MIWAI'09: Call for participation

[Richard Booth]

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Apologies for multiple copies due to cross postings
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Dear Colleague,

You are cordially invited to participate in the 3rd Mahasarakham
International Workshops on AI, MIWAI 2009. The workshop will take
place in Mahasarakham, Thailand on  December 10-11, 2009. We will also
be grateful to you for advertising MIWAI 2009 and inviting your
colleagues and/or research students to participate in the event.
The MIWAI09 homepage may be found here: http://khamreang.msu.ac.th/miwai09,
in which the detailed program is available
(http://khamreang.msu.ac.th/miwai09/program.html).

This year we have invited two high profile AI researchers: Professor
Patrick Doherty (Linkoping University, Sweden) and Professor Ryohei
Nakatsu (National University of Singapore). Professor Doherty is
internationally well-known for his research in flying unmanned
aircraft systems with state-of-the-art AI technology. Professor
Nakatsu is widely recognized for his research in applying AI to new
media.


Since the motivation to organize MIWAI is to boost AI research in
Thailand, we are very eager to see your participation in this
event. In this way we hope to build momentum to the 1st "official"
Thai AI Conference in the near future.

We look forward to seeing you.

Best regards,

Natthariya Laopracha
MIWAI 2009 Publicity Chair

Richard Booth and Chattrakul Sombattheera
MIWAI 2009 Program Chairs

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The Third Mahasarakham International Workshop on  AI (MIWAI'09)
Call for Paticipation:  MIWAI 2009
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December 10-11, 2009
Mahasarakham, Thailand
Contact: richard.b at msu.ac.th, chattrakul.s at msu.ac.th
Homepage: http://khamreang.msu.ac.th/miwai09

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Invited Speakers
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Patrick Doherty
 Linkoping University, Sweden,
 http://www.ida.liu.se/~patdo/patdosite1/index.html

Ryohei Nakatsu
 National University of Singapore,
 http://www.idmi.nus.edu.sg/ourpeople/prof_nakatsu.htm

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About  MIWAI
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) research has broad applications on
real world problems. Examples include control, planning and
scheduling, pattern recognition, knowledge mining, software
applications and strategy games. The advances in AI research have
been driven partially by our passionate enthusiasm and have been
thriving recently. On the other hand, the ever evolving needs in
business both in local and global scale have been demanding for
better technologies for solving more and more complex problems.
Such needs can be found in all industrial sectors and in any part
of the world.

This workshop aims to be a meeting place where excellence in AI
research meets the needs for solving dynamic and complex
problems in the real world. The academic researchers, developers,
and industrial practitioners will have extensive opportunities to
present their original work, technological advances and practical
problems. Participants can learn from each other and exchange
their experiences in order to fine tune their activities in order
to help each other better.

The focus of MIWAI'09 will be fairly broad, taking in all
sub-topics of AI. The programme aims at high quality research
publications in AI of both technical and applied natures.

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About  Mahasarakham
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Mahasarakham is a city in the northeast of Thailand in the
so-called "Isan" region of the country. Mahasarakham University
(http://www.msu.ac.th) is a major centre of learning in the region
and its Faculty of Informatics (http://www.it.msu.ac.th) is
currently enjoying an exciting period of growth, with a blossoming
research culture now complementing its traditional teaching
strengths. The town itself boasts many temples, as well as
numerous restaurants selling delicious Isan food. It is also
renowned for its silk and handicraft.

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Topics of Interest
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The research areas in AI include but not limited to:
 -Agent-based simulation
 -Agent-oriented software engineering
 -Agents and Web services
 -Agent-based electronic commerce, auctions and markets
 -AI in video games
 -Constraint satisfaction
 -Decision theory
 -Distributed AI
 -E-Commerce and AI
 -Game theory
 -Internet/WWW intelligence
 -Industrial applications of AI
 -Intelligent tutoring
 -Knowledge representation and reasoning
 -Machine learning
 -Multiagent planning and learning
 -Multiagent systems and their applications
 -Multiagent systems and evolving intelligence
 -Natural language processing
 -Neural networks
 -Planning and scheduling
 -Robotics
 -Web services


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Publication
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MIWAI 2009 workshop proceedings will be distributed at the event.
We intend to invite authors of the best papers to submit revised
and extended versions of their papers for a special issue of a
suitable journal.

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Committees
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Advisory Commitee
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 -Wanchai Rivepaiboon (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok)
 -Wirat Pongsiri(Mahasarakham, Thailand)
 -Sujin Butdeesuwan (Mahasarakham, Thailand)
 -Somnuk Puangpronpitag (Mahasarakham, Thailand)

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Program Co-Chairs
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 -Richard Booth (Mahasarakham, Thailand)
 -Chattrakul Sombattheera (Mahasarakham, Thailand)

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Publicity Chair
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 -Natthariya Laopracha (Mahasarakham, Thailand)

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 Program Committee
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 -Arun Agarwal (Hyderabad, India)
 -Samir Aknine (Paris 6, France)
 -Veera Boonjing (KMITL, Bangkok)
 -Roger Boyle (Leeds, UK)
 -Rapeeporn Chamchong (Mahasarakham, Thailand)
 -Chee Fon Chang (Wollongong, Australia)
 -Yann Chevaleyre (LAMSADE, Paris, France)
 -Sirapat Chiewchanwattana (Khon Kaen, Thailand)
 -Krisana Chinnasarn (Burapha, Thailand)
 -Matthew Dailey (AIT, Thailand)
 -Aniruddha Dasgupta (Wollongong, Australia)
 -Juergen Dix (Clausthal, Germany)
 -Phan Minh Dung (AIT, Thailand)
 -Sachio Hirokawa (Kyushu, Japan)
 -Andreas Herzig (IRIT, Toulouse, France)
 -Wiebe van der Hoek (Liverpool, UK)
 -Sarun Intakosum (KMITL, Bangkok)
 -Boonserm Kijsirikul (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok)
 -Jerome Lang (LAMSADE, Paris, France)
 -Kittichai Lavangnananda  (KMUTT, Thailand)
 -Fangzhen Lin (HKUST, Hong Kong)
 -Chidchanok Lursinsap (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok)
 -Yuji Matsumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
 -Jerome Mengin (IRIT, Toulouse, France)
 -Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay (Calcutta Business School, India)
 -Ryohei Nakatsu (NUS, Singapore)
 -Vineet Nair (Hyderabad, India)
 -Juggapong Natwichai (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
 -Supawan Phonphitakchai (Naresuan University, Thailand)
 -Jiratta Phuboon-Ob (Mahasarakham, Thailand)
 -Ouen Pinngern (Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok)
 -Guilin Qi (Southeast University, Nanjing, China)
 -Iyad Rahwan (Edinburgh, UK and British University in Dubai)
 -Umaporn Saisangchan (Mahasarakham, Thailand)
 -Jun Shen (Wollongong, Australia)
 -Sukree Sinthupinyo (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok)
 -Siriwan Suebnukarn (Thammasat University, Bangkok)
 -Khamron Sunat (Mahanakorn University of Technology, Bangkok)
 -Boontawee Suntisrivaraporn (SIIT, Bangkok)
 -Leon van der Torre (Uni Luxembourg)
 -Paul Weng (Paris 6, France)
 -Dongmo Zhang (Western Sydney, Australia)