James Stevenson has shared his insights regarding the humanization of computing. He writes, “When Nicolaus Copernicus established that the earth moves around the sun he transformed our understanding of the solar system. The rise in digital devices such as PCs, laptops and smartphones, that we use to access personal and corporate information on a daily basis is having a similar impact on our expectations of computing, and has revolutionised the way we live our lives. We are now at a stage when IT is beginning to blend into the background and technology is everywhere.”

He continues, “The availability of omniscient network connections means that we are ‘always online’ and constantly connected to knowledge, people and things… We now live in a networked economy where we revolve around data that is accessed through a variety of digital devices held together by the web and available on demand. Read more

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In a recent interview George Dyson discussed the nature of artificial intelligence. Dyson discusses Lewis Fry Richardson’s quote that a computer “is a simple mind having a will but capable of only two ideas.” He stated, “The significance of Richardson’s idea was that he broke with the assumption that computation had to be deterministic, because so few others things in the universe are deterministic. Alan Turing was very explicit that computers will never be intelligent unless they are allowed to make mistakes. The human mind is not deterministic, it is not flawless. So why would we want computers to be flawless?” Read more

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Future Of The Internet – Web 2.0 And Beyond – New Market Report Published OfficialWire (press release) Developments in distributed computing and artificial intelligence are ushering in Web 3.0 whichwill provide users with richer and more relevant experiences. … and more »

Date: May 13, 2010, 11:00AM (1 hour)
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Presenters:

Matt Fisher
Progeny Systems

Matt Fisher is a Principal Systems Engineer at Progeny Systems who enjoys discussing the Semantic Web to the point that his wife hopes he gets a new hobby. 

John Hebeler

What is automated, domain-independent planning

Automated, domain-independent planning is one of the core areas in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and active research in that area was conducted almost since the beginning of AI. While the performance of initial planning programs limited its application to toy-sized problems, the major breakthroughs in 1990s (GraphPlan) and at the beginning of the 21st century (FF planner) made automated planning applicable for real-life deployments. Automated planning can be applied to a variety of problems like configuration management, software system integration, project planning, controlling autonomous vehicles etc.

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Disclaimer:  This article does not reflect the views of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and does not constitute endorsement by the EPA of the standards or products mentioned.

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