Overview
Although AI has brought transformative changes to various aspects of life, its impact on researchers unfolds in a nuanced manner. On the one hand, AI assists in various research disciplines, such as Social Science, Finance, Medicine, GeoScience, Math, etc., significantly expediting academic processes. However, it's important to note that these AI programs are still guided by human researchers. On the flip side, the AI era poses challenges for researchers. While it streamlines certain tasks, researchers find themselves still having to undergo years of professional training, extensive paper reading to stay current, quicker ideation due to fast-paced advancements, and a growing number of papers to review. It appears that AI is pushing them to work harder and be more productive. In contemplating the future, the question looms: Can AI potentially replace researchers as autonomous scientists?
Call for Papers
This workshop aims to bring together researchers from different disciplines who are interested in how AI is made use of to assist, accelerate, and even automate their research activities. As such, the workshop welcomes and covers a wide range of topics, including (non-exclusively):
- AI for Social Science, such as Psychology, Criminology, etc.
- AI for Natural Science, such as Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Geography, Biology, Material, etc.
- AI for Math
- AI for Finance
- AI automates research, such as automatic data analysis, AI-assisted experiment design, streamlining research processes, etc.
- AI as Autonomous Scientists: identifying new research questions, conducting experiments, and analyzing results
- AI for academic services, such as automatic paper review, AI for academic writing, scientific paper recommendations, etc.
- Scientific document modeling and understanding
- Challenges and ethical considerations in AI-driven academic research
Paper format & proceedings: Please use the official IJCAI format, and we accept papers of pages >=4 (reference and appendix excluded).
- Accepted papers may opt for either in-person presentation or forgo the opportunity for an onsite presentation.
- Accepted papers can choose to be published in Springer Nature proceedings or not.
Best Paper Awards: We will set the "Best Paper Award".
Contact: AI4Research2024@gmail.com
Important Dates
- May 20: Paper submission deadline
- June 2: Notification of acceptance
- Aug. 5: Workshop
All deadlines are 11.59 pm UTC -12h (“anywhere on Earth”).
Keynote Speakers (more are coming)
Prof. Heng Ji |
Prof. Zhouhan Lin |
Prof. Zachary Ives |
Prof. Arman Cohan |
Organizing Committee
Wenpeng Yin |
Janice Ahn |
Rui Zhang |
Lifu Huang |
Advisory Boards
Najoung Kim |
Wei Xu |
Muhao Chen |
Heike Adel |