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Registration Brochure

2009 AAAI Fall Symposium Series �November 4–7, 2009 � The Westin Arlington Gateway, Arlington, Virginia

Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, California 94025 �

1-650-328-3123 � 1-650-321-4457 (fax) � www.aaai.org/fss09.php

The Association for the Advancement of Artifi-cial Intelligence is pleased to present the 2009 FallSymposium Series, to be held Thursday throughSaturday, November 5–7, at the Westin ArlingtonGateway in Arlington, Virginia, adjacent toWashington, DC. The Symposium Series will bepreceded on Wednesday, November 4 by a one-day AI funding seminar. The titles of the sevensymposia are as follows:• Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures• Cognitive and Metacognitive Educational

Systems• Complex Adaptive Systems and the Thresh-

old Effect: Views from the Natural and SocialSciences

• Manifold Learning and Its Applications• Multi-Representational Architectures for Hu-

man-Level Intelligence• The Uses of Computational Argumentation• Virtual Healthcare InteractionThe highlights of each symposium will be pre-sented at a special plenary session. Notes will beprepared and distributed to participants in eachsymposium, but will not otherwise be availableunless published as an AAAI Technical Report oredited collection.

Each symposium will have limited attendance.Participants will be expected to attend a singlesymposium throughout the symposium series. Inaddition to participants selected by the programcommittee of the symposia, a limited number ofother interested parties will be allowed to registerin each symposium on a first-come, first-servedbasis. To register, please fill out the registrationform, and send it along with payment to:

AAAI Fall Symposium Series445 Burgess Drive, Suite 100Menlo Park, CA 94025-3442Telephone: (650) 328-3123*Fax: (650) 321-4457*E-mail: [email protected]*www.aaai.org/Symposia/Fall/fss09.php

*Credit card orders only, please. Please note that thereare security issues involved with the transmittal ofcredit card information over the internet. AAAI willnot be held liable for any misuse of your credit card in-formation during its transmittal to AAAI.

Online registration is also available at www.aaai.org/Symposia/Fall/fss09.php, along with this doc-ument.

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Tentative Program Schedule(subject to change)

Wednesday, November 49:00 AM – 5:00 PM: AI Funding SeminarThursday, November 59:00 AM – 5:30 PM: Symposia sessions6:00 PM – 7:00 PM: ReceptionFriday, November 69:00 AM – 5:30 PM: Symposia sessions6:00 PM – 7:15 PM: Plenary sessionSaturday, November 79:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Symposia sessions

Registration will be located in the Ballroom Foyer on the Second Level.

Photo courtesy Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau

The challenge of designing a human-level learn-er is central to creating a computational equiva-lent of the human mind in its higher cognitiveabilities. It demands the level of robustness andflexibility of learning that today is available in bi-ological systems only. Therefore, it is essentialthat we better understand at a computational lev-el how biological systems naturally develop theircognitive and learning functions. In recent years,biologically inspired cognitive architectures (BI-CA) have emerged as a powerful new approachtoward gaining this kind of understanding. Theimpressive success of BICA-2008 was clear evi-dence of this trend. As the second event in the se-ries, BICA-2009 continues our attack on the chal-lenge, with the overall atmosphere of excitementand potential, brainstorming and collaboration.

Topics� Bridging the gap between natural and artifi-

cial intelligence: robustness, flexibility, in-tegrity

� Models of natural cognitive growth: self-reg-ulation, bootstrapping, metalearning

� Critical components of humanlike learningthat enable transformative cognitive growth

� Vital biological constraints informed by neu-roscience and their leverage in learning sys-tems

� Cognitive versus subcognitive forms of learn-ing: scalability laws and metrics for growingBICA

� Physical support of conscious experience: theemergent self and self-awareness in artifacts

� Formal theory of cognitive and metacogni-tive architectures and their natural develop-ment

� Language acquisition, symbol grounding,and the “critical mass” of a universal learner

� Reading and measuring minds of machinesand humans: the second cognitive revolution

� The origin and the function of emotionalfeelings and values in humans and in artifacts

SpeakersKey speakers include Igor Aleksander (ImperialCollege), Ronald Arkin (Georgia Tech), BernardBaars (NSI), Kenneth De Jong (GMU), StanFranklin (University of Memphis), StephenGrossberg (Boston University), Christof Koch(CalTech), Benjamin Kuipers (University ofMichigan), Chris Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon Uni-

versity), Konstantin Likharev (Stony Brook Uni-versity), Carol O'Donnell (DOE IES NCER), JimReggia (UMD), Frank Ritter (Penn State Univer-sity), Stuart Shapiro (University of Buffalo),Hans-George Stork (European Commission).

FormatThe symposium format is a one-track session in-cluding several discussion panels and a poster re-view session. A joint session with MCES-2009 onthe Future Funding of Research in LearningTechnologies will also include a joint discussionpanel. Notification of the intent to participatewith name, affiliation, address, phone and faxsent by e-mail to [email protected] is strong-ly encouraged.

Organizing CommitteeAlexei Samsonovich, chair (GMU), Igor Alek-sander (Imperial College), Antonio Chella (Uni-versity of Palermo), Stan Franklin (University ofMemphis), Christian Lebiere (CMU), ShaneMueller (Klein/ARA), David Noelle (Universityof California Merced), Lokendra Shastri (Infos-ys).

Program CommitteeSamuel Adams (IBM), James Albus (NIST), JasonAugustyn (CIV USA AMC), Wei Chen (CMU),Son Dao (HRL), John Gero (GMU), Eva Hudlic-ka (Psychometrix), Neil Jacobstein (Stanford Uni-versity), Deepak Khosla (HRL), Murray Shana-han (Imperial College), Narayan Srinivasa(HRL), Brian Tsou (AFRL), Pei Wang (TempleUniversity), John Weng (Michigan State Univer-sity).

Additional InformationFor more information about the symposium, seemembers.cox.net/bica2009.

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� New educational paradigms to be addressedwith a cognitive system

� Cognitive architectures for education� Knowledge management and representation,

skill acquisition� Novel interaction modalities for educational

purposes� Linguistic interaction in MCESs� Modelling metacognitive skills and pedagogi-

cal interactions� Social and cultural aspects of learning � Support for knowledge building communi-

ties, and for networked communication� Student modelling and cognitive diagnosis� New software architectures (agent based sys-

tems, distributed systems…) for MCESs� Virtual learning environments � Web-based systems for education

SpeakersKey speakers and panelists include Michael Cox,Stephen Grossberg, Carol O'Donnell, Hans-George Stork, Elizabeth Albro.

FormatThe symposium format is a one-track session in-cluding several discussion panels and a poster re-view session. A joint session with BICA-2009 onthe Future Funding of Research in LearningTechnologies will also include a joint discussionpanel. Notification of the intent to participatewith name, affiliation, address, phone and faxsent by email to [email protected] orvia the symposium website is strongly encour-aged.

Organizing CommitteeRoberto Pirrone, Cochair (University of Palermo,Italy), Roger Azevedo, Cochair (University ofMemphis), Gautam Biswas, Cochair (VanderbiltUniversity)

Program CommitteePhilip Winne (Simon Fraser University), JamesLester (North Carolina State University), SusanneLajoie (McGill University), Valerie Shute (Flori-da State University), Amy Baylor (National Sci-ence Foundation)

Additional InformationFor more information about the symposium seewww.dinfo.unipa.it/mces2009.

Computer-based learning environments are de-signed to support learning processes to facilitateacquisition, development, use, and transfer ofknowledge and strategies required to solve com-plex tasks. These systems have to interact withdifferent users, and support them with decision-al processes that are sensitive to individual differ-ences. A primary concern is self-regulation,which is important for developing independentlearners. Traditional intelligent (that is, rational)systems have limitations in achieving all thesegoals. Systems in support of education have to be“cognitive.” A (meta)cognitive system is self-aware — it can adapt to the user, and may proposeself-regulation strategies to help the user learnand deploy self-regulatory processes and facilitatedynamic adaptivity during learning. This sort ofcognitive push-pull can be enabled via multi-modal interaction, and through the possibility todefine a system’s “mental state.” MCES 2009 isaimed to stimulate the creation of a dedicated re-search community about the definition of what isa (meta)cognitive educational system. What as-pects of cognition, metacognition, affect, andmotivation have to be explored and integrated toachieve the goal of a new generation of metacog-nitive tools for enhancing learning with under-standing and transfer in metacognitive educa-tional Systems?

Topics� Theoretical foundations of cognitive and

metacognitive systems� Psychological aspects of the learning process

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Most interesting phenomena in natural and so-cial systems include transitions and oscillationsamong their various phases. Companies, soci-eties, markets, and humans rarely stay in a stable,predictable state for long. Randomness, powerlaws, and human behavior ensure that the futureis both unknown and challenging. How do eventsunfold? When do they take hold? Why do someinitial events cause an avalanche while others donot? What are the characteristics of these thresh-old phenomena that differentiate a sea changefrom a nonevent?

Complex adaptive systems (CAS) and relatedtechnologies have proven to be powerful tools forexploring threshold phenomena. We characterizea general CAS model as having a significant num-ber of self-similar agents that utilize one or morelevels of feedback; exhibit emergent propertiesand self-organization; produce nonlinear dynam-ic behavior.

Advances in modeling and computing tech-nology, including CAS, have led to a deeper un-derstanding of complex systems in many fields inthe natural, physical, and social sciences. Thesedevelopments have raised the possibility that sim-ilar fundamental principles may be at work acrossthese systems, even though the underlying prin-ciples may manifest themselves in different ways.We therefore invite participation from re-searchers across a wide range of disciplines, in thebelief that a deep understanding in one domainmay lead to greater insight into others.

FormatOur symposium will have invited talks from lead-ers in the field, as well as paper presentations onboth completed and speculative work. Due to thenature and the novelty of the theme, it is essentialto allow ample time for both open-ended and tar-geted discussions; as such, we will hold panel dis-cussions and smaller break-out groups to allowfor a spirited interaction among participants.

Organizing CommitteeMirsad Hadzikadic, Chair (University of NorthCarolina, Charlotte), Ted Carmichael, cochair(University of North Carolina Charlotte), DidierDréau (University of North Carolina Charlotte),Jim Walsh (University of North Carolina Char-lotte), Thom McLean (Georgia Tech), Cathy Zan-baka (BAE Systems), Marvin Croy (University ofNorth Carolina Charlotte), Aaron Frank (BAESystems), John Hummel (Argonne National Lab-

oratory), Charles Macal (Argonne National Lab-oratory), John Stamper (University of North Car-olina Charlotte), Alfred Hubler (University of Illi-nois, Urbana-Champagne), Russ Abbott (Califor-nia State University), Patrick Grim (SUNY StonyBrook), Andrea Jones-Rooy (University of Michi-gan), Scott Demarchi (Duke University), BillRand (University of Maryland), Bob Reynolds(Wayne State University), Anne-Marie Grisogono(Defense Science and Technology Organisation,Australia), Tony Beavers (University of Evans-ville), Eunice Santos (Virginia Tech).

Additional InformationFor more information about the symposium seesites.google.com/site/complexadaptivesystems.

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FormatThe symposium format is a one-track session,which will be organized into the following topicclusters: foundations, algorithms, representa-tions, applications, and future challenges. Eachcluster will consist of an invited talk, presentationof submitted work as short talks or posters, and apanel discussion.

Organizing CommitteeMikhail Belkin (The Ohio State University),Mauro Maggioni (Duke University), Sridhar Ma-hadevan (University of Massachusetts), RichardSouvenir (University of North Carolina at Char-lotte), Jerry Zhu (University of Wisconsin –Madison)

Additional InformationFor more information about the symposium seeodin.uncc.edu/aaai-manifold or contact RichardSouvenir ([email protected]) with questions..

In recent years, an impressive number of meth-ods have been proposed for manifold learningand nonlinear dimensionality reduction. Thisfact illustrates both the growing interest in thearea and the myriad of possible approaches to theproblem. These methods vary, for example, interms of the preservation of global or local prop-erties of the data, regularization methods or theapplication of probabilistic or geometric con-straints to the embedding.

The resulting theory and methods of manifoldlearning can be applied to many areas. For exam-ple, in computer vision, most data sets are com-prised of sparse, high dimensional data (for ex-ample, hundreds of images where each imagecontains millions of pixels). Manifold learninghas been used to facilitate common computer vi-sion tasks such as video content analysis, pose es-timation, image or video segmentation, and ob-ject tracking. Similarly, applications of manifoldlearning are abundant in bioinformatics, naturallanguage processing, and robotics.

The goal of this symposium is to identify theoverlap of theory and uses of manifold across thedisciplines, which both produce and consumethese methods in order to consolidate the knowl-edge on this topic, discuss the achievements inthe area, and figure out the common open prob-lems.

Topics of the program include the following:

Theory of Manifold Learning� Distance metrics� Laplace operators, harmonic analysis� Dimensionality estimation� Regression and classification� Sparsity and compressive sensing� Approximation of manifolds� Parameterizations and embeddings

Manifold Learning and Graph-Based Methods� Kernel, spectral, topological, and probabilis-

tic methods� Method taxonomies

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A multiplicity of representational frameworkshas been proposed for explaining and creatinghuman-level intelligence. Each has been provenuseful or effective for some class of problems, butnot across the board. This fact has led researchersto propose that perhaps the underlying design ofcognition is multi-representational, or hybrid,and made up of subsystems with different repre-sentations and processes interacting to producethe complexity of cognition. Recent work in cog-nitive architectures has explored the design anduse of such systems in high-level cognition. Themain aim of this symposium is to bring togetherresearchers who work on systems utilizing differ-ent types of representations to explore a range ofquestions about the theoretical framework andapplications of such systems.

The symposium will be a mixture of invitedtalks, refereed full and position papers, expertpanels and discussion sessions. The first sessionon each day will feature invited talks from expertsin the field. The second and fourth sessions onThursday and Friday (and the second session onSaturday) will be devoted to paper presentations.The exact length of time reserved for each pre-sentation will be determined according to thenumber of number of papers accepted and willinclude time for answering questions. Time willalso be reserved at the end of each paper sessionfor an expert panel formed from the presenters ofthat session. More general questions that focus onareas common to the presentations or those that

compare and contrast the various approaches dis-cussed in that session will be the focus of thesediscussions. The third session on Thursday andFriday will be devoted to discussion groups.There will be between four and six groups devot-ed to various theoretical and application-orientedtopics. Symposium participants will be able to se-lect their group of choice. The end of these dis-cussion sessions will include a 20-30 minutemeeting where various groups will present theirsummary of the individual discussions.

Organizing CommitteeUnmesh Kurup, Chair (Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute, USA), B. Chandrasekaran (The OhioState University, USA), Bonny Banerjee (Se-curboration, USA), John Laird (University ofMichigan, USA), Scott Lathrop (United StatesMilitary Academy, USA), Marvin Minsky (MITMedia Lab, USA), Luis Pineda (Universidad Na-cional Autónoma de México, Mexico), SamuelWintermute (University of Michigan, USA)

Additional InformationFor more information about the symposium seewww.diagrams.ukurup.com/hybrid.

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ate time to consider what these models and im-plementations might be used for. This sympo-sium will provide a forum for wide-ranging dis-cussion of the possible applications of techniquesfrom computational argumentation. It will givespecial focus to strongly innovative ideas, ideasthat can engage current researchers in the areaand can inspire others to become researchers inthe area.

Organizing CommitteeSimon Parsons, Chair (Brooklyn College, CityUniversity of New York), Pietro Baroni (Univer-sity of Brescia, Italy), Trevor Bench-Capon (Uni-versity of Liverpool, UK), Nancy Green (Univer-sity of North Carolina Greensboro, USA), HenryPrakken (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

Additional InformationFor more information about the symposium seepeople.cs.uu.nl/henry/uses.

Argumentation is a form of reasoning in whichexplicit attention is paid to the reasons for theconclusions that are drawn and how conflicts be-tween reasons are resolved. Explicit considerationof the support for conclusions provides a mecha-nism, for example, to handle inconsistent and un-certain information. Argumentation has beenstudied both at the logical level, as a way of mod-elling defeasible inference, and at the dialogicallevel, as a form of agent interaction. Argumenta-tion has long been studied in disciplines such asphilosophy, and one can find approaches in com-puter science from the 1970s onwards that clear-ly owe something to the notion of an argument.Work on computational argumentation, wherearguments are explicitly constructed and com-pared as a means of solving problems on a com-puter, first started appearing in the second half ofthe 1980s, and argumentation is now well estab-lished as an important sub-field within artificialintelligence.

There is now a good understanding of the ba-sic requirements of argumentation systems, andthere are several theoretical models that havebeen widely studied by researchers. There are oneor two robust implementations, and the first soft-ware systems built around argumentation are be-ginning to appear. This, therefore, is an appropri-

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Interaction between healthcare providers andconsumers has a central role in consumer satis-faction and successful health outcomes. Thehealthcare consumer, facing increasing responsi-bility for healthcare decisions, may turn to elec-tronic resources to supplement the informationgiven by his healthcare provider. Here intelligentsystems can assist in retrieval and summarizationof relevant and trustworthy information, in tai-loring the information so that it is comprehensi-ble, and in making it accessible to computer userswith disabilities. Furthermore, intelligent systemsare beginning to appear that provide virtualhealthcare services to the patient: for example,monitoring the patient’s health, reminding him totake his medicine, and encouraging him to exer-cise or eat a healthy diet. On the health careprovider’s side, artificial intelligence can providevirtual patients for training providers to diagnose,care for, or communicate with clients.

This symposium will focus on virtual health-care interaction (VHI): use of artificial intelli-gence in interaction traditionally occurring be-tween healthcare providers and consumers. Top-ics of interest include the following:� Virtual healthcare providers (such as medica-

tion advising, counseling)� Games, conversational agents, and dialogue

systems for healthy behavior promotion(such as STD prevention, personal exercisetrainer)

� Virtual patients for training providers to di-agnose, care for, or communicate with clients(such as virtual psychiatric patient)

� Decision support for healthcare clients (suchas for cancer treatment)

� Explanation for informed consent� Healthcare interventions (such as cognitive

prostheses, speech therapy, virtual or roboticcompanions)

� Tailoring health information or risk commu-nication to patients, including low-literacy,low-numeracy, or under-served audiences

� Intelligent retrieval and summarization ofhealthcare information tailored for patients

� Tailored access to medical record supportingboth providers and consumers

� Intelligent interfaces supporting access tohealthcare services for people with HCI limi-tations (such as motor, vision, hearing, cogni-tive).

In addition to AI researchers, the symposium in-vites participants from healthcare-related fieldswith an interest in these issues. The symposiumformat will consist of presentations on work inprogress and mature work, demonstrations of im-plemented systems, invited expert presentations,and small group discussions.

Organizing CommitteeNancy Green, cochair (University of North Car-olina Greensboro), Donia Scott, cochair (OpenUniversity), Tim Bickmore (Northeastern Uni-versity), Giuseppe Carenini (University of BritishColumbia), Floriana Grasso (University of Liver-pool), Curry Guinn (University of North Caroli-na Wilmington), Kathy McCoy (University ofDelaware), Cecile Paris (CSIRO ICT Centre, Aus-tralia), Yan Qu, Ehud Reiter (University of Ab-erdeen)

Additional InformationFor more information about the symposium seewww.uncg.edu/~nlgreen/aaaifss09/VHI-09

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Metro rapid transit.

The conference room rate per night is $189.00(single/double).

Rates do not include applicable state and localtaxes (approximately 10.25%), or hotel fees in ef-fect at the time of the meeting. Symposium atten-dees must contact the Westin Arlington Gatewaydirectly. Please request the group rate for the As-sociation for the Advancement of Artificial Intel-ligence (AAAI) when reserving your room. Thecut-off date for reservations is October 4, 2009.Reservations after this date will be accepted basedon availability at the hotel’s prevailing rate. Allreservations must be secured by one night's de-posit per room, via credit card or check. Reserva-tions may be cancelled with no penalty up to 6:00pm, 72 hours prior to the date of arrival. Afterthat time, a penalty of one night's room and taxwill be incurred. Upon check-in, date of depar-ture must be confirmed. Early departure will re-sult in a fee equal to one night’s guest room rate.

Westin Arlington Gateway801 North Glebe RoadArlington, Virginia 22203 USAFax: +1 703 717-6260Reservations: +1-888-627-7076 (referenceAAAI)Online Reservations: www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/aaai2009

Airport Transportation

Metro Rail. Metro service is available from Rea-gan National Airport to The Westin ArlingtonGateway. The cost is approximately $1.65 per per-son one way. Take the Blue Line towards LargoTown Center Metro Station and arrive at RosslynMetro Station. Transfer to the Orange Line to-wards Vienna/Fairfax GMU. Arrive at BallstonMetro Station and walk .30 mile SW to The West-in Arlington Gateway.

For a metro rail system map, visit www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm

For a map of the station area in relation to the Ar-lington Gateway, please see www.stationmas-ters.com/System_Map/BALLSTON/ballston.html or www.wmata.com/rail/station_detail.cfm?station_id=99

Shuttle. The Super Shuttle van service will takeguests directly from the airport to The Westin Ar-lington Gateway. The shuttle service picks up pas-sengers outside of the terminal. Approximate

ALL ATTENDEES MUST PREREGISTER. Eachsymposium has a limited attendance, with prior-ity given to invited attendees. All accepted au-thors, symposium participants, and other invitedattendees must register by September 18, 2009.After that period, registration will be opened upto the general membership of AAAI and other in-terested parties. All registrations must be post-marked by October 16, 2009.

The conference registration fee includes admis-sion to one symposium, one copy of the workingnotes from the symposium, coffee breaks, and theopening reception.

Checks (drawn on US bank) or internationalmoney orders should be made out to AAAI.VISA, MasterCard and American Express are al-so accepted. Please fill out the attached registra-tion form and mail it with your fee to:

AAAI 2009 Fall Symposium Series445 Burgess Drive, Suite 100Menlo Park, CA 94025

If you are paying by credit card, you may emailthe form to [email protected] or fax it to (650) 321-4457. Registration forms are also available onAAAI’s web page: www.aaai.org/Symposia/Fall/fss09.php

Please note: All refund requests must be in writ-ing and postmarked by October 23, 2009. No re-funds will be granted after this date. A $75.00processing fee will be levied on all refunds grant-ed.

When you arrive at the Westin Arlington Gate-way, please pick up your complete registrationpacket at the registration area.

Registration hours will be:Thursday, November 4 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMFriday, November 5 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMSaturday, November 6 8:30 AM - 5:00PSunday, November 7 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Information

For your convenience, AAAI has reserved a blockof rooms at the Westin Arlington Gateway. One ofthe newest hotels in the Washington D.C. area,the Westin Arlington Gateway is located in theBallston area of Arlington. It is a short walk fromthe Ballston Metro Station, which allows guests toeasily explore Arlington, downtown Washington,DC, Alexandria, or Georgetown. Reagan Nation-al Airport is easily accessible via the Washington

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costs from each of the airports are listed belowand may be subject to change. Please visit thewebsite (www.supershuttle.com) or call SuperShuttle to confirm current rates (800-BLUE-VAN[258-3826]):

Reagan National Airport: $14.00Dulles International: $29.00Baltimore-Washington: $48.00

Car. Take the George Washington MemorialParkway North, and then merge onto I-395 Southtoward Richmond. Merge onto WashingtonBoulevard via Exit 8A toward Ridge Road andthen onto US-50 W/Arlington Boulevard towardFalls Church. Take the Glebe Road exit, turn rightonto North Glebe Road/VA-120 North. The hotelis on the right.

For directions from Washington Dulles Airportor other points, please see www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1513 and click on "Local Area."

Valet parking is available at the Westin ArlingtonGateway for a maximum of $22.00 per day /overnight.

Taxi. Approximate one-way taxi fares from areaairports are:

Reagan National Airport: $20.00

Dulles International: $50.00Baltimore-Washington: $95.00

Disclaimer

In offering the Westin Arlington Gateway (here-inafter referred to as "Supplier"), and all other ser-vice providers for the AAAI Fall Symposium Se-ries, the Association for the Advancement of Ar-tificial Intelligence acts only in the capacity ofagent for the Supplier, which is the provider ofhotel rooms and transportation. Because the As-sociation for the Advancement of Artificial Intel-ligence has no control over the personnel, equip-ment or operations of providers of accommoda-tions or other services included as part of theSymposium program, AAAI assumes no respon-sibility for and will not be liable for any personaldelay, inconveniences or other damage sufferedby symposium participants which may arise byreason of (1) any wrongful or negligent acts oromissions on the part of any Supplier or its em-ployees, (2) any defect in or failure of any vehicle,equipment or instrumentality owned, operated orotherwise used by any Supplier, or (3) any wrong-ful or negligent acts or omissions on the part ofany other party not under the control, direct orotherwise, of AAAI.


Registration Form

AAAI 2009 Fall Symposium Series

ALL ATTENDEES MUST PREREGISTER � Please complete in full and return to AAAI, postmarked by September 18, 2009(invited attendees) or by October 16, 2009 (general registration).

Please print or type (registration cannot be processed if information is incomplete or illegible):First Name __________________________________ Last Name __________________________________________________Company or Affiliation ____________________________________________________________________________________Address __________________________________________________________________________________________ Home nn or Business nn

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Symposium

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nn 1. Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architecturesnn 2. Cognitive and Metacognitive Educational Systemsnn 3. Complex Adaptive Systems and the Threshold Effect: Views from the Natural and Social Sciencesnn 4. Manifold Learning and Its Applicationsnn 5. Multi-Representational Architectures for Human-Level Intelligencenn 6. The Uses of Computational Argumentationnn 7. Virtual Healthcare Interaction

Funding Seminar

nn Yes, I plan to attend the AI Funding Seminar on Wednesday, November 4. nn No, I do not plan to attend.

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nn Member: $ 320.00 nn Nonmember: $ 495.00 nn Student Member $ 135.00 nn Nonmember student: $ 225.00

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