*** Call for Papers ***



31st Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (AICS23)



December 7th – 8th 2023 - Atlantic Technological University, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal



Conference Website: https://www.aics.ie/

Submission Deadline: 24th September 2023



The 31st Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (AICS 2023) will be hosted by Atlantic Technological University (ATU) in collaboration with Ulster University. The conference will be held in-person at the Letterkenny campus of ATU Donegal. We are also honoured that IEEE UK and Ireland Computational Intelligence Chapter will provide technical sponsorship of the conference. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.



With regular conferences dating back to 1988, the AICS Conference is Ireland’s primary forum bringing together researchers in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. The fields of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, encompassing areas such as Data Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, and Machine Learning, are now at the forefront of Irish computing research and industry. The AICS 2023 program will include presentations of high-quality theoretical and applied scientific papers and tutorials. Invited talks will describe important topics relevant to the field.



Topics of Interest



We invite submissions in the broad areas of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science to communicate the advances and achievements in these fields. Areas of interest include, but are not restricted to:

Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Computer Vision
Automated Reasoning
Robotics
Deep Learning
Ethics of AI
Cognitive Psychology
Explainability / Interpretability
Cyberpsychology
Intelligent Systems
Opinion Mining
Recommender Systems
Machine Translation


For a full list of areas associated with this conference please visit the conference website at: https://www.aics.ie/



Submission



Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements. We invite two types of submissions:

Full Paper Track: Full paper submissions should consist of original contributions (describing either fundamental research, interesting applications, in-use experiences, or reviews of the field) not published in other forums. Papers should be no more than 6-8 pages (including references) and these will be oral presentations at conferences. Papers over 6 pages will be charged €90 per extra page up to a maximum of two extra pages (8 pages maximum).
Short Paper Track: This track is designed to facilitate students who have recently completed a Master’s program or for PhD students. Short paper submissions should consist of original contributions (describing interesting applications or theoretical research) and the first author must be a student. Papers should be a maximum of 4 pages (including references) and these will be poster presentations at conferences.


The paper submission system used is EasyChair and the submission link is:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aics231



All papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance to AICS23, originality, significance and clarity.

For full submission instructions please visit: https://www.aics.ie/submission.html



Organisation



Conference Chairs

Dr Kevin Meehan (Atlantic Technological University) - General Chair

Dr Muskaan Singh (Ulster University) - Co-chair

Dr Karla Muñoz Esquivel (Atlantic Technological University) - Co-chair

Dr Fatemeh Golpayegani, (University College Dublin) - Co-chair



Organising Committee

Dr Jennifer Hyndman (Atlantic Technological University)

Professor Michaela Black (Ulster University)

Dr Gerry McWilliams (Atlantic Technological University)

Dr Bryan Gardiner (Ulster University)

Professor Hujun Yin (University of Manchester)



Thank you on behalf of the chairs and organising committee.