The AIME 2022 conference (https://aime22.aimedicine.info) invites all interested researchers to submit original contributions regarding the development of theory, methods, systems, and applications of Artificial Intelligence in biomedicine, including the application of AI approaches in biomedical informatics, healthcare organisation and molecular medicine. The AIME 2022 conference will be hosted **in person** by Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada from June 14-17 2022.

AIME 2022 will include invited speakers, long and short presentations, poster sessions, demos, tutorials, workshops and a doctoral consortium.

Proceedings will be published by Springer as part of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), a subseries of LNCS focusing on Artificial Intelligence.

Abstract submission deadline: Jan 15 2022; Paper submission deadline: Jan 29 2022.


=== Scope ===

Contributions to theory and methods should present or analyze novel AI theories or methodologies for solving problems in the biomedical field. They may propose new theories and methods or extensions of existing ones. In both cases, the work should demonstrate its utility for solving biomedical problems and highlight its contribution to the underlying theoretical basis. In addition, it should discuss assumptions, limitations and novelty with respect to the state of the art.

Contributions addressing systems and applications should describe the development, implementation or evaluation of innovative, AI-based tools and systems in the biomedical application domain. These papers should both link the work to underlying theory, and either analyze the potential benefits to solve biomedical problems or present empirical evidence of benefits in clinical practice.

The scope of the conference includes the following areas:

Machine learning and big data analytics,
Knowledge discovery and data mining,
Biomedical ontologies and terminologies,
Biomedical knowledge acquisition and representation,
Knowledge-based reasoning in biomedicine,
Natural language processing,
Biomedical image processing,
Document classification and information retrieval,
Bayesian networks, fuzzy logic and reasoning under uncertainty,
Temporal and spatial representation and reasoning,
Healthcare processes and workflow management,
Computerized clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and protocols,
Signal processing,
Visual analytics in biomedicine,
Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs),
Patient engagement support (personal healthcare record),
Explainable AI (XAI) for health,
Precision medicine and health,
AI solutions for ambient assisted living, telemedicine, and e-health.

=== Clinical Relevance ===

Since the healthcare domain is motivated by value creation for the patient, provider, and institution, this year a special focus will be given to demonstrating clinical relevance. Please write a subsection in the evaluation section that describes the value created by your submitted work.

=== Best paper and student paper awards ===

A best paper award, based on the scientific quality and oral presentation of the paper at the conference, will be adjudged by the paper award committee. A monetary prize will be given to the winning paper (more details to follow).

The best student paper, based on the quality of the paper and the oral presentation at the conference, will adjudged by the paper award committee. The winning paper will be awarded a monetary prize (more details to follow).

=== John Fox Award ===

In honour of the late John Fox, we will present the best submission in dr. Fox's field of research, namely Computer Interpretable Guidelines, Soundness and Safety in Critical Systems, and Explainability, with the John Fox Memorial Award. The presenting author will be invited to give a lecture on their submission, with an introduction pertaining to dr. Fox's research. This award is associated with a memorial prize.


=== Paper Submission ===

The conference features regular papers in two categories:
1. Full research papers (up to 10 pages, including references)
2. Short papers (up to 5 pages, including references)
Information on paper submission is available at https://aime22.aimedicine.info/index.php/call-for-submissions

Submission opens: Oct 20 2021
Abstract submission deadline: Jan 15 2022
Paper submission deadline: Jan 29 2022
Notification of acceptance: Mar 15 2022
Camera-ready submission: Apr 5 2022

Authors of the best submissions will be invited to expand and refine their papers for possible publication in the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine journal (Elsevier).

=== Doctoral Consortium ===

A Doctoral Consortium will be hosted in conjunction with the AIME 2022 conference as an opportunity for PhD students to present their research plans or preliminary work in an informal and supportive atmosphere. Submission details are available at https://aime22.aimedicine.info/index.php/call-for-submissions/doctoral-consortium-papers

Paper submission deadline: Mar 31 2022
Notification of acceptance: Apr 30 2022
Camera-ready submission: May 20 2022

=== Workshops, Tutorials and Demos ===

We also invite interested parties to submit a workshop or tutorial proposal. Submission details are available at https://aime22.aimedicine.info/index.php/call-for-submissions/tutorials-workshops

Workshop/tutorial proposal deadline: Feb 5 2022
Notification of acceptance: Feb 19 2022

=== Software application Demos ===

AIME 2022 provides opportunities for presenting software demos of healthcare applications. More details on software demos are available at https://aime22.aimedicine.info/index.php/call-for-submissions/demos

Demo submission deadline: Mar 31 2022
Notification of acceptance: Apr 30 2022
Camera-ready submission: May 20 2022