EAAI-16 Program Schedule

last updated: Feb. 4, 2016

Saturday, February 13, 2016

9:30-10:40am Opening and Invited Talk

10:40-11:00am Coffee Break

11:00-12:00pm Paper Session

11:00-11:20am: Lisa Torrey. The Turing Test in the Classroom
11:20-11:40am: Ashok Goel and David Joyner. Design of an Online Course on Knowledge-Based AI
11:40am-12:00pm: Nicole Sintov, Debarun Kar, Thanh Nguyen, Fei Fang, Kevin Hoffman, Arnaud Lyet and Milind Tambe. From the Lab to the Classroom and Beyond: Extending a Game-Based Research Platform for Teaching AI to Diverse Audiences

12:00-1:30pm Lunch Break

1:30-2:30pm Model AI Assignments

1:30-1:50pm: A Simple Genetic Algorithm - James Marshall
1:50-2:10pm: A Genetic Algorithm for Robby the Robot - James Marshall
2:10-2:30pm: An Introduction to k-Means Clustering - Todd W. Neller and Laura E. Brown

2:30-3:30pm Poker Squares

2:30-2:45pm: Introduction - Todd Neller
2:45-3:00pm: Robert Arrington, Clay Langley and Steven Bogaerts. Using Domain Knowledge to Improve Monte-Carlo Tree Search Performance in Parameterized Poker Squares
3:00-3:15pm: Calin Anton, Karo Castro-Wunsch and William Maga. BeeMo, a Monte Carlo Simulation Agent for Playing Parameterized Poker Squares
3:15-3:30pm: Todd Neller, Colin Messinger and Zuozhi Yang. Learning and Using Hand Abstraction Values for Parameterized Poker Squares

3:30-4:00pm Coffee Break

4:00-5:00pm Model AI Assignments

4:00-4:20pm: Python Console-Animation Suite - Lisa Torrey
4:20-4:40pm: An Introduction to Classification: A CS2 Object-Oriented Programming Project - Nate Derbinsky
4:40-5:00pm: Adventures with Prolog: Entering the Dungeon Lord’s Lair - Thomas E. Allen, Andrew A. Ward, Judy Goldsmith, and Nahom Muluneh

10:00-11:00am Paper Session

10:00-10:20am: Sameer Singh and Sebastian Riedel. Creating Interactive and Visual Educational Resources for AI
10:20-10:40am: Yolanda Gil. Teaching Big Data Analytics Skills with Intelligent Workflow Systems
10:40-11:00am: G Devi, Charu Chauhan and Sutanu Chakraborti. Conceptualizing Curse of Dimensionality with Parallel Coordinates

11:00-11:30am Coffee Break

11:30am-12:30pm Modern AI Course Panel

Michael Wollowski, Robert Selkowitz, Laura Brown, Ashok Goel, George Luger, Jim Marshall, Andrew Neel, Todd Neller and Peter Norvig. Relevant Topics for a Modern AI Course

12:30-2:00pm Lunch Break

2:00-2:15pm EAAI Oustanding AI Educator Award

2:15-2:45pm Poster Lightning Talks

2:15-2:20pm: Harald Burgsteiner, Martin Kandlhofer and Gerald Steinbauer. iRobot: Teaching the Basics of Artificial Intelligence in High Schools
2:20-2:25pm: Christian Reotutar, Mbathio Diagne, Evgenii Balai, Edward Wertz, Peter Lee, Shao-Lon Yeh and Yuanlin Zhang. An Online Logic Programming Development Environment
2:25-2:30pm: Oscar Veliz, Marcus Gutierrez and Christopher Kiekintveld. Teaching Automated Strategic Reasoning using Capstone Tournaments
2:30-2:35pm: Michael Wollowski. Training Watson - A Cognitive Computing Course
2:35-2:40pm: Raghuram Ramanujan. A.I. As an Introduction to Research Methods in Computer Science
2:40-2:45pm: Maritza Reyes, Cynthia Perez, Rocky Upchurch, Timothy Yuen and Yuanlin Zhang. Declarative Programming in an Introductory Computer Science Course for High School Students

2:45-3:00pm Break

3:00-5:00pm Hands-On Robotics Workshop

In this hands-on robotics workshop, faculty from Olin and Harvey Mudd Colleges will present some of the novel, accessible robots used both for classes and research investigations. Platforms and demos will be available to participants to try out after a short overview