ECAI 2008 Topics

Case-Based Reasoning

Case Representation
Case-Retrieval
CBR Applications
Adaptation
Explanation
Analogical Reasoning

Cognitive Modeling & Interaction

Human-Computer Interaction
Intelligent User Interfaces
User and Context Modeling
Usage Analysis, Usage Mining
Personalization, User Profiling
Recommender Systems
Web usability and accessibility
Human Experimentation
Perception and Performance
Skill Acquisition and Learning
Instruction and Teaching
Memory
Neuroscience
Ambient Intelligence
AI and Creativity
Artificial Life
Emotions
Philosophical Foundations

Constraints & Search

Constraint Optimization
Constraint Programming
Constraint Propagation
Constraint Satisfaction
Distributed Constraint Solving
Global Constraint
Logic and Constraint Programming
Modeling
Search
Soft Constraints
User Interaction

Distributed & Multi-agent AI

Agent Communication Languages
Agents
Argumentation
Cooperation and Coordination
Game Theoretic Foundations
Group decision making
Information Agents
Market-Oriented Programming
Multi-Agent Systems
Negotiation
Protocols and Dialogues
Trust
Web Intelligence

Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Abduction
Automated Reasoning
Belief Revision
Causality
Common-Sense Reasoning
Decision Making
Description Logics
Logic Programming
Modal Logics
Non-classical logics
Nonmonotonic Reasoning
Ontologies
Reasoning about Action
Resource-Bounded Reasoning
Satisfiability
Semantic Web
Spatial Reasoning
Temporal Reasoning
Theorem Proving
Uncertainty
Verification and Validation

Machine Learning

Adaptive Systems
Bayesian Learning
Data Mining
Decision Tree and Rule Learning
Dimension Reduction
Ensemble Methods
Evolutionary Computing
Information Extraction
Knowledge Discovery
Machine Learning Applications
Neural Networks
Reinforcement Learning
Text Mining
Unsupervised Learning

Model-Based Reasoning

Model-based Reasoning & Diagnosis
Qualitative Reasoning
Analogical Reasoning
Causal Reasoning
Case-based Reasoning
Model-based Systems
Knowledge Engineering
Real-time Systems
Diagnosis, Testing, Repair
Design, Configuration
Explanation, eLearning, Decision Support Systems

Natural Language Processing

Lexicons and Ontologies
Computational Morphology and Parsing
Computational Semantics and Pragmatics
Paraphrasing and Textual Entailment
Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis
Intelligent IR
Semantic Search and Question Answering
Text Mining and Information Extraction
Linguistic Knowledge Acquisition and Discovery
Corpus-Based Language Models
Machine Learning for NLP
Evaluation Methods for NLP

Perception, Sensing&Cognitive Robotics

Active Vision and Sensory Planning
Image Processing
Model-Based Vision
Motion, Flow and Tracking
Object Recognition
Statistical Models and Visual Learning
Autonomous Systems
Cognitive Robotics
Estimation and Learning for Robotic
Human-Robot Interaction
Localization& Navigation
Motion Planning
Multi-Robot Systems
Robot Architectures
Programming Environments and Languages
Task Planning and Execution

Planning and Scheduling

Applications of Planning and Scheduling
Classical Planning
Constraint-based Planning and Scheduling
Heuristics for Planning
Hierarchical Planning and Scheduling
Interactive Planning and Scheduling
Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling
MDPs
Planning and Learning
Planning with Incomplete Information
Planning with Uncertainty
POMDPs
Temporal Planning and Scheduling

Robotics

Autonomous Systems
Estimation and Learning for Robotic Systems
Exploration
Human-Robot Interaction
Localization
Motion Planning
Multi-Robot Systems
Robot Architectures
Robot Navigation
Robot Programming Environments and Languages
Search and Rescue Robots
Sensory Planning
Service Robots
Task Planning
Viewpoints and Modality Selection

Uncertainty in AI

Belief revision and update
Bayesian networks
Conceptual graphs
Probabilistic reasoning
Preferences
Ranking