Call for Papers Fourth International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 30 July - 2 August 2001 www.iccbr.org/iccbr01 ICCBR'01 is the preeminent international meeting on case-based reasoning. This four-day conference will be held at Simon Fraser University's campus in Vancouver, immediately prior to IJCAI'01 (which will be held in nearby Seattle). The four-day program will include separate days devoted to workshops and to the Second Workshop on Innovative Customer-Centered Applications, formally known as "ICCBR Industry Day". Announcements concerning these events are being distributed and are posted at the ICCBR'01 website. Submission Topics: The ICCBR'01 Program Committee invites submissions of original research and application papers on all aspects of Case-Based Reasoning. Example submission areas include, but are not limited to: * CBR system design issues (e.g., retrieval, similarity assessment, adaptation, and indexing) * Case and knowledge representation, acquisition, modeling, maintenance, and management for CBR * Case-based approaches for planning, scheduling, and design * System architectures and integration of CBR with other methods * Case-based and lazy/instance-based learning, index learning, and integration with other learning methods * Collaborative agent architectures involving CBR * Adaptive interfaces, user modeling and visualization techniques for/using CBR * Analogical reasoning, cognitive models, and creative reasoning approaches based on CBR * CBR-related areas (e.g., corporate memories, decision support, intelligent retrieval, networked information discovery, software reuse) * Applications of CBR (e.g., in customer support, education, electronic commerce, image processing, legal reasoning, knowledge management, manufacturing, medicine, natural language processing, quality management, robotics/navigation, WWW) * Formal, empirical, and psychological evaluations of CBR models and systems * Methodologies for developing CBR applications Papers may be accepted for presentation as talks, as part of a panel, or as posters. Proceedings: All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series (www.springer.de/comp/lncs/index.html). Review Criteria: Submissions must be identified as either *research* or *application* papers and will be reviewed using criteria appropriate to their category. Review criteria for research papers will include scientific significance, originality, technical quality, and clarity. Review criteria for application papers will include practical or economic significance, potential to lead to more powerful technology, technical quality, and clarity. Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 17 March 2001 Notification of acceptance: 13 April 2001 Camera ready copy due: 11 May 2001 Submission Procedure: Authors must submit a full paper plus a title page by the end of 17 March 2001. The title page must include: name(s) of the author(s); name, address, phone and fax number, and email of the contact person; title and abstract of the paper; a set of keywords; a statement whether the submission is to be reviewed as a "research" paper or an "application" paper. Full papers may be submitted in either of two ways: 1. Electronically, as a PostScript or PDF file submitted by FTP via the ICCBR'01 website (www.iccbr.org/iccbr01/submit.html). This is the preferred mode of submission. 2. Electronically, as a PostScript or PDF file emailed to iccbr01-submit@iccbr.org Electronic paper submissions and title pages may be submitted by FTP or be sent by email to iccbr01-submit@iccbr.org. The title page may also be submitted using an online form at www.iccbr.org/iccbr01/titleform.html. Note: Since Springer's LNCS/LNAI series is now published in parallel in both paper and electronic formats all papers submitted to ICCBR'01 must be submitted in electronic format. Submission Format: Papers MUST be submitted in Springer LNCS format, which is the format required for the final camera ready copy, with a maximum of 15 pages. Authors' instructions along with LaTeX and Word macro files are available on the web at www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. IMPORTANT NOTE: Even if you are familiar with Springer's LNCS format please revisit their web site as the LNCS format has recently changed. All authors of accepted papers must transfer their copyrights to Springer. Multiple Submission Policy: Papers submitted to other conferences or journals must state this fact on the title page. If a paper will appear in another conference or journal, it must be withdrawn from ICCBR'01 before 6 April 2001. This restriction does not apply to papers appearing in proceedings of specialized workshops. Author Registration Policy: In order for a paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one of the authors must register for the conference by the deadline for camera-ready copy (11 May 2001). Conference Information: All information regarding ICCBR'01 will be maintained at the conference website: www.iccbr.org/iccbr01. Social events will include a hike prior to the conference, an opening reception, a river boat cruise and dinner, and other events. A full social schedule will be developed for family members and other visitors accompanying conference attendees. Conference Chair: Qiang Yang, Simon Fraser University (qyang@cs.sfu.ca) Program Chairs: David W. Aha, Naval Research Laboratory (aha@aic.nrl.navy.mil) Ian Watson, University of Auckland (ian@ai-cbr.org) Workshop Chairs: Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim, University of the Valley of Itajai (gresse@sj.univali.br) Rosina Weber, University of Wyoming (weber@aic.nrl.navy.mil) ICCA Chairs: Mehmet Goker, Daimler-Chrysler Research Center (North America) (goker@rtna.daimlerchrysler.com) Hideo Shimazu, NEC Japan (Asia and Pacific Rim) (shimazu@joke.cl.nec.co.jp) Ralph Traphoener (Europe) (Ralph.Traphoener@tecinno.com) Program Committee Members: Agnar Aamodt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Robert Aarts, Nokia Networks Klaus-Dieter Althoff, FhG IESE Kevin D. Ashley, University of Pittsburgh Paolo Avesani, IRST Povo Brigitte Bartsch-Spoerl, BSR Consulting GmbH Carlos Bento, University of Coimbra Ralph Bergmann, University of Kaiserslautern Enrico Blanzieri, IRST Povo L. Karl Branting, University of Wyoming Derek Bridge, University College, Cork Mike Brown, Siemens AG Robin Burke, University of California, Irvine William Cheetham, General Electric Company Michael T. Cox, Wright State University Susan Craw, The Robert Gordon University Padraig Cunningham, Trinity College Dublin Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp Boi Faltings, EPFL Lausanne Ashok K. Goel, Georgia Institute of Technology Andy Golding, Lycos Inc. Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim, University of the Valley of Itajai Alec Holt, University of Otago Igor Jurisica, University of Toronto Mark Keane, University College Dublin Janet Kolodner, Georgia Institute of Technology David Leake, Indiana University Brian Lees, University of Paisley Ramon Lopez de Mantaras, IIIA-CSIC Cindy Marling, Ohio University Bruce McLaren, University of Pittsburgh David McSherry, University of Ulster Erica Melis, University of Saarlandes Alain Mille, University of Claude Bernard Hector Munoz-Avila, University of Maryland Petri Myllymaki, University of Helsinki Bart Netten, Delft University of Technology Petra Perner, Institute of Computer Vision and Applied Computer Sciences Enric Plaza i Cervera, IIIA-CSIC Luigi Portinale, University of Eastern Piedmont Lisa S. Purvis, Xerox Corporation Francesco Ricci, IRST Povo Michael M. Richter, University of Kaiserslautern Edwina L. Rissland, University of Massachusetts Rainer Schmidt, University of Rostock Barry Smyth, University College Dublin Einoshin Suzuki, Yokohama National University Rosina Weber, University of Wyoming David C. Wilson, University College Dublin