Call for Papers
| The IJCAI-07 Program Committee invites submissions of technical papers for IJCAI-07, to be held in Hyderabad, India, January 6-12, 2007. Submissions are invited on significant, original, and previously unpublished research on all aspects of artificial intelligence. IJCAI-07 aims at being an important scientific landmark after 50 years of the field. The theme of the conference was chosen as “Artificial Intelligence and Its Benefits to Society,” to enable the understanding of the existing and potential contributions of artificial intelligence research and development to the quality of life in societies. The conference will include panel discussions and invited talks in the theme. IMPORTANT SUBMISSION FACTS
SUBMISSION DETAILS Notification of receipt of the electronic papers will be mailed to the first or designated author soon after receipt. If there are problems with the electronic submission, the designated author will be contacted by email. The last day for inquiries regarding lost submissions is July 7, 2006. Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers will be emailed to the designated author by September 18, 2006. Camera-ready copy of accepted papers must be received by the publisher by October 16, 2006. Authors who do not have access to the web should contact the program chair at pcchair07@ijcai.org no later than May 15, 2006 for alternate submission instructions CONTENT AREAS To facilitate the reviewing process, authors will be required to choose one or more appropriate content area keywords from the list provided , which will be part of the online paper registration form. 数据挖掘研究院 POLICY ON MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS IJCAI will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is under review or has already been published or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Authors are also expected not to submit their papers elsewhere during IJCAI’s review period. _ese restrictions apply only to journals and conferences, not to workshops and similar specialized presentations with a limited audience and without archival proceedings. ANONIMTY GUIDELINES In order to make blind reviewing possible, authors should omit their names and a_liations from the paper. In place of their names and a_liations, they should provide the list of content areas. Also, while the references should include all published literature relevant to the paper, including previous works of the authors, it should not include unpublished works. When referring to one’s own work, use the third person rather than the first person. For example, say “Previously, Foo and Bar (7) have shown that...”, rather than “In our previous work (7) we have shown that...”. Such information can be added to the final camera-ready version for publication. REVIEW PROCESS One senior program committee member, one program committee member, and three reviewers, or more if needed, will be ssigned to each paper. Selection criteria include accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results and quality of the presentation. The reviewing process will include a period for the authors to view and respond to the reviews on technical questions on the work. Papers selected will be scheduled for oral or poster presentation and will be printed in the proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES Electronic abstract submission: June 23, 2006 Electronic paper submission: June 30, 2006 Paper notifications sent: September 18, 2006 Camera-ready copy due: October 16, 2006 Technical sessions: January 6 – 12, 2007 Technical papers will all be accepted in its full format either for oral or poster presentation. There will not be submissions to a special poster track. All accepted papers are expected to represent an explicit contribution to the field, for example either a new approach to a problem or a significant advance of an existing technique. Authors will have an opportunity and will be required to include in their submissions a separate short statement with their view of why their work should be accepted. Authors will be required to register on the IJCAI – 07 paper submission site, and to submit a formatted electronic version of their paper through this software by the submission deadline. Please send inquiries about paper submissions and/or program to the Program Chair. Please send all other inquiries to the Conference Chair. Program Chair Manuela M Veloso Computer Science Department Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA e-Mail: pcchair07@ijcai.org More: www.ijcai-07.org Confrence Chair Ramon Lopez de Mantaras Spanish Council for Scientific Research Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra Catalonia, Spain e-Mail: confchair07@ijcai.org |

