<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><b>20th
International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA)</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Call
for Workshop Proposals</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The AIxIA 2021 Conference will host a
series of workshops dedicated to specific and hot topics that will complement
the main conference program. AIxIA Working Groups, scientific and industrial
research groups, and individual researchers interested in a subarea of Artificial
Intelligence or in a related topic of growing importance are invited to submit
proposals of workshops associated with AIxIA 2021. We particularly welcome
proposals aimed at bringing together researchers from a wide range of
disciplines, to exchange ideas, and to allow cross-fertilization.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Submission of a Workshop proposal</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Workshop proposals should be submitted in
English as a single PDF file no longer than 4 (four) pages containing the
following sections:</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Workshop title and acronym</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Workshop organizers
(affiliation, contact details, homepage, prior experiences with workshop
organization)</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Motivation and scientific
relevance to the conference audience</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Keywords (describing the main
themes of the workshop) (from 3 to 5)</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Abstract (up to 200 words)</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Description of the workshop
(topics and goals of the workshop) (up to 800 words)</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Organizational details such as:
thematic panels, demo sessions, invited talks</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">The initial list of (potential)
members of the program committee</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Previous editions of the
workshop series (if applicable) (URLs, conference it was co-located with,
number of registrants, number of submissions, number of accepted papers, and
any other relevant information)</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Length of the workshop (in
hours)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Proposals should be submitted via
Easychair: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aixia2021" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aixia2021</a><span style="color:red"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The expected number of submissions is at
least 5 for half-day workshops and at least 8 for full-day ones. Workshops that
do not reach the suggested target might not be activated or may be merged with
other events.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Workshop schedule: each workshop will be
assigned a number of slots (from 1 to 3 slots). A slot can vary from 1 to 2.5
hours. The distribution of slots will take into account the accepted papers and
workshop organization.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Management of the submission, review,
and publishing process</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The workshop organizers will manage on
their own the submission, review, and publishing process. The key dates and
publication policy must be shared with the conference organization.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Workshop proceedings should preferably be
published in CEUR Workshop Proceedings AIxIA Series <a href="http://ceur-ws.org/aixia.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://ceur-ws.org/aixia.html</a>
selecting Workshop as the submission topic.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The workshop Call for Papers, all other
calls, and the website should clearly state that the workshop is held within
the AIxIA 2021 Conference, including the URL of the conference website (<a href="https://aixia2021.disco.unimib.it/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://aixia2021.disco.unimib.it/</a>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">All workshop participants will have to
register through the AIxIA 2021 registration service. Workshop Chairs will be
granted a free conference registration but they will need to have a valid membership
to the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The workshops must notify acceptance of
papers in time to allow authors to enjoy the early registration fee.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Important dates</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Deadline for workshop proposals
submission: June 25th, 2021 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Notification of acceptance: July 4th, 2021 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><span style="font-size:11pt">Workshops date: November 29th</span><span style="font-size:11pt">-30th</span><span style="font-size:11pt">,
2021 </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Workshops Chairs (who will be glad to
give you more information about)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">- Gabriella Cortellessa (National Research
Council of Italy, Rome), <a href="mailto:gabriella.cortellessa@istc.cnr.it">gabriella.cortellessa@istc.cnr.it</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Silvia Rossi (University
of Naples Federico II), <a href="mailto:silvia.rossi@unina.it">silvia.rossi@unina.it</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Fabio Stella (University
of Milano-Bicocca), <a href="mailto:fabio.stella@unimib.it">fabio.stella@unimib.it</a></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>Marco Viviani</b> (Assistant Professor)<div>University of Milano-Bicocca</div><div>Department of Informatics, Systems, and Communication (DISCo)</div><div>Viale Sarca, 336 - 20126 Milan (Italy)</div><div>e-mail: <a href="mailto:marco.viviani@unimib.it" target="_blank">marco.viviani@unimib.it</a></div><div>URL: <a href="https://ikr3.disco.unimib.it/people/marco-viviani/" target="_blank">https://ikr3.disco.unimib.it/people/marco-viviani/</a></div></div></div></div>