Description AI has provided computational approaches to design processes and the representation of design knowledge. Design of materials, products, buildings and other artifacts have long been a focus of artificial intelligence research and application. Artificial intelligence representations and reasoning models have been influenced and inspired by design cognition resulting in AI methods as the basis for computer-aided design and decision support in many contexts. ‘Design for X’ has become a way of changing design thinking so that downstream concerns are considered early in the design process. Imperatives for environmental and societal sustainability are challenging designers to think beyond Design for X and more broadly to consider factors that had been previously given little attention. Life cycle costs should be considered along many dimensions, including energy requirements during manufacture and use phases, and material loss and environmental damage at the end of a product’s life. In fact, a long-term vision for the field of AI and sustainable design is cradle-to-cradle design, so that products are not designed to be thrown away or recycled in very limited ways, but products are designed and built that enables full reuse, with nothing thrown out and nothing degraded. Our presumption is that the increased complexity of design necessitated by a desire for very long-term planet sustainability requires application of and advances in artificial intelligence. AI and design is established already, with conferences and journals. The purpose of this symposium is to focus on the challenges of sustainable design and the role that AI plays in achieving sustainability. Invited Speakers Alice Agogino, Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of California at Berkeley, Distributed AI and Sustainable Design: Smart Products for the Smart Grid Kirstin Gail, Product Manager, Autodesk, Sustainable Laptop Design Topics Paper topics include, but are not limited to: AI applications in sustainable design of chemicals, materials, products, appliances, buildings, communities, etc. Computational and cognitive models of sustainable-design thinking. Biologically-inspired and evolutionary models of sustainable design. Collaborative design and collective intelligence for sustainable design. Games and simulation for teaching and embedding sustainable design. Virtual Participation This Symposium intends to support virtual participation for a limited number of participants using internet-based virtual technology. Please inform the co-chairs by email as early as possible if you would like to be considered for virtual participation. Go here for details. Co-Chairs Douglas Fisher, Vanderbilt University, USA douglas.h.fisher@Vanderbilt.edu. Mary Lou Maher, University of Maryland, College Park, USA marylou.maher@gmail.com Program Committee David Brown, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Janet Burge, Miami University, USA Mark Clayton, Texas A&M University, USA Bauke de Vries, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Alex Duffy, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Maria Fox, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Ashok Goel, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA John Haymaker, Stanford University, USA Yong Se Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Mark Klein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Yu-Tung (Aleppo) Liu, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Panos Papalambros, University of Michigan, USA Ashish Sabharwal, Cornell University, USA Jami Shah, Arizona State University, USA Ram Sriram, National Institue of Standards and Technology, USA Robert Stone, Oregon State University, USA Rudi Stoufs, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands William Tomlinson, University of California Irvine, USA Brian Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Submission Information Submissions can be position statements, work in progress, or completed work. The length of submissions is 6-8 pages in AAAI format as specified on their web site. Acceptance to prepare a submission will be based on the review of an extended abstract up to 1000 words. To encourage graduate student participation, we also invite advanced PhD students to submit thesis position papers. Important Dates October 8 Abstracts due (submit at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aisd11) November 12 Acceptance/rejection notices mailed January 21 Final submissions due on AAAI web site February 4 Registration deadline March 21-23 Spring Symposium Series, Stanford University For general information regarding the AAAI Spring Symposium Series please see http://www.aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/spring-symposia.php. AAAI Symposium on AI and Design for Sustainability Homepage