NA-CAP 2007 Conference Schedule

8:00a – 9:00a

Continental Breakfast — Rubloff Reception

9:00a -
9:10a

Welcoming Remarks by Loyola Provost Christine M. Wiseman — Rubloff Auditorium

Moderator: Matteo Turilli

Panelists: Dan Burk, Keith Miller, Maha Shaikh, Matteo Turilli & Marty Wolf

10:40a – 10:50a

10 Minute Break

10:50a – 12:30p

Parallel Sessions

Cognitive Science, AI and Robotics— Rubloff Reception
Moderator: Konstantin Läufer

A Presupposition of Autonomous Agency
Don Berkich

Toward the Lying Machine
Micah Clark, Sangeet Khemlani & Selmer Bringsjord

Conscious Machines: Memory, Melody and Imagination
Susan Stuart

Information and Computer Ethics — Rubloff Auditorium
Moderator: Tom Wren

The Missing Link: Computer Ethics and Formal Methods
Darren Abramson & Lee Pike

At the Foundations of Information Justice
Matt Butcher

A Secular Buddhist Information Ethics?
Ken Herold

Panel: A Skeptical Look at Wikipedia — L14 (basement)

Panelists: Tony Doyle, James Caufield, Don Fallis & Marc Meola

12:30p – 1:30p

Lunch Break

1:30p – 3:10p

Parallel Sessions

Cognitive Science, AI and Robotics — Rubloff Reception
Moderator: Konstantin Läufer

What is a Digital State?
Vincent C. Müller

Digits, Strings, and Spikes: Empirical Evidence against Computationalism
Gualtiero Piccinini

Info-Computationalist Epistemology Naturalized
Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic

Information and Computer Ethics — Rubloff Auditorium
Moderator: Tom Wren

The Digital Content Filter—Risks and Opportunities: The Inspiration of Vannevar Bush and Norbert Wiener
Teresa Numerico

Lying and Disinformation
Don Fallis

Graduate Student Session— L14 (basement)
Moderator: Matt Butcher

Enhancing Collaborative Distance Learning through Wiki and Cognitive Mapping
Federico Gobbo

Concepts as Actions-Oriented as ‘Search’
Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad

3:10p – 3:20p

10 Minute Break

3:20p – 4:00p

Goldberg Award and Nominee Presentations — Rubloff Auditorium

Moderator: Maralee Harrell

The Evolution of Cooperation in the Centipede Game with Finite Populations
Rory Smead

4:00p – 5:30p

Herbert A. Simon Keynote Address — Rubloff Auditorium

Free Software in Ethics and in Practice

Richard Stallman

6:00p –

Dinner — Italian Village Downtown, 71 W Monroe 2nd Floor

8:00a – 9:00a

Continental Breakfast — Rubloff Reception

9:00a – 10:00a

Doug Engelbart Keynote Address — Rubloff Auditorium

What Is Open Access to Research?

Peter Suber

10:00a – 11:00a

Panel on FOSS and OA  — Rubloff Auditorium

Moderator: Matt Butcher

Panelists: Selmer Bringsjord, Richard Stallman & Peter Suber

11:00a – 11:10a

10 Minute Break

11:10a – 12:40p

Parallel Sessions

Electronic Scholarly Resources — Rubloff Reception
Moderator: Tony Beavers

A Dynamic Ontology for a Dynamic Reference Work
Mathias Niepert, Cameron Buckner & Colin Allen

The Phylosophy Project and Web 2.0 Applications: Emerging Technologies and Research Tools
David Morrow & Chris Alen Sula

An Introduction to the Mind Project’s Interactive Online Curriculum Modules, Student-Research Projects, and Digital Publishing Ventures
David Leech Anderson

Panel: A Global Online Course in Computers and Philosophy, Part 1  — Rubloff Auditorium
Moderator: Ron Barnette

Global Learning Environment in Philosophy
Piotr Boltuc

Computing and Philosophy Topics
Gaetano Aurelio Lanzarone

Philosophy Online Seminars at SWIF – Five Years of Experience
Luciano Floridi

12:40p – 1:40p

Lunch Break

1:40p – 3:10p

Parallel Sessions

Social, Cultural and Metaphysical Issues — Rubloff Reception
Moderator: Tony Beavers

Is Software Malfunction an Oxymoron?
Jesse Hughes

Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web: A Philosophical View
Luciano Floridi

Web 3.0 – Tools for Co-operation? Social Philosophical Remarks on the Desirable Possible Future Development of the Internet
Wolfgang Hofkirchner

Panel: A Global Online Course in Computers and Philosophy, Part 2 — Rubloff Auditorium
Moderator: Piotr Boltuc

Interdisciplinary Distance Learning in Computing and Philosophy
Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic

What a Course on Philosophy of Computing Is Not
Vincent C. Müller

The Use and Abuse of Philosophers and Computer Scientists Teaching Computer Ethics Online
Keith Miller

3:10p – 3:20p

10 Minute Break

3:20p – 5:00p

Parallel Sessions  

Cognitive Science, AI and Robotics — Rubloff Reception
Moderator: Selmer Bringsjord

Semantics with Ontological Content
Walid Saba

A Praxical Solution to the Symbol Grounding Problem: From the Grounded Symbols to Communication
Mariarosaria Taddeo

Noise, Equivocation, and Informational Content
Patrick Allo

Electronic Teaching Resources — Rubloff Auditorium
Moderator: Michael Byron

Argument Visualization, Pedagogy, and the Practice of Philosophy
Andrew Norman

Thinking Pedagogically about Argument Diagramming Software
Maralee Harrell

An Open-Source Modular Interactive Critical Thinking Textbook
Peter Bradley

5:00p – 6:00p

Closing Remarks, NA-CAP Report, Announcements — Rubloff Auditorium