[comp.ai.shells] 02/20/91 TACART: Lecot on IBM's TIRS

campbell@aerospace.aero.org (02/09/91)

Los Angeles (LA) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Technical Activity Committee on Artificial Intelligence (TACART)

             TACART

TOPIC:       The Integrated Reasoning Shell (TIRS)
SPEAKER:     Koenraad Lecot, IBM professional Services, Costa Mesa
DATE:        Wednesday, 20 February, 1991.
TIME:        The talk will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m.
             There may be a few minutes of TACART business beforehand.
ABSTRACT:    IBM's TIRS is a multi-featured expert system shell.
             It runs under OS/2, AIX, MVS, and VM on a variety of
             platforms. The system, various components, and the
             development environment will be described. Knowledge
             Master, an expert helpdesk developed for MasterCard,
             will serve as the focus for discussion of application
             design, interface construction, and database integration.
             The talk will include a demonstration on a PS/2.
BIOGRAPHY:   Koenraad Lecot is currently an expert systems consultant
             with the Knowledge-Based Application Solutions (KBAS)
             branch of IBM Professional Services, in Costa Mesa, CA.
             At IBM he has acted as project manager and/or knowledge 
             engineer on a number of expert system projects, and has 
             designed and conducted expert system courses for customers. 
             His previous job was Vice President and Senior Technical 
             Consultant with Security Pacific, where his last project was 
             a very successful fraud prevention system. He has published 
             numerous articles on expert systems and AI, and is frequently 
             invited to speak on the use of expert systems in banking.
PLACE:       The Conference Room, in the Basement of the
             Santa Monica Public Library, located at the
             corner of 6th St. and Santa Monica, in Santa Monica 
             (take 4th/5th St. exit off Interstate 10).
DINNER:      No dinner is planned. No social activities are planned.
CONTACT:     L. Andrew Campbell (213) 336-8642 (days)
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