Call for Papers --------------- International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Applications to E-Commerce June 25-28, 2001 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (http://www.gsw.edu/~bhanu/AIAEcomWorkshop.html) ----------------------------------------------------------------- The workshop on “Artificial Intelligence Applications to E-Commerce” will be held simultaneously (same location and dates) with the 2001 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences/2001/ICAI2001/icai.html), during June 25 - 28, 2001 at the Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Overview ---------- E-commerce is growing at a staggering pace all over the world. Billions of dollars are being invested in E-commerce ventures. Efficient and convenient E-business systems are vital in improving business performance. Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are widely used in various industries. Now a days AI is also emerging in the E-commerce industry. AI is useful in searching the web, helping consumers in comparing various shops and items, automatically notifying customers with relevant events, and so on. Lot of research, development, and business is going on in this new multi-disciplinary filed. This workshop attracts people from all over the world, who are working in academic institutions, research centers, businesses, governments, and information technology. This is a major venue for people working in any aspect of the application of AI to electronic commerce. Scope: -------- The scope of the workshop includes: Agent architectures Case-based reasoning Collaborative filtering Configuration & design Data mining Human, computer interaction Intelligent/adaptive user interfaces Information retrieval and knowledge-based search Knowledge representation Machine learning Multi-media Representation of product, customer, and sales knowledge Virtual reality User modeling Online negotiations and auctions Online product selection and customization Online sales support Advertising over Internet Online fraud detection and avoidance Intelligent encryption Intelligent networking: topologies, protocols and routing techniques Customer categorization Online catalogues Online storage, retrieval, and adaptation of information Customer service Intelligent/online marketing Customer relationship management Applications and evaluations Survey results Future trends, and so on… Please note that the above list is not exhaustive. Papers in other relevant topics are also most welcome. Paper submission: ------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their draft paper (about 4 to 5 pages) to the workshop chair, Dr. Bhanu Prasad (address is given below) by the due date. E-mail and Fax submissions are also acceptable. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. Publication ----------- The accepted papers will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN) in hardcopy. The proceedings will be available at the conference site. Some accepted papers will also be considered for journal publication (soon after the workshop). (In addition to the hardcopy, it is also planned to publish the papers on a CD.) Location ---------- The workshop will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free shuttles to and from the airport. This hotel has many vacation and recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, casino, spa, pools & kiddies pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and children. The negotiated hotel's room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable (79USD + tax) per night (no extra charge for double occupancy) for the duration of the conference. The hotel is within walking distance from most other Las Vegas attractions (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining and night clubs, free street shows, ...). For the benefit of our international colleagues: the state of Nevada neighbors with the states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. Las Vegas is only a few driving hours away from other major cities, including: Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Grand Canyon, ... Paper Evaluation ------------------- Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by one or more researchers in the topical area. Important Dates -------------- March 12, 2001 (Monday): Draft papers (about 4 to 5 pages) due April 2, 2001 (Monday): Notification of acceptance May 1, 2001 (Tuesday): Camera-Ready papers and Pre-registration due June 25 - 28, 2001: Workshop/conference Program Committee ---------------------- Dr. Ralph Bergmann Department of Computer Science, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany (http://wwwagr.informatik.uni-kl.de/~bergmann) Dr. Padraig Cunningham Department of Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Padraig.Cunningham) Prof. Timothy W. Finin Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland Baltimore County and Institute for Global Electronic Commerce, USA (http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~finin) Dr. Bhanu Prasad School of Computer and Information Sciences Georgia Southwestern State University, USA (http://www.gsw.edu/~bhanu) We are planning to include some more people to the program committee. Contact Information: ------------------ For further information please contact, Dr. Bhanu Prasad School of Computer and Information Sciences Georgia Southwestern State University, 800 Wheatley Street, Americus, GA 31709, USA Phone: 912-931-2111 Fax: 912-931-2270 Email: bhanu@canes.gsw.edu -------------------