[visionlist] 3rd Quantum Interaction Symposium

[Michael Leyton]

Third International Quantum Interaction Symposium (QI-2009) Call for Papers

March 25 - 27, 2009
DFKI Saarbruecken, Germany
Conference web site: http://www.dfki.de/~klusch/qi2009

Aims and Scope:

Quantum modeling (QM) based on quantum mechanics is being applied to
domains such as artificial intelligence, human language, cognition,
information retrieval, biology, political science, economics,
organizations, and social interaction. The Third International Quantum
Interaction Symposium (QI-2009) will bring together researchers
interested in advancing and applying the methods and structures of QM to
these and other domains outside of quantum physics:

. Advancement of theory and experimentation for applying quantum
mechanics to non-quantum domains
. Use of quantum algorithms to address, or to more efficiently solve,
problems in non-quantum domains (including contrasts between classical
vs. quantum methods)
. Practical applications to quantum domains, such as implementation of
AI, or Information Retrieval (IR) techniques, on one or multiple
networked quantum computers

The symposium will present research dealing with the use of concepts
taken from the general body of research in QM on the physical,
epistemological, mathematical or philosophical levels applied to
modeling and understanding of phenomena and solving problems in
following areas:

. Quantum computing and communication (QCC)
. Language or Linguistics
. AI (Logic, planning, agents and multi-agent systems)
. Cognition, Brain (memory, cognitive processes, neural networks,
consciousness)
. Information Processing and Retrieval
. Biological or Complex Systems
. Political, Cultural, Psychological or Social Sciences
. Finances and Business (mergers, corporate cultures, decision-making)
. Others


Submission:

Potential participants are invited to submit either a FULL paper (up to
EIGHT pages), or a POSITION paper (up to FOUR pages). Each submission
will be judged by at least two referees on technical merit and its
potential to provoke active discussions. The proceedings will be
published by Springer Verlag as a volume of the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS) series. For preparation of (camera-ready) papers
to be submitted to the workshop please follow the instructions for
authors available at the Springer LNCS Web page. All papers must be
written in English. Submission of papers is in PDF format only. Please
submit your paper at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qi2009

Important Dates:

October 3, 2008: Paper submissions due.
November 3, 2008: Notification on acceptance/rejection.
January 12, 2009: Camera-ready copies and author registration deadline.

Program Co-Chairs:

Peter Bruza (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Matthias Klusch (DFKI Saarbruecken, Germany)
William Lawless (Paine College, USA)
Keith van Rijsbergen (University of Glasgow, UK)
Donald Sofge (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)

Programme Committee:

Salvador Venegas-Andraca (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Belal E Baaquie (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Peter Bruza (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Jerome Busemeyer (Indiana University, USA)
Dagmar Bruss (University of Düsseldorf, Germany)
Stephen Clark (Oxford University, UK) Bob Coecke (Oxford University, UK)
Charles Fox (Oxford University, UK)
Liane Gabora (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Emmanuel Haven (University of Leicester, UK)
Kirsty Kitto (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Andre Khrennikov (Växjö University, Sweden)
Matthias Klusch (DFKI Saarbruecken, Germany)
Marco Lanzagorta (ITT Corporation, USA)
William Lawless (Paine College, USA)
Michael Leyton (Rutgers University, USA)
Massimo Melucci (University of Padua, Italy)
Dusko Pavlovic (Kestrel Institute, USA)
Keith van Rijsbergen (University of Glasgow, UK)
Donald Sofge (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
Giusseppe Vitiello (University of Salerno, Italy)
Dominic Widdows (Google, USA)
John Woods (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Steering Committee:

Peter Bruza (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
William Lawless (Paine College, USA)
Keith van Rijsbergen (University of Glasgow, UK)
Donald Sofge (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)

Local Organizing Team:

Lea Schaefer, Patrick Kapahnke, Matthias Klusch (DFKI Saarbruecken, Germany)