New Mexico State University
Department of Computer Science

AI Seminar Fall 2002 Schedule

Time: Monday 12:30-1:20 pm
Place: Science Hall 124

About the seminar | Speakers' Guide | How to give a good talk

Fall 2001 | Spring 2002 | Fall 2002

Fall 2002	Speaker	Topic Time: Monday 12:30-1:20 pm

08/19/02	Melanie Martin	Organizing meeting
08/26/02	Karen Villaverde	Efficient OR-Parallel Execution of Prolog Programs on Distributed Memory Platforms ( Abstract )
09/09/02		No seminar
09/16/02	Dan Tappan	Toward Automated Scene Generation from Textual Descriptions ( Abstract )
09/23/02	Inna Pivkina	Revision programming (Abstract )
09/30/02	Don Birx	A Complex Systems Approach to Agent Modeling and Decision Making for the Purposes of Predicting Behaviors and likely Scenarios for Unusual Events, and the best Leveraged Response for Control and Redirection ( Abstract )
10/07/02	Inna Pivkina	Revision programming II
10/14/02	Melanie Martin	Introduction to Latent Semantic Analysis (Abstract )(Slides , ppt)
10/28/02	Peter Foltz	Applications of Latent Semantic Analysis ( Abstract )
11/4/02	Oliver Hampton	Machine Learning in Bioinformatics: An Overview of Hidden Markov Models and PCAPSS (Abstract )
11/11/02	Wirt Atmar	Speculation on the evolution of intelligence and its possible realization in machine form. (Abstract )
11/18/02	Wirt Atmar	Speculation on the evolution of intelligence and its possible realization in machine form, part 2. ( Abstract )
11/25/02	Nemecio Chavez	Case-Based Reasoning: Reasoning by Experience ( Abstract ) (Slides )
12/02/02	Stephen Helmreich	MOQA : Meaning Oriented Question Answering ( Abstract )

		Monday 1:30-2:20 pm
Spring 2002	Speaker	Topic

01/14/02	Melanie Martin	Organizing meeting - Survey Results
01/28/02	Heather Pfeiffer & Roger Hartley	Data Models for Conceptual Structures (Abstract )
02/04/02	Heather Pfeiffer & Roger Hartley	Data Models for Conceptusl Structures, cont'd
02/11/02	Heather Pfeiffer & Roger Hartley	Data Models for Conceptusl Structures, cont'd (slides: pdf , ppt )
02/18/02	Tom O'Hara	Overview of Cyc (Knowledge Base and Inference Engine) Slides (pdf \| ppt \| html )
02/25/02	Tom O'Hara	Thematic roles in Cyc versus Conceptual Structures Slides ( pdf \| ppt \| html )
03/04/02	Dan Tappan	Intelligent Agents
03/11/02	Dan Tappan	Intelligent Agent discussion continues
03/18/02	Dan Tappan	Intelligent Agent discussion continues Chito's problem for discussion
04/01/02	Nemecio Chavez	Inheritance Theory ( Abstract , pdf paper )
04/08/02	Nemecio Chavez	Inheritance Theory continued ( slides )
04/15/02	Mia Kalish	Bleeding Edge Teaching Technologies: Pushing the Envelope of the Language-Graphics Interface ( Abstract )
04/22/02	Nemecio Chavez	Inheritance Theory continued ( slides )
04/29/02	Al Rodriguez	Language of Mi (LOM), a spoken computer language

Fall 2001	Speaker	Topic

08/22/01	Melanie Martin	Organizing meeting
08/29/01	Melanie Martin	Identifying Ideological Point of View
09/05/01	Melanie Martin	Identifying Ideological Point of View
09/12/01	Nemecio Chavez	The Egg Cracking Problem Abstract , Slides (pdf)
09/19/01	Nemecio Chavez	Egg Cracking Problem Continued
09/26/01	Discussion	Story
10/03/01	Dan Tappan	Reasoning in Natural Language Processing
10/10/01	Heather Pfeiffer	Wolves and Rabbits
10/17/01	Don Dearholt	The Cumulative Consensus of Cognitive Agents: A Learning Algorithm for Structures in Semantic Memory Abstract
10/24/01	Jing He	Structural and Computational Biology: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Abstract)
10/31/01	Tim Jones	Aggie Intelligence ( Slides)
11/07/01	Discussion lead by Roger Hartley	Intelligence without representation by Brooks Alternate Essences of Intelligence by Brooks, et.al.
11/14/01	Jason Robey	PSL Agent Modeling Group
11/28/01	Joseph Pfeiffer	Visual Languages, Mobile Robots, and Uncertainty ( Abstract )
12/05/01	Carlos Gomez Gallo	MARINA: A Conversational Agent ( Abstract )(slides )

Goals:

Provide an opportunity for grad students to practice speaking about
research topics and get feedback.

Build and strengthen AI group in our department.

Provide an opportunity for new graduate students who might be interested
in AI to see what our department has to offer and get an idea of what is
involved in PhD level and post-doctoral research.

Format:
One hour a week open to anyone interested in participating.

Primary speakers would be the grad students. Talks may be formal or
informal, hopefully promoting discussion, on interesting papers we are
reading, status of current research, etc. Faculty would also be encouraged
to talk about their current research or other topics of interest.

Citation for story we are reading:

      Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time
      by Brian Aldiss
      New York: St. Martin's Griffin, June 2001

The story that inspired the movie AI

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New Mexico State University Department of Computer Science

AI Seminar Fall 2002 Schedule

About the seminar | Speakers' Guide | How to give a good talk

New Mexico State University
Department of Computer Science