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TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR
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What is Knowledge Engineering?~j\f5b8i21I
Ways of Using Knowledge~j\f5b
Ways of Representing Knowledge~j\f5b
Knowledge Acquisition~j\f5b
Systems which monitor and evaluate their own performance~j\f5b
The Current State of Knowledge Engineering~j\f5b
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The recent successes of expert systems -- knowledge-based programs built using Artificial Intelligence techniques -- has made them the target of widespread interest.~j\f5
DEC, Fairchild, HP, Schlumberger, Texas Instruments, Xerox, and other firms have already begun developing such programs.  What is an expert system?  How do you go about building one?  What's the true state of the art in knowledge engineering?  
To answer these questions, Heuristec Associates presents a half-day tutorial by Professors Randall Davis of MIT and Douglas Lenat of Stanford.   ~j\f5 127i2I
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Who will benefit from this tutorial?~\f5
Executives who may be called on to decide the appropriateness of a Knowledge Engineering
			approach to a particular task, and must separate pragmatics from speculation.~l3648j\u10U
Technical managers who may oversee the design and implementation of Expert Systems.~l3648j\u18U
Programmers interested in the tools and techniques of a burgeoning new methodology.~l3648j\u11U
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By invitation, the speakers presented a similar tutorial last summer at the first meeting of the American Association of Artificial Intelligence.  That material has been condensed and updated to provide the content for this year's tutorial.  Davis and Lenat are the coauthors of the just-released book Knowledge Based Systems in Artificial Intelligence, from McGraw-Hill. ~j\302i50I
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Randall Davis is the Edgerton Professor of computer science at MIT, and a member of the Artificial Intelligence lab there.  He has received the George Forsythe Award for Contributions to Education, and is a regular consultant on expert systems work at Schlumberger and other corporations. ~j\b13B
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Douglas B. Lenat is an assistant professor of computer science at Stanford University, and a member of the Heuristic Programming Project, the group which is responsible for MYCIN, DENDRAL, and several other expert systems.  In 1977 he received the biannual Computers and Thought Award.  He is a regular consultant on expert systems work at Rand and Xerox. ~j\b16B
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The fee for this tutorial is $65.  Registration will be possible at the door, beginning at 8:30am.~j
Information and advance registration can also be obtained from the local arrangements coordinator, 312-236-8076.  Lenat and Davis will be available for discussions immediately preceding and following  their scheduled NCC lecture, which is 1:30-3:00pm, on Thursday, May 7, in Room 14.  ~j
Friday, May 8, Room 8, McCormick Place, 9am-1pm~y45j\f9 47f0