[PlanetKR] Call for Papers: IJCAI Workshop on Education in Artificial Intelligence K-12

[Gerald Steinbauer]

CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 1st International Workshop on
Education in Artificial Intelligence K-12 (EduAI)
August 10 or 11 or 12 (TBA), 2019
Macao, China

held in conjunction with IJCAI 2019

https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/xvEKCMwG9mH594DxFwgnbT?domain=eduai19.ist.tugraz.at


IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission deadline: April 12, 2019
Notification of acceptance: May 10, 2019
Submission of camera ready papers: June 3, 2019


INTRODUCTION
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The first International Workshop on Education in Artificial Intelligence
K-12 (EduAI) addresses the emerging topic of education in AI at the K-12
level. The workshop will be held in Macao, China as part of the IJCAI
workshop program. Hosting the EduAI workshop as part of this conference
represents a unique opportunity to bring together leading AI scientists
with education researchers, educators and practitioners who focus on and
are interested in K-12 AI education.


DESCRIPTION
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In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has captured the attention
of the public, and become a major topic of discussion. AI already has a
significant influence on various areas of life and across different
sectors and fields. The rapidity with which AI is impacting our everyday
life as well as our working world poses a tremendous challenge for our
society and educational system. Sound knowledge about AI, its principles
and concepts, the ability to apply AI techniques and methods, coupled
with the ability to analyze their long-term benefits, are becoming 21st
century key skills. They are the basis for creating career opportunities
and fostering a broad common understanding of AI applications and
products. As a consequence, this also enables people to better estimate
potential opportunities and possible risks of those upcoming
technologies. Access to basic AI literacy, education and tools will also
reduce the danger of social or economic exclusion of certain groups of
people, especially women and minorities.  In this context it is
essential to introduce fundamental concepts and techniques of AI from an
early age. In doing so, a convenient byproduct will be the involvement
of the child’s caregivers - parents and educators, who will also become
AI-literate.


AIMS
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Teaching fundamental AI concepts and techniques has traditionally been
done at the university level. Education in AI at the K-12 level is still
quite rare. However, in recent years several initiatives and projects
pursuing the mission of K-12 AI education have emerged.
The main goal of this workshop is to bring together people who are
actively involved with and/or interested in K-12 AI education
(researchers, teachers, educators, practitioners) and top AI scientists,
fostering a mutual exchange of knowledge, ideas and views between those
groups. The workshop aims to present initiatives, projects, ideas and
best practice examples, to get input from leading AI researchers, and to
discuss current work, possible cooperation and future directions in the
context of AI education in schools. Furthermore, it aims to discuss and
find a common ground for how to best implement AI education at the K-12
level.


TOPIC AREAS
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We invite submissions of research papers from researchers,
practitioners, and educators interested in education in AI at K-12 level
(primary, secondary).
Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):
K-12 AI educational initiatives and projects
AI curricula
AI teaching concepts and materials
social, ethical and economic aspects of AI, human factors
software and hardware tools in AI education and how those tools could
improve teaching
AI in education
best practices for training educators to teach about AI
parental involvement in AI-literacy
approaches dealing with the question of what should be taught to prepare
youth for a digitized world

We also welcome discussions of best practice examples and hands-on
demonstrations of AI teaching approaches at K-12 level.


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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Potential participants are invited to submit either
 a full length regular paper (i.e. a paper presenting an implemented and
evaluated AI educational project (K-12) of a considerable outreach; a
paper describing innovative and novel approaches in the area of AI
education; 8 pages)
 a short paper (i.e. a position paper describing specific questions and
issues that the participants feel should be addressed; a demo paper
describing a demonstration of an AI educational approach or tool; a
work-in-progress paper aimed at describing recent developments,
initiatives, best practice examples, activities or new projects that are
not yet ready for publication as regular papers; 4 pages)

Accepted full papers will be presented orally during the workshop.
Authors of accepted short papers will prepare a poster which will be
presented during a workshop poster session.

FORMATTING

Submissions are accepted in PDF format only, using the IJCAI 2019
formatting guidelines at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/qeYHCNLJ8nfN9mJVc4piOf?domain=ijcai.org

Author names should be included. Regular papers must not exceed eight
(8) and short papers must not exceed four (4) pages, including
references and appendices. Over-length submissions will be rejected
without review.
Papers must be submitted by the due date at the following EasyChair
submission site: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/52P2COMKZohAwml5TkD4ay?domain=easychair.org

PROCEEDINGS

The workshop contributions will be published electronically.


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Gerald Steinbauer, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Sven Koenig, University of Southern California, USA
Fredrik Heintz, Linköping University, Sweden
Tara Chklovski, Iridescent, USA
Martin Kandlhofer, Graz University of Technology, Austria
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