Submission instructions Authors are requested to submit a manuscript in electronic form (pdf or postscript) to the Program Chair (moldovan@engr.smu.edu). The submission deadline is June 15, 2001. Each submission must report an unpublished original work and be accompanied by a cover letter that indicates the contact authors and appropriate subject areas that the paper can be classified under. Authors will be notified of acceptance by August 10, 2001 and will be given instructions for camera-ready versions of their papers at that time. Outstanding papers will be eligible for publication in the International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools and for receiving the C. V. Ramamoorthy Best Paper award. Panel organizers are requested to submit a panel proposal consisting of a position statement and a list of panelists to the program chair by June 5, 2001. Panel organizers will be notified of acceptance by June 30, 2001. Submission format and procedure: Papers should be prepared according to the following guideline: The paper must be in English and contain no more than 20 pages. Center the title of the manuscript followed by a list of subject areas. Do NOT include the authors' names and/or their addresses (the reviews are blind). The text should be centered on each page. Leave about 1 inch (2.5 cm) margins on left and right sides of each page as well as a 1 inch (2.5 cm) margin on the top of each page. Arrange the text on one column using a double-spaced typing format. Indent when starting a new paragraph. Use standard fonts such as Times Roman or Computer Modern Roman, 11 to 12 points for text, 14 to 16 points for headings and title. A confirmation of paper receipt will be emailed back to the contact author, along with the paper's reference number. If you do not receive the confirmation of the paper receipt by email, please contact us (contact person: Roxana Girju (roxana@engr.smu.edu)).