Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development: 8th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning

The International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR) is the p- eminent international meeting on case-based reasoning (CBR). ICCBR 2009 (http: //www.iccbr.org/iccbr09/)was the eighth in this series of biennial - ternationalconferenceshighlightingthemostsigni?cantcontributionstothe?eld of CBR. The conference took place during July 20-23, 2009 in Seattle, Wa- ington, USA. Previous ICCBR conferences have been held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK (2007), Chicago, USA (2005), Trondheim, Norway (2003), Vanc- ver, Canada (2001), Seeon, Germany (1999), Providence, Rhode Island, USA (1997), and Sesimbra, Portugal (1995). Day1oftheconferencehostedanApplicationsTrackandintroducedthe?rst ICCBR Doctoral Consortium. The Applications Track focused on real-world- amples of the use of CBR in industrial ?elded applications and provided a co- erative forum for the cross-fertilization of ideas between academic and industry attendees. The Doctoral Consortium concentrated on providing a supportive atmosphere for early-stage CBR researchers. Participants were matched with mentors, who provided guidance on their research trajectory, as well as advice about writing and presenting their research. Day 2 featured topical workshops on "Reasoning from Experiences on the Web," "Case-BasedReasoning for Computer Games," "Uncertainty, Knowledge DiscoveryandSimilarityinCase-BasedReasoning,"and"CBRintheHealthS- ences."Inaddition, thesecondCBRComputerCookingContestwasheldfoll- ingonfromitssuccessatthe9thEuropeanConferenceonCase-BasedReasoning (ECCBR 2008) held in Trier, Germany. Students and research groups described their entries in terms of the application of case retrieval, adaptation, and com- nation methods for cooking recipes, and participated in an energeticlivedem- strative competition that was enjoyed by all attendees of the conference.