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               University of New South Wales
         School of Computer Science and Engineering

             Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

                       Seminar Series

TITLE:         Situated Cognition: its implication for
               knowledge based systems.

WHO:           Paul Compton, Senior Lecturer, AI UNSW.
               [compton@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au]

WHEN:          1-2pm, Friday March 6.

ABSTRACT:      Conventional approaches to building knowledge
               based systems have been based on essentially
               Platonic assumptions concerning the nature of
               knowledge. Situated cognition has provided a
               trenchant critique of these approaches
               suggesting amongst other things, that
               knowledge should be viewed a construct
               external to minds and that it is always
               constructed in a specific context and
               properly only applies to that context.  If
               one explores the implications of this
               approach to knowledge, it does not sound the
               death kneel for knowledge based systems, but
               clarifies roles and requirements for
               knowledge based systems. Further, situated
               cognition suggests how some of the
               limitations of current knowledge based
               systems may be overcome and a more human like
               performance achieved.

WHERE:         Rm 212 Samuels Building, University of New
               South Wales, Kensington. Enter off Botany
               Street, stop at gate and ask grey men for day
               pass and instructions. Park in the main car
               park on your left.  The Samuels building is
               the gray, "boat"-shaped new building directly
               behind the gate.

INQUIRIES:     timm@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Tim Menzies)