{"id":8,"date":"2015-03-09T16:50:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slais.ijs.si\/wp\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2023-05-22T16:44:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:44:52","slug":"about-slais","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slais.ijs.si\/","title":{"rendered":"About SLAIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"subtitle\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SLAIS (Slovenian Artificial Intelligence Society) is an association of researchers and practitioners in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Slovenia. Most of them come from universities and research institutes, but there are members from industrial and commercial organizations as well. The society promotes theoretical and applied research as well as the transfer of AI technology to industrial and commercial environments. SLAIS was founded in 1992 and is a member society of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurai.org\/\">EurAI<\/a>&nbsp;(European Association for Artificial Intelligence).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"subtitle\"><strong>Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SLAIS covers virtually the whole range of AI topics, as well as some other areas of computer science. More information on members&#8217; research interests can be found on the websites of institutions where most of them work and with which SLAIS tightly cooperates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ijs.si\/\">Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/ailab.ijs.si\/\">Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/kt.ijs.si\/\">Department of Knowledge Technologies<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/dis.ijs.si\/\">Department of Intelligent Systems<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uni-lj.si\/\">University of Ljubljana<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fri.uni-lj.si\/\">Faculty of Computer and Information Science<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fri.uni-lj.si\/en\/laboratories\/ailab\/\">Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fri.uni-lj.si\/en\/laboratories\/lkm\/\">Laboratory for Cognitive Modeling<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fri.uni-lj.si\/en\/laboratories\/biolab\/\">Bioinformatics Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uni-mb.si\/\">University of Maribor<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feri.uni-mb.si\/\">Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.uni-mb.si\/\">Faculty of Mechanical Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ung.si\/en\/\">University of Nova Gorica<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ung.si\/en\/research\/systems-it\/\">Centre for Systems and Information Technologies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ki.si\/\">National Institute of Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>SLAIS and SLAIS members organize various activities related to AI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biannual conference <a href=\"http:\/\/bioma.ijs.si\/\">BIOMA &#8211; Bioinspired Optimization Methods and Their Applications<\/a>,&nbsp;Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ieee.si\/\">Electrotechnical and Computer Science Conference<\/a>,&nbsp;Portoro\u017e, Slovenia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informatica.si\/\">Informatica<\/a> journal &#8211; published by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drustvo-informatika.si\/\">Slovenian Society Informatika<\/a>, but supported by SLAIS as well<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annual <a href=\"http:\/\/is.ijs.si\/\">Information Society multiconference<\/a>,&nbsp;Ljubljana, Slovenia, particularly Intelligent Systems conference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/libra.ijs.si\/\">Library<\/a> specialized in AI literature at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ijs.si\/ijs.html\">Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dis-slovarcek.ijs.si\/\">Slovene-English dictionary of computer and information science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/videolectures.net\/solomon\/\">Solomon Seminars<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/videolectures.net\/\">VideoLectures<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kt.ijs.si\/MarkoBohanec\/semai.html\">SLAIS Seminars<\/a>,&nbsp;1994-2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-time events announced on the SLAIS website and listed on the history page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"subtitle\"><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three SLAIS members were elected as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eccai.org\/fellows.shtml\">ECCAI Fellows<\/a> for their significant, sustained contributions to the field of artificial intelligence in Europe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>ECCAI Fellow<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>2001<\/td><td>Ivan Bratko<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2007<\/td><td>Nada Lavra\u010d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008<\/td><td>Sa\u0161o D\u017eeroski<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"new\">Two SLAIS members received ECCAI Artificial Intelligence Dissertation Award:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>AI Dissertation Award<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>2001<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eccai.org\/diss-award\/2001.shtml\">Dorian \u0160uc<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2005<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eccai.org\/diss-award\/2005.shtml\">Aleks Jakulin<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"new\">SLAIS member Nada Lavra\u010d recived Zois Recognition Award for important contributions to science, research and development in the area of intelligent data analysis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>Zois Recognition Award<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>2013<\/td><td>Nada Lavra\u010d<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"subtitle\"><strong>Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slais.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/members2014.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"494\" src=\"http:\/\/slais.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/members2014.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slais.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/members2014.png 837w, https:\/\/slais.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/members2014-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/slais.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/members2014-24x14.png 24w, https:\/\/slais.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/members2014-36x21.png 36w, https:\/\/slais.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/members2014-48x28.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"subtitle\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"subtitle\"><strong>Chairs and Secretaries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Years<\/th><th>Chair<\/th><th>Vice Chair<\/th><th>Secreatry\/Treasurer<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>1992-1996<\/td><td>Ivan Bratko<\/td><td>Matja\u017e Gams<\/td><td>Bogdan Filipi\u010d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1996-1998<\/td><td>Bogdan Filipi\u010d<\/td><td>Ivan Bratko, Nikola Guid<\/td><td>Aram Karali\u010d, Sa\u0161o D\u017eeroski<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1998-2002<\/td><td>Matja\u017e Gams<\/td><td>Nikola Guid<\/td><td>Matja\u017e Kukar, Aleks Jakulin, Maja \u0160krjanc<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2002-2006<\/td><td>Nikola Guid<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Damjan Strnad<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2006-2010<\/td><td>Marko Bohanec<\/td><td>Dunja Mladeni\u0107<\/td><td>Petra Kralj Novak, Martin \u017dnidar\u0161i\u010d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2010-2014<\/td><td>Dunja Mladeni\u0107<\/td><td>Marko Bohanec<\/td><td>Gregor Leban<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2014-2018<\/td><td>Mitja Lu\u0161trek<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Bo\u017eidara Cvetkovi\u0107, Vito Janko<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2018-2023<\/td><td>Sa\u0161o D\u017eeroski<\/td><td><\/td><td>Petra Kralj Novak<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023-<\/td><td>Aleksander Sadikov<\/td><td>Sa\u0161o D\u017eeroski<\/td><td>Vida Groznik<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description SLAIS (Slovenian Artificial Intelligence Society) is an association of researchers and practitioners in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Slovenia. 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