AI 2011: Advances in Artificial Intelligence

This collection presents 82 peer-reviewed research papers from the 2011 Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, covering foundational topics in data mining, machine learning, and evolutionary computation. The proceedings capture a significant moment in AI development, featuring work on intelligent agent systems, computer vision, and logical reasoning from leading researchers in the field. These carefully selected papers represent the cutting edge of artificial intelligence research as it stood during a pivotal period of advancement.

While primarily valuable for academic researchers and historians of technology, this volume offers fascinating insights into the state of AI before the deep learning revolution fully took hold. The research directions and technical approaches documented here provide crucial context for understanding how contemporary AI systems evolved, making it particularly relevant for graduate students and professionals tracing the field's development. This snapshot of early 2010s artificial intelligence research serves as an important benchmark against which to measure the extraordinary progress that followed.