{"id":247,"date":"2015-03-16T12:27:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T11:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2019-07-04T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T10:58:06","slug":"doctoral-consortium-call-for-paper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/events\/doctoral-consortium-call-for-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Consortium Call for Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-247\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-247-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-247-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-247-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The AI*IA Doctoral Consortium (DC) is offered as part of the Conference of the Italian Association for&nbsp;Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA), that will take place at University of Ferrara on 23rd-25th September, 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Consortium is designed for students currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program, though we are also open to&nbsp;exceptions (e.g., students currently in a Master\u2019s program and interested in doctoral studies).<br \/> Students at any stage in their doctoral studies are encouraged to apply, since contributions describing both mature and preliminary work are welcome.<br \/> The Consortium will provide doctoral students in AI with the opportunity to present their research directions&nbsp;and being involved into state-of-the-art research, through discussion sessions.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Topics of Interest<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Applicants are expected to be conducting research in the field of Artificial Intelligence; topics of interest&nbsp;include (but are not limited to):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI and digital entertainment<\/li>\n<li>AI applications<\/li>\n<li>AI architectures<\/li>\n<li>AI in Learning Environments<\/li>\n<li>Big Data<\/li>\n<li>Cognitive modeling<\/li>\n<li>Cognitive Robotics<\/li>\n<li>Constraint Satisfaction<\/li>\n<li>Experimentation of Combinatorial Algorithms<\/li>\n<li>Human Computer Interaction<\/li>\n<li>Information Agents<\/li>\n<li>Information Retrieval and Extraction<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Acquisition<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Representation<\/li>\n<li>Learning in adaptive systems<\/li>\n<li>Machine Consciousness<\/li>\n<li>Machine learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mathematical Foundations<\/li>\n<li>Metacognition in Artificial Agents<\/li>\n<li>Multiagent Systems, Distributed AI<\/li>\n<li>Natural Language Processing<\/li>\n<li>Ontologies<\/li>\n<li>Philosophical Foundations<\/li>\n<li>Planning and Scheduling<\/li>\n<li>Reasoning<\/li>\n<li>Robotics<\/li>\n<li>Search<\/li>\n<li>Semantic Web<\/li>\n<li>Smart Cities<\/li>\n<li>Soft and Evolutionary Computing<\/li>\n<li>Temporal Reasoning<\/li>\n<li>Uncertainty<\/li>\n<li>Vision<\/li>\n<li>Web and Data Mining<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Submission Instructions<\/h2>\n<p>We invite the submission of research papers, where a special attention should be dedicated towards the contextualization of the contribution within the research area it belongs to, as well as to how the contribution fits within the Ph.D. programme.<br \/> We accept original, unpublished works not submitted elsewhere, as well as papers already published.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All submissions must be written in English and must be formatted according to the Springer Publications&nbsp;format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), please refer to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/computer\/lncs\/lncs+authors?SGWID=0-40209-0-0-0\">this page<\/a>.<br \/> The only accepted format for submitted papers is PDF. The maximum submission length is 6 pages (A4).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Paper submission will be handled electronically by means of the Easychair system. The submission page is available <a href=\"https:\/\/easychair.org\/conferences\/?conf=aixia2015dc\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Accepted papers based on original work will be included in the DC proceedings published on-line by CEUR.<br \/> Already published papers will appear as a link to the previous publication in the DC proceedings published by CEUR.<br \/> The authors of the accepted papers must attend the DC and must be registered to the AI*IA Conference.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Important Dates<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Submission Deadline: <del><strong>June 25<span class=\"cardin-nums\">th<\/span>, 2015<\/strong><\/del><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&nbsp;<del>extended to July 2<span class=\"cardin-nums\">nd<\/span>, 2015<\/del><\/strong><\/span><br \/> Acceptance Notification: <del><strong>July 25<span class=\"cardin-nums\">th<\/span>, 2015<\/strong><\/del><strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">extended to July&nbsp;31<span class=\"cardin-nums\">st<\/span>, 2015<\/span><\/strong><br \/> Camera Ready: <strong>September 2<span class=\"cardin-nums\">nd<\/span>, 2015<\/strong><br \/> Doctoral Consortium Days:&nbsp;<strong>September 23<span class=\"cardin-nums\">rd<\/span>-24<span class=\"cardin-nums\">th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/AIIA2015-DC-CfP.ics\">iCalendar<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/render?cid=unife.it_0pkbr97euqv5h3v8t2kmk61ffc%40group.calendar.google.com#main_7\" target=\"_blank\">Google Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Best Student Paper Award<\/h2>\n<p>The Best Student Paper award will be conferred at the conference on the author of the Doctoral Consortium best paper.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Grants for students attending AI*IA<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Scholarships to participants to partially cover registration and\/or accommodation fees will be available.<br \/>For details visit the <a title=\"Call for Scholarships to Attend AI*IA 2015\" href=\"http:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/call-for-scholarships\/\">Call for Scholarships<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/docente.unife.it\/elena.bellodi\/\">Elena Bellodi<\/a><br \/> Department &nbsp;of Engineering (ENDIF), University of Ferrara<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ai.unibo.it\/alessiobonfietti\">Alessio Bonfietti<\/a><br \/> Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), University of Bologna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Any question concerning the DC can be addressed to the co-chairs at: <a href=\"mailto:dc2015@unife.it\">dc2015@unife.it<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Program Committee<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csai.disco.unimib.it\">Stefania Bandini<\/a>,&nbsp;CSAI - Complex Systems &amp; Artificial Intelligence Research Center<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicolabasilico.com\">Nicola Basilico<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Milano<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ce.unipr.it\/people\/bergenti\/\">Federico Bergenti<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Parma<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unirc.it\/scheda_persona.php?id=576\">Francesco Buccafurri<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Reggio Calabria<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ce.unipr.it\/people\/cagnoni\">Stefano Cagnoni<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Parma<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dis.uniroma1.it\/~aiello\/\">Luigia Carlucci Aiello<\/a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;University of Roma La Sapienza<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antoniochella.it\/Antonio\/Home.html\">Antonio Chella<\/a>, University of Palermo<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.di.univaq.it\/stefcost\">Stefania Costantini<\/a>,&nbsp;University of L'Aquila<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.di.uniba.it\/~ndm\/\">Nicola Di Mauro<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Bari<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disucom.unitus.it\/index.php?option=com_contact&amp;view=contact&amp;id=4:donini-francesco-maria&amp;catid=93&amp;Itemid=251\">Francesco Donini<\/a>, Tuscia University<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/lacam.di.uniba.it:8000\/people\/FlorianaEsposito.html\">Floriana Esposito<\/a>, University of Bari<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/lacam.di.uniba.it:8000\/~ferilli\/ufficiale\/ferilli.html\">Stefano Ferilli<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Bari<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loa.istc.cnr.it\/people\/guarino\">Nicola Guarino<\/a>, ISTC-CNR<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dis.uniroma1.it\/~iocchi\/\">Luca Iocchi<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Roma La Sapienza<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mat.unical.it\/~leone\/\">Nicola Leone<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Calabria<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chendongli\">Chendong Li<\/a>, Dell<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lintar.disco.unimib.it\/Persone\">Sara Manzoni<\/a>,&nbsp;CSAI - Complex Systems &amp; Artificial Intelligence Research Center<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/lia.deis.unibo.it\/Staff\/PaolaMello\/\">Paola Mello<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Bologna<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmi.unipg.it\/~milani\/\">Alfredo Milani<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Perugia<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/ai.unibo.it\/people\/MichelaMilano\">Michela Milano<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Bologna<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfn.unipmn.it\/~stefania\">Stefania Montani<\/a>, University of Piemonte Orientale<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/disi.unitn.it\/moschitti\/\">Alessandro Moschitti<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Trento<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/pst.istc.cnr.it\/~angelo\">Angelo Oddi<\/a>, ISTC-CNR<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreaomicini.apice.unibo.it\/\">Andrea Omicini<\/a>, University of Bologna<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/art.uniroma2.it\/pazienza\/\">Maria Teresa Pazienza<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Roma Tor Vergata<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/portale.unipa.it\/persone\/docenti\/p\/roberto.pirrone\">Roberto Pirrone<\/a>, University of Palermo<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.di.unito.it\/~pozzato\/\">Gian Luca Pozzato<\/a>,&nbsp;University of&nbsp;Torino<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/lpulina\">Luca Pulina<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Sassari<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.di.unito.it\/~radicion\">Daniele P. Radicioni<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Torino<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mat.unical.it\/ricca\">Francesco Ricca<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Calabria<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lia.deis.unibo.it\/~aro\">Andrea Roli<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Bologna<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.di.unipi.it\/~ruggieri\">Salvatore Ruggieri<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Pisa<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/research.nii.ac.jp\/~ksatoh\">Ken Satoh<\/a>, National Institute of Informatics, Sokendai<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diegm.uniud.it\/schaerf\">Andrea Schaerf<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Udine<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/sisinflab.poliba.it\/scioscia\/\">Floriano Scioscia<\/a>, Politecnico of Bari<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.di.uniba.it\/~swap\/index.php?n=Membri.Semeraro\">Giovanni Semeraro<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Bari<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdigital.org\/EN\/rdi\/Pages\/HealthTeam.aspx\">Eloisa Vargiu<\/a>, Barcelona Digital Technology Center<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/personale.unimore.it\/rubrica\/dettaglio\/mvillani\">Marco Villani<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Modena and Reggio Emilia<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AI*IA Doctoral Consortium (DC) is offered as part of the Conference of the Italian Association for&nbsp;Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA), that will take place at University of Ferrara on 23rd-25th September, 2015.The Consortium is designed for students currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program, though we are also open to&nbsp;exceptions (e.g., students currently in a Master\u2019s program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"https:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions\/1547"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aixia2015.unife.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}