<div class="gmail_quote"><h4 style="clear:both" align="center"><span style="color:#993300">Graduate Students Symposium</span><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"></span></h4><h4 style="clear:both" align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600">May 27th 2012, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</span><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"></span></h4>
<h4 style="clear:both" align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600">Call For Paper - Deadline </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">15 Feb 2012</span></h4><h4 style="clear:both" align="center"><a href="http://canadianai.ca/GSS/index.html" target="_blank">http://canadianai.ca/GSS/index.html</a><br>
</h4><p><br></p><p>Submission Site: <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=caigs2012" target="_blank">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=caigs2012</a><br></p><p><u>Funding for travel and conference attendance will be provided to students with accepted papers.</u><br>
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<p style="clear:both">AI 2012, the
twenty-fifth Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, invites
graduate students to submit four-page extended abstracts of their thesis
for possible inclusion in the AI 2012 Graduate Student Symposium and
the Canadian AI proceedings published by Springer.
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<p style="clear:both"><u><span style="color:#993300">Symposium Objectives</span></u>
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<p style="clear:both">The Symposium provides
an opportunity for Master's and PhD students to discuss and explore
their research interests and career objectives with their peers and with
a panel of established researchers in Artificial Intelligence, helping
to develop a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of
collaborative research.
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<p style="clear:both">The symposium will be a
one-day pre-conference event, where students of accepted abstracts will
be invited to give a presentation on their thesis work before a group
of peers as well as a small team of expert AI researchers who would
offer a critique of each presentation and provide support, advice, and
mentoring. Each student may also be invited to participate in the poster
session during the main conference. In addition, a small selection of
the best student submissions will be invited to give a short talk during
the main conference.
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<p style="clear:both">PhD and Master's
students are invited to submit original work in all areas of Artificial
Intelligence. Submissions should have emphasis on work in progress, with
directions for future research clearly indicated wherever appropriate.
More weight will be placed on the significance of the work, the proposed
ideas or solutions, and the overall presentation than on submissions
which present work with complete results.
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<p style="clear:both"><u><span style="color:#993300">The Application Package</span></u>
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<p style="clear:both">Applicants to the symposium need to submit the following materials. Please combine all materials into one PDF document:
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<ol><li>A four-page thesis summary that outlines the problem
being addressed, the proposed plan for research, and a description of
the progress to date. The most successful applications directly address
all three of these components. Please be sure to distinguish between
work that has already been accomplished and work that remains to be
done. Be sure to include a title for your work. All submissions must be
written in English. Abstracts may be up to 4 pages in length and must be
formatted according to Springer's LNCS style. Please follow the
instructions for authors at Springer's site for authors. The use of the
LaTeX2e style file available at the web site is strongly encouraged.
</li><li>Include a CV (at most two pages) that describes your background
and relevant experience (research, education, employment). Your CV
needs to include your anticipated graduation date, or it may be rejected
without review. Please include any additional items that may indicate
your potential contribution to, and benefit from, the symposium.
</li><li>A letter of recommendation from your thesis advisor. It must
include an assessment of the current status of your thesis research, and
an expected date for thesis submission. In addition, your advisor
should indicate what he or she hopes you would gain from participation
in the symposium.
</li><li>Participant's Expectations. A short (one page or less)
statement of what you expect to gain from presenting and participating
in the symposium, as well as what you think you can contribute to the
symposium. For best consideration, your statement must address both of
these expectations. To submit your application package, please go to
CAI-GS'12 Submission Server at EasyChair and follow the instruction.
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<p style="clear:both"><u><span style="color:#993300">The Reviewing Process</span></u>
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<p style="clear:both">Each abstract will be
reviewed by a team of program committee members. Presenting students
will be selected based on clarity of the submission, stage of research,
advisor's letter and evidence of promise such as published papers or
technical reports. (Partial) Financial assistance for travel and
accommodations may be available to the students presenting at the
Symposium.
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<p style="clear:both">All students are
encouraged to attend and participate in the Symposium, whether or not
they apply to present their work. All the selected student presenters
are expected to actively participate in the full Symposium, as we
envision participants gaining as much by interacting with their peers as
by having their presentations critiqued by the faculty panel. In
addition, a senior AI researcher and faculty member will be invited to
give a talk on a topic of interest to graduate students.
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<p style="clear:both"><u><span style="color:#993300">Important Dates</span></u>
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<ul><li>Package submission due Feb 15th, 2012 <span style="color:#ff0000"><b>(EXTENDED)</b></span></li><li>Notification of acceptance March 3rd, 2012
</li><li>Final paper due March 8th, 2012
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