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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">26TH INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE<br>
MELBOURNE, VIC, AUSTRALIA, 19-25 AUGUST 2017<br></font>
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The Program Committee of the Twenty-sixth International Joint Conference on
Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-17) invites the submission of technical
papers for the main technical track of the conference which will be held
in Melbourne, Australia, from August 19th to August 25th, 2017. Submissions are
invited on significant, original, and previously unpublished research on
all aspects of artificial intelligence. All papers will receive mindful
and rigorous reviews. For nearly a half-century, IJCAI has remained the
premier conference bringing together the international AI community in
communicating the advances and celebrating the achievements of artificial
intelligence research and practice. With the current explosive interest in
AI and its applications, this 26th edition of the conference is guaranteed to
provide an exciting forum to present and hear about cutting-edge research
in AI. <br>
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SPECIAL TRACK ON AI & AUTONOMY <br>
A special theme of IJCAI-17 is Autonomy. While autonomy has been a focus of
interest in the research community for many years, recent developments in
the adoption of artificial intelligence and other technologies across many
different areas of endeavour have brought new challenges or have made
real those that until now had been largely abstract and theoretical. The
increasing number of major corporations developing autonomous cars, the
use of autonomous vehicles in the sea and in the air, the proliferation of
drones for different purposes including military ones, and the availability of personal assistants
via the desktop or smartphone are just some examples of the ways in which these
challenges are facing us in everyday life. In recognition of this trend,
and in support of addressing some of these challenges, this Special Track
seeks to foster discussion and debate around the issues brought forward
by this new generation of technologies and applications. We seek papers
that <br>
address or consider the challenges across multiple different dimensions:
Technical, Philosophical, Legal, and Social.<br>
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OTHER TRACKS<br>
The scientific program of IJCAI 2017 will also contain Workshops, Tutorials,
Demonstrations, Robotic Exhibitions, a Doctoral consortium, and will host
different software, video, and robotics competitions.<br>
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CO-LOCATED CONFERENCES<br>
Several other AI events will be held in Melbourne and other parts of Australia
close to these dates, offering attendees a variety of choices for an
extended itinerary. These events will include the International Conference
on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP), the International
Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT),
International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP), the Australasian
Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Australasian Conference on
Data Mining (AusDM), International Conference on Knowledge Science,
Engineering, and Management (KSEM); all to be held in Melbourne. The
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) will also be
held <br>
in Sydney Australia shortly before IJCAI 2017.<br>
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CONFERENCE VENUES<br>
The conference will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre,
a space that has won numerous awards for its architecture and interior
design. Conveniently located on the banks of the Yarra River the
convention centre is within walking distance of the city centre and a wide
range of restaurants and hotels, with options suitable for all budgets.
The workshops and tutorials will be held at close by RMIT University, one
of the largest universities in Australia. There is a free tram that runs between
RMIT and a block away from the convention centre.<br>
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For further details check the conference<br>
website: </font><a href="http://ijcai-17.org/"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri" size="3">http://ijcai-17.org/</font></a><br>
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IMPORTANT DATES<br>
Abstract submission: February 16th, 2017<br>
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Paper submission: February 19th, 2017<br>
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Acceptance notification: April 23rd, 2017<br>
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Conference: August 19th - 25th, 2017<br>
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Workshop Proposals (</font><a href="http://ijcai-17.org/Workshops.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri" size="3">http://ijcai-17.org/Workshops.html</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">)<br>
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Proposal submission deadline: November 27, 2016<br>
Acceptance notification: December 19, 2016<br>
IJCAI-17 Workshops: August 19-25, 2017<br>
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Tutorial Proposals (</font><a href="http://ijcai-17.org/Tutorials.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri" size="3">http://ijcai-17.org/Tutorials.html</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">)<br>
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Proposal submission deadline: November 22, 2016<br>
Acceptance notification: January 9, 2017<br>
Title, Abstract, and Speaker Biography Deadline: March 6, 2017<br>
IJCAI-17 Tutorials: August 19-21, 2017<br>
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Special Track on AI&Autonomy (</font><a href="http://ijcai-17.org/AI-Autonomy.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri" size="3">http://ijcai-17.org/AI-Autonomy.html</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">)<br>
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Abstract submission: Feburary 16, 2017<br>
Paper submission: Feburary 19, 2017<br>
Rebuttal period: March 28-29, 2017<br>
Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 23, 2017<br>
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Robotics Showcase (</font><a href="http://ijcai-17.org/Robotics.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri" size="3">http://ijcai-17.org/Robotics.html</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">)<br>
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Submission of expressions of interest: January 30, 2017<br>
Notification of acceptance: Feburary 27, 2017<br>
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Video Competition (</font><a href="http://ijcai-17.org/Video-Comp.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri" size="3">http://ijcai-17.org/Video-Comp.html</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">)<br>
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Submission of videos: June 9, 2017<br>
Notification of acceptance and award nominations: July 7, 2017<br>
Final version due: July 21, 2017<br>
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Doctoral Consortium (</font><a href="http://ijcai-17.org/Doctoral.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri" size="3">http://ijcai-17.org/Doctoral.html</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">)<br>
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Deadline for applications: March 6, 2017<br>
Notification of acceptance: April 10, 2017<br>
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Award Nominations (</font><a href="http://ijcai-17.org/Nominations.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri" size="3">http://ijcai-17.org/Nominations.html</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">)<br>
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Deadline: December 1, 2016<br>
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE<br>
Conference Chair - Fahiem Bacchus, University of Toronto<br>
Program Chair - Carles Sierra, Spanish National Research Council<br>
IJCAI Executive Secretary - Vesna Sabljakovic-Fritz, Vienna University of
Technology<br>
IJCAI Secretary-Treasurer - Bernhard Nebel, University of Freiburg<br>
Local Arrangements Committee Co-Chairs - Chengqi Zhang, University of
Technology Sydney and Toby Walsh, UNSW and Data61<br>
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SPONSORSHIP ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (as in August 2016)<br>
Melbourne City, Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre, Alibaba, Tencent, XiaoI
Robot, Australian Computing Society, University of Technology Sydney, RMIT
University, Griffith University, Melbourne University the School of
Engineering, The University of Sydney, King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology, Monash University, Auckland University of Technology,
University of New South Wales, Assumption University of Thailand, Future
University Hakodate, Deakin University, Australian National University,
Joint NTU-UBC Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the Elderly,
Federation University, The University of Queensland<br>
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