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[rede.APPIA] Machine Ethics – From Machine Morals to the Machinery of Morality | Luís Moniz Pereira | Springer

2020-01-062020-01-07 Luís Moniz Pereira

The English version of our new book is available for preorder, in Springer’s SAPERE series:

https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030396299#aboutAuthors

Machine Ethics

From Machine Morals to the Machinery of Morality

Luís Moniz Pereira is Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Portugal. He is a member of the NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics (NOVA-LINCS) of the Informatics Department. In 2001 he was elected Fellow of the European Association of Artificial Intelligence (EurAI). In 2006 he was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by the Dresden Technical University. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees and Scientific Advisory Board of IMDEA, the Madrid Institute of Software Advanced Studies, since 2006. In 1984 he became the founding President of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). His research focuses on the representation of knowledge and reasoning, logic programming, cognitive sciences and evolutionary game theory. In 2019 he received the National Medal of Scientific Merit. More information, including other awards and his publications at: http://userweb.fct.unl.pt/~lmp/

António Lopes has a Licentiate’s degree in Philosophy from the Portuguese Catholic University, and a Master in the same area from the Nova University of Lisbon. He is a philosophy teacher at the Anselmo de Andrade High School, where he is Coordinator of the Department of Social and Human Sciences. He published – with the Parsifal editions – the novels Como se Fosse a Última Vez (As If It Were the Last Time) and O Vale da Tentação (The Valley of Temptation). He is co-author of the book Animais que Ficaram para a História (Animals that Went Down in History), recently published by Editora Manuscrito, an imprint of the Grupo Presença. He collaborated in the book A Máquina Iluminada – Cognição e Computação (The Enlightened Machine – Cognition and Computation), authored by Luís Moniz Pereira, published by Fronteira do Caos Editores, 2016.

[rede.APPIA] CFP: Students Session @ Winter School on Artificial Intelligence for Games

2020-01-032020-01-03 Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões

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Call for Participation

Students Session

Winter School on Artificial Intelligence for Games

http://ai4g.ipca.pt/2020/

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The fourth edition of the Winter School on Artificial Intelligence for Games will take place in IPCA, Barcelos, Portugal, from 2nd to 3rd April, 2020.

Together with the standard sessions (full schedule will be made available soon), there will take place a students session.

For this session all students from any institution, working on projects related to artificial intelligence and games, are invited to talk for about 10 minutes to present their work. This is an unique opportunity to have senior AI specialists to comment and give insights on your work.

Interested students (from Bachelor up to PhD) should contact the organization through the email ‘asimoes@ipca.pt‘.

Thank you

Alberto

[rede.APPIA] [CPF] Workshop on Non-intrusive acquisition and fusion of context information in Ambient Intelligence (Ni-AFCiA)

2019-12-182019-12-19 Ângelo Gonçalo Araújo Silva Costa

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Workshop on Non-intrusive acquisition and fusion of context information in Ambient Intelligence (Ni-AFCiA)
Part of the 11th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAMI) L'Aquila (Italy) 17-19 June, 2020 https://www.isami-conference.net/workshops/ni-afcia
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********* SCOPE *********
Research on Ambient Intelligence (AmI) has been growing steadily in the last years, a proof of its interest, applicability and potential. While this growth moves the field forward, it also opens new grounds and possibilities for research. Ambient Intelligence can be briefly described as the application of techniques of Artificial Intelligence (AI) towards the support of human users at several levels and in many different contexts such as the workplace, leisure environments or at home. This support should be proactive, sensitive to the user’s context and state, and based on a natural interaction between the computer and the user. To this end, the collection of context information is of utmost importance, allowing to properly describe, among others, the users, their activities and their surroundings. Particularly interesting in this scope is the non-intrusive acquisition and fusion of all this important information, i.e., methods for obtaining this information that do not require the user to perform explicit, conscious or specific actions. This workshop will create a multi-disciplinary discussion forum that will bring together researchers from the different fields addressed to discuss new methods for non-intrusive acquisition and fusion of context information, new potential sources of information a, new supporting technologies and architectures and new potential applications.
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In order to pursue the objective of this workshop, we are inviting researchers to contribute with original and previously unpublished work related to non-intrusive acquisition and fusion of context information in Ambient Intelligence, namely from fields such as but not limited to: • Activity Detection and Recognition. • Context-aware Computing. • Cognitive Assistance. • Distributed Computing. • Human-computer Interaction. • Intelligent Interfaces. • Internet of Things. • Indoor Positioning. • m-Health. • Sensor Fusion. • Soft Sensors. • Wearable computing. • Non-intrusive sensing. • Emotion detection. • Affective computing.
********* IMPORTANT DATES *********
• Submission of full papers 31 January, 2020 • Notification of acceptance 9 March, 2020 • Camera-Ready papers 30 March, 2020 • Conference Celebration 17-19 June, 2020
********* SUBMITTING PAPERS *********
Papers must be formatted according to the Springer AISC Template, with a maximum length of 8 pages, including figures and references. All proposed papers must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the ISAmI conference management system. The word and latex templates are available at: ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/llncs/word/splnproc1703.zip (MSWord) ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/svproc/templates/ProcSci_TeX.zip (LaTeX)
********* PUBLICATION ********* Accepted papers will be included in ISAmI 2020 Proceedings, published by Springer. At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the workshop to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. All accepted papers will be published by AISC Springer Verlag.
********* ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ********* • Davide Carneiro, Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Portugal) • Ângelo Costa, Universidade do Minho (Portugal) • José Carlos Castillo, University Carlos III (Spain)

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[rede.APPIA] EPIA 2020 – CALL FOR THEMATIC TRACKS: DEADLINE December 15

2019-12-102019-12-11 Goreti Marreiros

************************************************* CALL FOR THEMATIC TRACKS ************************************************** EPIA 2020 20th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence epia2020.inesc-id.pt September 7-9, 2020 Lisboa – Portugal
************************************************** The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a well-established European conference in the field of AI. The 20th edition, EPIA 2020, will take place at Lisbon in September 7th-9th, 2020. 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.
******************** Conference format ******************** To promote discussions among participants, the scientific program of EPIA 2020 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: epia2020.inesc-id.pt

********************* Call-for-tracks ********************* The worldwide AI research community is invited to submit thematic track proposals for EPIA 2020. 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 2020. 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.
******************** Responsibilities ******************** 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 2020. – 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 2020 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 2020 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.
******************** Proposal submission ******************** Track proposals should not exceed 3 pages and must be submitted as a PDF file, at the conference submission system: easychair.org/conferences/?conf=epia2020 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 2020. 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.
******************** Important dates ******************** Thematic-track proposal deadline: December 15, 2019 Notification of track acceptance: January 15, 2020 1st Call-for-papers: January 30, 2020 Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2020 Notification of paper acceptance: May 31, 2020 Camera ready papers deadline: June 15, 2020 Conference dates: September 7-9, 2020
********************* EPIA 2020 Committees ********************* Event and Program Chairs ********************* Ana Paiva, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal
Bernardete Ribeiro, CISUC, UC, Portugal
Goreti Marreiros, GECAD, ISEP-IPP, Portugal

******************** Local Chair ******************** Luisa Coheur, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal
******************** Organization Chairs ******************** Fernando Batista, INESC-ID, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal Bruno Martins, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal

Goreti Marreiros Professor Adjunto
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[rede.APPIA] Postdoctoral and PhD positions on Natural Language Processing (Porto)

2019-12-052019-12-05 Alípio Mário Guedes Jorge

—————————————————————————————————————————————————– Postdoctoral and PhD positions on Natural Language Processing / Information Extraction, INESC TEC / University of Porto. —————————————————————————————————————————————————–
The Artificial Intelligence Lab (LIAAD) of INESC TEC / U. Porto is (www.inesctec.pt/en/centres/liaad) is looking for one highly motivated post doc and two MSc holders to join the team of researchers working on the Text2Story project. The topic is Narrative Extraction from Text. The aims of the project are to develop Machine Learning and Information Extraction algorithms and tools for Identifying, formally representing and reusing narrative structures from textual sources.
The selected candidates will join the Machine Learning and NLP team of LIAAD-INESC TEC (FCUP or INESC TEC) and will have the opportunity to work in an exciting and young environment in close interaction with research engineers, PhD students and post-doctoral researchers who are working on varied aspects that concern Machine Learning, Information Extraction and Computer Science.
The ideal candidates will have a PhD (or MSc) in NLP or equivalent and the following skills:
* Strong motivation to work with NLP from algorithms to demos and tools; * Theoretical background and hands-on experience on NLP, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval and Information Extraction; * Good communication skills and ability to cooperate within a team; * Good knowledge of programming languages such as, Python, R and Java; * Knowledge of Python and development tools (e.g. GIT); * Being able to use Portuguese as a language of study is important.
For the postdoc mostly: * Motivation to co-coordinate work-packages, co-supervise students and help with project management; * Motivation to articulate with other projects on the topic and go after funding for the research line;
This positions are supported by the FCT project Text2Story. FCT is the Portuguese National Science Funding Agency.
For more information and applications:
Postdoc: www.inesctec.pt/en/opportunities/natural-language-processing-machine-learning-AE2019-0343 MSc: www.inesctec.pt/en/opportunities/machine-learning-AE2019-0342

[rede.APPIA] EASSS 2020 / EAIA 2020 — Call-for-Tutorials

2019-11-252019-11-26 Henrique Lopes Cardoso

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CALL FOR TUTORIALS

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EASSS 2020

22nd European Agent Systems Summer School

http://www.fe.up.pt/easss2020

July 20-24, 2020

Porto — Portugal

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A tutorial proposal should take the form of a 2-page PDF document (see details below).

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Important dates

Tutorial proposal deadline: February 1, 2020

Notification of tutorial acceptance: March 1, 2020

Early registration deadline (for participants): May 15, 2020

Teaching materials available for the organization: July 1, 2020

Late registration deadline (for participants): July 1, 2020

EASSS 2020: July 20-24, 2020

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About EASSS 2020

The 22nd European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS 2020) will be organized by the Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Lab of the University of Porto (LIACC), and held at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, on July 20-24, 2020. EASSS 2020 is organized under the auspices of the European Association for Multi-Agent Systems (EURAMAS) and the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA), as an Advanced School on Artificial Intelligence.

The main goal of EASSS is to provide an exchange of knowledge among individuals and groups interested in various aspects of autonomous, agent-based and multi-agent systems research and practice. This dissemination is provided by formal state-of-the-art courses conducted by leading experts in the field and by informal meetings during the event. The school attracts both beginner and experienced researchers, encouraging cooperation between representatives of many branches of the Multi-Agent Systems research community.

The topics tackled within the field are becoming increasingly important due to the ubiquity of autonomous and distributed systems, such as the Internet of Things, intelligent buildings and smart cities, autonomous robots, agent-driven financial markets, etc. These kinds of applications demand innovative approaches in a number of research fields, including multi-agent systems engineering, coordination and cooperation, human-agent interaction, reasoning and planning, machine learning, game theory, modeling and simulation, and robotics. EASSS 2020 will be a privileged forum to learn the current trends in most of these fields, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The courses will be taught by leading researchers in the field, and are aimed at Ph.D. students, advanced M.Sc. students, and other young researchers.

Since the initial edition of 1999 (Utrecht, Netherlands) the school has been held annually in different European locations. The previous edition took place in Maastricht, The Netherlands. The school usually attracts circa 50 students every year. A typical course is 4 hours long and provides a general introduction to the selected topic followed by an in-depth exposition of recent and relevant contributions.

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School format

EASSS will be composed of tutorial sessions, aiming at including both lectures and practical labs. We expect that at least some of the tutorials will be run as parallel sessions. In addition, EASSS will promote informal networking periods, where tutors and attendees (mostly early-stage researchers on agents and multi-agent systems) can exchange ideas. A social event will take place in the city of Porto.

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Call-for-Tutorials

We invite proposals from members of the research community who are willing to offer tutorials at EASSS 2020. We are interested in tutorial proposals in all areas of current research in Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. As a very rough guideline, any topic that might be covered at the AAMAS conference or in the JAAMAS journal would be suitable for EASSS.

We aim for a mix of tutorials on fundamental and well-established topics, as well as overviews of new and emerging areas of research. Tutorials should cover an appropriate selection of approaches and not mainly focus on the tutors’ own contributions. Besides providing a coherent overview of a specific research topic, we specifically encourage tutorial proposals to articulate a clear link to applications and pragmatic consideration of the fundamental topics presented. Tutorials that cover, in whole or in part, specific technological tools in the form of a hands-on session (e.g. for development of multi-agent systems, simulation of agent-based systems, or reinforcement learning), are also very welcome.

We encourage both well-established senior researchers and younger colleagues to submit proposals. Each tutorial is usually given by one or two people. Exceptions are of course possible; for proposals by more than two tutors, please justify this choice in the proposal and explain how you intend to ensure the coherence of the tutorial.

To support the tutors, we can commit to the provision of up to €500 per tutorial, to cover the tutorial team travel and accommodation costs.

Submission guidelines

A tutorial proposal should take the form of a 2-page PDF document covering the following points (preferably in this order):

Title of the proposed tutorial.
Tutor(s): name, affiliation, contact details (email), and a link to the personal homepage of each tutor.
Abstract: a short paragraph describing the tutorial (100-300 words), suitable for publication at the EASSS 2020 website.
Short biographical sketch for each tutor (around 100 words per tutor), suitable for publication at the EASSS 2020 website.
Experience of the tutor(s): any details on the relevant teaching experience of the tutor(s).
Syllabus: a detailed list of topics covered in the tutorial, preferably in the order in which the tutorial will cover them.
Type: a clear indication of whether the tutorial takes a theoretical or applications-oriented perspective on the topics covered. We encourage tutorial proposals that balance the two perspectives.
Prerequisites: the target audience or prior knowledge the attendants are assumed to have.
Teaching materials: the kind of teaching materials you intend to provide. These will be needed by the organization on the date stated below.
Duration: typically around 3,5h (half-day). Please explain if you need more time (e.g. for having a hands-on practical session).
Equipment: any special equipment (beyond a beamer and a whiteboard) that you might need.

The proposals should be submitted to EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=easss2020

Any inquiries should be sent to easss2020@fe.up.pt

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EASSS 2020 Committees

Scientific Committee

Ana Paiva, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Ann Nowé, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Carles Sierra, IIIA, Spain

Mario Paolucci, ISTC-CNR, Italy

Organizing Committee

Henrique Lopes Cardoso, LIACC / Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Luís Paulo Reis, LIACC / Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Thiago Reis, LIACC / Universidade do Porto, Portugal

[rede.APPIA] EPIA 2020 – CALL FOR THEMATIC TRACKS

2019-11-212019-11-22 Goreti Marreiros

************************************************ CALL FOR THEMATIC TRACKS ************************************************** EPIA 2020 20th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence epia2020.inesc-id.pt September 7-9, 2020 Lisboa – Portugal
************************************************** The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a well-established European conference in the field of AI. The 20th edition, EPIA 2020, will take place at Lisbon in September 7th-9th, 2020. 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.
******************** Conference format ******************** To promote discussions among participants, the scientific program of EPIA 2020 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: epia2020.inesc-id.pt