4th Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-09) will
be held during December 16-18 2009 in Tumkur (near Bangalore), India. IICAI is a
series of high quality technical events in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and is
also one of the major AI events in the world.

The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental
activities in AI and related fields in India and the rest of the world. Another
goal is to promote scientific information interchange between AI researchers,
developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working in India and abroad.
The conference will be held every two years to make it an ideal platform for
people to share views and experiences in AI and related areas.

A Special Session on Artificial Intelligence Applications in Water Resources
Management will be held during the 4th Indian International Conference on
Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-09).

Papers on topics related to various soft computing techniques and their
applications in water resources management are of interest and invited for this
special session. Topics include, but are not limited to:

Soft Computing Methods -

Genetic Algorithms
Differential Evolution
Particle Swarm Optimization
Ant Colony Optimization
Genetic Programming
Neural Network based Learning Methods
Support Vector Machines
Model Trees
Fuzzy Logic
Data Mining
Knowledge based Decision Support Systems
Multi-criterion Decision Making

Applications related to -

Reservoir Operation
River Basin Management
Water Distribution Systems
Ground Water Management
Watershed Management
Irrigation Water Management
Rainfall Runoff Modeling
Urban Hydrology
Modelling Hydrologic Extremes
Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources
Environmental Hydraulics

Paper Submission and Publication:

Authors are encouraged to submit the papers for this session as an email
attachment to the Session Chairs (please send to both the Chairs) given below.
The papers should be in MSWORD, PDF, or PS format and should be formatted
according to the Springer Lecture Notes instructions. The length of a paper
should not exceed 20 pages. Shorter papers or papers on the work currently in
progress are also welcome. The first page of the paper should contain the title,
name(s) of the authors, affiliations, the postal and email addresses, and at
least 3 keywords appropriate to the content of the paper. Further information
regarding the paper submission can be obtained from the conference website too.

Each paper will be peer reviewed by at least two experts in the topical area.
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under the
title of the session.

You may contact the conference chairs at iicai.conference[at]gmail.com for any
additional information.

Deadlines:

Draft paper submission deadline is May 1 2009 (will not be extended further)
May 25 2009: Notification of acceptance.
July 6 2009: Camera ready papers and Pre-registration due.
December 16-18, 2009: Special Session and the IICAI-09 Conference.

Session Chairs:

Dr. M. Janga Reddy
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai - 400076, INDIA
E-mail: mjreddy[at]iitb.ac.in

and

Prof. D. Nagesh Kumar
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA
E-mail: nagesh[at]civil.iisc.ernet.in