AAAI 2016 Fall Symposium Series
November 17-19 (Thursday – Saturday)
Symposium: Cognitive Assistance in Government and Public Sector Applications
Registration: https://www.regonline.com/fss16.
(Registration ends October 21, 2016)
Frank just sent an updated agenda here:
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Attend the Premier Symposium focused on Cognitive Assistance advancements in the Government and Public Sector domain. Hear subject matter experts discuss their projects. Learn from panel discussions on how Cognitive Assistants can help users in aviation, legal, and other domains.
Featured Topics and Speakers
Thursday, November 17, 2016 – 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
| MORNING SESSION TOPICS | SPEAKER |
| Keynote: | Mark Maybury, AAAI Fellow & Former CTO, Mitre |
| Keynote: Preparing for the Future of AI and Cognitive Assistants | Ed Felten, Deputy U.S. CTO (invited) |
| LEGAL AND JUDICIARY SESSION | |
| ALDA: Cognitive Assistance for Legal Document Analytics | Karuna Joshi, UMBC |
| Automatic Argument Construction – from search engine to research engine | Dan Gutfreund, IBM |
| AFTERNOON SESSION TOPICS (continue Legal and Judiciary Session) | |
| Smart Forms | Sudhir Agarwal, Stanford |
| AI Algorithms for Prior-Art Identification | Arthi Kristna, USPTO |
| Panel Discussion: Opportunities and Barriers for Adoption of Cognitive Assistance for Legal and Judiciary | Moderator: Brad Brown, Mitre
Tentative Panel Members: Karuna Joshi, UMBC Sudhir Agarwal, Stanford Mathew Gerber, UVA Dan Gutfreund, IBM Brian Kuhn, Esq., IBM |
| EDUCATION SESSION | |
| Inquiry-based Teaching and Learning of Science with Cognitive Assistants | George Tecuci, Mihai Boicu, GMU |
| Panel Discussion: | Moderator: Jim Spohrer, IBM
Invited Panel Members: George Tecuci, GMU Satya Nitta, IBM John Stamper,CMU Ashok Goel, Georgia Tech |
| HEALTHCARE SESSION | |
| Persuasive AI Technologies for Healthcare System | Daniel Sonntag, DFKI |
| EVENING RECEPTION |
Friday, November 18, 2016 – 9:00 am – 7:30 pm
| MORNING SESSION TOPICS | SPEAKER |
| Keynote: | Guru Banavar, Chief Science Officer for Cognitive Computing, IBM Research |
| CYBER SECURITY SESSION | |
| Augmenting Cyber Security Intelligence: How Cognitive Computing Will Help SOC Analysts Deal With Increasing Cyber Threats | Lee Angelelli, IBM |
| Decision Patterns: Applied Knowledge Management | Keith Willett, Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Joint Q & A | Moderator: Don Tobin, National Cyber Security Center of Excellence
Panelists: Keith Willet, Stevens Institute of Technology Lee Angelelli, IBM |
| DoD and INTEL SESSION | |
| Commanders Virtual Staff | Ken Grippa, U.S. Army |
| Discussion: Cognitive Assistance in DoD & Intel | Moderator: Scott Kordella, Mitre
Panelists: Ken Grippa, U.S. Army, others TBD
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| AFTERNOON SESSION TOPICS | |
| Panel Discussion: Cognitive Assistance in Aviation and Space | Moderator: Chris Codella
Panelists: Manjula Ambur, NASA Langley Research Center John Helleberg, Mitre Natesh Manikoth, FAA Anna Van Able, AFRL |
| Responding to Challenges in the Design of Moral Autonomous Vehicles | Larry Medsker, GWU |
| Workshop Discussion and Readout Prep
What is needed to enable and accelerate the use of Cognitive Assistance in the Government and Public Sector? |
Audience Discussion |
| EVENING SESSION | |
| Plenary Session |
Saturday, November 19, 2016 – 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
| JOINT Interactive SESSIONS Between Cognitive Assistance and : | |
| Privacy and Language Technologies Symposium | Lashon Booker, Mitre |
| Accelerating Science Symposium | TBD |