DM: ECAI 2000/PAIS 2000 - 2nd Call for Papers

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                     ECAI 2000/PAIS 2000

      14th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
        Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems

                 Berlin, Humboldt University
                      August 20-25, 2000

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Organized by 
German Informatics Society (GI) and 
European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI)

Hosted by 
Humboldt University Berlin




    In this special turn of the century we invite you to  celebrate 
  ECAI 2000 in Berlin. 

    In the tradition of previous ECAIs the  conference  will  bring 
  together researchers and developers from academy and industry  in 
  order to present the state of the art in AI both in research  and 
  in applications.  The  technical  program  will have a scientific 
  track  (paper presentations,  invited talks,  panel discussions), 
  workshops, and tutorials.

    Since the year 2000  is a special year, we will make  ECAI 2000 
  a very special conference.  Among the programs thought to realize 
  this purpose is an exhibition concept that reflects AI's history, 
  its gaining grounds in the 20th century and  its  progress  paths 
  envisioned into the 21st century.  Furthermore, we plan to have a 
  rather  unusual  sidetrack  meant  to  attract  layman  such that 
  ECAI 2000  becomes an event in Berlin and not only one of diverse 
  scientific congresses hardly noticed by the public. In so far, we 
  aim at presenting AI on ECAI 2000 in a very broad scope in  order
  to show its relation to other classical  and  advanced  IT-topics 
  (e. g. databases, distributed computing, robotics, operations re-
  search,  artificial life,  neuro sciences,  virtual reality,  and 
  multimedia).

    For the first time, ECAI comprises the Prestigious Applications 
  of Intelligent Systems sub-conference (PAIS 2000). The purpose of 
  this event is to provide a forum for  industry  practitioners  to 
  learn about the power and applicability of  selected  intelligent 
  systems techniques and share experience on the application, deve-
  lopment and deployment of intelligent systems in  industry.  This 
  will be the largest showcase in Europe of real applications using 
  intelligent systems technology and the ideal place to  meet  with 
  those working to make successful applications.

  On behalf of the conference officials

  Kurt Sundermeyer
  DaimlerChrysler AG
  Local Chair ECAI 2000

  "At the change of ages we will make ECAI 2000 in Berlin a special
  conference"

  
  FURTHER GENERAL INFORMATION

    http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de


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ECAI 2000 SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
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    The ECAI 2000 Program Committee invites  submission  of  papers 
  for the technical program of the 14th  biennial  European  Confe-
  rence on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2000).


  IMPORTANT DATES

    2    Feb  2000       Deadline for paper summaries
    4    Feb  2000       Deadline for papers
   28    Apr  2000       Notification of acceptance
   29    May  2000       Camera-ready copies of papers
   23-25 Aug  2000       Technical program at ECAI 2000


    Submissions are invited on substantial, original and previously 
  unpublished research in all fields  of  Artificial  Intelligence, 
  including, but not limited to:

    Abduction
    AI and Creativity
    Adaptive Systems
    Affective Computation
    Art and Music
    Automated Reasoning
    Autonomous Agents
    Bayesian Learning
    Belief Revision
    Case-Based Reasoning
    Causal Reasoning
    Cognitive Modelling
    Cognitive Robotics
    Conceptual Graphs
    Constraint Programming
    Constraint Satisfaction
    Constraint-Based Reasoning
    Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
    Deduction
    Description Logics
    Diagnosis
    Distributed AI
    Genetic Algorithms
    Human Language Technology
    Inductive Logic Programming
    Information Retrieval and Presentation
    Intelligent User Interfaces
    Knowledge Acquisition
    Knowledge Representation
    Lifelike and Believable Characters
    Logic Programming
    Machine Learning
    Meta-Heuristics for AI
    Model-Based Reasoning
    Multi-Agent Systems
    Natural Language Processing
    Neural Networks
    Nonmonotonic Reasoning
    Ontologies
    Perception
    Philosophical Foundations
    Planning
    Probabilistic Networks
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Reactive Control
    Real-time Systems
    Reasoning about Actions and Change
    Reinforcement Learning
    Resource-Bounded Reasoning
    Reuse of Knowledge
    Robotics
    Scheduling 
    Search
    Signal Understanding
    Spatial Reasoning
    Speech Processing
    Temporal Reasoning
    Text Mining
    Theorem Proving
    Uncertainty in AI
    User Modeling
    Verification and Validation of Knowledge-Based Systems
    Virtual and Augmented Reality
    Vision


  FORMATTING GUIDELINES

    It is highly recommended  to  submit  papers  using  the  final 
  camera-ready formatting style. Submissions must not  exceed  five 
  pages in camera-ready format. Submissions of  unformatted  papers 
  are limited to 6000 words including footnotes,  figure  captions, 
  tables, appendices, and bibliography. Each half-page  of  figures 
  will be counted as 600 words.  (Please note that for some  papers 
  five camera-ready pages may be considerably less than 6000  words 
  in practice.) Overlength submissions will be rejected without re-
  view.  Authors  submitting unformatted papers must include a word 
  count on their paper. Latex style files to support formatting  of
  submissions will be available.  Final versions of accepted papers 
  will be required to conform strictly to the  formatting  require-
  ments specified in the ECAI 2000 style guide (not available yet).
  Each accepted paper will be allocated five pages in  the  procee-
  dings.


  SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

    Submission is a two-stage process.  Authors are asked to submit 
  a brief summary of their paper by 2 February 2000.  The  strongly 
  preferred submission method is to use the web-based summary  sub-
  mission form. Submitted summaries will be assigned a unique trak-
  king number that should be marked on the full  paper  submission. 
  Authors without access to the web should send a summary including 
  the title, authors, contact address and abstract  for  the  paper 
  (maximum 200 words), plus keywords  drawn  from  the  above  list 
  (plus other keywords if appropriate)  to  the  ECAI 2000  Program 
  Chair (by email or postal mail).  The summary information and the 
  tracking number should also be included with the paper itself, on
  a separate sheet of paper. (Authors not able to use the web-based 
  submission form may omit the tracking number).

    Submission of the paper is in hard copy form only, fax or elec-
  tronic submissions will not be accepted.  Six copies of the paper 
  (each including the summary sheet) should be sent by postal  mail 
  or courier service to the ECAI 2000 Program Chair at the  address 
  below. The deadline for receipt of papers is 4 February 2000. Pa-
  pers received after this date will not be reviewed. 

    Notification of receipt of full papers will be  mailed  to  the 
  corresponding author soon after receipt.


  Address for submission

    Werner Horn
    ECAI 2000 Program Chair
    Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ÖFAI)
    Schottengasse 3
    A-1010 Vienna
    Austria

    Email: ecai2000@ai.univie.ac.at
    Tel:   +43-1-4277-63114
    Fax:   +43-1-4277-9631


  Summary form
   
    http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/summary.html 
    (not available yet)

  
  Multiple submissions policy
  
    ECAI 2000 will not accept any paper which at the time  of  sub-
  mission is under review for, or has  already  been  published  or 
  accepted for publication in  a  journal  or  another  conference. 
  Authors are also expected not to submit  their  papers  elsewhere 
  during the  review  period.  These  restrictions  apply  only  to 
  journals  and  conferences  and  not  to   workshops  or  similar 
  specialized meetings  with  limited  audiences.  The  title  page 
  should include a statement that the paper is not under review  or 
  accepted for publication in another conference or journal.


  REVIEW PROCEDURE

    All submissions will be subject to academic peer review by  the
  ECAI  2000  Program  Committee  under  the  chairmanship  of  the 
  ECAI 2000 Program Chair.  The  ECAI 2000  Program Chair has final 
  authority over the review process and all decisions  relating  to 
  acceptance of papers.  Review  criteria  include  originality  of 
  ideas, technical soudness, significance of results,  and  quality 
  of presentation. Notification of acceptance or rejection of  sub-
  mitted papers will be  mailed  to  the  corresponding  author  by 
  28 April 2000.


  CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    The conference proceedings will be published and distributed by 
  IOS Press. The authors will be responsible for producing  camera-
  ready copies of papers, conforming to the  ECAI  2000  formatting 
  guidelines, for inclusion in the proceedings.  The  deadline  for 
  receipt of the camera-ready copy is 29 May  2000.  Note  that  at 
  least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the 
  conference to present the paper. 

    ECAI 2000 is organised by the European  Coordinating  Committee 
  for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI) and hosted by  Humboldt  Uni-
  versity Berlin on behalf of Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI).



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PAIS 2000 SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
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    ECAI is pleased to announce  its  Prestigious  Applications  of 
  Intelligent Systems (PAIS 2000)  sub-conference.  The  PAIS  2000 
  Program Committee invites authors to submit application papers.


  IMPORTANT DATES

     2    Feb  2000     Deadline for PAIS paper summaries
     4    Feb  2000     Deadline for papers
    28    Apr  2000     Notification of acceptance
    29    May  2000     Camera-ready copies of papers
    23-25 Aug  2000     PAIS 2000


    This event,  associated  with  ECAI 2000 is created to specifi-
  cally highlight significant successful applications  of  Intelli-
  gent Systems (IS) technology. The purpose of the event is to pro-
  vide a forum for industry practitioners to learn about the  power
  and applicability of selected IS techniques and share  experience
  on the applicability, development and deployment  of  intelligent 
  systems in industry. This will be the largest showcase in  Europe
  of real application using Intelligent Systems technology and  the 
  ideal place  to  meet  with  those  working  to  make  successful 
  IS-based applications. 

    The Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems event  will 
  present papers describing successful applications of  Intelligent 
  Systems.  Papers are selected  to  highlight  critical  areas  of 
  success (and failure) and to present the benefits and lessons  of 
  value to other developers. Submitted  papers  should  make  these 
  points  clear.  Papers  should  contain  sections  covering   the 
  following information: 

    Descriptive Title and Abstract: These should convey clearly and 
  simply what the application is and its operational status. Do use 
  a title that makes it clear to a reader what the application  is. 
  Don't use a clever, nor an obscure title. 

    Problem description: This should describe the problem that  the 
  application solves, stating the objectives of the application and 
  explaining why an Intelligent Systems solution was  required.  If 
  other solutions were tried and failed, briefly outline these  so-
  lutions with reasons for failure. 

    Application description: This should describe the  solution  to 
  the problem, with technical details on design and implementation. 
  It should describe any methodological approach used,  detail  the 
  key IS techniques used and if appropriate show how they were  in-
  tegrated with conventional techniques.  If commercial tools  were 
  used they should be identified and reasons  for  their  selection 
  given. 

    Application building: This should describe the size  and  skill 
  make-up of the project team, how long is took to  build  and  the 
  costs involved. How it was/will be installed  and  introduced  to 
  the users, with details of any training  required.  Describe  any 
  plans for maintenance, in particular how the knowledge is  expec-
  ted to change over time, and any features to aid the updating  of 
  knowledge, etc. 

    Application benefits: Were potential benefits identified before
  building the application and have  these  been  realised  or  are 
  likely to be realised? Has the application been in  use  and,  if 
  so, how often has it been used and by how many users?  What  fur-
  ther long term benefits are expected? What future plans have been 
  made for its enhancement and use? 

    For PAIS 2000, a paper is acceptable even  if  it  describes  a 
  system which has not yet been installed, PROVIDED the application 
  is original AND the paper discusses the aspects and  issues  that 
  would help someone thinking of implementing a similar  system  in 
  their own organisation. It must concisely describe and scope  the 
  problem tackled, saying why it is hard, and why IS techniques are 
  needed. It should also make clear the status of the  system,  and 
  should discuss such things as the project  duration  and  effort, 
  how the project was justified and the expected  benefits  estima-
  ted, any problems  encountered,  the  performance  of  the  final 
  system and the reactions of users. The review procedure is diffe-
  rent and separate from the ECAI technical conference. Papers will
  be evaluated by experienced application developers, based on  the 
  above criterion. Accepted papers will be published  in  the  ECAI 
  proceedings.


  FORMATTING GUIDELINES

    It is highly recommended to submit papers using the  final  ca-
  mera-ready formatting style. Submissions must not exceed five pa-
  ges in camera-ready format. Submissions of unformatted papers are 
  limited to  6000  words  including  footnotes,  figure  captions, 
  tables, appendices, and bibliography. Each half-page  of  figures 
  will be counted as 600 words. (Please note that for  some  papers 
  five camera-ready pages may be considerably less than 6000  words 
  in practice.) Overlength submissions will be rejected without re-
  view. Authors submitting unformatted papers must include  a  word 
  count on their paper. Latex style files to support formatting  of 
  submissions will be available. Final versions of accepted  papers 
  will be required to conform strictly to the  formatting  require-
  ments specified in the ECAI-2000 Style Guide. Each accepted paper 
  will be allocated five pages in the proceedings.


  SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

    Submission is a two-stage process. Authors are asked to  submit 
  a brief summary of their paper by 2 February 2000.  The  strongly 
  preferred submission method is to use the web-based PAIS  summary 
  submission form. Submitted summaries will be  assigned  a  unique 
  tracking number that should be marked  on  the  full  paper  sub-
  mission. Authors without access to the web should send a  summary 
  including the title, authors, contact address  and  abstract  for 
  the paper (maximum 200 words),  plus a set of indicative keywords 
  to  the  ECAI 2000 Program Chair  (by email or postal mail).  The 
  summary information and the tracking number should also be inclu-
  ded with the paper itself, on a separate sheet of paper. (Authors 
  not able to use the web-based submission form may omit the  trak-
  king number).

    Submission of the paper is in hard copy form only, fax or elec-
  tronic submissions will not be accepted. Six copies of the  paper
  (each including the summary sheet) should be sent by postal  mail
  or courier service to the ECAI 2000 Program Chair at the  address 
  below. The deadline for receipt of papers is 4 February 2000. Pa-
  pers received after this date will not be reviewed.  Notification 
  of receipt of full papers will be  mailed  to  the  corresponding 
  author soon after receipt.


  Address for submission

    Werner Horn
    PAIS 2000
    Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ÖFAI)
    Schottengasse 3
    A-1010 Vienna
    Austria

    Email: pais2000@ai.univie.ac.at
    Tel:   +43-1-4277-63114
    Fax:   +43-1-4277-9631


  Summary form
   
    http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/pais-summary.html 
    (not available yet)


  REVIEW PROCEDURE

    All submissions will be subject to review by a  team  of  expe-
  rienced application developers in the PAIS 2000 Program Committee
  under the chairmanship of the PAIS 2000 Program Chair, Rob Milne.
  The PAIS 2000 Program Chair has final authority over  the  review 
  process and all decisions relating to acceptance of papers. Noti-
  fication of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers  will  be 
  mailed to the corresponding author by 28 April 2000.


  CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    Accepted PAIS 2000 papers will appear in a special  section  of 
  the ECAI conference proceedings and will be published and distri-
  buted by IOS Press. The authors will be responsible for producing
  camera-ready copies of papers, conforming to the  ECAI 2000  for-
  matting guidelines,  for inclusion in the proceedings.  The dead-
  line for receipt of the camera-ready copy  is  29 May 2000.  Note 
  that at least one author of each accepted paper  is  required  to 
  attend the conference to present the paper. 

    PAIS 2000 is organised by the European  Coordinating  Committee 
  for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI) and hosted by  Humboldt  Uni-
  versity on behalf of Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI).


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