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EPIA 2017: 18th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

Porto, Portugal, September 5-8, 2017

The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence is a well-established European conference in the field of AI. The 18th edition, EPIA 2017, will take place at Porto in September 5th-8th, 2017. The purpose of the conference is to promote research in AI and scientific exchange among AI researchers, practitioners, scientists, and engineers in related disciplines.

Program highlights


The full program of EPIA 2017 can be found at https://web.fe.up.pt/~epia2017/program/

The program includes:

  • Doctoral Symposium on AI (SDIA)
  • Business Applications of AI student / industry session, with presentations of the sponsors of the event
  • Beneficial AI Panel, OPEN to the general public
  • Keynote speakers:
    • Philipp Slusallek, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
    • Simon M. Lucas, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex
    • Francesco Bonchi, Research Leader at the ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy
  • Thematic sessions on:
    • Knowledge Discovery and Business Intelligence
    • Business Applications of Artificial Intelligence
    • Intelligent Robotics
    • Social Simulation and Modelling
    • Agent-Based Modelling for Criminological Research
    • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
    • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
    • Text Mining and Applications
    • Artificial Life and Evolutionary Algorithms
    • Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications
    • Ambient Intelligence and Affective Environments
    • Artificial Intelligence in Games
    • Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Systems
    • Artificial Intelligence in Power and Energy Systems

Venue


EPIA 2017 will take place at Porto. The technical program will be held at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP).

The welcome reception will take place at the headquarters of Comissão de Viticultura da Região dos Vinhos Verdes (CVRVV).

The conference dinner will take place at Ateneu Comercial do Porto.


 

Registration


Registration fees are available at https://web.fe.up.pt/~epia2017/registration/

A student reduced fee is available.

The opening session, which includes the Beneficial AI Panel, is open to the general public (no registration required).

Organization


Event Chairs

  • Eugénio Oliveira, LIACC, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • João Gama, LIAAD-INESC, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Program Chairs

  • Eugénio Oliveira, LIACC, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • João Gama, LIAAD-INESC, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • Henrique Lopes Cardoso, LIACC, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • Zita Vale, GECAD, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Organization Chairs

  • Ana Paula Rocha, LIACC, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • Goreti Marreiros, GECAD, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal