======================== WFAI 2107: Call for Papers ======================== First Workshop on Forgetting in Artificial Intelligence http://www.cogsys.wiai.uni-bamberg.de/wfai2017 Held at KI 2017 September 25/26, 2017 Dortmund, Germany ============================================================================ Though forgetting is usually a nuisance in everyday life, it is an important feature for human life. On the one hand, forgetting superfluous information facilitates the task at hand. On the other hand, it is an integral part of basic cognitive processes, like generalization, abstraction, and learning. In this context, forgetting is the deliberate act to abolish unnecessary knowledge possibly conserving knowledge on a higher level. Recently, the term "machine unlearning" has been coined for the first beneficial use described above. In this workshop the general topic of beneficial forgetting shall be explored from different viewpoints. The workshop aims to bring together researchers from AI, Machine Learning, Cognitive Science, and other disciplines who are interested in understanding how artificial systems can profit from forgetting and how beneficial forgetting in humans can be influenced. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: - Forgetting in knowledge management systems - Agents with knowledge limitations - Unlearning hypotheses in active or incremental learning - Supporting humans to beneficially forget - Cognitive models using or displaying beneficial forgetting processes ------- Paper Submission ------- We invite papers, which have to be in English and formatted according to the Springer LNCS style. Papers may report on new research that makes a substantial contribution to the field, but also on research in progress. Papers may have up to 8 pages (including references). Shorter papers are also welcome. Submission will be by email in electronic form as pdf only. Submissions should be sent until June 18 to michael.siebers (at) uni-bamberg.de All papers will be subject to blind peer review based on the standard criteria of relevance, significance of results, originality of ideas, soundness, and quality of the presentation. All accepted papers will be published in online proceedings, and will be presented at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the KI conference and present the contribution. -------- Important Dates -------- Paper Submissions Due: June 11, 2017 Acceptance Notification: July 24, 2017 Camera-ready Version Due: August 20, 2017 Workshop: September 25 or 26, 2017 -------- Main Organizers -------- Michael Siebers, Cognitive Systems Group, University of Bamberg Christian Jilek, Smart Data & Knowledge Services Department, DFKI GmbH ------- Program Committee ------- Christoph Beierle, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany Francesco Gallo, EURIX Group, Italy Mark A. Greenwood, University of Sheffield, UK José Hernandez-Orallo, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Nattiya Kanhabua, Aalborg University, Denmark Gabriele Kern-Isberner, TU Dortmund, Germany Fernando Martinez, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Heiko Maus, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany Vasileios Mezaris, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece Marco Ragni, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Nele Rußwinkel, TU Berlin, Germany Sven Schwarz, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany Tobias Tempel, Universität Trier, Germany Ingo J. Timm, Universität Trier, Germany Maria Wolters, University of Edinburgh, UK ============================================================================