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Note that BNAIC 2011 submission deadline is JUNE 26.

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BNAIC 2011 SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 23rd Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC 2011)
Ghent, Belgium, November 3-4
http://allserv.kahosl.be/bnaic2011/
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Organised by CODeS subgroup KAHO St. Lieven Ghent
http://www.kuleuven-kortrijk.be/CODeS/
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BNAIC is the BENELUX Conference on Artificial Intelligence and is one of the main activities of
BNVKI (Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence). The main goals of the BNAIC are two-fold:
* to bring together the AI researchers in the Netherlands, Belgium and
Luxembourg, to meet and to present research activities
* to present high-quality research results, possibly already published
in international conferences or journals

The format of BNAIC is therefore a mixture of a meeting place and a forum for high-quality research
results. This forms a balance that has proven to be successful in the previous years, as is shown
by the high number of participants each year.

BNAIC 2011 will be held in Ghent, Belgium, on Thursday 3 and Friday 4 November 2011.
For this edition, we especially encourage AI applications both in the form of papers and demonstrations.

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BNAIC NEWS

We have the pleasure to announce two most interesting invited speakers: we will welcome
Prof. Michael Trick from the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon, and
Prof. Tony Belpaeme from the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems, University of Plymouth.

Besides, an updated version of our website can be found at : http://allserv.kahosl.be/bnaic2011/ .
Information concerning venue, accommodation (hotels, youth hostels in Ghent) and registration has
been added. Please note that this year we are pursuing discount prices for all participating PhD and master students.
More information will follow soon!

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TOPICS

Possible topics of submissions include, but are not limited to:

AI for Ambient Intelligence
AI for Games & Entertainment
Embodied Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Agents & Multi-Agent Systems
Knowledge Representation
Ontologies
Semantic Web-Techniques & Technologies
Knowledge Management
Knowledge-based Systems
Logic in AI
Logic Programming
Natural Language Processing
Speech & Image Processing & Understanding
Cognitive Modelling
Reinforcement Learning
Planning & Scheduling
Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
Machine Learning
Classification
Clustering
Pattern Discovery
Process Mining
Visualization
Case-Based Reasoning
Constraint Programming
Evolutionary Algorithms
Swarm Intelligence
Neural Networks
Verification & Validation
Search & Retrieval
Personalization & Adaptation
Recommender systems
Hybrid Intelligent Systems
AI in law, music, art, education, tutoring, medicine, bioinformatics, software, e-commerce, logistics, robotics, and other business & industry applications.

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IMPORTANT DATES

* Paper submissions: June 26, 2011
* Author notification: September 4, 2011
* Camera-ready papers: September 25, 2011
* Early registration: September 25, 2011
* Author registration: September 25, 2011
* Late registration: October 16, 2011
* Conference dates: November 3-4, 2011

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SUBMISSION DETAILS

Researchers are invited to submit unpublished original research, but submissions already published in international
conferences or journals are also welcome. Three types of submissions are invited:

Type A: REGULAR PAPERS
Papers presenting new original work. Submitted papers should not exceed a
length of 8 pages. These papers will be reviewed on overall quality and
relevance. A-Papers can be accepted for either oral or poster presentation.
All accepted papers will be fully published in the proceedings.

Type B: COMPRESSED CONTRIBUTIONS
Papers that have been accepted after June 1st, 2010 for AI-related refereed
conferences or journals can be resubmitted and will be accepted as
compressed contributions. Authors are invited to submit the officially
published version (without page restriction) together with a one or
two-page abstract. B-Papers will be accepted for either oral or poster
presentation. The abstract of the paper will be published in the
proceedings. Every author may submit at most one B-paper of which they are
the corresponding author, and only if they do not submit any A-paper as
corresponding author.

Type C: DEMONSTRATIONS& APPLICATIONS
Proposals for demonstrations will be evaluated based on submitted
demonstration summaries stating the following: the purpose of the system to
be demonstrated, its user groups, the organization or project for which it
is developed, the developers, and the technology used. In addition, the
system requirements and the duration of the demo (not exceeding 30
minutes) should be mentioned. Especially master students are encouraged to
submit papers presenting their applications and experiences. The maximum
size of demonstration summaries is 2 pages (in English).

Papers and demonstration summaries should be submitted electronically by
June 26, 2011. Submission implies willingness of at least one author to
register for BNAIC 2011 and present the paper. For each paper, a separate
author registration is required. Authors keep the copyright of their
submissions. The BNAIC Proceedings are published under ISSN series number
1568-7805.

Submission page:
http://allserv.kahosl.be/bnaic2011/paper_submission

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Hope to welcome you in Ghent !
The BNAIC 2011 Organisation Team

Patrick De Causmaecker
Katja Verbeeck
Joris Maervoet
Tommy Messelis

email: bnaic2011@kahosl.be
BNAIC website: http://allserv.kahosl.be/bnaic2011/
CODeS website: http://www.kuleuven-kortrijk.be/CODeS/