The Registration Desk is located in the Pulaski Lobby (on the Lobby Level). It will open for Registration Monday at 0700.
Monday 27 March 2017: Tutorials
Session Chair: Galina Rogova
Select “More Tutorial Information” on the right side of this page for tutorial abstracts and instructor information.
0800-1200 |
Tutorial 1 |
Systems Theoretical Approach to Situation Awareness: Historical and Modern Perspectivesby Dr. Peter ErdiRoom: Pulaski Room (Lobby Level) Abstract: Perception, comprehension, and projection are the three basic components of situation awareness and management. This tutorial gives a bird’s eye description how early and modern interdisciplinary approaches contributed to the establishment of the theoretical frameworks of perceiving, predicting, controlling complex events. Cybernetics, AI, Cognitive Science and related disciplines are the somewhat tacit precursors of Situation Management and Decision Support. |
0800-1200 |
Tutorial 2 |
Higher Level Information Fusion for Intelligence Analysis, Decision-making, and Situation Management: Challenges and Computational Approachesby Drs. James Llinas & Galina RogovaRoom: Chippewa Suite (2nd Floor) Abstract. Automated Data and Information Fusion (DIF) is fundamentally an estimation process that exploits all available data and information to develop an optimal estimate based largely on minimizing the attendant uncertainty in that estimate. In this tutorial, we develop and argue for a much more expansive approach to systems engineering for DIF systems, discussing the need for overt consideration of those subsequent processes that the DIF estimates typically support, such as intelligence analysis, decision-making, and situational management. We discuss Intelligence Analysis, Decision-Making, Situation Management and Information Fusion; Characterizations of Higher Level Fusion; and Review of Computational Approaches for High-Level Fusion |
1300-1700 |
Tutorial 3 |
Building Closed-Loop Human Performance Improvement Systems: Keeping Autonomy in Mindby Drs. Bart Russell & Bill CasebeerRoom: Pulaski Room (Lobby Level) Abstract: Realizing the benefits of Undersecretary of Defense Bob Work’s “third offset strategy” requires designing, developing and deploying systems that enable humans and their machine teammates to work together more effectively as a team. At Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, our Human Systems and Autonomy Research Area has focused on leveraging a “sense,” “assess,” and “augment” paradigm to think about human-machine teaming. In this workshop, we will describe several projects we have accomplished or are accomplishing which assist with performance improvement, and focus in particular on the use of electro-encephalograms as a signal which can be used to improve execution of shared human-machine team tasks. |
1300-1700 |
Tutorial 4 |
“Are you Sure?” Uncertainty in Textual Information in Situation Understandingby Dr. Kellyn ReinRoom: Chippewa Suite (2nd Floor) Abstract. Computer-based situation understanding relies on algorithms for text analytics to identify and extract various kinds of pertinent, new actionable information from natural language sources such as reports, blogs, social media and other forms of communication. However, extraction of text elements from their contexts basically overlooks one important facet of human communication: not all that is written is fact. Much is speculation, hearsay, assumption, or even discussion of events which have not happened yet (and which may not happen). Ignoring this comes with a cost — treating all extracted information as fact is dangerous. However, buried in sentences are lexical and grammatical structures that indicate the uncertainty of the propositions. Such elements include hedges such as modal adverbs and adjectives, as well as hearsay markers, indicators of inference or belief (”mindsay”), and verb forms which indicate possible future actions. In this tutorial, we look at how analysis of these lexical and grammatical forms of uncertainty can provide a way to determine an evidential weight for the proposition, enabling us to automatically make an assessment about the credibility of information extracted from English text. |
1800-2100 |
Welcome
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The Welcome Networking Reception is sponsored by Lockheed MartinRoom: Harborview on the 15th Floor
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Tuesday 28 March 2017
Speaker abstracts and information can be found on the right side of this page by selecting “More Speaker Information”
0700-0800 | Breakfast | Complimentary Breakfast Buffet
Room: Madison Ballroom (Lobby Level) |
0800-0945 |
Keynote PresentationSession Chair: Odd Erik Gundersen |
Dr. Kris Hammond“Communicating with the New Machine: Human Insight at Machine Scale”Room: Pulaski (Lobby Level) Abstract: The world of Big Data is at an inflection point. We now have well understood methods for metering, monitoring, gathering and analyzing massive data sets in business, government, public policy and our day-to-day lives. Mechanisms for large-scale analysis of the data sets we now control can discover powerful correlations, historical trends and operational predications. All of this has been achieved through exceptional technical developments in scale and analytics. More recently, the rise of machine learning has given us even greater power to mine our data for information. But this is not the end of the game. In fact, it is only the first step in making these insights available and useful to the decision makers who need them.In this talk, I will outline how the technology of automatic narrative generation from data plays the crucial role of bridging the gap between the Big Data world of facts and figures and the still unmet need for understandable insights. I will dive into use cases from business, education and the still untapped world of social media and show how the power of automatically generated narratives can provide us all with the evidence and articulation of the insights that are still trapped in the massive data repositories we now control. |
0945-1015 | Break | Coffee Break: Beverages will be served |
1015-1200 |
Oral
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Session Title: Dealing with SituationsRoom: Pulaski (Lobby Level) Presentation 1: “A Framework for Cognitive Situation Control” Gabriel Jakobson (CyberGem Consulting) Presentation 2: “A Model Based on Rough Sets for Situation Comprehension and Projection” Presentation 3: “Situation-Based Ontologies for a Computational Framework for Identity Focusing on Crime Scenes” Presentation 4: “A Cognitively Motivated Algorithm for Rapid Response in Emergency Situations”” Robert Kozma (U of Memphis, USA), presented by Peter Erdi Presentation 5: “Electroencephalography (EEG) Classification of Cognitive Tasks Based on Task Engagement Index” Joseph Nuamah (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA); Younho Seong (North Carolina A&T State University, USA) |
1200-1330 | Lunch | On Your Own |
1330-1515 |
PanelSession Chair: Mica Endsley |
SA and Big Data:Room: Pulaski (Lobby Level) Data analytic methods provide the potential to significantly speed and improve the quality of analysis of large volumes of data. This panel will explore the advent of big data and its use to improve situation awareness via information gathering and prioritization, integration and analysis, and projection of future trends. Technical issues associated with the development of effective big data applications will be explored by the panel, including its affect on understanding certainty or confidence in the underlying data or big data products, validation of big data algorithms, support for situation awareness in working with big data systems, and integration of big data with human decision making. This panel is applicable to work in multiple domains including military and commercial systems and will include a consideration of both technical and cognitive engineering issues. Panelists:
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1515-1545 | Break | Coffee Break: Beverages will be served
Room: Pulaski Lobby |
1545-1730 |
Oral
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Session Title: Dealing with Complex EnvironmentsRoom: Pulaski (Lobby Level) Presentation 1: “Maritime Smuggling Detection and Mitigation Using Risk-Aware Hybrid Robotic Sensor Networks”Nicolas Primeau (University of Ottawa, Canada); Rami Abielmona and Rafael Falcon (Larus Technologies Corporation, Canada); Emil M. Petriu (University of Ottawa, Canada) Presentation 2: “Soft-Data-Driven Resource Management for Concurrent Maritime Security Operations” Alex Plachkov (University of Ottawa, Canada); Rami Abielmona, Moufid Harb and Rafael Falcon (Larus Technologies Corporation, Canada); Diana Inkpen, Voicu Groza and Emil M. Petriu (University of Ottawa, Canada) Presentation 3: “Image Retrieval for Visual Understanding in Dynamic and Sensor Rich Environments” Noah Lesch, John Pecarina and Andrew Compton (Air Force Institute of Technology, USA) Presentation 4: “Overcoming Challenges to Air Force Satellite Ground Control Automation” Michael Bentley (Air Force Institute of Technology & US Air Force, USA); Alan Lin and Douglas Hodson (Air Force Institute of Technology, USA) |
Wednesday 29 March 2017
Speaker abstracts and information can be found on the right side of this page by selecting “More Speaker Information”
0700-0800 | Breakfast | Complimentary Breakfast Buffet
Room: Madison Ballroom (Lobby Level) |
0800-0945 |
Keynote PresentationSession Chair: Scott Fouse |
Dr. Doug Riecken“Minsky K-line Memory: Integration of Multi-Strategy Reasoning and Learning”Room: Pulaski (Lobby Level) Abstract: Theories and architectures that consider human/machine processing grounded on multi-strategy reasoning and learning investigate an essential set of questions in “machine intelligence” (biological and/or “silicon”). “You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.” — Marvin Minsky There are opportunities in the theories of Minsky and others (e.g., Newell, Schank, LeCun, Mitchell and many others). I will consider how Minsky’s K-Line Theory of Memory highlights valuable open questions that have impact on our future work.
As a simple starting point for my talk consider the following excerpt from Minsky’s K-Line paper:
When you “get an idea,” or “solve a problem,” or have a “memorable experience,’’ you create what we shall call a K-line. This K-line gets connected to those “mental agencies” that were actively involved in the memorable mental event. When that K-line is later “activated,” it reactivates some of those mental agencies, creating a “partial mental state” resembling the original. Minsky’s Society of Mind (SOM) theories mixed with contributions from Minsky colleagues provide insight for future research. |
0945-1015 | Break | Coffee Break: Beverages will be served
Room: Pulaski Lobby |
1015-1200 |
Poster
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Room: Ossabaw Room (Lobby Level)
** Numbers represent the poster panel number where posters will be hung during this session |
1200-1330 | Lunch | On Your Own |
1330-1515 |
Poster
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Room: Ossabaw Room (Lobby Level)
** Numbers represent the poster panel number where posters will be hung during this session |
1515-1545 | Break | Coffee Break: Beverages will be served
Room: Pulaski Lobby |
1545-1730 |
Oral
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Session Title: Decision Making & SupportRoom: Pulaski (Lobby Level) Presentation 1: “Self-Adaptive Dynamic Decision Making Processes” Kenneth P. Baclawski (Northeastern University, USA); Adel Ghoneimy, Dieter Gawlick and Eric Chan (Oracle, USA); Kenny Gross (Oracle Physical Sciences Research Center, USA); Zhen Liu (Oracle, USA) Presentation 2: “Decision-Making Involving Low Probability High Consequence Events Under Risk and Uncertainty” Roman Ilin (AFRL, USA); Galina L. Rogova (University at Buffalo, USA) Presentation 3: “Online Learning for an Individualized Lane-Change Situation Recognition System Applied to Driving Assistance” Arezoo Sarkheyli (North Rhine-Westphalia, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Dirk Söffker (University Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Presentation 4: “Expert-based Probabilistic Modeling of Workflows in Context of Surgical Interventions” Patrick Philipp (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Yvonne Fischer and Jürgen Beyerer (Fraunhofer IOSB, Germany); Jürgen Beyerer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany) |
1800-2100 |
Banquet
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Dinner Speaker: Dave Gunning (DARPA)“The Creation of Siri”‘Room: Sapelo Room (Lobby Level) Abstract: Siri was a product of DAPRA’s Personalized Assistant the Learns (PAL) project. In particular, it originated in SRI International’s effort under PAL, called the Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes (CALO). In this talk, David Gunning (who was the DARPA Program Manager for PAL) will describe Siri’s history – how the technology was created, formed into a startup, and acquired by Apple. He will summarize the history of the PAL program, highlighting the key events relevant to the creation of Siri, and summarize the sequence of events, following the PAL program, to create the Siri venture and have it acquired by Apple *Plated dinner will be served (menus available in menu link on the right side of this page). |
Technological Demonstration and Information Tables will be available during both Poster Sessions
- Lockheed Martin
- Charles River Analytics
- SoarTech
- Sonalysts
- Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science: A study abroad program
- Institute for Creative Technologies
- and more…
Thursday 30 March 2017
Speaker abstracts and information can be found on the right side of this page by selecting “More Speaker Information”
0700-0800 | Breakfast | Complimentary Breakfast Buffet
Room: Pulaski Foyer |
0800-0945 |
Keynote PresentationSession Chair: Mica Endsley |
Dr. John D. Lee
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0945-1015 | Break | Coffee Break: Beverages will be served |
1015-1200 |
Oral
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Session Title: Human-Machine InteractionRoom: Pulaski (Lobby Level) Presentation 1: “Rightward Attentional Bias in Windshield Displays: Implication Towards External HMIs for Self-driving Cars” Presentation 2: “Cyber-Physical-Human System for Connected Car-Based e-Tourism: Approach and Case Study Scenario” Presentation 3: “Head Gesture Recognition via DTW and Threshold Optimization” Ubeyde Mavuş and Volkan Sezer (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) Presentation 4: “KIDS Supervisory Control Loop with MSET Prognostics for Human-in-the-Loop Decision Support and Control Applications” Kenneth P. Baclawski (Northeastern University, USA); Adel Ghoneimy, Dieter Gawlick and Eric Chan (Oracle, USA); Kenny Gross (Oracle Physical Sciences Research Center, USA); Zhen Liu (Oracle, USA) |
1200-1330 | Lunch | On Your Own |
1330-1515 |
Panel PresentationSession Chair: Christian Lebiere |
SA & Robotics:Room: Pulaski (Lobby Level) The panel on SA and Robotics is concerned with situation awareness and management issues involved in human-robot interaction. Those systems can range in complexity from a human operator controlling a single robot or a swarm of robots through a traditional interface, to teams of humans and robots freely interacting using natural means such as voice and gestures. Issues include techniques to maintain appropriate human SA given existing sensors and cognitive limitations, algorithms to allocate decision making between human oversight and robotic autonomy, and frameworks to manage collaboration in order to leverage respective strengths of humans and robots. The panel will start with an invited presentation, followed by brief rejoinders by the panel members, then an open discussion involving audience participants. Panelists:
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1515-1545 | Break | Coffee Break: Beverages will be served |
1545-1730 |
Oral
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Session Title: Interaction with Autonomous SystemsRoom: Pulaski (Lobby Level) Presentation 1: “Effective Variety? for Whom (Or What)?” Presentation 2: “Evaluating Path Planning in Human-Robot Teams: Quantifying Path Agreement and Mental Model Congruency” Brandon Perelman (US Army Research Laboratory, USA); Shane Mueller (Michigan Technological University, USA); and Kristin Schaefer (US Army Research Laboratory, USA) Presentation 3: “Using Context and Robot-Human Communication to Resolve Unexpected Situational Conflicts” Wayne Zachary and Taylor Carpenter (CHI Systems, USA)
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Friday 31 March 2017
0800-1100 | Planning 2018 |
Please consider joining us for the 2018 planning meeting. This is a great way to get involved, be a part of the program formulation, or volunteer to be part of the program organization committee. Please contact us at cogsima@gmail.com if you are interested in participating in this session. There will be limited seats available. Breakfast will be provided. |