**************************************************************************** INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on TOOLS with ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ICTAI-2006) November 13-15, 2006 http://www.nvc.cs.vt.edu/ictai06/ Arlington, VA (Washington, D.C.) Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society **************************************************************************** A. PURPOSE AND TRACKS --------------------- The annual IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI) provides a major international forum where the creation and exchange of ideas relating to artificial intelligence are fostered among academia, industry, and government agencies. The conference facilitates the cross-fertilization of these ideas and promotes their transfer into practical tools, for developing intelligent systems and pursuing artificial intelligence applications. The ICTAI encompasses all the technical aspects of specifying, developing, and evaluating the theoretical underpinnings and applied mechanisms of AI tools. A selection of the best papers in the conference will be published in a special issue of the International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT). Some Topics but not limited to the following: · AI in Software Engineering; · AI in Bioinformatics; · AI in Games; · AI in Multimedia Systems; · AI in Real-time and Embedded Applications; · AI in E-commerce; · AI in Database and Data Mining; · AI in Medicine; · AI in Computer Security and Information Assurance; · AI in Robotics; · AI in logistics and Supply Chain Management; · Case-Based Reasoning; · Cognitive Modeling; · Constraint Programming; · Collaborative Software Agents; · Fuzzy Logic and Reasoning Under Uncertainty; · Evolutionary Computing; · Hybrid Intelligent Systems; · Intelligent Tutoring/Training Systems; · Intelligent Internet Agents; · Intelligent Interface Agents; · Knowledge-based Systems; · Knowledge Creation; · Knowledge Discovery; · Representation and Ontology; · AI Algorithms; · Intelligent Information Retrieval; · Knowledge Extraction; · Management and Sharing; · Machine Learning; · Natural Language Processing and Speech Understanding; · Neural Networks; · Search and Heuristics; · Planning and Scheduling; · Qualitative Reasoning; · Vision and Image Processing. B. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ------------------------------ Papers submitted to ICTAI 2006 must not have been previously published and must not be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The manuscript should not exceed 20 double-spaced, single-column pages, including figures and tables. The font size should be at least 10 point. All paper submissions will be handled electronically through our online web submission system. The submission of your paper should be in either PDF or PS file format. C. Important Dates --------------------------------------- · June 15, 2006 Deadline for paper submissions. · August 16, 2006 Notification of acceptance. · September 10, 2006 Final camera-ready paper & author registration due. · November 13-15, 2006 ICTAI 2006 conference. D. CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION -------------------------- General Chair: Dr. A. Lim, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Co-Program Chairs: Dr. Chang-Tien(C.T.) Lu, Dept. of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, National Capital Region, 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church, Virginia 22043, USA, ctlu@vt.edu, Dr. Nikolaos G. Bourbakis, Wright State University, College of Engr., ITRI, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA, nikolaos.bourbakis@wright.edu