Schedule of the Learning Agents Workshop at Agents'2001


Morning session

8:00-8:15
 Welcome and introductory remarks 
8:15-8:40
 A. Ledezma, A. Berlanga and R. Aler 
 Extracting Knowledge from Reactive Robot Behavior 
8:40-9:05
 S. Ontanon and E. Plaza 
 Collaboration Policies for Case-Based Reasoning Agents 
9:05-9:30
 P.J. Modi and W.M. Shen 
 Collaborative Multi-Agent Learning for Classification Tasks 
9:30-10:00
 Coffee break 
10:00-10:25
 K. Sikorski and T. Balch 
 Model-Based and Model-Free Learning in Markovian and Non-Markovian Environments 
10:25-10:50
 P. Stone and R.S. Sutton 
 Scaling Reinforcement Learning towards Robocup Soccer 
10:50-11:15
 J. Wellner and W. Dilger 
 Comparison of Learning to Cooperate and the Evolution of Cooperation 
11:15-11:40
 R. Mukherjee and S. Sen 
 Towards a Pareto-Optimal Solution in General-Sum Games 
11:40-11:45
 D. Shapiro 
 Value-Driven Agents 
11:45-11:50
 M. Zinkevich and T. Balch 
 Using Symmetry in Asymmetric Markov Decision Processes 
11:50-11:55
 F.C. Cuadrado and J.M. Molina 
 Dynamical Internal and External Organization in MAS by Swapping Agent Components 
11:55-12:00
 A. Nowe, K. Verbeek and T. Lenaerts 
 Learning Agents in a Homo Egualis Society 


Afternoon session

1:30-2:25
 Invited Speaker: John Laird 
 A Case Study Comparing Planning and Learning vs. Hand-Coded Knowledge 
2:25-2:50
 E. Norling 
 Learning to Notice: Adaptive Models of Human Operators 
2:50-2:55
 I.A. Letia and F. Craciun 
 Learning agents with Bayesian Nets to Model Relationships 
2:55-3:00
 S. Rezaei 
 Communicating Linguistic Agents 
3:00-3:30
 Coffee break 
3:30-3:55
 H. Viktor and H. Arndt 
 Unsupervised Learning through Cooperative Data Mining Agents 
3:55-4:20
 M.W. Barley and H. Guesgen 
 Toward Safe Learning Agents 
4:20-5:00
 Discussion: What are the special requirements of learning agents? 
 Wrap-up 


Prof. Doina PRECUP