Foreword	
  
	
  
	
  
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.	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
                                                                                                          Dr.	
  John	
  Licato	
  
                                                                                                        Dr.	
  Aleshia	
  Hayes	
  
                                                                                      MAICS	
  2017	
  Conference	
  Chairs