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The 17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, Applications AIMSA 2016

- AI in the Data Driven World -

Varna, Bulgaria, 7-9^th September, 2016

**** Submission deadline: April 30^th, 2016 ****
**** Proceedings published by Springer/LNCS ****

Initiated in 1984, the biennial Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, Applications (AIMSA) conference is a premier forum for exchanging information and research results on AI theory and principles along with applications of intelligent system technology. The conference traditionally brings together academic and industrial researchers from all areas of AI to share their ideas and experiences and learn about the research in contemporary AI. Under the general theme of "AI in the Data Driven World", the 17th edition of AIMSA will be held in the beautiful Varna area, Bulgaria. With excellent opportunities for outdoor activities, water sports and gastronomy, Varna promises to be a wonderful venue for a memorable conference.

TOPICS

The conference welcomes submissions of original, high quality papers in all areas of Artificial Intelligence, including but not limited to:

AI in education
AI applications in business, industry and entertainment
Ambient intelligence
Automated reasoning
Cognitive Modelling and Cognitive Architectures
Data mining and data analysis
Dialogue management and argumentation
Distributed AI
Evolutionary Algorithms
Human-computer interaction and AI
Information retrieval
Intelligent decision support
Intelligent user interfaces
Knowledge discovery in Big Data
Knowledge engineering
Knowledge representation and reasoning
Large scale knowledge management
Logic and constraint programming
Machine learning

Multi-agent systems
Multimedia systems
Natural language processing
Neural networks
Ontologies (creating, linking, merging, reconciliation)
Perception and Vision
Planning and Scheduling
Reasoning under Uncertainty
Robotics
Search & Retrieval
Semantic interoperability
Semantic web for e-business and e-learning
Social network analysis
Swarm Intelligence
Tools and methodologies for multi-agent software systems
Trust, privacy, and security on the web
Visualization and modelling and AI
Web-based technology and AI

We especially welcome papers and posters demonstrating successful AI applications in the Real World, as well as papers that bring useful computational technologies from other areas of computer science into AI.

All submissions will be subject to academic peer review by at least two members of the program committee. Selection criteria include accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results, and quality of presentation.

For each accepted paper, at least one author is required to attend the conference to present the paper.

The best paper of the conference will receive the Best Paper Award during the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline:	May 15, 2016
Notification of acceptance:	June 10, 2016
Deadline for camera-ready:	June 30, 2016
Conference:	September 7-9, 2016

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Papers have to be submitted electronically (in PDF format) via the submission system to the address: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aimsa2016

Papers should be written in English, font Times 10pt. Regular papers should be no more than 10 pages, posters no more than 4 pages. Authors are requested to follow the LNCS Style. The first page should contain the title of the paper, names and addresses of all authors (including e-mail), an abstract (100-150 words) and a list of keywords.

Submissions should describe original research. Papers accepted for presentation at AIMSA 2016 cannot be presented or have been presented at another meeting with publicly available published proceedings. Papers that are being submitted to other conferences must indicate this on the title page, as must papers that contain significant overlap with previously published work.

Over lengthy or late submissions will be rejected without review. Notification of receipt and acceptance of papers will be sent to the first author.

PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence subline of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

LANGUAGE

The official language of the conference is English.

LOCATION

It is a modern resort with traditions, and history going back 50 years. A unique blend of lovely nature park, warm sea, and fine golden sand! Golden Sands is the winner of a "Blue Flag" - a prestigious international award for environmentally clean resorts.

The resort offers accommodation in 69 hotels of different category, excellent possibilities for recreation, entertainment, business and health.

The Conference itself will take place in the 4-star Lilia Hotel. The hotel disposes of seminar and conference halls, suitable for different kinds of events. The hotel offers advertising and presentation spaces close to the halls and in the hotel’s foyer, various business services – telephone, fax, copier, laminating, as well as proper technical appliances for the successful flow of the meetings.

Wi-Fi Internet is available in/around the working hall and in the hotel lobby, while in the rooms and suites it is subject to individual payment.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIR

Christo Dichev
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
E-mail:
Website: http://myweb.wssu.edu/dichevc/

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR

Gennady Agre
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Acad. G. Bonchev 2, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail:
Phone: +359 28700118
Fax: +359 28707273

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Gennady	Agre
Galia	Angelova
Grigoris	Antoniou	University of Huddersfield, UK
Roman	Bartak	Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Maria	Bielikova	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
Eric	Bell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Tarek Richard	Besold	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Loris	Bozzato	Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
Justin F.	Brunelle	Old Dominion University, USA
Ricardo	Calix	Purdue University Calumet, USA
Diego	Calvanese	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Soon Ae	Chun	CUNY, USA
Sarah Jane	Delany	Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Darina	Dicheva	Winston-Salem State University, USA
Danail	Dochev
Benedict Du	Boulay	University of Sussex, UK
Stefan	Edelkamp	University of Bremen, Germany
Love	Ekenberg	International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Floriana	Esposito	University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Albert	Esterline	North Carolina A&T State University, USA
Michael	Floyd	Knexus Research Corporation, USA
Susan	Fox	Macalester College, USA
Geert-Jan	Houben	TU Delft, Netherlands
Dmitry	Ignatov	National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
Grigory	Kabatyanskiy	Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russia
Mehdi	Kaytoue	INSA, France
Kristian	Kersting	Technical University of Dortmund, Germany
Vladimir	Khoroshevsky	Computer Center of Russian Academy of Science, Russia
Matthias	Knorr	Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Petia	Koprinkova-Hristova	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Leila	Kosseim	Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Adila	Krisnadhi	Wright State University, USA
Kai-Uwe	Kuehnberger
Sergei O.	Kuznetsov	National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
Evelina	Lamma	University of Ferrara, Italy
Frederick	Maier	Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA
Riichiro	Mizoguchi	Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Malek	Mouhoub	University of Regina, Canada
Amedeo	Napoli	LORIA, France
Sergei	Obiedkov	National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
Manuel	Ojeda-Aciego	University of Malaga, Spain
Michael	O'Mahony	University College Dublin, Ireland
Horia F.	Pop	University Babes-Bolyai, Romania
Chedy		INRIA, France
Allan	Ramsay	University of Manchester, UK
Ioannis	Refanidis	University of Macedonia, Greece
Roberto	Santana	University of Basque Country, Spain
Ute	Schmid	Faculty Information Systems and Applied Computer Science, University of Bamberg, Germany
Dominik	Slezak	University of Warsaw, Poland
Sergey	Sosnovsky	CeLTech, DFKI, Germany
Stefan	Trausan-Matu	University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Dan	Tufis	Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Romanian Academy, Romania
Petko	Valtchev	University of Montreal, Canada
Julita	Vassileva	University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Tulay	Yildirim	Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
David	Young	University of Sussex, UK

REGISTRATION FEES

The AIMSA'2016 Registration fees includes attendance to AIMSA'2016 technical sessions, a copy of the AIMSA'2016 proceedings, Welcome reception, working lunches, coffee-breaks and the Conference dinner.

Registration fees	Before August 1^st	After August 1^st
Regular fee AIMSA	400€	450€
Student/PhD Student* AIMSA	300€	350€
Regular fee WORKSHOP**	100€	150€
Regular fee AIMSA & WORKSHOP**	470€	520€
Student/PhD Student* AIMSA & WORKSHOP**	370€	420€

* Early registration fee should be paid not later than August 1^st, 2016.

* Authors of accepted papers should pay the registration fee not later than 30 June 2016.

** Students/PhD Students are required to enclose a copy of a certificate.

ORGANISERS

Bulgarian Artificial Intelligence Association
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IICT – BAS)