<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">Canadian Conference on AI 2012<br>Graduate Students Symposium<br><br>May 27th, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br><br>Call For Paper - Deadline 30 January 2012<br>
<br><a href="http://www.canadianai.ca/GSS/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.canadianai.ca/GSS/index.html</a><br>
<br><br><br>AI 2012, the twenty-fifth Canadian Conference on Artificial<br>Intelligence, invites graduate students to submit four-page extended<br>abstracts of their thesis for possible inclusion in the AI 2012<br>Graduate Student Symposium and the Canadian AI proceedings published<br>
by Springer.<br><br><br>---------------------<br>Symposium Objectives<br>---------------------<br><br>The Symposium provides an opportunity for Master's and PhD students to<br>discuss and explore their research interests and career objectives<br>
with their peers and with a panel of established researchers in<br>Artificial Intelligence, helping to develop a supportive community of<br>scholars and a spirit of collaborative research.<br><br>The symposium will be a one-day pre-conference event, where students<br>
of accepted abstracts will be invited to give a presentation on their<br>thesis work before a group of peers as well as a small team of expert<br>AI researchers who would offer a critique of each presentation and<br>provide support, advice, and mentoring. Each student may also be<br>
invited to participate in the poster session during the main<br>conference. In addition, a small selection of the best student<br>submissions will be invited to give a short talk during the main<br>conference.<br><br>PhD and Master's students are invited to submit original work in all<br>
areas of Artificial Intelligence. Submissions should have emphasis on<br>work in progress, with directions for future research clearly<br>indicated wherever appropriate. More weight will be placed on the<br>significance of the work, the proposed ideas or solutions, and the<br>
overall presentation than on submissions which present work with<br>complete results.<br><br>------------------------<br>The Application Package<br>------------------------<br><br>Applicants to the symposium need to submit the following materials.<br>
Please combine all materials into one PDF document:<br><br>* A four-page thesis summary that outlines the problem being<br>addressed, the proposed plan for research, and a description of the<br>progress to date. The most successful applications directly address<br>
all three of these components. Please be sure to distinguish between<br>work that has already been accomplished and work that remains to be<br>done. Be sure to include a title for your work. All submissions must<br>be written in English. Abstracts may be up to 4 pages in length and<br>
must be formatted according to Springer's LNCS style (<a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</a>). Please follow<br>
the instructions for authors at Springer's site for authors. The use<br>
of the LaTeX2e style file available at the web site is strongly<br>encouraged.<br><br>* Include a CV (at most two pages) that describes your background<br>and relevant experience (research, education, employment). Your CV<br>
needs to include your anticipated graduation date, or it may be<br>rejected without review. Please include any additional items that may<br>indicate your potential contribution to, and benefit from, the<br>symposium.<br>
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* A letter of recommendation from your thesis advisor. It must<br>include an assessment of the current status of your thesis research,<br>and an expected date for thesis submission. In addition, your advisor<br>should indicate what he or she hopes you would gain from participation<br>
in the symposium.<br><br>* Participant's Expectations. A short (one page or less) statement<br>of what you expect to gain from presenting and participating in the<br>symposium, as well as what you think you can contribute to the<br>
symposium. For best consideration, your statement must address both of<br>these expectations.<br><br><br>----------------------<br>The Reviewing Process<br>----------------------<br><br>Each abstract will be reviewed by a team of program committee members.<br>
Presenting students will be selected based on clarity of the<br>submission, stage of research, advisor's letter and evidence of<br>promise such as published papers or technical reports. (Partial)<br>Financial assistance for travel and accommodations may be available to<br>
the students presenting at the Symposium.<br><br>All students are encouraged to attend and participate in the<br>Symposium, whether or not they apply to present their work. All the<br>selected student presenters are expected to actively participate in<br>
the full Symposium, as we envision participants gaining as much by<br>interacting with their peers as by having their presentations<br>critiqued by the faculty panel. In addition, a senior AI researcher<br>and faculty member will be invited to give a talk on a topic of<br>
interest to graduate students.<br><br>---------------<br>Important Dates<br>---------------<br><br>Package submission due January 30th, 2012<br>Notification of acceptance March 3rd, 2012<br>Final paper due March 8th, 2012<br>
<br>------------------<br>Program Co-chairs:<br>------------------<br>Ebrahim Bagheri, Athabasca University<br>Jocelyne Faddoul, Concordia University <br>
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