For nearl y a half-century, IJCAI has remained the premier c onference bringing together the international AI c ommunity in communicating the advances and celebra ting the achievements of artificial intelligence r esearch and practice. With the current explosive i nterest in AI and its applications, this 26th edit ion of the conference is guaranteed to provide an exciting forum to present and hear about cutting-e dge research in AI.
\n\nA special theme of IJCAI-17 is Autonomy. Recent developments in the adoption of artificial intelligence and other tech nologies across many different areas of endeavour have brought new challenges or have made real thos e that until now had been largely abstract and the oretical. In recognition of this trend, and in sup port of addressing some of these challenges, this Special Track seeks to foster discussion and debat e around the issues brought forward by this new ge neration of technologies and applications.
\n\nThe scientific program of IJCAI 2017 will als o contain Workshops, Tutorials, Demonstrations, Ro botic Exhibitions, a Doctoral consortium, and will host different software, video, and robotics comp etitions.
\nThe Program Commi ttee invites the submission of technical papers fo r the main technical track of the conference. Subm issions are invited on significant, original, and previously unpublished research on all aspects of artificial intelligence. For the Special Track on Autonomy, we seek papers that address or consider the challenges across multiple different dimension s: Technical, Philosophical, Legal, and Social. Al l papers will receive mindful and rigorous reviews .
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