Forwarded message from [hannebau@first.gmd.de] sent originally on Fri, 21 Jan 2000 15:16:56 +0800 (GMT-8): : ECAI 2000/PAIS 2000 : 14th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence : Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems : : Berlin, Humboldt University : August 20-25, 2000 : : http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de : : ------------------------------------------------------------------- : : --------------- : IMPORTANT DATES : --------------- : : 2 Feb 2000 Deadline for paper summaries : 4 Feb 2000 Deadline for papers : 28 Apr 2000 Notification of acceptance : 29 May 2000 Camera-ready copies of papers : 23-25 Aug 2000 Technical program at ECAI 2000/PAIS 2000 : : ------------------------------- : ECAI 2000 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS : ------------------------------- : : The ECAI 2000 Program Committee invites submission of papers : for the technical program of the 14th biennial European Confe- : rence on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2000). Submissions are : invited on substantial, original and previously unpublished re- : search in all fields of Artificial Intelligence. : : FORMATTING GUIDELINES : : It is highly recommended to submit papers using the final : camera-ready formatting style. Submissions must not exceed five : pages in camera-ready format. Submissions of unformatted papers : are limited to 6000 words including footnotes, figure captions, : tables, appendices, and bibliography. Each half-page of figures : will be counted as 600 words. (Please note that for some papers : five camera-ready pages may be considerably less than 6000 words : in practice.) Overlength submissions will be rejected without re- : view. Authors submitting unformatted papers must include a word : count on their paper. Latex style files to support formatting of : submissions will be available. Final versions of accepted papers : will be required to conform strictly to the formatting require- : ments specified in the ECAI 2000 style guide (see ECAI homepage). : Each accepted paper will be allocated five pages in the procee- : dings. : : SUBMISSION PROCEDURE : : Submission is a two-stage process. Authors are asked to submit : a brief summary of their paper by 2 February 2000. The strongly : preferred submission method is to use the web-based summary sub- : mission form. Submitted summaries will be assigned a unique trak- : king number that should be marked on the full paper submission. : Authors without access to the web should send a summary including : the title, authors, contact address and abstract for the paper : (maximum 200 words), plus keywords drawn from the above list : (plus other keywords if appropriate) to the ECAI 2000 Program : Chair (by email or postal mail). The summary information and the : tracking number should also be included with the paper itself, on : a separate sheet of paper. (Authors not able to use the web-based : submission form may omit the tracking number). : : Submission of the paper is in hard copy form only, fax or elec- : tronic submissions will not be accepted. Six copies of the paper : (each including the summary sheet) should be sent by postal mail : or courier service to the ECAI 2000 Program Chair at the address : below. The deadline for receipt of papers is 4 February 2000. Pa- : pers received after this date will not be reviewed. : : Notification of receipt of full papers will be mailed to the : corresponding author soon after receipt. : : Address for submission : : Werner Horn : ECAI 2000 Program Chair : Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ÖFAI) : Schottengasse 3 : A-1010 Vienna : Austria : : Email: ecai2000@ai.univie.ac.at : Tel: +43-1-4277-63114 : Fax: +43-1-4277-9631 : : Style guide and summary form : : http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/style.html : http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/summary.html : : : Multiple submissions policy : : ECAI 2000 will not accept any paper which at the time of sub- : mission is under review for, 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 the review period. These restrictions apply only to : journals and conferences and not to workshops or similar : specialized meetings with limited audiences. The title page : should include a statement that the paper is not under review or : accepted for publication in another conference or journal. : : REVIEW PROCEDURE : : All submissions will be subject to academic peer review by the : ECAI 2000 Program Committee under the chairmanship of the : ECAI 2000 Program Chair. The ECAI 2000 Program Chair has final : authority over the review process and all decisions relating to : acceptance of papers. Review criteria include originality of : ideas, technical soudness, significance of results, and quality : of presentation. Notification of acceptance or rejection of sub- : mitted papers will be mailed to the corresponding author by : 28 April 2000. : : CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : : The conference proceedings will be published and distributed by : IOS Press. The authors will be responsible for producing camera- : ready copies of papers, conforming to the ECAI 2000 formatting : guidelines, for inclusion in the proceedings. The deadline for : receipt of the camera-ready copy is 29 May 2000. Note that at : least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the : conference to present the paper. : : ECAI 2000 is organised by the German Informatics Society (GI) : and the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelli- : gence (ECCAI) and hosted by Humboldt University Berlin. : : ------------------------------- : PAIS 2000 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS : ------------------------------- : : ECAI is pleased to announce its Prestigious Applications of : Intelligent Systems (PAIS 2000) sub-conference. The PAIS 2000 : Program Committee invites authors to submit application papers. : : This event, associated with ECAI 2000 is created to specifi- : cally highlight significant successful applications of Intelli- : gent Systems (IS) technology. The purpose of the event is to pro- : vide a forum for industry practitioners to learn about the power : and applicability of selected IS techniques and share experience : on the applicability, development and deployment of intelligent : systems in industry. This will be the largest showcase in Europe : of real application using Intelligent Systems technology and the : ideal place to meet with those working to make successful : IS-based applications. : : The Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems event will : present papers describing successful applications of Intelligent : Systems. Papers are selected to highlight critical areas of : success (and failure) and to present the benefits and lessons of : value to other developers. Submitted papers should make these : points clear. Papers should contain sections covering the : following information: : : Descriptive Title and Abstract: These should convey clearly and : simply what the application is and its operational status. Do use : a title that makes it clear to a reader what the application is. : Don't use a clever, nor an obscure title. : : Problem description: This should describe the problem that the : application solves, stating the objectives of the application and : explaining why an Intelligent Systems solution was required. If : other solutions were tried and failed, briefly outline these so- : lutions with reasons for failure. : : Application description: This should describe the solution to : the problem, with technical details on design and implementation. : It should describe any methodological approach used, detail the : key IS techniques used and if appropriate show how they were in- : tegrated with conventional techniques. If commercial tools were : used they should be identified and reasons for their selection : given. : : Application building: This should describe the size and skill : make-up of the project team, how long is took to build and the : costs involved. How it was/will be installed and introduced to : the users, with details of any training required. Describe any : plans for maintenance, in particular how the knowledge is expec- : ted to change over time, and any features to aid the updating of : knowledge, etc. : : Application benefits: Were potential benefits identified before : building the application and have these been realised or are : likely to be realised? Has the application been in use and, if : so, how often has it been used and by how many users? What fur- : ther long term benefits are expected? What future plans have been : made for its enhancement and use? : : For PAIS 2000, a paper is acceptable even if it describes a : system which has not yet been installed, PROVIDED the application : is original AND the paper discusses the aspects and issues that : would help someone thinking of implementing a similar system in : their own organisation. It must concisely describe and scope the : problem tackled, saying why it is hard, and why IS techniques are : needed. It should also make clear the status of the system, and : should discuss such things as the project duration and effort, : how the project was justified and the expected benefits estima- : ted, any problems encountered, the performance of the final : system and the reactions of users. The review procedure is diffe- : rent and separate from the ECAI technical conference. Papers will : be evaluated by experienced application developers, based on the : above criterion. Accepted papers will be published in the ECAI : proceedings. : : FORMATTING GUIDELINES : : It is highly recommended to submit papers using the final ca- : mera-ready formatting style. Submissions must not exceed five pa- : ges in camera-ready format. Submissions of unformatted papers are : limited to 6000 words including footnotes, figure captions, : tables, appendices, and bibliography. Each half-page of figures : will be counted as 600 words. (Please note that for some papers : five camera-ready pages may be considerably less than 6000 words : in practice.) Overlength submissions will be rejected without re- : view. Authors submitting unformatted papers must include a word : count on their paper. Latex style files to support formatting of : submissions will be available. Final versions of accepted papers : will be required to conform strictly to the formatting require- : ments specified in the ECAI 2000 style guide (see ECAI homepage). : Each accepted paper will be allocated five pages in the pro- : ceedings. : : SUBMISSION PROCEDURE : : Submission is a two-stage process. Authors are asked to submit : a brief summary of their paper by 2 February 2000. The strongly : preferred submission method is to use the web-based PAIS summary : submission form. Submitted summaries will be assigned a unique : tracking number that should be marked on the full paper sub- : mission. Authors without access to the web should send a summary : including the title, authors, contact address and abstract for : the paper (maximum 200 words), plus a set of indicative keywords : to the ECAI 2000 Program Chair (by email or postal mail). The : summary information and the tracking number should also be inclu- : ded with the paper itself, on a separate sheet of paper. (Authors : not able to use the web-based submission form may omit the trak- : king number). : : Submission of the paper is in hard copy form only, fax or elec- : tronic submissions will not be accepted. Six copies of the paper : (each including the summary sheet) should be sent by postal mail : or courier service to the ECAI 2000 Program Chair at the address : below. The deadline for receipt of papers is 4 February 2000. Pa- : pers received after this date will not be reviewed. Notification : of receipt of full papers will be mailed to the corresponding : author soon after receipt. : : Address for submission : : Werner Horn : PAIS 2000 : Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ÖFAI) : Schottengasse 3 : A-1010 Vienna : Austria : : Email: pais2000@ai.univie.ac.at : Tel: +43-1-4277-63114 : Fax: +43-1-4277-9631 : : Style guide and summary form : : http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/style.html : http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/pais-summary.html : : REVIEW PROCEDURE : : All submissions will be subject to review by a team of expe- : rienced application developers in the PAIS 2000 Program Committee : under the chairmanship of the PAIS 2000 Program Chair, Rob Milne. : The PAIS 2000 Program Chair has final authority over the review : process and all decisions relating to acceptance of papers. Noti- : fication of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers will be : mailed to the corresponding author by 28 April 2000. : : CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : : Accepted PAIS 2000 papers will appear in a special section of : the ECAI conference proceedings and will be published and distri- : buted by IOS Press. The authors will be responsible for producing : camera-ready copies of papers, conforming to the ECAI 2000 for- : matting guidelines, for inclusion in the proceedings. The dead- : line for receipt of the camera-ready copy is 29 May 2000. Note : that at least one author of each accepted paper is required to : attend the conference to present the paper. : : PAIS 2000 is organised by the German Informatics Society (GI) : and the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelli- : gence (ECCAI) and hosted by Humboldt University Berlin. : : -- : +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ : | ECAI 2000 PUBLICITY OFFICE | : | | : | Markus Hannebauer www.first.gmd.de/~hannebau | : | Dipl.-Inform., Research Fellow hannebau@first.gmd.de | : | | : | Research Institute for Computer Architecture | : | and Software Technology (FIRST) | : | phone: +49- 30-63 92 18 66 | : | German National Research Center cell. p.: +49-177-267 43 60 | : | for Information Technology (GMD) fax: +49- 30-63 92 18 05 | : +--------------------------------------------------------------------+

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