International Conference
Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems
KIMAS '07:
Modeling, EVOLUTION and Engineering

April 29 – May 3, 2007

Waltham, Massachusetts

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KIMAS’07 Program

Monday, April 30, 2007

11:00 – 16:00      Registration

11:00 – 14:00      Tutorial I

Bio-Inspired and Cognitive Algorithms for Recognition, Data Mining, Tracking,

Fusion, Prediction, and Language Understanding

Leonid Perlovsky, Harvard University and the Air Force Research Laboratory

See more Tutorial I information here.

14:00 – 14:30      Coffee and Networking Break (Tutorial attendees only)

14:30 – 17:30      Tutorial II

“Cognitive” memory and its Applications

Bernard Widrow, Stanford University

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18:00 – 22:00       Welcome Reception (All Conference Attendees)

  

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

7:30 – 16:00        Registration

7:30 – 8:30         Speakers’ Breakfast

8:30 - 9:30         Distinguished Plenary Session

Welcome, Leonid Perlovsky, Conference Chair

Distinguished Plenary Lecture:

Chair: Robert Kozma

Inferences and Assumptions about Complex Adaptive Systems

David FogelNatural Selection, Inc.

9:30 – 9:50         Coffee and Networking Break

9:50 – 11:50

Special Session: Dynamic Logic and Cognitive Algorithms

Organizer and Chair:     Ross Deming

1. 1115 Optimal Estimation of Parameters of Transient Mixture Processes using Dynamic Logic Approach

Robert Kozma, University of Memphis; Ross Deming, General Dynamics; and Leonid Perlovsky, Harvard University and Air Force Research Laboratory

2. 1131 Concurrent Tracking and Detection of Slowly Moving Targets under Foliage using Dynamic Logic

Ross Deming, John Schindler, General Dynamics; and Leonid Perlovsky, Harvard University and Air Force Research Laboratory

3. 1116 Radar Imaging Through Walls Using Dynamic Logic-based SAR

Robert Kozma, University of Memphis; Robert Linnehan, Air Force Research Laboratory; Leonid Perlovsky, Harvard University and AFRL; David Brady, Northeastern University

4. 1152 Intelligent Processing in Multi-Sensor Systems

G. Capraro, Capraro Technologies, Inc.; M. Wicks, AFRL

5. 1149 Modeling Field Theory and Dynamic Logic

Boris Kovalerchuk, Central Washington University; Leonid Perlovsky, Harvard University and AFRL

6. 1136 Practical Approach to Dynamic Knowledge Processing

Vadim Stefanuk, Russian Academy of Science

9:50 – 11:50

1. Distributed Agent Systems and Situation Modeling

Chair: A. Smirnov

1. 1142 Realization of Persistency in a Multi-Agent Framework

Shinichi MOTOMURA, Junya KISHIDA, Takao KAWAMURA, and Kazunori SUGAHARA, Tottori University

2. 1090 Situation Modeling in Decision Support Systems

A. Smirnov, A. Kashevnik, T. Levashova, M. Pashkin, N. Shilov, and St. Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences

3. 1134 Approaches to Distributed Optimization: How Do We Make Agent Searches Efficient? And an Efficient Algorithm for Distributed Optimization

Snehit Prabhu, IBM Software Group

4. 1095 Experience Using High Level, Inter-Agent Coordination Primitives for Building Survivable Distributed MAS

John Zinky, Sarah Siracuse, Ray Tomlinson, and Todd Wright, BBN Technologies

5. 1124 Epistemic Belief Frames in Distributed Effects-based Reasoning

Eric R. Lindahl and Qiuming Zhu, 21st Century Systems, Inc

6. 1138 Dynamic Algorithms for Cooperative Spatially Decomposed Searching by Heterogeneous Unmanned Systems

Michael Gosnell and Stephen O’Hara, 21st Century Systems Inc

11:50 – 13:20      Lunch (On Your Own)

13:20 – 14:20      Distinguished Plenary Session

Chair: Vladimir G. Red’ko

Distinguished Plenary Lecture:

An Emerging Unified Theory of Neocortex: From Vision to Cognition

Stephen Grossberg, Boston University

14:20 – 15:00     Coffee and Networking Break

15:00 – 17:00

Special Session: SOA: Model Driven Service Oriented Architecture

Organizer and Chair: Lee Krause

1. 1157 The SOA Platform

Dave Lamp, Colonel, USAF, Affiliation: Project Lead, Advanced Technology Integration, Joint Futures Lab, Suffolk, VA Title of talk: Towards a Joint Semantic Web

2. 1156 The Convergence of Grid and SOA

George Nealon, Data Synapse

3. 1158 Adaptive and Intelligent SOA using Dynamic Logic

Leonid I. Perlovsky, Harvard University and Air Force Research Laboratory

4. 1155 The Role of Intelligent Models in the Implementation of Service Oriented Architectures

Lee S. Krause, Lynn A Lehman, Bruce R. McQueary, Anthony M. Stirtzinger, Securboration, Inc.

5. 1153 Modeling Executable Specifications with X-Spec and Water

Mike Plusch, Christopher Fry, Ken Haase, and Tom Farrell, Clear Methods, Inc.

6. 1154 Water OWL: Semantic Typing for Transparent Programs

Ken Haase, Clear Methods, Inc.

15:00 – 17:00

Multiresolutional Organizations for Learning

Chair: Qiuming Zhu

1. 1143 Backup and Recovery Scheme for Multi-Agent-based e-Learning System

Takao Kawamura, Syungo Kinoshita, Shinichi Motomura, and Kazunori Sugahara, Tottori University

2. 1145 Multi-Agent-based Approach for Meeting Scheduling System

Takao Kawamura, Yusuke Hamada, Kengo Kagemoto, Shinichi Motomura, and Kazunori Sugahara, Tottori University

3. 1091 Design and Implementation of an Open Source Location Service System for the Aglets Mobile Agent System

Yi-Hsung Li, Chyi-Ren Dow, Kuo-Hua Chang, and Kuang-Ho Chen, Feng Chia University

4. 1111 Hybrid-Agents in an Economic Model

Ana Marostica and Daniel Heymann, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

5. 1123 A Hybrid Cellular Inference Network for Multi-Agent System Organization

Qiuming Zhu and Eric R. Lindahl, 21st Century Systems, Inc.

6. 1105 A Framework for Multiresolutional Knowledge Dissemination and Collection in Large Dynamic Multi-Agent Societies

Edward Benson, Jeffrey Berliner, and Marshall Brinn, BBN Technologies

15:00 – 17:00

Biologically Inspired Evolving and Self-Organizing Webs

Chair: Vladimir G. Red’ko

1. 1110 Biologically Inspired Multi-Modular Architecture of Adaptive Agent Control Systems

Vladimir G. Red’ko, Alexander I. Manolov, and Oleg P. Mosalov, Russian Academy of Sciences

2. 1120 Cooperative Symbiotic Networking Exploring for Adaptive Data Centers

Paskorn Champrasert, Chonho Lee and Junichi Suzuki , University of Massachusetts

3. 1130 Using a Multi-Agent Evidential Reasoning Network as the Objective Function for an Evolutionary Algorithm

Christopher M. Gore, 21st Century Systems, Inc.

4. 1118 Symbiosis: Using Predator-Prey Games as a Test Bed for Studying Competitive Co-evolution

Fani A. Tzima, Andreas L. Symeonidis and Pericles A. Mitkas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

5. 1092 A Ubiquitous Teaching Assistant Using Knowledge Retrieval and Adaptive Learning Techniques

Kuang-Ho Chen, Chyi-Ren Dow, Yan-Ying Chen, and Yi-Hsung Li, Feng Chia University

6. 1100 Metadata (Ontology) Incremental Building/Refinement Agents

William L. Sousan, Wei Chen, Matt Payne, and Qiuming Zhu, University Of Nebraska

18:00 – 22:30    Free Tourist Shuttle to Boston

  

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

7:30 – 16:00       Registration

7:30 – 8:30        Speakers’ Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30        Distinguished Plenary Session

Chair: Leonid Perlovsky

Distinguished Plenary Lecture:

TBD

Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou, Rutgers University

9:30 – 9:50    Coffee and Networking Break

9:50 – 11:50

Special Session: Linguistic Dynamic Logic Agents

Organizer and Chair: Vadim Tikhanov

1. 1129 Modeling Emotion and Embodiment in Multi-agent Systems

Eduardo Coutinho and Angelo Cangelosi, University of Plymouth

2. 1148 Generalisation towards Combinatorial Complexity in Language Acquisition by Simple Recurrent Networks

Francis C. K. WONG, James W. MINETT, and William S-Y WANG, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

3. 1126 A Layered Emergence of Symbols

Anastasios-Antonios Toulkeridis, and Vassilios Petridis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

4. 1093 How Communication Can Improve Differentiation in the Modeling Field Theory Framework

José F. Fontanari, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

5. 1112 A Modeling Field Theory Approach to Pursuit Games

José F. Fontanari, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Leonid I. Perlovsky, Air Force Research Lab

6. 1109 Scaling Up of Action Repertoire in Linguistic Cognitive Agents

Vadim Tikhanoff, Angelo Cangelosi, José F. Fontanari and Leonid I. Perlovsky

9:50 – 11:50

Fusion and Interpretation

Chair: Plamen Petrov

1. 1133 Multi-Agent Fault Diagnosis in Manufacturing Systems Using Soft Computing

Terrence P. Fries, Coastal Carolina University

2. 1146 Integrated Network Attack Fusion System: Multi-Agent Approach to Network Sensor Data Acquisition and Fusion

Paul Gonsalves, Stephen Ho, Catherine Call, and David Lapsley, Charles River Analytics

3. 1117 Towards a Generic Methodology for Evaluating MAS Performance

Christos Dimou, Andreas L. Symeonidis, and Pericles A. Mitkas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

4. 1122 Statistical Fusion of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Observations for Aided Target Recognition -> Fusin or unmanned vehicle

Michael Simon, Stephen O’Hara, and Dr. Plamen Petrov, 21st Century Systems, Inc.

5. 1094 Reflective Information Management in the Dissemination of Health Care Practices

Jari Yli-Hietanen and Samuli Niiranen, Tampere University of Technology

11:50 – 13:20      Lunch (On Your Own)

13:20 – 14:20      Distinguished Plenary Session

Chair: Vadim Stefanuk

Distinguished Plenary Lecture

Seek Simplicity and Distrust It: Knowledge Maximization versus Effort Minimization

Dan Levine, Texas University, Arlington

14:20 – 15:00     Coffee and Networking Break

15:00 – 17:00

Special Session: Cognitive MAS Architectures

Organizer and Chair: Henry Hexmoor

1. Synergistic Integration of Agent Technologies for Military Simulation

Paul Scerri, Sean Owens, Robin Glinton, and Katia Sycara

2. Emergent Power Delineation in Multi-Agent Swarms

Brian McLaughlan and Henry Hexmoor

3. An Api-calculus Based Formal Methodology for Modeling MAS

Ahmad Raheel and Shahram Rahimi

4. 1132 A Multi-Agent, Multi-Tiered Approach to Information Fusion

Joe Barker, andGil Vincent, 21st Century Systems, Inc

5. 1108 Autonomous and Adaptive Network Services with Biologically-inspired Evolvable Agents

 Chonho Lee, Paskorn Champrasert and Junichi Suzuki, University of Massachusetts

6. 1121 An Agent-Based Approach f or Decluttering Net-centric Command-and-Control Displays to Improve Situational Awareness

Stephen O’Hara, Nathan Dwyer, and Plamen Petrov, 21st Century Systems, Inc.

15:00 – 17:00

Semiotics, Language, and Meanings

Chair: Ricardo Ribeiro Gudwin

1. 1097 Talk between Two Agents by Semantics Knowledge base

Shigeki Sugiyama, University of Gifu

2. 1140 Towards Machine Understanding: Some Considerations Regarding Mathematical

Ricardo Ribeiro Gudwin and João Queiroz, DCA- FEEC – UNICAMP

3. 1125 Parameterizing Menu Based Natural Language Interfaces with Location Models

Kyle Neumeier and Craig Thompson, University of Arkansas

4. 1159 A Particular Idea of Evolution: A Peircean Interpretation of a Hybrid-Agent Organization Model

Ana Marostica, Cesar Briano, and Ernesto Chinkes, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

5. 1127 A Language for Describing the Events in Video Streams-An Initial Exploration into the Image Semantics

Stephen O’Hara and Qiuming Zhu, University of Nebraska at Omaha

6. 1141 Brainmerge: A Semiotic-oriented Software Development Process for Intelligence Augmentation Systems

André Luis Ogando Paraense, Ricardo Ribeiro Gudwin, and Rodrigo de Almeida Gonçalves, DCA-FEEC-UNICAMP, Brazil

19:00              Banquet

Banquet Speaker: Dr. Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou

   Thursday, May 3, 2007

7:30 – 13:00       Registration

7:30 – 8:30        Speakers’ Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30        Distinguished Plenary Session

Chair: Fernando Fontanari

Distinguished Plenary Lecture:

Toward Human-Level Machine Intelligence

Lofti Zadeh, California University, Berkeley

9:30 – 9:50        Coffee and Networking Break

9:50 – 11:50

Special Session:  Multi-bodied Systems

Organizer and Chair: Henry Hexmoor

1. A MAS Approach for Particle Swarm Optimization

Ahmad Raheel and Shahram Rahimi

2. Robot Navigation in a 3D World Mediated by Sensor Networks

D. V. Karthikeya Viswanath K. Madhava Krishna, Henry Hexmoor, Sartaj Singh

3. Cooperative Navigation Function based Navigation of

Multiple Mobile Robots

Satish Pedduri, K. Madhava, Krishna, Henry Hexmoor

4. Feature Chain Based Occupancy Grid SLAM for Robots Equipped

 with Sonar Sensors

A. Pandey, K. Madhava Krishna, Henry Hexmoor

5. Probability Based Optimal Algorithms for Multi-sensor Multi-target Detection

T. R. Rahul,  M. Krishna, Henry Hexmoor

6. 1099 A Swarm Intelligence Based Coordination Algorithm for Distributed Multi-Agent Systems

Yan Meng, Olorundamilola Kazeem, Stevens Institute of Technology

9:50 – 11:50

Semantic Models, Image Analysis, and Interpretation

Chair: Nan Jiang

1. 1128 Agent Based Visualization & Characterization Tool for Automated Display Adaptation

Robert S. Woodley, 21st Century Systems, Inc.

2. 1150 Region-of -Interest Detection and its Application to Image Segmentation and Compression

Huibao Lin, Jennie Si, and Glen P. Abousleman, Arizona State University

3. 1147 A Denoise Method Based on Multi-Frame Image Registration

Nan Jiang, Jennie Si, and Glen Abousleman, Arizona State University

4. 1119 Optimized Neuro-Fuzzy Multivariable PID Controller Based on IMC Using Genetic Algorithm

Nasser Sadati, Shervin Kermanshachi, and Majid Hajatipour, Full Professor of Sharif university, Tehran, Iran

5. 1088 Multidimensional Analysis of the Lambdoma Key board Experiments

Barbara Ferrell Hero, International Lambdoma Research Institute

11:50 – 13:20      Lunch (On Your Own)

13:20 – 14:20      Distinguished Plenary Session

Chair: Vladimir Gorodetsky

Distinguished Plenary Lecture:

Man on the Loop

Henry Hexmoor, Southern Illinois University

14:20 – 15:00      Coffee and Networking Break

15:00 – 17:00

6. Special Session: Security and Information Assurance

Organizer and Chair: Henry Hexmoor

1. Delegation Protocols Founded on Trust

Rachil Chandran, Henry Hexmoor

2. A Web of Trust Oriented Information Flow Network

Yi Hu and Brajendra Panda

3. Trust in MAS (title forthcoming)

Svisatoslav Brainov

4. 1113 Multi-Agent Airspace Deconfliction in Homeland Security Scenario

Vladimir Gorodetsky, Oleg Karsaev, etc., St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation

5. 1135 Galton-Watson Analysis of Multi-agent Situational Awareness Dialogues

Qiuming Zhu, Eric R. Lindahl, University of Nebraska at Omaha

6. 1096 Semantics-Based Web Data Filtering Agents

William L. Sousan, Wei Chen, Matt Payne, Qiuming Zhu, University Of Nebraska

15:00 – 17:00

Intentional Agents

Chair: Boris Kovalerchuk

1. 1137 Deceptive Adversarial Planning

Sviatoslav Braynov, University of Illinois at Springfield

2. 1139 Logic of Uncertainty and Irrational Agents

Boris Kovalerchuk, Central Washington University; Germano Resconi, Catholic University, Italy

3. 1114 Construction of Knowledge from Information by Intentional Robots

Walter J Freeman, University of California at Berkeley CA

4. 1151 Workflow Classes Descriptions Synthesis Based on Intelligent Data Analyses

G.S. Osipov, Institute for Systems Analysis of Russian Academy of Sciences

5. 1102 Using Data Validation to Interpret Hypotheses

Stephen Graham and Daniel Hunter, BAE SYSTEMS

6. 1101 Distributed Knowledge Sharing Based on Ontology Learning

Behrouz H. Far, Mohsen Afsharchi, and Cheng Zhong, University of Calgary

   

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