UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
     
    COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM


                presents


"Lessons for Machine Learning from Cognitive Science"
                   
                speaker: 
 

           Dr. Peter Lane
       Computer Science Department
       University of Hertfordshire 


        6 November 2002 (Wednesday)

          Lecture Theatre E351
            Hatfield Campus
                3 - 4 pm 



 Coffee/tea and biscuits will be available.


        Everyone is Welcome to Attend
            [Space Permitting]


Abstract:

Making machines learn is a question of interest to many disciplines:
we have algorithms from artificial intelligence, from statistical
learning, and from cognitive science, to name just three.  In domains
where humans have expertise, it is relevant to ask whether findings in
cognitive science can improve the performance of machine learning
algorithms.  Themes of interest include: appropriate generalisations,
focus of attention, and continuous learning.  I shall consider, in
brief, two application areas.  The first is learning to parse natural
language, where I shall describe the development of the Simple
Synchrony Network.  The second is the categorisation of visual images,
a work in progress based upon the CHREST model of human expertise.


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