1st CfP: Cognitive Collaborative Appliances (CCA) - ECAI 2008 WORKSHOP

[Vouros George]

 Apologies for cross-posting

 

                    Workshop 

                            on

           Cognitive Collaborative Appliances: From Theory to Praxis

 

               To be held with ECAI 2008

                     21-22 July 2008

                     Patras, Greece

               http://cca.samos.aegean.gr

 

Objectives

>From cognitive ergonomics to intelligent assistants, cognitive 

robotics, and human-robots interaction there is a wide breadth 

of theories and techniques concerned with the development of 

intelligent artifacts that are able to exhibit helpful behavior 

to their (software and human) peers.

The ultimate objective is the development of systems that will 

act in a seamless and adaptive manner in the environment of their 

peers, serving their purpose with respect to the intentions, 

goals and restrictions of the peers, as any benevolent partner 

would do. We call such systems Cognitive Collaborative Appliances (CCA).


Cognitive Collaborative Appliances are systems that have an 

extended knowledge of the context in which they act including 

the knowledge about the tasks, goals, and constraints of their 

peers, as well as the ability to recognize situations, to 

learn and manage their plans, and to adapt, exhibiting helpful 

behavior.

 

  Examples of such appliances include "cognitive TVs", which 

helps people locate the best TV programs that fit their mood 

and preferences, "cognitive wheel chairs", which helps people 

with severe limitations to reach a target location safely and 

according to their preferences, "cognitive PDAs", which helps 

the user to schedule her obligations that maybe complex and 

conflicting, and appliances for gaming and entertainment, which 

change the scenario based on the user's mood, abilities, and 

preferences. 

 

 

Scope and Topics

 Major issues to be discussed at this workshop include the 

 following:

1.            What exactly are the principles upon which we can develop 

        CCAs?

2.            To what extend these principles should drive the 

        development of the target CCAs?

3.            Are domain/context-independent frameworks and technologies


        available that can readily be used for the development of 

        CCA systems? How far are we from having such tools?

4.            How should we evaluate the performance of the available 

        tools and systems?

 

The list of topics within the interest of this workshop includes:

-              Computational frameworks/theories/methodologies for CCAs:


      state-of-the art, issues and challenges

-              Context awareness (context sensing, affect/mood
recognition, 

      situation/event recognition, context-sensitive reactivity 

      and plan management) for CCAs

-              User profiling and system adaptation (including single- 

      and multi-agent system adaptation)

-              Decision making (plan management techniques, reasoning 

      with uncertainty)

-              Intelligent interaction (dialogue management, natural 

      multimodal interfaces, human-robot interaction)

-              Applications (ambient intelligence, medical therapy,
games, 

      entertainment, personal wellness, etc.)

 

Important Dates

 

10 April 2008       Deadline for paper submission.

10 May 2008       Notification of papers acceptance/rejection.

26 May 2008       Deadline for camera-ready paper.

 

 

Organizers

 

George A. Vouros, 

University of the Aegean, Greece

E-mail: georgev at aegean dot gr

 

Maja Pantic

Imperial College, UK

University of Twente, The Netherlands

Email: m.pantic at imperial dot ac dot uk

 

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George Vouros

Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Univ. of the Aegean Head, AI-Lab

Dean of School of Sciences

President of the Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society

 

Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering

Karlovassi, Samos 83200, Greece

Phone: +30 2273 0 82226

Fax: +30 2273 0 82229

URL: http://www.icsd.aegean.gr/lecturers/georgev/
<http://www.icsd.aegean.gr/lecturers/georgev/> 

 

 

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