CREAS 2016 - 1st International Workshop on Creative Agents (CREAS)

Problem solving and collaboration are clearly creative processes, so it seems very reasonable to formalise and to apply cognitive theories about creativity in agent systems to improve problem solving and collaboration capabilities. The goal of this workshop is to provide a venue for contributions that take this creative perspective, and that improve the capabilities of single- and multi-agent systems by using creative methods.
We envision approaches that are driven by cognitive theories about creativity to improve agent reasoning, problem solving and collaborative behaviour. We also envision approaches that focus on producing arts, and on proving and indicating correctness of cognitive theories about creativity by simulating them in an artificial single- or multi-agent environment. We hope that contributions in this field shed light on the following questions: “What is the role of creativity in problem solving and collaboration?”, and also “What is the role of problem solving and collaboration in creativity?"
We invite researchers to submit fresh or preliminary ideas about all aspects of creativity in agent systems. We welcome contributions with a neuronal connectionist background as well as those that focus more on logical symbolicist theories. We especially encourage also hybrid approaches, with the aim to foster an interdisciplinary discussion and cross-fertilisation between the two communities.
Workshop topics include, but are not limited to:
* Computational creativity for problem solving, including action planning, cognitive robotic programming and BDI systems.
* Social aspects of creativity, including creativity in agent collaboration and communication.
* Creativity in learning agents, including the role of creativity for reward in reinforcement learning, inductive learning, and classification.
* The relation between embodiment and creativity.
* Cognitive agent frameworks.
* Conceptual blending and concept invention.
* Creative robots.
* Assessment and evaluation of creativity, including contributions that address the question about when an agent is creative.
* Improvisation and spontaneous failure recovery via creative acting.
* Emotionality and serendipity in agent systems.
* Relation between self-awareness and creativity in agent systems.
* Creativity in the context of belief, desire and intention.
* Creative agents in the web and in the cloud.
* Agent-based systems that address creativity in music, poetry, visual arts, design, dance, programming and mathematics.
* The role of creativity for self-organisation.
* Creative argumentation.