8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Welcome to
FLAIRS-2003
Pramod Khargonekar, Dean, College of
Engineering, University of Florida, FL
Doug Dankel, FLAIRS 2003 General Chair
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Invited Speaker
Collaborative
Systems: Prospects and Problems
Barbara Grosz
Department of Computer Science
Harvard University
10:00 a.m. 10:40 a.m.
Session Chair: Rosina Weber, Drexel University, PA
10:00 a.m. 10:20 a.m.
[133] Topic
Extraction and Extension to Support Concept Mapping
[200] Discovering
Non-standard Semantics of Semi-stable Attributes
Angelina A. Tzacheva and Zbigniew W. Ras, UNC-Charlotte, NC
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Session Chair: Takashi Yukawa, Nagaoka University of
Technology, Japan
10:00 a.m. 10:20 a.m.
10:20 a.m. 10:40 a.m.
Mitsuru Ishizuka, University of Tokyo, Tokyo,
Japan
10:40 a.m 11:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Session Chair: Salem Benferhat,
IRIT, USP-CNRS, France
10:00 a.m. 10:20 a.m.
Solomon E. Shimony, Ben Gurion University, Israel
[43] A Simple
Method for Identifying Compelled Edges in DAGs
11:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. 12:30
p.m.
Session Chair: Roxana
Girju, Baylor University
[98] Sentence
Extraction by Spreading Activation with Refined Similarity Measure
Yutaka Matsuo,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo,
Japan
Mitsuru Ishizuka, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
11:50 a.m. 12:10 p.m.
[195] Minimal
Text Structuring to Improve the Generation of Feedback in Intelligent Tutoring
Systems
Barbara Di Eugenio, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
12:10 p.m. 12:30 p.m.
[155] Orthographic
Case Restoration Using Supervised Learning Without Manual Annotation
11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Gene
Simmons, University of South Alabama
11:30 a.m. 11:50 a.m.
[147] A
Word-Based Genetic Algorithm for Cryptanalysis of Short Cryptograms
11:50 a.m. 12:10 p.m.
[122] Sample
Complexity of Real-Coded Evolutionary Algorithms
12:10 p.m. 12:30 p.m.
[23] Emergence
of Cooperation in a Multiple Predator-Single Prey Scenario
11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Choh Man
Teng University of West Florida, FL
[24] Belief
Revision and Information Fusion in a Probabilistic Environment
[69] Revising Contextual Theories
12:10 p.m. 12:30 p.m.
[17] Parameterization of Pseudo-independent Models
Jae-hyuck Lee, University of Waterloo, Canada
Nick Cercone, Dalhousie University
12:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m. Lunch
Session 3A: Special Track on Computing with Emotions in Multiagent
Systems
2:00 p.m. 2:40 p.m.
Session Chair: Christina
Frederick-Recascino, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2:00 p.m. 2:20 p.m.
[30] Using
Mental Simulator for Emotional Rehabilitation of Autistic Patients
2:20 p.m. 2:40 p.m.
[47] Toward Empathetic Agents in Tutoring Systems
Jessica Faivre and Roger Nkambou, University of Quebec,
Montreal, Canada
Claude FRASSON, University of Montreal, Canada
2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Katerina
Mhaanna, Department of Computational Linguistics, Copenhagen, Denmark
[19] When
Regions Start to Move
[81] On the
Computational Complexity of Spatio-temporal Logics
F. Wolter, University of Liverpool, UK
[118] Optimal
Algorithm for Temporal Patterns Discovery
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Session Chair:
[53] Can Probabilistic
Databases Help Elect Qualified Officials?
2:20 p.m. 2:40 p.m.
[108] A
Possibilistic Logic Encoding of Access Control
Salam Benferhat, Rania El Baida, Frιdιric Cuppens, IRIT, France
2:40 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
[99] Decision
Evaluation of Three Flood Management Strategies
Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University
Jim Johansson, Mid Sweden
University, Sweden
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
Session 4A: Special Track on Recent Advances in Natural Language
Processing III
3:30 p.m. 4:50 p.m.
Session Chair:
[161] Multi-Document
Summaries Based on Semantic Redundancy
3:50 p.m. 4:10 p.m.
[163] Open
Domain Information Extraction via Automatic Semantic Labeling
Paul Morarescu and Sanda M. Harabagiu, University of
Texas, Dallas, TX
4:10 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
Sen Yoshida and Kazuhiro Kuwabara, NTT Communication Science Labs, Kyoto, Japan
4:30 p.m. 4:50 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Hans W
Guesgen, Computer Science Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand
3:30 p.m. 3:50 p.m.
[186] Spatially-Aware
Information Retrieval with Graph-Based Qualitative Reference Models
Christoph Schlieder, University of Bamberg, Germany
3:50 p.m. 4:10 p.m.
[192] Indeterminacy
and Rough Approximation
4:10 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
[123] Low
Level Fusion of Imagery Based on Dempster-Shafer Theory
Xiaohui Yuan and Jian Zhang
and Xiaojing Yuan and Bill P. Buckles, Tulane University, LA
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Session Chair:
3:30 p.m. 3:50 p.m.
[139] Automated Data Fusion and
Situation Assessment in Space Systems
Mark L. Hanson and Paul G. Gonsalves, Charles River Analytics,
MA
3:50 p.m. 4:10 p.m.
[201] Agent-based Spectral Analysis
Automation (SAA) for On-board Science Data Processing
Sidney C. Bailin, Knowledge Evolution, Inc.
4:10 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
[109] Human-centered
Design in Synthetic Teammates for Aviation: The Challenge for Artificial
Intelligence
Shawn M. Doherty, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, FL
7:00 p.m.
Reception
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Session 5A:
Special Track on Machine Learning I
8:15 a.m. 9:15 a.m.
Session Chair:
8:15 a.m. 8:35 a.m.
[42] Learning
from Reinforcement and Advice Using Composite Reward Functions
8:35 a.m. 8:55 a.m.
[60] Subgoal
Discovery for Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Using Learned Policies
8:55 a.m. 9:15 a.m.
[82] A
Comparison of Standard and Interval Association Rules
8:15 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
Session Chair: Fu-shing
Sun, Ball State University, IN
8:15 a.m. 8:35 a.m.
[57] Norm
Adaptation and Revision in a Multi-Agent System
8:15 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
Session Chair:
8:15 a.m. 8:35 a.m.
[7] Some AI Considerations in the Mathematical Modeling
of Large Biological Pathways
[95] ADEMA : A
System to Help Physicians in the Asthma Health Care
Marc Gailhardou, GlaxoSmithKline, PA
8:55 a.m. 9:15 a.m.
[116] Multilayer
Perceptrons for Time Series Prediction: A Case Study on Heart Signals
9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Invited Speaker
10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.
12:20 p.m.
Session Chair: Rainer
Knauf, Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
11:00 a.m.- 11:20 a.m.
[8] Utilizing
Validation Experience for System Validation
Avelino Gonzalez, Univ. of Central Florida
Setsuo Tsuruta, Tokyo Denki University
[9] The Rule
Retranslation Problem and the Validation Interface
Rainer Knauf, Technical Univ. of Ilmenau, Thueringia,
Germany
[10] Selection
of Optimal Rule Refinements
[126] A Proposed
Model for Effective Verification of Natural Language Generation Systems
Session 6B: Special Track on Neural Network Applications
11:00 a.m.
12:20 p.m.
Session Chair: Ingrid
Russell, University of Hartford, CT
11:00 a.m. 11:20 a.m. Special Track Invited Talk
Experimental Comparisons of Semi-supervised and Supervised ART classifiers
Michael
Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida, FL
Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos, Florida Institue of Technology, FL
Madam Bhardwa, University of Central Florida, FL
11:20 a.m.- 11:40 a.m.
Neil Euliano, NeuroDimension, Gainesville, FL
11:40 a.m. 12:00 noon
[138] Learning
Opening Strategy in the Game of Go
[160]
Classification of Natural Language Sentences using Neural Networks
11:00 a.m.
12:20 a.m.
Session Chair: Barry
O'Sullivan, University College Cork, Ireland
11:00 a.m.- 11:20 a.m.
[49] Meta-S: A
Strategy-oriented Meta-Solver Framework
Pierre R. Mai, PMSF IT-Consulting
11:20 a.m. 11:40 a.m.
[67] k-relevant
Explanations for Constraint Programming
Patrice Boizumault, Universitι de Caen, France
11:40 a.m. 12:00 noon
[90] A Graph
Based Synthesis Algorithm for Solving CSPs
Scott D. Goodwin, University of
Windsor, Canada
12:00 noon 12:20 p.m.
[91] Correctness
of Constraint Retraction Algorithms
Gιrard Ferrand, Willy Lesaint, and Alexandre Tessier, Universitι d'Orlιans, France
12:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Barry
O'Sullivan, University College Cork, Ireland
2:00 p.m. 2:20 p.m.
[105] Language,
Definition and Optimal Computation of CSP Approximations
2:20 2:40 p.m.
2:40 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
[176] On the
Computation of Local Interchangeability in Soft Constraint Satisfaction
Problems
Stefano Bistarelli, C.N.R., I.I.T
Boi Faltings, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Switzerland
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Zdravko
I. Markov, Central Connecticut State University, CT
2:00 p.m. 2:20 p.m.
[83] Association
Mining in Gradually Changing Domains
Miroslav Kubat, University of Miami
2:20 2:40 p.m.
[104] The
Indifferent Naive Bayes Classifier
2:40 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
[111] Optimizing
F-Measure with Support Vector Machines
Vipin Kumar and Ayzel Ozgur, University of Minnesota, MN
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Laurel Riek,
Mitre, MA
2:00 p.m. 2:20 p.m.
[87] Design and
Implementation of Anatomic Pathology Database System
[37] Improving
the Performance of Action Prediction through Identification of Abstract Tasks
2:40 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
[38] Active
LeZi: An Incremental Parsing Algorithm for Device Usage Prediction in the Smart
Home
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
Session 8A: Special Track on AI in Medicine II
3:30 p.m
4:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Andrew J Novobilski, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga,
TN
3:30 p.m. 3:50 p.m.
[170] Using
Bayesian Networks for Cleansing Trauma Data
Lloyd G. Greenwald and John R. Clarke, Drexel
University, Philadelphia, PA
4:10 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
[152] Gene
Expression Classification: Decision Trees vs. SVMs
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Zdravko
I. Markov, Central Connecticut State University, CT
3:30 p.m. 3:50 p.m.
[150] MDL-Based
Context-Free Graph Grammar Induction
3:50 p.m. 4:10 p.m.
[146] Improving
the Representation Space through Exception-Based Learning
4:10 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
[169] Algorithms
for Large Scale Markov Blanket Discovery
3:30 p.m.
4:50 p.m.
Session Chair: Marius Silaghi, Florida Institute of
Technology
[71] LIDS :
Learning Intrusion Detection System
[165] Cost-Based
Policy Mapping for Imitation
5:00 p.m.
Business Meeting
6:30 p.m. Dinner Banquet
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Invited Speaker
Toward
Automating Scientific Discovery
Bruce Buchanan
Department of Computer Science
University of
Pittsburgh
9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Session Chair: Ioannis
Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras and CTI, Greece
9:30 a.m. 9:50 a.m.
[85] Hybrid
Intelligence for Driver Assistance
9:50 a.m. 10:10 a.m.
[119]
Distributed Knowledge Representation in Neural-Symbolic Learning Systems: A
Case Study
Luis Lamb, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Krysia Broda, Imperial College London, UK
Dov Gabbay, Kings College, London, UK
10:10 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
[166] Logical
Identities Applied to Knowledge Discovery in Databases
Yi Pan, Georgia State University, GA
9:30 a.m. 9:50 a.m.
[34] Alternate
Strategies for Retrieval in State-Spaces
[96] Efficient
Retrieval For Case-Based Reasoning
10:10 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
[59] A
Case-Based Adaptation Model for Thyroid Cancer Using Neural Networks
9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Session Chair:
[97] An Action
Selection Architecture for an Emotional Agent
Rieks op den Akker, Dirk Heylen, Mannes Poel, Anton
Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands
9:50 a.m. 10:10 a.m.
[106] Towards
Motivation-based Plan Evaluation
Michael Luck, University of Southampton, UK
10:10 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
[183] Integrating
Emotion and Rationality in Behavioral Models of Decision Making Decision Making
10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Session Chair: Artur S.
Garcez, City University London, UK
11:00 a.m. 11:20 a.m.
[174] Intelligent
Protocol Adaptation for Enhanced Medical e-Collaboration
[194]
Hierarchical Causal Parameter Abduction in Integrated/Hybrid Logic Nets
11:40 a.m. 12:00 noon
[199] An
Hybrid Classification Method for Database Contents Analysis
Session 10B: Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning II
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Session Chair: William
Cheetham, General Electric, NY
11:00 a.m. 11:20 a.m.
[110] Case-Based
Argumentation via Process Models
[127] Hybrid
Deletion Policies for Case Base Maintenance
[132] Preserving Recommender Accuracy and
Diversity in Sparse Datasets
Derry
O'Sullivan, David C. Wilson, and Barry Smyth, University College Dublin,
Dublin, Ireland
Session 10C: Information
Retrieval
11:00 a.m. 12:00
noon
Session Chair: Chris McCubbin, Johns
Hopkins University, MD
11:00 a.m. 11:20 a.m.
[22] BUC
Algorithm for Iceberg Cubes: Implementation and Sensitivity Analysis
11:20 a.m. 11:40 a.m.
[73] Information
Filtering Using the Dynamics of the User Profile
11:40 a.m. 12:00 noon
[70] Subword
Retrieval on Biomedical Documents
Udo Hahn, Stefan Schulz, Freiburg University, BW, Germany
12:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m. Lunch
Session 11A: Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning III
1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
Session Chair: David W. Aha, National Research
Laboratory, DC
1:30 p.m. 1:50 p.m.
[140] Lessons
Learned using CBR for Customer Support
[158] Dispatching
Cases Versus Merging Case-Bases: When MCBR Matters
2:10 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
[185] Using
Statistical Word Associations for the Retrieval of Strongly-Textual Cases
Session 11B: Knowledge Acquisition
1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
Session Chair:
1:30 p.m. 1:50 p.m.
[39] Identifying
Inhabitants of an Intelligent Environment Using a Graph-Based Data Mining
System
[62] An Improved
Algorithm for Mining Association Rules using Multiple Support Values
2:10 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
[168] Structural
Web Search Engine
1:30 p.m. 1:50 p.m.
[77] Proving
Harder Theorems by Axiom Reduction
[107] Inference
Fusion: a Hybrid Approach to Taxonomic Reasoning
Ernesto Compatangelo, University of Aberdeen,
Ines Arana, Robert Gordon University, Scotland, UK
2:10 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
[145] Incremental
Breakout Algorithm with Variable Ordering