SACAIR2020: The 2020 Southern African Conference for Artificial Inteligence Research Pretoria, South Africa Pretoria, South Africa, February 22-26, 2021 |
Conference website | http://sacair.org.za/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sacair2020 |
Abstract registration deadline | September 10, 2020 |
SACAR | September 20, 2020 |
Submission deadline | September 20, 2020 |
Author Notifications | October 27, 2020 |
Final Submission Camera Ready | November 6, 2020 |
Student Unconference | February 22, 2021 |
SACAIR Conference Tutorials | February 23, 2021 |
SACAIR Conference Commence | February 24, 2021 |
The Centre for AI Research (CAIR) is pleased to announce SACAIR2020, the Southern African Artificial Intelligence Conference: AI Transforming Humanity.
1. The dates have been extended.
2. For a paper to appear in the CCIS Proceedings, full registration should have been paid by 10 November 2020. Accommodation may be paid later. Exact amounts will be posted as soon as possible.
- Submission of 150-400 word abstract: 10 September 2020
- Submission of full papers: 20 September 2020
- Outcome of reviews to authors: 27 October 2020
- Final submission of camera-ready, revised full papers: 6 November 2020
Southern African Conference for Artificial Intelligence Research: AI Transforming Humanity
The Organising Committee of the Southern African Conference for Artificial Intelligence Research (SACAIR 2020) invites the submission of full papers for presentation at the conference, to be held at 26 Degrees South Hotel and Conference Centre in Muldersdrift in Gauteng Province, South Africa, from 24-26 February 2021.
Please note that, due to the pandemic, the conference has been postponed to 24-26 February 2021 (from 2-4 December 2020) but proceedings will still be published in 2020. Note revised important dates.
Conference Scope
SACAIR2020 is the sequel to the inaugural Forum for Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR2019), which took place in December 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference theme is ‘AI transforming Humanity’.
We solicit submissions on, but not limited to, the following broad areas of Artificial Intelligence:
- Machine Learning Theory
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
- Applications of AI
- AI for Ethics and Society (including data ethics, machine ethics, ethics of socio-robotics, neuro ethics, trustworthy and sustainable AI, aesthetics of AI, and AI and the performing and visual arts)
- AI for Development and Social Good (including any aspect of AI within Information Systems and AI-driven business).
Important Dates
Please note:
1. The dates have been extended.
2. For a paper to appear in the CCIS Proceedings, full registration should have been paid by 10 November 2020. Accommodation may be paid later. Exact amounts will be posted as soon as possible.
- Submission of 150-400 word abstract: 10 September 2020
- Submission of full papers: 20 September 2020
- Outcome of reviews to authors: 27 October 2020
- Final submission of camera-ready, revised full papers: 6 November 2020
Structure of the Conference
- 22 February 2021: Student unconference*
- 23 February 2021: Tutorials and Opening Ceremony
- 24-26 February 2021: Conference
*This is a student driven event for students creating the opportunity for students to interact with each other as well as with sponsors and other possible employers. There will also be opportunity for poster sessions from students. More information on due dates for poster submissions soon. Please check out the website regularly.
Abstract and Paper Submission
Please see website for the process to Submit abstracts via Easychair.
Full papers will undergo a double blind peer-reviewing process.
Please submit full papers in Easychair by revising your abstract submission at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sacair2020
Proceedings
- Submissions will be double blind peer-reviewed by at least three different reviewers.
- Submissions should report original research that has neither been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere and should be between 12 and 14 pages long using the relevant Springer templates.
- Submissions may be submitted to a plagiarism-checking tool.
- Proceedings with all accepted papers for SACAIR will be available online on the SACAIR website, and a selection of the best accepted papers will appear in a volume of Springer CCIS, which is accredited by the South African DHET.
- For more information on CCIS as well as required author information and templates, please see http://www.springer.com/series/7899.
- Author guidelines are available at http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines. Papers that do not adhere to the format specifications will not be considered for review.
Please see the submissions page (http://sacair.org.za/submissions) for additional information.
Conference Website: www.SACAIR.org.za
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. All accepted papers will appear in the accredited Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series and papers therefore need to conform to the Springer guidelines. Manuscripts may be submitted through a plagiarism-checking tool, following both submission for review and the arrival of the files at Springer.
- Abstracts should be between 150 and 400 words, and full paper submissions should be between 10 and 15 pages in length (this includes appendices and references).
- Papers and abstracts should be submitted through EasyChair in PDF format.
Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers.
List of Topics
- Machine Learning
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
- Applications of AI
- AI for Ethics and Society (including data ethics, machine ethics, ethics of socio robotics, neuro ethics, trustworthy and sustainable
- AI, Aesthetics of AI, and AI and the performing and visual arts)
- AI for Development and Social Good (including any aspect of AI within Information Systems, AI and socio-technical systems, AI business capability and AI-driven business models, AI supporting sustainable development and biodiversity informatics)
Committees
- Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem(general organising chair)
- Aurona Gerber (technical programme chair)
- Anban Pillay (organising committee member)
- Alta de Waal (organising committee member)
- Karabo Maiyane
- Emile Engelbrecht
Publication
SACAIR2020 proceedings will be published in a special volume of Springer CCIS
Venue
The conference will be held at 26 Degrees South Hotel and Conference Centre in Muldersdrift, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to sacair2020@gmail.com