Call for Participation
Workshop on Spatial and Temporal Reasoning
Pasadena, California, USA
Sunday, 12 July 2009
New Submission Deadline: 3 April 2009
Description
This workshop is intended as a forum for discussion, exchange of points
of view, assessment of results and methods, and as a source of
dissemination and promotion of the newest advances in the area of
spatial and temporal reasoning. Recent years have witnessed remarkable
advances in some of the longstanding problems of the field (for
instance, new results about tractability for spatial calculi, explicit
construction of models, characterization of important subclasses of
relations), as well as in the development of new areas (the appearance
of new integrated spatio-temporal calculi is one example, as well as the
development of multi-dimensional spatial calculi). Likewise, proposals
have been made to remedy some of the weak points of the symbolic
approach, by introducing fuzzy versions of classical calculi, or
importing non-monotonic techniques for dealing with incomplete
information. Furthermore, reasoning about space also typically involves
reasoning about changing spatial configurations, and in more realistic
scenarios, integrated reasoning about space, actions and change. Recent
work supporting this paradigm has also explicitly addressed the
interactions between the spatial reasoning domain and the field of
reasoning about actions and change. At the same time, leaders in AI
have sounded the need for solving real problems and making the work on
representation and reasoning relevant to the real world.
Paper Presentations and Demos
The format of the workshop has been designed in accordance with the
general goal of offering a structure for exchange. The program will
include a number of presentations by the invitees representing several
different aspects of spatial and temporal reasoning, followed by
discussions.
In addition to the regular paper presentations, the workshop also
includes a functional session where prototypical and complete systems
will be demonstrated. It is expected that the proposed systems, or
parts thereof, in this category will involve spatial and/or temporal
reasoning in some form. Of special interest to the aims of the demo
session are systems where the application of formal qualitative spatial
calculi is highlighted. In addition to the thematic requirements,
selections will be made on the basis of how closely the illustrated
techniques utilize existing formalizations developed in the area of
qualitative spatial representation and reasoning.
Attendance
The workshop is open to all members of the AI community. Up to 75
participants will be selected to attend the workshop, contributing and
participating in discussions. Accepted papers will be included in the
workshop working notes to be distributed at IJCAI. Screening will be
based on reviews and relevance to the workshop goals.
Submission Requirements
Electronic submissions are solicited in PostScript or PDF format. The
papers, starting with title, authors' names, affiliations, postal and
email addresses, followed by keywords, and concluding with relevant
bibliographic references, should fit on 4 to 10 single-spaced
typewritten A4 or 8.5 x 11 inch pages, in the form of an extended
abstract or complete research, survey, or position paper.
Interested authors should submit their paper in PDF or PostScript format
by email to Hans Guesgen. It is highly recommended to use the
AAAI style
for formatting the paper. Papers should not exceed 10 pages and should
be in the form of an extended abstract or complete research, survey, or
position paper. Selection of participants will be based on relevance to
the indicated focus of the workshop, clarity of the work submitted, and
the strength of the research.
Authors of selected workshop papers will be invited to submit extended
versions of their papers after the workshop, taking into account any
feedback that they received during the workshop. These papers will be
peer-reviewed and considered for publication in a special issue of the
Journal of Universal Computer Science.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: 3 April 2009
Notification date: 17 April 2009
Final date for camera-ready copy: 8 May 2009
Workshop Co-Chairs
Hans W. Guesgen (primary contact)
School of Engineering and Advanced Technology
Massey University
Private Bag 11222
Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
h.w.guesgen@massey.ac.nz
Mehul Bhatt
SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition
Universität Bremen
P.O. Box 330 440, 28334 Bremen, Germany
bhatt@informatik.uni-bremen.de