IAAI-13 Preface

Welcome to the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference on the Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-13), the premier conference focusing on applied AI research ranging from exciting new potential applications to innovative deployments of AI technology. IAAI is colocated with AAAI and their paper presentations and invited talks are coordinated. This enables conference attendees to seamlessly move between conferences fostering interest in applied AI research while keeping track of the latest results of AI research. IAAI-13 will have 3 paper tracks: deployed applications, emerging applications and challenge problems. The deployed applications track focuses on fielded AI applications that distinguish themselves for their innovative use of AI technology.