MRABS 2007 Tentative Schedule

May 14, 2007

Time

 Presentation
8:30 - 8:35  Opening remarks
Theme 1:  Meta-level Control
8:35 - 9:00
 Ontologies for Reasoning about Failures in AI Systems. [PDF] 
 M. Schmill, D. Josyula, M. Anderson, S. Wilson, T. Oates, D. Perlis and S. Fults
9:00- 9:25
 Motivations as a Meta-level Component for Constraining Goal Generation. [PDF]
 A. Coddington
9:25- 9:50
 Proactive Behavior of a Personal Assistive Agent. [PDF] [Presentation]
 K. Myers and N. Yorke-Smith
9:50 -10:05  Panel Discussion on Meta-level Control   (Lead Discussant : Neil Yorke-Smith)
10:05-10:30
 Evaluation of Meta-Reasoning  Discussion/Exercise - Part 1 
10:30 - 11:00  Break
Theme 2:  Introspective Monitoring
*11:00 - 11:25
 Metareasoning, Monitoring and Self-Explanation [PDF] [Presentation]
 M. Cox
11:25 - 11:50
 Introspective Self-Explanation in Analytical Agents [PDF] [Presentation]
 A. Raja and A. Goel
11:50 - 12:15
 Situation Awareness as a Form of Meta-level Control. [PDF] [Presentation]
 R. So and L. Sonenberg,
12:15 - 12:30  Panel Discussion on Introspective Monitoring (Lead Discussant : Liz Sonenberg) 
12:30 - 14:00  Lunch
Theme 3:  Multi-Agent Meta Reasoning
14:00 - 14:25
 The Role of Meta-Reasoning in Achieving Effective Multi-Agent Coordination. [PDF]
 Z. Rubinstein, S. Smith and T. Zimmerman
14:25 - 14:50
 Design Paradigms for Meta-Control in Multi-Agent Systems.  [PDF] [Presentation]
 G. Alexander, A. Raja, E. Durfee and D. Musliner
14:50 - 15:15
 The kOmega-Optimization  Distributed Meta-Level Control for Cooperation and Competition of Bounded  Rational Agents [PDF]
 E. Eberbach
15:15 - 15:30  Panel Discussion on Multi-Agent Meta Reasoning (Lead Discussant : Zack Rubinstein)
15:30 - 16:00
 Evaluation of Meta-Reasoning Exercise - Part 2  
16:00 - 16:30  Break
16:30 - 17:00  Open Forum on Evaluation, Lessons Learned and Future Directions..

* 05/03/07 Please note that the invited talk by Dr. Wagner has been cancelled due to unavoidable reasons and the rest of the schedule has consequently moved up.

Each paper has 25 minutes for both presentation and discussion. We recommend saving the last five minutes of the slot for questions and discussion (20 min presentation, 5 min questions).

The workshop has three 90 minute sessions and the  main themes are

Each session will have 3 paper presentations followed by 15 minutes of panel discussion. A discussant will be assigned to each session and he/she is encouraged to work with the other presenters of the session in determining the format of the panel session. One  format could be for all the session presenters as well as the discussant to sit up in front and the discussant would lead discussion on three to four research issues pertinent to the session.

Two half hour sessions will be dedicated to discussion and a live exercise focused on Evaluation of Meta Reasoning.