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                               CALL FOR PAPERS

                                     CAEPIA'05

    XI Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence

    NOVEMBER 16-18, 2005.  SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (SPAIN)
    http://www-gsi.dec.usc.es/caepia05/en/index_en.html

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Summary


The Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence 
(CAEPIA) is the forum where
the research community working on AI meets together to present and 
discuss their research and
developments. The 11th Conference will be held in Santiago de 
Compostela, on November 16-18,
2005 and it is organized by both University of A Coruña and University 
of Santiago de Compostela.
CAEPIA'05 will include tutorials and workshops on specific topics 
(November, 14-15).

As in previous editions, held every two years, CAEPIA'05 will include 
invited lectures, scientific
paper presentations, on-going research, system demonstrations, tutorials 
and workshops on specific
topics. The goals of the Conference will be to create conditions for 
researchers to disseminate their
research work, to strengthen the relationships among the AI research 
groups, and to facilitate the
contact between new researchers and consolidated groups. Submissions of 
contributing, original
and previously unpublished work are invited in all areas of Artificial 
Intelligence.


Topics of Interest

The conference covers all topics of AI, including the following:

*    AI foundations. Knowledge representation.
*    Machine learning. Knowledge discovery. Data mining.
*    Evolutionary computation.
*    Neural networks. Neuro-symbolic integration.
*    Robotics. Perception and vision. Pattern recognition.
*    AI architectures. Multiagent systems. Distributed AI. Ubiquitous 
computing.
*    Reactive control. Real time AI.
*    Knowledge engineering. Knowledge management.
*    Ontologies. Knowledge acquisition. Knowledge reuse. Verification 
and validation.
*    Decision support systems.
*    Semantic web.
*    Model based reasoning, Qualitative reasoning, Causal reasoning, 
Abductive reasoning, Case
        based reasoning.
*    Non-monotonic reasoning. Belief Revision.
*    Approximate reasoning. Bayesian reasoning.
*    Constraint satisfaction. Planning and scheduling. Optimization. 
Temporal reasoning. Spatial
        reasoning.
*    AI applications. AI for diagnosis, configuration and design. AI in 
education.
*    Natural language processing.
*    Intelligent interfaces. User models. Multimodal interfaces. 
Collaborative agents.
*    Intelligent multimedia. Virtual reality. Augmented reality.


Types of submissions

*    Full papers:  A maximum length of 10 pages, which will be presented 
in ~20 minutes. They
must consist of original, relevant and previously unpublished sound 
research results related
to any of the topics of the conference.

*    Short papers:   A maximum length of 4 pages, which will be 
presented in ~10 minutes.
They must be original on-going research related to the topics of the 
conference.

*    Doctoral consortium:   PhD students are invited to present the 
topic as well as the state-of-
art  of their research, in order to obtain feedback from a panel of 
experts. The length of these
papers should be no longer than 4 pages.

Along with the notification of acceptance, the program committee may 
suggest to the authors a
change in the type of submission, after analyzing the scientific and 
technical quality, and the
relevance of the contribution.

Submissions are accepted in Spanish and English.


Publication

All accepted papers (full and short) will be published in the conference 
proceedings which are
edited by the organization (with ISBN).

After the conference, authors of full papers will be invited to send a 
new version of their work in
English. This version may contain the latest updates. It will be 
reviewed again by the program
committee and published by an international well-known publisher.

At least one author of each paper must register for the conference 
before the early registration
deadline. The acceptance of the paper implies its oral presentation at 
the conference.



Awards

As a recognition of the research work, there will be awards to the best 
full paper (CAEPIA), the
best on-going research (Doctoral Consortium or Short Paper) and the best 
application.


Workshops

The goal of the workshop program is to provide a forum where new 
research can be presented in a
more focused way. Also it is an ideal place for PhD. Students, young 
researches or new
practitioners, in order to obtain feedback from specialists in the field.

People interested in organizing a workshop within the conference are 
kindly invited to send a
proposal description before May 13th, including:

1.    Title
2.    Brief description (up to 1.000 words/two pages), goal and topics
3.    Organizers, program committee, selection process, planned 
activities and potential number
    of participants.
4.     Workshop format, reviewing process and estimated number of attendees.

Tutorials

We invite interested people to send proposals of tutorials before May, 
13th. The proposals are
opened to new formats in order to allow the combination of traditional 
tutorials with other
activities, such as Discussion Rooms and Panel Sessions. Further details 
can be found in the website:

http://www-gsi.dec.usc.es/caepia05/tutorials.


Proposals for tutorials should contain:

*    A brief description of the tutorial, including: goals, 
justification of why the tutorial is
important, detailed program, required support and resources (hardware, 
software, Internet
connection, etc.), background knowledge required and targeted audience.
*    Information about the tutorial speakers including name, address, 
affiliation, email, phone,
and a brief Curriculum Vitae, including background in the tutorial area, 
previous experience
and publications related to the tutorial topic.
*    A list of the support material to be given to tutorial attendees. 
Together with the slides used
for the presentation, having a technical paper describing the content of 
the tutorial is
strongly advised




Important Dates

Paper Submissions:
Scientific papers on the conference topics must be submitted 
electronically at the official web site:
  - Paper submissions deadline: June 10
  - Acceptance notification: September 9
  - Final version submission: September 30

Workshops:
  - May 13, deadline for workshop proposals.
  - May 20, notification of workshop acceptance.
  - May 27, deadline for workshop submissions.
  - September 16, notification of workshop submission acceptance.
  - October 14, final version of workshop paper submissions deadline.
  - Workshops dates: November 14-15.

Workshops Chair:
    Richard José Duro Fernández, University of A Coruña (richard@udc.es)

Tutorials:
  - May 13, deadline for tutorial proposals.
  - May 20, Notification of tutorial acceptance.
  - Tutorials dates: November 14-15.

Tutorial Co-chairs:
Manuel Lama Penín - Univ. Santiago de Compostela, (lama@dec.usc.es).
Eduardo M. Sánchez Vila, University of Santiago de Compostela, 
(teddy@dec.usc.es)

Early registration deadline: Early October


Organizing Committee

Conference Co-chairs:
Alberto J. Bugarín Diz, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
José Santos Reyes, University of A Coruña (Spain)

Workshop Chair:
Richard José Duro Fernández, University of A Coruña (Spain)

Tutorial Co-chairs:
Manuel Lama Penín, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Eduardo M. Sánchez Vila, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Secretary:
Ramón P. Otero, University of A Coruña (Spain)

Organization Members:
Alvaro Barreiro García, University of A Coruña (Spain)
José Antonio Becerra Permuy, University of A Coruña (Spain)
Francisco Bellas Bouza, University of A Coruña (Spain)
María J. Carreira Nouche, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Juan Luis Crespo Mariño, University of A Coruña (Spain)
Paulo Félix Lamas, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Manuel Fernández Delgado, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Pablo García Tahoces, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Adolfo Lamas Rodríguez, University of A Coruña (Spain)
David E. Losada Carril, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Jesús M. Rodríguez Presedo, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
María Jesús Taboada Iglesias, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Carlos Vázquez Regueiro, University of A Coruña (Spain)

Program Committee

Chair: Roque Marín, University of Murcia  (Spain).

Vicechair: Eva Onaindia, Polytechnic University of Valencia  (Spain).

Program Committee Members:
Carlos Alonso, University of Valladolid  (Spain).
Luis Alvarez, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria  (Spain).
José Angel Bañares, University of Zaragoza  (Spain).
Emilia Barakova, Brain Science Institute (Japan).
Federico Barber, Polytechnic University of Valencia  (Spain).
Alvaro Barreiro, University of A Coruña (Spain).
Senén Barro, University of Santiago de Compostela  (Spain).
Beatriz Barros, UNED  (Spain).
Daniel Borrajo, University Carlos III of Madrid  (Spain).
Vicent Botti, Polytechnic University of Valencia  (Spain).
Alberto Bugarín, University of Santiago de Compostela  (Spain).
Nuria Castell, Polytechnic University of Catalonia  (Spain).
Helder Coelho, University of Lisboa (Portugal).
Ricardo Conejo, University of Málaga  (Spain).
Juan M. Corchado, University of Salamanca (Spain).
Ulises Cortés, Polytechnic University of Catalonia  (Spain).
Juan José del Coz, University of Oviedo (Spain).
Angel P. del Pobil, Universitat Jaume I  (Spain).
Alvaro del Val, University Autónoma de Madrid  (Spain).
Miguel Delgado, University of Granada  (Spain).
Yves Demazeau, Leibniz, Institut IMAG (France).
Rose Dieng, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis Unit (France).
Ed Durfee, University of Michigan (USA).
Francisco Escolano, University of Alicante  (Spain).
Wolfgang Faber, University of Calabria (Italy).
Luis Fariñas del Cerro, Université Paul Sabatier (France).
Juan Pedro Febles Rodríguez, Centro Nacional de Bioinformática (Cuba).
Isabel Fernández de Castro, University ofl País Vasco (Spain).
José Antonio Gámez, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain).
Ana García-Serrano, Polytechnic University of Madrid  (Spain).
Francisco Garijo, Telefonica I+D (Spain).
Hector Geffner, University Pompeu Fabra (Spain).
Lluís Godo, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (Spain).
Antonio Gómez Skarmeta, University of Murcia (Spain).
Asunción Gómez-Pérez, Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain).
Manuel Hermenegildo, Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain).
José Hernández Orallo, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain).
Miguel Angel Jaramillo, University of Extremadura (Spain).
Elena Lazkano, University of  the Basque Country  (Spain).
Peter Lucas, University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands).
Lawrence Mandow, University of Malaga (Spain).
Roque Marín, University of Murcia (Spain).
Fernando Martín, University of Murcia (Spain).
Mark Maybury, MITRE Corporation, (USA).
Gaspar Mayor, University of the  Balearic Islands (Spain).
Erica Melis, Universität des Saarlandes (Germany).
José Mira, UNED  (Spain).
Serafín Moral, University of Granada  (Spain).
Eduardo Morales Manzanares, ITESM, Morelos (Mexico).
Juan José Moreno Navarro, Polytechnic University of Madrid  (Spain).
José A. Moreno Pérez, University of La Laguna  (Spain).
Pablo Noriega, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute  (Spain).
Nuria Oliver, Microsoft Corporation (USA).
Eva Onaindia, Polytechnic University of Valencia  (Spain).
Sascha Ossowski, University Rey Juan Carlos (Spain).
Ramón P. Otero, University of A Coruña (Spain).
José Tomás Palma, University of Murcia (Spain).
David Pearce, University Rey Juan Carlos (Spain).
Luigi Portinale, University of Piemonte Orientale (Italy).
Maria Cristina Riff, Technical University Federico Santa María (Chile).
José Cristóbal Riquelme, University of Sevilla (Spain).
Ramón Rizo, University of Alicante (Spain).
Jesús María Rodríguez Presedo, University of Santiago de Compostela  
(Spain).
Camino Rodríguez Vela, University of Oviedo (Spain).
José Santos Reyes, University of A Coruña  (Spain).
Abdul Sattar, Griffith University (Australia).
Humberto Sossa, Nacional Polytechnic Institute (IPN) (Mexico).
Luis Enrique Sucar, ITESM, Morelos (Mexico).
María Jesús Taboada, University of Santiago de Compostela  (Spain).
Miguel Toro, University of Sevilla  (Spain).
Maite Urretavizcaya, University of the Basque Country  (Spain).
Felisa Verdejo, UNED  (Spain).
José M. Vidal, University of South Caroline (USA).
Enrique Vidal, Polytechnic University of Valencia  (Spain).
Gerson Zaverucha, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Changjiu Zhou, Singapore Polytechnic (Singapore).

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XI Congreso de la Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial
Comité de Organización Local
Departamento de Electrónica e Computación
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
15782 Santiago de Compostela

Fax: 981 528 012
caepia05@dec.usc.es