AAAI-97 Workshop
Deep Blue vs. Kasparov: The Significance for Artificial Intelligence

Monday July 28, 1997
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Call for Participation

The impetus for this workshop is the historic chess match between Garry Kasparov and the chess playing system Deep Blue. The extensive popular media attention generated as the result of the match brought issues related to the nature and possibility of intelligence, as well as research in artificial intelligence, once again to the forefront of popular culture. Kasparov himself was quoted in TIME Magazine as one who "sensed a new kind of intelligence across the table".

The theme of the workshop, as suggested in the title, is the significance and ramifications of the now famous chess match for the science of artificial intelligence. On the one hand, the workshop is intended to foster a serious discussion of the issues related to the nature and possibility of intelligence, using Kasparov vs. Deep Blue as the context for this discussion. On the other hand, it is intended to be an opportunity for the computational science community to review and reflect upon the extensive AI research, both past and present, undertaken in order to solve the chess problem.

Questions to be discussed in the workshop will fall into the following set of categories. Specific questions to be pondered will include, but not be limited to, the following:

These objectives will collectively serve to bring together a broad range of opinions and perspectives related to the basic theme of the workshop. We are seeking to attract theoretical and applied AI specialists, historians and philosophers of science, cognitive scientists, and psychologists. The categories listed above will provide a basis for the organization of the presentations given in the workshop. In addition, a panel is planned composed of representatives of a wide range of opinions on the nature of intelligence. An invited speaker is also planned.

Submission Information

Potential participants should submit either a short statement of interest or an extended abstract, preferably by electronic mail or PostScript file, addressing one or more topics of interest related to the theme of the workshop, along with a list of related work conducted by the person(s) submitting. Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to submit a short working paper (two to eight pages) and to prepare an oral presentation.

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Workshop Committee

Final Program

List Of Participants (Alphabetical Order)

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT DATES

Acknowledgement: Thanks to James Kuffner and the Stanford Robotics Lab for Image