This volume contains the proceedings ofAI 2001, the 14thAustralian Joint Conference on Arti?cial Intelligence. The aim of this conference series is to support the Australian arti?cialintelligencecommunitywithaforumfordiscussionandpresentation.Asbefore, this conference not only brought together a great deal ofAustralianAI research, but also attracted widespread international interest. Theconferencethisyearsawanimpressivearrayofabout110submittedpapersfromno fewerthan16countries.Full-lengthversionsofallsubmittedpaperswererefereedbythe international program committee. As a result, these...