THE 1996 FALL SYMPOSIUM SERIES

The American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) held its 1 996 Fall Symposia Series on 9 to 11 November in Cambridge, Massachuset ts. This article contains summaries of the seven symposia that were co nducted: (1) Configuration; (2) Developing Assistive Technology for Pe ople with Disabilities; (3) Embodied Cognition and Action; (4) Flexibl e Computation: Results, Issues, and Opportunities; (5) Knowledge Repre sentation Systems Based on Natural Language; (6) Learning Complex Beha viors in Adaptive Intelligent Systems; and (7) Plan Execution: Problem s and Issues.