Panelists
1. FOUNDATIONS OF AI:
- (including) the future of logical knowledge representation and logical reasoning by computer
| 1. Hiroki Arimura | Kyushu University |
| 2. Stuart Russell | University of California, Berkeley |
| 3. Naonori Ueda | NTT |
| 4. Akito Sakurai | Keio University *Chair |
2. DISCOVERY:
- machine learning and knowledge discovery, and the future of those research areas
| 1. Einoshin Suzuki | Yokohama National University |
| 2. Satoru Miyano | The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo |
| 3. Thomas Dietterich | Oregon State University |
| 4. Hiroshi Motoda | Osaka University *Chair |
3. HCI:
- Human-Computer Interaction and AI, for example in Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
| 1. Yasuyuki Sumi | Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International |
| 2. Kumiyo Nakakoji | RCAST, University of Tokyo |
| 3. Toru Ishida | Kyoto University |
| 4. Eric Horvitz | Microsoft Research *Chair |
4. AI SYSTEMS:
- scaling up AI systems into large systems such as multi-tasking systems
- possibilities of super-intelligent-systems as an extension of expert system capabilities
- integration of different methods for problem solving
| 1. Ron Brachman | DARPA |
| 2. Takashi Washio | Osaka University |
| 3. Koji Sasaki | AdIn Research, Inc. |
| 4. Setsuo Ohsuga | Waseda University |
| 5. Edward A. Feigenbaum | Stanford University *Chair |
5. HUMAN-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE:
- computational models of "emotional" processing: are they important?
- possibilities of "human-level intelligence" as an AI vector
- creativity: AI and computational models of creativity
- the importance of coupling the "robotics" work of AI with its "cognitive" work, i.e. "putting a mind in a robot"
| 1. Yukio Osawa | University of Tsukuba |
| 2. Masaki Suwa | Chukyo University |
| 3. Manuela Veloso | Carnegie Mellon University |
| 4. Naomi Miyake | Chukyo University *Chair |
6. KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING:
- ontologies
- semantic web and intelligent web services
- knowledge management in organizations
| 1. Katashi Nagao | Nagoya University |
| 2. Michael Witbrock | CYC Corporation |
| 3. Koiti Hasida | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
| 4. Ramanathan Guha | IBM Almaden Research Center |
| 5. Riichiro Mizoguchi | Osaka University *Chair |
7. SYNTHESIS, SUMMARIES, RESPONSES and OTHER TOPICS:
- contemporary definition of AI
- opportunities missed by not coupling closer with neuroscience--to the science of how the human brain works
- topics such as: dissident views; and "what have we missed?"
| 1. Koichi Hori | University of Tokyo |
| 2. Toyoaki Nishida | University of Tokyo *Chair |
| 3. Daniel Bobrow | Xerox PARC |
| 4. Paul Cohen | University of Massachusetts |
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