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<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Artificial Intelligence technology will bring many
transformations in a large variety of aspects of our everyday
life. </span></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">At the core of this
transformation is the deployment of AI in applications that
will improve the quality of life - or well-being - of the
world's population covering all aspects of sustainability.</span></p>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">This special track invites research papers on novel
concepts, models, algorithms, and systems, that address
problems in computational sustainability and human wellbeing. </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">We are looking for a broad range of papers ranging
from formal analysis to applied research. Examples include
papers explaining how the research addresses specific </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">computational problems, opportunities, or issues
underlying sustainability challenges and human well-being
related problems. Also papers describing a sustainability or
human well-being challenge </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">or application that can be tackled using AI methods.
Papers proposing general challenges and data sets are also
welcome. </span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">All AI topics that can address computational
sustainability and human well-being</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">issues are appropriate, including machine learning,
optimization, reasoning, vision, and robotics. Sustainability
domains include natural resources, climate, and the
environment</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"> (for example, climate change, atmosphere, water,
oceans, forest, land, soil, biodiversity, species), human
well-being (for example, health, aging, poverty, infectious </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">diseases, over-population, resource harvesting) and
socio-technical systems (for example, transportation systems,
cities, buildings, data centers, food systems, smart grid,
agriculture). </span></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;min-height:17px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br>
</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Important Dates</b></span></p>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Submission site opening: January 7, 2020</span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Abstract submission deadline: January 15,
2020 (11:59PM UTC-12)</span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Paper submission deadline: January 21, 2020
(11:59PM UTC-12)</span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Summary reject notification: February 21,
2020</span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Author response period: March 21-25, 2020</span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Paper notification: April 19, 2020</span></li>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,233)"><span>Submission
site: <a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IJCAI2020" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IJCAI2020</span></a> </span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Formatting guidelines, LaTeX styles, and Word
template: <a href="https://www.ijcai.org/authors_kit" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">https://www.ijcai.org/authors_kit</span></a></span></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;min-height:17px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br>
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</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Submission Process</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">The paper title, author names, contact details,
and a brief abstract must be submitted electronically through
the IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 paper submission site (link above) by
the abstract submission deadline. </span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Full papers must be submitted through the same
site by the paper submission deadline. At least one author of
each accepted paper is required to attend the conference to
present the work.</span></p>
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</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Keywords</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">When submitting abstracts, authors will be
required to choose up to three content area keywords that
belong to this Special Track. General categories should be
used only if specific categories do not apply or do not
accurately reflect the main contributions. The full list of
keywords will be available on the submission site. </span></p>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;min-height:17px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br>
</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Paper Length and Format</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Papers submitted to the Special Track must be
formatted according to IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 guidelines (link
above) and must be no longer than seven pages in total: six
pages for the body of the paper (including all figures), plus
up to one additional page with references that do not fit
within the six body pages. (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 are
required to adhere to the 6+1 format above.) Authors are
required to submit their electronic papers in PDF format.
Over-length papers will be rejected without review.
Submissions must be self-contained. IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 will not
accept any supplementary materials other than those specified
in the paragraph “Resubmissions of Substantially Improved
Recent Submissions," below. </span></p>
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</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Policy on Multiple Submissions</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">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 guideline, authors should regard
publications with a DOI, ISBN, or ISSN as formal publications.
Questions about submission eligibility should be referred to
the program chair in advance of the submission deadline.)
Authors are also required not to submit their papers to venues
with formal publication during the IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 review
period. Submission is also permitted for papers that are
available as a technical report (or similar, e.g., in arXiv).
In this case, we suggest the authors not cite the report, so
as to preserve anonymity. Multiple submission is grounds for
immediate rejection of the submitted paper. </span></p>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;min-height:17px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br>
</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Confidentiality Policy</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">All submissions will be treated in strict
confidence until the publication date. </span></p>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;min-height:17px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br>
</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Conflict of Interest Policy</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">All individuals involved in the IJCAI-PRICAI
2020 review process must adhere to the IJCAI conflict of
interest policy. Details can be found at <a href="http://ijcai.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">http://ijcai.org/</span></a>. </span></p>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;min-height:17px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br>
</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Review Process</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Reviewing for this Special Track at
IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 is the same as the main track, which is
double blind (reviewers do not know the author's identity or
vice versa). The first page, on which the paper body begins,
should include the title and abstract, but not names or
affiliations of the authors. Acknowledgments of funding or
assistance should also be omitted. Submissions should not
contain pointers to supplemental material on the web. When
referring to one's own work, use the third person, rather than
the first person. For example, say "Previously, Bessiere and
desJardins [7] have shown that...", rather than "In our
previous work [7] we have shown that...". All identifying
information can be added back to the final camera-ready
version of accepted papers. </span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Selection criteria include originality of
ideas, correctness, clarity, significance of results, and
quality of presentation. Each submission will first be
evaluated by Senior Program Committee members (SPCs). If the
SPCs in charge of the submission believe that the paper has no
chance of being accepted, they will inform the Area Chair
(AC). If the AC concurs with this assessment, then the paper
will be rejected without entering the standard reviewing
process (summary reject). Papers passing this step will go
through a full reviewing process by multiple reviewers. This
process will include the opportunity for authors to point out
errors in the reviews (response). Author responses will be
limited to clear factual errors in the reviews, and are not
intended to create a dialogue between reviewers and authors.
By submitting a paper, authors acknowledge that they are aware
of the possibility of receiving a summary rejection
notification within one month after submission without any
written review. Authors also accept that all decisions of the
program committee (i.e., summary reject, standard reject, or
accept) will be final and cannot be appealed. </span></p>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;min-height:17px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br>
</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Submission Restrictions</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 is enforcing a strict
submission limit. Each individual author is limited to no more
than 6 submissions to IJCAI-PRICAI 2020. The list of authors
provided at submission time is final. Authors may not be added
to, or removed from, papers following submission. (Author
ordering may still be changed.) Finally, for each submitted
paper to IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 the set of authors commit
themselves to review up to three submissions to IJCAI-PRICAI
2020, if asked to. (For example, authors X and Y who submit
two papers together could be asked to review up to six
papers.) This rule does not apply to papers for which at least
one of the authors is already a PC member, an SPC member, or
an AC of IJCAI-PRICAI 2020. </span></p>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;min-height:17px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br>
</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Resubmissions of Substantially
Improved Recent Submissions</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Authors of papers that have been rejected from
AAAI 2020, ECAI 2020, AAMAS 2020, ICCV 2020, or ICAPS 2020 are
permitted to resubmit substantially improved versions to
IJCAI-PRICAI 2020. In this case, authors must declare the
resubmission by including a cover letter with their
submission. The cover letter should summarize the main reasons
for rejection and should describe the changes the authors have
made to address the reviewers' comments. The cover letter
should be inserted at the beginning of the submitted PDF,
along with the previous reviews and previous anonymized
rejected submission, before the 6+1 pages of the paper. Such
resubmissions must contain, in a single PDF file: </span></p>
<ul>
<li style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">- the cover letter, headed by the title of
the rejected paper, the tracking number (if any), and the
name of the conference to which this paper was submitted, </span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">- the full reviews from the rejected
conference, </span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">- the anonymized version of the rejected
paper, and </span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">- the new submission. </span></li>
</ul>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">A paper rejected from these conferences and omitting
to declare resubmission will be directly rejected without
further review.</span></div><div style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;min-height:17px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Note that IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 is a joint
conference held under the IJCAI rules. The papers published
there will be solely IJCAI publications with IJCAI as
copyright holder. This applies to all main conference
contributions regardless of the track. </span></p>
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</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.9px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Enquiries</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Please send all enquiries about the Special
Track on AI in Sustainability and Human Well-being to the
Special Track Co-Chairs Michela Milano (<a href="mailto:michela.milano@unibo.it" target="_blank">michela.milano@unibo.it</a>)
and Sabine Storandt (<a href="mailto:sabine.storandt@uni-konstanz.de" target="_blank">sabine.storandt@uni-konstanz.de</a>)</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)">-----</span><br></span></p>
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