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CALL FOR PAPERS: ADVANCES IN COMPUTER GAMES 12 CONFERENCE

Pamplona, España 11-13 May 2009

H.J. van den Herik and P.H.M. Spronck (editors)

Tilburg, The Netherlands / Pamplona, España

The twelfth conference on Advances in Computer Games (ACG12) will be held in Pamplona, España, in conjunction with the 17th WCCC and the 14th Computer Olympiad at El Centro Europe de Empresas e Innovación de Navarra (CIEN). The conference commences on Monday May 11 at 12.30-17.00h and will take place on three or consecutive days; the other days from 8.30h till 12.30h. The conference aims in the first place at providing an international forum for computer-games researchers presenting new results on ongoing work. The recent successes of the ACG Conferences and the Computers and Games conferences have encouraged the organizers to widen their scope and therefore we encourage contributions on Robotic Pool and Snooker as well as on virtual and video games and modern board games. So, we invite contributors to submit papers on all aspects of research related to computers and games. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: (1) the current state of game-playing programs for classic and modern board and card games, (2) the current state of virtual and video games, (3) new theoretical developments in game-related research, and (4) general scientific contributions produced by the study of games. Also researchers on topics such as (5) social aspects of computer games, (6) cognitive research of how humans play games, and (7) issues related to networked games are invited to submit their contributions.

Important Dates Paper Submission February 20, 2009 Acceptance Notification April 10, 2009 Camera-ready Papers May 1, 2009

Paper Submission Requirements Papers of 8 to 10 pages are preferred. The maximum length is 12 pages. The preferred format for submission is PDF, but Postscript or Word are also acceptable. The paper must be written in the English language. We expect to publish the proceedings in the Lecture Note Series (LNCS/LNAI) format. Please follow the instructions for authors available at the Springer LNCS/LNAI Web: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.

Refereeing Process The usual full refereeing process will be executed. Papers will be refereed by members of the Programme Committee. In practice, this means that papers are accepted if their topic suits the conference and their overall quality is acceptable. Accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation during the conference and will be printed as conference proceedings. Authors of accepted papers, or their representatives, are expected to present their papers at the conference. Notice of acceptance of papers will be sent by April 10, 2009 to the principal author. Camera-ready papers are due by May 1, 2009.

Registration Registration Fee Early Late (On or before April 15) Late (After April 15) Participants Euro 170 Euro 200 Students Euro 100 Euro 120 Admission to the conference and a copy of conference proceedings are included in the conference registration fee.

Proceedings The editing and processing of the contributions to the proceedings will be led by Prof. H.J. van den Herik and Dr. P.H.M. Spronck. The proceedings will be published in 2009. During the conference participants can order (additional) copies.

The Programme Committee consists of: Jaap van den Herik (chair), Pieter Spronck (co-chair), et al.

The Organising Committee consists of: Johanna Hellemons (chair), et al.

More information: Prof.dr. H.J. van den Herik, Tilburg University, TiCC, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands, email: H.J.vdnHerik@uvt.nl or Johanna Hellemons, email: info@icga.org.