AAAI-MAKE 2020 • Spring/Fall

AAAI Spring Symposium on Combining Machine Learning and Knowledge Engineering in Practice
March 23-25, 2020 @ Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA

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… and work together on a combined machine learning and knowledge engineering based AI!

AAAI-MAKE 2020 brings together practitioners and researchers from various companies, research centers and academia of machine learning and knowledge engineering working together on joint AI that is being explainable and grounded in domain knowledge.

Important Dates

  • Submission due: 1st of November 2019
  • Extended submission due: 17th of November 2019
  • Notification of authors: 9th of December 2019
  • Registration: 14th of February 2020
  • Camera-ready: 21st of February 2020 (latest on 28th of February 2020)
  • Registration for non authors (FCFS): 28th of February 2020
  • Spring Symposium: 23-25 of March 2020 (cancelled)
  • Fall Symposium: November 11-12, 2020 (cancelled)

AAAI-MAKE 2020: Colocation with AAAI Fall Symposium Series

The AAAI 2020 spring symposium on combining machine learning and knowledge engineering in practice (AAAI-MAKE 2020), which was planned to be held at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, from March 23 to 25, 2020, has the aim of bringing together practitioners and researchers from various companies, research centers, and academia coming from machine learning and knowledge engineering domains.

Despite a voluminous submission phase, and a rigorous and in-depth review by the program committee, the AAAI had to cancel the physical meeting of the Spring Symposium, including this AAAI-MAKE 2020 symposium, due to the spread of Sars-CoV-2, the resulting disease COVID-19. Therefore, AAAI-MAKE 2020 is postponed and part of the AAAI Fall Symposium in Arlington, Virginia, adjacent to Washington, DC, on November 11-12, 2020.

Canceled: March 23-25, 2020 @ Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA

Topics

Among relevant topics are:

  • Enterprise AI
  • Machine Learning
  • Knowledge Engineering and Management
  • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
  • Hybrid AI
  • Explainable AI
  • Conversational AI
  • Deep Learning and Neural Networks
  • Rule-based Systems
  • Recommender Systems
  • Scene Interpretation Systems
  • Ontologies and Semantic Web
  • Data Science

Use cases, application scenarios, and requirements from the industry would be highly beneficial and most welcome. Since AAAI-MAKE is a dedicated symposium on the combination of machine learning and knowledge engineering, the contributions shall address issues of both AI domains.

AAAI-MAKE 2020: Combining Machine Learning and Knowledge Engineering in Practice

AAAI-MAKE 2020 is now part of the Fall Symposium Series of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), which is typically held during late October or early November on the east coast. The AAAI Fall Symposium Series is an annual set of meetings run in parallel at the Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, Virginia adjacent to Washington, DC.

AAAI-MAKE 2020 involves presentations of accepted position, full and short papers, side-tutorial events from industry, (panel) discussions, demonstrations, plenary sessions with breakouts (if required), to foster interaction and contribution among the participants.

«It is designed to bring colleagues together in an intimate forum while at the same time providing a significant gathering point for the AI community. The two and one half day format of the series allows participants to devote considerably more time to feedback and discussion than typical one-day workshops. It is an ideal venue for bringing together new communities in emerging fields.» (aaai.org)

Unfortunately, the AAAI had to cancel the physical meeting of the Fall Symposium, including this AAAI-MAKE 2020 symposium, due to the spread of Sars-CoV-2, the resulting disease COVID-19.

Canceled: November 11-12, 2020 @ Arlington, Virginia, adjacent to Washington, DC, USA

Submissions

We solicit papers that can include recent or ongoing research, business cases, application scenarios, and surveys. Furthermore, proposals for industrial side-tutorial events, demonstrations, (panel) discussions and posters are very welcome too.

  • Position and full papers (5 to 12 pages), short papers (2 to 4 pages) and poster abstracts (1 to 2 pages) will be peer-reviewed by the program committee to ensure academic integrity.
  • Industrial side-tutorial event or demonstration proposals (1 to 2 pages) should have a focus on business or research related to the symposium topics excluding undesired extensive product advertising.
  • Discussion proposals (1 to 2 pages) should contain a description of the specific topic with a list of questions and a discussion moderator.

All submissions must reflect the formatting instructions provided in the Author Kit and be submitted through EasyChair. Accepted and camera-ready papers shall be published on the established open-access proceedings site CEUR-WS. Authors must grant publication permission prior to the symposium and present the paper at the symposium to get it published.

News

  • July 21, 2020: AAAI had to cancel the physical meeting of the 2020 Fall Symposium due to the current COVID-19 outbreak.
  • May 5, 2020: Volume I • AAAI-MAKE 2020 Spring Symposium proceedings published on CEUR-WS.
  • March 4, 2020: AAAI had to cancel the physical meeting of the 2020 Spring Symposium following the Stanford University policy related to the current COVID-19 outbreak.
  • February 21, 2020: A first preliminary version of the AAAI-MAKE symposium program, which is subject to change, is available.
  • February 4, 2020: We are delighted to announce that Doug Lenat, CEO of Cycorp and Fellow of AAAI, CSS and AAAS, will give a second keynote speech.
  • January 13, 2020: Registration opens for all accepted authors, invited speakers, symposium participants, and other invited attendees.
  • December 9, 2019: Review process completed, and authors notified.
  • November 22: We are delighted to announce that Natasha Noy from Google AI and former member of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR) will give a keynote speech.
  • November 18, 2018: The submission deadline has expired, and the review process has started.
  • October 28, 2019: Submission deadline extension until November 17, 2019.
  • September 6, 2019: WikiCFP.
  • September 6, 2019: EasyChair Smart CFP.
  • September 6, 2019: Call for Participation (CfP).
  • September 5, 2019: SSS-20 EasyChair submission site is open.
  • August 1, 2019: Symposium proposal accepted.
  • July 12, 2019: Symposium proposal submitted.
  • April 26, 2019: AAAI-MAKE 2019 papers published on CEUR-WS.

Proceedings

AAAI-MAKE 2020 Spring Symposium proceedings published on CEUR-WS:

Volume 1 • 2020 Spring Symposium Proceedings

Organizing Committee

Hans-Georg Fill, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Aurona Gerber, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Knut Hinkelmann (co-chair), FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland.

Doug Lenat, Cycorp, Inc., Austin, TX, USA.

Andreas Martin (co-chair), FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland.

Reinhard Stolle, Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH, München, Germany.

Frank van Harmelen, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Symposium Co-Chairs

Andreas Martin (main contact | 📧) and Knut Hinkelmann (📧), FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Business, Riggenbachstrasse 16, 4600 Olten, Switzerland.

Program Committee

Andrea Polini, University of Camerino, Italy.
Andreas Martin, FHNW University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland.
Annette Ten Teije, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Aurona Gerber, CAIR, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Barbara Re, university of Camerino, Italy.
Bettina Schneider, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland.
Charlotte Lambert, Vassar College, USA.
Charuta Pande, FHNW, Switzerland.
Devid Montecchiari, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW, Switzerland.
Dominik Bork, University of Vienna, Austria.
Ela Pustulka-Hunt, FHNW Olten, Switzerland.
Emanuele Laurenzi, FHNW, Switzerland.
Enkelejda Miho, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland.
Erik Mueller, Capital One, USA.
Felix Härer, Digitalization and Information Systems Group, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Hanlie Smuts, MTN, South Africa.
Hans Friedrich Witschel, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland.
Holger Wache, University of Applied Science and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland.
Ivan Jovanovikj, SICP – Software Innovation Campus Paderborn, Paderborn University, Germany.
Jonathan Gordon, Vassar College, USA.
Kaspar Riesen, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland.
Knut Hinkelmann, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland.
Ludger Van Elst, DFKI, Germany.
Marcela Ruiz, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.
Matthias Baldauf, FHS St.Gallen, Switzerland.
Michael Walch, Universität Wien, Austria.
Michael Alexander Kaufmann, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland.
Rainer Telesko, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland.
Reinhard Stolle, Autonomous Intelligent Driving, Germany.
Robert Andrei Buchmann, Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca, Romania.
Stephan Jüngling, FHNW, Switzerland.
Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland.
Thomas Meyer, University of Cape Town and CAIR, South Africa.
Ulrich Reimer, University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Wilfrid Utz, University of Vienna, Austria.