A I C S ' 0 2 13th Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science "Towards Bio-Inspired Computing" 12-13 September, 2002 University of Limerick, Ireland www.csis.ul.ie/aics02 Submission Deadline: Fri 12 April 2002 Publication in Springer-Verlag LNAI is Planned Sponsored by QAD Keynote Speakers David Goldberg Dario Floreano University of Illinois Swiss Federal Institute at Urbana-Champaign of Technology Call for Papers The Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference AICS'02 will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Limerick from Thursday 12th to Friday 13th September 2002. The conference has taken place annually since 1988 and provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and the presentation of results relating to work conducted both in Ireland and worldwide. The Program Committee invites submissions of papers that report original research, both basic and applied, within Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, broadly construed. Areas of interest include but are not restricted to: case-based reasoning, cognitive modeling, constraint processing, data mining, evolutionary computation, intelligent agents, intelligent information retrieval, knowledge representation & reasoning, learning, natural language processing, neural networks, perception and planning, robotics, and scheduling. Paper Submission Submissions in English comprising up to eight pages of A4 text (3000 words approx.) must be prepared in RTF or LaTeX using an electronic template available from the AICS'02 website (or directly from Springer at www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) and sent by email in either PDF or Postscript to aics02@ul.ie by the due deadline (see below). When looking for the style files, bear in mind that sample documents in both LaTeX and MS Word exist at the Springer URL above which you can conveniently transform into an article in the right format by replacing the sample title with your title and so on. For the .tex sample document, click on 'TEX file' in the LaTeX paragraph. For the .doc sample document, click on 'ZIP archive' in the MS Word paragraph. Those making submissions from North America are requested to set the page size of their word processors to A4 when working on their papers to ensure that they are the right length. The number of pages is crucial while the number of words is not. All submissions will be acknowledged. Accepted papers will be published in full in the printed proceedings available at the conference. Springer-Verlag have indicated that they may publish the proceedings in their Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) Series. The editors of the proceedings reserve the right to alter papers which do not conform to the template or which are more than eight A4 pages in length. Important Dates Fri 12 April 02 Deadline for Submissions Fri 31 May 02 Acceptance Notification Fri 28 June 02 Final Versions of Papers Due Contact Information General enquiries about the conference may be directed to: Bianca Pluk AICS'02 Administrator Department of Computer Science and Information Systems University of Limerick Limerick, Ireland +353 61 202730 Tel +353 61 202734 Fax www.csis.ul.ie/aics02 The Venue The University of Limerick is situated on rolling parkland beside the historic River Shannon. The tranquil red brick campus is complemented by many lakes, fountains and sculptures. The conference will be based in the new Computer Science Building, home of the Computer Science and Information Systems Department, an airy and imposing structure incorporating lecture theatres, meeting rooms, computer laboratories and research centres, all equipped to the highest standards. There are many sights worth visiting in the Shannon region which is considered the most beautiful in Ireland: The Aran Islands, Bunratty Castle, the thousand foot high Cliffs of Moher, Rock of Cashel, King John's Castle and Aillwee Caves are all close by. In addition there is Loch Derg, teeming with wildlife on its many islands and surrounded by blue-green hills and lofty mountains. The University is easily reached - Shannon International Airport is only 12 Miles (20 Km) away, with regular direct flights to London, New York, and many other cities. Local Organising Committee Richard Sutcliffe, General Chair Malachy Eaton, Local Arrangements Chair Niall Griffith, Programme Co-Chair Michael O'Neill, Publication Chair Conor Ryan, Programme Co-Chair Bianca Pluk, Conference Administrator Programme Committee Liam Bannon, University of Limerick David Bell, University of Ulster at Jordanstown Anthony Brabazon, University College Dublin Derek Bridge, University College Cork Jim Buckley, University of Limerick Ruth Byrne, The University of Dublin, Trinity College Arthur Cater, University College Dublin J.J. Collins, University of Limerick Ernesto Costa, University of Coimbra Fintan Costello, Dublin City University Roddy Cowie, Queen's University Belfast Norman Creaney, University of Ulster at Coleraine Fred Cummins, University College Dublin Pa/draig Cunningham, The University of Dublin, Trinity College John Dunnion, University College Dublin Jim Eales, University of Limerick Malachy Eaton, University of Limerick Jose/ Luis Fernandez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Dario Floreano, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Antony Galton, University of Exeter Paul Gibson, National University of Ireland, Maynooth David Goldberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Josephine Griffith, National University of Ireland, Galway Niall Griffith, University of Limerick Patrick Healy, University of Limerick Michael Herdy, INPRO Gareth Jones, University of Exeter Mark Keane, University College Dublin Maarten Keijzer, Vrije University, Amsterdam Nick Kushmerick, University College Dublin Michael Luck, University of Southampton Annette McElligott, University of Limerick Paul Mc Kevitt, University of Ulster at Magee David McSherry, University of Ulster at Coleraine Mike McTear, University of Ulster at Jordanstown Juan Julia/n Merelo, University of Granada Liam Murray, University of Limerick Fionn Murtagh, Queen's University Belfast Ajit Narayanan, University of Exeter Diarmuid O'Donoghue, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Greg O'Hare, University College Dublin Donncha O/ Maidi/n, University of Limerick Michael O'Neill, University of Limerick Colm O'Riordan, National University of Ireland, Galway Riccardo Poli, University of Essex Ronan Reilly, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Conor Ryan, University of Limerick Reinhard Schaeler, University of Limerick Jon Shapiro, University of Manchester Noel Sharkey, University of Sheffield Barry Smyth, University College Dublin Humphrey Sorensen, University College Cork Richard Sutcliffe, University of Limerick Adrian Trenaman, Iona Technologies Josef van Genabith, Dublin City University Carl Vogel, The University of Dublin, Trinity College Andy Way, Dublin City University Adam Winstanley, National University of Ireland, Maynooth