[ont.events] U of Toronto Comp. Sci. events, week of June 17

clarke@utcsri.UUCP (Jim Clarke) (06/10/85)

            ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK COMMENCING JUNE 17, 1985
        (SF = Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King's College Road)


ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SEMINAR, Wednesday, June 19, 3pm, SF3202

                            Russell Greiner
                          Stanford University

                  Learning by Understanding Analogies

Abstract.  This thesis describes a method for learning by analogy - i.e.
of proposing new conjectures about a target analogue based on facts
known about a source analogue.  We formalize this method as a rule of
plausible inference and discuss heuristics which guide this process
towards efficiently postulating useful new conjectures.  The most impor-
tant rule involves the use of abstractions - abstract relations that
encode solutions to past problems.  Conclusions based on experimental
data are presented.


COMPUTER SYSTEMS SEMINAR, Thursday, June 20, 11 am, SF3202

                             Kenny S.M. Mak
                     University of Western Ontario

          Arithmetic and Other Transductions on Systolic Trees

Abstract to be posted.