[agents] Call for Participation: Intention Progression Competition 2024 ...

[Logan, B.S. (Brian)]

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Intention Progression Competition 2024

First Call for Participation

www.intentionprogression.org

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BACKGROUND

A key problem for an autonomous agent with multiple, possibly inconsistent, goals is: "what should I do next"?  What to do next can be formalised as the Intention Progression Problem (IPP): what means (i.e., plan) to use to achieve a given (sub)goal, and which of the currently adopted plans (i.e., intentions) to progress at the current moment. This problem is central to autonomous systems, but research on the IPP is fragmented and suffers from a lack of common terminology, data formats, and enabling tools.  

AIMS

The aim of the Intention Progression Competition (IPC) is to incentivise research on the problem of how an agent should achieve its goals, i.e., which plan to use to achieve a given goal, and which of the currently adopted plans (intentions) to progress at the current moment. Competition entries take the form of a solver for intention progression problems. The solver forms a part of a simple agent that operates in a simulated environment and is evaluated on a set of benchmark intention progression problems. The agent, environment and problem instances are specified as part of the competition. 

MORE INFORMATION & CONTACT

For more information about the competition, visit www.intentionprogression.org or email rafael.cardoso at abdn.ac.uk or brian.logan at abdn.ac.uk.

PARTICIPATING

We are currently soliciting participation in the competition. To register your interest, please complete the registration form at: https://www.intentionprogression.org/register/

IMPORTANT DATES

The First Intention Progression Competition will be held in April 2024, and the results will be announced at the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2024) in May 2024.

Provisional timeline

September/October 2024: Registration phase opens
April 2024: Submissions due
May 2024: Competition results announced at AAMAS 2024