analysis, design, and planning. As computer scientists, we
are particularly interested this year to see AI applied to our own field.
Three applications address different aspects of software development:
automatic program generation, inspection and analysis of source code,
and analysis of core dumps. Although many applications are aimed as
solving problems local to a single organization, the PHAROS system,
developed by National Westminster Bank, illustrates how AI can be
used to help companies adjust to more global changes, such as the formation
of a single European market.
The applications described in this conference not only demonstrated the
commercial value of software systems employing AI techniques but also
delineated the process by which these software systems are developed
and deployed.
Carlisle Scott and Phil Klahr
For further information about the IAAI 1992 Conference, consult the following:
- Conference proceedings
- List of papers (with links to abstracts) presented at the conference.
- Conference brochure
- Conference program