Session 1 : Information Retrieval : Monday 11th September 2006, 14.00 - 15.30

Evaluating Cluster Algorithm Suitability for Document Collection Visualization
Cathal Hoare and Humphrey Sorenson
Department of Computer Science, University College Cork

An Attempt to Enhance Performance in User Session Based Information Retrieval
Michael Smullen and Colm O’Riordan
Department of Information Technology, National University of Ireland, Galway

Probabilistic Data Fusion on a Large Document Collection
David Lillis, Fergus Toolan, Rem Collier, and John Dunnion
School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin

Session 2 : Logic and Reasoning : Monday, 11th September 2006, 16.00 – 17.00

A Revision Based Approach for Handling Inconsistency in Description Logics
Quilin Qi, Weiru Liu, David A. Bell
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Queen’s University Belfast

Spatial Inference based on Geometric Proportional Analogies
Emma-Claire Mullally, Diarmuid P. O’Donoghue
Department of Computer Science, National University of Ireland, Galway

Session 3 : Keynote Speaker : Tuesday, 12th September 2006, 9.30 – 11.00

Cognitive Robotics: A Tale of Two Methodologies
Dr Murray Shanahan
Imperial College London

Session 4 : Agents and Robots : Tuesday, 12th September 2006, 11.30 – 13.00

Evolving Agent-Based Team Tactics for Combative Computer Games
Darren Doherty and Colm O’Riordan
Dublin Institute of Technology

Generating Temporal Arguments for Action Selection in Modular Reinforcement Learning Agents
Ciaran O’Leary
Dublin Institute of Technology

Interaction Effects in Simultaneous Motor Control and Movement Perception Tasks
Stuart Jackson1, Nuala Brady2, Fred Cummins1 and Kenneth Monaghan3
School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin1
School of Psychology, University College Dublin2
School of Physiotherapy and Performance Science, University College Dublin3

Session 5 : Poster Presentations : Tuesday, 12th September 2006, 14.00 – 15.30

Deception in Multi-Agent Auctions: An Evolutionary Approach
Pilib O’Broin and Colm O’Riordan
Department of Information Technology, National University of Ireland, Galway

A New Approach to Decision Making within an Intelligent Multimedia Distributed Platform Hub
Glenn G. Campbell, Tom Lunney, and Paul McKevitt
School of Computing and Intelligent Systems, University of Ulster, Magee

Inferring Topic Probability for Just-in-Time Information Retrieval
John Meade, Fintan Costello, and Nicholas Kushmerick
School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin

Reinforcement Learning Sub-Goal Discovery using States Visited Statistic Method
Zhihui Luo, David A. Bell, and Qingxiang Wu
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science, Queen’s University Belfast

Evaluating Density Forecasting Models
Michael Carney, P’adraig Cunningham
Trinity College Dublin

Creative Puzzle Generation from Factual Content
Qing Yu, and Tony Veale
School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin

Learning to Extract Semantic Content from the Orthographic Structure of Chinese Words
Tony Veale, and Shanshan Chen
School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin

Hybrid Recursive Training Algorithms using Fixed Size MLP-Network: A Survey
Vijanth S. Asirvadam1, and Sean F. McLoone2
Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and technology (AIMST)
National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Understanding Metaphor using a Corpus-trained Fluid Category System
Yanfen Hao, and Tony Veale
School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin

Session 6 : Learning : Tuesday, 12th September 2006, 16.00 – 17.30

Examining the Effects of Cultural Learning on Fitness and Diversity in Populations of Neural Networks in a Dynamic Environment
Dara Curran and Colm O’Riordan
Dublin Institute of Technology

Object Recognition and Active Learning in Microscope Images
Conor Nugent and Padraig Cunningham
Trinity College Dublin

Modelling Dopamine Activity by Reinforcement Learning Methods: Implications from Two Recent Models
Patrick Horgan1 and Fred Cummings2
Department of Psychiatry, Laureate House, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester1
School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin2

Session 7 : Search : Wednesday, 13th September 2006, 9.30 – 11.00

Defection in a Spatial N-Player Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma
Donal Kelly and Colm O’Riordan
Dublin Institute of Technology

The Effects of Viscosity in Choice or Refusal IPD Environments
Enda Howley and Colm O’Riordan
Dublin Institute of Technology

An Analysis of the Solution Space for Genetically Programmed Term-Weighting Schemes in Information Retrieval
Ronan Cummins and Com O’Riordan
Department of Information Technology, National University of Ireland, Galway

Session 8 : Case Based Reasoning : Wednesday, 13th September 2006, 11.30 -13.00

Conversational Case-Based Reasoning in Autonomic Computing
Sa’adah Hassan, David McSherry and Dave Bustard
School of Computing and Information Engineering, University of Ulster

Feature-Based and Feature-Free Textual CBR: A Comparison in SPAM Filtering
Sarah Jane Delany1 and Derek Bridge2
Dublin Institute of Technology1
University College Cork2