Call for Papers
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IJCAI-03 Program Committee invites submissions of full technical papers for IJCAI-03,
to be held in Acapulco, Mexico, August 9-15, 2003. Submissions are invited on
substantial, original, and previously unpublished research on all aspects of Artificial
Intelligence. Important Dates for Technical Paper:
Authors will be required to register on the IJCAI-03 web-based paper submission software, and to submit a formatted electronic version of their paper through this software no later than Tuesday, January 14, 2003. They must then submit two hard copies of their paper, to arrive at the AAAI office (see address below) no later than Thursday, January 16, 2003. Formatting instructions can be read and downloaded here. Authors who do not have access to the Web should contact AAAI at ijcai@aaai.org no later than December 15, 2002 for alternate submission instructions. No email or fax submissions will be accepted. Submissions received after the deadlines or that do not meet the length or formatting requirements detailed on the IJCAI-03 web site will not be accepted for review. Notification of receipt of the electronic paper will be mailed to the first author (or designated author) soon after receipt. If there are problems with the electronic submission, AAAI will contact the primary author by email. The last day for inquiries regarding lost submissions is January 23, 2003. Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers will be mailed to the first author (or designated author) by March 25, 2003. Camera-ready copy of accepted papers must be received by the publisher in the USA by April 11, 2003. Note that at least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the conference to present the work. Instructions for submitting the electronic copy of the paper are included below. Authors without access to a WWW browser with forms support should mail a printed title page to the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, whose address is at the end of this call. This title page must arrive no later than January 14, 2003, and should have the following format:
The abstract should be less than 200 words. Authors who submit printed title pages may omit a tracking number from the full paper. Also, authors who are submitting a printed title page and wish to avoid a second mailing may mail their title pages and papers together, both to arrive no later than January 14, 2001. Authors must submit both electronic and hard copies of their papers. Electronic paper submissions must arrive no later than January 14, 2001. Submissions received after this date will not be considered for review. Authors are required to submit their electronic papers in pdf format. Postscript (ps) files will NOT be accepted. Authors are required to register on the IJCAI-03 paper submission software at http://www.aaaiservices.org/ConfMaster/. A login and password, as well as detailed instructions about how to submit an electronic paper, will be sent to the author in a subsequent email message. We cannot accept title pages or papers submitted by e-mail or FAX. Content Areas To facilitate the reviewing process, authors will be required to choose one or more appropriate content area keywords from the list below, which will be part of the online paper registration form. Authors without access to the WWW should include these on their hard copy title pages and paper submissions. Please use the exact phrases below, do not make up new keywords- they will be ignored by the paper classification software.
Policy on Multiple Submissions IJCAI will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Authors are also expected not to submit their papers elsewhere during IJCAI's review period. These restrictions apply only to journals and conferences, not to workshops and similar specialized presentations with a limited audience. Paper Length and Format Technical paper submissions must be formatted according to the guidelines on the IJCAI-03 web site, and must not exceed six formatted pages. Overlong papers will not be accepted for review. Each accepted paper will be allowed six pages in the proceedings; up to two additional pages may be purchased at a price of $250 per page. Authors from countries in which access to word-processing systems is limited may submit unformatted papers. The body of these submissions must be at most 6200 words, including footnotes, figure captions, tables, appendices, and bibliography. Each half-page of figures will be counted as 500 words. Papers longer than 6200 words will not be accepted for review. Authors submitting unformatted papers must include a word count on the first page of their paper body. In order to make blind reviewing possible, authors should omit their names and affiliations from the paper. In place of their names and affiliations, they should provide the list of content areas. Also, while the references should include all published literature relevant to the paper, including previous works of the authors, it should not include unpublished works. When referring to one's own work, use the third person rather than the first person. For example, say "Previously, Gottlob Nebel [7] has shown that...", rather than "In our previous work [7] we have shown that...." Try to avoid including any information in the body of the paper or references that would identify the authors or their institutions. Such information can be added to the final camera-ready version for publication. Title Page In addition to two copies of the submitted paper, authors should submit one copy of a separate title page, including the title of the paper, the names and addresses of all authors, a short abstract of less than 200 words, a list of content areas (see above), the tracking number from the electronic title page (if any, see above), acknowledgments (if any), and the following declaration: "This paper has not already been accepted by nor is it currently under review for a journal or another conference, nor will it be submitted for such during IJCAI's review period." This one page can be a printout of the email sent to the author by the electronic submission software. Authors who submit their papers electronically should use the template provided in their paper submission acknowledgement email, which allows them to omit some of this information. Review Process Two program committee members (one primary and one secondary) and three reviewers will be assigned to each paper. Papers will be subject to blind peer review; reviewers will not be aware of the identities or affiliations of the authors. Selection criteria include accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results and quality of the presentation. The decision of the Program Committee will be final and cannot be appealed. Papers selected will be scheduled for presentation and will be printed in the Proceedings. Paper submissions inquiries: Program suggestions and inquiries to:
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