Intelligent agents
Description
Intelligent agents: a form of artificial intelligence
In the lecture, the speaker introduces the concept of 'intelligent agent' from a philosophical perspective, based on ideas by Aristotle, Dennett and Bratman. He will then show the (potential) applications of the paradigm of agent technology, and address the question of how intelligent agents can be realised. Furthermore, he will also talk about current research on incorporating emotions in agents and applications his group is investigating in collaboration with TNO in the field of virtual characters in games. Time permitting, he will also address the philosophically weighty question of whether artificial intelligence is actually possible in the sense that we can make 'thinking computers'.
Prof. John-Jules Meyer studied mathematics with computer science and digital signal processing at Leiden University. He later received his PhD from the Free University of Amsterdam for a thesis in theoretical computer science. From 1988 to 1993, he was a professor at VU University on the special chair "Logic for distributed systems and artificial intelligence".
Speaker(s)
From 1989 to 1993, he was simultaneously attached to the Catholic University of Nijmegen as extraordinary professor of theoretical computer science. Since 1993, he has been (full) professor in the Department of Computer Science at Utrecht University. Currently, he is head of the Intelligent Systems group of the Department of Information and Computing Sciences of the Faculty of Beta Sciences. His research interest is artificial intelligence and agent technology i.h.b., and is (co)author of more than 400 publications in the field of (theoretical) computer science and artificial intelligence. He is also currently scientific director of the Alan Turing Institute Almere, which works on applying AI techniques in the service of health sciences. In 2005, he was appointed fellow of the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI).
Location
Utrecht
Organiser
Philosophy & Technology
Name and contact details for information
Further information from drs.ing. Henk Uijttenhout (vz), tel: 070 - 3875293 / 06 - 26715554 or via the e-mail address below