ISSN 2362-5120
https://sites.google.com/site/ijcaischool2014/
1 - 5 september 2014
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ph.D. students are cordially invited to apply to the Doctoral Consortium program to be held as part of the IJCAI School , which this year will be co-located with the ASAI conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 1-5, 2014. The Doctoral Consortium in Artificial Intelligence 2014 is the first in the country of its kind. The event runs in parallel with the courses along the five days of the school, and will be structured in sessions of thesis abstracts presentations (oral and posters) with room for discussions. The Doctoral Consortium in Artificial Intelligence 2014 is the first in the country of its kind. The event runs in parallel with the courses along the five days of the school and will be structured in sessions of paper presentations (oral and posters) with room for discussions. The organizing committee is currently engaging the professors and lecturers of the courses and plenary talks to hold this event. The main target audience of the event is advanced doctoral students from Argentina and the Region working on topics of Artificial Intelligence. The objective of the event is to allow these students to benefit from a direct contact with leading international researchers in the area. The event contemplates an environment for a free exchange of ideas about each student's thesis work as well as future challenges of the area. Being part of the main School, students participating in the Consortium may participate in the courses and plenary talks of the IJCAI School.
Aims and Scope
The Doctoral Consortium (DC) will provide a very interesting opportunity for Ph.D. students to discuss their research interests, career objectives and funding opportunities with senior researchers with similar research interests. Some of the following researchers will lead the DC discussions: Prof. Ramón López de Mántaras (Spain), Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia (Italy), Prof. Eric Brown (IBM-USA), Prof. Steve Chien (USA), Prof. Qiang Yang (Hong Kong), Prof. Giancarlo Guizzardi (Brazil), Dr. Blai Bonet (Venezuela), Prof. Huei Diana Lee (Brazil), Prof. Yves Demazeau (France), as well as Argentine experts. It is intended for students who have a specific research proposal and some preliminary results, but have sufficient time prior to completing their dissertation to benefit from the consortium experience. The DC will consist in daily meetings among a few selected students and senior researchers in related research areas.
The aims of the DC are:
1 - 5 september 2014
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The IJCAI School 2014 is the second of its kind sponsored by the International Joint Conferences of AI, with the first held in Beijing, China, during the summer of 2012. The Second School is being locally organized by the Argentinean Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAIA, a division of SADIO, the Argentine Society on Informatics), which is also in charge of the local organization of the IJCAI main conference to be held in Buenos Aires in 2015. A working name of the school is “AI: from theory to practice”, as our goal is to bring to 2014 a practical perspective on the technological possibilities of the field, backed by a strong theoretical foundation. We are currently considering a structure for the school that supports this perspective. It will consist of plenary talks from leading experts in different AI topics with strong experience on a practical, groundbreaking application; followed by one or two courses covering the theoretical foundations. From a local perspective, the school is expected to attract the focus of the International AI Community to the IJCAI main conference, and to raise the awareness of AI technologies and research in the local informatics community. Within the Argentinean and regional AI community, it is also a great opportunity for students and researchers alike to have a direct contact with some of the leading researchers in the field, a rare opportunity given our geographical and economical disadvantage.