AI Magazine Volume 27 Number 3 (2006) (© AAAI) Calendar Fall Calendar of AI Events October 2006 OCTOBER 4–6 Computers and Advanced Technology in Education. Lima, Peru I Sponsors: World Modelling and Simulation Forum (WMSF), Technical Committee on Advanced Technology in Education I Contact: The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), #80, 4500 16th Avenue N.W., Calgary, AB T3B 0M6 Canada Voice: 403-288-1195 Fax: 403-247-6851 E-mail: calgary@iasted.org URL: iasted.org/conferences/2006/peru/cate.asp OCTOBER 16–17 The Second International Innovations and Real-time Applications of Distributed Sensor Networks (DSN) Symposium. Arlington, VA USA I Sponsors: Informa Learning, Taylor & Francis, Informa, CRC Press, MITRE, Radiance Technologies, Oak Ridge National Laboratories I Contact: Candida Sifuentes Informa Learning, Marketing, One Research Drive, Ste 400 A, Westborough, MA 01581 USA Voice: 508-614-1612 Fax: 508-616-5533 E-mail: candida.sifuentes@informausa .com URL: InformaLearning.com/DSN I Sponsors: International Society for Law and Technology (ISLAT) I Contact: Nadia Leamy International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), #80, 4500 16th Avenue N.W., Calgary, AB T3B 0M6 Canada Voice: 403-288-1195 E-mail: calgary@iasted.org URL: iasted.org/conferences/ home-545.html OCTOBER 13–15 AAAI Fall Symposium Series. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, WA USA I Sponsor: American Association for Artificial Intelligence I Contact: Conference Coordinator AAAI FSS-06 445 Burgess Drive, Suite 100 Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Voice: 650-328-3123 Fax: 650-321-4457 E-mail: fss06@aaai.org URL: aaai.org/Symposia/Fall/fss06.php The Global Security Challenge. London, United Kingdom I Sponsors: London Business School, NATO I Contact: Simon Schneider London Business School, Regents Park, London NW1-6QR United Kingdom Voice: 44 (0) 20 7000 7000 E-mail: simon@globalsecuritychallenge.com URL: globalsecuritychallenge.com OCTOBER 30–NOVEMBER 1 2006 International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2006). Oshawa, ON Canada OCTOBER 16–20 I Sponsors: NRC, Canada, UNB, Canada, UOIT, Canada I Contact: Wilfred Fong, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Faculty of Business and IT, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Osahwa, ON L1H 7K4 Canada Voice: 905-721-3111 Fax: 905-721-3167 E-mail: wilfred.fong@uoit.ca URL: businessandit.uoit.ca/ pst2006/ Tenth International IEEE EDOC Conference (EDOC 2006). Hong Kong, China November 2006 I Sponsors: IEEE, CityU, PolyU I Contact: Patrick Hung, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Faculty of Business and IT, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Osahwa, ON L1H 7K4 Canada Voice: 905-721-3111 ext 2835 Fax: 905-721-3167 E-mail: patrick.hung@uoit.ca URL: edocconference.org IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence. Washington D.C., DC USA I Sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, I Contact: Jing Dai Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Computer Science, 7054 Haycock Rd., Falls Church, VA 22043 USA Voice: 703-629-0315 E-mail: daij@vt.edu URL: nvc.cs.vt.edu/ictai06 OCTOBER 23–27 NOVEMBER 20–22 OCTOBER 9–11 The Fourth IASTED International Conference on Law and Technology. Cambridge, MA USA OCTOBER 26 IBERAMIA/SBIA 2006. Ribeiro Preto, Brazil I Contact: Solange Rezende University of Sao Paulo, Computer Science Dept., Av. Trabalhador Sao-Carlense, 400, Sao Carlos 13560-970 Brazil Voice: 5516-3373-9659 Fax: 5516-3373-9731 E-mail: solange@icmc.usp.br URL: icmc.usp.br/iarn2006/ IASTED Conference on Computational Intelligence. San Francisco, CA USA I Sponsors: World Modelling and Simulation Forum (WMSF), The International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP), The International Academy of Open Education I Contact: The International Association of Science and Technology for Development FALL 2006 117 Calendar (IASTED), #80, 4500 16th Avenue N.W., Calgary, AB T3B 0M6 Canada Voice: 403-288-1195 Fax: 403-247-6851 E-mail: calgary@iasted.org URL: iasted.org/conferences/2006/ peru/cate.asp December 2006 DECEMBER 11–13 AI-2006. Cambridge, England, UK I Sponsor: British Airways, Electrolux, HewlettPackard Laboratories I Contact: Mark Firman British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence, c/o Department of Computing, The City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB England, UK Voice: 44 (0) 20 7040 8435 Fax: 44 (0) 20 7040 0244 E-mail: sgai-conference@bcs.org.uk URL: bcs-sgai.org/ai2006/ DECEMBER 13–15 AXMEDIS 2006. Leeds, UK I Sponsor: AXMEDIS Consortium, MUSICNETWORK I Contact: Kia Ng University of Leeds, ICSRiM, School of Computing and School of Music, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT UK Voice: 44 (0) 113 343 2572 E-mail: kia@comp.leeds.ac.uk URL: axmedis.org/axmedis2006 January 2007 JANUARY 6–12 IJCAI-07: Twentieth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Hyderabad, India I Sponsors: IJCAI, TPATI I Contact: Ramon Lopez de Mantaras IIIA-CSIC, Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193 Spain Voice: 34 (0) 93 580 9570 E-mail: mantaras@iiia.csic.es URL: ijcai-07.org February 2007 FEBRUARY 11–14 Information, Decision and Control 2007. Adelaide, Australia 118 AI MAGAZINE I Sponsors: IEEE South Australia Section, ITEA, AIAA I Contact: Phil Plevin IEEE South Australia Section, Events, PO Box 54, Burnside SA 5066 Australia Voice: 61 (08) 8379-8222 Fax: 61 (08) 8379-8177 E-mail: events@plevin.com.au URL: plevin.com.au/idc2007 FEBRUARY 12–14 The IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications. Innsbruck, Austria I Sponsors: World Modelling and Simulations Forum (WMSF), Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems I Contact: Nadia Leamy International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), #80, 4500 16th Avenue N.W. Calgary, AB T3B 0M6 Canada Voice: 403-288-1195 E-mail: calgary@iasted.org URL: iasted.org/conferences/ home-549.html March MARCH 3–6 Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies . Barcelona, Spain I Submission Deadline: October 30, 2006 I Contact: Vitor Pedrosa INSTICC, Av. D. Manuel I, n 27A 2 esq., Setubal 2910 Portugal Voice: 351 265 520 184 E-mail: secretariat@webist.org URL: webist.org MARCH 9–11 2007 International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Washington, DC USA I Sponsors: ACM, IEEE RAS, AAAI, SIGCHI, HFES I Contact: Alan Schultz Naval Research Laboratory, Code 5515, Bld 1, Room 102, Washington, DC 20375 USA Voice: 202 767-2684 E-mail: hri2007@aic.nrl.navy.mil URL: hri2007.org MARCH 26–28 AAAI Spring Symposium Series. Stanford University, Stanford, California, CA USA I Sponsor: American Association for Artificial Intelligence I Contact: Conference Coordinator American Association for Artificial Intelligence, SSS-06, 445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Voice: 650-328-3123 Fax: 650-321-4457 E-mail: sss07@aaai.org URL: aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/ 2007/sss-07.php June 2007 JUNE 26–29 Twentieth International Conference on Industrial, Engineering, and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems. Kyoto, Japan I Submission Deadline: November 8, 2006 I Contact: Hiroshi G. Okuno Kyoto University, Graduate School of Informatics Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan Voice: 81 (0) 75-753-5376 Fax: 81 (0) 75-753-5597 E-mail: IEAAIE-2007@kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp URL: winnie.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/IEAAIE2007/ July 2007 JULY 9–12 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition. Orlando, USA, FL USA I Sponsors: International Society for Research in Science and Technology, I Submission Deadline: February 1, 2007 I Contact: John Edward International Society for Research in Science and Technology, PO Box 2464, Tallahassee, FL 32316 USA Voice: 850-661-7832 E-mail: jeedward@gmail.com URL: promoteresearch.org Calendar JULY 9–12 International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies. Orlando, USA, FL USA I Sponsor: International Society for Research in Science and Technology I Submission Deadline: February 1, 2007 I Contact: John Edward International Society for Research in Science and Technology, PO Box 2464, Tallahassee, FL 32316 USA Voice: 850-661-7832 E-mail: jeedward@gmail.com URL: promoteResearch.org JULY 22–26 Twenty-Second National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-07). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada I Sponsor: American Association for Artificial Intelligence I Contact: Conference Coordinator American Association for Artificial Intelligence 445 Burgess Drive, Suite 100 Menlo Park CA 94025 USA Voice: 650-328-3123 Fax: 650-321-4457 E-mail: aaai07@aaai.org URL: aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/ JULY 22–26 Nineteenth Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference (IAAI-07). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada I Sponsor: American Association for Artificial Intelligence I Contact: Conference Coordinator American Association for Artificial Intelligence 445 Burgess Drive, Suite 100 Menlo Park CA 94025 USA Voice: 650-328-3123 Fax: 650-321-4457 E-mail: iaai07@aaai.org URL: aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/ September 2007 SEPTEMBER 22–26 International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling. Providence, RI USA I Sponsors: American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), ICAPS Inc, Australian National University (ANU) CALL FOR PAPERS The Twentieth International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE-2007) – Kyoto, Japan – June 26-29, 2007 Sponsored by: International Society of Applied Intelligence and Kyoto university. Organized in Cooperation with: AAAI, ACM/SIGART, CSCSI/SCEIO, ENNS, HIS, IEICE, INNS, IPSJ, JSAI, RSJ, TAAI, and Texas State University IEA/AIE-2007 continues the tradition of emphasizing industrial, engineering and other applications of Applied Intelligent Systems Technology in solving real-world problems. Conference participants focus on practical solutions of problems occurring in all domains. Numerous related topics are considered and are listed on the conference web site URL http://winnie.kuis.kyotou.ac.jp/IEAAIE-2007/ Authors are invited to electronically submit their paper, written in English, of up to 10 single spaced pages, presenting the results of original research or innovative practical applications relevant to the conference. Practical experiences with state-of-the-art and emerging AI methodologies are also acceptable when they reflect lessons of unique value to the conference attendees. Shorter works, up to 6 pages, to be presented in 10 minutes, may be submitted as short papers representing work in progress or suggesting possible research directions. (Please, indicate "short paper" in the comments text-area in this case.) All paper submissions will be done electronically, as indicated in the instructions on the conference web site http://winnie.kuis.kyotou.ac.jp/IEAAIE-2007/. Paper submission is required by November 8, 2006. Additional details may be obtained from the web site or Prof. Hiroshi G. Okuno, IEA/AIE Program Chair, Japan; Email IEAAIE-2007@kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp; FAX +81 75-753-5376 I Submission Deadline: April 13, 2007 I Contact: Maria Fox University of Strathclyde, Computer and Information Sciences, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow G20 8QN UK Voice: 44 (0) 141 548 3172 Fax: 44 (0) 141 548 4523 E-mail: maria.fox@cis.strath.ac.uk URL: icaps07.icaps-conference.org/ ence on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI07). Pune, India I Submission Deadline: April 2, 2007 I Contact: Bhanu Prasad Florida A & M University, Computer and Information Sciences, FAMU Way, Tallahassee, FL 32307 USA Voice: 850-412-7350 Fax: 850-599-3221 E-mail: bhanu.prasad@famu.edu URL: iiconference.org DECEMBER 17–19 Third Indian International Confer- FALL 2006 119