Call for ProposalsEach year, thinkers gather to investigate philosophical aspects of computing, information technology, and robotics. Philosophers, engineers, historians, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and IT professionals across the spectrum meet for three days of discussion and exploration. We welcome thought-provoking presentations in information ethics, cognitive science, AI, robotics, social and cultural issues, simulations and modeling, distance learning, computational logic and linguistics, electronic and teaching resources. This year a special session is scheduled on robot ethics. Submission InstructionsPlease submit by e-mail an extended abstract of approximately 1000 words, targeted to one of the topic areas below (use the name and e-mail address associated with the topic area in question). A shorter abstract of 300 words should be included as well, for use in the conference web site and booklet. Submission deadline: March 15, 2006 Please e-mail two copies:
One to the Committee member for the appropriate area above. A second copy to Patrick Grim as program director at pgrim@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. We hope to see you at Rensselaer! Topic AreasInformation and Computer Ethics Terry Bynum (bynumt2@southernct.edu) Cognitive Science, AI, and Robotics Selmer Bringsjord (selmer@rpi.edu)
Though submissions will certainly be considered in any area under the "C, AI, R" heading, questions of special interest include the following:
Social, Cultural, and Metaphysical Issues
Charles Ess (cmess@drury.edu) Simulations and Computational Modeling Branden Fitelson (branden@fitelson.org) Issues in Distance Learning Peter Boltuc (pbolt1@uis.edu) Computational Logic and Linguistics Patrick Grim (pgrim@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)
Papers are welcomed regarding theory, technique, or applications of computer-assisted theorem proving, model construction, or machine reasoning. Papers are also welcomed regarding theory, techniques, or applications of machine translation and topics in human-machine interaction.
Electronic Scholarly Resources Anthony Beavers (tb2ue@aol.com) Electronic Teaching Resources Michael Byron (mbyron@kent.edu) Student Track - Grads and Undergrads Matt Butcher (mbutcher@aleph-null.tv) *Special Session on Robot Ethics* Selmer Bringsjord (selmer@rpi.edu)
This session will be specifically concerned with the philosophical and logical issues arising from the attempt to build ethical robots. Relevant questions include:
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