Date: Tue 2 Aug 1988 18:19-EDT From: AIList Moderator Nick Papadakis Reply-To: AIList@mc.lcs.mit.edu Us-Mail: MIT Mail Stop 38-390, Cambridge MA 02139 Phone: (617) 253-2737 Subject: AIList Digest V8 #35 To: AIList@mc.lcs.mit.edu Status: R AIList Digest Wednesday, 3 Aug 1988 Volume 8 : Issue 35 Queries: MACSYMA English grammar Data fusion and correlation expert systems Ornithology as an AI domain? Bridge bidding/playing expert system Response to - Manchester Cognitive Science Course ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 88 13:50:26 +0200 From: Johan Buelens Subject: MACSYMA Does anyone know about an ES called MACSYMA ? All information about the product and its (potential) uses is welcome. Johan. / / / / / / / / / / / / Johan BUELENS / KUL / Dept. Scheikunde / Celestijnenlaan 200 F / B - 3030 Heverlee / tel. (+32) (16) 20 06 56ext. 3595 / e-mail : fgcba11@blekul11.bitnet / mzzzc13@blekul21.bitnet / [Editor's Note: Although MACSYMA was considered an AI program when it was first being written, many people today would say that it does not really fit into the category of 'expert systems', since too much of its knowledge is represented procedurally. One version is available from Symbolics, Inc. (617) 621-7770. Another version, considerably cheaper (I am told), comes from the Department of Energy (DOE). A good intro to MACSYMA's capabilities is available from the Naval Underwater Systems Center, Newport RI 02840 as 'Technical Document 6401'. - nick] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jul 88 17:16:44 PDT From: John B. Nagle Subject: English grammar I understand that there is an approach to English grammar based on the following assumptions. 1. There are four main categories of words, essentially nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. These categories are extensible; new words can be added. 2. There are about 125 "special" words, not in one of the four main categories. This list is essentially fixed. (New nouns appear all the time, but new conjunctions and articles never.) Does anyone have a reference to this, one that lists all the "special" words? John Nagle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Aug 88 08:26:40 EDT From: sharon%mwcamis@mitre.arpa Subject: Data fusion and correlation expert systems -------- Does anyone have information about expert systems for the correlation and fusion of data or situation monitoring and evaluation that have been built OUTSIDE of the U.S.?? Thanks, Sharon Laskowski laskowsk@mitre.arpa ------------------------------ Date: 1 Aug 88 17:58:35 GMT From: paul.rutgers.edu!pratt@rutgers.edu (Lorien Y. Pratt) Subject: Ornithology as an AI domain? I am a PhD student in computer science at Rutgers and will do my thesis in AI. I am also a bird watcher and am concerned with environmental issues. This is a long shot, but does anyone know of any problems in ornithology which are in need of an AI approach? I am particularly interested in problems relating ornithology to larger ecological issues, and would also be interested in pointers to NJ area people who might be willing to talk with me. Thanks! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorien Y. Pratt Computer Science Department pratt@paul.rutgers.edu Rutgers University Busch Campus (201) 932-4714 Piscataway, NJ 08854 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Aug 88 08:18 EDT From: "David S. Gibson" Subject: Bridge bidding/playing expert system Does anyone know of any public domain expert systems that bid and/or play hands of contract bridge? I would like to get the source code for such a system, preferably written in Lisp or Prolog. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. David Gibson EMAIL: DSGibson@DOCKMASTER.ARPA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Aug 88 15:38:39 BST From: Ian Pratt Subject: Response to - Manchester Cognitive Science Course My apologies for the rather terse notice I originally sent out. Herewith a fuller advertisement. Manchester university offers a one year MSc programme in Cognitive Science. The first two terms consist of taught courses in the following areas: Artificial Intelligence (2 one-term courses) Topics in Cognitive Psychology Psycholinguistics Theoretical Linguistics (2 one-term courses) Computational Linguistics Psychology of Vision Computer Vision (1 one-term course + 1/2 term course on relevant math) Human-Computer Interaction The third term (and summer `vacation') is devoted to extended projects. These projects may be theoretical, experimental (e.g. in cognitive psychology) or programming projects; however, the hope is that students' projects will draw on several of the contributing disciplines. In addition, there is a series of seminars to discuss philosophical and foundational issues, to which staff and students contribute. The programme is heavily computational: students will be expected to master at least prolog and pascal, as well as other languages if needed for projects. There is also a considerable bias towards computer vision and computational linguistics. The programme should prove suitable to students with good honours degrees in psychology, philosophy, mathematics, natural science, computer science and linguistics. We expect that all students will arrive already possessing a reasonable facility in one or two of the taught subjects; the workload is set accordingly. (The backgrounds of next year's intake of 15 students are pretty evenly distributed over the above disciplines.) For details, contact: Dr. Ian Pratt, Department of Computer Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom. ------------------------------ End of AIList Digest ********************