Robots are envisioned to play an increasingly important It is a big challenge for a human to control or manage role in applications such as search, rescue, surveillance, swarms because of the limitations of each individual robot and reconnaissance operations. Nowadays, the majority of and the sheer number of robots that need to be coordinated mobile robots developed and deployed for such applications to successfully complete a mission. Autonomous algorithms are (a) individually very capable both in terms of autonomy may mitigate some of the complexity an operator faces in and sensor, and (b) are teleoperated or otherwise managed controlling such swarms, but resolving how authority and by a single or multiple operators. In contrast to the sophisticated influence should be shared poses a significant new research robots currently used for these applications, the development problem. of cheaper hardware allows the creation of swarm systems composed of many more robots but with each individual being far less powerful.

The net result of this Because these approaches are not grounded in the core approach should be to either provide a viable alternative to processes that drive human action, the resultant outputs - classical artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI, ML) predictions of behavior, estimates of errors and the like - approaches or. Alternatively, to provide a more do not provide a robust basis for representing human users neurocognitively - inspired approach to developing these to the systems with which they are interacting.

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence was pleased to present the 2008 Fall Symposium Series, held Friday through Sunday, November 7-9, at the Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, Virginia. The titles of the seven symposia were (1) Adaptive Agents in Cultural Contexts, (2) AI in Eldercare: New Solutions to Old Problems, (3) Automated Scientific Discovery, (4) Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, (5) Education Informatics: Steps toward the International Internet Classroom, (6) Multimedia Information Extraction, and (7) Naturally Inspired AI.

These underpinnings in genetics and fields are vast, variegated, informed by memetics, studying phenomena such disparate theoretical and technical disciplines, as coalition formation in an artificial and interrelated. Other applications provided an updated perspective ethical concerns related to the use of included case-based retrieval of to a previous symposium held in fall eldercare technology to ensure that narratives culturally relevant to a 2005 on the same topic. Some models focused One major theme of the symposium The symposium ended with a more directly on adaptation, from machine-learning was to investigate the use of sensor brainstorming session on possible solutions and game-theoretic networks in the home environment to for two real-life scenarios for perspectives, but discussions suggested provide safety, to monitor activities of ailing elders and their caregivers. The ways in which those adaptations daily living, to assess physical and cognitive exercise was helpful in grounding the might vary from one cultural context function, and to identify participants in the lives of older adults to another. Work was also should address real needs.