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                           CALL FOR PAPERS

                              ICTAI 2012
24th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence

                  November 7-9, 2012, Athens, Greece

                       http://ictai12.unipi.gr/
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The IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial
Intelligence (ICTAI) is a premier international research forum which
stimulates and fosters the exchange of ideas for artificial
intelligence-related applications in academia, industry, and
government agencies. ICTAI seeks to advance all technical,
theoretical, and practical aspects of Artificial Intelligence-based
components of tools, including algorithms, applications, software,
systems, and services. This year's conference solicits original
research findings, innovative designs, practical development
experiences, and real-world case study materials.

Topics
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Representative issues to be addressed include, but are not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence Foundations
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    Evolutionary Computing, Bayesian Networks, and Neural Networks
    Decision/Utility Theory and Sequential Decision Making
    Search, SAT, CSP: Evaluation and Analysis
    Description Logics and Ontologies

Artificial Intelligence in Domain Specific Applications
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    AI in Robotics, Computer Vision, and Sensor Networks
    AI in Multimedia Computing and Multimedia Systems
    AI in Software Engineering and Computer Security
    Natural Language Processing/Understanding and Information Retrieval
    AI in E-commerce, Games, and Information Assurance
    AI in Real-time and Embedded Applications
    AI in Computational Biology, Biomedicine, and Biomedical Applications
    AI in Online/Streaming Systems
    AI in Web, Communication, Social Networking, and Recommendation Systems
    AI in Cloud Computing and Data Intensive Applications
    AI in Data Privacy, Security, and Risk Management

Artificial Intelligence and Agent Systems
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    Intelligent Virtual Agents
    Affective Agents
    Intelligent Internet Agents
    Intelligent Interface Agents
    Hybrid Intelligent Systems
    Collaborative Software Agents

Knowledge Representation, Reasoning, and Cognitive Modeling
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    Knowledge Representation, Reasoning, and Knowledge-based Systems
    Knowledge Extraction, Management, and Sharing
    Case-Based Reasoning
    Cognitive Modeling and Constraint Programming
    Semantic Web

Machine Learning and Data Mining
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    Data Pre-processing, Data Reduction, Feature Selection
    Learning Graphical Models and Complex Networks
    Active, Cost-Sensitive, Semi-Supervised, Multi-Instance, Multi-Label and Multi-Task Learning
    Transfer/Adaptive, Rational and Structured Learning, Learning Preferences/Rankings
    Ensemble Learning, Reinforcement Learning
    Data Fusion Techniques and Technologies

Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
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    Representation and Reasoning Under Fuzziness or Uncertainty
    Approximate/Exact Probabilistic Inference
    Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining for Uncertain Data

Affective Computing
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    Emotion Recognition, Categorisation and Synthesis of Human Affect
    Affective Databases, Evaluation and Annotation Tools
    Affective Multimodal Interfaces and Applications

Paper Submission and Presentation
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Each submission should contain original, high quality work which has
not been previously submitted or published elsewhere. Papers should be
submitted electronically, through the ICTAI 2012 submission system, in
PDF format. All submissions should conform to the IEEE proceedings
specifications (single-spaced, double-column, 10-point font size, up
to 8 pages). For detailed instructions, please refer to the IEEE
website.

Each accepted paper should be presented at the conference by one of
the authors and accompanied by at least one full registration fee
payment, to guarantee publication in the proceedings. All accepted
papers will be included in the Proceedings of ICTAI 2012, which will
be published by the IEEE.

Special Issue Publication
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Extended versions of the best papers at the conference will be invited
for publication in a special issue of the International Journal on
Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT) (SCI Indexed). The organizing
committee is also working to finalize a special issue with a second
journal.

ICTAI 2012 will organize workshops that focus on new research
directions and initiatives relevant to artificial intelligence and
related areas. All accepted workshop papers will be included in a
separate Workshop Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society
Press. Selected workshop papers will also be invited for publications
in a journal special issue.

Important Dates
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Paper Submission Date: July 9, 2012  *EXTENDED - FIRM*
Paper Notification Date: August 6, 2012
Camera Ready Submission: August 27, 2012

Points of Contact
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Themis Panayiotopoulos, University of Piraeus, Greece
themis.panayiotopoul...@gmail.com

George Tsihrintzis, University of Piraeus, Greece
geoa...@unipi.gr

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