Date: May 16th 2012

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May 18: Early Registration Deadline
June 22: Hotel Reservation Deadline
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Dear AAAI Members,

The deadline to qualify for early registration rates for AAAI-12, IAAI-12, and EAAI-12 is Friday, May 18. To register, please complete the PDF or online form available at https://www.aaai.org/Forms/aaai-registration-form.php.

AAAI has reserved a block of rooms at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel (http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2012/aaai12hotel.php). To qualify for the discounted rate, your reservation must be completed no later than Friday, June 22, 2012. Please note that space is limited and the block will fill fast. Information about student accommodations is available by writing to aaai12@aaai.org. Proof of full-time student status is required.

The AAAI-12 Program is evolving and several new features have been added.

*** NEW! ACM A.M. Turing Award Lecture ***
The Mechanization of Causal Inference: A "Mini Turing Test" and Beyond
Judea Pearl, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles
July 24, 2012, 10:20 - 11:20 AM, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Directions (http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/area/directions.html?propertyID=271)

Judea Pearl was recently named the recipient of the 2011 ACM A.M. Turing Award for fundamental contributions to artificial intelligence through the development of a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning. Professor Pearl has chosen AAAI-12 as the venue to deliver his Turing Award Lecture. This lecture is open to all conference participants and ACM members.

Please watch the AAAI-12 website for other exciting Turing Centenary events.

*** New! Subarea Spotlights Track ***
AAAI-12 has also added a new track on Subarea Spotlights. Talks will be presented in three categories: 1) "What's hot in ..." talks, summarizing the state of the art in a particular area. Talks will explain the main research trends of the last 5-10 years; 2) Best-paper talks from a broad cross-section of area conferences, highlighting recent strong research results in each area; and 3) "Challenges in ..." talks, summarizing important challenges in a particular area. Talks will outline a vision on where the area should evolve. For more information about the line-up of speakers representing over 10 ares of research, please see http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2012/aaai12spotlight.php.

*** NEW! AAAI-12 AI and Robotics Multimedia Fair ***
AAAI is pleased to present the inaugural AI and Robotics Multimedia Fair at AAAI-12 in Toronto. The program will consist of contributions to be presented as an illustration of the combination of AI and Robotics. The goal is twofold: for researchers and developers to showcase how they view the use or need of AI techniques in robotics systems; and for AI researchers to understand how their interests can reach out to robotics platforms. For more information on how to submit your poster, demo, or video, write to aaai12@aaai.org.

AAAI will also feature the following slate of invited presentations at AAAI-12, IAAI-12, and EAAI-12. For more information, please see http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2012/aaai12speakers.php.

Henry Kautz: AAAI Presidential Address
NEW! Judea Pearl: ACM A.M. Turing Award Lecture
Christos Papadimitriou: AAAI Inaugural Turing Lecture
Regina Barzilay: AAAI-12 invited talk
Ross King: AAAI-12 invited talk
Josh Tenenbaum: AAAI-12 invited talk
Luis von Ahn: AAAI-12 invited talk
NEW! Steven Minton: Robert S. Engelmore Award Lecture
Sebastian Thrun: IAAI-12 invited talk
Andrew Ng: EAAI-12 Invited talk

Please take a moment to check out all the great programs at AAAI-12, including 12 tutorials, 9 workshops, student programs, and competitions. The technical program will feature 294 presentations in oral and poster format, as well as the concurrent "Sub-Area Conference Spotlights" track. The detailed program schedule will be available in late May.

For complete information on the conference, please see the AAAI-12 conference site at http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/aaai12.php or contact AAAI at aaai12@aaai.org.

We look forward to seeing you in Toronto, July 22-26!

Regards,

Carol Hamilton
Executive Director, AAAI