Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (FAIA)

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence

The field of hybrid human-artificial intelligence (HHAI), although primarily driven by developments in AI, also requires fundamentally new approaches and solutions. Multidisciplinary in nature, it calls for collaboration across various research domains, such as AI, HCI, the cognitive and social sciences, philosophy and ethics, and complex systems, to name but a few.

This book presents the proceedings of HHAI 2024, the 3rd International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence, held from 10-14 June 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The focus of HHAI 2024 was on artificially-intelligent systems that cooperate synergistically, proactively and purposefully with humans, amplifying rather than replacing human intelligence. A total of 62 submissions were received for the main track of the conference, of which 31 were accepted for presentation after a thorough double blind review process. These comprised 9 full papers, 5 blue sky papers, and 17 working papers, making the final acceptance rate for full papers 29%. Acceptance rate across all tracks of the main program was 50%. This book contains all submissions accepted for the main track, as well as the proposals for the Doctoral Consortium and extended abstracts from the Posters and Demos track. Topics covered include human-AI interaction and collaboration; learning, reasoning and planning with humans and machines in the loop; fair, ethical, responsible, and trustworthy AI; societal awareness of AI; and the role of design and compositionality of AI systems in interpretable/collaborative AI, among others.

Providing a current overview of research and development, the book will be of interest to all those working in the field and facilitate the ongoing exchange and development of ideas across a range of disciplines.

Editors: Lorig, F., Tucker, J., Dahlgren Lindström, A., Dignum, F., Murukannaiah, P., Theodorou, A., Yolum, P.
Pages: 512
Volume 386 of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISBN online: 978-1-64368-522-9

This is an online only publication.

Proceedings of ISWED 2023, Guangzhou, China, 17 December 2023

With the world facing increasingly serious global climate change and resource scarcity issues, ecology and the environment have received much attention in recent years. As a major factor in human activity, design plays an important part in protecting the environment, as does the role of digital technology in finding solutions to the pressing problems faced in this regard.

This book presents the proceedings of ISWED2023, the International Symposium on World Ecological Design, held on 17 December 2023 in Guangzhou, China. Sponsored by the World Eco-Design Conference (a UN Consultative NGO), the conference provides a platform for professionals and researchers from industry and academia to present and discuss recent advances in the field of ecological design. This year, the conference focused on the four topics of digital technology and health, digital technology and transportation, digital technology and energy, and digital technology and the environment. A total of 518 submissions on these topics were received for the conference, of which 125 were accepted for presentation and publication here.

Providing a current overview of research and innovation in ecological design around the world, the book will be of interest to all those working in the fields of ecological design and digital-technology integration.

Editors: Ying, F., Jain, L.C., Wan, R., Wu, Q., Shi, F.
Pages: 1274
Volume 384 of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISBN print: 978-1-64368-506-9
ISBN online: 978-1-64368-507-6

27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 19–24 October 2024, Santiago de Compostela, Spain – Including 13th Conference on Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems (PAIS 2024)

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The field of AI has grown enormously since 1974, when a summer conference on Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour was held in Brighton, UK. This milestone in the history of AI has since come to be thought of as the 1st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI).

This book presents the proceedings of ECAI-2024, the 27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. This 50th-anniversary edition of the conference, with the theme of celebrating the past and inspiring the future, was held from 19 to 24 October 2024 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Included here are 544 Main Track papers (selected from 2,344 submissions, acceptance rate 23%), and 18 Demo Track papers (57 submissions, acceptance rate 32%). These cover all areas of AI, including planning, search, constraints, satisfiability, knowledge representation, uncertainty, data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, multiagent systems, and robotics. Multi-disciplinary aspects such as the interplay between humans and machines, fairness, ethics, and trust are also covered.

Also included in the book are eight invited papers on Frontiers in AI and the abstracts of 14 recently-published journal papers not previously presented at a conference with archival proceedings. ECAI-2024 was held concurrently with PAIS-2024, the 13th edition of the Conference on Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems, and the peer reviewed papers accepted for presentation at PAIS (35 papers from 71 submissions, acceptance rate 49%) also form part of this book.

Offering a comprehensive overview of recent research and developments in AI, the book will be of interest to all those working in the field.

Editors: Ulle Endriss, Francisco S. Melo, Kerstin Bach, Alberto Bugarín-Diz, José M. Alonso-Moral, Senén Barro, Fredrik Heintz
Pages: 4858
Volume 392 of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISBN online: 978-1-64368-548-9

This is an online only proceedings, a paper version has not been published.

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference (ArtInHCI 2023), Wuhan, China, 27-28 October 2023

There is no denying the increasing importance of AI and human-computer interaction for societies worldwide. The potential for good in these fields is undeniable, but the challenges which arise during research and in practice must be carefully managed if this potential for good is to be realized without harm.

This book presents the proceedings of ArtInHCI2023, the 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Human-Computer Interaction, held as an online event from 27-28 October 2023, and attended by around 70 participants from around the world. The aim of the conference was to promote academic exchange within and across disciplines, addressing theoretical and practical challenges and advancing current understanding and application. A total of 72 submissions were received for the conference, of which 41 were selected for presentation and publication following a thorough peer review process, resulting in an acceptance rate of 57%. Topics covered included deep learning, artificial neural networks, computer vision and pattern recognition and papers were focused on the challenges of research as well as application.

Providing a fascinating overview of developments and innovation in the field, the book will be of interest to all those working with AI or human-computer interaction.

Editors: Ye, Y., Siarry, P.
Pages: 396
Binding: softcover
Volume 385 of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISBN print: 978-1-64368-508-3
ISBN online: 978-1-64368-509-0

The volume and complexity of information, together with the number of abstraction levels and the size of data and knowledge bases, grow continually. Data originating from diverse sources involves a combination of data from traditional legacy sources and unstructured data requiring backwards modeling, meanwhile, information modeling and knowledge bases have become important contributors to 21st-century academic and industrial research.

This book presents the proceedings of EJC 2023, the 33rd International Conference on Information Modeling and Knowledge Bases, held from 5 to 9 June 2023 in Maribor, Slovenia. The aim of the EJC conferences is to bring together experts from different areas of computer science and from other disciplines that share the common interest of understanding and solving the problems of information modeling and knowledge bases and applying the results of research to practice. The conference constitutes a research forum for the exchange of results and experiences by academics and practitioners dealing with information and knowledge bases. The topics covered at EJC 2023 encompass a wide range of themes including conceptual modeling; knowledge and information modeling and discovery; linguistic modeling; cross-cultural communication and social computing; environmental modeling and engineering; and multimedia data modeling and systems. In the spirit of adapting to the changes taking place in these areas of research, the conference was also open to new topics related to its main themes.

Providing a current overview of progress in the field, this book will be of interest to all those whose work involves the use of information modeling and knowledge bases.

Editors: Tropmann-Frick, M., Jaakkola, H., Thalheim, B., Kiyoki, Y., Yoshida, N.
Pages: 340
Binding: softcover
Volume 380 of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISBN print: 978-1-64368-476-5
ISBN online: 978-1-64368-477-2

Proceedings of DSIE 2023, Hangzhou, China, 28-29 October 2023

The discipline of design studies applies various technologies, from basic theory to application systems, while intelligence engineering encompasses computer-aided industrial design, human-factor design, and greenhouse design, and plays a major part within design science. Intelligence engineering technologies also include topics from theory and application, such as computational technologies, sensing technologies, and video detection.

This book presents the proceedings of DSIE2023, the 2023 International Symposium on Design Studies and Intelligence Engineering, held on 28 & 29 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The conference provides a platform for professionals and researchers from industry and academia to present and discuss recent advances in the fields of design studies and intelligence engineering. It also fosters cooperation among the organizations and researchers involved in these overlapping fields, and invites internationally renowned professors to further explore these topics in some depth, providing the opportunity for them to discuss the technical presentations with conference participants. In all, 275 submissions were received for the conference, 105 of which were accepted after thorough review by 3 or 4 referees for presentation at the conference and inclusion here.

Providing a valuable overview of the latest developments, the book will be of interest to all those working in the fields of design studies and intelligence engineering.

Editors: Jain, L.C., Balas, V.E., Wu, Q., Shi, F.
Pages: 1124
Binding: softcover
Volume 383 of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISBN print: 978-1-64368-488-8
ISBN online: 978-1-64368-489-5

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference (ICAITA 2023), Changchun, China, June 30-July 2, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an inescapable part of modern life, and the fact that AI technologies and applications will inevitably bring about significant changes in many industries and economies worldwide means that this field of research is currently attracting great interest.

This book presents the proceedings of ICAITA 2023, the 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications, held as a hybrid event from 30 June to 2 July 2023 in Changchun, China. The conference provided an international forum for academic communication between experts and scholars in the field of AI, promoting the interchange of scientific information between participants and establishing connections which may lead to collaboration, research, and development activities in related fields. The 126 papers included here were selected following a thorough review process and are divided into 4 sections, covering AI simulation and mechatronics; intelligent network architecture and system monitoring; intelligent algorithm modeling and numerical analysis; and intelligent graph recognition and information processing. Topics addressed include artificial neural networks, computational theories of learning, intelligent system architectures, pervasive computing and ambient intelligence, and fuzzy logic and methods.

Covering a wide range of topics and applications current in AI research, the book will be of interest to all those working in the field.

Editors: Chen, C.
Pages: 1156 (in 2 parts)
Binding: softcover
Volume 382 of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISBN print: 978-1-64368-484-0
ISBN online: 978-1-64368-485-7

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference (CECNet 2023), Macao, China, 17-20 November 2023

It is hard to imagine a world without electronic communication networks, so dependent have we all become on the networks which now exist and have become part of the fabric of our daily lives.

This book presents papers from CECNet 2023, the 13th International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Networks, held as a hybrid event, in person in Macau, China and online via Microsoft Teams, from 17-20 November 2023. This annual conference provides a comprehensive, global forum for experts and participants from academia to exchange ideas and present the results of ongoing research in state-of-the-art areas of electronics technology, communications engineering and technology, wireless communications engineering and technology, and computer engineering and technology. A total of 324 submissions were received for the conference, and those which qualified by virtue of falling under the scope of the conference topics were exhaustively reviewed by program committee members and peer-reviewers, taking into account the breadth and depth of the relevant research topics. The 101 selected contributions included in this book present innovative, original ideas or results of general significance, supported by clear and rigorous reasoning and compelling new light in both evidence and method. Subjects covered divide broadly into 3 categories: electronics technology and VLSI, internet technology and signal processing, and information communication and communication networks.

Providing an overview of current research and developments in these rapidly evolving fields, the book will be of interest to all those working with digital communications networks.

Editors: Tallón-Ballesteros, A.J., Cortés-Ancos, E., López-García, D.A.
Pages: 848
Binding: softcover
Volume 381 of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISBN print: 978-1-64368-480-2
ISBN online: 978-1-64368-481-9

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference (FOIS 2023)

FOIS is the flagship conference of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications, a non-profit organization which promotes interdisciplinary research and international collaboration at the intersection of philosophical ontology, linguistics, logic, cognitive science, and computer science.

This book presents the papers delivered at FOIS 2023, the 13th edition of the Formal Ontology in Information Systems conference. The event was held as a sequentially-hybrid event, face-to-face in Sherbrooke, Canada, from 17 to 20 July 2023, and online from 18 to 20 September 2023. In total, 62 articles from 19 different countries were submitted, out of which 25 were accepted for inclusion in the conference and for publication; corresponding to an acceptance rate of 40 percent.

The contributions are separated into the book’s three sections: (1) Foundational ontological issues; (2) Methodological issues around the development, alignment, verification and use of ontologies; and (3) Domain ontologies and ontology-based applications. In these sections, ontological aspects from a wide variety of fields are covered, primarily from various engineering domains including cybersecurity, manufacturing, petroleum engineering, and robotics, but also extending to the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and dentistry. A noticeable trend among the contributions in this edition of the conference is the recognition that improving the tools to analyze, align, and improve ontologies is of paramount importance in continuing to advance the field of formal ontology.

The book will be of interest to all formal and applied ontology researchers, and to those who use formal ontologies and information systems as part of their work.

Editors: Aussenac-Gilles, N., Hahmann, T., Galton, A., Hedblom, M.M.
Pages: 398
Binding: softcover
Volume 377 of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISBN print: 978-1-64368-468-0
ISBN online: 978-1-64368-469-7

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Algorithms (CAIBDA 2023)

Computers and automation have revolutionized the lives of most people in the last two decades, and terminology such as algorithms, big data and artificial intelligence have become part of our everyday discourse.

This book presents the proceedings of CAIBDA 2023, the 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Algorithms, held from 16 - 18 June 2023 as a hybrid conference in Zhengzhou, China. The conference provided a platform for some 200 participants to discuss the theoretical and computational aspects of research in artificial intelligence, big data and algorithms, reviewing the present status and future perspectives of the field. A total of 362 submissions were received for the conference, of which 148 were accepted following a thorough double-blind peer review. Topics covered at the conference included artificial intelligence tools and applications; intelligent estimation and classification; representation formats for multimedia big data; high-performance computing; and mathematical and computer modeling, among others.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of this fascinating field, exploring future scenarios and highlighting areas where new ideas have emerged over recent years. It will be of interest to all those whose work involves artificial intelligence, big data and algorithms.

Editors: Grigoras, G., Lorenz, P.
Pages: 1222
Binding: softcover
Volume 373 of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISBN print: 978-1-64368-444-4
ISBN online: 978-1-64368-445-1