[DL] AIMSA 2004: Last CFP for May 18th submission (theme: Semantic Web Challenges)

[Christoph Bussler]

The Eleventh International Conference on Artificial Intelligence:
Methodology, Systems, Applications (AIMSA 2004)
- Semantic Web Challenges -

Varna, Bulgaria, 2-4th September, 2004
www.aimsa2004.org 

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 SUBMISSION DEADLINE May 18th, 2004
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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The AIMSA conference series has provided a biennial forum for the
presentation of AI research and development since 1984. The conference,
which is held in Bulgaria, covers the full range of topics in Artificial
Intelligence and related disciplines and provides an ideal forum for
international scientific exchange between Central/Eastern Europe and the
rest of the world. AIMSA 2004 will have a specific emphasis on Semantic Web
Challenges. AIMSA 2004 is supported by ECCAI, European Coordinating
Committee for Artificial Intelligence. 

LANGUAGE 
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The official language of the conference is English. 

SUBMISSION DETAILS 
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Submissions should describe original research and should be sent
electronically at http://sws.deri.ie/AIMSA2004.html in PDF or .RTF format.
Papers should be written in English and should be no more than 10 pages,
font Times New Roman 11pt. The first page should contain the title of the
paper, names and addresses of all authors (including e-mail, if available),
an abstract (100-150 words) and a list of keywords. 

A paper accepted for presentation at AIMSA 2004 cannot be presented or have
been presented at another meeting with publicly available published
proceedings. Papers that are being submitted to other conferences must
indicate this on the title page, as must papers that contain significant
overlap with previously published work. 

Over lengthy or late submissions will be rejected without review.
Notification of receipt and acceptance of papers will be sent to the first
author. 

TOPICS 
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The conference welcomes submissions of original, high quality papers in all
areas of Artificial Intelligence, including but not limited to: 

- AI in education 
- Automated reasoning 
- Computer vision 
- Data mining 
- Data semantics 
- Distributed AI 
- Human-computer interaction 
- Information retrieval 
- Intelligent user interfaces 
- Knowledge portals 
- Knowledge representation 
- Large scale knowledge management 
- Logic programming 
- Machine learning 
- Multi-agent systems 
- Multimedia systems 
- Natural language processing 
- Neural networks 
- Ontologies (creating, linking, merging, reconciliation) 
- Planning 
- Robotics 
- Semantic brokering 
- Semantic interoperability 
- Semantic web for e-business and e-learning 
- Semantic web inference schemes 
- Semantic web services (description, invocation, composition) 
- Semantic web trust, privacy, security 
- Tools and methodologies for multi-agent software systems 
- Visualization and modeling 
- Web-based technology 
 
All submissions will be subject to academic peer review by at least two
members of the program committee. Selection criteria include accuracy and
originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results, and quality of
presentation.

For each accepted paper, at least one author is required to attend the
conference to present the paper.

The best paper of the conference, as selected by the AIMSA'2004 programme
committee, will receive the Best Paper Award during the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission deadline: May 18, 2004 
Notification of acceptance: June 17, 2004 
Deadline for final papers: June 30, 2004 
Conference: September 2-4, 2004 

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Christoph Bussler
Science Foundation Ireland Professor
Executive Director
Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI)
National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway
Ireland

Phone +353-91-512460
Fax +353-91-512541

Web http://www.deri.ie
E-Mail Chris.Bussler at DERI.ie
Homepage http://hometown.aol.com/chbussler
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