[agents] First Call for Participation: AISB 2017: Society with AI 19-21 April, Bath

[Julian Padget]

Dear Colleagues (with apologies for any cross posting, and please
forward to any appropriate lists),

The original AI conference, the Convention of the Society for the Study
of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, is being
held in Bath this year.  This year’s convention theme is Society with
AI, which is reflected in some of the symposia along with a wide range
of other interests. The meeting is three full days of contributed
academic presentations, invited Keynotes, and socialising
opportunities.  In addition we have several satellite events:

* A free co-located tutorial/hackathon, held in Bath city centre the
afternoon and evening of April 18th. Be sure to catch an early train so
you can join in!  Note: requires separate registration as seats are
limited. http://aisb2017.cs.bath.ac.uk/tutorialshackathon.html
* A public panel: The Ethical Impact of AI on Society (supported by
ESRC & AHRC)
http://aisb2017.cs.bath.ac.uk/panel.html
* Optional tourism opportunities on Saturday (22nd) to Bath, the spas,
Stonehenge, Avebury, or Lacock.

Please see our invited speakers and symposium schedule below.  Please
register and come to the event!  EarlyBird rates have been extended to
5th April.  There are also travel bursaries available for students and
very low income academics.
http://aisb2017.cs.bath.ac.uk/registration.html

Schedule for AISB 2017 (April 18th-21st)
http://aisb2017.cs.bath.ac.uk/schedule.html

Tuesday 18th (afternoon and evening)
* The first annual AISB Tutorial / Hackathon
Wednesday 19th
* Keynote:  Artificial Emotional Intelligence – A Game Changer for AI
and Society?  Björn Schuller
* Special Event:  Panel & Reception – The Ethical Impact of AI on
Society.  Alan Winfield (chair)  Björn Schuller, Danit Gal, Nello
Cristianini, and Mandy Chessell.
* Conference Dinner
* Symposium: The 10th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy:
language, cognition, and computation (all day)
* Symposium: The power of immergence: Simulating language, decision-
making and the evolution of culture (all day)
* Symposium: The power of passion: Human reason and its emotional
foundations (all day)
Thursday 20th
* Keynote:  Ethics, algorithms, and the pursuit of human
flourishing  Mandy Chessell
* Special Event:  Evening Reception at the Roman Baths
* Symposium: Computational modelling of emotion: theory and
applications (day one)
* Symposium: Cognition And OntologieS (CAOS) 2017 (morning)
* Symposium: Social Interactions in Complex Intelligent Systems (SICIS)
(morning)
* Symposium: 4th Computational Creativity Symposium (afternoon)
Friday 21st
    * Keynote:  Meaningful Human Control Over Autonomous
Systems  Filippo Santoni De Sio
    * Symposium: Computational modelling of emotion: theory and
applications (day two)
    * Symposium: AISB Symposium on AI & Games
    * Symposium: Social Aspects of Cognition: Human and Artificial Life
Symposium
    * Symposium: Swarm Intelligence & Evolutionary Computation (morning)
    * Symposium: AISB Symposium on Computational Animal Cognition (CAC)
(afternoon)
Saturday 22nd
       * See Tourism Activities for things to do in the region after the
meeting. We are happy to advise on costs and about how to make
arrangements.

Thank you for your consideration, and we look forward to seeing you in
Bath!

Joanna Bryson, Marina De Vos and Julian Padget (convention co-chairs).