Call for Special Tracks

Special tracks, held in parallel with the general conference, are an integral part of the FLAIRS conferences. They provide researchers in focused areas the opportunity to meet and present their work, and offer a forum for interaction among the broader community of artificial intelligence researchers. Special track papers are reviewed by a program committee for the track, are required to meet the same standards as papers in the general conference, and are published in the conference proceedings.

Tracks of interest are in all areas of artificial intelligence, including but not limited to:

• Applied AI in Healthcare, Government, Education, etc.

• Applied Natural Language Processing

• AI for Internet of Things

• Autonomous Robots and Agents

• Case-Based Reasoning

• Deep Learning and Data Mining

• Explainable AI

• Intelligent Learning Technologies

• Rule-Based Reasoning

• Semantic, Logics, Information Extraction

• Uncertain Reasoning

• Security, Privacy and Trust  

• Games, Serious Games, and Multimedia

• Neuro-technologies and Brain-Machine Intelligence

• Recommender Systems

• AI Workforce Education and Training

Submission of proposals for special tracks is now invited. Chairs of special tracks will work closely with the Special Tracks coordinator and are expected to respond promptly and communicate regularly in order to maximize the potential impact of the track. Special track chairs may submit papers to their own tracks; those papers will be reviewed by the general conference program committee, and acceptance decisions will be made by the conference program co-chairs.

Proposals must be made using the special track template. Please include the following information in all proposals:

• Title of the special track.

• Anticipated numbers of submissions and accepted papers. A track may have up to 4 sessions, with 3 papers per session. Special tracks that fail to attract sufficient papers will be merged into the general conference or suitable alternative track.

• Names and contact information for the special track chair(s) and those who have so far agreed to serve on the special track's program committee. The program committee should be large enough for each paper to have 4 reviews.

• Promotional plans and materials, including a draft call for papers, specific plans for publicizing the special track (including possible conference/CFP announcement websites), and the names of any speakers you are considering inviting. (FLAIRS cannot offer any form of financial support for special track invited speakers at this stage.)

• Summary of any special tracks you have organized for FLAIRS over the last two years: special track title(s), year(s), number of submissions (full paper and poster), and number of acceptances (full paper and poster).

Proposal template: Special track Proposal Template

Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=flairs38

(choose Special Track Proposals as author)

Important dates: https://www.flairs-38.info/important-dates

Special Tracks coordinator:  

Chris Alvin,  Furman University (chris.alvin@furman.edu)