Abstract Submission
We welcome submissions to the UniversAI interdisciplinary symposium, from both astrophysics and computer science. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Image processing/reconstruction
- Natural language interfaces to data
- Big data visualization
- Knowledge Graphs
- Knowledge representation and reasoning
- Astronomical databases
- Data mining
- Data management
- Astrostatistics
- Future experiments
During submission, you will also need to indicate your preferred presentation format — poster or oral presentation. The Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) decides which abstracts will be accepted for presentation. Abstracts will be accepted under the condition that one, at least, author will be registered and present it at the symposium. The SOC has the right of the final decision on the forms of presentation.
Abstract submission deadline: February 1, 2025
Notification of acceptance: March 1, 2025
Proceed with your Abstract Submission now at the following form:
Abstract format instructions for authors:
- Abstracts must be typed in English
- The paper must be typed single-spaced using Arial 11-pitch type letters.
- Paper title should be typed in UPPER CASE BOLD LETTERS.
- Please include name(s) of author(s) in a new line. Please put initials first. Omit titles. The name of the Presenting Author should be underlined.
- The name of Institution (s) should be included in a separate new line.
- Clarity in presentation is requested. Objectives, methods, results, and conclusions should be stated meaningfully and concisely. Include only a brief description of experimental procedures. Results must include date or statements related to findings. Authors are responsible for the content and quality of abstract preparation and no editing will be done.
- Total number of words should not exceed 250.
- Please indicate your preference on the type of presentation.
- The SOC has the right of the final decision on the forms of presentation.
Proceedings
All accepted abstracts are granted a place in the proceedings, published by Cambridge University Press. These proceedings will be indexed by NASA ADS, Google Scholar, and potentially DBLP (to be confirmed). The length of the paper depends on your presentation format: for poster presentations, papers may be up to 2 pages, while for oral presentations, papers can be up to 4 pages long. Authors are required to follow the official IAU template and refer to the detailed IAU instructions for proceedings authors. Authors of accepted abstracts have the option not to submit a paper to the proceedings.
The papers will be submitted up to three months after the symposium. The paper submission portal will be announced here, closer to the symposium dates.
Paper submission (for accepted abstracts): September 30, 2025