SLAIS (Slovenian Artificial Intelligence Society) is an association of researchers and practitioners in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Slovenia. Most of them come from universities and research institutes, but there are members from industrial and commercial organizations as well. The society promotes theoretical and applied research as well as the transfer of AI technology to industrial and commercial environments. SLAIS was founded in 1992 and is a member society of EurAI (European Association for Artificial Intelligence).


SLAIS covers virtually the whole range of AI topics, as well as some other areas of computer science. More information on members’ research interests can be found on the websites of institutions where most of them work and with which SLAIS tightly cooperates:

SLAIS and SLAIS members organize various activities related to AI:


Three SLAIS members were elected as ECCAI Fellows for their significant, sustained contributions to the field of artificial intelligence in Europe:

Year ECCAI Fellow
2001 Ivan Bratko
2007 Nada Lavrač
2008 Sašo Džeroski

Two SLAIS members received ECCAI Artificial Intelligence Dissertation Award:

Year AI Dissertation Award
2001 Dorian Šuc
2005 Aleks Jakulin


Chairs and Secretaries

Years Chair Vice Chair Secreatry/Treasurer
1992-1996 Ivan Bratko Matjaž Gams Bogdan Filipič
1996-1998 Bogdan Filipič Ivan Bratko, Nikola Guid Aram Karalič, Sašo Džeroski
1998-2002 Matjaž Gams Nikola Guid Matjaž Kukar, Aleks Jakulin, Maja Škrjanc
2002-2006 Nikola Guid   Damjan Strnad
2006-2010 Marko Bohanec Dunja Mladenić Petra Kralj Novak, Martin Žnidaršič
2010-2014 Dunja Mladenić Marko Bohanec Gregor Leban
2014-2018 Mitja Luštrek   Božidara Cvetković, Vito Janko
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