IJCAI: International AI Conference

I was reminded in a meeting today that IJCAI, The International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization,  has international meetings and publishes papers of interest to AI.   In the past I attended many meetings.   This covers beyond just deep learning, but also about symbolic methods in use to produce intelligence.

IJCAI  International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization
Artificial Intelligence Journal Division of IJCAI
IJCAI acts as the official host for the editorial operations of the Artificial Intelligence journal, through its Artificial Intelligence Journal Division.

The journal is run by the Steering Committee whose members are the two editors-in-chief, two IJCAI trustee nominees, and a member nominated by the Editorial Board. The IJCAI Secretary-Treasurer Bernhard Nebel also acts as Secretary-Treasurer to this committee.The current SC is composed of:

Patrick Doherty, Linköping University (Sweden)
Marie desJardins, Simmons University (USA)
Bernhard Nebel, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Germany)
Sylvie Thiébaux, The Australian National University (Australia)
Michael Wooldridge, University of Oxford (UK)
Shlomo Zilberstein, University of Massachusetts (USA)
Funding Opportunities for Promoting AI Research
Deadline for proposals: July 20, 2019

The Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ) is one of the longest established and most respected journals in AI, and since it was founded in 1970, it has published many of the key papers in the field. The operation of the Editorial Board is supported financially through an arrangement with AIJ's publisher, Elsevier. Through this arrangement, the AIJ editorial board is able to make available substantial funds, (of the order of 230,000 Euros per annum), to support the promotion and dissemination of AI research. Most of these funds are made available through a series of competitive open calls (the remaining part of the budget is reserved for sponsorship of studentships for the annual IJCAI conference).   .... " 

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Publication as Process

On academic publication as process in CACM.   Big changes are continuing in the space of how information is found, produced and delivered.