Artificial Intelligence News Feed

ISI Command System Excels in Competitive Trials
Robert Neches’ group, co-led by Pedro Szekely, began work last spring on the project.

Newest ISI Fellows Feted – and Listened To
Jerry Hobbs and Kevin Knight, the fifth and sixth recipients of this honor, were honored at a reception May 15 at ISI.

Grammar Lost Translation Machine In Researchers Fix Will
ISI researchers have now begun applying computing power to trying to assemble grammatical rules.

A SuperMap for Soldiers – Or Business Travelers
HeraclesMaps can instantly solve life-and-death tactical questions.

ISI Web Search Agents Find WI 2003 Conference Grand Prize
In the prize competition, the conference reviewers selected eight papers out of the hundreds submitted.

Proteus Web Service Engine Changes Shape to Grant Wishes
A powerful tool that could flexibly automate processes like this would be useful for many scientific and high-level commercial applications.

AI Expert Jeff Rickel: 1963-2003
Rickel was a project leader in the Intelligent Systems division of ISI and a research assistant professor at the USC School of Engineering department of computer science.

Modi Wins Meritorious Service Award
The honor was for Modi’s work with the AI grads, the group of Computer Science Graduate Research Assistants working in the Intelligent Systems Division.