[ACT-R-users] Workshop program: Cognitive modeling of agents and multi-agent interaction

[Ron Sun]

                              Workshop on 
      Cognitive Modeling of Agents and Multi-Agent Interactions
                    August 9, 2003. Acapulco, Mexico
                            (at IJCAI'2003)

Computational models of cognitive agents that incorporate a wide 
range of cognitive functionalities (such as a variety of 
memory/representation, various types of learning, and sensory motor 
capabilities) have been developed in both AI and cognitive science.
In AI, they  appear under the rubric of intelligent agents and
multi-agent systems. In cognitive science, they are often known as
cognitive architectures.  These strands of research provide useful 
paradigms for addressing some fundamental questions in  AI and
Cognitive Science.

Artificial intelligence started out with the goal of designing functioning
intelligent agents. However, faced with the enormous difficulty of
the task, the focus has largely been on modeling specific aspects of
intelligence, often in highly restricted domains.  Nevertheless, some
researchers have focused  on putting the pieces together with the goal
of designing autonomous agents. More important, there is a growing interest in
multi-agent interactions that addresses issues of coordination and cooperation 
among cognitive agents.

On the other side, traditionally, the main focus of research in cognitive
science has been on specific components of cognition (e.g., perception,
memory, learning, language). Recent developments in computational modeling
of cognitive architectures provide new avenues for precisely specifying
complex cognitive processes in tangible ways, thereby addressing foundational 
questions in  cognitive science. Such developments need to be extended to
multi-agent interactions and there are promising developments in this regard
(see e.g. recent papers in this area in the journal Cognitive Systems Research).

Against this background, this workshop seeks to bring together cognitive
scientists and AI researchers, with a wide range of background and expertise,
to discuss research problems in understanding cognition at the individual 
level as well as at the collective level.

                    Tentative Program 
                    August 9, 2003. Acapulco, Mexico
9:00 - 9:10
Opening Remarks
  Ron Sun

Session 1: 
Cognitive Models of Physical and Social Environments (Chair: Ron Sun)
9:10 - 11:40 (30 minutes each)

A Value-Laden Architecture for Intelligent Behavior
  Pat Langley 
  Daniel Shapiro 
  Meg Aycinema 
  Michael Siliski 

Representational Content and Reciprocal Interplay
  Tibor Bosse
  Catholijn M. Jonker 
  Jan Treur

Cognitive Anatomy and Functions of Expectations
  Cristiano Castelfranchi 
  Emiliano Lorini

Obligations and Permissions as Mental Entities
  G. Boella 
  L. van der Torre 

Finding Interaction Partners using Cognition-Based Decision Strategies
  Partha Sarathi Dutta
  Luc Moreau
  Nicholas R. Jennings
                      

Session 2:
ACT-R Based Cognitive Modeling (Chair: P. Langley)
1:30 - 3:00 (30 minutes each)

Cognitive Architectures, Game Playing, and Interactive Agents
  Robert L. West, 
  Christian Lebiere, 

Teamwork, Communication, and Planning in ACT-R
  Brad Best
  Christian Lebiere 

Learning to Play Hide and Seek
  Greg Trafton 
  Alan Schultz 
  Dennis Perzanowski 
  Bill Adams 
  Magda Bugajska 
  Nick Cassimatis 
  Derek Brock 


Session 3: 
Short Presentations (Chair: Robert West)
3:00 - 4:45 (15 minutes each) 

Use of a 3D Gaming Environment for a Cognitive Agent
  John F. Santore
  Stuart C. Shapiro

Design Agents in 3D Virtual Worlds
  Mary Lou Maher
  Greg Smith
  John Gero

Function-Behaviour-Structure: A Model for Social Situated Agents
  John S. Gero 
  Udo Kannengiesser

Optimize or Adapt? Explore or Exploit? Let the Agent (Meta-)Decide 
  Norberto Eiji Nawa

BDI Architecture in the Framework of Situation Calculus
  Robert Demolombe  
  Pilar Pozos Parra 

Reasoning by Assumption
  Tibor Bosse
  Catholijn M. Jonker 
  Jan Treur

An Integrative Architecture for Artificial General Intelligence
  Ben Goertzel
  Cassio Pennachin
  Andre Senna
  Thiago Maia
  Guilherme Lamacie


Panel Discussion: Cognitive Modeling and Multi-Agent Systems---the Synergy
5:00 - 6:00

  Chair: 
     Ron Sun
  Panelists: 
     Cristiano Castelfranchi 
     Christian Lebiere 
     Jan Treur
     Jonathan Gratch

Contact IJCAI regarding registration and travel matters. See
   http://www.ijcai-03.org 
for details.

See the workshop Web page at:
  http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/wsp03.html

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Professor Ron Sun, Ph.D          James C. Dowell Professor 
CECS Department, 201 EBW         phone: (573) 884-7662
University of Missouri-Columbia  fax:   (573) 882-8318 
Columbia, MO 65211-2060          email: rsun at cecs.missouri.edu 
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun
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