Special Track Committees
Special Track on Applied Natural Language Processing
Track Cochairs
Christian Hempelmann (hakia Inc., USA)
Philip McCarthy (University of Memphis, USA)
Track Program Committee
Csomai Andras (University of North Texas, USA)
Cosmin Bejan (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
Cedrick Bellissens (University of Memphis, USA)
Chutima Boonthum (Hampton University, USA)
Peter Clark (The Boeing Company, USA)
Scott Crossley (Mississippi State University, USA)
Sidney D’Mello (University of Memphis, USA)
Nick Duran (University of Memphis, USA)
Richard Evans (University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom)
Anna Feldman (Montclair State University, USA)
Chris Gates (hakia Inc., USA)
Andrew Gordon (University of Southern California, USA)
Charles Hall (University of Memphis, USA)
Diana Inkpen (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Patrick Jeuniaux (University of Memphis, USA)
Pamela Jordan (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Christopher Kurby (Northern Illinois University, USA)
Max Louwerse (University of Memphis, USA)
Rada Mihalcea (University of North Texas, USA)
Paul Morarescu (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
Tudor Muresan (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Smaranda Muresan (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
Roberto Navigli (Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Italy)
Sergei Nirenburg (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)
Andrew Olney (University of Memphis, USA)
Constantin Orasan (University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom)
Srinivasa Pillarisetti (University of Memphis, USA)
Graeme Ritchie (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Vasile Rus (University of Memphis, USA)
Roger Taylor (University of Memphis, USA)
Joel Tetreault (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Stacey Todaro (Northern Illinois University, USA)
Katrina Triezenberg (Purdue University, USA)
Zygmunt Vetulani (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
Additional Reviewers
Cedrick Bellissens
Somayajulu Sripada
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Special Track on Artificial Intelligence and Social Semantic Collaboration
Track Cochairs
Andreas Abecker (FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik
an der Universität Karlsruhe, Germany)
Tudor Groza (National University of Ireland, Ireland)
Siegfried Handschuh (National University of Ireland, Ireland)
Track Program Committee
Paul Buitelaar (DFKI GmbH, Germany)
John Davies (British Telecom, United Kingdom)
Jérôme Euzenat (INRIA Rhône-Alpes & LIG, France)
Manfred Hauswirth (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland)
Diana Maynard (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
York Sure (University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and Stanford University, USA)
Katia Sycara (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Valentina Tamma (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Additional Reviewers
Nick Kings
Special Track on Artificial Intelligence Education
Track Cochairs
Zachary Dodds (Harvey Mudd College, USA)
Todd Neller (Gettysburg College, USA)
Track Program Committee
Sven Anderson (Bard College, USA)
Steven Bogaerts (Indiana University, USA)
Susan Fox (Macalester College, USA)
Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis (University of Patras, Greece)
Tim Huang (Middlebury College, USA)
Frank Klassner (Villanova University, USA)
Simon Levy (Washington and Lee University, USA)
Shieu-Hong Lin (Biola University, USA)
Derek Long (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
Antonio Lopez (Xavier University of Louisiana, USA)
Stephen Majercik (Bowdoin College, USA)
Jim Marshall (Sarah Lawrence College, USA)
Robert McGrail (Bard College, USA)
Dave Mooney (Shippensburg University, USA)
Dave Musicant (Carleton College, USA)
John Rager (Amherst College, USA)
Anita Raja (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
Ingrid Russell (University of Hartford, USA)
Gene Simmons (University of South Alabama, USA)
Rebecca Thomas (Bard College, USA)
Ellen Walker (Hiram College, USA)
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Richard Wyatt (West Chester University, USA)
Sarah Zelikovitz (College of Staten Island of CUNY, USA)
Special Track on Automatic Annotation and Information Retrieval
Track Cochairs
Ismail Biskri (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada)
Jérôme Cardot (Université de Bretagne Occidentale à Brest, France)
Brahim Djioua (Université de Paris-Sorbonne, France)
Anca Pascu (Université de Bretagne Occidentale à Brest, France)
Track Program Committee
Maryvonne Abraham (Ecole Nationale de Télécommunication de Bretagne, France)
David Banks (Université de Bretagne Occidentale à Brest, France)
Francois Gilles Carpentier (Université de Bretagne Occidentale à Brest, France)
Fintan Costello (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Michel De Glas (Ecole Polytechnique, France)
Jean-Pierre Desclés (Université de Paris-Sorbonne, France)
Rim Faiz (IHEC de Carthage, Tunisia)
Boris Galitsky (LogLogic, Inc, USA)
Daniela Garcia (EDF R&D, France)
Vera Goodacre (George Mason University, USA)
Zlatka Guentchéva (CNRS, France)
Klara Lagji (University of Tirana, Albania)
Florence Le Priol (Université de Paris-Sorbonne, France)
Jean-Guy Meunier (Université de Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Ghassan Mourad (Université Libanaise - Beyrouth, Lebanon)
James Pustejovsky (Brandeis University, USA)
Benoît Sauzay (France Telecom - Orange R&D, France)
Frédérique Segond (Xerox, France)
Nicolai Vazov (University of Sofia, Bulgaria)
Geoffrey Williams (Université de Bretagne Sud, France)
Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning
Track Cochairs
David Aha (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
Luc Lamontagne (Laval University, Canada)
Track Program Committee
Esma Aimeur (University of Montreal, USA)
Klaus-Dieter Althoff (University of Hildesheim, Germany)
Kevin Ashley (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Robin Burke (DePaul University, USA)
Bill Cheetham (General Electric, USA)
Sarah Jane Delany (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)
Kurt Fenstermacher (University of Arizona, USA)
Mehmet Göker (PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA)
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Pedro González Calero (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
David Leake (Indiana University, USA)
Héctor Muñoz-Avila (Lehigh University, USA)
Sascha Schmitt (SAP AG, Germany)
Robert Simpson (Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc., USA)
Raja Sooriamurthi (Indiana University, USA)
Ian Watson (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Nirmalie Wiratunga (The Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom)
Additional Reviewers
Kerstin Bach
Chad Hogg
Stephen Lee-Urban
Rëgis Newo
Thomas Reichherzer
J.J. Sandvig
Martin Schaaf
Karl-Heinz Weis
Special Track on Context in AI Tools and Applications
Track Cochairs
Patrick Brezillon (University Paris 6, France)
Juliette Brezillon (University Paris 6, France)
Avelino Gonzalez (University of Central Florida, USA)
Track Program Committee
David Aihe (University of Central Florida, USA)
Thierry Artieres (University Paris 6, France)
Ladislau Bölöni (University of Central Florida, USA)
Richard Dapoigny (LISTIC/Polytech’Savoie, France)
Victor Hung (University of Central Florida, USA)
Jose Pino (University of Chile, Chile)
Tom Portegys (Illinois State University, USA)
Thomas Roth-Berghofer (DFKI GmbH, Germany)
Stefan Schulz (e-Spirit GmbH, Germany)
Roy Turner (University of Maine, USA)
Special Track on Data Mining
Track Cochairs
David Bisant (The Laboratory for Physical Sciences, USA)
Istvan Jonyer (Oklahoma State University, USA)
Track Program Committee
Rafal Angryk (Montana State University, USA)
Nitesh Chawla (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Diane Cook (Washington State University, USA)
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Olac Fuentes (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
Jesus Gonzalez (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico)
Hyoil Han (Drexel University, USA)
Larry Holder (Washington State University, USA)
SeungJin Lim (Utah State University, USA)
Eduardo Morales (INAOE, Mexico)
Fred Petry (Tulane University, USA)
Joe Potts (Consultant, USA)
Jorge Ramirez (Apple Computer, USA)
Slawomir Zadrozny (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Additional Reviewers
Mike Chapple
Serge Dolenko
Thamar Solorio
Special Track on Design, Evaluation, and Refinement of Intelligent Systems
Track Chair
Rainer Knauf (Technical University Ilmenau, Germany)
Track Program Committee
Joachim Baumeister (University Würzburg, Germany)
Avelino Gonzalez (University of Central Florida, USA)
Scott Harmon (Zetetix, USA)
Antoni Ligeza (AGH - University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Mieczyslaw Owoc (Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland)
Silvie Spreeuwenberg (LibRT, The Netherlands)
Setsuo Tsuruta (Tokyo Denki University, Japan)
Neli Zlatareva (Central Connecticut State University, USA)
Special Track on Games and Entertainment
Track Cochairs
Klaus Jantke (TU Ilmenau & FIT Leipzig, Germany)
Anton Nijholt (University of Twente, Netherlands)
Michael Youngblood (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
Track Program Committee
David Aha (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
Bikramjit Banerjee (DigiPen Institute of Technology, USA)
Tiffany Barnes (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
Larry Holder (Washington State University, USA)
Gunter Grieser (Technical University Darmstadt, Germany)
Ruediger Grimm (University of Koblenz, Germany)
Tolga Konik (Stanford University, USA)
Yaxin Liu (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Cynthia Matuszek (Cycorp, USA)
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Udo Onnen-Weber (University of Wismar, Germany)
Maja Pantic (Imperial College London, USA)
Arthur Reyes (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)
Zsofia Ruttkay (University of Twente, Netherlands)
Yuzuru Tanaka (Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan)
Additional Reviewers
Wim Fikkert
Ana Paiva
Ronald Poppe
Dennis Reidsma
Special Track on Machine Learning
Track Cochairs
Larry Holder (Washington State University, USA)
Zdravko Markov (Central Connecticut State University, USA)
Track Program Committee
Mohammed Abdel Razek (Azhar University, Egypt)
Diane Cook (Washington State University, USA)
Olac Fuentes (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
Artur Garcez (City University London, United Kingdom)
Michael Georgiopoulos (University of Central Florida, USA)
Jesus Gonzalez (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico)
Manfred Huber (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)
Istvan Jonyer (Oklahoma State University, USA)
Miroslav Kubat (University of Miami, USA)
Andrew Kun (University of New Hampshire, USA)
Fernando Nino (National University of Colombia, Colombia)
Simon Parsons (City University of New York, USA)
Jorge Ramirez (Apple Computer, USA)
Vasile Rus (University of Memphis, USA)
Ingrid Russell (University of Hartford, USA)
Additional Reviewers
Steven Gutstein
Eduardo Morales
Special Track on Spatio-Temporal Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Track Chair
Hans Guesgen (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Track Program Committee
Thomas Bittner (SUNY Buffalo, USA)
Bernhard Heinemann (FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany)
Joachim Hertzberg (Universität Osnabrück, Germany)
Lina Khatib (QSS/NASA ARC, USA)
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Kathleen Stewart Hornsby (University of Maine, USA)
André Trudel (Acadia University, Canada)
Zygmunt Vetulani (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
Additional Reviewers
Jacek Marciniak
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