Overview

The 21st International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS-21) will be held 15th-17th May 2008 at the Grand Bay Miami Hotel, in Coconut Grove, Florida, USA. FLAIRS-21 will feature technical papers, special tracks, and invited speakers. Coconut Grove is a few miles south of downtown Miami. It is known for its historic waterfront location on Biscayne Bay, and vibrant central district. The conference is hosted by the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society, in cooperation with the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and with the support of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Miami.

Topics of interest are in all areas of artificial intelligence, including:

Foundations
  • Knowledge representation
  • Cognitive modeling
  • Perception
  • Reasoning and programming
  • Search
  • Learning
Applications
  • Aviation and aerospace
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Medicine
  • Management and manufacturing
  • World wide Web
Architectures
  • Agents and distributed AI
  • Intelligent user interfaces
  • Natural language systems
  • Information retrieval
  • Robotics
Implications
  • Philosophical foundations
  • Social impact and ethics
  • Evaluation of AI systems
  • Teaching AI