AAAI first day, the organizing committee of China remote participants to join

By Super nerve

Summary: AAAI 2020 to begin soon, but the epidemic situation is grim, many Chinese scholars could not travel far across the Atlantic in New York to participate in the meeting. In view of this, AAAI 2020 organizing committee also gives a timely solution, scholars optional remote presentations and show Poster.

Keywords: AAAI 2020 remote participants

Top field of artificial intelligence conference AAAI 2020 (thirty-fourth), local time on February 7 to 12, held in New York.

AAAI CCF was named one of the seven Class A International Conference

But this year, under the influence of the new coronavirus epidemic, some countries have a public health emergency, the US government also expressed February 2 "Over the past 14 days have been to China of foreigners (immediate family members of US citizens and green card except) banned from entering the United States. "

Therefore, many Chinese scholars may not be as smooth as in previous years participants. In this regard, AAAI 2020 Organizing Committee has recently issued a notice related to the epidemic, put forward the corresponding solutions for not participating scholars.

Organizing Committee concerned about the health of the participants

First, AAAI by all current coronavirus (2019-nCoV) the impact of AAAI-20 participants, express our deepest concern.

They will hold a meeting to ensure normal, and will hold meetings with the (New York Hilton Midtown), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the New York City and state agencies to keep in touch, to advise the relevant information about disease prevention and treatment to participants.

Some viruses precautions Organizing Committee for participants

The organizing committee also provides information about the novel coronavirus transmission, symptoms, prevention and treatment of participants, to ensure everyone's health. In addition, the organizers also prepared a number of commonly used drugs scene.

Chinese attendees and remote participants can author

In order to successfully carry out the meeting, the committee in the number of Chinese participants, while the outbreak of reasons can not attend the meeting expressed regret, but also said they would help the Chinese participants as much as possible, if possible, will introduce papers for everyone, or or provide remote video presentation if necessary.

Therefore, because the fight against the epidemic can not visit the scene of friends do not have to worry, you can look forward to it, "cloud the participants."

For direct influence by the Chinese coronavirus outbreak unable to attend the meeting of all authors , the organizing committee provides a solution participants.

Organizing Committee, said the best option is to find a can attend the meeting, and I can help my colleagues introduced the author of the paper. However, if not possible, the committee also provides the following options:

Video (oral or spotlight authors) may submit a presentation to the chairman of the meeting;
If you plan to complete the oral report (20 minutes), the meeting host can during the meeting, and the establishment of conference telephone connection for remote presentations. Chairman of the detailed information will be meeting arrangements;
If you have a poster need to, you can try to ask my colleagues in the field to help print and display on the evening of the poster presentation. If not, AAAI can arrange for printing and display in New York. However, this service will be charged a $ 96 service fee.

Organizing Committee has sent a message to the participants of the notification

Organizing Committee, said, if you choose to provide remote video or video, but also the best of the best can ask colleagues to help participants presentation and answer questions in the case of poor connection or help.

Chinese scholars: an important part of AAAI Conference

According to statistics, AAAI 2020 a total of as many as 8800 to submit papers, which entered the 7737 review session, the final 1591 were admitted, 20.6% acceptance rate.

In these papers, the number of papers submitted by the Chinese author increasing year by year. The number of submissions from the 2017 AAAI China accounted for about 30% of the total, more than the United States, jumped influence.

在往后历届 AAAI 会议上，华人面孔也越来越多，已经逐渐成为 AAAI 不可或缺的一部分。甚至在 2017 年，AAAI 因为原定日期与中国春节冲突，还特地作了改期。

今年因为疫情的严峻形势，使得众多中国学者（据了解，不能入境的中国参会者达到总参会人数的 1/5）无法到达现场展示与交流，将会留下些许遗憾。我们期待疫情尽早结束，一切恢复如初。

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