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Special Track on Ambient Intelligence and Affective Environments (AmIA Environments 2020) 20th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence – EPIA 2020
7th-9th September, 2020 :: Lisbon, Portugal epia2020.inesc-id.pt/
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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 everyoneís 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 ìnaturalî 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In order to fulfill these objectives, submissions of substantial, original and previously unpublished work are invited in all areas of Ambient Intelligence and Affective environments.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 EPIAí2020 submission Website (www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=epia2020) selecting the track Ambient Intelligence and Affective Environments.
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– Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2020 – Paper acceptance notification: May 31, 2020 – Camera-ready deadline: June 15, 2020 – EPIA Conference: September 7-9, 2020(Lisboa, Portugal)
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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 2020 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)

Goreti Marreiros Professor Adjunto
Departamento de Engenharia Informática
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************************************************* CALL FOR THEMATIC TRACKS ************************************************** EPIA 2020 20th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence epia2020.inesc-id.pt September 7-9, 2020 Lisboa – Portugal
************************************************** The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a well-established European conference in the field of AI. The 20th edition, EPIA 2020, will take place at Lisbon in September 7th-9th, 2020. As in previous editions, this international conference is hosted with the patronage of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). The purpose of this conference is to promote research in all areas of AI, covering both theoretical/foundational issues and applications, and the scientific exchange among researchers, engineers and practitioners in related disciplines.
******************** Conference format ******************** To promote discussions among participants, the scientific program of EPIA 2020 will be composed of a set of thematic tracks. In addition to the parallel sessions for the different tracks, there will be plenary sessions with invited lectures given by leading scientists, tutorials focusing on specific subjects of AI and demonstrations.
More detailed and up-to-date information may be found at: epia2020.inesc-id.pt

********************* Call-for-tracks ********************* The worldwide AI research community is invited to submit thematic track proposals for EPIA 2020. Thematic tracks are intended to provide an environment that fosters an active exchange of ideas between researchers within specific sub-areas of AI, including theoretical/foundational, integrative, application-oriented and newly emerging areas. Each track is coordinated by an Organizing Committee composed of, at least, researchers from two different countries. Track organizers should also create a highly international Program Committee for the track, with recognized researchers within the corresponding scientific areas. The selection of proposed thematic tracks will be made by the Program Chairs and Steering Committee of EPIA 2020. We aim to build a strong, well-balanced conference program. If there are significant thematic gaps in the program after the track proposal submission closes, the chairs may actively solicit additional proposals. Likewise, significant overlap between tracks will be addressed by suggesting merging tracks. Papers accepted in thematic tracks will be published by Springer, in a volume of the Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Submitted papers should be prepared according to the corresponding format, with a maximum of 12 pages. Presentation slots will be accommodated in the conference program for every accepted paper, in thematic sessions that may run in parallel.
******************** Responsibilities ******************** The Organizing Committee of each track will be responsible for: – Creating an international Program Committee for the track. – Publicizing the track by all necessary means, including distributing the call-for-papers of EPIA 2020. – Coordinating a double-blind review process for papers submitted to the track, ensuring that each paper is reviewed by at least three program committee members. – Assisting the Program Chairs of the conference in the paper selection process. – Ensuring the delivery of camera-ready versions of papers accepted for the track in accordance with the guidelines and deadlines defined by the conference organizers. – Coordinating track session chairing assignments.
The organizers of EPIA 2020 will ensure: – A web-based tool to support the scientific organization process (paper submission, reviewing, selection, etc.). – The coordination and final deliberation on paper acceptance decisions. – The publication of thematic track papers in the conference proceedings. – A meeting place and time for holding the track sessions, including common equipment (e.g. computer and beamer). EPIA 2020 organizers reserve the right to cancel a track if deadlines are missed, or if the track organizers are unable to attract a minimum number of quality paper submissions. If that is the case, track session merges may also be imposed.
******************** Proposal submission ******************** Track proposals should not exceed 3 pages and must be submitted as a PDF file, at the conference submission system: easychair.org/conferences/?conf=epia2020 The proposal should contain the following information: 1. Thematic track title. 2. Name, affiliation, postal address, phone and email address of all members of the track Organizing Committee, which must include researchers from institutions in at least two different countries. 3. Identification of the Organizing Committee contact person. 4. A brief description of the specific scientific/technical scope of the track 5. A list of topics of interest. 6. The reasons why the track should be held within EPIA 2020. 7. A tentative list of members of the proposed track Program Committee, which should be highly international (e.g. no more than 50% from a single country). 8. A preliminary version of the track call-for-papers. 9. The planned format (e.g., invited talks, paper presentations, panel discussions, etc.) and duration of the track. 10. Any plans on preparing a journal special issue for selected and extended versions of papers accepted in the track. 11. Planned forms of publicizing the track. 12. A list of technical/room requirements for the track. 13. Specific initiatives to support and improve the quality of the overall conference. 14. Sponsors or other funding initiatives for the thematic track.
******************** Important dates ******************** Thematic-track proposal deadline: December 15, 2019 Notification of track acceptance: January 15, 2020 1st Call-for-papers: January 30, 2020 Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2020 Notification of paper acceptance: May 31, 2020 Camera ready papers deadline: June 15, 2020 Conference dates: September 7-9, 2020
********************* EPIA 2020 Committees ********************* Event and Program Chairs ********************* Ana Paiva, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal
Bernardete Ribeiro, CISUC, UC, Portugal
Goreti Marreiros, GECAD, ISEP-IPP, Portugal

******************** Local Chair ******************** Luisa Coheur, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal
******************** Organization Chairs ******************** Fernando Batista, INESC-ID, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal Bruno Martins, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal

Goreti Marreiros Professor Adjunto
Departamento de Engenharia Informática
[http://www2.isep.ipp.pt/assinatura_email/EMAIL_ISEP.png]<www2.isep.ipp.pt/assinatura_email/> ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4249-015 Porto – PORTUGAL tel. +351 228 340 500 | fax +351 228 321 159 mail@isep.ipp.pt | www.isep.ipp.pt<www.isep.ipp.pt>

************************************************ CALL FOR THEMATIC TRACKS ************************************************** EPIA 2020 20th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence epia2020.inesc-id.pt September 7-9, 2020 Lisboa – Portugal
************************************************** The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a well-established European conference in the field of AI. The 20th edition, EPIA 2020, will take place at Lisbon in September 7th-9th, 2020. As in previous editions, this international conference is hosted with the patronage of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). The purpose of this conference is to promote research in all areas of AI, covering both theoretical/foundational issues and applications, and the scientific exchange among researchers, engineers and practitioners in related disciplines.
******************** Conference format ******************** To promote discussions among participants, the scientific program of EPIA 2020 will be composed of a set of thematic tracks. In addition to the parallel sessions for the different tracks, there will be plenary sessions with invited lectures given by leading scientists, tutorials focusing on specific subjects of AI and demonstrations.
More detailed and up-to-date information may be found at: epia2020.inesc-id.pt

********************* Call-for-tracks ********************* The worldwide AI research community is invited to submit thematic track proposals for EPIA 2020. Thematic tracks are intended to provide an environment that fosters an active exchange of ideas between researchers within specific sub-areas of AI, including theoretical/foundational, integrative, application-oriented and newly emerging areas. Each track is coordinated by an Organizing Committee composed of, at least, researchers from two different countries. Track organizers should also create a highly international Program Committee for the track, with recognized researchers within the corresponding scientific areas. The selection of proposed thematic tracks will be made by the Program Chairs and Steering Committee of EPIA 2020. We aim to build a strong, well-balanced conference program. If there are significant thematic gaps in the program after the track proposal submission closes, the chairs may actively solicit additional proposals. Likewise, significant overlap between tracks will be addressed by suggesting merging tracks. Papers accepted in thematic tracks will be published by Springer, in a volume of the Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Submitted papers should be prepared according to the corresponding format, with a maximum of 12 pages. Presentation slots will be accommodated in the conference program for every accepted paper, in thematic sessions that may run in parallel.
******************** Responsibilities ******************** The Organizing Committee of each track will be responsible for: – Creating an international Program Committee for the track. – Publicizing the track by all necessary means, including distributing the call-for-papers of EPIA 2020. – Coordinating a double-blind review process for papers submitted to the track, ensuring that each paper is reviewed by at least three program committee members. – Assisting the Program Chairs of the conference in the paper selection process. – Ensuring the delivery of camera-ready versions of papers accepted for the track in accordance with the guidelines and deadlines defined by the conference organizers. – Coordinating track session chairing assignments.
The organizers of EPIA 2020 will ensure: – A web-based tool to support the scientific organization process (paper submission, reviewing, selection, etc.). – The coordination and final deliberation on paper acceptance decisions. – The publication of thematic track papers in the conference proceedings. – A meeting place and time for holding the track sessions, including common equipment (e.g. computer and beamer). EPIA 2020 organizers reserve the right to cancel a track if deadlines are missed, or if the track organizers are unable to attract a minimum number of quality paper submissions. If that is the case, track session merges may also be imposed.
******************** Proposal submission ******************** Track proposals should not exceed 3 pages and must be submitted as a PDF file, at the conference submission system: easychair.org/conferences/?conf=epia2020 The proposal should contain the following information: 1. Thematic track title. 2. Name, affiliation, postal address, phone and email address of all members of the track Organizing Committee, which must include researchers from institutions in at least two different countries. 3. Identification of the Organizing Committee contact person. 4. A brief description of the specific scientific/technical scope of the track 5. A list of topics of interest. 6. The reasons why the track should be held within EPIA 2020. 7. A tentative list of members of the proposed track Program Committee, which should be highly international (e.g. no more than 50% from a single country). 8. A preliminary version of the track call-for-papers. 9. The planned format (e.g., invited talks, paper presentations, panel discussions, etc.) and duration of the track. 10. Any plans on preparing a journal special issue for selected and extended versions of papers accepted in the track. 11. Planned forms of publicizing the track. 12. A list of technical/room requirements for the track. 13. Specific initiatives to support and improve the quality of the overall conference. 14. Sponsors or other funding initiatives for the thematic track.
******************** Important dates ******************** Thematic-track proposal deadline: December 15, 2019 Notification of track acceptance: January 15, 2020 1st Call-for-papers: January 30, 2020 Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2020 Notification of paper acceptance: May 31, 2020 Camera ready papers deadline: June 15, 2020 Conference dates: September 7-9, 2020
********************* EPIA 2020 Committees ********************* Event and Program Chairs ********************* Ana Paiva, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal
Bernardete Ribeiro, CISUC, UC, Portugal
Goreti Marreiros, GECAD, ISEP-IPP, Portugal

******************** Local Chair ******************** Luisa Coheur, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal
******************** Organization Chairs ******************** Fernando Batista, INESC-ID, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal Bruno Martins, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal

Goreti Marreiros Professor Adjunto
Departamento de Engenharia Informática
[http://www2.isep.ipp.pt/assinatura_email/EMAIL_ISEP.png]<www2.isep.ipp.pt/assinatura_email/> ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4249-015 Porto – PORTUGAL tel. +351 228 340 500 | fax +351 228 321 159 mail@isep.ipp.pt | www.isep.ipp.pt<www.isep.ipp.pt>