AI-2015, Cambridge, UK, December 15th-17th 2015: Final Invitation to Register

 

Organised by BCS SGAI: The British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (an ECCAI Member Society)

 

FINAL INVITATION TO REGISTER

 

http://www.bcs-sgai.org/ai2015/

 

AI-2015 is the thirty-fifth SGAI annual conference in this long-running series. It offers the perfect opportunity for you to update your knowledge of current AI developments and applications, and to meet with leading AI practitioners in a relaxed social environment. This year's conference brings technical papers on the latest developments in AI, presentations from industry practitioners with practical experience of applying AI in the real world, and a range of workshops - ideal for those seeking to expand and deepen their knowledge of a wide range of AI techniques. All this in the historic surroundings of Peterhouse, Cambridge's oldest college.

 

Workshops are now FREE for those registering at the main conference

 

WORKSHOPS

 

There is a preliminary day (Tuesday December 15th) devoted to half-day workshops on:

 

- Visual and Cognitive Analytics

 

- Evolved construction-kits for minds (Introduction to the Meta-Morphogenesis project

 

together with the 20th UK Case-Based Reasoning Workshop (full day).

 

This day is included FREE for attendees of the main conference, but can be attended on its own at a special rate.

 

MAIN CONFERENCE

 

The main 2-day conference (Wednesday December 16th-Thursday December 17th) includes:

 

- Keynote lectures:

 

* Prof. Lars Nolle (JADE University of Applied Sciences, Germany) on 'Artificial Intelligence: Evil - or Just Not Happening?'

 

* Prof. Steffen Staab (University of Southampton) on 'Modelling the Web'

 

- Technical stream refereed papers on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Machine Learning and Knowledge Acquisition, and AI in Action

 

- Application stream refereed papers on Applications of Genetic Algorithms, Applications of Intelligent Agents and Evolutionary Techniques, and AI Applications

 

- Poster sessions on emerging research and applications in intelligent systems

 

- Special session: short presentations by poster authors

 

- Panel session on a topical subject: "Is AI an existential threat to humanity? If so, in what way and what can be done about it?"

 

- AI Open Mic session

 

- Welcome reception on evening of December 15th

 

- Gala Dinner on evening of December 16th

 

This year's conference will be held at Peterhouse College in Cambridge. In addition to the formal sessions, the conference programme includes a welcome reception and a Gala Dinner. Plenty of time has been inserted into the programme to allow discussions with other delegates and time to make new contacts and renew old acquaintances.

 

AI-2015 offers a valuable opportunity to keep up to date with developments in AI and to share experiences in the practical issues of developing AI based systems.

 

Discounts are available for members of SGAI, AISB and other ECCAI member societies, students and also for members of NCAF.

 

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

 

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- Conference Chair: Prof. Max Bramer, University of Portsmouth

- Workshop Organiser: Prof. Adrian Hopgood, University of Liege

- Deputy Workshop Organiser: Dr. Frederic Stahl, University of Reading

- Treasurer: Rosemary Gilligan

- Technical Programme Chair: Prof. Max Bramer, University of Portsmouth

- Application Programme Chair: Prof. Miltos Petridis, University of Brighton

- Deputy Application Programme Chair: Dr. Jixin Ma, University of Greenwich

- Poster Session Organiser: Dr Nirmalie Wiratunga, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

- Research Student Liaison: Giovanna Martinez, Nottingham Trent University and Christo Fogelberg, Palantir Technologies

- AI Open Mic and Panel Session Organiser: Andrew Lea, Primary Key Associates Ltd

- UK CBR Organiser: Prof. Miltos Petridis, University of Brighton, and Prof. Thomas Roth-Berghofer, University of West London

- Paper Administrator: Bryony Bramer

- Conference Administrator: Mandy Bauer, BCS