[alife] CfP: IJCAI 11 Workshop: AI in Space: Intelligence Beyond Planet Earth

[Christos Ampatzis]

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IJCAI 11 workshop
AI In Space - Intelligence Beyond Planet Earth
Call for Papers
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AI in space: intelligence beyond planet earth

When speaking of AI in space the first thing that usually comes to most
people’s mind are science-fiction creations such as HAL 9000, C3PO and the
like. Certainly that vision is still far away, nevertheless methods rooted
in
AI research constantly find more and more exciting applications in areas
related to space engineering. For example, we have just recently witnessed
the increase in intelligent behaviour implemented on board the two rovers,
Spirit and Opportunity, that are still exploring the martian surface on our
behalf. This workshop, co-organized by the Advanced Concepts Team
(www.esa.int/act) of the European Space Agency and the Artificial
Intelligence Group (http://www-aig.jpl.nasa.gov/) of the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is meant to
look at the most recent applications and advances related to artificial
intelligence and space, reviewing the current state of the dialogue between
the two domains and discussing it’s perspectives. The workshop will be part
of the larger IJCAI conference (http://ijcai-11.iiia.csic.es/), dedicated
this year to "Integrated and Embedded Artificial Intelligence" and with a
focus on artificial intelligence that crosses discipline boundaries within
AI, and between AI and other disciplines.

In order to achieve its goals, the workshop will place emphasis on uses of
AI
in space research, which already are, or may be of particular interest in
the
future from the space applications point of view, such as:

• Intelligent search and optimization methods in aerospace applications
• Image analysis for Guidance Navigation and Control
• Autonomous exploration of interplanetary and planetary environments
• Implications of emerging AI fields such as Artificial Life or Swarm
Intelligence on future space research
• Intelligent algorithms for fault identification, diagnosis and repair
• Multi-agent systems approach and bio-inspired solutions for system design
and control
• Advances in machine learning for space applications
• Intelligent interfaces for human-machine interaction
• Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining and presentation of large data sets

The topics covered in this workshop will be of particular interest to
scientists involved in space engineering, in Artificial Intelligence, and
also to those who work in other, non space-related disciplines, which
intersect with the AI. The intention of the workshop organizers is to
stimulate the exchange of ideas between these groups, providing the former
with new tools, and the latter two with incentive for continuing their
research with space applications in mind.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline Abstract Submission: 24 March 2011
Notification of acceptance: 25 April 2011
Final paper submission: 1 July 2011
IJCAI workshop dates: 16 - 18 July 2011

WORKSHOP WEB SITE:
http://www.congrex.nl/11M10/