[AISWorld] CfP: 3rd Int. Workshop on Conceptual Modeling Meets Artificial Intelligence (CMAI 2021) at ER'2021

[Bork, Dominik]

We kindly invite you to submit your research to the

3rd Int. Workshop on Conceptual Modeling Meets Artificial Intelligence 
(CMAI 2021)

Co-Located with the 40th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling 
(ER 2021), 18-21 October 2021 St. Johns, Canada: https://er2021.org

See full version at: https://workshop-cmai.github.io/2021/

Call for Papers
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is front and center in the data-driven 
revolution that has been taking place in the last couple of years with 
the increasing availability of large amounts of data (“big data”) in 
virtually every domain. The now dominant paradigm of data-driven AI, 
powered by sophisticated machine learning algorithms, employs big data 
to build intelligent applications and support fact-based decision 
making. The focus of data-driven AI is on learning (domain) models and 
keeping those models up-to-date by using statistical methods over big 
data, in contrast to the manual modeling approach prevalent in 
traditional, knowledge-based AI.

While data-driven AI has led to significant breakthroughs, it also comes 
with a number of disadvantages. First, models generated by machine 
learning algorithms often cannot be inspected and understood by a human 
being, thus lacking explainability. Furthermore, integration of 
preexisting domain knowledge into learned models – prior to or after 
learning – is difficult. Finally, correct application of data-driven AI 
depends on the domain, problem, and organizational context while 
considering human aspects as well. Conceptual modeling can be the key to 
applying data-driven AI in a meaningful, correct, and time-efficient way 
while improving maintainability, usability, and explainability.

Topics of Interest
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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Combining generated and manually engineered models
- Combining symbolic with sub-symbolic models
- Conceptual (meta-)models as background knowledge for model learning
- Conceptual models for enabling explainability, model validation and 
plausibility checking
- Trade-off between interpretability and model performance
- Reasoning in generated models
- Data-driven modeling support
- Learning of meta-models
- Automatic, incremental model adaptation
- Case-based reasoning in the context of model generation and conceptual 
modeling
- Model-driven guidance and support for data analytics lifecycle
- Conceptual models for supporting users with conducting data analysis

Important Dates
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Paper submission: 16 June 2021
Author notification: 15 July 2021
Camera-ready Version: 29 July 2021

Workshop Organizers
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Dominik Bork, TU Wien, Austria
Peter Fettke, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, 
Saarland University, Germany
Ulrich Reimer, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, 
Switzerland
Marina Tropmann-Frick, University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany

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Ass. Prof. Dr. Dominik Bork
Assistant Professor for Business Systems Engineering
Business Informatics Group (BIG)
Institute of Information Systems Engineering
TU Wien
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1040 Wien, Österreich

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