International Workshop on
``Waiting for Artificial Intelligence...:
Desperately seeking The Loebner Prize''

Sunday, 15th September, 2013

in association with:
Intelligent Digital StoryTelling International Workshop, International Loebner Prize 2013 Contest
in Artificial Intelligence,
DAH Institute 2013 Conference & CultureTECH 2013

Main MD Building (MD-007)

Ulster University, Magee

Derry ~ LondonDerry ~ LegenDerry
Northern Ireland

Partners:

Computer Science Research Institute

Arts & Humanities Research Instutute (AHRI)

Research Institute Art & Design (RIAD)

School of Creative Arts & Technologies

The Imagineering Quarter

Workshop Programme:

SCENE-I: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Scene Director: Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt, Director, 23rd International Loebner 2013 Contest

10.00am ``Object identification over time: A core problem for AI and organisms'',
Dr. Chris Fields, Independent Scientist, Sonoma, CA, USA, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA & Caunes Minervois, France
SLIDES (.pdf)

10.30am ``Topsy: Co-Occurrence, Co-Exclusion, Co-Boundaries and TauQuernions in AI'',
Dr. Mike Manthey, Independent Scientist, Crestone, Colorado, USA
SLIDES (.pdf)

11.00am ``Head Squeeze: Bridging semantic gaps at The Imagineering Quarter'',
Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt, University of Ulster & HidInImage Ltd., Derry~Londonderry~LegenDerry, N. Ireland
SLIDES (.ppt)

11.30am ``AI: why have we always been asking the wrong questions?'',
Dr. Roger Schank, John Evans Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University & CEO, Socratic Arts (Florida, USA)
SLIDES (.pdf)

12.00noon PANEL DISCUSSION: ``What is AI ?'',
Chair: Dr. Roger Schank
Panel Members:
Chris Fields, Hugh Loebner, Mike Manthey, Paul Mc Kevitt, Amanda Sharkey, Noel Sharkey

1.00pm LUNCH

SCENE-II: The Turing Test
Scene Director: John Farren, 360 Production Ltd., London/Derry

2.00pm ``Personal Assistants on Smartphones -- Re-Inventing the Wheel?'',
Prof. Mike McTear, Professor Emeritus, University of Ulster (Belfast, N. Ireland & Granada, Spain)
SLIDES (.pptx)

2.30pm ``The Logotype Machine 1.13'',
Anton Hutton, University of Ulster & EyeSpyFX Ltd., Derry~Londonderry~LegenDerry, N. Ireland
SLIDES (.ppt)

3.00pm ``Imitation games in video games'',
Prof. Minhua (Eunice) Ma, Digital Design Studio, University of Glasgow, Scotland
SLIDES (.pptx)

3.30pm ``Automating the kill function'',
Prof. Noel Sharkey, University of Sheffield, England
SLIDES (.pdf)

4.00pm PANEL DISCUSSION: ``Does `The Turing Test' test for AI ?'',
Chair: Prof. Noel Sharkey
Panel Members:
Anton Hutton, Ed Keedwell, Minhua (Eunice) Ma, Mike McTear, Roger Schank, Richard Wallace

5.00pm WORKSHOP CLOSE

Journal Special Issue:

The Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence
is publishing a Special Issue on this workshop & Loebner Prize Contest 2013
Guest Edited by Dr. Chris Fields, Dr. Hugh Loebner & Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt.
The Journal Editor in Chief is Dr. Eric Dietrich,
Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, USA.

This Special Issue comprises:
18 research (+4 Digital StoryTelling workshop, +8 AI workshop, +2 panel discussion, +2 (pandorabots(3), Rpse) chatbot finalists 2013, +1 Junior Loebner Panel, +1 Loebner Prize Contest history) papers.

Local Knowledge:

Da Vinci's Hotel

City Hotel

Tower Hotel

University of Ulster, Magee

County Donegal

Derry~LondonDerry~LegenDerry

Summer Solstice, Grianán of Aileach, Burt, Co. Donegal, Ireland, Friday 21st June, 2013.

Scribe Monk (just arrived from Iona) paints ColmVille Map and ColmCille on Tabula Rasa Book &
ColmVille Crier invites public to write more new stories...
Derry~LondonDerry~LegenDerry, Northern Ireland, Saturday, 8th June, 2013.

Banyan Puppet Theatre (Karen Torley) collaborates with An Nua
on `Derry 24 --24 hours in the life of the city!',
An Nua Productions, Derry~LondonDerry~LegenDerry, Northern Ireland.

`Nessie' (Loch Ness Monster), City of Culture 2013 `Return of Colmcille' Pageant,
Derry~LondonDerry~LegenDerry, Northern Ireland, Saturday, 8th June, 2013.