QR 2009 - LJUBLJANA - SLOVENIA
June 22 - 24
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23rd Annual Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning


Submission
 15 March 2009 (extended)

Notification
22 April 2009 30 April 2009

Camera-ready copies
8 May 2009 15 May 2009

Early registration deadline
5 June 2009

 Late breaking papers
1 June 2009

Workshop
22 - 24 June 2009
 The Proceedings of QR09 are available here.

Recorded videos of oral presentations with slides will appear on videolectures.net soon (the links will also appear in the table below).

MONDAY
8.00 – 12.00registration and coffee
9.00 – 10.30Automated detection of electrocardiographic diagnostic features through an interplay between Spatial Aggregation and Computational Geometry, Liliana Ironi and Stefania Tentoni
Computing Human-Like Qualitative Topological Relations via Visual Routines, Andrew Lovett and Kenneth Forbus
Commonsense Inference in Dynamic Spatial Systems, “Phenomenal and Reasoning Requirements”, Mehul Bhatt
10.30 – 11.00coffee break
11.00 – 12.30Factored Envisioning, Johan de Kleer, Kenneth D. Forbus, Tom Hinrichs, Sungwook Yoon, Eric K. Jones
Automated Critique of Sketched Designs in Engineering, Jon Wetzel and Ken Forbus
Learning and Reasoning with Qualitative Models of Physical Behavior, Scott E. Friedman, Kenneth D. Forbus, Jason Taylor

12.30 – 14.00

LUNCH
14.00 – 15.00Poster presentations & Late breaking papers presentations
Intelligent Authoring of ’Graph of Microworlds’ for Adaptive Learning with Microworlds, Tomoya Horiguchi and Tsukasa Hirashima
Using Contextual Graphs for Supporting Qualitative Simulation Explanation, Mohamed El Habib LARABA and Patrick BREZILLON
Application of qualitative reasoning models in the scientific education of deaf students, Paulo Salles, Gisele M. Feltrini, Isabella G. de Sa, Mônica M.P. Resende and Heloisa Lima-Salles
Modeling for Fault Localization in Data Warehouse Applications, Peter Struss, Vikas Shivashankar, Mohamed Zahoor
Closeness and Distance Relations in Order of Magnitude Qualitative Reasoning via PDL, A. Burrieza, E. Mu˜noz-Velasco, M. Ojeda-Aciego
Incorporating Qualitative Equations in Process-Based Models, Darko Čerepnalkoski, Ljupčo Todorovski, Nataša Atanasova, Sašo Džeroski
15.00 – 15.45coffee break + poster viewing
15.45 – 16.45DEMOS (GARP3 + Padé)

18.30

Guided Tour of Ljubljana
20.00Conference dinner

TUESDAY
9.00 – 10.30Using Qualitative Reasoning in Modelling Consensus in Group Decision-Making, Llorenc Rosello and Francesc Prats and Monica Sanchez
Model Building Experiences using Garp3: Problems, Patterns and Debugging, Jochem Liem and Floris E. Linnebank and Bert Bredeweg
Dark Knowledge in Qualitative Reasoning: A Call to Arms, Kenneth D. Forbus and Dedre Gentner
10.30 – 11.00coffee break
11.00 – 12.30Discussion moderated by Johan de Kleer

12.30 – 14.00

LUNCH
14.00 – 14.45Business meeting
15.00 – eveningA trip to Postojna cave

WEDNESDAY
9.00 – 10.30Order-of-Magnitude Based Link Analysis for False Identity Detection, Tossapon Boongoen and  Qiang Shen
QCM: A QP-Based Concept Map System, Morteza Dehghani and Ken Forbus
Qualitative approximation to Dynamic Time Warping similarity between time series data, Blaž Strle, Martin Možina, Ivan Bratko
10.30 – 11.00coffee break
11.00 – 12.30Discussion moderated by Ken Forbus

12.30 – 14.00

LUNCH
14.00 – 15.00A qualitative model of the salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation, R. A. A. Noble, B. Bredeweg, F. Linnebank, P. Salles, I. G. Cowx
Evaluating the potential of Qualitative Reasoning to capture and communicate knowledge on sustainable catchment management, Andreas Zitek, Sabine Preis, Michaela Poppe, Susanne Muhar
Assessing the ecological impacts of agriculture intensification through qualitative reasoning, F.F Goulart, P. Salles, C.H. Saito

The list of accepted papers:
1. Automated detection of electrocardiographic diagnostic features through an interplay between Spatial Aggregation and Computational Geometry, Liliana Ironi and Stefania Tentoni
2. Order-of-Magnitude Based Link Analysis for False Identity Detection, Tossapon Boongoen and  Qiang Shen
3. Factored Envisioning, Johan de Kleer, Kenneth D. Forbus, Tom Hinrichs, Sungwook Yoon, Eric K. Jones
4. Using Qualitative Reasoning in Modelling Consensus in Group Decision-Making,
Llorenc Rosello and Francesc Prats and Monica Sanchez
5. QCM: A QP-Based Concept Map System, Morteza Dehghani and Ken Forbus
6. Automated Critique of Sketched Designs in Engineering, Jon Wetzel and Ken Forbus
7. A qualitative model of the salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation, R. A. A. Noble, B. Bredeweg, F. Linnebank, P. Salles, I. G. Cowx
8. Learning and Reasoning with Qualitative Models of Physical Behavior, Scott E. Friedman, Kenneth D. Forbus, Jason Taylor
9. Computing Human-Like Qualitative Topological Relations via Visual Routines, Andrew Lovett and Kenneth Forbus
10. Model Building Experiences using Garp3: Problems, Patterns and Debugging, Jochem Liem and Floris E. Linnebank and Bert Bredeweg
11. Dark Knowledge in Qualitative Reasoning: A Call to Arms, Kenneth D. Forbus and Dedre Gentner
12. Evaluating the potential of Qualitative Reasoning to capture and communicate knowledge on sustainable catchment management, Andreas Zitek, Sabine Preis, Michaela Poppe, Susanne Muhar
13. Qualitative approximation to Dynamic Time Warping similarity between time series data, Blaz Strle, Martin Mozina, Ivan Bratko
14. Commonsense Inference in Dynamic Spatial Systems, “Phenomenal and Reasoning Requirements”, Mehul Bhatt
15. Assessing the ecological impacts of agriculture intensification through qualitative reasoning, F.F Goulart, P. Salles, C.H. Saito

The list of accpeted posters:
1. Intelligent Authoring of ’Graph of Microworlds’ for Adaptive Learning with
Microworlds, Tomoya Horiguchi and Tsukasa Hirashima
2. Using Contextual Graphs for Supporting Qualitative Simulation Explanation, Mohamed El Habib LARABA and Patrick BREZILLON
3. Application of qualitative reasoning models in the scientific education of deaf students, Paulo Salles, Gisele M. Feltrini, Isabella G. de Sa, Mônica M.P. Resende and Heloisa Lima-Salles
4. Modeling for Fault Localization in Data Warehouse Applications, Peter Struss, Vikas Shivashankar, Mohamed Zahoor

Late breaking papers:
1. Closeness and Distance Relations in Order of Magnitude Qualitative Reasoning via PDL, A. Burrieza, E. Mu˜noz-Velasco, M. Ojeda-Aciego
2. Incorporating Qualitative Equations in Process-Based Models, Darko Čerepnalkoski, Ljupčo Todorovski, Nataša Atanasova, Sašo Džeroski