TAAI 2014 Call for Paper

Website: http://taai2014.ntust.edu.tw

Introduction
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The 2014 Conference on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (TAAI 2014) is the 19th annual conference sponsored by the Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence (TAAI) and one of the most important annual academic meetings on Artificial Intelligence in Taiwan. The conference will be held during 21-23 November 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan.

The conference is open to international participants, and the number of international participants from various countries increases constantly in the past few years. For instance, the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI) and the TAAI association promoted exchange visits in the earlier JSAI annual meetings and the TAAI conferences.

The purpose of TAAI conference is to bring together researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present and exchange ideas, results, and experiences in AI technologies and applications. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

* Agents
* AI Applications
* AI Architectures
* Automated Reasoning
* Cloud Computing in AI
* Cognitive Modeling
* Computer Games
* Computer Supported Collaborative Learning & Personalized Learning
* Computer Vision
* Data Mining
* Distributed AI
* Evolutionary Computation & Genetic Algorithms
* Fuzzy Systems
* Hybrid Systems
* Information Retrieval
* Intelligent E-Learning & Tutoring
* Intelligent Environments
* Intelligent Human-Computer Interaction
* Knowledge-Based Systems
* Knowledge Representation
* Logics in AI
* Machine Learning
* Mobile Intelligence
* Natural Language Processing
* Pattern Recognition
* Planning
* Probabilistic and Uncertain Reasoning
* Problem Solving and Search
* Robotics
* Semantic Web
* Social Computing
* Speech Recognition and Synthesis
* Ubiquitous Intelligent Applications
* Web Intelligence

Paper Submission
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High-quality manuscripts reporting original and unpublished research results pertaining to the above and related topics are solicited. Manuscripts for the international track and workshops must be in English with a maximum of 10 pages using the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format. Manuscripts for the domestic track can be written in Traditional Chinese with a maximum of 12 pages using the same template. Electronic abstract and paper should be submitted through the TAAI 2014 submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=taai2014 .

All manuscripts will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. Each submission should be regarded as an undertaking that, if the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must attend the conference to present the work.

Paper Publications
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The conference proceedings will be published by Springer Communications in Computer and Information (CCIS) Proceedings Series. Publications in Springer CCIS Proceedings Series will be indexed by EI Compendex. Selected accepted papers will receive Best Paper Awards and be invited for publication in special issues of several international journals (to be announced).

Key Dates
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Submission Deadline: 31 August 2014
Author Notification: 23 September 2014
Camera Ready Submission: 30 September 2014

Contact
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The organizers can be reached at taaiconf2014@gmail.com.

General Chairs: Jane Yung-Jen Hsu (National Taiwan University), Yuh-Jye Lee (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)

International Track Program Chairs: Hsuan-Tien Lin (National Taiwan University), Hsing-Kuo Kenneth Pao (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)

Domestic Track Program Chairs: Hui-Huang Hsu (Tamkang University), Richard Tzong-Han Tsai (National Central University)