Call for papers

Important Dates

Submission of papers: 28-Jun-2002

Notification to authors: 19-Aug-2002

Camera ready format: 13-Sep-2002

Tutorials and workshops: 2-Dec-2002 to 3-Dec-2002

Conference date: 4-Dec-2002 to 6-Dec-2002

Current status of accepted papers

Re-submission of final versions of your paper should be via the submission web page. You will need to use the user account and password that you used for your original submission. The submitted files should include sources if possible, as well as final versions: "...your source (input) files, e.g. TEX files for the text and PS or EPS files for figures, the final DVI file (for papers prepared using LATEX or TEX), the final PS file, and if possible, a PDF file of the final version of your contribution. If you have prepared your paper using a text processing system other than LATEX or TEX, please also submit RTF files. Make sure that the text is identical in all cases." Since only a single file may be submitted via the web page, please submit either a zipped or gzipped folder containing the files. You should also arrange for a hard copy of the paper to reach us at
AI'2002, c/- Bob McKay,
School of Computer Science
Australian Defence Force Academy
Northcott Drive
Campbell ACT 2600
Australia
(if you send us the electronic version only, you accept the risk that we may be unable to print your paper for inclusion in the proceedings)
The Springer copyright form should be faxed or sent with your hard copy; if faxed, use:
AI'2002, c/- Bob McKay
School of Computer Science, ADFA
+61 2 6268 8581

AI this year only accepts electronic subission. The full paper must be received by the conference program committee co-chairs before or on 5pm (Canberra time), 28th of June, 2002. Fax submission cannot be accepted. Papers received after 5pm (Canberra time), 28th of June 2002 will be returned unopened.

Review Process

Submitted papers should not have been accepted or be under review by other conferences or journals. Each paper will be blind reviewed by at least two referees. All papers must have a title page that includes a title, a 300-400 word abstract, a list of keywords (using the keywords from the topics on th econference homepage), the names and addresses of all authors, their email addresses, and their telephone and fax numbers. The body must also include the title and abstract, but the author information must be excluded.

Conference Proceedings Publication

The AI conference will continue publishing the proceedings as Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) by Springer. The length of submitted papers (excluding the title page) must be no more than 12 single-spaced, single-column pages including all figures, tables, and bibliography. Instructions for preparing the manuscript can be found at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html . Papers not conforming to the above requirements may be rejected without review. Authors of all accepted papers must pre-register for and present their papers at the conference. The registration fee for authors must be received by the conference organiser before or on 13th of September 2002 (i.e., the deadline for the camera-ready copy) in order for the paper to be included in the proceedings. Papers accepted for oral presentation will be allocated up to 12 pages in the proceedings. Papers accepted for poster presentation will be allocated 1 page in the proceedings.

The conference seeks original research and application papers in any area of Artificial Intelligence. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: