the Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence - SETN'08

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SETN'08 - 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
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5th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence - SETN'08
Syros, Greece, October 2-4, 2008
http://setn08.syros.aegean.gr
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Scope and Aims
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The Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence is organised biannually by the Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society (EETN). It has already been established as one of the most prominent forums for Greek and International AI scientists to present original and high-quality research on emergent topics of Artificial Intelligence. SETN 2008 highly encourages international participation.

The 5th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SETN'08) will be held in Syros, Greece on October 2-4, 2008. SETN'08 is organised by EETN, in collaboration with the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering at the University of the Aegean. The conference aims:

- to bring together researchers who work actively on the field of Artificial Intelligence, to support the exchange of opinions and the formation of new research groups and collaborations,

- to disseminate original and highly-qualitative results of the Greek AI community and Greek research labs, fostering international collaborations,

- to inform undergraduate and postgraduate students about the current state of affairs of AI research as conducted by scientists in Greece and worldwide,

- to promote research results to companies and facilitate the development of innovative products.

Topics
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The conference invites high quality, unpublished submissions on any area of Artificial Intelligence. Indicative areas of interest include:

- Adaptive Systems
- AI and Creativity
- AI Architectures
- Artificial Life
- Autonomous Systems
- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
- Hybrid Intelligent Systems & Methods
- Intelligent Agents, Multi-agent Systems
- Intelligent Distributed Systems
- Intelligent Information Retrieval
- Intelligent/Natural Interactivity, Intelligent Virtual Environments
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Logic Programming
- Knowledge-Based Systems
- Machine Learning, Neural Nets, Genetic Algorithms
- Natural Language Processing
- Planning and Scheduling
- Problem Solving, Constraint Satisfaction
- Robotics, Machine Vision, Machine Sensing

We are also interested in innovative applications of AI. Indicative application areas include:

- Art
- Assistive Technologies
- Autonomous Vehicles and Robots
- Engineering and Manufacturing
- Entertainment, Computer Games, Storytelling
- Marketing, E-Commerce
- Medicine, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics
- Semantic Web
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Invited Speakers
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Yiannis Aloimonos, University of Maryland, USA
Tom Ziemke, University of Skovde, Sweden

Submission Instructions
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Accepted papers will be published in the Springer LNAI (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) series. The layout of the papers must be prepared according to the Instructions for the Preparation of Camera-Ready Contribution to LNAI/LNCS Proceedings. Papers must not exceed 12 pages in the LNCS format.

Submission is now open. To submit a paper authors must use the electronic submission service: http://setn08.confmaster.net

Papers will be subject to blind review. All information identifying any of the authors or their institutions must be removed from the paper before it is submitted.

Best Student Paper Award
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The conference will be offering a best student paper award. A paper is eligible for the award if it is a regular submission and the primary author is a full-time student at the time of submission. Papers considered for the award should declare that the primary author is a student in the electronic submission service.

Important Dates
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Paper Submission May 9, 2008
Author Notification June 16, 2008
Camera Ready June 30, 2008
Conference October 2-4, 2008

Contact
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For any inquiries, contact the SETN'08 organising committee.

Spyros Vosinakis
University of the Aegean,
Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering,
Hermoupolis, Syros
GR84100, Greece