We are pleased to introduce the proceedings for the 28th Modern Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science conference (MAICS 2017), hosted at Indiana University -Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) from April 28--29. A conference such as this could not have been organized successfully without the help of many people and organizations. First, we must thank IPFW's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and the Institute for Research Scholarship, and Creative Endeavors, for their extremely generous financial support of this conference. Their support allowed us to offer more opportunities for students and junior faculty opportunities to participate in this conference. Many of these students have come up to us personally, sincerely thanking us for allowing them to participate in this conference and being introduced to the exciting world of academic research. We also wish to thank the IPFW Sigma Xi chapter, and the IPFW computer science department, for their financial support. The little details matter tremendously in planning events like these, and those details were meticulously taken care of by Makaylia Rosebrock, an IPFW undergraduate student who worked for months to help plan the conference. We thank our speakers, Dr. Selmer Bringsjord and Dr. John E. Hummel, for not only giving highly engaging and fascinating talks, but for participating in a panel discussion that will be remembered for years to come. Finally, thanks again to all of our program committee members, particularly Michael Glass, who went above and beyond his responsibilities as a program committee member. These proceedings were compiled by Michael, and he offered us lots of helpful advice that made organizing this conference much easier.