FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
AAAI/KDD/UAI-2002 Joint Workshop on Real-Time Decision Support and
Diagnosis Systems
Monday 29 July 2002
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
http://www.kddresearch.org/KDD/Workshops/RTDSDS-2002/
While AI methodologies are being applied towards increasingly
realistic domains that require timely responses, real-time systems are
coming to incorporate decision-making tools that require more
intelligent capabilities. Many real-world intelligent systems call
for autonomous intelligent agents acting in the face of uncertain
knowledge and limited computational resources. Real-time decision
support and diagnosis systems are two such important application
domains.
--- PARTICIPATION
This workshop will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in
the area of uncertain reasoning (UAI), real-time artificial
intelligence (RTAI), and real-time knowledge discovery in databases
(KDD). Participation in the workshop is by invitation. If interested
in attending, please send a one-paragraph statement of interests and
your contact information (name, affiliation, and e-mail) to
rtdsds-2002 at www.kddresearch.org
so that the workshop organizers can reply with workshop registration
information. We anticipate participation by 25-50 people at the
workshop.
--- Topics
Active research topics that are relevant to real-time decision support
and diagnosis include:
- real-time expert systems
- embedded intelligent diagnosis agents
- anytime uncertain reasoning algorithms and flexible computation
- cost estimation for resource-bounded computation
- decision-theoretic planning and deliberative real-time artificial
intelligence
- real-time Bayesian network inference and learning techniques
- real-time algorithms for scheduling and situated planning
- real-time sensor fusion and situation assessment
- real-time knowledge discovery in databases (KDD)
--- Format
The full-day workshop will include two (2) invited talks and
specialized tutorials on state-of-the-art research problems and
methodologies, six (6) presentations, seven (7) short talks by
selected participants, and four (4) panel and open discussion sessions
on key topics.
--- Papers and Presentations
*8 Full Papers (10 pages):
<1> Anita Raja, Victor Lesser. "Meta-level Control in Multi-Agent
Systems"
<2> Carmel Domshlak, Solomon E. Shimony. "Improving the Dynamic
Behavior
of CP-net based MultiMedia Systems by Predicting Likely Components"
<3> Fabio T. Ramos, Fabio G. Cozman, Jaime S. Ide. "Embedded Bayesian
Networks: Anyspace, Anytime Probabilistic inference"
<4> Bryan Horling, Victor Lesser, Regis Vincent, and Tom Wagner. "The
Soft
Real-Time Agent Control Architecture"
<5> Vadim Bulitko, David Wilkins. "Real-time Decision Making For
Shipboard
Damage Control"
<6> Vadim Bulitko, IIya Levner, Russ Greiner. "Real-time Lookahead
Control
Policies"
<7> Cody Kwok, Dieter Fox, Marina Meila. "Real-time Particle Filters
Using
Mixtures of Samples Sets"
<8> Haipeng Guo, William H. Hsu. "Algorithms For Real-time Bayesian
Networks Inference: A Survey and An Integration"
* 10 Short Abstracts (2 pages):
<1> Plamen V. Prtrov, Qiuming Zhu, Jeffery D. Hicks, Alexander D.
Stoyen. "A Hierarchical Collective Agents Network for Real-time Sensor
Fusion and Decision Support"
<2> Andres Gomez De Silva Garza. "A Coevolutionary Simulation of
Real-Time
Airport Gate Scheduling"
<3> Cem Baydar. "Diagnosis of Complex Failures in Robotic Assembly
Systems
using Virtual Factories"
<4> Michael Borth. "Learning in and for Real-Time Decision Support and
Diagnosis Systems"
<5> Vu Ha, David Musliner. "Toward Decision-Theoretic CIRCA with
Application to Computer Security Control"
<6> Wheeler Ruml. "Real-time Heuristic Search for Combinatorial
Optimization and Constraint Satisfaction"
<7> J.D.R. Farquhar, C. J. Harris. "An Empirical Comparison of
Incremental
Search Algorihms for On-Line Planning"
<8> Irina Rish, S. Ma, G. Grabarnik, N. Odintsova. "Using Adaptive
Probing for Real-Time Problem Diagnosis in Distributed Computer
Systems"
<9> Lloyd G. Greenwald. "On Scheduling Sensor Networks"
<10> Roby Joehanes. "A Survey of Delayed Action Models for Open-ended
Gain
Problems"
* 6 Long Presentations (30 minutes):
<1> Anita Raja, "Meta-level Control in Multi-Agent Systems"
<2> Carmel Domshlak, "Improving the Dynamic Behavior of CP-net based
Multimedia Systems by Predicting Likely Components"
<3> Fabio T. Ramos, "Embedded Bayesian Networks: Anyspace, Anytime
Probabilistic inference"
<4> Bryan Horling, "The Soft Real-Time Agent Control Architecture"
<5> Vadim Bulitko, "Real-time Lookahead Control Policies"
<6> Cody Kwok, "Real-time Particle Filters Using Mixtures of Samples
Sets"
* 7 Short Talks (10 minutes):
<1> Sven Koenig, "Fast Dynamic Replanning"
<2> "A Hierarchical Collective Agents Network for Real-time Sensor
Fusion
and Decision Support"
<3> "A Coevolutionary Simulation of Real-Time Airport Gate Scheduling"
<4> "Diagnosis of Complex Failures in Robotic Assembly Systems using
Virtual Factories"
<5> "Using Adaptive Probing for Real-Time Problem Diagnosis in
Distributed
Computer Systems"
<6> "On Scheduling Sensor Networks"
<7> "Algorithms For Real-time Bayesian Networks Inference: A Survey
and An
Integration"
--- Invited talks and discussion sessions
* Bruce D'Ambrosio (Oregon State University will give a (45-minute)
tutorial on the state-of-the-art of real-time probabilistic decision
support and diagnosis technologies.
* Fabio Gagliardi Cozman (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) will lead a
short discussion on embedded AI.
* Marek J. Druzdzel (University of Pittsburgh) will lead a short
discussion on topics related to diagnosis, real-time inference, and
sensor fusion.
* Michael C. Horsch (University of Saskatchewan) will give a
(45-minute) tutorial on
flexible computation.
* William H. Hsu (Kansas State University) will lead a short
discussion session on real-time interactive decision support.
* Eugene Santos Jr. (University of Connecticut) will lead a discussion
session on distributed and cooperative problem solving.
--- Organizing Chairs
Haipeng Guo (primary contact)
Department of Computing and Information Sciences
p: Kansas State University, 234 Nichols Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-2302
* t: (785) 539-0278, f: (785) 539-7180 * e: hpguo at cis.ksu.edu * w:
www.cis.ksu.edu/~hpguo
Eric Horvitz
Adaptive Systems & Interaction Group, Microsoft Research
p: Microsoft Research, Redmond WA 98052-6399 * t: (425)936-2127 * f:
(425) 936-7329, * e: horvitz at microsoft.com *
w:research.microsoft.com/users/horvitz/
William H. Hsu (primary contact)
Department of Computing and Information Sciences
p: Kansas State University, 234 Nichols Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-2302
* t: (785) 539-7180 * f: (785) 539-7180 * e: bhsu at cis.ksu.edu * w:
www.cis.ksu.edu/~bhsu
Eugene Santos Jr.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
p: UTEB, 191 Auditorium Road, U-155, Storrs, CT 06269-3155, * t: (860)
486-1458 * f: (860) 486-4817 * e: eugene at engr.uconn.edu , * w:
www.cse.uconn.edu/cse/santos.htm
--- Program Committee
Bruce D'Ambrosio, Oregon State University
Fabio Gagliardi Cozman, University of Sao Paulo
Marek J. Druzdzel, University of Pittsburgh
Haipeng Guo (Organizing Committee), Kansas State University
Eric Horvitz (Organizing Committee), Microsoft Research
William H. Hsu (Organizing Committee), Kansas State University
Henry Kautz, University of Washington
Sven Koenig, Georgia Institute of Technology
Xavier Llora, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mitchell L. Neilsen, Kansas State University
David Poole, University of British Columbia
Surya Ramachandran, AIdentity Matrix
Irina Rish, IBM Research
Eugene Santos Jr. (Organizing Committee), University of Connecticut
Solomon Shimony, Ben-Gurion University
Samarth Swarup, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shlomo Zilberstein, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
--- Additional information
Please consult the following web page:
http://www.kddresearch.org/KDD/Workshops/RTDSDS-2002/
for more information.
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William H. Hsu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of CIS, Kansas State University
Director, Lab for Knowledge Discovery in Databases
bhsu-AT-cis.ksu.edu, bhsu-AT-ncsa.uiuc.edu
http://www.kddresearch.org ICQ: 28651394
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