[agents] [AIxIA 2021 - CFP] The 20th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, December 1-3, 2021, Milan, Italy

[Marco Viviani]

***** Second Call for Papers *****

*AIxIA 2021*

The 20th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial
Intelligence

December 1st-3rd, 2021, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy,

https://aixia2021.disco.unimib.it/

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=== Topics of Interest ===

The AIxIA 2021 edition celebrates the 20th year of an event born inside the
Italian AI Association, but rapidly grown up to an international dimension,
attracting scholars from all over the world. This edition of AIxIA will be
held in Milan in a mixed in-presence and online mode, thus making it easier
to attend and present papers from any part of the globe.
Based on a plural point of view, the main conference covers the wide
spectrum of topics that characterize modern Artificial Intelligence, while
a number of specific topics are also covered by dedicated thematic
workshops. Workshops will be announced later on and we foresee significant
participation by the research communities, in the vein of the success of
the AIxIA 2020 edition.

The main track of the AIxIA 2021 conference welcomes submissions covering
all areas of AI, including (but not limited to):

- Machine learning,
- Search and planning,
- Knowledge representation and reasoning,
- Constraint satisfaction and optimization,
- Natural language processing,
- Argumentation,
- Robotics and perception,
- Autonomous agents and multiagent systems,
- Ethical and cultural issues in AI.

We encourage all types of high-quality contributions including theoretical,
engineering, and applied papers. We also encourage contributions to AI
techniques in the context of established and novel application domains,
such as (cyber)security, sustainability, aging, health care, cultural
heritage, manufacturing, transportation, and commerce.
Finally, papers describing AI approaches and applications targeting
societal challenges, including, for example, solutions for the mitigation
and management of public health crises, as well as hot topics within the
community, such as the assessment and mitigation of different kinds of
biases, and in general ethical issues in AI, are particularly welcome.

Besides regular papers presenting results not already published we also
welcome short "discussion papers" (maximum eight pages) containing:

- Descriptions of results recently published or accepted for the
presentation in première international conferences and journals related to
the AI field;
- Position papers discussing potentially controversial topics in AI or
personal points of view about specific topics in AI.

Discussion papers are introduced as an opportunity for the authors to
present their recent results to the AI community and to stimulate debate
among attendees of AIxIA 2021 and potential collaborations thereof.
At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and
attend the conference to present the work.


=== Proceedings of Regular Papers ===

Accepted regular papers will be included in the post-proceedings of the
conference and will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in
Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Authors will have the chance to
revise the accepted papers according to interactions that will take place
at the conference. The post-proceedings will also include selected and
revised papers from thematic workshops.
Authors of selected regular papers accepted to the main track will be
invited to submit an extended version for publication on "Intelligenza
Artificiale", the International Journal of the Italian Association for
Artificial Intelligence, edited by IOS Press and indexed by Thomson
Reuters' "Emerging Sources Citation Index" and Scopus by Elsevier.


=== Proceedings of Discussion Papers ===

Discussion papers will not be included in the LNAI proceedings of the
conference and will be published on CEUR WS Proceedings upon request.
Discussion papers will be presented and discussed at the conference
together with regular submissions.


=== Best Papers Awards ===

The Program Committee will select the Best Student Paper and the Best Paper
from the accepted regular papers. In order to be eligible for the Best
Student Paper Award, at least one author must be a student.


=== Submission Instructions ===

Submitted papers should be written in English and formatted according to
the Springer LNCS style. Regular papers must be original papers, which are
not being submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. These papers
should not exceed 12 pages, with any number of additional pages containing
bibliographic references only.
Discussion papers report results already published or accepted for
publication in international conferences, and should not exceed 8 pages
with any number of additional pages containing bibliographic references
only.


=== Important Dates ===

- Submission: July 29, 2021
- Notification: September 15, 2021
- Camera ready version: October 22, 2021
- Conference: December 1-3, 2021


=== Organization ===

*General Chair*

- Stefania Bandini, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

*Program Chairs*

- Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy
- Matteo Palmonari, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
- Giuseppe Vizzari, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

*Organizing Committee*

- Francesca Gasparini, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy (Chair)
- Daniela Briola, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
- Stefano Ferilli, University of Bari, Italy

*Publicity and Communication Committee*

- Elisabetta Fersini, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy (Chair)
- Angelo Ferrando, University of Genova, Italy
- Francesca A. Lisi, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
- Giovanni Stilo, University of L'Aquila, Italy
- Marco Viviani, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

*Workshop Chairs*

- Gabriella Cortellessa, ISTC-CNR, Rome, Italy
- Silvia Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
- Fabio Stella, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

-- 
*Marco Viviani* (Assistant Professor)
University of Milano-Bicocca
Department of Informatics, Systems, and Communication (DISCo)
Viale Sarca, 336 - 20126 Milan (Italy)
e-mail: marco.viviani at unimib.it
URL: http://www.ir.disco.unimib.it/people/marco-viviani/
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