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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 11:32:29 -0500
From: Kathleen Duffy <kathleen.duffy@yale.edu>
Subject: Talk by Dr. David Stork
For Immediate Release:
Dr. David. G. Stork, Chief Scientist of Ricoh Silicon Valley and Professor of
Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, will give a talk at Yale
University on Thursday, February 3. Dr. Stork will discuss The Open Mind
Initiative, a collaborative framework for developing “intelligent” software
over the internet. The talk will take place at 4:00 p.m. in 200 Arthur K.
Watson Hall, 51 Prospect St. The Yale Center for Internet Studies is
sponsoring the event.
The Open Mind Initiative (www.OpenMind.org) focuses on developing
"intelligent" software (e.g., speech recognition, handwriting recognition,
common sense reasoning, ...) over the internet. While based on traditional
open source methodology, Open Mind differs in its reliance on large
numbers of non-specialist 'netizens' to provide raw data; there are many
incentives for netizens to so contribute. Dr. Stork will begin by
examining several important trends that underly Open Mind: the rise in
open source software; the expansion in opportunities for less-skilled
users to contribute; the increase in scientific collaboration over the
internet; the growing need for large sets of 'informal' data from
non-experts; and the growing need for 'intelligent' software. Drawing
upon the theory of machine learning, pattern recognition and techniques
from experimental psychology, Dr. Stork will discuss interactive methods
for insuring high quality data, even from a large heterogeneous population
of contributors, as well as the relation of Open Mind to traditional open
source and to data mining. He will conclude with an overview of sample
projects, including three component projects currently committed, and a
vision of future directions and opportunities.
Dr. Stork’s primary interests lie in pattern recognition, machine
learning, neural networks and novel uses of the internet. A Distinguished
Lecturer of the ACM, he sits on the editorial boards of five international
journals and has published numerous peer-reviewed papers and five books,
including "HAL's Legacy: 2001's computer as dream and reality" (MIT Press)
for general audiences and the second edition of "Pattern Classification"
with R. Duda and P. Hart (Wiley).
The Yale Center for Internet Studies was founded in 1998 and is run by David
Gelernter and Robert Dunne. Housed in Yale's Department of Computer Science to
emphasize technology's primary role, the Center's activities are premised on
the idea that an understanding of technology is increasingly central to the
making of public policy. In addition to traditional scientific, legal, and
policy studies, the Center will encourage the use of economic analysis; the
work of historians of industry, science, and technology; and the insights of
sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, businessmen, and creative artists,
along with the perspective of culturalists. The Center serves as a focal point
for work already underway at Yale, and provides resources to faculty and
students from the Computer Science Department and other College academic
divisions, the School of Management, and the Law School, as well as other
universities and private industry.
Kathleen K. Duffy
Publicity Chair
Yale Center for Internet Studies
(203) 436-1190
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