Workshop on Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (Computer and Information Science)

本次人工智能基础研讨会的目的是系统地探讨人工智能基本方法的范围和局限性。与之前的努力不同，这次研讨会的结构是为了在范式之间产生真正的讨论和互动。讲习班将举行8次会议，每一次会议将由该方法的创始人对每一种方法进行仔细的阐述，然后由一位受人尊敬和有影响力的评论员进行评论。每份立场文件包括两部分。在第一部分中，创始人陈述了基本论点是什么，确定了支撑方法或方法的原则，并描述了这种方法成功的自然类型的问题和任务。在第二部分中，演讲者讨论了该方法的范围和局限性，确定了具体的困难，并提供了一个具体的问题来说明每个困难。然后，评论员对该方法的范围和局限性进行了批评，指出了它在哪里成功，为什么成功，在哪里失败，为什么失败。国家科学基金的资金将用于支持研讨会的举办，以及广泛传播研讨会上的书面材料、演讲和随后讨论的录像带。

The purpose of this workshop on the foundations of Artificial Intelligence is to systematically explore the scope and limits of fundamental approaches to artificial intelligence. In contrast to previous efforts, this workshop is structured to generate genuine discussion and interaction between paradigms. The workshop will have eight sessions in which a careful exposition of each approach will be presented by a founder of that approach, and will then be critiqued by a respected and influential commentator. Each position paper contains two parts. In the first part, the founder states what the basic thesis is, identifies the principles underpinning the method or approach and describes the natural type of problems and tasks in which this approach succeeds. In the second part, the speaker discusses the scope and limits of the approach, identifying particular difficulties and providing a concrete problem that illustrates each. The commentator then critiques the scope and limits of the approach, where it succeeds and why, and where it fails and why. The NSF funds will be used to provide support for conducting the workshop as well as widely disseminating the written materials presented at the workshop and videotapes of the presentation and ensuing discussions.