Meeting Notes¶

8th of April 2019¶

• READ: Work from Chris Peter's Embodied Social Agents Lab at KTH (In particular on learning and groups).
• READ: Interesting work related to the evaluation of a crowd simulation, based on official guidelines. Question: Where do the guidelines get their model of human behavior from?
• READ: Good source of information on how to evaluate crowd/group behavior is work from INRIA Rennes
• QUESTION: How can we use Machine Learning (ML) to validate simulation from real world data from a specific location?
• INFO: We have a Student Innovation Fund grant for the summer, 2 students for 3 months. Project is focused on the validation of the simulation. The Application . We need to hire the students (they can be just graduated, both BS and MS level).
• GOAL (April/May): Set up the software and methodology for the students to execute during the summer.
• SUGGESTION (CP): We should keep an eye on the trends in AI in Europe, e.g. through reports like the WIPO Technology Trends.
• SUGGESTION (MD): May need to formalize the environment to a greater degree to have a better chance at applying AI technologies, e.g. game environments are very well defined.
• SUGGESTION (CP): For validation the AI (ML) may really just be focused on adjusting parameters of a model that has already been constructed. I.e. tweaking the simulation/knobs to produce results closer to the real data. Not so much to alter the underlying AI of the agents.
• SUGGESTION (HV): After we have some evaluation of how close we can get with the baseline model, we continue to improve the model, with territoriality and social models getting added (CP: Realistically, bit by bit).
• SUGGESTION: We should meet with the ML people in the department, such as Yngvi Björnsson and Stephan Schiffel
• IN PROGRESS (CP): Presentation for Snohetta (top architect in the world) regarding experience simulation for an exhibit.
• IN PROGRESS (CP): Contacted Paloma, but waiting for reply (perhaps follow up).
• IN PROGRESS (CP): Talking to the Icelandic Technology Transfer office about the paths to transfer.