IACAP Presidential Welcome and Address

"The Fourth Revolution"

Luciano Floridi, University of Hertfordshire & University of Oxford

IU Showcase Session

Chair: Colin Allen, Indiana University

Details Forthcoming

Douglas C. Engelbart Keynote Address  

“Ethics and Lethality in Autonomous Robots”

Ronald Arkin, Georgia Tech

Special Panel Session on Morality and Machines

Chair: Michael Anderson, University of Hartford

“Is Ethics Computable?”

- Colin Allen, Indiana University

- Ronald Arkin, Georgia Tech

- Susan Anderson, University of Connecticut

- Marcello Guarini, University of Windsor (Canada)

- James Moor, Dartmouth College

- Tom Powers, University of Delaware

- John Sullins, Sonoma State University

The long lunch period today and tomorrow is to allow conferees to take advantage of the fine restaurants in close proximity of the conference venue. See the restaurant guide included in your conference materials for details.

Computer and Machine Ethics

Chair: Hamid Ekbia, Indiana University

“Robot Autonomy: Some Ensuing Ethical Questions”

Matthias Scheutz, Indiana University

Charles Crowell, University of Notre Dame

- Commentator: Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris

“Towards Trustworthy Intelligent Robots: A Pragmatic Approach to Moral Responsibility”

Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Mälardalen University, Västerås

Daniel Persson, Mälardalen University, Västerås

- Commentator: Evaristus O Ekwueme, Boston College

“Tele-Robotic Interfaces and the Ethics of War”

Peter Asaro, Rutgers University

- Commentator: Mara Harrell, Carnegie Mellon University

Cognitive Science / Philosophy of Mind

Chair: Vincent C. Müller, American College of Thessaloniki 

"Computational Theories of Mind and Fodor's Analysis of Neural Network Behaviour" 

Marcello Guarini, University of Windsor (Canada) 

- Commentator: Cameron Buckner, Indiana University

"Computing vs. Cognition: Three Dimensional Differences" 

James Fetzer, University of Minnesota, Duluth 

- Commentator: Maxim Lebedev, Moscow State Medical University

"Computational Functionalism, Phenomenology, and Externalism" 

Darren Abramson, Dalhousie University 

- Commentator: Jonathan Waskan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Artificial Intelligence / Artificial Life / Robotics
Chair: Ron Barnette, Valdosta State University

“From Homeostasis to Allostasis: A Paradigm Shift in AI”
Ioan Muntean, University of California, San Diego

“Knowing, Doing, and Talking: The Inherent Tension in Artificial Intelligence”
Hamid Ekbia, Indiana University

“Through an Event Log, Darkly”
Keith Douglas, Statistics Canada

“Behavior-based Hints for Propositional Proof Construction”
Marvin Croy, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 
Tiffany Barnes, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 
John Stamper, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 
Dana Leviel, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 

Reality, Virtual and Otherwise
Chair: Marcello Guarini, University of Windsor (Canada)

“The Reductionist Blind Spot: Downward Reduction and Upward Conceptualization”
Russ Abbott, California State University, Los Angeles 
- Commentator: ???

“The Tocqueville Lens: Informing the Design of the New Township”
Christian Briggs, Indiana University
- Commentator: ???

“Computational Reason, The Turing Test and the Problems of Definition of Virtual Reality Environments”
Olga Antonova, St.Petersburg State University
Sergei Soloviev, Universite Paul Sabatier (France)
- Commentator: Tad Bratkowsi, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Goldberg Award Presentation - Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University
Chair: Mara Harrell, Carnegie Mellon University

“A Process Interpretation of Agent-Based Simulation and Its Epistemological Implications”
Chih-Chun Chen, University College London

Herbert A. Simon Keynote Address 

“Can Computers Understand Causality?”
Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo

Special Session on Automatic Programming and Human Creativity – Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
Chairs: Selmer Bringsjord, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & Konstantin 
Arkoudas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Details Forthcoming

Cognitive Science / Philosophy of Mind 
Chair: ???

“Intrinsic Computational Models and the Experience of Physical Properties”
Jonathan Waskan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Commentator: ???

“Embodiment and Non-Turing Computation”
Bruce MacLennan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 
- Commentator: ???

“The Organization of Meaning in Memory: Evaluating Computational Mechanisms”
Brendan Johns, Indiana University
Michael Jones, Indiana University
- Commentator: Trent Kriete, University of California, Merced

Artificial Intelligence / Artificial Life / Robotics
Chair: Ron Barnette, Valdosta State University

“The Problem of Original Agency”
Don Berkich, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
- Commentator: ???

“Conceptual Mapping and Other Models of Artificial Creativity”
Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris
- Commentator: Martin Frické, University of Arizona

“Is Life Computable?"
Anthony Chemero, Franklin and Marshall College
Michael Turvey, University of Connecticut / Haskins Lab 
- Commentator: Darren Abramson, Dalhousie University 

Formal / Computational Issues
Chair: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Mälardalen University, Västerås

“Machine Models for the Arithmetical and Analytical Hierarchies”
Daniel Leivant, Indiana University

“The Limits of Abstraction: Software and Science”
James Overton, University of Western Ontario

“Recurrent Misconceptions of Computation”
Matthias Scheutz, Indiana University

“Non-Mechanical Computing and Non-Computational Mechanics”
Vincent C. Müller, American College of Thessaloniki 

Computer and Machine Ethics
Chair: Mara Harrell, Carnegie Mellon University  

“Why Ethics is a High Hurdle for AI”
Drew McDermott, Yale University
- Commentator: ???

“Ethical Responsibility in Software Engineering: From Codes of Conduct to Ethical Design”
Matteo Turilli, University of Oxford
- Commentator: ???

“From Trust to E-Trust: Old Theories and New Problems”
Mariarosaria Taddeo, University of Padua
- Commentator: Iryna Lytvyncuk, Taurida National V.I.Vernadsky University

Conference Evaluations Session and Closing Comments from the 
NACAP Regional Director

Selmer Bringsjord
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute