The 20th Midwest Artificial Intelligence and
Cognitive Science Conference (MAICS 2009)

April 18-19, 2009

Department of Computer Science

Indiana University-Purdue University
Fort Wayne, Indiana

The MAICS conference is a regional forum where presenting and exchanging ideas related to Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. The conference will bring together researchers and scientists working in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Education, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Psychology.

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence, Intelligent Systems, Natural Language Processing & Understanding, Computational Linguistics, Reasoning and Evolution, Machine Learning, Computational Theories of Learning, Web Intelligence Applications, Decision Support Systems, Data Mining & Visualization, Knowledge Representation & Management

Graduate students and junior faculty are especially encouraged to submit papers. Submitted papers may present significant final results or describe interesting research in progress. The broad range of topics together with the fact that usually only a limited number papers are accepted, and presentations by well known scientists, make the MAICS conference a very special event that has served as a first time presentation opportunity for many graduate students. In recent years MAICS has also attracted a significant interest from international participants.

Papers should range in length from four to eight two-column pages including figures and references using the AAAI format. The authors will retain the copyright. Papers may be submitted as a Microsoft Word, PDF, or Postscript document. Papers must be submitted electronically via the conference web site.

IMPORTANT DATES (Deadlines Extended)

Paper submission	February 9, 2009	February 18, 2009
Acceptance notification	March 6, 2009	March 16, 2009
Early registration	March 20, 2009	March 23, 2009
Camera-ready copy	March 23, 2009	March 25, 2009

Conference homepage: www.ipfw.edu/maics2009

COMMITTEE

Conference Chair   Beomjin Kim, IPFW	Program Chair   Peter NG, IPFW
Local Organization Committee   David Liu, Lubomir Stanchev, Jin Soung Yoo

Program Committee

Hani Abusalem, University of South Carolina‑Aiken	Eric Berkowitz, Roosevelt University
Mary Elaine Califf, Illinois State University	Doina Caragea, Kansas State University
Sumali Conlon, University of Mississippi	Dale Courte, University of Dayton
Valerie Cross, Miami University, Ohio	Martha W. Evens, Illinois Institute of Technology
Michael Glass, Valparaiso University	Vasant Honavar, Iowa State University
Atsushi Inoue, Eastern Washington University	Boris Kerkez, Ashland University
Jong Young Kim, East-West University	Jung Hee Kim, North Carolina A&T State University
Byoung Jik Lee, Western Illinois University	Saverio Perugini, University of Dayton
Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati	Muhammad A. Rahman, Clayton State University
Anca Ralescu, University of Cincinnati	Michael R. Scheessele, Indiana University South Bend
Robert Sedlmeyer, IPFW	Jennifer Seitzer, University of Dayton
Karsten Steinhaeuser, University of Notre Dame	Thomas Sudkamp, Wright State University
Jin Tian, Iowa State University	Noriko Tomuro, DePaul University
Dana Vrajitoru, Indiana University South Bend	James Wolfer, Indiana University South Bend
Byunggu Yu, University of the District of Columbia