Electronic submission of conference papers is closed.

Submission of final camera-ready versions of accepted papers: EasyChair submission system.

Submission of workshop papers is handled by each workshop individually.

Papers must be submitted in electronic form as pdf only. Springer LNCS is the format required for the final camera ready copy, with a maximum of 15 pages. Authors' instructions along with LaTeX and Word macro files are available on the web at Springer's information for authors.

Papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers from the program committee. Submissions must be identified as either research or application papers and will be reviewed using criteria appropriate to their category. Review criteria for research papers will include scientific significance, originality, technical quality, and clarity. Review criteria for application papers will include practical or economic significance, potential to lead to more powerful technology, technical quality, and clarity.

Papers are of high quality and proceedings are printed in Spingers Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Series since 1994.