The 17th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Riva del Garda, Italy / Aug 28th - Sept 1st

STAIRS 2006

General Information

STAIRS’2006 is the third European Starting AI Researcher Symposium, an international meeting aimed at AI researchers, from all countries, at the beginning of their career: PhD students or people holding a PhD for less than one year. STAIRS’06 will be held jointly with ECAI’06 in Riva del Garda, Italy, on August 28-29, 2006.

STAIRS’06 offers doctoral students and young AI researchers:

• a first experience on submitting and presenting a paper in an international forum with a broad scope and thorough selection process;
• the opportunity to gather knowledge and exchange ideas related to their research problems and approaches;
• information on European research careers and mobility;

Location

The Symposium will be located at Palacongressi, Riva del Garda and it will be held jointly with ECAI’06. Further information about the location can be found at the location page.

Topics

Submissions of original work and previously unpublished research in all fields of Artificial Intelligence, including but not limited to:
Agents
Automated Reasoning
Belief Revision
Case-based Reasoning
Constraints
Data Mining & Information Extraction
Genetic Algorithms
Human Computer Interaction
Interactive Sensory Systems (Speech, Multi-Model Processing)
Knowledge Representation
Logic Programming
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Neural Networks
Nonmonotonic Reasoning
Planning & Scheduling
Reasoning about Action and Change
Robotics
Search
Semantic Web
Spatial & Temporal Reasoning
Uncertainty
User Modelling

Papers on AI applications such as Agent Oriented Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, Intelligent Databases, Distributed Knowledge Management, Service Oriented Computing (e.g. Grid, Semantic Web), Verification and Validation are also welcomed.