AI*IA 2003 The 8th National Congress of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence September 23-26, 2003 Polo didattico "L. Fibonacci", University of Pisa Via F. Buonarroti 2, Pisa http://www-aiia2003.di.unipi.it aiia2003-info@di.unipi.it CALL FOR PAPERS The congress of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA)is a traditional two-yearly meeting of researchers working on theory and applications in Artificial Intelligence. The 8th congress will take place in Pisa, following the editions of Trento (89), Palermo (91), Torino (93), Firenze (95), Roma (97), Bologna (99) and Bari (01). The congress will be centered on invited speaker seminars, scientific paper talks, system and prototype demonstrations, tutorials, panels and workshops on specific topics both on methods and on innovative applications of artificial intelligence. We hope that the 2003 meeting will strengthen awareness that artificial intelligence is assuming a central role in the competitive strategies of the present scenario of rapid changes. Artificial intelligence can significantly support economic and scientific development due to the rapidly emerging demand for innovative technologies in many application areas. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: AI architectures Automated reasoning Cognitive models Connectionist models Distributed AI Knowledge discovery Knowledge engineering Knowledge representation Intelligent interfaces Machine learning Model based reasoning Multi-agent systems Natural language processing Perception and vision Planning and scheduling Robotics and, also, applications of AI in fields including Environment, Cultural Heritage and Activities, Teaching, Medicine, Space sciences, Social services, Insurance and financial systems, Information systems, World Wide Web and so on. Programme Commitee Giuseppe Attardi (Univ. Pisa) Andrea Bonarini (Politecnico Milano) Luciana Bordoni (ENEA, Roma) Ernesto Burattini (Univ. Napoli) Luigia Carlucci Aiello (Univ. Roma La Sapienza e IRST Trento) Cristiano Castelfranchi (Univ. Siena e CNR Roma) Floriana Esposito (Univ. Bari) Salvatore Gaglio (Univ. Palermo) Fosca Giannotti (CNR, Pisa) Attilio Giordana (Univ. Piemonte Orientale) Enrico Giunchiglia (Univ. Genova) Fausto Giunchiglia (Univ. Trento) Marco Gori (Univ. Siena) Nicola Guarino (CNR, Trento) Maurizio Lenzerini (Univ. Roma La Sapienza) Leonardo Lesmo (Univ. Torino) Paola Mello (Univ. Bologna) Alfredo Milani (Univ. Perugia) Maria Teresa Pazienza (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) Agostino Poggi (Univ. Parma) Roberto Serra (Centro Ricerche Ambientali Montecatini, Ravenna) Giovanni Soda (Univ. Firenze) Oliviero Stock (IRST, Trento) Furio Suggi Liverani (Illy, Trieste) Pietro Torasso (Univ. Torino) Programme Chairs Amedeo Cappelli CNR and Dipartimento di Informatica, Universit=E0 di = Pisa Franco Turini Dipartimento di Informatica, Universit=E0 di Pisa Panels Following the tradition of the congress, panels will be organized to discuss applicative experiences and the role of public financing for innovation and technology transfer. Panel Chairs Antonina Starita (Univ. Pisa) "Emerging computer science technologies for medicine" Cinzia Giachetti (Consorzio Pisa Ricerche - Centro TETRA) "Artificial Intelligence: from research to the market" Tutorial Chair Paolo Mancarella (Univ. Pisa) Workshop Chair Maria Simi (Univ. Pisa) Organising Commitee Salvatore Ruggieri, Chair (Univ. Pisa) Miriam Baglioni (Univ. Pisa) Andrea Bracciali (Univ. Pisa) Maria Novella Catarsi (CNR Pisa) Alessio Micheli (Univ. Pisa) Mirco Nanni (CNR Pisa) Chiara Renso (CNR Pisa) Submission and deadlines Scientific papers (in English, max 12 pages) on the congress topics can be submitted electronically from the official web site http://www-aiia2003.di.unipi.it (strongly recommended) or by e-mail to: aiia-sub@di.unipi.it. Deadline for submission: April 7, 2003 Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2003 Camera ready due: June 28, 2003 Proposals for tutorials can be submitted by e-mail to the tutorial chair (p.mancarella@di.unipi.it). Deadline for submission: March 31, 2003 Notification of acceptance: May 2, 2003 Proposals for workshops can be submitted by e-mail to the workshop chair (simi@di.unipi.it). Deadline for submission: January 31, 2003 Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2003 Proceedings The proceedings of the congress will be published by Springer in the Lecturer Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs). Camera ready copy of the accepted papers must be edited using the standard format of the LNCS/LNAI series. Web site Up-to-date information and news are available at the official web site: http://www-aiia2003.di.unipi.it