Special issue: Selected and revised papers from the 18th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence

Mario Alviano, Gianluigi Greco, Francesco Scarcello
2020 Intelligenza Artificiale  
The Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA) was established in 1988 and has the role of increasing the knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at several levels, by fostering its teaching in schools and universities, and by promoting both theoretical and applied research in the field through seminars, targeted initiatives and sponsorship of events. AIxIA is a member of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI), and has witnessed and supported the entire
more » ... tion of AI: from the initial works and expectations in the 80s, passing through a maturation period in the 90s, up to the recent success of several AI technologies pervasively used in everyday applications, AIXIA has been a center of aggregation and fertilization of ideas for the Italian and international research in the sector. Since 1989, AIxIA organizes its International Conference, which is attended by a lively community interested in AI research, tasks, and applications. Experts of AI meet and exchange ideas and results, discuss their positions and envisage future developments of the discipline. Originally a bi-annual event, since 2014 the International Conference of the AIxIA is held annually, a change resulting from the necessity to match the rapid advances in AI. Targeting a var- *
doi:10.3233/ia-200072 dblp:journals/ia/AlvianoGS20 fatcat:wn7arg47brh7fb2ri52xxl2liy