************** AISB 2007 CONVENTION: CALL FOR SYMPOSIUM PROPOSALS **************

   2-5 April 2007, Newcastle upon Tyne, http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb07

The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour 
(AISB) is pleased to announce its forthcoming convention to be held at Newcastle 
University,  Newcastle Upon Tyne,  2-5  April  2007.  The AISB convention  is an 
annual  event organised as  a number of collocated  symposia  interspersed  with 
invited plenary  talks.  In addition to  symposia  related  to  the theme of the 
convention, proposals are welcomed in all areas relating to AI and cognitive 
science. The theme of this year's convention is: 

	Artificial and Ambient Intelligence

Ambient Intelligence  (also  known  as Ubiquitous or Pervasive Computing)  is an 
emerging  research area that has  received much  attention in recent years. As a
field it is  concerned with the implications of embedding computing devices into 
the environment, and  with  how human and artificial  agents can make use of and 
interact in  such technological contexts.  Many  of  the  key research issues in 
Ambient  Intelligence  can  benefit  from  AI  methods,  and  research  into the 
application  of  artificial intelligence  in  this  field  is  likely to further 
advance AI.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): 

- Intelligent environments
- Computer vision in ambient intelligent and mobile systems
- Natural language processing in ambient intelligent and mobile systems
- Representation and reasoning in ambient intelligent and mobile systems
- Affective computing for ambient intelligent systems
- Learning for ambient intelligent and mobile systems
- Autonomous and autonomic systems
- Intelligent user interfaces for mobile computing
- Cognitive systems for ambient intelligence
- Modelling, acquiring and reasoning about context
- Resource adaptation
- Agency and trust in ubiquitous systems
- Distributed reasoning
- Ontology sharing

We  particularly  invite  proposals  for  one-  or  two-day  symposia  on topics 
covering  issues in  Ambient Intelligence  research but  would like to emphasise 
that  submissions  from  ALL  areas relating to AI and cognitive science will be 
welcomed. The deadline for symposium proposals is: 

	August 1st, 2006 (Firm deadline)

Submissions should consist of a short (one page) case for support describing the 
relevance of  the symposium  (including a  justification for the proposed length 
of one or two days), and a preliminary call for papers. Please send proposals 
(and any questions) to both chairs:

	Patrick Olivier (p.l.olivier@ncl.ac.uk) 
	Chris Kray (c.kray@ncl.ac.uk)

We are looking forward to your submission.

Patrick Olivier & Chris Kray (convention chairs)