Call for Papers: BNAIC 2012

The 24th Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC 2012)

Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 25-26, 2012 http://www.unimaas.nl/bnaic2012/

This year, the 24th Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC 2012) is organized by the Department of Knowledge Engineering of Maastricht University (http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Schools/DKE.htm) under the auspices of the Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence (BNVKI) and the Dutch Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS). BNAIC 2012 will be held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 October, 2012.

According to the success of previous years, BNAIC 2012 will include invited speakers, research presentations, posters and project demonstrations. Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of artificial intelligence. For this edition, we especially encourage AI applications both in the form of papers and demonstrations.

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
Researchers are invited to submit unpublished original research, but high-quality research results possibly already published in international conferences or journals are also welcome. Three types of submissions are invited: Type A: regular papers, Type B: compressed contributions, and Type C: demonstrations.
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, 2011 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 via EasyChair by June 7th, 2012. Submission details will follow soon at the BNAIC 2012 website. Submission implies willingness of at least one author to register for BNAIC 2012 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.

IMPORTANT DATES

June 7, 2012 Deadline for paper submission
August 15, 2012 Author notification
September 1, 2012 Deadline for camera-ready submission; Author registration deadline
TBA Early registration deadline
TBA Late registration deadline
October 25-26, 2012 Conference

CHAIRS AND LOCAL ORGANISATION

* Dr.ir. Nico Roos roos@maastrichtuniversity.nl
* Dr.ir. Jos Uiterwijk uiterwijk@maastrichtuniversity.nl
* Dr. Mark Winands m.winands@maastrichtuniversity.nl