Unfortunately, the negative consequences of this large scale social and economic change seem to weigh as heavily in the balance as the positive. Entrenched inequalities within and between countries often contribute to development that is pathogenic in character rather than therapeutic. We see that integration of the human community can spread illness as well as healing, destruction as well as h...

The Mentor-lite prototype has been developed within the research project "Architecture, Configuration, and Administration of Large Workflow Management Systems" funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG). In this paper, we present the architecture of Mentor-lite and our approach towards customizability. The demo will show the feasibility of the presented approach.

My research interest is social behavior in computer agents. I will extend the functionality of the simulator for discrete games with interagent communication I have written, use it to develop socially aware agents, and then attempt to integrate those agents into an environment where they can interact with human players. Applicant Name: Steven Damer Applicant Signature: Faculty Mentor Name: Mari...