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2008 ICT Workshop on
Intelligent Lifelong Learning Companions

Hosted by the Institute for Creative Technologies
at the University of Southern California.

(Thu. and Fri.) October 2-3, 2008

Workshop co-chairs: H. Chad Lane and Dave Gomboc

Welcome

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers and educators to discuss the vision of building intelligent agents who can act as lifelong learning companions.  Invited talks and discussions will address both the empirical/psychological issues of human learning and technological advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent tutoring systems (ITS).(this is continued in the workshop overview)

The Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) at the University of Southern California is a university affiliated research center (UARC) funded by the U.S. Army.  ICT conducts research in artificial intelligence, computer graphics, virtual reality, serious games, intelligent tutoring systems, natural language processing, virtual humans, and more.  ICT is located in Marina del Rey, California, U.S.A., two blocks from the marina, three blocks from the Information Sciences Institute, and 5 miles south of Santa Monica.

News

  • (7/23) The attendee list has been updated again and we are preparing the specific plans for the workshop. Also, travel information was recently sent - please make your travel arrangements at your earliest convenience.
  • (6/29) The attendee list is now available - we're still waiting on a few more responses.
  • (6/22) We have decided to push the workshop back to October 2-3.
  • (6/9) You might be interested in seeing our previous workshop on on intelligent tutoring in serious games, held in August of 2006.
  • (1/15) We thank Jon Gratch and the Virtual Humans workshop for providing the template we followed for this site.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact us.


Last update: 2 July 2008