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Special Track on Ambient Intelligence and Affective Environments (AmIA Environments 2021) 20th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence – EPIA 2021 (Online)
7th-9th September, 2021 www.appia.pt/epia2021
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Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is a paradigm emerging from Artificial Intelligence (AI), where computers are used as proactive tools assisting people with their day-to-day activities, making everyone’s life more comfortable.
Affect and social behaviour plays an important role in the development of Ambient Intelligent Environments. Consideration of aspects like emotions, mood, personality traits, and attitudes in human-computer, human-robot, and human-environment interaction, especially insofar as they provide better or more “natural” support for humans. These environments should be aware of the needs of people, customizing requirements and forecasting behaviours.
AmI environments may be highly diverse, such as homes, offices, meeting rooms, schools, hospitals, control centers, transport facilities, tourist attractions, stores, sport installations, music devices, etc.
In the Thematic track on AmIA Environments we will create a multi-disciplinary discussion forum that will bring together researchers from the different fields addressed discussing issues in Artificial Intelligence topics included in the Ambient Intelligence and affective environments. Researchers are welcome to present both theoretical and practical works as well as the lessons learned with their application in the varied range of domains. Emphasis will be placed on the presentation of concrete systems, discussion of implementation and development challenges and sharing of conclusions achieved and relevant results.
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In order to fulfill these objectives, submissions of substantial, original and previously unpublished work are invited in all areas of Ambient Intelligence and Affective environments. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: – Applications – Ambient Assisted Living – Ubiquitous Computing – Artificial Intelligence for AmI – Intelligent Environments – Pervasive Computing – Context Aware Computing – Agent & Multiagent Systems for AmI – Mobile Computing – Sentient Computing – e-Health – Context Modelling – AmI for e-Learning – On-line Dispute Resolution – Memory Assistant – Computational models of emotions – Group Emotion – Affect and learning – Artificial characters – Affect and emotion recognition
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Submissions must be full technical papers on substantial, original, and previously unpublished research. Papers can have a maximum length of 12 pages. All papers should be prepared according to the formatting instructions of Springer LNCS series (Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Authors should omit their names from the submitted papers, and should take reasonable care to avoid indirectly disclosing their identity.
All papers should be submitted in PDF format through the EPIA’2021 submission Website (www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=epia2021) selecting the track AmIA – Ambient Intelligence and Affective Environments.
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– Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2021 – Paper acceptance notification: May 31, 2021 – Camera-ready deadline: June 15, 2021 – EPIA Conference: September 7-9, 2021 (Online)
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Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings (Springer LNAI – Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence), provided that at least one author is registered in EPIA 2021 by the early registration deadline. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by ISI Thomson, SCOPUS, DBLP, EI-Compendex among several other scientific databases.
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Ana Almeida, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal (amn@isep.ipp.pt) Sara Rodriguez, University of Salamanca, Spain (srg@usal.es) Goreti Marreiros, Polytechnic of Porto (mgt@isep.ipp.pt) Paulo Novais, University of Minho, Portugal (pjon@di.uminho.pt) Peter Mikulecky, University of Hradec Kralove (peter.mikulecky@uhk.cz)
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Paulo Novais, University of Minho, Portugal (pjon@di.uminho.pt)
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******************* The 21st International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL 2020) 4-6 november, Guimarães, Portugal islab.di.uminho.pt/ideal2020
Extended Submission Deadline – 30 June 2020
******************* Call for papers ******************* COVID-19: It is in the interest of the organisers to hold IDEAL 2020 as a regular physical conference, to facilitate maximum academic interactions and impact. So, we hope it will be possible in November. However, the Organizing Committee is constantly monitoring the situation of COVID-19, both in Portugal and in the world, and will consider the possibility of changing the conference to virtual, if the situation is still a health threat or a second outbreak.
The International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL) is an annual international conference dedicated to emerging and challenging topics in intelligent data analytics and associated learning systems and paradigms. After the hugely successful IDEAL 2018 in Madrid and its 20th edition in Manchester, IDEAL 2020 is going to Guimarães the birthplace of Portugal. Its main themes or topics include, but not limited to:
– Big Data Analytics – Machine Learning & Deep Learning – Data Mining – Information Retrieval and Management – Bio- and Neuro-Informatics – Bio-Inspired Models – Agents and Hybrid Intelligent Systems – Real-world Applications of Intelligent Techniques
******************* Special Sessions *******************
We are pleased to announce several Special Sessions lined up, which you can submit papers to, in addition to the main IDEAL 2020 track:
Special Session 1: Data Generation and Data Pre-processing in Machine Learning Special Session 2: Optimization and Machine Learning for Industry 4.0 Special Session 3: Practical Applications of Deep Learning Special Session 4: New trends and challenges on Social Networks Analysis Special Session 5: Machine Learning in Automatic Control Special Session 6: Emerging Trends in Machine Learning Special Session 7: Machine Learning, Law and Legal Industry Special Session 8: Data Recovery Approach to Clustering and Interpretability Special Session 9: Automated learning for industrial applications Special Session 10: Machine learning towards smarter multimodal systems
******************* Workshops *******************
We are pleased to announce two workshops lined up, which you can submit papers to, in addition to the main IDEAL 2020 track:
Workshop 1: Workshop on Machine Learning in Smart Mobility Workshop 2: 3rd Workshop on Methods for Interpretation of Industrial Event Logs
******************* Paper Submission ******************* Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts (in pdf format) written in English by the deadline via the Easychair online submission system (easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ideal2020). Papers should be within 8 pages but must not exceed 12 pages and must comply with the format of Springer LNCS/LNAI Proceedings (see www.springer.com/lncs ). All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, to be published by Springer in the LNCS series, indexed by EI.
******************* Important dates ******************* Submission Deadline 30 June 2020
Notification of Acceptance 10 July 2020
Camera-Ready Copy Due 31 July 2020
Early Registration 31 July 2020
Conference Presentation 4-6 Nov. 2020
******************* Keynote Speakers *******************
João Gama University of Porto (Portugal)
Paulo Lisboa Liverpool John Moores University (UK) Head of the Engineering and Technology Research Institute
George Baciu Hong Kong Polytechnic University (CH)
******************* Special Issues *******************
Authors of selected papers from IDEAL 2020 will be invited to submit an extended and improved version to a special issue in different journals. – Neural Computing and Applications (JCR 2018: 4.664). – Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (JCR 2018: 1.91). – Expert Systems (JCR 2018: 1.505).
******************* Best Paper Awards *******************
A Best Paper and a Best Paper Application Awards will be given based on several aspects such as originality, development, demonstration/presentation, and application.
******************* Organizing Committee *******************
Honorary chair – Hujun Yin, University of Manchester, UK
General chairs – Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal – Cesar Analide, Universidade do Minho, Portugal – David Camacho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Program chairs – Cesar Analide, Universidade do Minho, Portugal – David Camacho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain – Hujun Yin, University of Manchester, UK – Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Special Session/ Workshop chairs – Susana Nascimento, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal – Antonio J. Tallón-Ballesteros, University of Seville, Spain
******************* Contact ******************* For all general information concerning IDEAL 2020, contact: ideal2020.guimaraes@gmail.com

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islab.di.uminho.pt/ideal2020
Submission Deadline – 5 June 2020 ——————————————————————————————————-
—————- Call for papers —————-
The International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL) is an annual international conference dedicated to emerging and challenging topics in intelligent data analytics and associated learning systems and paradigms. After the hugely successful IDEAL 2018 in Madrid and its 20th edition in Manchester, IDEAL 2020 is going to Guimarães the birthplace of Portugal. Its main themes or topics include, but not limited to:
– Big Data Analytics – Machine Learning & Deep Learning – Data Mining – Information Retrieval and Management – Bio- and Neuro-Informatics – Bio-Inspired Models – Agents and Hybrid Intelligent Systems – Real-world Applications of Intelligent Techniques
—————————- Special Sessions —————————-
We are pleased to announce several Special Sessions lined up, which you can submit papers to, in addition to the main IDEAL 2020 track:
Special Session 1: Data Generation and Data Pre-processing in Machine Learning Special Session 2: Optimization and Machine Learning for Industry 4.0 Special Session 3: Practical Applications of Deep Learning Special Session 4: New trends and challenges on Social Networks Analysis Special Session 5: Machine Learning in Automatic Control Special Session 6: Emerging Trends in Machine Learning Special Session 7: Machine Learning, Law and Legal Industry Special Session 8: Data Recovery Approach to Clustering and Interpretability Special Session 9: Automated learning for industrial applications Special Session 10: Machine learning towards smarter multimodal systems
—————————- Workshops —————————-
We are pleased to announce two workshops lined up, which you can submit papers to, in addition to the main IDEAL 2020 track:
Workshop 1: Workshop on Machine Learning in Smart Mobility Workshop 2: 3rd Workshop on Methods for Interpretation of Industrial Event Logs
—————— Paper Submission —————— Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts (in pdf format) written in English by the deadline via the Easychair online submission system (easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ideal2020). Papers should be within 8 pages but must not exceed 12 pages and must comply with the format of Springer LNCS/LNAI Proceedings (see www.springer.com/lncs ). All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, to be published by Springer in the LNCS series, indexed by EI.
—————— Important dates —————— Submission Deadline 5 June 2020
Notification of Acceptance 10 July 2020
Camera-Ready Copy Due 31 July 2020
Early Registration 31 July 2020
Conference Presentation 4-6 Nov. 2020
———– Special Issues ———–
Authors of selected papers from IDEAL 2020 will be invited to submit an extended and improved version to a special issue in different journals. – Neural Computing and Applications (JCR 2018: 4.664). – Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (JCR 2018: 1.91). – Expert Systems (JCR 2018: 1.505).
———– Best Paper Awards ———–
A Best Paper and a Best Paper Application Awards will be given based on several aspects such as originality, development, demonstration/presentation, and application.
—————— Organizing Committee ——————
Honorary chair – Hujun Yin, University of Manchester, UK
General chairs – Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal – Cesar Analide, Universidade do Minho, Portugal – David Camacho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Program chairs – Cesar Analide, Universidade do Minho, Portugal – David Camacho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain – Hujun Yin, University of Manchester, UK – Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Special Session/ Workshop chairs – Susana Nascimento, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal – Antonio J. Tallón-Ballesteros, University of Seville, Spain
—————— Contact —————— For all general information concerning IDEAL 2020, contact: ideal2020.guimaraes@gmail.com

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——– Mensaje reenviado ——– Asunto: 2nd International School on Informatics and Dynamics in Complex Networks Fecha: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:00:46 +0000 De: Michele Malgeri <michele.malgeri@unict.it>
This is the call for the Second edition of the school on the complex networks that my team contributes to organize. The school will be held in Catania next February and it is especially aimed at young researchers and PhD students. I ask you the courtesy to spread the call to all those who may be interested.
isidcn.dieei.unict.it
2nd International School on Informatics and Dynamics in Complex Networks University of Catania, Catania, Italy 10 -14 February 2020 Application Deadline: december 10th 2019
The school is organized at the University of Catania, Italy, by the Department of Electrical Electronics and Computer Science and the Cometa Consortium. It consists of a series of lectures given by leading scientists in the field, aiming at providing a comprehensive treatment from background material to advanced results. The school is specially directed to PhD students and young researchers interested to the diverse aspects of the theory and applications of complex networks in science and engineering. The school aims at encouraging cross-disciplinary discussions between participants and speakers and start new joint researches.
SPEAKERS: Stefano Boccaletti — ICS – CNR Manlio De Domenico — FBK Trento Jesus Gomez-Gardenes — University of Zaragoza Vito Latora — University of Catania Tiago de Paula Peixoto — Central European Univ. Andrea Tagarelli — University of Calabria SCIENTIFIC BOARD Paolo Arena — University of Catania Vito Latora — University of Catania Yamir Moreno — BIFI Univ. of Zaragoza Alessandro Vespignani – Northeastern Univ. Boston ORGANIZERS Vincenza Carchiolo — University of Catania Mattia Frasca — University of Catania Giuseppe Mangioni — University of Catania APPLICATIONS Prospective participants have to send their application via E_mail at cometa.segreteria@consorzio-cometa.it including their name, affiliation, current position and short CV. Participants will be selected based on their CV.
Contact vincenza.carchiolo@unict.it giuseppe.mangioni@dieei.unict.it mattia.frasca@unict.it cometa.segreteria@consorzio-cometa.it
—- Associate Professor in Computer Engineering Dip. Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica Informatica Università di Catania – Italy Viale Andrea Doria, 6 – 95127 Catania +39 095 738 2360

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IEEE PICom 2020 The 18th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (PICom 2020)
cyber-science.org/2020/picom/ June 22-26, 2020, Calgary, Canada Sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Computer Society Supported by IEEE Technical Committee of Scalable Computing (TCSC), IEEE SMC TC on CyberMatics and IEEE CIS Smart World TC
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IMPORTANT DATES ===============
Workshop/SS Proposal Due: Nov. 25, 2019 Regular Paper Submission Due: Feb. 15, 2020 Wksp/SS/Poster Paper Due: March 10, 2020 Authors Notification: April 1, 2020 Camera-ready Submission: May 10, 2020

INTRODUCTION =============
Over the last fifty years, computational intelligence has evolved from logic-based artificial intelligence, nature-inspired soft computing, and social-oriented agent technology to cyber-physical integrated ubiquitous intelligence towards Pervasive Intelligence (PI). The International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing is intended to cover all kinds of these intelligent paradigms as well as their applications in various pervasive computing domains. PICom-2019 is the conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, previously held as PCC (Las Vegas, USA, 2003 and 2004), PSC (Las Vegas, USA, 2005), PCAC (Vienna, Austria, 2006, and Niagara Falls, Canada, 2007), IPC-2007 (Jeju, Korea, December 2007), IPC-2008 (Sydney, Australia, December 2008), and since 2009 as the name PICom. IEEE PICom 2020 will be held on 22-26 June 2020 in Calgary, Canada, co-located with IEEE DASC 2020 CBDCom 2020 and IEEE CyberSciTech 2020. It aims to bring together computer scientists and engineers, to discuss and exchange experimental and theoretical results, work-in-progress, novel designs, and test-environments or test-beds in the important areas of Pervasive Intelligence and Computing.
TRACKS AND TOPICS ================
Track 1: Computational Intelligence and Cognitive Computing Track 2: Intelligent Networks, Middleware and Applications Track 3: Pervasive Computing, Sensing and Services Track 4: Smart Object, Environment, System and City
Topics of interests include, but are not restricted to:
* Deep Learning and Deep Computation * Brain-/Nature-inspired Computing * Machine Learning and Big/Smart Data * Agent-based Computing and DAI * Crowdsourcing and Cognitive Computing * Ubiquitous Data Mining and Fusion * Intelligent Privacy, Security and Trust * Context Modeling and Recognition * Intelligent Networking/SDN Technology * Pervasive/Ubiquitous Intelligence * Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems * Edge and Fog Computing * Cloud of Things and Cloud of Sensors * Middleware for Pervasive Computing * Autonomous System Management * Device/Thing Abstraction & Virtualization * Crowdsourcing and Social Computing * Pervasive Devices and RFIDs * Embedded Hardware, Software & System * Sensors and Sensor Networks * Pervasive Service & Ubiquitous Intelligence * HCI for Pervasive Computing * Mobile/Wearable Computing * Behavior Data Sensing and Cleansing * Activity/Affect Detection and Recognition * AI@Edge/@Fog/@Cloud/@Blockchain * Smart Homes, Grids, Systems and Cities * Smart Manufacturing (Industry 4.0) * Smart Medicine and Healthcare * Intelligent/Smart IoT * Smart Agriculture and Aquaculture * Smart/Intelligent Transportation * Smart Learning and Education * Smart Sensing, System and Service
IEEE PICOM 2020 CALLS FOR ==========================
* Regular conference paper: 6 – 8 pages, submitted to one of five tracks * WiP/workshop/special session paper: 4-6 pages, and poster paper: 2-4 pages * Late breaking innovation paper: We seek the latest research and development work. The submission can be of any type, and will be allocated by the Program Chair to a suitable Regular, Work-in-Progress, or Poster tracks * All submissions in the IEEE CS proceedings format

PROCEEDINGS ==========================
* All accepted papers will be published by IEEE (IEEE-DL and EI indexed) in Conference Proceedings. * Best Paper Awards will be granted to high quality papers. * Selected papers will be recommended to prestigious journal special issues.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE ==========================
– Honorary Chairs Lisa Carter, Athabasca University, Canada Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia Sumi Helal, Lancaster University, UK

– General Chairs Prof. Flavia C. Delicato, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil Prof. Liang Chen, University of Northern British Columbia
– General Executive Chairs Henry Leung, The University of Calgary, Canada
– Program Chairs Paulo Pires, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil Juan Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain
– Track Chairs Esteban Clua, UFF, Brazil Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, UK Deepak Puthal, Newcastle University, UK Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Claudio Miceli, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Roberto Morabito, Ericsson Research, Jorvas, Finland Ali Dewan, Athabasca University, Canada
– Workshop and Special Session Chairs Peng Li, The University of Aizu, Japan Antonio Guerrieri, ICAR-CNR, Italy
-Special Issue Chair Atiqur R. Ahad, U. Dhaka, Bangladesh / Osaka U, Japan Gautam Srivastava, Brandon University, Canada
– International Liaison and Publicity Chairs Wu-Yuin Hwang, National Central University, Taiwan Zixia Liu, University of Central Florida, USA Paulo Novais, Minho University, Portugal Bruno Costa, IFRJ, Brazil Edgar Ramos, Ericsson Research, Finland
– Advisory Committee Zhikui Chen, Dalian University of Technology, China Liqiang Wang, University of Central Florida, USA OK Jane Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Qiang Yang, Zhejiang University, China – Aceitou Lidia Fuentes, Malaga University, Spain Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy
– Steering Committee Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada Adnan Al-Anbuky, Auckland U Tech., New Zealand Jun Wang, University of Central Florida, USA Flávia C. Delicato, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
– Local Organizing Committee Oscar Lin (chair), Athabasca University, Canada Ali Dewan, Athabasca University, Canada Hongxin Yan, Athabasca University, Canada Joelle Jackson, Athabasca University, Canada Jillian Calliou, Athabasca University, Canada Kevin Cole, Athabasca University, Canada
THREE CO-LOCATED CONFERENCES ==========================
* The 5th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech 2020) * The 18th IEEE Conf. on Dependable, Autonomic & Secure Comp (DASC 2020) * The 6th IEEE Int’l Conf. on Cloud and Big Data Computing (CBDCom 2020)
Hosted by Athabasca University, Canada

Caros colegas Associados@APPIA:
A APPIA tem, entre os seus objectivos estatutariamente estabelecidos, o estímulo à investigação e aplicação prática da Inteligência Artificial (IA), promovido através da realização de conferências, colóquios e mesas redondas.
À Direcção da APPIA compete, em particular, para o cumprimento dos objectivos gerais estabelecidos, organizar anualmente um encontro na área científica da IA.
Deste modo, a Direcção da APPIA vem convidar os seus associados a candidatar-se à organização dos seguintes eventos:
– EAIA 2020 – 12ª Escola Avançada de Inteligência Artificial; – EPIA 2020 – 20ª Conferência EPIA em Inteligência Artificial.
A direção da APPIA decidiu-se alterar a periodicidade do EPIA, tornando o evento numa conferência anual.
As candidaturas à organização de Eventos APPIA deverão ser preparadas de acordo com o descrito no documento “Procedimentos de Candidatura à Organização de Eventos APPIA” (em anexo e disponível em www.appia.pt).
As condições particulares para a organização da EAIA 2020 e EPIA 2020 estabelecem-se nos respetivos documentos “Chamada à Organização do EAIA 2020” e “Chamada à Organização do EPIA 2020” (também em anexo e disponível em www.appia.pt).
A Direcção da APPIA
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Associação Portuguesa Para a Inteligência Artificial Universidade do Minho Departamento de Informática Campus de Gualtar 4710-057 Braga PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 604 470 Fax: +351 604 471 e-mail: infos \at appia.pt