Thisvolumecontainsthecollectedcontributionsofthreeconferences,AISC2008, Calculemus 2008, and MKM 2008. AISC 2008 was the 9th International C- ference on Arti?cial Intelligence and Symbolic Computation that is concerned with the use of AI techniques within symbolic computation as well as the - plication of symbolic computation to AI problem solving. Calculemus 2008 was the 15th Symposium on the Integration of Symbolic Computation and Mec- nized Reasoning dedicated to the combination of computer algebra systems and automated deduction systems. MKM 2008 was the 7th International Conference on Mathematical KnowledgeManagement, an emerging interdisciplinary?eld of research in the intersection of mathematics, computer science, library science, andscienti?cpublishing. Allthreeconferencesarethusingeneralconcernedwith providingintelligent computer mathematics. Although the conferences haves- aratecommunitiesandseparatefoci,thereisasigni?cantoverlapintheinterests in building systems for intelligent computer mathematics. For this reason it was decided to collocate the three events in 2008, at the University of Birmingham, UK. While the proceedings are shared, the submission process was separate. The responsibility for acceptance/rejection rests completely with the three P- gramme Committees. By this collocation we made a contribution against the fragmentation of communities which work on di?erent aspects of di?erent in- pendent branches,traditionalbranches(e. g. ,computer algebra,theoremproving and arti?cial intelligence in general), as well as newly emerging ones (on user interfaces, knowledge management, theory exploration, etc. ). This will also - cilitate the development of systems for intelligent computer mathematics that will be routinely used by mathematicians, computer scientists, and engineers in their every-day business. In total, 37 papers were submitted to AISC.
This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Symbolic Computation, AISC 2008, the 15th Symposium on the Integration of Symbolic Computation and Mechanized Reasoning, Calculemus 2008, and the 7th International Conference on Mathematical Knowledge Management, MKM 2008, held in Birmingham, UK, in July/August as CICM 2008, the Conferences on Intelligent Computer Mathematics.
The 14 revised full papers for AISC 2008, 10 revised full papers for Calculemus 2008, and 18 revised full papers for MKM 2008, plus 5 invited talks, were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 81 submissions for a joint presentation in the book. The papers cover different aspects of traditional branches in CS such as computer algebra, theorem proving, and artificial intelligence in general, as well as newly emerging ones such as user interfaces, knowledge management, and theory exploration, thus facilitating the development of integrated mechanized mathematical assistants that will be routinely used by mathematicians, computer scientists, and engineers in their every-day business.
