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The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour

Joining the SSAISB

Non-student membership form
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Student membership form
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Institute membership form
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Direct Debit form
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Benefits of membership

There are many benefits to joining the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, including:

All Members

AISBQ quarterly magazine, which contains concise articles covering the latest research in the UK and beyond, book reviews, conference reports, opinion pieces, and Father Hacker.
Our weekly e-mail bulletin, which contains the latest news, conference calls, job opportunities and information on worldwide AI events.
Reduced registration fees at the annual AISB convention: one of the UK's biggest general AI conferences. Typically this reduced rate makes it cheaper to join the Society and then register for the convention than to attend the convention as a non-member.
Travel awards from both SSAISB and ECCAI.
Reduced rates to Artificial Intelligence (Elsevier Science), Artificial Intelligence Review (Kluwer Academic Publishers), Expert Systems (Blackwells), and Interaction Studies (Benjamins). [Contact "membershipNN(at)aisb.org.uk" (where NN are the last two digits of the year) for details on how to subscribe & get the reduced rates]
Access to restricted areas of this web site.
Assistance in the formation of local and regional AI Groups through small grants towards recruiting external speakers.

The SSAISB membership fee is also tax deductable (quote membership to SSAISB together with your membership number).

Benefactors and Patrons

The extra cost of these memberships contributes to other areas of the Society e.g., travel grants for student members. As well as the standard member benefits benefactor and patron members gain:

E-mail addresses: (yourname@aisb.org.uk). (on request)
Benefactor and Patrom member names are listed on the inside cover of the AISBQ in recognition of their contribution.

Institutions and Corporations

Institutional and corporate membership is available to organisations such as libraries and businesses. Institutional membership is only available to public institutions (eg. libraries). They recieve all the standard member benefits. Additionally institutional and corporate members gain:

Institutional and Corporate Logos will be placed on the Society's web site.
Free advertising or features in the AISBQ or on the web site.
Free job advertising through the web site.
The opportunity consult the committee and the AISB Fellows

Membership prices

There are six types of SSAISB membership, which are listed below with the membership prices.

Membership type	UK price	European price	International price
Student	£15	£18	£30
Ordinary*	£35	£38	£50
Benefactor	£100	£100	£100
Patron	£300	£300	£300

Institutional	£100	£100	£100
Corporate	£300	£300	£300

* There is a £5 reduction if you switch to paying by direct debit. This applies to new members and also to old members who do not currently pay by direct debit.

Please note that any non-student SSAISB member can now sign student membership forms as proof of status.

Joining us

Joining is really easy - simply print out and fill in the membership form, sending it to the address shown at the top of the membership form. If you wish to pay by Direct Debit (our preferred option), then print out and fill in the Direct Debit form and send it along with your application.

Currently we can only accept payment in sterling, so if you wish to pay by cheque please ensure it is in pounds sterling and made payable to "AISB". Overseas cheques should be drawn on a UK, London-based bank or made by Eurocheque.