EAAI-14: The 5th Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (Collocated with [AAAI-14](http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/aaai14.php))
July 28-29, 2014

Sponsored by the [Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence](http://www.aaai.org/)

EAAI-14

The Fifth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-14) was held the 28th and 29th of July 2014 in Quebec City, Canada. The symposium was collocated with AAAI-14.

The proceedings of the symposium are available here.

Dates

February 17, 2014: Paper submission deadline (extended)
March 19, 2014: Notification of acceptance or rejection
April 22, 2014: Camera-ready copy due at AAAI office
July 28-29, 2014: Symposium

Program Schedule

Monday, July 28, 2014

9:30-10:40am
Opening and Invited Talk

Welcome
Laura Brown and Todd Neller, EAAI-14 co-chairs
EAAI-14 Invited Talk:
Michael Littman

10:40-11:00am
Coffee Break

11:00-12:00pm
Paper Session

Shallow Blue: Lego-based Embodied AI as a Platform for Cross-curricular Project Based Learning
DOROTHY: Enhancing Bidirection Communicaiton between a 3D Programming Interface and Mobile Robots
Teaching with Watson

1:30-2:30pm
Model AI Assignments Session

An Introduction to Monte Carlo Techniques in AI - Part I
Multi-Player Games: Introducing Assignments with Open-Ended Strategies in CS2
Strimko by Resolution

2:30-3:30pm
Model AI Assignments Session

Party Affiliation Classification from State of the Union Addresses
Comparing Brute-Force Searching versus the MRV Heuristic in Sudoku Puzzles

3:30-4:00pm
Coffee Break

4:00-4:30pm
Poster Spotlight

Jim: a Platform for Affective AI in an Interdisciplinary Setting
Easychair as a Pedagogical Tool

4:30-5:00pm
EAAI Big Ideas Discussion

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

8:30-9:00am
AAAI-14 Opening Ceremony and Awards

9:00-10:00am
AAAI-14 Invited Talk: Craig Knoblock

10:20-11:40am
Teaching and Mentoring Workshop, part I

The workshop brings attendees together in an engaging, interative setting to discuss and share creative teaching strategies and facilitate the creation of professional contacts and mentoring relationships.

2:10-2:50pm
Teaching and Mentoring Workshop, part II

2:50-3:40pm
Networking and Brainstorming Session

3:40-4:00pm
Coffee Break

4:00-10:00pm
AAAI Program: Invited Talk, Plenary Session, Poster Session, Fun and Games Night

Invited Speaker

Michael Littman

Brown University

Experiences Teaching Tens of Thousands Online
As one of the few AI people who has had the opportunity to teach a Massively Open Online Course without creating my own platform to distribute it (Yes, I'm talking to you, Thrun, Ng, Koller, Isbell, and Norvig), I have an odd insider/outside perspective on the whole MOOC phenomenon. I will share what I've learned about this kind of learning about machine learning, highlighting some techniques that have worked particularly well and some that have worked not so well.

Registration

The AAAI-14/IAAI-14 technicial program registration includes participation in EAAI-14 for invited participants and other interested individuals.

If you are planning to attend AAAI-14/IAAI-14 register for the conference and indicate your intention to attend EAAI-14 on the registration form.

If you are attending the EAAI-14 sessions only, please contact AAAI at aaai14@aaai.org for further information.

Paper Submission

Paper submission deadline: February 10, 2014

EAAI-14 paper submissions should be in one of the following formats:

Full-length papers (6 pages) and presentations for the symposium
Extended abstract/poster contributions (2 pages) highlighting preliminary or ongoing work

Author Registration
Authors must register at the EAAI-14 paper submission site. You will then receive a login and password via email, which will enable you to log on to submit an abstract and paper. In order to avoid a rush at the last minute, authors are encouraged to register well in advance of the paper submission deadline.

Abstract and Paper Submission
Complete details on submission requirements, including paper formatting guidelines, will be available at the AAAI EAAI-14 web site. Please pay careful attention to the submission instructions provided.

The EAAI-14 proceedings will be published by AAAI.

Model AI Assignments
Individuals interested in submitting work to the Model AI Assignments Session should consult the submission instructions at the Model AI Assignments web site.

Organizers

Program Chair

Laura E. Brown
Michigan Technological University
lebrown@mtu.edu
Todd Neller
Gettysburg College
tneller@gettysburg.edu

Organizing Committee

Chris Brooks, University of San Francisco (cbrooks@usfca.edu)
John DeNero, Google Inc. (papajohn@gmail.com)
Eric Eaton, University of Pennsylvania (eeaton@seas.upenn.edu)
Ashok Goel, Georgia Institute of Technology (goel@cc.georgiatech.edu)
David Kauchak, Middlebury College (dkauchak@middlebury.edu)
Devika Subramanian, Rice University (devika@rice.edu)
Matthew E. Taylor, Washington State University (taylorm@eecs.wsu.edu)

Program Committee

Eric Aaron (Vassar College, United States)
Stephanie E. August (Loyola Marymount University, United States)
Amos Azaria (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Bikramjit Banerje (The University of Southern Mississippi, United States)
Jim Boerkoel (Harvey Mudd College, United States)
Steven Bogaerts (DePauw University, United States)
Chris Brooks (University of San Francisco, United States)
Debra Burhans (Canisius College, United States)
Giuseppe Carenini (University of British Columbia, Canada)
John DeNero (Google Inc., United States)
Zachary Dodds (Harvey Mudd College, United States)
Eric Eaton (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
Doug Fisher (Vanderbilt University, United States)
Susan Fox (Macalester College, United States)
Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
David Kauchak (Middlebury College, United States)
Sven Koenig (University of Southern California, United States)
Simon Levy (Washington and Lee University, United States)
Fred Martin (University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States)
Dave Musicant (Carleton College, United States)
Keith O'Hara (Bard College, United States)
Jeff Pfaffmann (Lafayette College, United States)
David Poole (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Vasile Rus (University of Memphis, United States)
Paul Ruvolo (Olin College, United States)
Devika Subramanian (Rice University, United States)
Matthew Taylor (Washington State University, United States)
Lisa Torrey (St. Lawrence University, United States)
Doug Turnbull (Ithaca College, United States)
Michael Wollowski (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, United States)