**** Call for Papers ****

*31st Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (AICS23)*

December 7th – 8th 2023 - Atlantic Technological University, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

Conference Website: https://www.aics.ie/

Submission Deadline: 24th September 2023

The 31st Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (AICS 2023) will be hosted by Atlantic Technological University (ATU) in collaboration with Ulster University. The conference will be held in-person at the Letterkenny campus of ATU Donegal. We are also honoured that IEEE UK and Ireland Computational Intelligence Chapter will provide technical sponsorship of the conference. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

With regular conferences dating back to 1988, the AICS Conference is Ireland’s primary forum bringing together researchers in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. The fields of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, encompassing areas such as Data Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, and Machine Learning, are now at the forefront of Irish computing research and industry. The AICS 2023 program will include presentations of high-quality theoretical and applied scientific papers and tutorials. Invited talks will describe important topics relevant to the field.

*Topics of Interest*

We invite submissions in the broad areas of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science to communicate the advances and achievements in these fields. Areas of interest include, but are not restricted to:

- Machine Learning - Natural Language Processing - Computer Vision - Automated Reasoning - Robotics - Deep Learning - Ethics of AI - Cognitive Psychology - Explainability / Interpretability - Cyberpsychology - Intelligent Systems - Opinion Mining - Recommender Systems - Machine Translation

For a full list of areas associated with this conference please visit the conference website at: https://www.aics.ie/

*Submission*

Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements. We invite two types of submissions:

- Full Paper Track: Full paper submissions should consist of original contributions (describing either fundamental research, interesting applications, in-use experiences, or reviews of the field) not published in other forums. Papers should be no more than 6-8 pages (including references) and these will be oral presentations at conferences. Papers over 6 pages will be charged €90 per extra page up to a maximum of two extra pages (8 pages maximum). - Short Paper Track: This track is designed to facilitate students who have recently completed a Master’s program or for PhD students. Short paper submissions should consist of original contributions (describing interesting applications or theoretical research) and the first author must be a student. Papers should be a maximum of 4 pages (including references) and these will be poster presentations at conferences.

The paper submission system used is EasyChair and the submission link is:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aics231

All papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance to AICS23, originality, significance and clarity.

For full submission instructions please visit: https://www.aics.ie/submission.html

*Organisation*

*Conference Chairs*

Dr Kevin Meehan (Atlantic Technological University) - General Chair

Dr Muskaan Singh (Ulster University) - Co-chair

Dr Karla Muñoz Esquivel (Atlantic Technological University) - Co-chair

Dr Fatemeh Golpayegani, (University College Dublin) - Co-chair

*Organising Committee*

Dr Jennifer Hyndman (Atlantic Technological University)

Professor Michaela Black (Ulster University)

Dr Gerry McWilliams (Atlantic Technological University)

Dr Bryan Gardiner (Ulster University)

Professor Hujun Yin (University of Manchester)

Thank you on behalf of the chairs and organising committee.