General Information about
the Conference

IBERAMIA/SBIA 2000 will consist of:

• Main conference

• Associated workshops

• Tutorials

• Best MsC dissertation and Phd thesis contest

The main conference will be structured along two main modules:

• Open discussion track

• Paper track

The open discussion track is composed of working sessions devoted to the most important areas of research in Ibero-American countries. Papers submitted to this open discussion track may be written in Portuguese, Spanish or English; they will be reviewed and published in a local edition.

The paper track is composed of invited talks and paper presentations from all over the world, covering all topics listed above. Proceedings of this paper track will be published in Springer Verlag's LNCS/LNAI series.

Concerning the workshops, there is a specific call for proposals. However, two workshops are already confirmed, as they have been periodically held in the last editions of SBIA and IBERAMIA:

• 3rd Ibero-American Workshop on Distributed AI and Multi-Agent Systems (DAIMAS)
  chair: Luis Otavio Alvares (II/UFRGS)

• 5th Workshop on Automatic Processing of Written and Spoken Portuguese (PROPOR)
  chair: Maria das Gracas Volpe Nunes (ICMC/USP)

We are planning to have both advanced and introductory tutorials. A specific call for proposals is available.

We are also planning to have the first edition of the Latin America Robocup, with demonstrations of both the simulation and small size league. More details will be given soon. The chair of this event is Guilherme Bittencourt (LCMI/UFSC).

Finally, we are organizing the 2nd Best Msc dissertation/ Phd thesis contest (CTDIA'2000). Its main goal is to award the best academic work which was developped in universities belonging to Ibero-American countries. The chair of this event is Solange Oliveira Rezende (LABIC/ICMC/USP).