Special Track Committees
Artificial Intelligence Education
Track Cochairs
Todd Neller, Gettysburg College, USA
Anita Raja, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Track Program Committee
Bob Aiken, Temple University, USA
Sven Anderson, Bard College, USA
Ella Atkins, University of Maryland, USA
Marie-Noelle Bessagnet, Pau and des Pays de l’Adour University, France
Alistair Campbell, Hamilton College, USA
Berthe Choueiry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Eric Chown, Bowdoin College, USA
Andrea Danyluk, Williams College, USA
Zachary Dodds, Harvey Mudd College, USA
Susan Eileen Fox, Macalester College, USA
Bassant Mohammed El-Bagoury, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida, USA
Eric Hansen, Mississippi State University, USA
Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras, Greece
Ellen Hildreth, Wellesley College, USA
Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Tim Huang, Middlebury College, USA
Frank Klassner, Villanova University, USA
Deepak Kumar, Bryn Mawr College, USA
Sofiane Labidi, Federal University of Maranhao - UFMA, Brazil
Simon Levy, Washington and Lee University, USA
Chun Wai Liew, Lafayette College, USA
Derek Long, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Antonio Lopez, Xavier University of Louisiana, USA
Stephen Majercik, Bowdoin College, USA
Jim Marshall, Pomona College, USA
Robert McGrail, Bard College, USA
Lisa Meeden, Swarthmore College, USA
Dave Mooney, Shippensburg University, USA
Dave Musicant, Carleton College, USA
George Nasr, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
John Rager, Amherst College, USA
Mohammed Abdel Razek, University of Montreal, Canada
Ingrid Russell, University of Hartford, USA
Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Gene Simmons, University of South Alabama, USA
Rebecca Thomas, Bard College, USA
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José Vidal, University of South Carolina, USA
Richard Wyatt, West Chester University, USA
Ping Xuan, Clark University, USA
Sarah Zelikovitz, College of Staten Island of CUNY, USA
Track Reviewer
Piotr Rudnicki
Artificial Intelligence in Music
Track Cochairs
Bill Manaris, College of Charleston, USA
Penousal Machado, Universiy of Coimbra, Portugal
Track Program Committee
Tim Blackwell, University of London, England
Paul Brown, University of Sussex, England
Amílcar Cardoso, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Wei Chai, GE Global Research, USA
David Cope, University of California, USA
Roger Dannenberg, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Alan Dorin, Monash University, Australia
Judy Franklin, Smith College, USA
Pablo Gervás, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Gary Greenfield, University of Richmond, USA
Carlos Grilo, School of Technology and Management of Leiria, Portugal
Sudharsan Iyengar, Winona State University, USA
Thomas Jerse, The Citadel, USA
Christopher La Pilla, Duke University, USA
Matthew Lewis, The Ohio State University, USA
Hugo Liu, Media Laboratory, MIT, USA
Søren Tjagvad Madsen, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria
James Iakovos Mandelis, University of Sussex, England
David Maves, College of Charleston, USA
Jon McCormack, Monash University, Australia
Cory McKay, McGill University, Canada
Eduardo Reck Miranda, University of Plymouth, England
Gary Lee Nelson, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, USA
Luigi Pagliarini, Academy of Fine Arts of Rome, Italy
Francisco C. Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Rafael Ramirez, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Juan Romero, Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Paul Schumacher, Winona State University, USA
Gerhard Widmer, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Geraint Wiggins, Goldsmiths College, University of London, England
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Automatic Annotation by Categories for Text Information Extraction
Track Cochairs
Anca Pascu, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
Jérome Cardot, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
Track Program Committee
David Banks, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
Ismail Biskri, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
Francois-Gilles Carpentier, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
Michel Charolles, Université de Paris 3, France
Fintan Costello, University College Dublin, Ireland
Jean-Pierre Desclés, Université de Paris - Sorbonne, France
Brahim Djioua, Université de Paris - Sorbonne, France
Boris Galitsky, University of London, England
Vera Goodacre, George Mason University, USA
Zlatka Guentchéva, CNRS, France
Boris Katz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Florence Le Priol, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France
Ruslan Mitkov, University of Wolverhampton, England
Jana Sukkarieh, Oxford University, England
Geoffrey Williams, Université de Bretagne Sud, France
Track Reviewers
Johan Bos
Gregory Marton
Constantin Orasan
Ozlem Uzuner
Case-Based Reasoning
Track Cochairs
David Wilson, University of North Carolina, USA
David Patterson, University of Ulster, Ireland
Mehmet H. Göker, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Center for Advanced Research, USA
Track Program Committee
David Aha, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Klaus-Dieter Althoff, University of Hildesheim, Germany
Stefanie Brüninghaus, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Robin Burke, Depaul University, USA
Bill Cheetham, General Electric, USA
Kurt Fenstermacher, University of Arizona, USA
Pedro Gonzalez-Calero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim, Universidade do Vale do Itajai, Brazil
David Leake, Indiana University, USA
Lorraine McGinty, University College Dublin, Ireland
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Hector Munoz-Avila, Lehigh University, USA
Robert Simpson, Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA
Raja Sooriamurthi, Indiana University, USA
Ian Watson, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Rosina Weber, The iSchool at Drexel, USA
Track Reviewers
Belen Diaz-Agudo
Alexandre Hanft
Kevin McCarthy
Thomas Reichherzer
Klaus Schmid
Emotional Intelligence
Track Chair
Claude Frasson, University of Montreal, Canada
Track Program Committee
Stefano A. Cerri, University of Montpellier II & CNRS, France
Guy Gouarderes, University of Pau, France
James Lester, North Carolina State University, USA
Erika Martinez Miron, University of Sussex, England
Roger Nkambou, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Fabio Paraguacu, UFAL, Brasil
Track Reviewers
Christopher Brooks
Gord McCalla
Scott McQuiggan
Evaluation and Refinement of Intelligent Systems
Track Chair
Rainer Knauf, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany
Track Program Committee
Joachim Baumeister, University Wuerzburg, Germany
Avelino Gonzalez, University of Central Florida, USA
Scott Y. Harmon, Zetetix, USA
Mieczyslaw Lech Owoc, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
Stephane Loiseau, Université d'Angers, France
Silvie Spreeuwenberg, LibRT B.V., The Netherlands
Setsuo Tsuruta, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Neli P. Zlatareva, Central Connecticut State University, USA
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Track Reviewers
Beatrice Duval
David Genest
Takashi Onoyama
Yoshitaka Sakurai
Dietmar Seipel
Qunhua Zhao
Evolutionary Optimization
Track Cochairs
Francisco B. Pereira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
Jorge Tavares, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Track Program Committee
Ajith Abraham, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Enrique Alba, University of Málaga, Spain
Luis Correia, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Ernesto Costa, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Carlos Cotta, University of Málaga, Spain
Jens Gottlieb, SAP AG, Germany
Jin-Kao Hao, University of Angers, France
Bryant Julstrom, St. Cloud State University, USA
Fernando Lobo, University of Algarve, Portugal
Gabriel Luque, University of Málaga, Spain
Penousal Machado, Universiy of Coimbra, Portugal
Ana Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Zbigniew Michalewicz, University of Adelaide, Australia
Gunther Raidl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Thomas Stützle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Kay Chen Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jano van Hemert, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Track Reviewers
Eduardo Rodriguez-Tello
Christine Solnon
Intelligent Distributed Sensor Networks
Track Cochairs
Imad Elhajj, Oakland University, USA
Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, USA
Track Program Committee
Driss Benhaddou, University of Houston, USA
Huirong Fu, Oakland University, USA
Amit Goradia, Michigan State University, USA
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Fatma Mili, Oakland University, USA
Weihua Sheng, Kettering University, USA
Jindong Tan, Michigan Technological University, USA
Ning Xi, Michigan State University, USA
Track Reviewers
Wei Lu
Mike Macgregor
Mario Nascimento
Yantao Shen
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Track Chair
Chad Lane, University of Southern California, USA
Track Program Committee
Vincent Aleven, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia, Canada
Mark Core, University of Southern California, USA
Rebecca Crowley, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Reva Freedman, Northern Illinois University, USA
Art Graesser, University of Memphis, USA
Neil Heffernan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
W. Lewis Johnson, University of Southern California, USA
Pamela Jordan, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Sandra Katz, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Chun Wai Liew, Lafayette College, USA
Noboru Matsuda, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
R. Charles Murray, Carnegie Learning, Inc., USA
Carolyn P. Rose, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Amy Soller, Institute for Defense Analyses, USA
Douglas M. Towne, University of Southern California, USA
Beverly Woolf, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
Machine Learning
Track Cochairs
Larry Holder, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Zdravko Markov, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Track Program Committee
Jesus Cerquides, University of Barcelona, Spain
Diane Cook, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Artur d'Avila Garcez, City University London, England
Olac Fuentes, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida, USA
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Jesus Gonzalez, National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico
Henry Hexmoor, University of Arkansas, USA
Manfred Huber, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Sudharsan Iyengar, Winona State University, USA
Istvan Jonyer, Oklahoma State University, USA
Miroslav Kubat, University of Miami, USA
Andrew Kun, University of New Hampshire, USA
Zhi-Qiang Liu, School of Creative Media, Hong Kong
Luis Nino, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Simon Parsons, City University of New York, USA
Jorge Ramirez, Apple Computer, USA
Mohammed Abdel Razek, University of Montreal, Canada
Vasile Rus, The University of Memphis, USA
Ioannis Tsamardinos, Vanderbilt University, USA
Track Reviewers
Laura E. Brown
Nicholas D. Duran
Lawrence Fu
Philip M. McCarthy
Ivan Olmos-Pineda
Modeling the Real World through Contexts
Track Cochairs
Avelino Gonzalez, University of Central Florida, USA
Patrick Brezillon, University Paris 6, France
Track Program Committee
David Aihe, University of Central Florida, USA
Hans Fernlund, University of Central Florida, USA
Joemon Jose, University of Glasgow, Scotland
David Leake, Indiana University, USA
Cary Peaden, NASA KSC DX-E1, USA
Linus Luotsinen, University of Central Florida, USA
Thomas Roth-Berghofer, DFKI GmbH, Germany
Stefan Schulz, e-Spirit GmbH, Germany
Gary Stein, University of Central Florida, USA
Viet Trinh, University of Central Florida, USA
Track Reviewers
Diane Cook
Ana Maguitman
Gordon McCalla
Thomas Reichherzer
Tim Roberts
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Natural Language and Knowledge Representation
Track Chair
Jana Sukkarieh, University of Oxford, England
Track Program Committee
James Allen, University of Rochester, USA
Patrick Blackburn, INRIA Lorraine, France
Johan Bos, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Italy
Richard Crouch, Palo Alto Research Center, USA
Anette Frank, DFKI, Germany
Fernando Gomez, University of Central Florida, USA
Sanda Harabagiu, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
John Harrison, Intel Corporation, USA
Jerry Hobbs, Information Sciences Institute, USA
Chung Hee Hwang, Raytheon, USA
Michael Kohlhase, International University Bremen, Germany
Shalom Lappin, King's College, England
Carsten Lutz, TU Dresden, Germany
Inderjeet Mani, Georgetown University, USA
Jeff Pelletier, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Stephen Pulman, University of Oxford, England
Lenhart Schubert, University of Rochester, USA
John F. Sowa, VivoMind Intelligence, Inc., USA
Geoff Sutcliffe, University of Miami, USA
Track Reviewers
Inderjeet Mani
Track Webmaster
Simon Dobnik
Neural Networks
Track Cochairs
David Bisant, The Laboratory for Physical Sciences, USA
Ingrid Russell, University of Hartford, USA
Track Program Committee
Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Jim Austin, University of York, England
Geof Barrows, Centeye Corporation, USA
Douglas Blank, Bryn Mawr College, USA
Serge Dolenko, Moscow State University, Russia
Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College London, England
Mike James, York University, England
Luis Martí, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Lisa Meeden, Swarthmore College, USA
Luis Nino, National University of Colombia, Colombia
Jorge Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Sergio Roa Ovalle, University of Freiburg, Germany
Hujun Yin, University of Manchester, England
Track Reviewers
Victoria Hodge
Bojian Liang
Simon O'Keefe
Spatio-Temporal Reasoning
Track Chair
Hans Guesgen, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Track Program Committee
Thomas Bittner, University at Buffalo, USA
Joachim Hertzberg, Universität Osnabrück, Germany
Kathleen Hornsby, University of Maine, USA
Lina Khatib, QSS/NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Gérard Ligozat, Université Paris XI, France
Debasis Mitra, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
André Trudel, Acadia University, Canada
Zygmunt Vetulani, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Track Reviewers
Maciej Lison
Mei-Ling Shyu
Trends in Natural Language Processing
Track Cochairs
Vasile Rus, The University of Memphis, USA
Vivi Nastase, University of Ottawa, Canada
Track Program Committee
Stephen Anthony, University of Sydney, Australia
Nicoletta Calzolari, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale del CNR, Italy
Joyce Chai, Michigan State University, USA
Peter Clark, Boeing Research and Technology, USA
Claire Gardent, CNRS/LORIA, France
Andrew Gordon, University of Southern California, USA
Art Graesser, University of Memphis, USA
Daniel Hardt, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Christian F. Hempelmann, Georgia Southern University, USA
Diana Inkpen, University of Ottawa, Canada
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Pamela Jordan, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Max Louwerse, University of Memphis, USA
Zdravko Markov, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Rada Mihalcea, University of North Texas, USA
Smaranda Muresan, Columbia University, USA
Tudor Muresan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Roberto Navigli, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Italy
Andrew Olney, University of Memphis, USA
Constantin Orasan, University of Wolverhampton, England
Paul Morarescu, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Carlo Strapparava, ITC-IRST, Italy
Zygmunt Vetulani, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Uncertain Reasoning
Track Cochairs
Dan Wu, University of Windsor, Canada
Eric Neufeld, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Track Program Committee
Salem Benferhat, CRIL, France
Pierre Boulos, University of Windsor, Canada
Cory Butz, University of Regina, Canada
Mats Danielson, Stockholm University, Sweden
Jim Delgrande, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Marek Druzdzel, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
Artur d'Avila Garcez, City University London, England
Michael Horsch, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Gabriele Kern-Isberner, University of Dortmund, Germany
Laurent Perrussel, IRIT-Université Toulouse 1, France
Eugene Santos, University of Connecticut, USA
Paul Snow, USA
Choh Man Teng, University of West Florida, USA
Yang Xiang, University of Guelph, Canada
Adam Zagorecki, Cranfield University, England
Track Reviewers
Jim Idefeldt
Aron Larsson
David Sundgren
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