EAAI-16 Call for Participation
Link to EAAI-16 CFP on AAAI site.
Dates
- Paper submission deadline: September 15, 2015
- Notification date: November 6, 2015
- Camera-ready copy due to AAAI: December 1, 2015
- Symposium dates: February 13-14, 2016
Submission Types
EAAI-16 provides several submission types:
- Full-length papers (6 pages)
- Extended abstract/poster contributions (2 pages)
- Model AI assignments highlighting innovative, ready-to-adopt materials
In addition, EAAI-16 provides many other paths for participation including the following:
- A workshop for mentoring new faculty, instructors, and graduate students on teaching
- An Educational Video track within the AAAI-16 Video program
EAAI-16 welcomes paper submissions on a variety of topics, including, but not limited to the following:
- Educational resources, including pedagogical strategies, innovative assignments and curricular development related to AI
- Multi-disciplinary curriculum efforts highlighting the application of AI in other contexts (computational biology, algorithmic game theory, computational economics, etc.) and/or foundational concepts of AI in other fields (philosophy, cognitive science, linguistics, psychology, etc.)
- The use of robotics and other tangible media both in AI courses and elsewhere in the curriculum
- Software that assists the teaching/learning process — everything from software to help visualize search spaces and search algorithms, to software substrates that can be used by students to do projects
- Resources and strategies for teaching specific AI sub-areas or topics: machine learning, robotics, computer vision, natural language processing, game playing, etc.
- Strategies for situating AI within a wider CS curriculum
- Ways to incorporate popular entertainment and media portrayal of AI (in movies, news, advertisements, new products, etc.)
- Real-world examples of AI deployments, described in sufficient detail to provide case studies and/or serve as useful springboards for other educators
- Innovative means for integrating research as part of coursework in AI
- Material for teaching ethical considerations with regard to AI technology
Full-length submissions to EAAI-16 should describe well-developed ideas and/or pedagogical examples, and in most cases should include an evaluation of the work. Extended abstract/poster submissions may highlight preliminary or ongoing work. Papers submitted to EAAI-16 should not substantially overlap with papers that have been previously published or are under review elsewhere.
Additional Sessions
Model AI Assignments Session
EAAI-16 will feature a special session on Model AI Assignments suitable for use in a variety of class settings. There is a separate CFP for details on submissions to the Model AI assignment.
Hands-on Robotics Education Session
In this session, participants will try out some of the most accessible and capable hardware and software resources used in AI Robotics education today. A team of AI robotics educators will scaffold, demonstrate, and then guide participants to accomplish short tasks; several different platforms will be available (wheeled, aerial, pan/tilt sensing), and we will also place the robots and software in the context of several field-tested, undergraduate-focused curricula.
Relevant Topics for a Modern AI Course
There is a disparity between what is taught in many AI courses and what education and research colleagues would like to have taught. The aim of this panel is to propose a set of topics most appropriate for a modern introductory AI course.