Aim and scope

The 2nd International Conference on Applications of Intelligent Systems, APPIS 2019, with tutorials will be held on 7-12 January 2019 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
APPIS 2019 is organized by the University of Groningen and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and includes a Winter School on Machine Learning (WISMAL 2019).

APPIS 2019 aims at bringing together scientists who develop or apply intelligent systems, machine learning, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, and related methods.

APPIS 2019 welcomes (but is not limited to) contributions related to the following topics:

  • Images, videos and time-series analysis
  • Machine learning and representation learning
  • Statistical and structural pattern recognition
  • Data visualization and dimensionality reduction
  • Robotics
  • Intelligent systems in health and medicine
  • Cyber computing and security
  • Bio-informatics
  • Data mining
  • Cognitive discovery
  • Algorithms for embedded and real-time systems
  • Semantic technologies
  • Intelligent buildings
  • Intelligent sensors and sensor networks
  • Augmented reality
  • Adaptive systems
  • Fuzzy systems
  • Human-machine interaction
  • Natural language processing
  • Situation awareness systems
  • Recommender systems

Paper submission and authors’ instructions

APPIS 2019 accepts submissions of abstracts (1-2 pages in ACM format) or full papers (4-6 pages in ACM format). The deadline for abstract submissions is the same as for full papers (October 26th). In order to be published in the conference proceedings, abstract submissions need to be extended to full papers before the conference (deadline January 5, 2019)

Papers must be submitted electronically through the APPIS 2019 conference web site in pdf format and must conform to the conference template and style file. Find more information in the submission page.

Each accepted paper must be presented by one of the authors and accompanied by at least one full registration fee payment, to guarantee publication in the proceedings.

Conference proceedings

Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series.

Registration fee

The registration fee includes conference materials, tutorials, conference dinner, welcome reception, another social event (a guided tour of old town Las Palmas or a visit to the only coffee plantage in the EU) and daily coffee breaks. The prices are:

  • Early registration: 250 Euro
  • Late registration: 325 Euro

The costs for each additional paper are 100 Euro.

For more information, please visit the Registration page.

Winter School on Machine Learning – WISMAL 2019

APPIS includes a short winter school consists of several tutorials that present different techniques of Machine Learning. Please find more information at the WISMAL 2019 page.

The participation in the winter school is free of charge for registered participants in APPIS 2019. The number of participants in the winter school is limited to 100 and early registration is encouraged.

Important dates

Paper submission – Oct 26, 2018 Nov 7, 2018 – 23:59:59 CET (hard deadline)
Paper acceptance notification – Dec 1, 2018 Dec 8, 2018
Early registration – Dec 8, 2018 Dec 15, 2018
Camera ready – Dec 15, 2018 Dec 22, 2018
Conference – 7-12 Jan 2019