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ACM’s Special Interest Group in AI (SIGAI) announces the launch of the SIGAI Career Network Conference (SIGAI CNC), a meeting that supports early-career scientists in their transition to independent research in academia, industry, or government. Participation is open to (and encouraged from!) researchers in AI, including vision, robotics, NLP, learning, etc. CNC will include: • Research presentations from early career researchers to potential mentors and employers • A career fair that showcases diverse career opportunities in academia, government, the non-profit sector, and industry • Mentoring opportunities in small groups • Brokered events that match researcher interests and expertise with career paths and potential employers The first SIGAI Career Network Conference will be held in Austin, Texas, on January 26, 2015, the day before the start of the AAAI main conference, also in Austin. SIGAI CNC will be complemented by a Career Network website that serves as a community for support, information sharing, and networking among early-career AI researchers. One of the goals of the conference and the website is to coordinate the job matching process and improve the flow of information in the broader AI job market. Therefore, the website will provide facilities for both job seekers and potential employers, including the ability to view each others' profiles both before and after the conference. Attendees on both sides of the market are encouraged to reach out to each other both before the conference as well as after learning about each other during the conference. Call for abstracts and applications from students and postdocs (Deadline: October 6) -------------------------------------------------------------------- We welcome submissions from both Ph.D. students who will complete their dissertations in Spring or Summer 2015 as well as postdocs who defended their dissertations in 2010 or later. In order to apply, please submit: 1. An abstract (similar to a research statement) of up to three pages plus one page of references (see formatting instructions available on the website). 2. A short description of your career interests and aspirations. 3. An up-to-date academic CV. 4. A letter of recommendation from your Ph.D. or postdoctoral advisor. If accepted, only the abstract will be published in the proceedings. Detailed submission instructions will be available at http://sigai.acm.org/cnc/submit/ Your research abstract should be a description of the main thrust of your research, not a single paper. It should reference your publications and working papers, and put your research in context for a broad AI audience. We welcome submissions on any topic relevant to artificial intelligence, broadly defined. This includes, but is not limited to: AI and the Web Computer Vision Interface of AI and Cognitive Science Interface of AI and Economics Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Machine Learning Multi-Agent Systems Natural Language Processing Planning and Scheduling Robotics Search, Constraint Satisfaction, and Optimization In particular, we would like to emphasize that one of the goals of CNC is to bring together researchers from all areas of AI, including those who consider a conference other than AAAI or IJCAI their primary outlet. Call for job opening presentations -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizations (academic, government, industry) who seek to hire AI researchers may apply to advertise specific job openings and career paths at their institution. Selected organizations will also be invited to give a lightning talk at the conference. Booths will be available for organizations to advertise and interact with conference participants. The SIGAI Career Network site will also make the job opportunities listings and other materials available online. Call for participation -------------------------------------------------------------------- We encourage anyone who wants to learn about research at the cutting edge of AI, as well as representatives of academic departments, companies, government agencies, and others interested in recruiting Ph.D. level researchers, to join us at CNC. We also strongly encourage current students and postdocs who plan to be on the job market in future years to attend in order to learn about potential career paths and network with employers. Our collocation with AAAI makes this meeting both economical and convenient. Applications for travel support -------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGAI will provide travel support for a significant number of participants with accepted abstracts. Requests for travel support should be included with the research abstract submission. Sponsorship program -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsorship opportunities include conference networking events and student travel. -- David Feil-Seifer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering University of Nevada, Reno, 89557 http://cse.unr.edu/~dave office: (775) 784-6469 fax: (775) 784-1877 _______________________________________________ uai mailing list [email protected] https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
