*** DEADLINE: November 23, 2009 ***
*** Please forward to colleagues as appropriate ***

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CALL FOR PAPERS

=== FLAIRS-23: The 23rd International FLAIRS Conference ===
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
Conference dates: May 19-21, 2010
Submission deadline: November 23, 2009
http://www.flairs-23.info/


--- Invited Speakers ---
General Conference:
Eugene Charniak, Brown University
Herbert H. Clark, Stanford University
Janet Kolodner, Georgia Institute of Technology

Special Tracks:
Anthony Cohn, University of Leeds
David Poole, University of British Columbia
Jorge Ramirez, Apple Inc.


Hosted by the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society in
cooperation with AAAI
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The 23rd Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference
(FLAIRS-23) will be held May 19-21, 2010 at the Shores Resort & Spa
(http://www.shoresresort.com/) in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. FLAIRS-23
continues a tradition of presenting and discussing artificial intelligence
research in a convivial atmosphere within a beautiful setting. Events will
include invited speakers, special tracks, discussion panels, and
presentations of papers and posters. FLAIRS encourages student authors to
submit papers. In addition to a Best Paper award, there will be a Best
Student Paper award for the best paper written primarily by students.
Submission of papers for presentation at the conference is now invited.

Daytona Beach, on Florida's Atlantic coast, is famous for its sparkling
white beaches, up to 500 feet wide, with blue-green waters. Juan Ponce de
Leon landed near here in 1513, naming the land La Florida for its verdant
landscape, while legendarily searching for the Fountain of Youth. The fine,
hard-packed sand was used in the early 20th century for automobile racing
and land speed records. With natural beauty, sites of historical interest,
and a vibrant nightlife, Daytona Beach has become a favorite U.S. Vacation
destination.


IMPORTANT DATES
* November 23, 2009: Submissions due
* January 22, 2010: Notification of acceptance
* February 22, 2010: Camera-ready versions due
* May 19-21, 2010: FLAIRS-23 Conference


GENERAL CONFERENCE TOPICS
Topics of interest are in all areas of artificial intelligence, including
but not limited to:
--- Foundations: Knowledge representation, Cognitive modeling, Perception,
Reasoning & programming, Search, Learning
--- Architectures: Agents & distributed AI, Intelligent user interfaces,
Natural language systems, Information retrieval, Robotics
--- Applications: Aviation and aerospace, Education, Entertainment,
Medicine, Management and manufacturing, World Wide Web
--- Implications: Philosophical foundations, Social impact and ethics,
Evaluation of AI systems, Teaching AI


SPECIAL TRACK TOPICS
A number of special tracks offer opportunities for focused interaction.
Special tracks are an integral part of the conference with papers published
in the conference proceedings. This year's special track topics are:
--- AI, Cognitive Semantic and Computational Linguistics: New Perspectives
(http://www.lalic.paris4.sorbonne.fr/FLAIRS2010)
--- AI Planning and Scheduling
(http://ktiml.mff.cuni.cz/~bartak/FLAIRS2010/)
--- AI and Second Language Learning (http://tinyurl.com/mcs663)
--- Applied Natural Language Processing (http://tinyurl.com/kwwzs8)
--- Artificial Intelligence Education
(http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/flairs10/index.html)
--- Case-Based Reasoning (http://cbrtrack-flairs-23.info/)
--- Cognition and AI: Capturing Cognitive Plausibility and Informing
Psychological Processes (http://cognaction.org/flairs23-cogai/)
--- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
(http://userpages.umbc.edu/~bisant/gl/CFP2010BIO.htm)
--- Data Mining (http://userpages.umbc.edu/~bisant/gl/CFP2010DM.htm)
--- Games & Entertainment (http://serenity.uncc.edu/FLAIRS2010-GE)
--- Intelligent Tutoring Systems
(http://rhea.memphis.edu/FLAIRS/index.html)
--- Learning in Intelligent Systems (http://tinyurl.com/nqjb74)
--- Spatio-Temporal Reasoning
(http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~csch050/spatio-temporal-flairs23/)
--- Uncertain Reasoning (http://www.irit.fr/~Laurent.Perrussel/ur10/)


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Submitted papers must be original, and not submitted concurrently to a
journal or another conference. Full papers may be up to 6 pages, and poster
papers up to 2 pages. Double blind reviewing will be provided, so submitted
papers must use fake author names and affiliations. Papers must be in AAAI
format and must use the latest AAAI Press Word template or LaTeX macro
package (http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Templates/AuthorKit.zip).

Papers must be submitted in PDF via the EasyChair conference management
site for FLAIRS-23 (https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=flairs23).
(N.B. Do not use a fake name for your EasyChair login -- your EasyChair
account information is hidden from reviewers.) The proceedings of FLAIRS
will be published by the AAAI. Authors of accepted papers will be required
to sign a form transferring copyright of their contribution to AAAI. An
author of each accepted paper is required to register, attend, and present
the paper at the conference.


ORGANIZATION
Conference Chair: David C. Wilson, University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, USA
Program Co-Chairs:
Chas Murray, Carnegie Learning, USA
Hans Guesgen, Massey University, New Zealand
Special Tracks Coordinator: Philip McCarthy, University of Memphis, USA