SCAI'97 SIXTH SCANDINAVIAN CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/events/SCAI97/ Helsinki, Finland, August 18 - 20, 1997 CALL FOR PAPERS The biennial Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence is an international, open Scandinavian forum for scientific exchange and presentation of AI research and development. The conference language is English. The aim of the conference is to cover all aspects of AI, and to bring together basic and applied research. The technical programme will include paper and poster presentations, invited talks and panels. The major theme for SCAI'97 will be Intelligent Agents. The concept of an agent has become important in both artificial intelligence and mainstream computer science. An agent is a hardware or software system that is automonous, interactive with and reactive to its environment and other agents. An agent can also be pro-active in taking the initiative in goal-directed behaviour. We solicit papers in all areas of Artificial Intelligence, and in particular in the area of Intelligent Agents. Agents have a clear potential in commercial and practical use, and industry is therefore encouraged to submit papers. There is a limited amount of grants available for participating graduate students from the Nordic countries and for researchers from North-Western Russia and the Baltic States. SCAI '97 is hosted by the University of Helsinki and organised by the Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society in cooperation with the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Artificial Intelligence Societies. Submission of papers -------------------- Authors are requested to submit 8 hard-copies of papers written in English. Submitted papers should be unpublished and present original work. Papers should be double-spaced and not exceed 6000 words (10 pages). Each copy of the paper should include a separate title page containing the title, full names, postal addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of all authors and an abstract of 100-200 words. Submission of posters --------------------- Authors who wish to submit a poster, are requested to submit 8 hard-copies of a 2-page poster abstract written in English. A poster may present research results and also on-going work or a project group. Papers and posters should be sent to ----------------------------------- SCAI'97 Gosta Grahne Department of Computer Science, P. O. Box 26 FIN-00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, Finland email: grahne@cs.helsinki.fi, fax: + 358 9 708 44441 phone: +358 9 708 44236 Accepted papers will be published by IOS Press in their series Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications. Key Dates --------- March 15, 1997 - Submission deadline. May 2, 1997 - Notification of acceptance or rejection June 6, 1997 - Camera ready paper due Invited Speakers ---------------- Joseph Y. Halpern, Cornell University Teuvo Kohonen, Helsinki University of Technology Sarit Kraus, Bar-Ilan University and University of Maryland Erkki Oja, Helsinki University of Technology Yoav Shoham, Stanford University Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley Programme committee ------------------- Gosta Grahne, University of Helsinki, programme chair Agnar Aamodt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Francesco Bergadano, University of Torino Eric Astor, Lund University Keith Downing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Tapio Elomaa, University of Helsinki Rune Gustavsson, University College of Karlskrona Ronneby Eero Hyvonen, VTT Finland, Espoo Gregers Koch, University of Copenhagen Jan Komorowski, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Fangzhen Lin, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Seppo Linnainmaa, VTT Finland Jacek Malec, Linkoping University, University of Malardalen Jalal Maleki, Linkoping University Michail Matskin, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Brian Mayoh, Aarhus University Jorgen Fischer Nilsson, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen Vesa Niskanen, University of Helsinki, Jan Olsson, Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), Stockholm John Perram, Odense University Tuomas Sandholm, Washington University Kaisa Sere, University of Kuopio Costas Spyropoulos, Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, Athens Bjornar Tessem, University of Bergen Enn Tuygu, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Walter Van de Velde, Brussels Free University Tanja Yakhno, A. P. Ershov Institute of Information Systems, Novosibirsk Conference organising committee ------------------------------- Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki Gosta Grahne, organising co-chair Tapio Elomaa, organising co-chair Paivi Kuuppelomaki, secretary Greger Linden, publicity manager Matti Nykanen, treasurer Conference secretariat ---------------------- SCAI'97 Paivi Kuuppelomaki Department of Computer Science, P. O. Box 26 FIN-00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, Finland email: kuuppelo@cs.helsinki.fi, fax: + 358 9 708 44441 phone: +358 9 708 44248 Conference web page ------------------- http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/events/SCAI97/ Related events -------------- The conference will be held concurrently with the Third Nordic Workshop on Genetic Algorithms (3NWGA, for more information contact Jarmo Alander Jarmo.Alander@uwasa.fi or take a look at http://www.uwasa.fi/cs/3NWGA). Both conferences are held in the same university building in the core of downtown Helsinki. The conference is succeeded by the Summer School on Natural Computation in Turku on August 25-29 (for more information on the summer school contact Kaisa Sere Kaisa.Sere@uku.fi or take a look at http://www.abo.fi/~kaisa/SNAC.html). Welcome to Helsinki ! --------------------- "Throughout the city, the sea follows you, its salty tongue lapping at the sides of metropolitan bridges and boulevards, pressing its way into residential areas, creating natural harbours and sudden bays. In summer, the sea glistens and preens under a tireless sun, driving the light-starved locals wild with its shine. Autumn arrives and, as darkness encroaches and the rains begin to fall, it begins to churn, creating a world of wet and grey where the borders between sea and land are no longer distinct. Only during the long cold winter does the sea finally rest, freezing into an endless expanse on which weekend promenaders can walk dogs or try out their cross-country skis." - Insight Guide to Finland, 1996 Although you tire of the "wild locals" or bad weather, remember that middle August is still summer, that you more likely will need summer clothes, even if there might be occasional showers. The university is conveniently situated in the city center by the Senate Square. The main building designed by Engel is one of the Empire style pearls in the center. The university, by the way, is the largest one in Finland with approximately 30 000 students. It was founded in Turku/Åbo in 1640 by the Swedish queen Christina and later moved to Helsinki. The department of computer science (located some 5 km from the center and the main building) is the largest in its kind in Finland with a staff of approximately 70 teachers and researchers and some 1000 students majoring in computer science. Helsinki, the capital and largest city in Finland, has a population of 500,000. It is situated on a peninsula expanding to the west, north, and east. Its main sights are the art museum of the Ateneum, the cathedral and the orthodox Uspensky cathedral, the "new" Temppeliaukio church built in a rock, the Market Square, the National, City, and Amos Andersson Museums, as well as the Parliament Building, the Finlandia Hall, and the new Opera House. The center is flooded with, restaurants, cafes, and terraces. Also do not forget to take advantage of all the summer events Helsinki provides. The Helsinki festival (end August-early September) offers a wide range of events from classical music to pop concerts to theatre performances and art exhibitions. Finally, the surroundings provide many a beautiful or interesting place for excursions. So, come and enjoy! Helsinki, the capital of Finland, has direct flight connections world-wide, e.g., to Japan where the next IJCAI conference is held shortly after SCAI '97.