IJCAI-2016 Final Call for Papers
25th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-16)
New York, NY, USA, July 9-15, 2016
http://ijcai-16.org/
The Program Committee of the Twenty-fifth International Joint Conference on
Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-16) invites the submission of original technical
papers for the conference, to be held in New York, USA, from July 9th to July
15th, 2016. Submissions are invited on significant, original, and previously
unpublished research on all aspects of artificial intelligence. For nearly a
half-century, IJCAI has remained the premier conference bringing together the
international AI community in communicating the advances and celebrating the
achievements of artificial intelligence research and practice. With the current
explosive interest in AI and its applications, this 25th edition of the
conference is guaranteed to provide an exciting forum to present and hear about
the cutting-edge research in AI.
TOPICS
As the premier general conference on AI, IJCAI 2016 welcomes submissions across
all areas of AI. The conference scope includes all subareas of AI, including
(but not limited to) traditional topics such as search, machine learning,
planning, knowledge representation, reasoning, natural language processing,
robotics and perception, and multiagent systems. We expressly encourage work
that cuts across technical areas and/or integrated capabilities. We encourage
all types of contributions including theoretical, engineering and applied. We
also encourage papers on AI techniques in the context of novel application
domains, such as security, sustainability, health care, transportation, and
commerce.
A special theme of IJCAI-16 is Human-Aware AI. This theme will highlight the
many beneficial ways AI technologies work hand-in-hand with humans. Papers
relevant to this special theme can also be submitted through the main track
submission site.
In addition to the main track, IJCAI 2016 will have a special track for
submissions related to AI and the Web; see the special track call for
additional details on that track (http://ijcai-16.org/web_track.html).
IMPORTANT DATES
• Abstract submission: January 27, 2016
• Paper submission: February 2nd, 2016
• Rebuttal Period: March 10-11, 2016
• Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 4, 2016
• Camera-ready copy due: April 20, 2016
(All deadlines are 11:59PM, UTC-12; thus submissions are allowed as long as the
deadline date is not past anywhere in the world)
SUBMISSION DETAILS
• Formatting Guidelines, LaTeX Styles and Word Template can be downloaded:
http:/ijcai-16.org/downloads/FormattingGuidelinesIJCAI-16.zip
• Submission Site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ijcai16
Submitted papers must be formatted according to IJCAI guidelines and submitted
electronically through the IJCAI 2016 paper submission site. Full instructions
including formatting guidelines and electronic templates are available on the
IJCAI 2016 website. Submissions must be in electronic form using IJCAI 2016
paper submission software linked above. Submissions must be self-contained;
IJCAI will not accept or review any supplementary materials. At least one
author of each accepted paper is required to attend the conference to present
the work. Authors will be required to agree to this requirement at the time of
submission. The paper title, author names, contact details, and a brief
abstract must be submitted electronically by January 27, 2016 (11:59 UTC-12).
All technical papers are due electronically on February 2, 2016 (11:59 UTC-
12). Submissions received after the deadline or that do not meet the length or
formatting requirements will not be considered for review (see the PAPER LENGTH
AND FORMAT section below). No email or fax submissions will be accepted.
Notification of receipt of an electronically submitted paper will be emailed to
the designated contact author soon after receipt. If there are problems with
the electronic submission, the program chair will contact the designated author
by email. The designated author will be emailed notification of acceptance or
rejection by April 4, 2016. Authors will also be able to respond to preliminary
reviews during early March. Guidelines for such responses, along with details
of the reviewing process will be posted on the IJCAI 2016 website. Camera-ready
copy of accepted papers must be received by April 20, 2016.
KEYWORDS
When submitting their abstract, authors will be required to choose content area
keywords. General categories should only be used if specific categories do not
apply or do not accurately reflect the main contributions. The full list of
keywords will be available on the submission site.
POLICY ON MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS
IJCAI 2016 will not accept any paper that, at the time of submission, is under
review for or has already been published, or accepted for publication, in a
journal or another venue with formally published proceedings. As a rule of
thumb, authors should regard any publication with an ISBN or ISSN as a formal
publication. Authors are also required not to submit their papers to venues
with formal publication during IJCAI-16 review period. These restrictions are
not intended to apply to workshops and similar specialized presentations with a
limited audience and without published proceedings. Authors will be required to
confirm that their submissions conform to these requirements at the time of
submission.
CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY
All submissions will be treated in strict confidence until the publication
date.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY
All people involved in the IJCAI 2016 review process adhere to the IJCAI
conflict of interest policy. Details can be found at http://ijcai.org/
PAPER LENGTH AND FORMAT
Submitted technical papers must be no longer than seven pages in total: six
pages for the main text of the paper (including all figures but excluding
references), and one additional page for references. Note that the references
page should only include references. For accepted papers, up to two additional
pages may be purchased at a price of $275 per page, but note that at the time
of submissions, papers should adhere to the guidelines above: 6 pages for main
text plus one page for references. Papers must be formatted according to posted
IJCAI 2016 guidelines, which will be available on the conference website (the
style will be essentially that of previous IJCAI conferences). Papers must be
formatted for letter-size (8.5 x 11) paper. Electronic templates for the LaTeX
typesetting package, as well as a Word template, that conform to IJCAI 2016
guidelines will be made available at the conference website.
Authors are required to submit their electronic papers in PDF format. Files in
Postscript (ps) or any other format will not be accepted. Over-length papers
will be rejected without review. Submissions must be self-contained; IJCAI will
not accept or review any supplementary material.
In order to make blind reviewing possible, authors must omit their names and
affiliations from the paper. Also, while the references should include all
published literature relevant to the paper, including previous works of the
authors, it should not include unpublished works (papers that are accepted and
are made available online by the publisher can be cited). When referring to
one’s own work, use the third person rather than the first person. For example,
say “Previously, Foo and Bar [7] have shown that...”, rather than “In our
previous work [7] we have shown that...”. Such identifying information can be
added back to the final camera-ready version of accepted papers.
REVIEW PROCESS
Papers will be subject to blind peer review. Selection criteria include
originality of ideas, correctness, clarity and significance of results and
quality of presentation. IJCAI main track will have a four-tier program
committee, with the program chair, area chairs, senior program committee
members and program committee members.
The review process will include the opportunity for authors to see the reviews
of their papers and to respond to technical questions raised by the reviewers
before discussion starts within the Program Committee. The decision of the
Program Committee will be final and cannot be appealed.
FAQ
For a list of frequently asked questions about IJCAI 2016 paper submission,
click here.
ENQUIRIES
Please send all enquiries about the technical program to the IJCAI 2016 Program
Chair, Prof. Subbarao Kambhampati, at the email address
ijcai16programch...@gmail.com
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