Sri Lanka Association for Artificial Intelligence (SLAAI)

SLAAI is a non-profit association committed to promoting research and application of artificial intelligence in Sri Lanka. SLAAI organizes an annual conference to bring researchers of all the fields of artificial intelligence in Sri Lanka under one umbrella and this forms a stage to present and discuss the latest research findings and applications in AI. Apart the conference, SLAAI conducts a number of Meetups, workshops in universities and schools to promote and enhance the public understanding of AI. SLAAI operated as the Artificial Intelligence Research group in Sri Lanka (AIRLK) for 3 years before its formal establishment in 2000. SLAAI membership represents both academia and industry in the country. The primary objectives of SLAAI are to increase public awareness of Artificial Intelligence, improve teaching and research in AI, and also promote industry academia partnership in the use for AI techniques for real world problem solving. Major SLAAI activities include conduct of AI publicity programmes, offering of short courses in areas of AI, promote research in AI, and conduct an annual AI conference and publishing of proceedings. The Sri Lanka Association of Artificial Intelligence (SLAAI) is the first organization to represent the artificial intelligence researchers in Sri Lanka.