[agents] CFP: IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 Call for Papers: Survey Track

[Satoshi Kurihara]

IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 Call for Papers: Survey Track

The IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 Survey Track enables the AI community to learn
from AI researchers who are experts on a topic by providing these the
opportunity to give a talk presenting a synthetic survey of that
topic. Papers accepted to the Survey Track will be published in the
IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 proceedings.


Who can Submit a Paper?

The list of authors should contain at least one author who has made
significant contributions to the topic over the last few years (and
can thus be considered an expert on that topic).


What is a Suitable Topic?

The IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 Survey Track provides an opportunity for
established researchers in the AI community to give a broad talk on a
well-established body of research, that provide a big picture view of
the topic, rather than discuss a particular aspect. The topic should
be of interest to current AI practitioners.
Of particular interest are papers that describe how lessons learned
from the topic can contribute to new ideas and visions that can
stimulate the research community to pursue new directions, e.g., new
problems.


How Should the Paper be Written?

The topic should be introduced in a way such that it can be understood
by most of the AI community. It should be defined in such a way that
its contours are precise. It should be made clear why the topic is
important and what its intended or existing applications are. The
paper should be a comprehensive survey with a personal stance on the
topic: the description of the existing work should be structured and
should contain a discussion (aiming for instance at comparing the
approaches). It should not be a simple juxtaposition of summaries of
papers or groups of papers. While the authors’ own work can sometimes
be an important part of a survey, there should be no significant bias
towards it: the work by others should be mentioned and appreciated in
accordance with its relevance and importance. The paper should try to
provide clear perspectives, and should be of very high quality in
terms of presentation (including examples), and at the appropriate
technical level, and should soundly grounded on existing literature.


Important Dates

Paper submission:February 25, 2020 (Anywhere on Earth - 11:59PM UTC -12)
Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 19, 2020
Camera ready deadline: April 29, 2020


Submission Details

Template: https://www.ijcai.org/authors_kit
Submission site: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IJCAISurvey2020

Unlike submissions to the main track, submissions to the survey track
are not anonymous. They should include the names and affiliations of
the authors. Submitted papers must be formatted according to IJCAI
guidelines and submitted electronically through the IJCAI-PRICAI 2020
special track paper submission site. Full instructions including
formatting guidelines and electronic templates are available on the
IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 website. Submissions must be in electronic form
using the IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 paper submission software linked
above. Submissions must be self-contained; IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 will not
accept or review any supplementary material. 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. All papers are due electronically on February 25,
2020 (11:59 UTC- 12). Submissions received after the deadline or not
in compliance with the length or formatting requirements will not be
considered for review (see the paper length and format section
below). 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. The designated author
will be notified by email about acceptance or rejection by April 19.


Policy on Multiple Submissions

IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 will not accept any paper that, at the time of
submission, is under review for, has already been published in, or has
already been accepted for publication in, a journal or another venue
with formally published proceedings. As a rule of thumb, authors
should regard any publication with an ISBN or ISSN as a formal
publication. Authors are also required not to submit their papers to
venues with formal publication during IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 review
period. These restrictions are not intended to apply to workshops and
similar specialized presentations with a limited audience and without
published proceedings. Authors will be required to confirm that their
submissions conform to these requirements at the time of submission. A
multiple submission will imply immediate rejection of the submitted
paper.


Confidentiality Policy

All submissions will be treated in strict confidence until the
publication date.


Conflict of Interest Policy

All people involved in the IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 review process adhere to
the IJCAI conflict of interest policy. Details can be found at
http://ijcai.org/.


Paper Length And Format

Submitted technical papers must be no longer than seven (7) pages in
total: six pages for the main text of the paper (including all figures
but excluding references), and one additional page for
references. Note that the references page can only include
references. For accepted papers, up to two additional pages may be
purchased at an additional cost per page, but note that at the time of
submissions, papers should adhere to the guidelines above: 6 pages for
main text plus one page for references. Papers must be formatted
according to posted IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 guidelines, which will be
available on the conference website (the style will be essentially
that of previous IJCAI conferences). Electronic templates for the
LaTeX typesetting package, as well as a Word template, that conform to
IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 guidelines will be made available at the conference
website. Final camera ready versions will be formatted according to
the publisher’s instructions. 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 be rejected
without review. Submissions must be self-contained; IJCAI-PRICAI 2020
will not accept or review any supplementary material.


Submission Restrictions

The main track of IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 is enforcing a submission limit of
no more than 10 submissions per individual author. However, papers
submitted to the survey track do not count for this number of
submissions. The list of authors provided at submission time is
final. Authors may not be added to, or removed from, papers following
submission. (However, author ordering may still be changed.) Also, by
submitting a paper to IJCAI-PRICAI 2020, authors must acknowledge that
they will do their best to contribute in some way to the review
process, if asked to.


Enquiries

Please send all enquiries about the Survey Track to the IJCAI-PRICAI
2020 Survey Track Chairs, George Katsirelos and Pingzhong Tang, at the
email address survey at ijcai20.org.

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