"Underlying Foundations of Cognitive Systems"

2/27/2004: 10:30am - 12:00pm
10th FL Conference Room

Abstract: This talk presents two perspectives on Cognitive Systems, one from an overall picture of Computer Science and Engineering (CS E) and the other from an overall framework for Information Technology (IT). In the process it looks at some of the interesting points of intersection between Cognitive Systems and CS E, and examines the need/potential of cross-leveraging Cognitive Systems with other parts of IT, including both how Cognitive Systems support other parts of IT and how these other parts of IT support Cognitive Systems. This talk was also presented as an invited talk at the recent DARPA/IPTO Conference on Cognitive Systems.

About Paul S. Rosenbloom: Paul S. Rosenbloom is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California (USC) and Associate Director of the Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI). Prior to coming to USC in 1987, he was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Psychology at Stanford University and a Research Computer Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a B.S. degree from Stanford University in mathematical sciences in 1976 (with distinction) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1978 and 1983, respectively. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and has been Chair of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (SIGART). From 1983 until 1998, Prof. Rosenbloom was co-PI of the Soar Project , a multi-disciplinary, multi-site attempt at developing, understanding, and applying a cognitive architecture capable of supporting general intelligence. Prof. Rosenbloom's current focus is on conceptualizing, instigating and coordinating interdisciplinary efforts across computer science and its interactions with other disciplines and society.

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