Call For Participation for AISB 2017: Society with AI, Bath, 18-21 April

Dear Colleagues (with apologies for any cross posting, and please forward to any appropriate lists),

Yes, Bath really looks like this. The tutorial /
hackathon location is in this picture.

The original AI conference, the Convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, is being held in Bath this year.  This year’s convention theme is Society with AI, which is reflected in some of the symposia along with a wide range of other interests. The meeting is three full days of contributed academic presentations, invited Keynotes, and socialising opportunities.  In addition we have several satellite events:

• A free co-located tutorial/hackathon, held in Bath city centre the afternoon and evening of April 18th. Be sure to catch an early train so you can join in!  Note: requires separate registration as seats are limited.
• A public panel: The Ethical Impact of AI on Society (supported by ESRC & AHRC)
• Optional tourism opportunities on Saturday (22nd) to Bath, the spas, Stonehenge, Avebury, or Lacock.

Please see our invited speakers and symposium schedule below.  Please register and come to the event!  EarlyBird rates have been extended to 5th April.  There are also travel bursaries available for students and very low income academics.

Bring your Jane Austen era clothes if you have them.
Thanks BathHacked for this picture!

Schedule for AISB 2017 (April 18th-21st)

Tuesday 18th (afternoon and evening)

• The first annual AISB Tutorial / Hackathon

Wednesday 19th

• Keynote:  Artificial Emotional Intelligence – A Game Changer for AI and Society?  Björn Schuller
• Special Event:  Panel & Reception – The Ethical Impact of AI on Society.  Alan Winfield (chair)  Björn Schuller, Danit Gal, Nello Cristianini, and Mandy Chessell.
• Conference Dinner
• Symposium: The 10th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: language, cognition, and computation (all day)
• Symposium: The power of immergence: Simulating language, decision-making and the evolution of culture (all day)
• Symposium: The power of passion: Human reason and its emotional foundations (all day)

Thursday 20th

• 

  Honorary graduate of Bath, Dr. Jem Finer, at the Baths

  Keynote:  Ethics, algorithms, and the pursuit of human flourishing  Mandy Chessell
• Special Event:  Evening Reception at the Roman Baths
• Symposium: Computational modelling of emotion: theory and applications (day one)
• Symposium: Cognition And OntologieS (CAOS) 2017 (morning)
• Symposium: Social Interactions in Complex Intelligent Systems (SICIS)
• Symposium: 4th Computational Creativity Symposium (afternoon)

Friday 21st    

• Keynote:  Meaningful Human Control Over Autonomous Systems  Filippo Santoni De Sio
• Symposium: Computational modelling of emotion: theory and applications (day two)
• Symposium: AISB Symposium on AI & Games

• 

  pre-Roman Bath artefact & MAS;
  see it in the Baths' museum

  Symposium: Social Aspects of Cognition: Human and Artificial Life Symposium
• Symposium: AISB Symposium on Computational Animal Cognition (CAC) (afternoon)

Saturday 22nd   

• See Tourism Activities for things to do in the region after the meeting. We are happy to advise on costs and about how to make arrangements.

Thank you for your consideration, and we look forward to seeing you in Bath!

Joanna Bryson, Marina De Vos and Julian Padget (convention co-chairs).