Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "Rehan O'Grady" Newsgroups: comp.ai.doc-analysis.misc Subject: AAAI Video Competition 2012 - Call For Videos Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:04:16 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 103 Message-ID: <17808750.693.1331748256632.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbak7> NNTP-Posting-Host: 78.29.255.64 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1331748649 15764 127.0.0.1 (14 Mar 2012 18:10:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:10:49 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=78.29.255.64; posting-account=D4ml-woAAADh_cFCNbS1qc3HDUgpqECl User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Received-Bytes: 5137 Xref: csiph.com comp.ai.doc-analysis.misc:35 Dear Colleague, AAAI is pleased to announce the continuation of the AI Video Competition, n= ow entering its sixth year. The video competition will be held in conjuncti= on with the AAAI-12 conference in Toronto Canada, July 22-26 2012. At the a= ward ceremony, authors of award-winning videos will be presented with "Shak= eys", Oscar-like trophies named in honour of SRI's Shakey robot and its pio= neering video. Award winning videos will be screened at this ceremony. =20 =20 The goal of the competition is to show the world how much fun AI is by docu= menting exciting artificial intelligence advances in research, education, a= nd application. View previous entries and award winners athttp://www.aaaivi= deos.org/past_competitions. Last year's winning entry has been viewed 315,0= 00 times!=20 The rules are simple: Compose a short video about an exciting AI project, a= nd narrate it so that it is accessible to a broad online audience. We stron= gly encourage student participation.=20 VIDEO FORMAT and CONTENT=20 Either 1 minute (max) short video or a 5 minute (max) long video, with Engl= ish narration (or English subtitles). Consider combining screen shots, inte= rviews, and video of a system in action. Make the video self-contained, so = that newcomers to AI can understand and learn from it. We encourage a good = sense of humor, but will only accept submissions with serious AI content. F= or example, we welcome submissions of videos that: * Highlight a research topic - contemporary or historic, your own or from = another group * Introduce viewers to an exciting new AI-related technology * Provide a window into the research activities of a laboratory or senior = researcher * Attract prospective students to the field of AI * Explain AI concepts - your video could be used in the classroom Please note that this list is not exhaustive. Novel ideas for AI-based vide= os, including those not necessarily based on a "system in action", are enco= uraged. No matter what your choice, creativity is encouraged! (Please note= : The authors ofprevious, award-winning AI Videos typically used humor, bac= kground music, and carefully selected movie clips to make their presentatio= ns come alive.) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submit your video by making it available for download on a (preferably pass= word-protected) ftp or web site. Once you have done so, please fill out the= submission form (http://www.aaaivideos.org/aaaistatic/submission/aaai_vide= o_comp_2012_submission_form.txt) and send it to Rehan O'Grady by email (rog= rady@ulb.ac.be). All submissions are due no later than May 31, 2012. All au= thors of accepted videos will be asked to sign a distribution license form.= =20 =20 Review and Award Process: Submitted videos will be peer-reviewed by members of the programme committe= e according to the criteria below. Videos that receive positive reviews wil= l be accepted for publication in the AAAI Video Competition proceedings, pu= blished on the dedicated website (http://www.aaaivideos.org). The best vide= os will be nominated for awards. Winners will be revealed at the award cere= mony during AAAI-12. =20 =20 Review criteria: 1. Relevance to AI (research or application) 2. Excitement generated by the technology presented 3. Educational content 4. Entertainment value 5. Presentation (cinematography, narration, soundtrack, production values= ) Award Categories: Best Video, Best Short Video, Best Student Video, Most Jaw-Dropping Technol= ogy, Most Educational, Most Entertaining and Best Presentation. (Categories may be changed at the discretion of the chairs.) Awards: Oscar-like trophies ("Shakeys").=20 KEY DATES:=20 * Submission Deadline: May 31, 2012 * Reviewing Decision Notifications & Award Nominations: June 15, 2012 * Final Version Due: June 22, 2012 * Screening and Award Presentations: TBD =20 We look forward to your participation in this exciting event! Best regards, =20 Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari and Rehan O'Grady Co-Chairs, AAAI Video Competition 2012