Bob Mottram writes: > I havn't watched all of the AGI-08 videos, but of those that I have> seen the > 15 minute format left me non the wiser. With limited time I> would have > preferred longer talks with more depth but perhaps fewer in> number, > especially on the more mathematical topics. > Another suggestion. If there is > an AGI-09 perhaps part of the> conference could be in Second Life, allowing > for longer discussion if> needed. If you wanted to get really fancy you could > set up a> projector and incorporate speakers/questioners from within SL as > part> of the live conference. Interesting ideas. I'm not sure the participants would have preferred 10 in-depth math lectures to the format actually chosen, but I agree that explaining papers with sufficient time would be better than what was possible to actually do. I guess the only way to achieve that is break into parallel topic sessions... though it does seem unfortunate for a field with "general" in its name to split up into special interests. The second life thing seems like a good idea, though I don't see how it helps the time issue. Perhaps a pre-first-life or post-first-life meeting (a couple weeks before after the conference) in second life for detailed lectures about the papers could work, on a relaxed schedule. Most people (especially scientists) have some access to a video camera these days; I wonder if a longer talk could be videotaped "at home" by the participants and then put up on google video for later viewing at leisure, in addition to the on-site filming. I don't know if it's standard practice at conferences these days to videotape the sessions and make them available like this, but it's really wonderful. Bob, if you wrote a paper for the conference about state of the art vision or robotic systems and how they relate to AGI research, that would be very cool I think!
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