EAAI-18: The 8th Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence

New Orleans, LA United States (Collocated with [AAAI-18](http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/aaai18.php))
February 3-4, 2018

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

EAAI-18

The Eighth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-18) was held the 3rd and 4th of February 2018 in New Orleans, LA. The symposium was collocated with AAAI-18.

Dates

September 22, 2017: Abstract deadline
September 25, 2017: Paper submission deadline
November 9, 2017: Notification date:
November 21, 2017: Camera-ready copy due to AAAI
February 3-4, 2018: Symposium dates

Program Schedule

Saturday, February 3, 2018

9:00-9:10am - Welcome to EAAI-18
Eric Eaton and Michael Wollowski (EAAI co-chairs)

9:10-10:00am - Invited Talk
Jill Watson, Family, and Friends: Experiments in Building Automated Teaching Assistants
Ashok Goel (Georgia Tech)

Ashok Goel is a Professor of Computer Science in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, USA. He is also the Director of Georgia Tech’s Ph.D. Program in Human-Centered Computing. For more than thirty years, Ashok has conducted research into artificial intelligence, cognitive science and human-centered computing, with a focus on computational design, modeling and creativity. He is the Editor- in-Chief of AAAI’s AI Magazine and an Associate Editor of DRS' Design Science Journal. IEEE’s Ashok serves on Georgia Tech’s Commission on Next in Education, and co-leads its task forces on Future of Pedagogy and Future Learning Systems. As part of Georgia Tech’s Online MS in CS program, he developed an early, popular, online graduate-level course in artificial intelligence, and as part of this class, he pioneered the development of Jill Watson, a virtual teaching assistant for answering questions in online discussion forums (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbCguICyfTA). Chronicle of Higher Education recently included virtual assistants exemplified by Jill Watson in its list of transformative educational technologies over the last fifty years.

10:00-10:20am - Main Track
Educational Competition Platform for Data Analysis: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges
Yukino Baba, Tomoumi Takase, Kyohei Atarashi, Satoshi Oyama and Hisashi Kashima

10:20-10:30am - Announcements
EAAI-19 Birds of a Feather Undergraduate Research
Todd Neller

10:30-11:00am - Coffee Break

11:00am-12:00pm - Thematic Area: Teaching Neural Networks
Chair: Michael Wollowski

(Model AI Assignment, 15 min) Understanding How Recurrent Neural Networks Model Text
Michael Guerzhoy and Renjie Liao
(Model AI Assignment, 15 min) Neural Networks for Face Recognition with Tensor Flow
Michael Guerzhoy
(Lightning Talk, 5 min) Introducing Machine Learning Concepts by Training a Neural Network to Recognize Hand Gestures
Alessandro Giusti, David Huber and Luca Gambardella
(Lightning Talk, 5 min) Mighty Thymio for Higher-Level Robotics Education
Jerome Guzzi, Alessandro Giusti, Gianni Di Caro and Luca Maria Gambardella
(Break-out session, 20 min) Developing Neural Networks materials.
The purpose of the break-out session is for participants to form groups interested in developing or refining existing NN assignments. Group members will introduce each other, define outcomes and develop a project plan.

12:00-1:30pm - Lunch Break

1:30-2:30pm - Special Track: Model AI Assignments
Chair: Todd Neller

(15 min) Solve a Maze via Search
Nate Derbinsky
(15 min) Biductive Computing: Several Variants of a Universal Paradigm
Joshua Eckroth
(15 min) Go for a Walk! Pedestrian-Friendly A with Learned Cost Functions
Zack Butler*
(15 min) Robot Juggling
Ariel Anders

2:30-3:30pm - Special Track: AI for Education I
Chair: Claudia Schulz

(20 min) Diagnosing University Student Subject Proficiency and Predicting Degree Completion in Vector Space
Yuetian Luo and Zach Pardos
(20 min) Predictive Modeling of Learning Continuation in Preschool Education Using Temporal Patterns of Development Tests
Junpei Naito, Yukino Baba, Hisashi Kashima, Takenori Takaki and Takuya Funo
(20 min) Gesturing and Embodiment in Teaching: Investigating the Nonverbal Behavior of Teachers in a Virtual Rehearsal Environment
Roghayeh Barmaki and Charles Hughes

3:30-4:00pm - Coffee Break

4:00-4:30pm - Special Track: Best Practices Chair: Tom Williams

(20 min) On the Importance of a Research Data Archive
Benedict Wright, Oliver Brunner and Bernhard Nebel
(10 min) Break-out session

4:30-4:50pm - Lightning Talks and Announcements

(Lightning Talk, 5 min) A Driving License for Intelligent Systems
Martin Kandlhofer and Gerald Steinbauer
(Lightning Talk, 5 min) Introducing AI to Undergraduate Students via Computer Vision Projects
Kaiman Zeng, Yancheng Li, Yida Xu, Di Wu and Nansong Wu
(10 min) Proposal for an Undergraduate Consortium at AAAI
Nate Derbinski and James Boerkoel

4:50-5:00pm - Brief Break

5:00-5:30pm - New and Future AI Educator Briefs

Sunday, February 4, 2018

9:00-9:50am - AAAI Opening Talk

10:00-11:00am - Thematic Area: Teaching Ethics
Chair: Michael Wollowski

(20 min) Introducing Ethical Thinking about Autonomous Vehicles into an AI Course
Heidi Furey and Fred Martin
(Model AI Assignment, 15 min) A Module on Ethical Thinking about Autonomous Vehicles in an AI Course
Heidi Furey and Fred Martin
(Lightning Talk, 5 min) Addressing the Technical, Philosophical, and Ethical Issues of Artificial Intelligence through Active Learning Class Assignments
Pamela Fink
(20 min) Break-out session: Developing Ethics Materials.
The purpose of the break-out session is for participants to form groups interested in developing or refining existing ethics materials. Group members will introduce each other, define outcomes and develop a project plan.

11:00-11:30am - Coffee Break

11:30-12:30pm - Special Track: AI for Education II
Chair: Eric Eaton

(20 min) An e-Learning Recommender System that Helps Learners Find the Right Materials
Blessing Mbipom, Susan Craw and Stewart Massie
(20 min) Dropout Model Evaluation in MOOCs
Josh Gardner and Christopher Brooks
(20 min) Investigating Active Learning for Concept Prerequisite Learning
Chen Liang, Jianbo Ye, Shuting Wang, Bart Pursel and C. Lee Giles

12:30-2:00pm - Lunch Break

2:00-2:50pm - EAAI-18 Outstanding Educator Talk and Presentation of Award
Todd Neller (Gettysburg College)

2:50-3:30pm - Panel Discussion: Next Big Steps in AI for Education
Panelists include: Ashok Goel (Georgia Tech), Diane Litman (University of Pittsburgh), Todd Neller (Gettysburg College)

Moderator: Claudia Schulz (TU Darmstadt)

The purpose of this panel is to look ahead and identify areas and topics in which AI might play a role in Education.

3:30-4:00pm - Coffee Break

4:00-4:30pm - Panel Discussion: Non-traditional Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Panelists incude: Sven Koenig (USC), Nate Derbinsky (Northeastern University)

Moderator: Joshua Eckroth (Stetson University)

We will open a discussion about opportunities for students outside of traditional NSF-funded REU experiences, for example, research-focused courses or senior projects, internships, competitions such as Kaggle, and other informal research experiences. We hope to uncover new ideas about how students may discover and engage in these activities, often under the mentorship of faculty, and ultimately produce publications, presentations, or other artifacts.

4:30-5:30pm - K-12 Outreach

(20 min) Introduction
Sheila Tejada and David Touretzky
(40 min) Demos of Cozmo robot projects.
Participants in this undergraduate student workshop will learn how to program the Cozmo robot and create a demo, game, or other interactive activity that illustrates how artificial intelligence enables autonomous robots. They will test their creations with K-12 students at an outreach event at the Louisiana Children’s Museum and give demonstrations during the conference to AAAI and EAAI attendees.

Registration

The AAAI-18/IAAI-18 technicial program registration includes participation in EAAI-18 for invited participants and other interested individuals.

Paper Submission

Abstract submission due: September 8, 2017
Paper submission deadline: September 11, 2017

EAAI-18 Main Paper Track submissions should be in one of the following formats:

Full-length papers (6 pages + 1 page of references) and presentations for the symposium
Extended abstract/poster contributions (2 pages) highlighting preliminary or ongoing work

EAAI Paper Submission Site

Abstract and Paper Submission

Complete details on submission requirements, including paper formatting guidelines, will be available at the AAAI's EAAI-18 web site. Please pay careful attention to the submission instructions provided.

EAAI follows AAAI formatting therefore use the 2018 AAAI Author Kit. Note, the author kit provides AAAI style files and formatting information. It is NOT NECESSARY to do the following at the submission stage (only if your paper is accepted):

Submit source files
Submit copyright form
Include copyright slug on paper

It is MANDATORY that you meet the following requirements:

Papers must not exceed six pages + 1 page of references during the submission phase.
Papers must be formatted for BLIND review with NO AUTHOR or AFFLIATION information included in the paper.

The EAAI-18 proceedings will be published by AAAI.

Policy Concerning Submissions to Other Conferences or Journals

EAAI-18 will not consider any paper that, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Once submitted to EAAI-18, authors may not submit the paper elsewhere during EAAI/AAAI's review period. These restrictions apply only to refereed journals and conferences, not to unrefereed forums or workshops with a limited audience and without archival proceedings. Authors must confirm that their submissions conform to these requirements at the time of submission.

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 co-Chairs

Eric Eaton University of Pennsylvania
Michael Wollowski
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Organizing Committee

Jim Boerkoel, Harvey Mudd College (boerkoel@cs.hmc.edu)
Laura Brown, Michigan Technological University (lebrown@mtu.edu)
Zachary Dodds, Harvey Mudd College (dodds@cs.hmc.edu)
Todd Neller, Gettysburg College (tneller@gettysburg.edu)
Matthew Taylor, Washington State University (taylorm@eecs.wsu.edu)
Sheila Tejada, University of Southern California (stejada@usc.edu)

Program Committee

Main Track

Eric Aaron
Georgios Anagnostopoulos
Amos Azaria
Jason Bindewald
James Boerkoel
Nate Derbinsky
Douglas Fisher
Olac Fuentes
David Furcy
Ashok Goel
James Glenn
Larry Holder
Susan Imberman
Sven Koenig
Vibhu Mittal
Eni Mustafaraj
Peter Norvig
Keith O'Hara
Raghuram Ramanujan
Vasile Rus
Paul Ruvolo
Mehran Sahami
Elizabeth Sklar
Sharon Small
Bill Smart
George Thomas
Kiri Wagstaff
William Yeoh
Sarah Zelikovitz
Yuanlin Zhang

Model AI Assignments

Stephanie August
Steve Bogaerts
Chris Brooks
Debra Burhans
Giuseppe Carenini
Ananya Christman
Diane Cook
Susan Fox
Dave Kauchak
Jim Marshall
Fred Martin
Robert McCartney
Lisa Meeden
Dave Musicant
Jeff Pfaffmann
David Poole
Anna Rafferty
Devika Subramanian
Erik Talvitie
Lisa Torrey
Doug Turnbull