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19th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence

UAI-2003

Call for Papers

August 7-10, 2003

http://research.microsoft.com/uai2003

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Conference Details:

Since 1985, the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) has been the primary international forum for presenting new results on the use of principled methods for reasoning under uncertainty within intelligent systems. The scope of UAI is wide, including, but not limited to, representation, automated reasoning, learning, decision making and knowledge acquisition under uncertainty. The 19th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence will be held August 7-10, 2003 at the Hyatt Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico. The main technical session will be on August 8-10, and will be preceded with a tutorial program on August 7. The UAI-2003 is collocated with and immediately precedes the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) which will be held August 9-15.  

Paper Submission:

UAI-2003 requires electronic submission of papers and abstracts according to instructions posted at the conference home page. If authors have special circumstances that prevent electronic submission, arrangements can be made directly with the program co-chairs listed below. Authors are required to submit a title and a short abstract a week before the paper submission deadline. Submitted papers must be prepared according to the UAI-2003 proceedings format and must be no more than eight (8) pages long, including figures and bibliography. Papers that deviate from these guidelines will be rejected without review. The conference home page will contain format information and provides access to style files and templates.

Papers submitted for review should represent original, previously unpublished work. At the time the full paper is submitted to UAI-2003, and for the entire review period, the paper should not be under review by any other conference or scientific journal. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated on the basis of originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Papers may be accepted for presentation in plenary or poster sessions. All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, published by Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. The program committee will select papers for special distinction in two categories at UAI-2003: a "Best Paper" award, and an "Outstanding Student Paper" award. The conference home page will contain instructions for certifying student status with regards to the latter award.

Regular Papers:

We encourage submissions that report on theoretical or methodological advances in representation, automated reasoning, learning, decision making and knowledge acquisition under uncertainty. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated on the basis of originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition.

Application Papers:

We also encourage submissions that report on systems that utilize techniques from these core areas. Applications papers will be carefully reviewed on the basis of relevance, technical soundness, clarity of exposition, and the originality of the application and methodology.

Unreviewed Presentations:

Conference participants are encouraged to apply for poster and/or computer-based presentations of software, applications, educational systems, or other systems dealing with the core areas of the conference. Applications should be sent to uai03-pchairs@hugin.com and should clearly describe the application or system and its relevance to the UAI community. The presentations will be held in conjunction with the poster sessions. Acceptance of the application will be made primarily on the basis of the availability of space and relevance to the UAI community. The deadline for applications for unreviewed presentations is April 14th.

Key Dates:

These deadlines will be strictly enforced (but may be revised!).

Conference Organization:

Please direct general inquiries to the General Conference Chair at darwiche@cs.ucla.edu. Inquiries about the conference program and submission requirements should be directed to the Program Co-Chairs at uai03-pchairs@hugin.com.