As Artificial Intelligence (AI) drives changes to enhance productivity and prolong lifespans, a dual concern is the environmental sustainability of scarce planetary resources.  Effective management of environmental assets and reducing our impact on sensitive ecosystems is becoming a critical issue.  AI has the potential to accelerate global efforts to protect the environment and conserve resources through renewable energy systems, driving energy emission reductions, CO2 removal, developing greener transportation networks, monitoring deforestation, and planning for extreme weather conditions. This workshop aims to explore the emerging applications of AI as it relates to environmental conservation and management.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and multiple submissions allowed if the other conference or journal is in agreement.

Paper length: up to 8 pages.

Follow the other guidelines and formatting options from https://ajcai2022.org/call-for-papers/.

• Paper Submission: 06 November 2022
• Acceptance Notification:  14 November 2022

Accepted papers for the symposium will be distributed during the proceedings via electronic form (i.e., USB Flash memory stick).

Leading papers from the symposium will be invited to submit an extended version to a special Journal Proceedings on Artificial Intelligence for the Environment (details to be negotiated). These papers will undergo a further round of blind peer review.

List of Topics

Papers are being solicited on (but not limited to) the following topics:

• Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
• Climate Adaptation
• Disaster Resilience Planning (Bush Fires, Flooding, Droughts, Tsunami, Storms)
• E-Waste/Plastic Recycling/Up-Cycling (Green IT and the Circular Economy)
• Energy Sustainability (Distributed Energy Resource Portfolios)
• Environmental Financial Planning, Insurance and Economics
• Home Automation
• Internet of Things (IoT)/Internet of Everything (IoE)/AI of Things (AIoT) Environmental Sensing
• Smart Cities, Infrastructure and Buildings (Urban Monitoring and Optimisation)
• Sustainable Agriculture/Aquaculture
• Sustainable Production/Manufacturing
• Transport Management and Optimisation
• Water Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
• Weather Monitoring and Forecasting

Committees

Program Committee

• Dr Chen Cai – Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation, University of New South Wales
• Dr Quanxi Shao – Data61, CSIRO
• A/Prof Anik Bhaduri – Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
• Dr. Ming Li – Data61, CSIRO
• Professor Ian Atkinson – eResearch Centre, James Cook University
• Subbu Sethuvenkatraman – Energy, CSIRO

Advisory Committee

• Professor Abdul Sattar (a.sattar@griffith.edu.au) – AI for Life Lab, Griffith University
• Dr Andrew Moore – Drought Resilience Coordinator, CSIRO
• Dr Brent Henderson – Sustainable Agriculture, CSIRO
• Professor Brendan Mackey (b.mackey@griffith.edu.au) – Griffith Climate Action Beacon, Griffith University

Organizing Committee

• Dr Jarrod Trevathan (j.trevathan@griffith.edu.au) – Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems, Griffith University
• Dr M A Hakim Newton (mahakim.newton@newcastle.edu.au) – School of Information and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle
• Dr Ashfaqur Rahman (ashfaqur.rahman@data61.csiro.au) – Data61, CSIRO

Venue

The conference will be held as part of AJCAI (https://ajcai2022.org/) in Perth, Western Australia 

Contact

All queries should be emailed to Jarrod (j.trevathan@griffith.edu.au), Newton (mahakim.newton@newcastle.edu.au) or Ashfaqur (ashfaqur.rahman@data61.csiro.au)