Call for Papers

Call for Papers: SACAIR2023

SACAIR2023 Conference Committee

The Organising Committee of the South African Conference for Artificial Intelligence Research SACAIR invites the submission of full papers for presentation at the conference, to be held in Johannesburg by the University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference theme is ‘Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence’. The series of conferences, held since 2019, aims to promote research in Artificial Intelligence and provide a platform for researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to meet and share cutting-edge developments in the field. The conference seeks notable contributions to all major areas of Artificial Intelligence in both theoretical, application and practical aspects while encouraging inter-and transdisciplinary submissions.

Conference Structure

  • Student unconference
  • Tutorials
  • Conference

Conference Track and Scope

Due to its multi-disciplinary nature, the conference will be organised around discipline-specific tracks. We solicit original research submissions for the following five tracks:

  1. Algorithmic and Data-Driven AI (Computer Science)
  2. Symbolic AI (Knowledge Representation and Reasoning)
  3. Socio-technical and human-centered AI (Information Systems)
  4. Responsible and Ethical AI (Philosophy and Law / Humanities)
  5. Inter- and transdisciplinary AI research

Please note that the SACAIR 2023 tracks represent different academic disciplines, so please carefully select the track for your submission.

SACAIR 2023 – Algorithmic and Data-Driven AI (Computer Science) track – Submissions will primarily be reviewed by a computer science (CS) program committee, so the contribution should be a CS contribution developed according to accepted CS research strategies, whether it is algorithmic or data-driven. Topics in this track include:

  • Deep Learning and Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision and Image Processing
    Pattern Recognition
  • Evolutionary computing
  • Biometrics and Cybersecurity in AI
  • Explainable AI

SACAIR 2023 – Symbolic AI (Knowledge Representation and Reasoning) track – Submissions will primarily be reviewed by a computer science (CS) program committee, so the contribution should be a CS contribution developed according to accepted CS research strategies, whether it is symbolic. Topics in this track include:

  • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
  • Ontologies
  • Computational Logic
  • Multi-agent systems
  • Agent-based Modelling
  • Quantum Artificial Intelligence

SACAIR 2023 – Socio-technical and human-centered AI (Information Systems) track – Submission will primarily be reviewed by an information systems (IS) program committee. The contribution should be developed according to accepted IS research strategies, primarily socio-technical. Please do not submit to this track if you do not have an IS contribution. Application papers such as testing an algorithm within a new software system belong to the CS track. Topics in this track include:

  • AI Information Systems
  • AI and Socio-Technical Systems
  • Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
    AI for and in Business, including AI adoption
  • AI Supporting Sustainable Development and the Circular Economy
  • AI for Development and Social Good
  • Society 5.0

SACAIR 2023 – Responsible and Ethical AI (Philosophy and Law) track – A program committee will review submissions from the humanities, so the contribution should be accepted according to the humanities. Topics in this track include:

  • Data Ethics
  • Machine Ethics
  • Ethics of Socio-robotics
  • Neuro Ethics
  • AI and the Law
  • AI Ethics Policy-making

SACAIR 2023 – Inter- and transdisciplinary AI research track – Submissions should truly be inter- and transdisciplinary, adopting research strategies from different disciplines. The criteria for submissions to this track would include a motivation for why the submission is inter- and transdisciplinary, so please ensure that such a motivation is included in your submission.

Paper Submission

Full papers will undergo double-blind peer-review, complying with the requirements of the South African DHET research output policy. Abstracts and full papers must be submitted in EasyChair.

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