May 16-18

The Fifteenth International FLAIRS Conference seeks high quality paper

submissions for a special track in Behavioral Characteristics and AI Systems. Topics included in this special track would address behavioral characteristics as they can be tested and conceptualized in AI systems. These characteristics can include, but may not be limited to: emotions, motivation, creativity, how behavioral characteristics can be simulated, new conceptualizations of these properties in AI systems and innovations in application of behavioral characteristics.

Conference Proceedings

Papers will be refereed. All accepted papers will appear in the conference

proceedings published by AAAI Press. General conference informtion can be obtained at: www.flairs.com

Paper Submissions

Interested authors must submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript

of no more than 5 pages (3400 words) by October 28, 2001. All submissions

must be original work.

Authors should format their paper according to AAAI guidelines. The paper

should not identify the author(s) in any manner. Please submit one cover page

containing the title of your paper, author name(s) and contact information (fax,

email, postal mail, and phone), an abstract (max 100 words), and a list of keywords (in decreasing order of relevance). In case of multiple authors, all correspondence will be sent to the first author unless otherwise requested. If electronic submission poses problems, please contact the program co-chairs to arrange for hardcopy submission.

Papers should be submitted to: Christina Frederick-Recascino, FLAIRS Special Section Co-Organizer

Dept. of Human Factors and Systems

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Daytona Beach. FL 32114

Email: frederic@cts.db.erau.edu

Notification of Deadline: January 3, 2002

Camera Ready Submission: March 4, 2002