Past Conventions

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AISB 2023

The 2023 Convention took place at Swansea University from 13th to 14th April 2023 as a hybrid in-person and online event. Full details are available here.

AISB 2020/21/22

AISB 2020 was due to be held at St Mary’s University, Twickenham on 6th to 9th April 2020. It was cancelled at short notice in March 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. The convention was run as a wholly online event in April 2021. Due to increased academic workloads related to the pandemic it was decided not to hold a Convention in 2022.

AISB 2019

The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation for Behaviour (AISB) annual convention 2018 was held at Falmouth University from the 16th to 18th April 2019. The theme was “Artificial Intelligence, Imagination and Invention – A[I]3“

Further information is available at: http://aisb2019.falmouthgamesacademy.com/

AISB 2018

The longest running convention on Artificial Intelligence, AISB 2018 was held at the University of Liverpool, chaired by Floriana Grasso and Louise Dennis. As in the past years, AISB 2018 provided a unique forum for presenting cutting edge research and burning issues around all areas of AI. The theme for 2018 was “AI for the Digital Society”.

AISB 2018 website: http://aisb2018.csc.liv.ac.uk/index.html

AISB 2017	The AISB’17 Convention was held at the University of Bath, UK, from 18th-21st April 2017. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb17
AISB 2016	The AISB’16 Convention was held at the University of Sheffield, UK, from 4-6th April 2016. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb16
AISB 2015	The AISB’15 Convention was held at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, from 20-22nd April 2015. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb15
AISB 2014	The AISB’14 Convention was held at Goldsmiths, University of London, 1st-4th April 2014. 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the AISB as well as 60 years since the death of Alan Turing. Website: http://www.aisb50.org

AISB 2013	The AISB’13 Convention was held at the University of Exeter, 3rd-5th April 2013. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb13

AISB 2012	The AISB’12 Convention (in the form of the AISB/IACAP World Congress) was organized by John Barnden, Tony Beavers and Manfred Kerber at the University of Birmingham, 2nd-6th July 2012. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb12

AISB 2011	The AISB’11 Convention was organised by Dimitar Kazakov and George Tsoulas at the University of York, 4th – 7th April 2011. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb11

AISB 2010	The AISB’10 Convention was organised by Aladdin Ayesh at De Montfort University in Leicestershire, 29th March – 1st April 2010. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb10

AISB 2009	The AISB’09 Convention was be organised by Nick Taylor at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, 6th-9th April 2009. Its theme is Adaptive and Emergent Behaviour and Complex Systems. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb09

AISB 2008	The AISB’08 Convention was organised by Frank Guerin and Wamberto Vasconcelos at the University of Aberdeen, 1st-4th April 2008. Its theme was Communication, Interaction and Social Intelligence. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb08

AISB 2007	The AISB’07 Convention was organised by Patrick Olivier and Christian Kray at the University of Newcastle, 2nd-5th April 2007. Its theme was Artificial and Ambient Intelligence. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb07

AISB 2006	The AISB’06 Convention was organised by Tim Kovacs and James Marshall at the University of Bristol, 3rd-6th April 2006. Its theme was Adaptation in Artificial and Biological Systems. Website: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb06

AISB 2005	The AISB’05 Convention, the theme of which was Social Intelligence and Interaction in Animals, Robots and Agent was held at the University of Hertfordshire, April 2005 and was organised by Kerstin Dautenhahn.

AISB 2004	The AISB’04 Convention, the theme of which was Motion, Emotion and Cognition, took place in March/April 2004 at The University of Leeds and was organised by Kia Ng. Website: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/aisb

AISB 2009	The AISB’03 Convention, the theme of which was Cognition in Machines and Animals. This took place in April 2003 at The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and was organised by Mark Lee. http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb03

	The AISB’02 Convention, the theme of which was Logic, Language and Learning. This took place in April 2002 at Imperial College, London, and was organised by Jim Cunningham and Jeremy Pitt. http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb02

	The AISB’01 Convention, the theme of which was Agents and Cognition. This took place in March 2001 at the University of York, and was organised by Simon Colton and Eduardo Alonso. http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb01

	The AISB’00 Convention, the theme of which was Artificial Intelligence and Society. This took place in March 2000 at Birmingham University, and was organised by John Barnden and Mark Lee. http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb00

AISB 1999	The AISB’99 Convention, the theme of which was Creativity. This took place in March, 1999 and was jointly hosted by the University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh College of Art. It was organised by Geraint Wiggins, Helen Pain and Andrew Patrizio.