finin@prc.unisys.com (Tim Finin) (10/11/89)
AI SEMINAR UNISYS PAOLI RESEARCH CENTER The Intelligent Systems Server: Delivering AI to Complex Systems Robin McEntire Paoli Research Center, Unisys This talk describes work on the design of an Intelligent Systems Server (ISS) -- a distributed architecture for delivering Knowledge representation and reasoning services to applications. This work is based on two simple ideas. The first is that knowledge bases are like databases and their services should be provided in a similar manner -- in a client-server relationship. The second idea is that a convenient and efficient interface between the AI system and the conventional application is a necessity. The need arises out of the fact that many of the applications that need AI services use conventional database management systems to both store much of the information used by the application and to communicate between the various components making up the application. This talk will discuss the overrall design of the ISS and discuss some of its applicability. Wednesday, October 18, 2:00 p.m. BIC Conference Room Unisys Paoli Research Center Paoli PA -- non-Unisys visitors who are interested in attending should -- -- send email to finin@prc.unisys.com or call 215-648-7446 -- -- Tim Finin finin@prc.unisys.com (internet) Unisys Paoli Research Center 215-648-7446 (office) 215-648-7412 (fax) PO Box 517, Paoli, PA 19301 215-386-1749 (home)