26-28 March 2008
Stanford CA, U.S.A.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AITA08 Architectures for Intelligent Theory-Based Agents March 26-28 2008, Stanford University, California, USA. We invite you to attend AITA08, the International Symposium on Architectures for Intelligent Theory-Based Agents, to be held as part of the AAAI Spring Symposium Series, March 26-28 2008, at Stanford University, California, USA. The focus of this symposium is the definition of architectures for intelligent theory-based agents. These architectures typically comprise languages, knowledge representation methodologies, reasoning algorithms, and control loops. The motivation of the symposium is the consideration that a number of reasonably rigorous architectures have been designed, but not implemented, that allow one to prove important properties about the agents and their behavior, while other reasonably rigorous architectures have been implemented without attendant proofs about their agents. Unfortunately, there has not yet been much interaction among the groups working on these two classes of architectures. The lack of communication contributes to slowing the development of an otherwise interesting and potentially very important area. We intend to provide a forum to bring together researchers from these two groups, promote interaction, and stimulate the investigation of the relationships among the different approaches. Key topics covered during the symposium are descriptions of specific architectures, comparisons of architectures, surveys of the state-of-the-art. The discussion will include overviews of languages, knowledge representation methodologies, reasoning algorithms, and control loops used in the architectures considered. Further Information The 2008 AAAI Spring Symposium Series will be held Wednesday - Friday, March 26-28 at Stanford University. Registration and hotel information, as well as an online registration form, are available at: http://www.aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/sss08.php Important dates: * February 11, 2008: Sheraton Hotel reservation cut-off date * February 26, 2008: Deadline for scholarship applications * February 28, 2008: Notification of scholarship awards * February 29, 2008: Final (open) registration deadline * March 26-28, 2008: Symposium Financial Aid A limited number of scholarships is available for students attending the symposium. Interested students can apply by sending a one-page description of their research interests and a recommendation letter from their advisor to Marcello Balduccini at aita08.aaai@gmail.com. Organizing Committee Marcello Balduccini, Texas Tech University/Kodak Research Labs; Chitta Baral, Arizona State University; Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology; Alfredo Gabaldon, National ICT Australia; Stuart C. Shapiro, University at Buffalo; Francesca Toni, Imperial College London. Accepted Papers The list of accepted papers is available at: http://krlab.cs.ttu.edu/~marcy/aita08/accepted.htm For More Information For up-to-date information about the symposium please visit: http://krlab.cs.ttu.edu/~marcy/aita08