Schedule

AAAI 2018 Fall Symposium on a Common Model of Cognition
October 18-20, 2018
Schedule

9:00 am – Session 1
Introduction, Formalism and Validation

Lebiere – Introduction to the Symposium (10’)

Romero – CogArch-ADL: Toward a Formal Description of a Reference Architecture for the Common Model of Cognition (20’+5’)

Steine-Hanson, Koh & Stocco – Refining the Common Model of Cognition Through Large Neuroscience Data (20’+5’)

Panel Discussion (moderator: Lebiere; 30’)

10:30 am – Coffee Break

11:00 am – Session 2 – Breakout groups

Topics: Language; Metacognition; Procedural/Perceptual-Motor

Parallel Breakout Discussions (45’)

Mini Plenary Discussions (15’ each; 5’ group summary + 10’ discussion)

12:30 pm – Lunch (90’)

2:00 pm – Session 3 – Higher Bands and Metacognition

Jackson – Thoughts on Bands of Action (15’)

Lieto, Kennedy, Lebiere, Romero, Taatgen, West – Higher-level Knowledge, Rational and Social Levels Constraints of the Common Model of the Mind (15’)

Orr, Lebiere, Stocco, Pirolli, Pires & Kennedy – Multi-Scale Resolution of Cognitive Architectures: Connecting Levels between the Newell Bands (15’)

Kralik, Lee, Rosenbloom, Jackson, Epstein, Romero, Sanz, Larue & McGreggor – Metacognition for a Common Model of Cognition (15’)

Panel Discussion (moderator: Lebiere; 30’)

3:30 pm – Coffee Break (30’)

4:00 pm – Session 4 – Breakout groups

Topics: Language; Metacognition; Procedural/Perceptual-Motor

Parallel Breakout Discussions (45’)

Mini Plenary Discussions (15’ each; 5’ group summary + 10’ discussion)

6:00 pm – Reception (60’)

9:00 am – Session 5 – Keynote

Kotseruba & Tsotsos – 40 Years of Cognitive Architectures: Core Cognitive Abilities and Practical Applications (60’)

Discussion (moderator: Rosenbloom; 30’)

10:30 am – Coffee Break (30’)

11:00 am – Session 6 – Breakout groups

Topics: Declarative memory; Higher Bands; Attention/Emotion/Neural/Physiology

Parallel Breakout Discussions (45’)

Mini Plenary Discussions (15’ each; 5’ group summary + 10’ discussion)

12:30 pm – Lunch (90’)

2:00 pm – Session 7 – Attention, Physiology and Emotion

Bach – Attention Based Learning as a Foundation for Conscious Agents (15’)

Scheuerman, Venable, Anderson & Golob – Modeling Spatial Auditory Attention in ACT-R: A Constraint-Based Approach (15’)

Gunzelmann, Myers & Stevens – Interactions Between Physiology and Cognition in Models of the Mind (15’)

Larue, West, Rosenbloom, Dancy, Samsonovich & Petters – Emotion in the Common Model of Cognition (15’)

Panel Discussion (moderator: Rosenbloom; 30’)

3:30 pm – Coffee Break (30’)

4:00 pm – Session 8 – Breakout groups

Topics: Declarative memory; Higher Bands; Attention/Emotion/Neural/Physiology

Parallel Breakout Discussions (45’)

Mini Plenary Discussions (15’ each; 5’ group summary + 10’ discussion)

6:00 pm – Plenary Session (90’)

9:00 am – Session 9 – Knowledge, Memory and Language

Arora, West, Brook & Kelly – Why Common Model Needs Holographic a-priori Categories (15’)

Kelley, Thomson & Milton – Standard Model of Mind: Episodic Memory (15’)

Samsonovich – A Proposal for Extension to the Common Model of Cognition (15’)

Kelly & Reitter – How Language Processing can Shape a Common Model of Cognition (15’)

Lindes – The Common Model of Cognition and Humanlike Language Comprehension (15’)

Panel Discussion (moderator: Laird; 15’)

10:30 am – Coffee Break (30’)

Session 10 – Road Ahead

Open-ended discussion recapping symposium and planning ahead

Moderators: Laird & Rosenbloom

12:30 pm – Adjourn