Appel: ECAI 2000 and PAIS 2000

Philippe Blache pb at lpl.univ-aix.fr
Fri Jan 21 18:24:38 UTC 2000


From: "ECAI 2000 Publicity [Markus Hannebauer]" <hannebau at first.gmd.de>


[Please accept our apologies for multiple copies of this reminder.]

------------------  FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS  ------------------------

                     ECAI 2000/PAIS 2000
      14th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
        Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems

                 Berlin, Humboldt University
                      August 20-25, 2000

               http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de

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IMPORTANT DATES
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    2    Feb  2000       Deadline for paper summaries
    4    Feb  2000       Deadline for papers
   28    Apr  2000       Notification of acceptance
   29    May  2000       Camera-ready copies of papers
   23-25 Aug  2000       Technical program at ECAI 2000/PAIS 2000



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ECAI 2000 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
-------------------------------

    The ECAI 2000 Program Committee invites  submission  of  papers
  for the technical program of the 14th  biennial  European  Confe-
  rence on Artificial  Intelligence  (ECAI 2000).  Submissions  are
  invited on substantial, original and previously  unpublished  re-
  search in all fields  of  Artificial  Intelligence.


  FORMATTING GUIDELINES

    It is highly recommended  to  submit  papers  using  the  final
  camera-ready formatting style. Submissions must not  exceed  five
  pages in camera-ready format. Submissions of  unformatted  papers
  are limited to 6000 words including footnotes,  figure  captions,
  tables, appendices, and bibliography. Each half-page  of  figures
  will be counted as 600 words.  (Please note that for some  papers
  five camera-ready pages may be considerably less than 6000  words
  in practice.) Overlength submissions will be rejected without re-
  view.  Authors  submitting unformatted papers must include a word
  count on their paper. Latex style files to support formatting  of
  submissions will be available.  Final versions of accepted papers
  will be required to conform strictly to the  formatting  require-
  ments specified in the ECAI 2000 style guide (see ECAI homepage).
  Each accepted paper will be allocated five pages in  the  procee-
  dings.


  SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

    Submission is a two-stage process.  Authors are asked to submit
  a brief summary of their paper by 2 February 2000.  The  strongly
  preferred submission method is to use the web-based summary  sub-
  mission form. Submitted summaries will be assigned a unique trak-
  king number that should be marked on the full  paper  submission.
  Authors without access to the web should send a summary including
  the title, authors, contact address and abstract  for  the  paper
  (maximum 200 words), plus keywords  drawn  from  the  above  list
  (plus other keywords if appropriate)  to  the  ECAI 2000  Program
  Chair (by email or postal mail).  The summary information and the
  tracking number should also be included with the paper itself, on
  a separate sheet of paper. (Authors not able to use the web-based
  submission form may omit the tracking number).

    Submission of the paper is in hard copy form only, fax or elec-
  tronic submissions will not be accepted.  Six copies of the paper
  (each including the summary sheet) should be sent by postal  mail
  or courier service to the ECAI 2000 Program Chair at the  address
  below. The deadline for receipt of papers is 4 February 2000. Pa-
  pers received after this date will not be reviewed.

    Notification of receipt of full papers will be  mailed  to  the
  corresponding author soon after receipt.


  Address for submission

    Werner Horn
    ECAI 2000 Program Chair
    Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ÖFAI)
    Schottengasse 3
    A-1010 Vienna
    Austria

    Email: ecai2000 at ai.univie.ac.at
    Tel:   +43-1-4277-63114
    Fax:   +43-1-4277-9631


  Style guide and summary form

    http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/style.html
    http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/summary.html


  Multiple submissions policy

    ECAI 2000 will not accept any paper which at the time  of  sub-
  mission is under review for, or has  already  been  published  or
  accepted for publication in  a  journal  or  another  conference.
  Authors are also expected not to submit  their  papers  elsewhere
  during the  review  period.  These  restrictions  apply  only  to
  journals  and  conferences  and  not  to   workshops  or  similar
  specialized meetings  with  limited  audiences.  The  title  page
  should include a statement that the paper is not under review  or
  accepted for publication in another conference or journal.


  REVIEW PROCEDURE

    All submissions will be subject to academic peer review by  the
  ECAI  2000  Program  Committee  under  the  chairmanship  of  the
  ECAI 2000 Program Chair.  The  ECAI 2000  Program Chair has final
  authority over the review process and all decisions  relating  to
  acceptance of papers.  Review  criteria  include  originality  of
  ideas, technical soudness, significance of results,  and  quality
  of presentation. Notification of acceptance or rejection of  sub-
  mitted papers will be  mailed  to  the  corresponding  author  by
  28 April 2000.


  CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    The conference proceedings will be published and distributed by
  IOS Press. The authors will be responsible for producing  camera-
  ready copies of papers, conforming to the  ECAI  2000  formatting
  guidelines, for inclusion in the proceedings.  The  deadline  for
  receipt of the camera-ready copy is 29 May  2000.  Note  that  at
  least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the
  conference to present the paper.

    ECAI 2000 is organised by the German Informatics  Society  (GI)
  and the European Coordinating Committee for  Artificial  Intelli-
  gence (ECCAI) and hosted by Humboldt University Berlin.



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PAIS 2000 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
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    ECAI is pleased to announce  its  Prestigious  Applications  of
  Intelligent Systems (PAIS 2000)  sub-conference.  The  PAIS  2000
  Program Committee invites authors to submit application papers.

    This event,  associated  with  ECAI 2000 is created to specifi-
  cally highlight significant successful applications  of  Intelli-
  gent Systems (IS) technology. The purpose of the event is to pro-
  vide a forum for industry practitioners to learn about the  power
  and applicability of selected IS techniques and share  experience
  on the applicability, development and deployment  of  intelligent
  systems in industry. This will be the largest showcase in  Europe
  of real application using Intelligent Systems technology and  the
  ideal place  to  meet  with  those  working  to  make  successful
  IS-based applications.

    The Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems event  will
  present papers describing successful applications of  Intelligent
  Systems.  Papers are selected  to  highlight  critical  areas  of
  success (and failure) and to present the benefits and lessons  of
  value to other developers. Submitted  papers  should  make  these
  points  clear.  Papers  should  contain  sections  covering   the
  following information:

    Descriptive Title and Abstract: These should convey clearly and
  simply what the application is and its operational status. Do use
  a title that makes it clear to a reader what the application  is.
  Don't use a clever, nor an obscure title.

    Problem description: This should describe the problem that  the
  application solves, stating the objectives of the application and
  explaining why an Intelligent Systems solution was  required.  If
  other solutions were tried and failed, briefly outline these  so-
  lutions with reasons for failure.

    Application description: This should describe the  solution  to
  the problem, with technical details on design and implementation.
  It should describe any methodological approach used,  detail  the
  key IS techniques used and if appropriate show how they were  in-
  tegrated with conventional techniques.  If commercial tools  were
  used they should be identified and reasons  for  their  selection
  given.

    Application building: This should describe the size  and  skill
  make-up of the project team, how long is took to  build  and  the
  costs involved. How it was/will be installed  and  introduced  to
  the users, with details of any training  required.  Describe  any
  plans for maintenance, in particular how the knowledge is  expec-
  ted to change over time, and any features to aid the updating  of
  knowledge, etc.

    Application benefits: Were potential benefits identified before
  building the application and have  these  been  realised  or  are
  likely to be realised? Has the application been in  use  and,  if
  so, how often has it been used and by how many users?  What  fur-
  ther long term benefits are expected? What future plans have been
  made for its enhancement and use?

    For PAIS 2000, a paper is acceptable even  if  it  describes  a
  system which has not yet been installed, PROVIDED the application
  is original AND the paper discusses the aspects and  issues  that
  would help someone thinking of implementing a similar  system  in
  their own organisation. It must concisely describe and scope  the
  problem tackled, saying why it is hard, and why IS techniques are
  needed. It should also make clear the status of the  system,  and
  should discuss such things as the project  duration  and  effort,
  how the project was justified and the expected  benefits  estima-
  ted, any problems  encountered,  the  performance  of  the  final
  system and the reactions of users. The review procedure is diffe-
  rent and separate from the ECAI technical conference. Papers will
  be evaluated by experienced application developers, based on  the
  above criterion. Accepted papers will be published  in  the  ECAI
  proceedings.


  FORMATTING GUIDELINES

    It is highly recommended to submit papers using the  final  ca-
  mera-ready formatting style. Submissions must not exceed five pa-
  ges in camera-ready format. Submissions of unformatted papers are
  limited to  6000  words  including  footnotes,  figure  captions,
  tables, appendices, and bibliography. Each half-page  of  figures
  will be counted as 600 words. (Please note that for  some  papers
  five camera-ready pages may be considerably less than 6000  words
  in practice.) Overlength submissions will be rejected without re-
  view. Authors submitting unformatted papers must include  a  word
  count on their paper. Latex style files to support formatting  of
  submissions will be available. Final versions of accepted  papers
  will be required to conform strictly to the  formatting  require-
  ments specified in the ECAI 2000 style guide (see ECAI homepage).
  Each accepted paper will be allocated  five  pages  in  the  pro-
  ceedings.


  SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

    Submission is a two-stage process. Authors are asked to  submit
  a brief summary of their paper by 2 February 2000.  The  strongly
  preferred submission method is to use the web-based PAIS  summary
  submission form. Submitted summaries will be  assigned  a  unique
  tracking number that should be marked  on  the  full  paper  sub-
  mission. Authors without access to the web should send a  summary
  including the title, authors, contact address  and  abstract  for
  the paper (maximum 200 words),  plus a set of indicative keywords
  to  the  ECAI 2000 Program Chair  (by email or postal mail).  The
  summary information and the tracking number should also be inclu-
  ded with the paper itself, on a separate sheet of paper. (Authors
  not able to use the web-based submission form may omit the  trak-
  king number).

    Submission of the paper is in hard copy form only, fax or elec-
  tronic submissions will not be accepted. Six copies of the  paper
  (each including the summary sheet) should be sent by postal  mail
  or courier service to the ECAI 2000 Program Chair at the  address
  below. The deadline for receipt of papers is 4 February 2000. Pa-
  pers received after this date will not be reviewed.  Notification
  of receipt of full papers will be  mailed  to  the  corresponding
  author soon after receipt.


  Address for submission

    Werner Horn
    PAIS 2000
    Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ÖFAI)
    Schottengasse 3
    A-1010 Vienna
    Austria

    Email: pais2000 at ai.univie.ac.at
    Tel:   +43-1-4277-63114
    Fax:   +43-1-4277-9631


  Style guide and summary form

    http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/style.html
    http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/pais-summary.html


  REVIEW PROCEDURE

    All submissions will be subject to review by a  team  of  expe-
  rienced application developers in the PAIS 2000 Program Committee
  under the chairmanship of the PAIS 2000 Program Chair, Rob Milne.
  The PAIS 2000 Program Chair has final authority over  the  review
  process and all decisions relating to acceptance of papers. Noti-
  fication of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers  will  be
  mailed to the corresponding author by 28 April 2000.


  CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    Accepted PAIS 2000 papers will appear in a special  section  of
  the ECAI conference proceedings and will be published and distri-
  buted by IOS Press. The authors will be responsible for producing
  camera-ready copies of papers, conforming to the  ECAI 2000  for-
  matting guidelines,  for inclusion in the proceedings.  The dead-
  line for receipt of the camera-ready copy  is  29 May 2000.  Note
  that at least one author of each accepted paper  is  required  to
  attend the conference to present the paper.

    PAIS 2000 is organised by the German Informatics  Society  (GI)
  and the European Coordinating Committee for  Artificial  Intelli-
  gence (ECCAI) and hosted by Humboldt University Berlin.


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