AAAI 2023 Inaugural Summer Symposium Series

July 17-19, 2023 | Singapore EXPO | Singapore

Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

AAAI presents the inaugural 2023 Summer Symposium Series, to be held July 17-19, 2023, in Singapore. The Summer Symposium Series is the newest in the annual set of meetings run in parallel at a common site. It is designed to bring colleagues together in an intimate forum while at the same time providing a significant gathering point for the AI community. The format of the series allows participants to devote considerably more time to feedback and discussion than typical one-day workshops. It is an ideal venue for bringing together new communities in emerging fields.

The symposia are intended to encourage presentation of speculative work and work in progress, as well as completed work. Ample time should be scheduled for discussion. Novel programming, including the use of target problems, open-format panels, working groups, or breakout sessions, is encouraged. Most participants of the symposia will be selected on the basis of statements of interest or abstracts submitted to the symposia chairs; some open registration will be allowed. All symposia are limited in size, and participants will be expected to attend a single symposium.

The program will include the following five symposia over the two- and one-half-days:

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Registration and General Information

ALL ATTENDEES MUST PREREGISTER.

All accepted authors, invited speakers, symposium participants, and other invited attendees must register by June 30, 2023. Participation will be open to active participants as well as interested individuals on a first-come, first-served basis.

To register online, please complete the form at https://aaaiconf.cventevents.com/summersymposiumseries23.

 If you qualify for student rates, you will be required to submit proof of student status (PDF) through the online system before you can complete your registration.

Registration Fee Structure

Registration Fees vary based on the length of chosen symposium. Exact pricing listing in the Registration Form

Silver Registration includes AAAI membership, plus the conference registration fee

Student Rates – If you qualify for student rates, you will be required to submit proof of student status (PDF) through the online system before you can complete your registration.

Refund Requests

The deadline for refund requests is June 30, 2023. All refund requests must be made in writing to summersymposiumseries@aaai.org. A $100.00 processing fee will be levied on all refunds granted.

For questions or further information, please contact AAAI at summersymposiumseries@aaai.org.

Hotel Recommendations

AAAI does not have an official event hotel for this event. The following is a list of hotels near the Singapore EXPO.

• Park Avenue Changi Hotel – 0.3 miles from Singapore Expo
• Capri by Fraser Changi City – 0.3 miles from Singapore Expo
• Dusit Thani Laguna Singapore – 0.8 miles from Singapore Expo
• Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, an IHG Hotel – 2.6 miles from Singapore Expo
• Yotel Air Singapore Changi Airport – 2.8 miles from Singapore Expo
• D’Resort @ Downtown East – 3.2 miles from Singapore Expo
• Santa Grand Hotel East Coast – 4.2 miles from Singapore Expo
• Changi Cove – 4.0 miles from Singapore Expo
• Village Hotel Changi by Far East Hospitality – 4.3 miles from Singapore Expo
• AM Hotel – 4.4 miles from Singapore Expo

Venue Information

Facility Map with Dining Options

Meeting Space Map

Travel and Visa Requirements

Please refer to the Immigrations & Checkpoint Authority website to confirm if a visa is required for you to enter Singapore.

Submission Requirements

Interested individuals should submit a paper or abstract by the deadline listed below, unless otherwise indicated by the symposium organizers on their supplemental website. Please submit your submissions directly to the individual symposium according to their directions. Do not mail submissions to AAAI. See the appropriate section in each symposium description for specific submission requirements.

Submission Site

Most symposium organizers have elected to accept submissions via EasyChair. Please be sure to select the appropriate symposium when submitting your work. For those not using EasyChair, please see the individual symposia for submission site details.

Important Dates

• May 2: AAAI opens registration for Summer Symposium Series
• May 10 (unless otherwise noted): Papers due to organizers
• May 15 (unless otherwise noted): Organizers send notifications to authors
• June 30 (recommended): Summer Symposia Series final papers due to organizers
• June 30: Invited Participant registration deadline
• June 30: Registration deadline

Onsite Registration Schedule

When you arrive at the Singapore EXPO, please check in at the registration area for your badge.

Registration hours will be:

General Event Schedule

Each Symposium schedule may vary

Additional Information:

Inquiries concerning the symposia may be directed to the symposium co-chairs at SummerSymposiumChairs@aaai.org

Summer Symposium Series-23 Co-Chairs

• Harold Soh (National University of Singapore)
• Christopher Geib (SIFT, USA)   
• Ron Petrick (Heriot-Watt University, UK)

General inquiries regarding the symposium series should be directed to AAAI at summersymposiumseries@aaai.org

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Calls for Participation

AI x Metaverse

The rapid growth of AI and metaverse technologies have opened up a new realm of possibilities for human-computer interactions. It is essential to bring together experts from the fields of AI and metaverse to discuss the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in this area. We aim to foster deep conversations and knowledge sharing on how AI enriches the Metaverse and vice versa, towards a synergistic AI x Metaverse ecosystem.
The symposium will be a two and a half day event that aims to foster a multidisciplinary discussion on the intersection of AI and metaverse technologies. The symposium will feature two half-day workshop trainings, sessions of talks for researchers and practitioners to present their work, panel discussion and a poster and networking session.
We invite researchers, practitioners, and industry leaders from various fields, including computer science, engineering, psychology, philosophy, and social sciences, to present their latest research findings and share their insights on the current state of the art, future directions, and potential applications of AI and metaverse.

Topics

We encourage participation on topics that explore pillars individually or at intersections. Examples of relevant submissions include (but are not limited to):

1. Synthetic Data for Computer Vision
2. 3D Scanning Technologies and reconstruction approaches
3. Future Communication Technologies (5G, Edge Computing, etc.)
4. Synthetic data for AI
5. Scientific Visualization – Metaverse and Science
6. Digital Twins and Simulation
7. Robotics
8. AI-powered technologies such as Virtual Assistants, Content Creation, etc
9. Any topic related to AI and Metaverse

Submissions

We welcome technology innovation and research work that can be presented in the form of demos, posters and short papers from the research and industry community. The nature of submissions include, but are not limited to:

• Showcasing application of research in industry projects
• Showcasing technology innovations in the industry
• Early research prototypes without an accompanying evaluation
• Sequel or prequel evaluations to prior published work or forthcoming full paper submissions
• Theoretical pieces that stimulate discussion or provoke academic discourse
• Original well-fleshed-out ideas without a prototype or accompanying evaluation

All submissions should be 2-4 pages formatted using the standard AAAI template. Submissions should be done through the AAAI EasyChair Submission site. Ensure you select the track “AI x Metaverse”. Authors should include their names and affiliations in their submissions.

Selection of submissions follows a juried process where authors may expect to receive light feedback by at least 2 reviewers. Accepted submissions will be published as AAAI symposia proceedings for authors who wish to be included.

A best paper award will be presented by AAAI during the Symposium.

Important Dates

• Submissions due: May 20, 2023 
• Author Notification: May 26, 2023 
• Symposium: July 17-19, 2023 

Organizing Committee

• A/P Indriyati Atmosukarto (Singapore Institute of Technology)
• Dr Aik Beng Ng (Regional Manager, NVAITC, NVIDIA)
• Dr Simon See (Senior Director, NVAITC, NVIDIA)
• Megani Rajendran (Solutions Architect, NVAITC, NVIDIA)
• A/P Daniel Wang Zhengkui (Singapore Institute of Technology)
• A/P Cheng Lock Donny Soh (Singapore Institute of Technology)
• A/P Chek Tien Tan (Singapore Institute of Technology)

More Information

For more information, contact A/P Indriyati Atmosukarto (indriyati@singaporetech.edu.sg) and Megani Rajendran (mrajendran@nvidia.com).

More information will also be available in the supplementary symposium site at https://sites.google.com/view/aaai23-ai-x-metaverse/home

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Artificial Intelligence for FinTech (AI4FinTech) 

Financial technology (FinTech) as an emerging field at the intersection of finance and information technology has become one of the hotspots in the financial industry and gained increasing attention. Particularly, with the advancement in artificial intelligence (AI), FinTech has further demonstrated its penetrability to all aspects of the global financial market, continuously changing the current financial landscape. Moreover, due to the complex dynamics, the financial market provides an ideal scenario for developing, deploying, and testing novel AI techniques for various financial applications, benefiting both the finance and AI communities. 

The AI4FinTech Symposium aims to bring together experts (academic researchers, industrial practitioners, and regulators) from the finance and AI community to exchange ideas and their works about AI for FinTech, ranging from theory to algorithms as well as various applications.    

Topics (but are not limited to)

• Machine learning algorithms for financial applications 
• Deep learning approaches for financial applications 
• Reinforcement learning for financial decision-making problems 
• Representation learning for financial applications 
• Robust learning and control in financial applications 
• Fairness and governance of AI in financial applications 
• Data mining for financial applications 
• Explainable AI for financial applications

Submission

All papers are restricted to 2-6 pages in length, and in PDF format. Please format your paper using the AAAI 2023 Author Kit (https://aaai-23.aaai.org/aaai23call/) and submit your paper here: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=summerseries23

Organizing Committee

• Bo An, Professor, Nanyang Technological University, boan@ntu.edu.sg 
• Chen Ying, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, matcheny@nus.edu.sg 
• ZHU Feida, Associate Professor, Singapore Management University, fdzhu@smu.edu.sg 

For More Information

For more information and updates, please refer to https://sites.google.com/view/aaai23-ai4fintech

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Building Connections: From Human-Human to Human-AI Collaboration 

Human-AI collaboration is increasingly becoming prevalent in various domains, ranging from healthcare to finance to education. However, current AI systems often fall short in providing natural interactions, especially in the context of teamwork. Unlike current human-AI interactions, human-human interactions are rich and complex, with multi-modal information exchange for task completion, as well as trust-building, dispute resolution, and negotiation.  

This workshop aims to bring together experts from two different areas: human-AI collaboration and human-human collaboration to explore potential connections and synergies between the two. The symposium will provide a platform to discuss the challenges and opportunities in designing AI systems that can interact with humans in a more natural and collaborative way. The workshop will consist of a series of interactive sessions, including talks, panels, and group discussions, aimed at fostering collaborations and identifying potential research directions in this area. 

Key Aims:

1. To identify the challenges and opportunities in designing AI systems that can collaborate with humans in a natural way. 
2. To explore potential connections and synergies between human-AI and human-human collaboration. 
3. To foster collaborations between researchers from human-AI collaboration and human-human collaboration. 

Topics

The following are a (non-exhaustive) list topics that will be of interest in the symposium:

• Algorithms for collaborative agents with novel partner and/or humans 
• Human partner modeling 
• Communication in human-AI/multi-agent teams 
• Coordination and conflict resolution in human-AI teams 
• Cognitive and affective aspects of human-AI collaboration 
• Robustness of collaborative AI agents 
• Explainability for collaborative AI agents 
• Trust, safety and reliability of collaborative AI agents 
• Large language models for human-AI collaboration 

Format:

The symposium will involve a mix of activities including keynotes, paper sessions, breakout brainstorming sessions, panel discussions, and poster sessions. 

Submissions:

We are accepting paper submissions for position, review, or research articles in two formats: (a) short papers (2-4 pages) and (b) full papers (6-8 pages). For accepted submissions, authors will have the option to publish their work in an open access proceedings site.  

Papers can be submitted through the AAAI Summer Symposia EasyChair site here: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=summerseries23, selecting the appropriate track and theme. 

Important Dates: 

• Submissions due: May 27, 2023 
• Author Notification: May 30, 2023 
• Symposium: July 17-19, 2023 

Organizing Committee: 

• David Hsu, National University of Singapore (dyhsu@comp.nus.edu.sg) 
• Atreyi Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore (atreyi@comp.nus.edu.sg) 
• Wee Sun Lee, National University of Singapore (leews@comp.nus.edu.sg) 
• Tze Yun Leong, National University of Singapore (leongty@comp.nus.edu.sg) 
• Malika Meghjani, Singapore University of Technology and Design (malika_meghjani@sutd.edu.sg) 

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Embodied Intelligence

AI has recently begun to pay more attention to embodied intelligence. In psychology, the idea of embodied cognition stipulates that the high-level mental processes, including conceptualization and reasoning, are intimately linked with the seemingly “low-level” of processing in an intelligent entity (human or animal) involving the motor and sensory systems. Some AI research in recent years has begun to direct its attention onto this aspect of intelligent functioning, and the field has seen an increasing number of papers and workshops. In this workshop we propose to specifically look at aspects of embodied intelligence that involve the interactions between humans and robots – human-human, human-robot, and robot-robot. Report on research on all other aspects of embodied intelligence are welcome.

Topics

Papers related to, but not limited to, the following issues are welcome:

• How considerations of embodied intelligence impact the representational and computational issues of AI agents
• Scene graphs and other representational structures appropriate for capturing knowledge for embodied agents
• Visual attention issues on embodied agents
• What information is important for human-robot interactions, inspired by human-human interactions
• Appropriate behaviors of robots in human social environment
• Recognizing human intentions through video and other cues

Submissions

We welcome submissions in two formats: (a) short papers (2-4 pages) and (b) full papers (6-8 pages). Papers should be formatted using the standard AAAI template. Submissions should be done through the AAAI EasyChair Submission site.

Selection of submissions follows a juried process where authors may expect to receive light feedback. Accepted submissions will be published in AAAI symposia proceedings for authors who wish to be included.

• Submissions due: June 30, 2023 
• Author Notification: Author notifications will come within 10 days of submission.

Organizing Committee

• Dr Cheston Tan, Centre for Frontier AI Research (CFAR), Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR)
• Dr Seng-Beng Ho, Institute of High Performance Computing (A*STAR)
• Dr Mengmi Zhang, CFAR, Institute for Infocomm Research (A*STAR), Nanyang Technological University
• Professor Ah-Hwee Tan, Singapore Management University
• Assistant Professor Yen-Ling Kuo, University of Virginia
• Jiafei Duan, University of Washington
• Associate Professor Zhaoxia Wang, Singapore Management University

More Information

For more information, please see: https://sites.google.com/view/embodiedintelligence  Contacts: Dr Seng-Beng Ho (hosb@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg), Dr Mengmi Zhang (a0091624@gmail.com)

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Second Symposium on Human Partnership with Medical AI: Design, Operationalization, and Ethics

Building on the success of the inaugural symposium held in 2021, the second symposium on Human Partnership with Medical AI delves deeper into the critical components of Trust, Ethics, and Security in the design and operationalization of Clinical AI. This year, the event aims to continue the discussions and collaborations that started in the previous symposium and explore new avenues of clinical utility, trustworthiness, robustness, and responsible AI. The symposium will bring together researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and stakeholders from various domains to discuss the challenges and opportunities of AI-human partnership, share their latest research and insights, and develop actionable strategies to create trustworthy, ethical, and secure AI systems. 

Topics (may include, but are not limited to):  

• Trust metrics for Clinical AI
• Metrics for and measures of Clinical AI uptake, utility, and impact on users
• Trust in hardware, software, and computing as components of Clinical AI
• Trustworthiness in Clinical AI: robustness, security, privacy, fairness, transparency, explainability, and accountability
• Balancing trust, security, and privacy in the use of large language models (LLM) to share clinical notes
• Responsible AI: Medical-legal and ethical requirements and moral and professional responsibilities in an era of Clinical AI
• Design and HCI research to inform Clinical AI
• Individual and team clinical AI support for remote and austere environments
• Psychology, cognition, and human-machine/human-computer collaboration in relation to trust in Clinical AI interaction and teaming
• Empirical studies examining clinician and patient perceptions and risk-beliefs of Clinical AI
• Implementation science frameworks, strategies, and outcome measures to support evidence-based translation of Clinical AI
• Differences and synergies in how AI, HCI, and healthcare research communities approach Clinical AI; Potential strategies to better bridge these communities

Format:

This symposium will include keynote speakers, technical and position paper presentations and discussions, break-out sessions, and interactive expert panel conversations. 

Submission Requirements:

Participants are invited to submit:  

• Technical papers reporting novel approaches, practices, and tools related to the symposium topics
• Case studies, survey papers, or best practice/guidelines papers, highlighting challenges of Clinical AI integration or other related topics 
• Vision papers that present novel, exploratory or even controversial ideas related to Clinical AI. The vision papers should contribute to the ongoing conversation around medical AI and human partnership, and engage with other experts in the field

We request that submissions are 2-6 pages for technical and case studies and 2-4 pages for vision papers using the standard AAAI Author Kit. Accepted papers will be published as part of the AAAI proceedings for authors who wish to be included. 

Submit to: AAAI EasyChair Submission site.

Important Dates: 

• Submissions due: Extended to May 23, 2023 (23:59 AoE)
• Author Notification: May 30, 2023 (23:59 AoE)
• Symposium: July 17-19, 2023 

Symposium Chair and Main Contact:

Reza Samavi (samavi@torontomu.ca) Toronto Metropolitan University, ENG457 – 350 Victoria Street Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada     

Organizing Committee: 

• Reza Samavi (samavi@torontomu.ca) Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada 
• Thomas Doyle (doylet@mcmaster.ca), McMaster University, Canada 
• Steven Yule (steven.yule@ed.ac.uk), University of Edinburgh, UK 
• Michael Noseworthy (nosewor@mcmaster.ca), McMaster University, Canada 
• Barbara Barry (barry.barbara@mayo.edu), Mayo Clinic, US 
• Aisling Kelliher (akellihe@usc.edu), University of Southern California, US 
• Sarah Parker (eparker@vtc.vt.edu), Virginia Tech, US 
• Qian Yang (qianyang@cornell.edu), Cornell University, US 

For More Information

Symposium URL: https://aaai-human.ai