[agents] [IJCAI-Announcements] IJCAI 2013 Call for Papers

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The IJCAI 2013 Program Committee invites submissions of technical papers
for IJCAI 2013, to be held in Beijing, China, on August 3-9, 2013.
Submissions are invited on significant, original, and previously
unpublished research on all aspects of artificial intelligence.

The theme of IJCAI 2013 is ”AI and computational sustainability”. AI can
play a key role in addressing environmental, economic, and societal
challenges concerning sustainable development and a sustainable future. AI
techniques and methodologies can be exploited to help address
sustainability problems and questions, for example to increase the
efficiency and effectiveness of the way we manage and allocate our natural
and societal resources. The study of sustainability questions will also
enrich and transform AI, by providing new challenges. The conference will
include a special track dedicated to papers concerned with all these
aspects (see below the call for paper for this track).
Important dates

   - Abstract submission: January 26, 2013 (11:59PM, UTC-12).
   - Paper submission: January 31, 2013 (11:59PM, UTC- 12).
   - Author feedback: March 4-6, 2013 (11:59PM, UTC-12).
   - Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 2, 2013.
   - Camera-ready copy due: Apr 23, 2013.
   - Technical sessions: August 3-9, 2013.

Submission Details

Submitted papers must be formatted according to IJCAI guidelines and
submitted electronically through the IJCAI 2013 paper submission site. Full
instructions including formatting guidelines and electronic templates are
available on the IJCAI 2013 website:http://ijcai13.org/files/ijcai13.zip.
Submission is only electronic using the IJCAI 2013 paper submission
software linked here.

Papers will be accepted for either oral or poster presentation, or both.
However, no distinction will be made between accepted papers in the
conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper is
required to attend the conference to present the work. Authors will be
required to agree to this requirement at the time of submission.

The paper title, author names, contact details, and a brief abstract must
be submitted electronically by January 26, 2013 (11:59 UTC-12). Authors
will also be required to indicate if their submission is for the special
track on ”AI and Computational Sustainability” (AICS), in which case
authors are required to clarify the relevance to this theme. All technical
papers are due electronically on January 31, 2013 (11:59 UTC- 12).
Submissions received after the deadline or that do not meet the length or
formatting requirements will not be considered for review. No email or fax
submissions will be accepted. Notification of receipt of an electronically
submitted paper will be emailed to the designated contact author soon after
receipt. If there are problems with the electronic submission, the program
chair will contact the designated author by email. The last day for
enquiries regarding lost submissions is February 4, 2013. The designated
author will be emailed notification of acceptance or rejection by April 2,
2013. Authors will also be able to respond to preliminary reviews during
the period March 4-6, 2013. Guidelines for such responses, along with
details of the reviewing process will be posted on the IJCAI 2013 website.
Camera-ready copy of accepted papers must be received by the publisher by
April 23, 2013. Authors who do not have access to the web should contact
the program chair at pcchair13 at ijcai.org no later than January 1, 2013 for
alternative submission instructions.
Content Areas

When submitting their abstract, authors will be required to choose at least
two and at most four content area keywords. General categories should only
be used if specific categories do not apply or do not accurately reflect
the main contributions. Each keyword is placed within one of ten major
areas; however, many of the keywords cut across multiple areas, and authors
should feel free to select keywords from multiple areas.
Policy on Multiple Submissions

IJCAI 2013 will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is
under review for or has already been published, or accepted for
publication, in a journal or another conference. Authors are also required
not to submit their papers elsewhere during IJCAI-13 review period. These
restrictions apply only to journals and conferences, not to workshops and
similar specialized presentations with a limited audience and without
archival proceedings. Authors will be required to confirm that their
submissions conform to these requirements at the time of submission.
Paper Length and Format

Submitted technical papers must be no longer than six pages, including all
figures but excluding references, and must be formatted according to posted
IJCAI 2013 guidelines. References can be up to one page. Papers must be
formatted for letter-size (8.5 x 11) paper, in double-column format with a
10pt font. Electronic templates for the LaTeX typesetting package, as well
as a Word template, that conform to IJCAI 2013 guidelines will be made
available at the conference website in December 2012.
Authors are required to submit their electronic papers in PDF format. Files
in Postscript (ps) or any other format will not be accepted.

Over-length papers will not be considered for review. Each accepted paper
will be allowed six pages in the proceedings plus at most one additional
page for references; up to two additional pages may be purchased at a price
of $275 per page.

In order to make blind reviewing possible, authors must omit their names
and affiliations from the paper. Also, while the references should include
all published literature relevant to the paper, including previous works of
the authors, it should not include unpublished works. When referring to
one’s own work, use the third person rather than the first person. For
example, say ”Previously, Foo and Bar [7] have shown that...”, rather than
”In our previous work [7] we have shown that...”. Such identifying
information can be added back to the final camera-ready version of accepted
papers.
Review Process

Papers will be subject to blind peer review. Selection criteria include
accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results and
quality of presentation. AICS papers will be judged based on the usual
measures of quality, with consideration of the relevance to the theme and
the potential impact on sustainability problems.

The review process will include a short period for the authors to view
reviews and respond to technical questions on the submitted work raised by
the reviewers before discussion starts within the Program Committee. The
decision of the Program Committee will be final and cannot be appealed.

For more submission details, please consult
http://ijcai13.org/calls/call_for_papers. Please send enquiries about paper
submissions to Francesca Rossi, Program Chair IJCAI 2013,
pcchair13 at ijcai.org.
List of keywords
Agent-based and Multi-agent Systems

   - Agent Theories and Architectures
   - Agent Communication
   - Agreement Technologies Argumentation
   - Auctions and Market-Based Systems
   - Coordination and Collaboration
   - Distributed AI
   - E-Commerce
   - Game Theory
   - Multi-agent Learning
   - Multi-agent Planning
   - Multi-agent Systems
   - Simulation and Emergent Behavior
   - Social Choice

Constraints, Satisfiability, and Search

   - Applications
   - Constraint Optimization
   - Constraint Satisfaction
   - Distributed Constraints
   - Dynamic Programming
   - Evaluation and Analysis
   - Global Constraints
   - Heuristic Search
   - Meta-heuristics
   - Quantifier Formulations
   - Satisfiability
   - Modeling
   - Search
   - Solvers and Tools
   - Symmetry

Knowledge Representation, Reasoning and Logic

   - Action, Change and Causality
   - Automated Reasoning and Theorem Proving
   - Beliefs and Knowledge
   - Case-based reasoning
   - Common-Sense Reasoning
   - Computational Complexity
   - Description Logics and Ontologies
   - Diagnosis and Abductive Reasoning
   - Geometric, Spatial, and Temporal Reasoning
   - Knowledge Representation
   - Logic Programming
   - Many-Valued and Fuzzy Logics
   - Non-monotonic Reasoning
   - Preferences
   - Qualitative Reasoning
   - Reasoning with Beliefs

Machine Learning

   - Active Learning
   - Case-based Reasoning
   - Classification
   - Cost-Sensitive Learning
   - Data Mining
   - Deep Learning
   - Ensemble Methods
   - Evolutionary Computation
   - Feature Selection/Construction
   - Kernel Methods
   - Learning Graphical Models
   - Learning Preferences or Rankings
   - Learning Theory
   - Machine Learning
   - Neural Networks
   - Online Learning
   - Reinforcement Learning
   - Relational Learning
   - Semi-Supervised/Unsupervised Learning
   - Structured Learning
   - Time-series/Data Streams
   - Transfer, Adaptation, Multi-task Learning

Multidisciplinary Topics And Applications

   - AI and Natural Sciences
   - AI and Social Sciences
   - Art and Music
   - AI and Ubiquitous Computing Systems
   - Autonomic Computing
   - Brain Sciences
   - Cognitive Modeling
   - Computational Biology and e-Health
   - Computational Sustainability
   - Computer Games
   - Computer-Aided Education
   - Human-Computer Interaction
   - Intelligent Database Systems
   - Intelligent User Interfaces
   - Interactive Entertainment
   - Knowledge-based Software Engineering
   - Personalization and User Modeling
   - Philosophical and Ethical Issues
   - Real-Time Systems
   - Security and Privacy
   - Validation and Verification

Natural-Language Processing

   - Dialogue
   - Discourse
   - Information Extraction
   - Information Retrieval
   - Machine Translation
   - Morphology and Phonology
   - Natural Language Generation
   - Natural Language Semantics
   - Natural Language Summarization
   - Natural Language Syntax
   - Natural Language Processing
   - Psycholinguistics
   - Question Answering
   - Speech Recognition and Understanding
   - Text Classification

Planning and Scheduling

   - Activity and Plan Recognition
   - Applications of Planning
   - Conformant/Contingent Planning
   - Hierarchical Task Networks
   - Hybrid Systems
   - Markov Decisions Processes
   - POMDPs
   - Plan Execution and Monitoring
   - Planning Algorithms
   - Planning under Uncertainty
   - Real-time Planning
   - Robot Planning
   - Scheduling
   - Search in Planning and Scheduling
   - Theoretical Foundations of Planning

Robotics and Vision

   - Behavior and Control
   - Cognitive Robotics
   - Human Robot Interaction
   - Localization, Mapping, State Estimation
   - Manipulation
   - Motion and Path Planning
   - Multi-Robot Systems
   - Robotics
   - Sensor Networks
   - Vision and Perception

Uncertainty in AI

   - Approximate Probabilistic Inference
   - Bayesian Networks
   - Decision/Utility Theory
   - Exact Probabilistic Inference
   - Graphical Models
   - Preference Elicitation
   - Sequential Decision Making
   - Uncertainty

Web and Knowledge-based Information Systems

   - Information Extraction
   - Information Integration
   - Information Retrieval
   - Knowledge Acquisition
   - Knowledge Engineering
   - Knowledge-based Systems
   - Ontologies
   - Recommender Systems
   - Semantic Web
   - Social Networks
   - Source Wrapping
   - Web Mining
   - Web Search
   - Web Technologies

IJCAI 2013 AI and Computational Sustainability (AICS) Track: Call for Papers

Computational Sustainability aims to apply computational techniques to the
balancing of environmental, economic, and societal needs, in order to
support sustainable development and a sustainable future. Research in
computational sustainability is inherently interdisciplinary: It brings
together computational sciences and other fields such as environmental
sciences, biology, economics, and sociology. AI techniques and
methodologies can be instrumental in addressing sustainability problems and
questions, for example to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the
way we manage and allocate our natural and societal resources. This will
also enrich and transform AI, by providing new challenges.

Sustainability domains include the following:

   - Natural resources and the environment (such as water, atmosphere,
   oceans, forest, land, etc.)
   - Economics and human behavior (such as well-being, poverty, diseases,
   over-population, etc.)
   - Energy resources (for example, renewable energy, smart grid, and so
   on.)
   - Human-built systems and land use (such as transportation, cities,
   buildings, agriculture, etc.)
   - Climate (such as climate prediction, impact of and on climate, etc.)

This special track is dedicated to papers concerned with innovative
notions, models, algorithms, techniques, methodologies, and systems, in
order to address problems in computational sustainability. Papers can range
from formal analysis to applied research. Papers describing interesting
sustainability problems and data sets, or papers proposing general
challenges and competitions for computational sustainability, are also
welcome.

The AICS track welcomes two types of articles:

   - technical AICS papers, showing how AI can be instrumental in
   addressing sustainability questions;
   - data challenge papers,providing the description of a new
   sustainability problem as well as the corresponding data set to be made
   available to the AI community.

Technical AICS papers must follow the instructions given in the general
call for technical conference papers. Dataset papers should be up to three
pages in length, included figures and references. Please indicate that your
paper is a dataset paper by selecting this paper type in the submission
site.

There will be specific keywords for the AICS track. When registering a
paper, authors should select at least one keyword from the AICS list and at
least one keyword from the general IJCAI 2013 list.

Submitted papers in the AICS track will be reviewed by qualified reviewers
drawn from a special track committee as well as the general program
committee. AICS papers will be judged based on the usual measures of
quality, with consideration of the relevance to the theme and the potential
impact on sustainability problems. Submissions to this special track that
are deemed not to be relevant may be considered for review in the general
technical papers track at the discretion of the chairs. Papers are
submitted via the same submission Web site as the main technical track,
where the ”Special Track on Artificial Intelligence and Computational
Sustainability” option should be selected after logging in. For more
submission details, please consult http://ijcai13.org/calls/call_for_papers.
For questions, please email the AICS Track Chair, Carla Gomes, at
aicschair13 at ijcai.org.
Computational Sustainability Awards

IJCAI 2013 is joining with the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) to
promote work at the intersection of computing and sustainability on
principles and applications that address environmental, economic, and
societal needs in support of a sustainable future. An IJCAI 2013 committee
will select outstanding papers in this area to receive CCC travel awards
provided by CCC to the authors of the papers http://www.cra.org/ccc/csus.php
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