AISB Convention 2023

13-14 April 2023
Swansea, Wales, UK

The AISB Convention is a flourishing annual conference that thrives from an interdisciplinary audience and facilitates discourse amongst a diverse set of researchers and research cultures.

The 2023 convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) will be held as a hybrid in-person and online event 13-14 April 2023. The convention will consist of several tracks based on popular symposia of previous AISB conventions instead of separately organised symposia. This decision was made to streamline the processes involved in organising the convention in the context of reduced timeframes due to COVID-19 disruptions from the past years and the longer-term changes this has brought about for the reseach community. In addition to the thematic tracks, we will run a general track that can accommodate papers on any topic related to AI. Each track acts like a mini conference with its own chair and programme committee.

Programme (tentative)

Please see below for a list of tracks for 2023.

AI & Games (AIG)

This track focuses on the application of artificial intelligence or intelligent-like techniques, frameworks and theories to the creation of intelligent games.
AI can be used in any manner suitable in the game, from the algorithm to making the game more engaging, personalised, and/or interactive.
The following non-exhaustive list of research and practice shows potential submission topics:

  • Use of AI techniques (e.g. planning, learning, evolution etc.)
  • Design and engineering of AI components
  • Procedural content generation
  • Intelligent or adaptive player interaction
  • Game analytics
  • Data-driven player modelling
  • Agent decision making systems
  • Intelligent agents
  • Environmental simulations
  • Interactive narrative generation
  • Intelligent narrative technologies
  • Experimental AI
  • Serious games & gamification

AI Ethics (AIE)

Recent years have seen an increased awareness of ethical issues stemming from a lack of responsibility in the design and deployment of AI- and data-driven technology systems. This track explores solutions to these issues. Some topics of interest:

  • Algorithmic fairness
  • Diversity
  • Data governance
  • Accountability
  • Data privacy
  • AI ethics principles
  • Implementing ethical reasoning
  • AI regulation
  • Explainable AI

Computational Creativity (CC)

Computational creativity is continuing to attract researchers from both arts and science backgrounds. Philosophers, cognitive psychologists, computer scientists and artists have all contributed to and enriched the literature.
Many argue a machine is creative if it simulates or replicates human creativity (e.g. evaluation of AI systems via a Turing-style test), while others have conceived of computational creativity as an inherently different discipline, where computer generated (art)work should not be judged on the same terms, i.e. being necessarily producible by a human artist, or having similar attributes, etc.
More general topics of interest for this symposium include, but are not limited to:

  • Novel systems and theories in computational creativity, in any domain, e.g. drawing and painting, music, storytelling, poetry, conversation, games, etc.
  • The evaluation of computational creative systems, processes and artefacts
  • Theory of computational aesthetics
  • Representational issues in creativity, including visual and perceptual representations
  • Social aspects of computational creativity, and intellectual property issues
  • Creative autonomy and constraint
  • Computational appreciation of artefacts, including human artwork

Philosophy & AI (AIP)

With its origins in the Philosophy after AI symposium from previous AISB Conventions, this track sets out to investigate the philosophical and linguistic perspectives of the research paths which deal with language as it is conceived by AI. Contributions to a general philosophical discourse on AI are also welcome.
We invite talks on the following (but not exclusively) topics:

  • Linguistics and AI;
  • AI research on language;
  • Learning, creativity and AI;
  • Meaning and AI;
  • Creativity, machine-learning and language;
  • Robots and communication;
  • Truth, post-truth and AI;
  • Social media, devices and human sociality.

General Track (GT)

This track accommodates AI research that does not align with any of the other special tracks. Possible topics include:

  • Agents and multi-agent systems
  • Agent-based social simulation
  • Verification of AI systems
  • Combining learning and reasoning
  • Argumentation
  • AI & cyber security
  • Natural language processing
  • Knowledge representation

Submission

Submissions to any of the tracks are in the form of extended abstracts and are subject to peer review. Proceedings will then accommodate final papers as short or regular papers. These are limited to the following page restrictions.

  • Extended abstract (max. 2 pages)
  • Short paper (max. 4 pages)
  • Regular paper (max. 8 pages)

Page limits exclude references. Please use Springer Nature or IEEE LaTeX or Word templates to prepare your papers. Templates can be found at:

https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/campaigns/latex-author-support (LaTeX)

https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html (LaTeX & Word)

Papers can cover new work, work-in-progress, or previously published material. Extended versions of the best original papers will be invited to submit to a special issue of Connection Science (Taylor & Francis).

Please use the following submission links:

Keynote Speakers

  • Nirmalie Wiratunga – Intelligent Reuse of Explanation Experiences: The Role of Case-Based Reasoning in Promoting Explainable AI for Users by Users
  • Chris Reed – Argument Technology: The Anatomy of Argument and its Role in Artificial Intelligence

General Information

Accepted papers have to be presented in-person at the Swansea conference venue.

A list of nearby accommodation options and registration is available below.

Registration

Note that members benefit from reduced registration fees. You can join AISB via the Join AISB option on the menu above.

Non-members may participate online with a reduced registration fee of £80. Note that online registration is not available to presenting authors. In-person registration fees are as below:

non-member full

£190

non-member student

£90

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Important Dates

  • Submission: 6 March 2023 extended to 15 March 2023
  • Notification of acceptance: 27 March 2023
  • Camera-ready paper: 3 April 2023

Program Committee

General Chair: Bertie Müller (Swansea University)

Track Chairs:

  • AISB – AI & Games 2023: Swen Gaudl, Marius Varga (University of Plymouth, UK)
  • AISB – AI Ethics 2023: Bertie Müller (Swansea University, UK)
  • AISB – Philosophy & AI 2023: Giusy Gallo (Università della Calabria, Italy), Claudia Stancati (Università della Calabria, Italy)
  • AISB – Computational Creativity 2023: Jiaxiang Zhang (Swansea University, UK)
  • AISB – General Track 2023: Floriana Grasso (University of Liverpool, UK)

Venue

Location

The event will be held in the Computational Foundry building of Swansea University on Bay Campus. Note that Swansea University has two campuses, which are located on the opposite sides of the city. Make sure you travel to Bay Campus.

Address

Computational Foundry,
Bay Campus,
Swansea University,
Swansea,
SA1 8EN,
United Kingdom.

Travel

Local Bus Services

There are various bus services you could use to arrive to Bay Campus, mostly operated by First Cymru. The services mentioned bellow all terminate at Bay Campus, directly opposite of the Computational Foundry. Tickets can be purchased onboard the buses, which accept card and contact less payments.

If you are leaving the same day, it may be worth purchasing a two-way ticket, which is often cheaper than other alternatives, however is bound to the same route in both directions, and it’s price varies depending on the start and end points.

If you would like some more flexibility, you can purchase an “Adult day ticket” for £4.70, which allows you to use any service operated by First Cymru in the Swansea Bay area, for the rest of the day.

Arriving By Train

If arriving by train, you could use unibus services 8 or 10 towards Bay Campus, which stop across the road from the train station.

Arriving By Bus

If arriving in Swansea Bus Station, you can use unibus services 9A, X1, X5 or X7. Note that these services stop across the road from the campus.

Additionally, there is a bus no. 9, which runs along Oystermouth Road and Fabian Way and also stops at the Bay Campus.

For more information on local bus services check Public Transport Info Page.

Accommodation

You are responsible for making your own accommodation arrangements. We recommend either of the following three hotels, as they are in the general vicinity of the venue for the meeting, between the city centre and Swansea University Bay Campus.

Archive

AISB Convention 2021 Communication and Conversation

AISB21 took place from 7th to 9th of April 2021. Full details of Plenary Speakers, Daily Schedule and Symposia topics are available on the Convention web site at https://aisb20.wordpress.com

AISB21 was an online only event, free to AISB members. All sessions were being recorded. You must be an AISB member to view the recordings of each session as well as the plenary recordings.

To Join AISB, please click the JOIN AISB menu above. As a member, you will have access to the Members Area, and this will contain the links to the convention recordings [recordings currently undergoing final edit].

If you have any questions about membership or access to AISB21, you can contact AISB at admin@aisb.org.uk

Proceedings:

The AISB convention was kindly supported by the following partners: