BWAI

The second Benin Workshop on Artificial Intelligence (BWAI-19) will be held on Saturday, October 19th, 2019 at the University of Abomey-Calavi University, Abomey-Calavi, Benin. The purpose of the BWAI workshop is to promote the development of #MadeInAfrica smart systems based on artificial intelligence (AI) tools, the research and practice in artificial intelligence, and scientific exchange among AI researchers, practitioners, scientists, and engineers in affiliated disciplines. BWAI-19 will have diverse technical communications, practical sessions, student abstracts, poster sessions, invited speakers, tutorials, workshops, etc.

BWAI-19 welcomes submissions of original, high quality papers/communications in all areas of Artificial Intelligence, including (but not limited to) classical topics such as machine learning, deep learning, heuristics, knowledge representation, reasoning, natural language processing, robotics, chatbot, internet of thing, etc.

PAPER AND COMMUNICATION SUBMISSION

All submissions will be subject to academic peer review by at least two members of the program committee. Selection criteria include accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results, and quality of presentation.
Papers / Abstract should be written in English or French, font Times 12pt. Two types of submission are allowed:

Short paper: 1 page maximum (abstract of the communication).
Regular paper: 4 pages maximum including free main parts such as: introduction, problem statement, work objectives contribution, experiments and results, conclusion and perspectives.

ORGANIZATION

General Chair and Co-Chair.

Professor Eugène C. Ezin

(Chair)

Dr Ing. Ratheil V. Houndji

(Co-Chair)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Arnaud S.R.M Ahouandjinou (Chair)
Ratheil Houndji
Maurice Comlan
Géraud Pazou
John Aoga
Lionel Metognon
Probus Kiki
Christian Akpona
Koubouratou Idjaton

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

Logistics staff

Mr. Ozias Kintoyesse Chair
Ms. Félicité Dété Co-chair
Mr. Wahid Assouma

Technical staff

Mr. Harold Silvère Kiossou Chair
Mr. Lionel Affognon Co-chair
Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mauréen Sossou
Mr. Parisius Houessou

Publicity and communication

Ms. Faizath Jedida Zoumarou Chair
Mr. Georges Cress Hounoun (Co-chair)

IMPORTANT DATES

BWAI-19: Saturday, October 19th, 2019
Registration deadline: Saturday, October 12th, 2019
Acceptance/Rejection notification: Saturday, October 05th, 2019
Deadline for Submission: Monday, September 30th, 2019