aialerttext tjvdr34aaaiorg foobar sun feb 24 102727 2008 titleaaai ai alert 12 february 2008 titleaaai ai alert 12 february 2008 aaai ai alert 12 february 2008 welcome ai alert service association advancement artificial intelligence showcasing eclectic subset ai news collection ai topics aaai sponsored pathfinder web site explained notices disclaimers ai alert intended keep informed news articles published third parties mere fact particular item selected inclusion imply aaai ai topics verified information articles offered endorsement kind excerpt may reflect overall tenor article contain relevant information encouraged access entire article issue ai alert posted online httpwwwaaaiorgaitopicsassetsaialertsalert21208html headlines dont stand think boston globen big brother really watching computerworldn ai news reader brings academia real world itnews australia article n ec eases translation process dive video n smart sticky notes organize discovery newsn life google millions cnet newscomn breaking silicon ceiling sydney morning heraldn machine peels brain scientists map synapses wired newsn battlefields big test seeing robot christian science monitorn sports technology meaning human vancouver sunn coming wave gadgets listen obey new york timesn could ai speed va claims army times articles n south bronx robotics rebirth new york timesn rubiks champ canes bot sun videosn stretching truth became easier cheaper new york timesn two ai pioneers two bizarre suicides really happened wired article n gizmo godsbot new scientistn crunch time neural nets government health itn music maestro ict resultsn joshua lederberg 82 nobel winner dies new york times articles videosn nasa calls ambitious outer solar system mission newscientistcom newsn computational science hard statistical view naturen apple cofounder wozniak says day far away robots entire tasks houston chroniclen commission adopts code conduct responsible nano research cordis newsn darpa advances artificial intelligence program air traffic control air traffic control association atca newsn scientists developing robot rats united press internationaln courseprogram announcements newsn articles january 13 2008 dont stand think new research suggests think brains bodies drake bennett boston globe brain often envisioned something like computer body allpurpose tool growing body new research suggests something collaborative going think brains bodies term often used describe new model mind embodied cognition champions believe open entire new avenues understanding enhancing abilities human mind greatest impact however field neuroscience embodied cognition threatens ageold distinctions brain body perceiving thinking thinking acting even reason instinct traditional idea mind built want teach computer play chess want design search engine old model ok says rolf pfeifer director artificial intelligence lab university zurich youre interested understanding real intelligence deal body embodied cognition upends several centuries thinking thinking rene descartes living age steam engines novelty items envisioned brain pump moved animating fluid body headshrinkers ages tended enlist hightech day describe human cognitive system mind descartes argued something else entirely incorporeal entity interacted body pineal gland development modern computer years world war ii new version model adopted brain computer mind software ran 1980s however grou p scholars began contest approach fueled part broad disappointment artificialintelligence research argued human beings dont really process information way computers manipulating abstract symbols using formal rules back headlines january 14 2008 big brother really watching homeland security bankrolling futuristic profiling technology nab terrorists strike robert l mitchell computerworld soon walk airport machines watching tourist terrorist posing one answer questions security checkpoint systems begin sizing array sensors video audio laser infrared feeds stream realtime data computer uses specially developed algorithms spot suspicious people system interprets gestures facial expressions analyzes voice virtually probes body determine temperature heart rate respiration rate physiological characteristics effort determine whether trying deceive fail test youll pulled aside aggressive interrogation searches scenario may sound like science f iction us department homeland security dhs deadly serous making reality assuming system gets ground project hostile intent also faces challenges privacy advocates back headlines january 17 2008 ai news reader brings academia real world itnews australia found staring screenful irrelevant headlines search news stories interest artificial intelligence enthusiast alex north decided time delegate task machine thus born tiinker launched week norths startup company deep grey labs intelligent news aggregator learns interests individual users selects stories tailored individual past year tiinker fulltime venture sushkov north recent graduates school computer science engineering university new south wales intelligent news aggregator one three ideas pair thought aim applying academic knowledge real world product number machine learning ai artificial intelligence techniques backend tuned combined way believe unique north said studies ai uni good preparation developing knew try first make work well also see reuters wants world tagged alex iskold readwriteweb february 6 2008 last week reuters international business financial news giant launched api application programming interface called open calais idea behind calais simple identify interesting bits metadata documents implementation focus people companies places events surely technology adopted entities heavy lifting done combination natural language processing engine massive hard coded learning database clear forest built calais good forthere quite interesting applications technology first better search knowing kinds entities text allows developers build intelligent search engines look related content n back headlines january 18 2008 ec eases translation process chris galea dive part efforts foster multilingualism european commission published collection 1 million sentences translations 22 23 official languages eu including maltese kind data highly sought developers machine translation systems automatic translation software learns manually translated texts words phrases correctly contextually translated data also help development linguistic software tools grammar spell checkers online dictionaries multilingual text classification systems tools also researched developed malta thanks concerted effort university maltas department artificial intelligence institute linguistics also see lost translation cnn news video february 9 2008 computer expert ken colburn talks websites help translation problemsn back headlines january 18 2008 smart sticky notes organize tracy staedter discovery news researchers developed electronic sticky notes called quickies searched digitally send reminders messages via email mobile device look similar postit notes combine artificial intelligence natural language processing ink recognition technologies radio frequency identification tags modern version reliable analog pattie maes pranav mistry currently working large industry sponsors expressed interest think technology could find way market two five years back headlines january 22 2008 life google millions stefanie olsen cnet newscom would flush 10 million 100 million would retire go work every day company made rich chase dreams thats multimilliondollar question hundreds early googlers georges harik one googles first 10 engineers former director new products investor founder nonprofit artificial intelligence lab like peers harik investing small companies harkening back college studies mathematical models genetic algorithms hes also opening yettobenamed research lab palo alto develop artificialintelligence software fields biotech medicine plans invest 100000 lab year largest intelligence system google adsense gmail spam system ive always really wanted see work applied medicine biology sort hard company said harik adding software opensource access entire medical community nonprofit partially funded google harik said scott hassan early google architect robotics advocate mission make willow garage hub robotics development areas personal assistants autonomous boats driverless carswith hopes attracting talent partnerships across country company collaborating stanford robotics field donated 850000 computer science lab hassans fortune willow garage plenty time develop new markets robots back headlines january 23 2008 breaking silicon ceiling asher moses sydney morning herald sea blokey middleaged males typically dominate ranks australian technology companies small group enterprising women built multimillion dollar businesses theyre hell bent turning gender tides liesl capper built sold multinational education franchise starting first technology company said women break free traditional stomping grounds education health cosmetics fashion give industry chance ceo mycybertwin startup allowing individuals businesses create artificial intelligence online identities capable talking clients behalf companies including publishing house consolidated media holdings formerly known pbl adopting technology cheaper way provide 247 live customer support via websites accord ing australian bureau statistics 1 per cent total employed women population work information communications technology ict industry danielle lehrer said noticed women entering industry studying computer sciences said changing perception working like back headlines january 24 2008 machine peels brain scientists map synapses sidebar feature accompanying mapping complex structure universe brain written alexis madrigal wired news slices dices heralds arrival new era neuroscience focuses industrializing process mapping brain neuroscience gadget called automatic tapecollecting lathe ultramicrotome atlum name says computers could automatically identify synapses images trace axons dendrites parent neurons would able generate brainwiring diagrams said sebastian seung computational neuroscience professor mit although made progress still far making computers smart enough reliably challenge frontier computer science artificial intelligence back headlines january 25 2008 battlefields big test seeing robot next 18 months us likely deploy potentially breakthrough robotvision system iraq afghanistan tom peter christian science monitor battlefields iraq afghanistan likely provide first test potential breakthrough robotics ability see well enough quickly enough move unknown terrain without human help us military plans use technology threedimensional flash laser radar ladar remove bombs search casualties chemically contaminated areas without giving human control eventually however selfnavigating ladar could show hollywood movie sets enable special effects car prevent collisions pedestrians one holy grails robotics able says william thomasmeyer president pittsburghbased national center defense robotics federally funded consortium companies universities government labs back headlines january 26 2008 sports technology meaning human future depicted science fiction upon us improve point posthuman peter mcknight vancouver sun indeed emergence enhancement technologies including limited nanotechnology biotechnology information technology cognitive science referred collectively nbic raises questions extent employ science improve human condition sure always used technology allow us live longer better lives rapid progress science possible soon develop technologies allow us run faster see farther change physical psychological essence become posthuman indeed brief look annals science fiction reveals intense concern consequences transhumanism development intelligent machines could wipe humanity terminator movies series creation multitiered society genetically enhanced humans top gattaca genetically engineered humans bottom blade runner given philosophical uncertainty possibility artificial intelligence former concern urgent latter back headlines january 27 2008 coming wave gadgets listen obey michael fitzgerald new york times innovation usually needs time steep time turn idea something tangible time get market time people decide accept speech recognition technology steeped long time mike phillips remembers 1980s carnegie mellon graduate student trying develop rudimentary speech recognition systems seemed almost impossible devices incorporate speech recognition starting hit mass market thanks entrepreneurs like mr phillips speech recognition 16 billion market 2007 according opus research predicts annual growth rate 145 percent next three years james r glass principal research scientist computer science artificial intelligence laboratory mit says speech technology going end everywhere sp eech useful says machines keep improving ability recognize way humans naturally talk even strong accents technology find myriad new uses back headlines january 30 2008 could ai speed va claims rick maze army times house subcommittee considering use artificial intelligence speed processing veterans disability claims heard compelling evidence tuesday problems facing veterans families trying receive earned benefits kim graves vas director office business process integration said department made significant strides use information technology improve claims processing benefit programs rep john hall new york rep doug lamborn colorado however talking even sophisticated system computers would read key elements claim determine whether va approve hall said exotic artificial intelligence already used banking medicine make assist decisions read statement tom mitchell phd e fredkin professor chair machine learning department school computer science carnegie mellon university pastpresident aaai presented subcommittee disability assistance memorial affairs hearing use artificial intelligence improve us department veterans affairs vas claims processing system january 29 2008n also see va urged use advanced technology cut backlog benefit claims bob brewin governmentexecutivecom january 30 2008 advanced technologies artificial intelligence could help veterans affairs department reduce backlog disability claims spiked past 1 million according computer experts veterans advocates training employee rate vba claims take two three years many leave within five years rep john hall said experienced raters adjudicate three claims day spending two three hours claim said va consider use artificial intelligence technologies automated decisionsupport tools determine disability payments would speed claims processing computer experts testified hearing said technology exists today automate claims process eliminate backlog develop computer software turbotax guides taxpayers fill complex tax forms online provides instant computerbased application complex tax regulations calculate penny taxes owe see reason develop similar software automate online filing va benefits claims automate substantial fraction processing claims said tom mitchell chairman machine learning department school computer science carnegie mellon university pittsburgh mitchell said vba needs emulate health insurers highmark inc pittsburghbased company uses computers process 90 percent claimsn automation could speed va claims rick maze navy times february 5 2008 artificial intelligence already used process privatesector insurance claims handle banking transactions doublecheck medical procedures might solution help veterans get benefits faster advocates envision technology completely replacing humans deciding complicated disability benefits claims computerized system could look key elements claims least make preliminary recommendation whether approve deny tom mitchell computer science professor pittsburghs carnegie mellon university said veterans benefits exactly type records artificial intelligence help manage claims processing veterans benefits administration appears amenable variety improvements introduction computerized operations including adoption artificial intelligence echnologies rulebased processing casebased reasoning data mining mitchell said commercial insurance claims routinely processed online automatically mitchell noted one health insurance company processes 90 percent insurance claims hospital physician services automatically human intervention said envision va veteran apply online benefits upload records exams certificates prioritized classified expert system match data rating schedule criteria shorten time takes generate claim subcommittee chairman rep john hall dny said adding system could pick key words calculate disability ratingn n back headlines january 30 2008 south bronx robotics rebirth samuel g freedman new york times two years later abdoulie lemon veteran robotics team last year traveled ridder kids matching tshirts proclaim national lego robotics championship atlanta end april squad plans go japan participate exhibition process abdoulie solved mystery could boy smart enough disassemble reassemble family television messing badly school answer nobody school noticed talent ridder kids encouraged abdoulie fit together every intricate part robot first time felt success approval one ms claralee irobundas colleagues morris gary israel social studies teacher wouldbe engineer discovered competitive robotics late 1990s reminded tw extracurricular passions tennis clarinet animated school years george washington high manhattan handson thats important said day kids classrooms day need outlets need academics robotics like old shop class retiring morris june 2005 mr israel introduced almost 60 schools bronx robotics many ridder kids involvement robotics transformed attitude school given education purpose utility something standardized test supply back headlines january 31 2008 rubiks champ canes bot sebastian lander sun moment man squared machine rubiks cube dan harris holds uk title unscrambling rubiks cube 1059 seconds took cubinator yesterday competition see could solve colourful conundrum first clever rubot 2 designed boffin pete redmond scans six sides cube two eye webcams uses artificial intelligence sure watch embedded video clip man vs machinen also see bbc news video robot solves rubiks cube pete redmond invented rubiks cubesolving robot helped market game toy fair clip competes dan harris uks rubiks cube championn back headlines january 31 2008 stretching truth became easier cheaper peter wayner new york times mr carlo baldassi may official title artist studies computational neuroscience institute scientific interchange foundation turin italy could fix problem automatic photoediting software writing several friends one click tool stretched uninteresting parts landscape water hills leaving face girlfriend result thought open panoramic reality lie said mr baldassi automated tools like mr baldassis changing editing photography making possible anyone tweak picture delete unwanted items even combine best aspects several similar pictures one also tools require little skill vectormagic stanfords artificial intel ligence laboratory available vectormagicstanfordedu free experimental tool reconstruct digital image using lines rather pixels process called vectorization michael f cohen researchers microsoft built tool called group shot found researchmicrosoftcomprojectsgroupshot tool lets users identify best parts sequence pictures merge correct small changes caused movement changes lighting back headlines february 2008 issue date two ai pioneers two bizarre suicides really happened david kushner wired issue 1602 pushpinder push singh quickly established minskys protg 1996 wrote widely read paper titled ai failed rejected piecemeal approach research solve hard problems ai natural language understanding general vision completely trustworthy speech handwriting recognition need systems commonsense knowledge flexible ways use trouble building systems amounts solving ai notion difficult accept seems choice face head singh climbing academic ladder mit chris mckinstry trying put life back together spending two half months jail suicidal standoff given new sense purpose liked think police robot deliberately misfired ts tear gas canisters effort save maybe robots feelings later mused 1992 mckinstry enrolled university winnipeg immersed study artificial intelligence september 2000 two months mckinstry launched mindpixel singh posted message recartsbooks newsgroup announce open mind common sense recently started project mit try build computer basic intelligence person read repository knowledge enable us create intelligent sociable software build humanlike robots better understand structure minds invite come visit project web page teach computer things us humans know world computer knows mckinstrys mind turned often singh much common two young researchers obsessed simulating common sense canadian netsavvy mckinstrys hopes partnership mit project soon dashed mckinstry didnt let go many say greatest tragedy neither young man lived long enough see work bear fruit related online extra using internet build case artificial intelligence david kushner wired chris mckinstry push singh wanted build artificial consciousness harnessing knowledge internet baby step ultimate geek dream uploading oneself machine young ai researchers died tragically early 2006 vision could come life work obsessions lives online trail begins selected links n back headlines february 2 2008 gizmo new scientist issue 2641 page 21 ever wondered would like listen god answering question ask simulate experience godsbot wwwgodsbotorg chatbot gives spoken answers typed questions religion philosophy science back headlines february 4 2008 publication date crunch time neural nets years obscurity researchers say neural networks ready predict trends population health david perera government health steven walczak md earned doctorate artificial intelligence university florida 1990 associate professor university colorado denvers business school spent good deal career searching disciplines computing economics medicine best work together solve big health care problems advances computing power statistical methods data gathering possible mine huge datasets discern patterns used make reasonable predictions health care costs outcomes even treatment effectiveness walczak said proponent artificial neural networks anns back headlines february 4 2008 music maestro bringing conductor ict results new european research project looking ways harnessing technological advances make musical education accessible enhance teaching practices one areas looking gesture analysis says project coordinator dr kia ng imaestro 3d augmented mirror developed uses motioncapture technology provide interactive feedback musician bowing technique posture greatly affect quality sound produced score follower example able listen player track hisher location within score allowing functions automated page turning simply following score piece music played taking stage score follower could allow functions like musical accompaniment backing track synchronised musicians performance learning playing others key part musical education notes ng however access kind experience may limited technologies developing cooperative environment could help make much accessible least virtual terms tool teachers exercise generator support semi automated creation exercises back headlines february 5 2008 joshua lederberg 82 nobel winner dies william j broad new york times also available international herald tribune joshua lederberg 82 pioneer bacteria science 1959 joined stanford school medicine chairman department genetics professor biology computer science working research artificial intelligence biochemistry medicine 1966 1971 dr lederberg wrote weekly column washington post commenting science education scientists role society divisive topics like population control intelligence testing regulating recombinant dna technology 1968 column accused policy makers blindness pace biological advance accessibility perilous genocidal experimentation 1972 washingtons urging nations renounced germ warfare immoral repugnant something wordsmith dr lederberg coined term exobiology study possibility alien life collaborated astronomer carl sagan establishing exobiology scientific discipline educating public biological implications space exploration joshua lederberg pioneer molecular biology patricia sullivan washington post february 5 2008 interdisciplinary methods interests dr lederberg helped introduce computers artificial intelligence laboratory research biomedical communicationn joshua lederberg times february 6 2008 geneticist microbiologist joshua lederberg without doubt one leading scientists twentieth century pioneer modern microbiology immunology one founders molecular biology leader development biotechnology lederberg competent applied mathematician colleague created first computers lederberg one first realise potential computers artificial intelligence biomedical research molecular biology established new field scientific research acquisition systematisation dissemination biomedical knowledge using computers lederberg effective communicator science keen furthering public understanding sciencen joshua lederberg obituary guardian february 11 2008 american scientist joshua lederberg died aged 82 1958 nobel prize physiology medicine showing bacteria conjugate exchange small strips genetic material 1960s lederberg explored role computers scientific research helped develop innovative programme generated hypotheses chemical composition unknown compounds brought science public policymaking particularly security arms control member pentagons defence science board wrote weekly column science society washington post 1966 1971 warned threat bioterrorism 1978 returned new york president rockefeller university reinvigorated refocusing molecular biology research laboratories towards cancer infectious neurological heart disease resumed research nto dna computer modelling scientific reasoning continued advising governments retired president rockefeller 1990 made professor emeritus worked end lifen see related videos ai video archiven joshua lederberg papers interviews oral historiesn n back headlines february 5 2008 nasa calls ambitious outer solar system mission david shiga newscientistcom news nasa planning major new mission outer solar system along three new robotic missions moon two new earth science missions according 2009 budget request downside nasa largely shutting new millenium programme starting 2009 programme received 26 million 2008 tasked prove cuttingedge technologies space missions ion engines used dawn spacecraft artificial intelligence software used mars rovers back headlines february 7 2008 computational science hard statistical view news views contribution bart selman nature 451 639640 sheer number variables logical conditions makes computing problems seem intractable statistical physics normally used study huge groups interacting particles supply powerful tools crack computer hardware software become ever sophisticated shifting setting computers merely assist us processing information aid wellunderstood algorithms landscape computers make decisions full control given situation example pentagonsponsored darpa urban challenge fn standard consumer vehicles equipped sensors laser rangefinders cameras global positioning systems back headlines february 7 2008 apple cofounder wozniak says day far away robots entire tasks limits creativity purva patel houston chronicle steve wozniak given artificial intelligence intelligence apples cofounder asked audience 550 thursday houston areas first experience conference stafford answer robot could get cup coffee would negotiate home identify coffee machine know works noted something machine capable learning least lifetime added wozniak rolled onto stage everpresent segway delivering rapidfire speech robotics vision robots classrooms long haul ahead artificial intelligence earlier day ray kurzweil predicted wouldnt long computer intelligence surpassed human intelligence despite pessimism wozniak would like see computers humanlike robots built could talk inspire students sense students tone facial expressions respond accordingly teach students learning pace back headlines february 11 2008 commission adopts code conduct responsible nano research cordis news european commission adopted code conduct responsible research relatively new fields nanosciences nanotechnologies nn although europe vanguard promising field science many knowledge gaps remain relation impact technologies human health environment concerns ethics respect fundamental rights also linked nn reasons commission drawn voluntary code covers seven general principles first generation nanotechnology applications products secondgeneration uses electronics sensors targeted drugs active nanostructures emerging said david rejeski director project emerging nanotechnologies capabilities early nanotechnology products pale comparison third fourthgeneration appl ications areas robotics multiscale chemical bioassembly supramolecular structures back headlines february 11 2008 darpa advances artificial intelligence program air traffic control air traffic control association atca news defense advanced research projects agency darpa approved second phase artificial intelligence technology help automate military air traffic control generalized integrated learning architecture gila system developed lockheed martins advanced technology laboratories 22 million 48month contract intended help air force particular keep airspace operating safely increased air traffic advent unmanned aerial vehicles uavs airborne weapons darpa says artificial intelligence software learn assembling knowledge different sourcesincluding generating knowledge reasoning back headlines february 12 2008 scientists developing robot rats united press international upi group israeli european us robotics brain researchers developing robotic rats aid rescue missions use touch design artificial intelligence systems largely overlooked said professor ehud ahissar weizmann institute science one researchers also see israeli universities part rodent whiskers robotic project judy siegelitzkovich jerusalem post february 10 2008 biotact natureimitation project funded primarily ec seventh research framework program includes participation scientists universities research institutes hightech companies israel britain switzerland italy france germany us based principles active sensing adopted widely animal kingdom multinational team plans produce whiskered robotic rat use touch design artificial intelligence systems largely overlooked says participant prof ehud ahissar neurobiology department rehovots weizmann institute science ahissar adds aim research help gain better understanding brain one hand advance technology othern back headlines courseprogram announcements news january 16 2008 new msc artificial intelligence innovationsreport new msc programme artificial intelligence ai equip graduates skills needed fill high demand sectors biotechnology finance available year msc offered university southamptons school electronics computer science ecs october year builds schools flourishing msc programme year attracted record 145 students school also witnessed largest computer science undergraduate intake since dotcom crash ai machine learning becoming ever prevalent society said dr craig saunders joint course leader according dr saunders millions people already familiar scenarios ai technologies already employed web search weather prediction financial forecasting personal recommended items shopping usic websites also much potential techniques bioinformatics chemoinformatics proteomics genomics benefiting novel algorithms well spam filtering opponent ai modern computer games course robotics said dr saunders n january 31 2008 georgia tech offers doctoral degree robotics kc jones informationweek georgia tech offer first american interdisciplinary doctoral degree robotics college computing georgia tech announced wednesday program begin next fall draw curricula computer science electrical computer engineering aerospace biomedical engineering mechanical engineering degree program developed georgia techs new center robotics intelligent machines cplgeorgia tech aims prepare researchers global robotics market industry groups north america japan expect market expand significantly next five years advances service personal roboticsn february 6 2008 city university london offers masters degree gaming technology antony savvas computerweeklycom city university london launching masters degree computer games technology graduates want pursue 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