AI 2002 is the 15th in the series of annual conferences on arti?cial intelligence held in Australia. This conference is the major forum for the presentation of arti?cial intelligence research in Australia, encompassing all aspects of that broad ?eld. It has traditionally attracted signi?cant international participation, as was again the case in 2002. The current volume is based on the proceedings of AI 2002. Full length ver- ons of all submitted papers were refereed by an international program committee, each paper receiving at least two independent reviews. As a result, 62 papers were...

This volume contains selected papers presented at the Second Asia-Paci c C- ference on Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL'98), from 24 to 27 Nov- ber 1998, in Canberra, Australia. SEAL'98 received a total of 92 submissions (67 papers for the regular sessions and 25 for the applications sessions). All papers were reviewed by three independent reviewers. After review, 62 papers were - cepted for oral presentation and 13 for poster presentation. Some of the accepted papers were selected for inclusion in this volume. SEAL'98 also featured a fully refereed special session on Evolutionary...