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Computational creativity (CC) is the art, science, phi- losophy, and engineering of computational systems which, by taking on particular responsibilities, exhib-
it behaviors that unbiased observers would deem to be cre-
ative. As a field of research, this area is thriving, with progress
in formalizing what it means for software to be creative,
along with many exciting and valuable applications of cre-
ative software in the sciences, the arts, literature, gaming, and
elsewhere. The ICCC conference series, organized by the
Association for Computational Creativity1 since 2010, is the
only scientific conference that focuses on computational cre-
ativity alone and also covers all its aspects. The Eighth Inter-
national Conference on Computational Creativity
(ICCC’ 17) 2 was hosted at the Georgia Institute of Technolo-
gy in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, from June 19 to 23, 2017.
This was the third time the conference had been hosted in
North America (Mexico City, ICCC’ 11; Park City, ICCC’ 15),
and the Georgia Institute of Technology and local hosts provided extremely comfortable accommodation for everyone,
furthering the traditional friendly and welcoming atmosphere of the conference.
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Report on the Eighth International
Conference on Computational Creativity
Alison Pease, Anna Jordanous
; The Eighth International Conference
on Computational Creativity (ICCC
’ 17) was hosted at the Georgia Institute
of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA,
June 19–23, 2017. The ICCC’ 17 organizing committee consisted of Ashok
Goel (general chair), Kazjon Grace
(workshop cochair), Matthew Guzdial
(media chair), Mikhail Jacob (local
chair), Anna Jordanous (program
cochair), Ruli Manurung (workshop
cochair), and Alison Pease (program
cochair). This report summarizes the
main topics addressed.
