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Conference: MIWAI 2018, the 12th Multi-disciplinary International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Venue: Hanoi, Vietnam
Dates: November 18-20th, 2018
Website: https://khamreang.msu.ac.th/miwai18/index.html
Submission deadline: July 1, 2018 (11:59PM UTC-10)

The 12th Multi-disciplinary International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MIWAI 2018) will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, 18-20th November 2018. The theme for this year's event is "Intelligent World". The main objective of the conference is to present the latest research and results of scientists related to AI topics. MIWAI 2018 provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and establish future collaborations. This year the conference is organized by Mahasarakham University, with association of Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam.

MIWAI aims to promote AI research in both theoretical and applied research addressing real-world applications. We encourage researchers to submit their unpublished papers in the following areas, but not limited to:
- Theoretical Foundation: Cognitive Science; Computational Philosophy; Game Theory; Graphical Models; Knowledge Representation and Reasoning; Logic; Fuzzy Logic; Multi-agent Systems; Neurosciences; Probabilistic Reasoning; Qualitative Reasoning; Uncertainty.
- Cognitive Computing: Affective Computing; Computer Vision; Natural Language Processing; Self-aware Systems; Speech Recognition; Social Cognition
- Computational Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence; Deep Learning; Evolutionary Computing; Machine Learning; Pattern Recognition; Planning and Scheduling; Social Computing; Swarm Intelligence
- AI Applications: Ambient Intelligence; Big Data Analysis; Biometrics; Bioinformatics; Brain Machine Interface; Chatbots; Creative Computing; Decision Support Systems; E-commerce; Energy Management; Health Assessment; Industrial Applications of AI; Intelligent Information Systems; Knowledge Management; Telecommunications and Web Services; Security and Privacy Management; Surveillance; Spam Filtering; Software Engineering; Social Networking Security; Semantic Web; Robotics; Recommender Systems; Sport and Rehabilitation; Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality.

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Submission Guidelines:
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MIWAI 2018 accepts both research and application papers (8-14 pages, oral presentation).
All submissions will go through a double-blinded peer-review process. Paper selection will be on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. Each paper should be written using the Springer-Verlag LNCS style. The authors' names and institutions should not appear in the paper. Springer-Verlag author instructions are available at: http://www.springer.com/lncs

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Important Dates:
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Conference dates: November 18-20, 2018
Submission deadline: July 1, 2018 (11:59PM UTC-10)
Notification release: August 5, 2018
Camera-ready and early bird registration due: August 20, 2018.

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Publication:
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This year's proceedings will be published by Springer in LNAI, a topical subseries of LNCS focusing on artificial intelligence (Indexed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Google Scholar, Springerlink, DBLP, etc.).

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CFP for Special Session:
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The organizing committee can accept proposals for Special Session from authors that want to contribute to MIWAI2018. Please submit your special session proposals if you wish to solicit participants by email to the Program co-chairs at <manasawee.k@msu.ac.th, schwindn@gmail.com>. Proposals should include:
- Special Session title
- A short description (2-3 lines) & covered topics
- Session organizer(s) and chair(s)
- List of speakers (when available)
The deadline for special session proposals is on April 30, 2018 (11:59PM UTC-10).

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Committee:
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- Honorary Advisor:
Sujin Butdisuwan, Mahasarakham University, Thailand

- Steering Committee:
Arun Agarwal, University of Hyderabad, India
Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
Patrick Doherty, University of Linkoping, Sweden
Rina Dechter, University of California, Irive, USA
Leon Van Der Torre, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Peter Haddawy, Mahidol University, Thailand
James F. Peters, University of Manitoba, Canada
Jérôme Lang, University Paris-Dauphine, France
Somnuk Phon-Amnuaisuk, UTB, Brunei
C Raghavendra Rao, University of Hyderabad, India
Srinivasan Ramani, IIIT Bangalore, India

- Conveners:
Richard Booth, Cardiff University, UK
Chattrakul Sombattheera, Mahasarakham University, Thailand

- General Co-Chair:
Duc Dung Nguyen, Institute of Information Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Rainer Malaka, University of Bremen, Germany

- Program Co-Chair:
Manasawee Kaenampornpan, Mahasarakham University, Thailand
Nicolas Schwind, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

- Organizing Co-Chair:
Phatthanaphong Chomphuwiset, Mahasarakham University, Thailand
Khachakrit Liemthaisong, Mahasarakham University, Thailand

- Local Co-Chair:
Quang Doan Nhat
Luong Chi Mai

- Publicity Co-Chair:
Olarik Surinta, Mahasarakham University, Thailand
Supakit Nootyaskool, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology, Thailand

- Finance Co-Chair:
Rapeeporn Chamchong, Mahasarakham University, Thailand

- Webmaster:
Chaya Hiruncharoenvate, Mahasarakham University, Thailand
Panich Sudkhot, Mahasarakham University, Thailand

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Contact:
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All questions about submissions should be emailed to <manasawee.k@msu.ac.th,schwindn@gmail.com>.