<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">AAAI 2018 Fall Symposium on “A Common Model of Cognition,” October 18-20, 2018</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This symposium is a direct follow-on to the 2017 AAAI Fall Symposium on “A Standard Model of the Mind.”  Our goal is to engage the international research community in developing a common model of cognition – that is, a community consensus concerning mental structures and process to the extent that such exists – with a focus specifically on human-like minds, including artificial minds that are either inspired by human ones or are similar because of common functional goals. After the first meeting, we formed online working groups covering the following topics: (1) procedural and working memories; (2) declarative memory; (3) metacognition and reflection; (4) language processing; (5) emotion, mood, affect and motivation; (6) higher-level knowledge, rational and social constraints; (7) lower-level neural and physiological constraints; and (8) perceptual and motor systems. The intent of these working groups is to develop a statement of the best consensus in each area given the community’s current understanding of these components of cognition and how they fit together. The goal of this year’s meeting to provide a forum to focus on extending the model based on the progress made in the working groups while engaging new participants to the process. Interested people can participate in the effort by subscribing to the Common Model list and joining the working groups of interest. (See <a href="https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/common-model">https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/common-model</a>. List archives provide instructions on joining the working groups.)</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Format</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">There will be a combination of parallel working group sessions that focus on the major components, and plenary sessions for working group presentations and discussions of general topics drawn from submitted papers. There also will be a poster session for accepted papers not presented in the other sessions.</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Submissions</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Full papers (up to 6 pages) or short position papers (2 pages) can be submitted to <a href="mailto:sm@ict.usc.edu">sm@ict.usc.edu</a> by July 20, 2018. They can address fundamental issues with the concept of a common model, describe alternative formulations, or make proposals for extension to the common model or its components. While contributions from all perspectives are welcome, those arising from a cognitive architecture approach — and yielding implications for the computational structure and function of the mind and its parts — are expected to be most directly relevant.</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Organizing Committee</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">John Laird (University of Michigan, <a href="mailto:laird@umich.edu">laird@umich.edu</a>),</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University, <a href="mailto:cl@cmu.edu">cl@cmu.edu</a>),<br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Paul S. Rosenbloom (University of Southern California, <a href="mailto:rosenbloom@usc.edu">rosenbloom@usc.edu</a>)<br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">For More Information</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">People considering writing position papers are encouraged to visit the symposium website (<a href="http://sm.ict.usc.edu">http://sm.ict.usc.edu</a>), which has additional background resources.  You can also contact any member of the organizing committee.</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">--- General Call --</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Call for Participation</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">2018 AAAI Fall Symposium Series</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">October 18-20, 2018</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The Westin Arlington Gateway</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Arlington, Virginia</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">*******************************</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">FSS-18 Submissions Due: July 20</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">*******************************</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Dear AAAI Members and Affiliates,</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">On behalf of the AAAI Symposium Committee, we invite your participation in the 2018 AAAI Fall Symposium Series, to be held October 18-20 at the Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, Virginia. The deadline for submissions is Friday, July 20. The full Call for Participation is available at <a href="https://aaai.org/Symposia/Fall/fss18.php">https://aaai.org/Symposia/Fall/fss18.php</a>.</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The program will include the following eight symposia:</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Adversary-Aware Learning Techniques and Trends in Cybersecurity</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Artificial Intelligence for Synthetic Biology</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Artificial Intelligence in Government and Public Sector</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">A Common Model of Cognition</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Gathering for Artificial Intelligence and Natural System</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Integrating Planning, Diagnosis and Causal Reasoning</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Interactive Learning in Artificial Intelligence for Human-Robot Interaction</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Reasoning and Learning in Real-World Systems for Long-Term Autonomy</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Interested individuals should submit a paper or abstract by the deadline directly to the chair of the individual symposium. See the appropriate section in each symposium description for specific submission requirements. (Note that some symposia have opted to use a AAAI-hosted EasyChair site for submissions. This site will be available no later than June 15, and the URL will be posted at the site above.)</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">We look forward to your participation this fall!</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Regards,</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Carol Hamilton</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Executive Director, AAAI</div><br></div>