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CALL FOR THEMATIC TRACKS
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EPIA 2022
21st EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence

https://epia2022.inesc-id.pt
August 31^st to September 2^nd, 2022

Instituto Superior Técnico

Lisboa – Portugal

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The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a well-established European conference in the field of AI. The 21st edition, EPIA 2022, will take place at Lisbon from August 31^st  to September 2^nd 2022. As in previous editions, this international conference is hosted with the patronage of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). The purpose of this conference is to promote research in all areas of AI, covering both theoretical/foundational issues and applications, and the scientific exchange among researchers, engineers and practitioners in related disciplines.

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Conference format
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To promote discussions among participants, the scientific program of EPIA 2022 will be composed of a set of thematic tracks. In addition to the parallel sessions for the different tracks, there will be plenary sessions with invited lectures given by leading scientists, tutorials focusing on specific subjects of AI and demonstrations.

 

More detailed and up-to-date information may be found at:
https://epia2022.inesc-id.pt


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Call-for-tracks
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The worldwide AI research community is invited to submit thematic track proposals for EPIA 2022. Thematic tracks are intended to provide an environment that fosters an active exchange of ideas between researchers within specific sub-areas of AI, including theoretical/foundational, integrative, application-oriented and newly emerging areas.
Each track is coordinated by an Organizing Committee composed of, at least, researchers from two different countries. Track organizers should also create a highly international Program Committee for the track, with recognized researchers within the corresponding scientific areas.
The selection of proposed thematic tracks will be made by the Program Chairs and Steering Committee of EPIA 2022. We aim to build a strong, well-balanced conference program. If there are significant thematic gaps in the program after the track proposal submission closes, the chairs may actively solicit additional proposals. Likewise, significant overlap between tracks will be addressed by suggesting merging tracks.
Papers accepted in thematic tracks will be published by Springer, in a volume of the Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Submitted papers should be prepared according to the corresponding format, with a maximum of 12 pages.
Presentation slots will be accommodated in the conference program for every accepted paper, in thematic sessions that may run in parallel.

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Responsibilities
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The Organizing Committee of each track will be responsible for:
– Creating an international Program Committee for the track.
– Publicizing the track by all necessary means, including distributing the call-for-papers of EPIA 2022.
– Coordinating a double-blind review process for papers submitted to the track, ensuring that each paper is reviewed by at least three program committee members.
– Assisting the Program Chairs of the conference in the paper selection process.
– Ensuring the delivery of camera-ready versions of papers accepted for the track in accordance with the guidelines and deadlines defined by the conference organizers.
– Coordinating track session chairing assignments.

The organizers of EPIA 2022 will ensure:
– A web-based tool to support the scientific organization process (paper submission, reviewing, selection, etc.).
– The coordination and final deliberation on paper acceptance decisions.
– The publication of thematic track papers in the conference proceedings.
– A meeting place and time for holding the track sessions, including common equipment (e.g. computer and beamer).
EPIA 2022 organizers reserve the right to cancel a track if deadlines are missed, or if the track organizers are unable to attract a minimum number of quality paper submissions. If that is the case, track session merges may also be imposed.

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Proposal submission
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Track proposals should not exceed 3 pages and must be submitted as a PDF file, at the conference submission system: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=epia2022
The proposal should contain the following information:
1. Thematic track title.
2. Name, affiliation, postal address, phone and email address of all members of the track Organizing Committee, which must include researchers from institutions in at least two different countries.
3. Identification of the Organizing Committee contact person.
4. A brief description of the specific scientific/technical scope of the track
5.  A list of topics of interest.
6. The reasons why the track should be held within EPIA 2022.
7. A tentative list of members of the proposed track Program Committee, which should be highly international (e.g. no more than 50% from a single country).
8.  A preliminary version of the track call-for-papers.
9. The planned format (e.g., invited talks, paper presentations, panel discussions, etc.) and duration of the track.
10.  Any plans on preparing a journal special issue for selected and extended versions of papers accepted in the track.
11. Planned forms of publicizing the track.
12.  A list of technical/room requirements for the track.
13. Specific initiatives to support and improve the quality of the overall conference.
14. Sponsors or other funding initiatives for the thematic track.


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Important dates
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Thematic-track proposal deadline: December 31, 2021
Notification of track acceptance: January  15, 2022
1st Call-for-papers: January 30, 2022
Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2022
Notification of paper acceptance: May 31, 2022
Camera ready papers deadline: June 15, 2022
Conference dates: August 31–September 2, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal, 2022

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EPIA 2022 Committees
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Event and Program Chairs
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Ana Paiva, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal

Bernardete Ribeiro, CISUC, UC, Portugal

Goreti Marreiros, GECAD, ISEP-IPP, Portugal


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Local Chairs
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Alberto Sardinha, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal

 

Bruno Martins, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal

Melhor Tese de Doutoramento em Inteligência Artificial 2019-2020
Prémio da Associação Portuguesa para a Inteligência Artificial 

A APPIA institui o Prémio para a Melhor Tese de Doutoramento em Inteligência Artificial 2019-2020, com a finalidade de distinguir trabalhos doutoramento de elevado mérito na área da Inteligência Artificial e que tenham sido atribuídos por uma instituição de ensino superior portuguesa durante o ano de 2019 ou 2020.

Em anexo segue o regulamento do prémio, sendo que as candidaturas devem ser efectuadas via preenchimento deste  formulário até à data limite: 28 de Maio de 2021.


O prémio tem um valor simbólico de 1000 euros, sendo que o candidato (ou seu representante) receberá o certificado do Prémio de Melhor Tese de Doutoramento em  Inteligência Artificial 2019-2020 em Setembro de 2021, durante a realização da 20th Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA 2021, http://www.appia.pt/epia2021/)

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]

(apologies for cross-posting)

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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EPIA 2021
20th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence
http://www.appia.pt/epia2021/
September 7-9, 2021
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The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a well-established European conference in the field of AI.
The 20th edition of the EPIA conference will take place online in 2021. As in previous editions, this international
conference is hosted with the patronage of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). The
purpose of this conference is to promote research in all areas of AI, covering both theoretical/foundational issues
and applications, and the scientific exchange among researchers, engineers and practitioners in related
disciplines.

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Thematic Tracks
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EPIA 2021 will feature the following thematic tracks covering a wide spectrum of AI topics:
AIoTA – Artificial Intelligence and IoT in Agriculture
AIL – Artificial Intelligence and Law
AIM – Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
AIPES – Artificial Intelligence in Power and Energy Systems
AITS – Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Systems
ALEA – Artificial Life and Evolutionary Algorithms
AmIA – Ambient Intelligence and Affective Environments
GAI- General AI
GeoAI – GeoSpatial Artificial Intelligence
IROBOT – Intelligent Robotics
KDBI – Knowledge Discovery and Business Intelligence
KRR – Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
MASTA – Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications
TeMA – Text Mining and Applications

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Submission and Reviewing
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All papers should be submitted in PDF format through the EPIA 2021 EasyChair submission page https://www.easychair.org/my/conference?conf=epia2021#  
Prospective authors should select the thematic track to which their paper is to be submitted. The papers should be prepared
according to the Springer LNCS format, with a maximum of 12 pages. Some thematic tracks (see each track
specific page) may accept short papers (max 6 pages). Submitted papers will be subject to a doubleblind
review process and will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the respective track Program
Committee. It is the responsibility of the authors to remove names and affiliations from the submitted papers, and
to take reasonable care to assure anonymity during the review process.
Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or
for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their
papers. In addition, the corresponding author of each paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper,
must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the copyright form should
match the corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the files have been sent to Springer, changes
relating to the authorship of the papers cannot be made.

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Proceedings and Presentations
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Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings (a volume of Springer’s LNAI-Lecture Notes in
Artificial Intelligence), provided that at least one author is registered in EPIA 2021 by the early registration
deadline. EPIA 2021 proceedings are indexed in Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science, Scopus, DBLP and
Google Scholar.
Each accepted paper must be presented by one of the authors in a track session.

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Awards
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The conference will grant the following award:
* Best Paper Award, for the best research paper presented at the conference sponsored by Springer
Only papers that have been submitted to a thematic track and presented at the conference will be eligible for this
award.

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Important Dates
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Paper submission deadline: April 30, 2021
Paper acceptance notification: May 31, 2021
Camera-ready deadline: June 15, 2021
Conference: September 7-9, 2021

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EPIA 2021 Committees
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Event and Program Chairs:
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Goreti Marreiros, GECAD, ISEP-IPP, Portugal
Francisco Melo, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Nuno Lau, IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Henrique Lopes Cardoso, LIACC, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Luís Paulo Reis, LIACC, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

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International Steering Committee:
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Ana Bazzan, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ann Nowe, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Catholijn Jonker, Delft University of Technology, NL
Ernesto Costa, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Eugénio Oliveira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Helder Coelho, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
João Pavão Martins, Portugal
José Júlio Alferes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Juan Pavón, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
Luís Paulo Reis, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Pavel Brazdil, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Virginia Dignum, Umeå University, SE

(apologies for cross-posting)

*************************************************
CALL FOR PAPERS
**************************************************
EPIA 2021
20th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence
http://www.appia.pt/epia2021/
September 7-9, 2021
**************************************************
The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a well-established European conference in the field of AI.
The 20th edition of the EPIA conference will take place online in 2021. As in previous editions, this international
conference is hosted with the patronage of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). The
purpose of this conference is to promote research in all areas of AI, covering both theoretical/foundational issues
and applications, and the scientific exchange among researchers, engineers and practitioners in related
disciplines.

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Thematic Tracks
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EPIA 2021 will feature the following thematic tracks covering a wide spectrum of AI topics:
AIoTA – Artificial Intelligence and IoT in Agriculture
AIL – Artificial Intelligence and Law
AIM – Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
AIPES – Artificial Intelligence in Power and Energy Systems
AITS – Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Systems
ALEA – Artificial Life and Evolutionary Algorithms
AmIA – Ambient Intelligence and Affective Environments
GAI- General AI
GeoAI – GeoSpatial Artificial Intelligence
IROBOT – Intelligent Robotics
KDBI – Knowledge Discovery and Business Intelligence
KRR – Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
MASTA – Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications
TeMA – Text Mining and Applications

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Submission and Reviewing
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All papers should be submitted in PDF format through the EPIA 2021 EasyChair submission page https://www.easychair.org/my/conference?conf=epia2021#