Authors are invited to electronically submit original, English-language research contributions no longer than 10 pages formatted according to the well known IFIP AICT Springer style, or experience reports. Submitted papers must present unpublished work, not being considered for publication in other journals or conferences.

Please download the recent instructions for authors as they were released by Springer here: IFIP AICT Sample file format

Submitted papers will be refereed by at least three reviewers for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance. Notification and reviews will be communicated via email. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and included in the proceedings, which will be published by SPRINGER and they will be available on site. It is important though to follow the instructions in this page to ensure that your paper will be included in the proceedings.

Proposals for Workshops that examine emerging, innovative, or otherwise provocative issues within the conference area are encouraged as well. Workshop proposals should include a 1-2 page summary of the topic and the names and affiliations of 3-4 panelists who have made a commitment to participate. A mix of industry and academic panel members is recommended.

Proposals for 90-minute tutorials are also invited on topics within the conference area. Tutorial proposals must be at most 5 pages, they must identify the intended audience, and they must give enough material to provide a sense of what will be covered.

A fully electronic review process is being planned. Technical papers, panel and tutorial proposals should be submitted electronically. In particular, before submitting a paper (in pdf, postscript or MS Word), an author should submit an abstract (in order to get a paper id and a password), whereas panel and tutorial proposals should be sent by email to the PC chair.

A paper may not be included in the proceedings if the requirements are not met, or if the registration fee is not received by the deadline of the submission of the camera-ready. Based on the reviewers' comments and on the presentation, and after a second peer review process, a number of selected papers will be published in a special issue of a scientific Journal with high Impact Factor.
Copyright Transfer

IFIP AICT volumes are published under IFIP copyright. Authors of each paper must sign the IFIP copyright assignment form and submit it with the final version of their accepted paper. This form is available from:  http://www.springer.com/series/6102.
Topics

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Theoretical Advances 	 	 	

    Machine Learning
    Adaptive Control
    Data Fusion
    Reasoning Methods
    Knowledge Acquisition and Representation
    Planning and Scheduling
    Artificial Neural Networks
    Expert Systems
    Fuzzy Logic and Systems
    Genetic Algorithms and Programming
    Particle Swarm Optimisation
    Bayesian Models

Knowledge Engineering	

    Data Mining and Information Retrieval
    Decision Support Systems
    Knowledge Management for e-Learning and Enterprise Portals
    Intelligent Information Systems
    Web- and Knowledge-Based Information Systems
    Ontologies

Signal Processing Techniques and  Knowledge Extraction	

    Computer Vision
    Human-Machine Interaction / Presence
    Learning and Adaptive Systems
    Pattern Recognition
    Signal and Image Processing
    Speech and Natural Language Processing

Artificial Intelligence Applications	

    eBusiness, eCommerce, eHealth, eLearning
    Engineering and Industry
    Environmental Modelling
    Finance
    Telecommunications - Transportation
    Crisis and Risk Management
    Medical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering
    Political Decision Making
    Natural Language Processing
    Planning and Resource Management
    Project Management
    Emerging Applications
    Forensic Science

Multimedia, Graphics and Artificial Intelligence 	 	 

    Multimedia Computing
    Multimedia Ontologies
    Smart Graphics
    Colour/Image Analysis
    Speech Synthesis

Trends in Computing	

    Accessibility and Computers
    Affective Computing
    Agent and Multi-Agent Systems
    Autonomous and Ubiquitous Computing
    Distributed AI Systems and Architectures
    Grid-Based Computing
    Intelligent Profiling and Personalisation
    Robotics and Virtual Reality

 Other	

      AI and Ethical Issues
      Evaluation of AI Systems
      Social Impact of AI