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AI Courses & Academic Departments: Some of the entries may be outdated, but they nevertheless serve as good starting points. In other words, while the classroom may have been changed, you should still land on the right campus (and maybe even in the right building), and you will hopefully be able to find your way from there. And please keep in mind that there is no representation whatsoever as to either the quality of the individual resources referenced or that any of these lists are comprehensive or complete. AI Academic Departments. Offered by dmoz, The Open Directory Project. AI, Cognitive Science & Robotics Research Groups & Resources. Started by Stephanie Warrick and currently maintained by Uwe R. Zimmer. A great way to find research groups from around the world that are working in these areas: 1) Artificial Intelligence; 2) Cognitive Science, Psychology and Linguistics; 30 Neural Networks, Neurosciences, Genetic Programming, Artificial Life; and 4) Robotics, Agent Modelling and Vision. "Universities with AI programs exist in many countries throughout the world. This page provides links to educational institutions that offer advanced degrees in AI, sponsor substantial AI research efforts, or operate AI laboratories." From AI International. Intro to AI Courses - provided by Chuck Dyer at the University of Wisconsin. AI and Related Courses - other than those taught by Russell Greiner at the University of Alberta. Principles of Artificial Intelligence: Study Guide (2006). Dr. Vasant Honavar, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University. You'll find a wealth of information including online readings and Dr. Honavar's Overview of Artificial Intelligence. The European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI) sponsors a specialized course in Artificial Intelligence, called Advanced Course on AI (ACAI), which is offered in odd-numbered years. AI Graduate Schools - jump down to our collection of resources. AI in Australia and New Zealand. By the Australian Computer Society National Committee for AI. IEEE Intelligent Systems (July / August 2004). "To provide an overview of AI in Australia and New Zealand, we offer snapshots of AI research throughout the region’s institutes and universities and review its industry and conference activities." AI Activities in India: Academic Institutions. Compiled by the Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence (SIGAI) of The Computer Society of India (CSI). Q&A - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. By Gopakumar Karakonam. The Hindu (October 5, 2004). Q: am 12th standard student. I would like to know about IITs and other institutions that offer courses in robotics and cybertronics." AI Studies in the Netherlands: a list appearing in the article, Artificial Intelligence: A New Mecca for Multidisciplinary Research, by Robert Metzke. ScienceCareers.org (August 16, 2002). "Interested in the sciences and the humanities? The emerging field of artificial intelligence (AI) spans the intersection of psychology, informatics, and philosophy. And because AI students are trained in such a rich multidisciplinary environment, they have excellent career opportunities." UK Undergraduate Courses in Artificial Intelligence. From The British Council. Artificial intelligence courses meet growing industry demands. By Kate Hilpern. The Independent Online Edition (May 17, 2007). "Most people don't realise the extent to which AI is already used in our everyday lives, believes [Will] Browne. ... Little wonder that a growing number of universities across the UK are running degrees in the subject." Computer Vision Course Home Pages. Maintained by Qiang Ji, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Index of Machine Learning Courses. Maintained by Vasant Honavar, Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University. The Discipline and Future of Machine Learning. Video of Tom Mitchell's March 1, 2007 seminar talk at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science's Machine Learning Department. Robotics at Universities. A list of university programs from NASA's Robotics Education Project (REP). UK undergraduate courses in robotics. From The British Council. Artificial intelligence - Transforming the world we live in. By Kate Hilpern. Independent Online Edition of Careers Adviser Magazine (October 26, 2007). "The study of artificial intelligence (AI) - even at undergraduate level - has never been so advanced, particularly in the UK, Japan and USA. 'We have a current student on our BSc in AI who is looking at putting emotions on a robot so that if it could show if it was curious or angry,' says Will Browne, lecturer in cybernetics at the University of Reading. ... Most people don't realise the extent to which AI is already used in our everyday lives, believes Brown - making a degree in it an increasingly relevant qualification."
Free Online Collections of Courses, Lectures, Tutorials and more . . . MIT OpenCourseWare: "a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century."
ArsDigita University Curriculum online: "The curriculum was modeled on the undergraduate CS program at MIT. Several of the courses were straightforward adoptions of MIT courses. A few were specifically designed for the program, which was roughly in line with the ACM's 2001 Model Curricula for Computing." Courses include:
UC Berkeley on Google Video: watch free introductory-level lectures covering a variety of subjects. Computer Science - our overview page. That's where you'll find resources such as CollegeBoard.com's profile of a Computer Science major. Two documents from Aaron Sloman [School of Computer Science, The University of Birmingham] pertaining to the academic study of AI:
Stuart Russell on the Future of Artificial Intelligence. Ubiquity; Volume 4, Issue 43 (December 24 - January 6, 2004). One of the questions he's asked is: Is the AI community in the US pretty much the same as it is everywhere, or is there a European school and a US school and so forth? Courses - Artificial Intelligence. Independent Online Edition of its Which Course Magazine (February 27, 2007). "*Who applies? Anyone with an interest (as well as A-levels) in computing, IT and business studies could look to a career in artificial intelligence (AI). Those who are fascinated by complex systems and the technologies evolving to help us create and manage such systems should, perhaps, look to the rising number of courses offered by UK universities in AI-related fields. *What does the course involve? ... *What career options are there when the course is completed? ... *Current student ... I wanted to study AI because the prospect of getting a computer to learn something on its own is really exciting. ... *Recent graduate ... I wanted to study technology because it is a large part of the world that we live in, and helps to make it more fun. ..." [W]hen asked by a student what field he might choose if he were a student today, Gates admitted he was intrigued by artificial intelligence and computational biology.
The robot revolution - As a roboticist you could help build a team of C-3POs and change how we all live forever. By Kate Hilpern. Careers Adviser Magazine / The Independent Online (September 11, 2006). "As with so much else in the stranger-than-fiction world of artificial intelligence and humanoid beings though, the search for the ultimate in robot technology to construct our cars, clean our floors and even perform delicate microsurgery on us, is never going to be that simple. Take the academic background of roboticists themselves. ... " Outsized effort powers robots in 'Almost Human.' Book review by David Templeton. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 14, 2007). "[I]t's the dramatic tale of Carnegie Mellon University roboticists working to build robots that feature human-like abilities when they move, see, record, learn, and even understand. Lee Gutkind, the self-described 'godfather of creative nonfiction,' tells their story in his latest book that provides an inside look into Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute. 'Almost Human: Making Robots Think,' the 320-page book published by WW Norton.... 'It's a great test of character to get them to work,' Mr. Gutkind said of robots that do not make good eye contact with humans. 'The main thesis is that young people are making things happen.'" Interviews with students: What is it really like to study Artificial Intelligence? From the Department of Artificial Intelligence of the University of Groningen (RUG: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), Netherlands. "We have asked the experts: the students themselves. ..." Also see our collection of FAQs which includes:
Be sure to check out the Resources section of the General Index to AI in the news for articles such as Welsh uni to turn science fiction into fact. By David Williamson. The Western Mail / available from i c Wales (August 2, 2004). "Students at a Welsh university are to begin preparing for a world shared with intelligent robots. A new degree in robotics will teach students how to apply science fiction in science. The release of the big-screen adaptation of Isaac Asimov's I, Robot has fuelled speculation about whether robots designed as servants could attempt to become our masters. Dr Mike Reddy at the University of Glamorgan is determined to take these questions from the realm of science fiction and explore them in the new BSc Science (Robotics) degree. ... The science fiction of the 20th century, he argues, not only created the concept of the robot but demonstrated the complexity of the threats, opportunities and moral dilemmas their arrival would spark. ... The degree will be launched next year, but the areas involving the social and ethical concerns of scientists and the need for effective communication of scientific concepts with the public, can currently be studied in BSc (Hons) Science and Science Fiction." . . . and for those of you considering graduate school, here are some additional resources: Articles about Graduate School from ACM Crossroads, include:
AI Education resources from ECCAI, the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence, has information about AI masters programs. UK Postgraduate Courses in Artificial Intelligence. From The British Council. A Brief Guide to Studying Artificial Intelligence in the UK. Provided by Felix Agakov. "This list is far from being complete, but may provide a starting point for recent graduates and last-year undergraduate students willing to study Artificial Intelligence in the UK." Cognitive Science Graduate School Programs. Compiled by the Cognitive Science Society. Graduate Programs in Robotics. FAQ 6.1 in Kevin Dowling's collection of Robotics FAQs. UK Postgraduate Courses in Robotics. From The British Council. FAQ: "I am applying for a Masters course in AI, but in the interim I would like to get a head start in AI programming. Can you suggest which programming language(s) I should learn ?" FAQ: "I'll be applying this fall/winter to graduate school. I just want to find a few graduate schools with decently interesting Machine Learning/AI programs.... Where should I look?" How to Choose A Grad School - Figure out what you want and who can give it to you. By Susan Karlin. IEEE Spectrum Online (September 2005). Applying to Ph.D. Programs in Computer Science: an annual talk given by Mor Harchol-Balter. You can access it in different formats from her homepage. As stated in the Introduction: "This document is intended for people applying to Ph.D. programs in computer science or related areas. The document is informal in nature, and is meant to express only the opinions of the author. The author is currently an assistant professor of computer science at CMU, and has been involved in the Ph.D. admissions process at CMU, U.C. Berkeley, and MIT." The 5 topics covered in the 2003 update are: Do I really want a Ph.D.? & What does a Ph.D. entail?; The Application Process; Fellowship Information; Choosing the right Ph.D. program for you; and, Current 2002 Rankings of CS Ph.D. programs in the U.S. What's Google's Secret Weapon? An Army of Ph.D.'s. By Randall Stross. The New York Times (June 6, 2004). "Rajeev Motwani, a computer science professor at Stanford, says: 'Good Ph.D. students are extreme in their creativity and self-motivation. Master's students are equally smart but do not have the same drive to create something new.' The master's takes you where others have been; the doctorate, where no one has gone before." Ranking Caution and Controversy. From the Education and Social Science Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Many people question the use and usefulness of rankings services such as those found at this site. Without a doubt, knowledge of how rankings are constructed, leavened with a dash of skepticism, can go a long way to ensuring they are used appropriately. In addition to the print articles listed in our rankings bibliography, many interesting Internet-based articles may be found concerning what one should make of rankings. ..."
Some helpful pages from US News & World Report:
What's Up, Postdoc?- How to climb the academic ladder. By Prachi Patel-Predd. IEEE Spectrum (September 2006). Some of the many Associations & Organizations:''' OVERVIEWS:
A VERY GOOD LIST:
AAAI: see Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence The A.I. Honor Society, National Chapter at The George Washington University Artificial Intelligence Student Union (A.I.S.U.). One aspect of its mission is: "Arousing public and students' awareness and interest in Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) in Hong Kong." Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: "Founded in 1979, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) (formerly the American Association for Artificial Intelligence) is a nonprofit scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines. AAAI also aims to increase public understanding of artificial intelligence, improve the teaching and training of AI practitioners, and provide guidance for research planners and funders concerning the importance and potential of current AI developments and future directions."
Association for Computing Machinery Student Chapters (ACM).
"The Association for Women in Computing (AWC) is a not-for-profit, professional organization for individuals with an interest in information technology." Some of the student chapters can be found at: Associations - General AI, in a particular country (FAQ 3-1b). From AI FAQs, written by Ric Crabbe, Amit Dubey, and Mark Kantrowitz. See their index for other categories of associations such as Logic Programming, NLP, and Robotics. Associazione Italiana per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI*IA) Australian Computer Society’s (ACS) Committee for Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems’ pages. British Computer Society (BCS) Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (SGAI), founded in 1980 as SGES (Specialist Group on Expert Systems). Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence (CSCSI) Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) Computer Society of India (CSI) Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence (SIGAI). Be sure to see the special AI issue of CSI Communications. "Computing Research Association (CRA) is an association of more than 200 North American academic departments of computer science, computer engineering, and related fields; laboratories and centers in industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing research; and affiliated professional societies. ... CRA's mission is to strengthen research and advanced education in the computing fields, expand opportunities for women and minorities, and improve public and policymaker understanding of the importance of computing and computing research in our society." euCognition network, The European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems. "A key objective of the network is to foster interaction between all the many different scientific sectors involved in this multi-disciplinary area and to help create truly inter-disciplinary perspectives." European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI) represents more than 20 member societies. Florida AI Research Society (FLAIRS) Icelandic Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR) IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.
Israeli Association for Artificial Intelligence (IAAI) Oxford University Artificial Intelligence Society - started in 1979. Portuguese Associaition for Artificial Intelligence. "The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB) is the largest Artificial Intelligence Society in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1964, the society has an international membership drawn from both academia and industry. It is a member of the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence." "The Technology Student Association (TSA) is the only student organization devoted exclusively to the needs of technology education students. Open to students who are enrolled in or who have completed technology education courses, TSA is composed of over 100,000 elementary, middle, and high school students in 2,000 schools spanning 45 states. TSA is supported by educators, parents, and business leaders who believe in the need for a technologically literate society. Our members learn through exciting competitive events, leadership opportunities, and much more!" And check out related news articles in our Resources news archive. That's where you'll find articles such as:
Careers in AI & Employment Opportunities Careers in IT leaflets from BCS (British Computer Society): Artificial Intelligence. Best Careers 2008 - 31 Careers With Bright Futures. U.S. News and World Report (December 19, 2007).
Cool Careers in Science. From Scientific American Frontiers. Among the questions addressed are: What inspired you? - What do you do during a typical day at work? - If I'm a student thinking about a career designing and building robots, what can I do now to prepare?
Profile: James McLurkin. NOVA Science NOW (broadcast date: January 25, 2005) "James McLurkin of MIT is one of the world's leading designers of robot 'swarms' -- groups of robots that work together for a greater purpose. ... See the 10-minute broadcast segment chronicling McLurkin's personal and work life." [Also see this other broadcast about his career.] Hot Skills, Cold Skills - The IT worker of 2010 won't be a technology guru but rather a 'versatilist.' By Stacy Collett. Computerworld (July 17, 2006). Page 5: "Internet - HOT ... * Artificial intelligence * Data mining ... In the online banking industry, businesses want to manage all of their customers' money -- from mortgages to school loans to retirement accounts. To be successful in 2010, they must create Web sites that are user-friendly, with artificial intelligence, data mining and data warehousing capabilities, [David] Foote says. ... Business Intelligence - HOT ... * Data mining ..." Hot 6-figure jobs now. By Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney.com (2007). "We asked 6FigureJobs.com, TheLadders.com and SimplyHired.com to ferret out $100,000 jobs where there has been a spike in listings in recent months. Here are 5 areas where the demand for talent appears to be outpacing the supply. ... Engineering jobs - Manufacturing: To compete, manufacturers need to further automate the production process and make it more cost-efficient. That has put talented mechanical engineers and robotics engineers in the catbird seat career-wise." "Q) What would you be looking at today if you were an independent entrepreneur? [Bill Gates]: Something dramatic like artificial intelligence. Biology. Energy."
It's a woman's world wide web. By Celeste Biever. New Scientist (November 25, 2006; Issue 2579: pages 58-59). "'There is nothing traditional or geeky about me,' says Wendy Hall. Her insight and wit may betray her intellect, but there are no outward signs that she is a computer scientist. In fact, this gregarious woman with a warm, cheeky laugh and a strong London accent is among the best and brightest. As well as heading the University of Southampton's world-class electronics and computer science department, Hall is senior vice-president of the Royal Academy of Engineering; sits on the Council for Science and Technology, which advises the prime minister; and works in close collaboration with Tim Berners-Lee, the 'father of the web'. So why does a woman who is indifferent to writing computer code or discussing processor speed choose a career in IT, a field with an undeniable reputation for being dominated by nerdy men? ... " Artificial intelligence - Transforming the world we live in. By Kate Hilpern. Independent Online Edition of Careers Adviser Magazine (October 26, 2007). "The study of artificial intelligence (AI) - even at undergraduate level - has never been so advanced, particularly in the UK, Japan and USA. 'We have a current student on our BSc in AI who is looking at putting emotions on a robot so that if it could show if it was curious or angry,' says Will Browne, lecturer in cybernetics at the University of Reading. ... Most people don't realise the extent to which AI is already used in our everyday lives, believes Brown - making a degree in it an increasingly relevant qualification."
Fuzzy Logic, Adventures in Artificial Intelligence. By Clinton Parks. ScienceCareers.org (November 7, 2003). "[Ayanna] Howard has always been driven by her desire to 'build seamless human-robot interface systems. As a third grader I watched The Bionic Woman and became interested in robotics and making robots smarter,' she says. ... [H]er internship at JPL [NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory] in 1990 introduced her to the world of artificial intelligence (AI) research. She enjoyed the experience so much that she returned to JPL every summer. After completing her B.S. in computer engineering at Brown, Howard decided to turn her summer research sessions in AI into graduate-level study." 3 articles from Newsweek's September 23, 2002 report on Hot Tech Careers:
A Career in Artificial Intelligence. New Scientist Graduate - Choose a Career. "Until Steven Spielberg's movie came along, the two things that spring to mind when most people heard the term AI were artificial insemination or very crude robot brains. But slowly artificial intelligence is making its way into the mainstream and the process is drawing in graduates from a many fields as its full potential begins to dawn." A Day In The Life. From ACM Crossroads. A collection of interviews which provide a peek into the lives of computer scientists, interface designers, and others. Computing Careers from ACM: "Welcome! In all likelihood, you have come to this site to find out more about the exciting field of computing." Be sure to download their Cool Careers brochure. Career perspectives after studying AI. From the Department of Artificial Intelligence of the University of Groningen (RUG: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), Netherlands. "[T]he best impression of what you can do after studying Artificial Intelligence comes from the real world. We will therefore quote some graduated students: ... " What's Up, Postdoc? - How to climb the academic ladder. By Prachi Patel-Predd. IEEE Spectrum (September 2006). "Roughly 28 percent of all electrical and computer engineering Ph.D.s follow the academic career path, according to a 2003 survey of doctoral recipients by the U.S. National Science Foundation. After five or six years as graduate students -- a grueling stretch of time spent in proving that they can develop their own ideas and become well versed in research methods and goals -- freshly minted Ph.D.s find themselves at the bottom rung of the academic ladder. Now their objectives must be to prove themselves in their fields, contribute to the learning in those fields, and in countries where it is offered, get tenure. ... The system varies widely in Europe. In most countries, including France, Germany, and Italy, only senior academics are appointed professors, a venerable, tenured position. Junior faculty members, typically called lecturers, can have fixed-term or permanent contracts, but they usually do not move up the ranks at the same university." The Princeton Review explores a career as a Robotics Engineer in a series of pages that include A Day in the Life, Past & Future, and Facts & Figures. Dream Jobs 2005. IEEE Spectrum Online (February 2005) - Ayanna Howard: Robot Wrangler. By Stephen Cass."She's designing future generations of robotic explorers to bring back even more science for the buck. Her goal: a robot that can be dropped off on a planet and wander around on its own...." "Like all creators, scientists and technologists must dream, must put forth a vision, or else they relegate their work to almost pointless incrementalism." - Edward Feigenbaum Information about a career in robotics. See our response to this student inquiry. How about a careers as an Artificial Intelligence Analyst with the Internal Revenue Service: "As an Artificial Intelligence Specialist, you will apply artificial intelligence techniques and other advanced computing skills to solve IRS business problems using neural networks, data mining, encryption, agent-based modeling, expert systems, text generation and natural language, and sophisticated Web applications." Majors & Careers. From the College Board. Here is just a sample of what you'll find:
Career Pathways for Computer Science Majors. From the Career Education Center at Georgetown University. "There is no question that a computer science graduate has a bright future in today’s job market. ... A computer science degree offers more than just technical knowledge - many theoretical and mathematical concepts are used in developing software and hardware solutions to diverse problems. Additionally, there are computer science courses in which a computer is never used, such as investigating the theoretical nature of artificial intelligence." "The high technology sector is where everybody from a computer programmer to a game designer, a chemist to a lab technician, and a telephone technician to a web designer works. ... Careers of the Future gives you a current snapshot of many of the jobs in those industries. The information is based on interviews with managers and employees in B.C. companies and post-secondary educational institutions." Gaming and Robotics are just two of the industries profiled in this resource from Future Works Training, Inc. Our collection of AI Career & Employment Statistics Internship Opportunities for Students, courtesy of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) --- and --- Internship Opportunity Links from ACM Crossroads. How to find an internship. From CollegeBoard.com. Find an Internship Abroad - Use this search to find internships in countries all over the world. Available from U.S.News & World Report. Wooing interns to Silicon Valley. By Stefanie Olsen. CNET News.com (July 3, 2007). Here's a very small sample of the variety of interships that might be available:
Occupational Outlook Handbook (2006-2007), from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Information about jobs in the computer industry, the employment outlook, salary ranges, related careers, and much more. Related Career Titles for Computer Science Majors. From The University of Toronto Computer Science Department. Starting with Accountant and ending with Web Programmer, there's lots to consider. AI Job Opportunities from the AI Magazine Job Bank. Agent Job Finder from AgentLink, the European Commission's IST-funded Network of Excellence for Agent-Based Computing coordinated by the University of Liverpool and the University of Southampton. Career Opportunities from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Jobs in Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery. From the Machine Learning Online Information Service, a web site funded by the European Commission. Check out our FAQ: How do I prepare for a job in AI? Some related news articles from the AI in the news - Resources collection:
Something for EVERYONE: Equality & Diversity in AI and the Computer Sciences AAAI Grants and Scholarships (click on the "Eligibility for AAAI Scholarships" link). "Through its Women and Minority grants, AAAI supports programs that specialize in reaching out to these communities to encourage careers in computer science." "The Ada Project (TAP), originally located at Yale, is a WWW site designed to serve as a clearinghouse for information and resources relating to women in computing." And for the younger crowd, there's TAP Junior. Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. "Since 1995, ABI has developed tools and programs designed to help industry, academia and government recruit, retain and develop women technology leaders." - from the Mission statement. CRA-W: "The goal of the CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computing research (CRA-W) is to take positive action to increase the number of women participating in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) research and education at all levels." "CS-Camp [Computer Science Computing and Mentorinng Partnership] is a support program designed to enhance the interest and persistence of female students in pre-college computer science." It is funded by the National Science Foundation and is one of the many programs at Rice University's Center for Excellence and Equity in Education (CEEE) which "seeks to promote greater participation of underrepresented groups in the sciences, and to encourage academic excellence for all." Other programs include: GirlTEC - " In response to a serious shortage of women in computer science and information technology, GirlTECH works to promote the participation of girls and women through K-12 student and teacher programs, university student admission and retention programs, and national outreach and awareness efforts."
CSE Colloquia - 2005, The University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering Colloquium Series, is available in video format from the ResearchChannel, and includes talks such as:
The Center for Women and Information Technology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. The Center has a three-fold mission:
Computer Girl: an Association for Computing Machinery's Committee on Women in Computing (ACM-W) project. "This web site is designed to focus on female high school students. Thus, all of the research on this site is specifically chosen to address their questions and concerns. Diversity in Computing. An interview with Valerie Taylor "associate professor in the Electrical and Computing Engineering Department at Northwestern University" from Ubiquity, an ACM IT Magazine & Forum (Issue 26: August 28 - September 3, 2001). Empowering Leadership Alliance.
Ethical Considerations in Gender-Oriented Entertainment Technology. By Melissa Chaika. ACM Crossroads Student Magazine (2.2 / November 1995). "It is an established fact that women are not entering technical fields in anywhere near the proportions of men. What is often assumed, however incorrectly, is that this has always been the status quo." The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences. An internet presentation from Mitchell C. Brown, Librarian, Princeton University. Be sure to scroll down to the entries for "Computer Scientists." Gender Equity Project at the Berkeley Expert Systems Technology Lab "is a series of research and deployment projects aimed at increasing the number of women who enter and persist in engineering. Our approach is to remove inequities and barriers that have been shown to discourage underrepresented students and develop equitable learning environments that improve engineering education for both men and woman." Gender Equity Project. Berkeley Expert Systems Technology Lab, Department of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. "The Gender Equity program is a series of research and deployment projects aimed at increasing the number of women who enter and persist in engineering. Our approach is to remove inequities and barriers that have been shown to discourage underrepresented students and develop equitable learning environments that improve engineering education for both men and women." "Girls In Technology - a subcommittee of Women in Technology. "The mission of Girls in Technology is to support academic and community programs that engage school-age girls in technology and computer-related learning. This support can take many forms such as providing mentors and speakers, assisting with program and curriculum development, providing financial support, and collaborating with strategic partners to expose school-age girls to technology. ... Currently, GIT furthers its mission by supporting summer camps and after school computer clubs for girls that provide technology/math/science enrichment and promote leadership skills."
MESA USA. "California MESA is a founding member of MESA USA, a partnership of MESA programs from eight states that have joined together to support disadvantaged and underrepresented students to achieve academically in math, science and engineering and go on to attain math-based degrees. Members include MESA programs in Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington. ... Pilot MESA pre-college programs have been established in Missouri, Nevada and New York. In 2004 a Diversity in Engineering grant from HP established MESA community college pilot programs in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey and New York."
MiSciNet, the Minority Scientists Network: "a collaborative effort involving the ScienceCareers Web site and the AAAS [American Association for the Advancement of Science] directorate for Education and Human Resources." A National Analysis of Minorities in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities. Report by Dr. Donna Nelson (October 31, 2007). Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science.
Online Resources For Women and Minorities in Science and Technology. Maintained by Bonnie Bracey. STARS Alliance (Students & Technology in Academia, Research & Service). Their mission: "... to increase the participation of women, under-represented minorities, and persons with disabilities in computing disciplines through multi-faceted interventions focused on the influx and progression of students from middle school through graduate school in programs that lead to computing careers. ..." UK Resource Centre for Women in SET [Science, Engineering and Technology]. As explained on the "About the Centre" page, it "is an innovative centre set up to complement the Government's new 10 year investment framework for Science and Innovation. It is the mission of the UKRC to establish a dynamic centre that provides accessible, high quality information and advisory services to industry, academia, professional institutes, education and Research Councils within the SET and built environment professions, whilst supporting women entering and progressing in SET careers." WISE in Wales (Women Into Science and Engineering). Meet Dr. Lynne Moore who was featured in the article, Engineer keen to see more young people made aware of opportunities in her profession. (The Western Mail - August 16, 2002):
Women in Computer Science from the Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research. "The field of computer science offers challenge, fun, and the chance to contribute to innovations that improve the quality of our lives. Traditionally, men have outnumbered women in computer science and engineering, but that trend has been changing. Increasingly, women are becoming successful computer scientists and engineers, reaping the career benefits, and telling their stories. Their successes are attracting more women to the field. This brochure tells the stories of a few of the many women in computing today." One of the women you can read about is Barbara Grosz, Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Women@SCS; School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. "The Women@SCS mission is to create, encourage, and support women's academic, social, and professional opportunities in the computer sciences and to promote the breadth of the field and its diverse community."
Women and Minority grants. AAAI supports programs that specialize in reaching out to these communities to encourage careers in computer science. See Eligibility for AAAI Scholarships. Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. A collection of resources from Ellen Spertus that includes: Women in AI. Researched and written by Dale Strok, Staff Editor, IEEE Expert. This article appeared in IEEE Expert, Vol. 7, No. 4, August 1992. Copyright 1992 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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Competitions, Conferences & Events AAAI Awards, including the AAAI Intel Science and Engineering Awards. AAAI-07 Video Competition: "The goal of this competition is to communicate to the world how much fun AI (research and application) is and, in particular, to document exciting research and applications using artificial intelligence. The rules are simple: Compose a short video about an exciting AI project, and narrate it in a way that makes your video accessible to a broad online audience. We strongly encourage student participation. This is your chance to make a cool online video about your AI research and/or application, and get a ton of attention!" AI Conferences and Meetings. From AAAI. "AAAI sponsors and cosponsors a number of conferences each year. The list of cosponsored events changes from year to year. The National Conference on Artificial Intelligence --- AAAI's summer national conference --- promotes theoretical and applied AI research as well as intellectual interchange among researchers and practitioners. The technical program features substantial, original research and practices. Conference panel discussions and invited presentations identify significant social, philosophical, and economic issues influencing AI's development throughout the world." Calendar of Events. From AI Magazine. Computer Science Conferences & Workshops. DBLP Bibliography. Maintained by Michael Ley. DARPA Grand Challenge: Urban Challenge - November 3, 2007: "Teams will compete to build an autonomous vehicle able to complete a 60-mile urban course safely in less than 6 hours." Data Mining Competitions. From KDnuggets. "The 'EURON/erf Technology Transfer Award' was created in 2003 in order to improve the quality of robotics research and to raise the profile of technology transfer between science and industry. Now to be presented annually, the Award is intended for outstanding innovations in robot technology and automation arising from the cooperation between research and industry." Events on Artificial Intelligence. From Georg Thimm at the Design Research Centre, a research group in the School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Events & Conferences. A collection of links from the Open Directory Project. Events, workshops and conferences. From IST Results. General Game Playing Competition. "The AAAI General Game Playing Competition is designed to test the abilities of general game playing systems by comparing their performance on a variety of games." Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing: "a series of conferences designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Presenters are leaders in their respective fields, representing industrial, academic and government communities. Leading researchers present their current work, while special sessions focus on the role of women in today's technology fields, including computer science, information technology, research and engineering. High School Programming Contests. From ACM's collection of Student Competitions.
Imagine Cup, the student technology competition sponsored by Microsoft. "Let’s face it --- the world needs help. The kind of help that happens when you take the top young technologists from around the globe and turn them loose on solving the world’s toughest problems. That’s what Imagine Cup is all about. Imagine Cup is your chance to innovate, show the world what you’ve got, and win some serious prizes. Simply put, it’s your chance to use the power of technology to better the world --- and have some fun while you’re at it." The latest contest information is available from theSpoke. "The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) is the world's largest pre-college science competition that provides an opportunity for the world's best young scientists and inventors to come together to share ideas, showcase cutting-edge science projects, and compete for more than U.S. $3 million in awards and scholarships."
The North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NAMCLO): "Like former [Linguistics] Olympiads, NAMCLO is a Linguistics contest. It challenges you to demonstrate your ability to understand and analyze human language. Unlike former contests, however, the NAMCLO focuses on Computational Linguistics problems, in addition to general linguistic ones." North East Student Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence (NESCAI). Why come? "The primary purposes of NESCAI are to foster discussion among graduate students from the region, provide graduate students opportunities to present their work and get feedback about it, and to allow networking among the students." RL 2008, The Second Annual RL Competition: "Welcome to the official website for the Second Annual Reinforcement Learning Competition. Building on last year's competition and the benchmarking events that preceded it, this event will be a forum for reinforcement learning researchers to rigorously compare the performance of their methods on a suite of challenging domains." RoboNexus - "the international business development, educational and consumer event for personal, service and mobile robotics." Robot Competition Links. From Robot Books.com. Science fairs spur careers, open doors to top colleges. By Bruce Lieberman. Union-Tribune & SignOnSanDiego.com (March 31, 2006). "For decades, science fairs across the United States have cultivated budding physicists, biologists, astronomers, engineers, computer scientists, professors and other researchers. Winners of national science fairs have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize; the MacArthur Fellowship 'genius grant'; the Fields Medal, mathematics' top prize; the National Medal of Science; and other distinctions. Teenagers who shine at science fairs often see scholarship money flow and college doors open. ... A science project takes discipline, determination and persistence, [Steve] Rodecker said. It requires kids to think like college students and act like adults." "Sodarace [a joint venture between Soda and Queen Mary, University of London] is the online olympics pitting human creativity against machine learning in a competition to design robots that race over 2D terrains using the Sodaconstructor virtual construction kit."
The Turing Test. Check out the various events mentioned on our Turing Test page and in the related news collection. What AI competitions exist ? FAQ 1-23 from Ric Crabbe and Amit Dubney. The Droids of Sport - Robotic competitions are popping up around the world. A new book, 'Gearheads,' examines their universe. By Brad Stone. Newsweek / available from MSNBC (March 24, 2003). Robots make a clean sweep. swissinfo SRI (October 1, 2002). "Robots which dust, wipe, clean and scrub are being put through their paces this week at the first international cleaning robot competition in Lausanne. The event is one of the highlights of a week-long international conference on intelligent robots." Exhibits & Collections (also see our Reference Shelf) Computer History Collection at The Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Computer History Exhibits. "A coalition of Stanford computer scientists and the Computer Museum History Center (CMCH), formerly a part of The Computer Museum (TCM) in Boston has installed exhibits within the Gates Computer Science building to contain historical equipment and documents focusing on Stanford's role in the history of computing. The exhibits will be changed and updated as time permits." Don't miss the phototour and the collection of photographs. Computer History Museum - Where computing history lives. "The Computer History Museum is the world's largest and most significant history museum for preserving and presenting the computing revolution and its impact on the human experience. It allows you to discover how computing became the amplifier for our minds and changed the way we work, live and play." Why not begin by exploring Mastering the Game: A History of Computer Chess. Envisioning Robotics: An Online Exhibit from the Dr. Takeo Kanade Collection, Carnegie Mellon University Archives. "Envisioning Robotics is an online archival exhibit that consists of select items of the Takeo Kanade Collection from the Carnegie Mellon University Archives. Dr. Kanade is a distinguished faculty member at Carnegie Mellon and a world-renowned pioneer in the field of robotics. His research on improved human/robotic interaction continues to advance computer vision, multimedia, autonomous mobile robotics, and sensors. The goal of this exhibit is to showcase Dr. Kanade’s contributions to the field of robotics. ... The bulk of the collection centers on those projects in which Dr. Kanade participated, ranging from as early as 1962 to as late as 2003 with the bulk falling between 1979 and 2000." Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature. "Frankenstein will visit 80 libraries across the country between October 2002 and December 2005. In addition to the exhibition, participating libraries will host interpretive and educational programs that help audiences examine Mary Shelley's novel and how it uses scientific experimentation as metaphor to comment on cultural values, especially the importance of exercising responsibility toward individuals and the community in all areas of human activity, including science. ... The exhibition and related materials were developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the National Institutes of Health and the ALA Public Programs Office and funded by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)." One of the main topics of the exhibition is: "3. Passages from the novel and how they illuminate the dilemmas raised by Dr. Frankenstein's ability to create life and his failure to take responsibility for what he has created."
Museum of Science, Boston: Cahners ComputerPlace - Computer, Communications, RoboticsScience and Technology. "There are seven exhibit areas at Cahners ComputerPlace:... 'Artificial Intelligence:' pit your knowledge and skill against computer programs that mimic human intelligence. 'Robot Dome:' see and interact with AIBO, an autonomous artificial intelligence computer shaped like a dog. ... " The On-Line Books Page. "The On-Line Books Page is a directory of books that can be freely read right on the Internet. It includes: An index of thousands of on-line books on the Internet; Pointers to significant directories and archives of on-line texts; Special exhibits ...and more! The On-Line Books Page was founded in 1993 by John Mark Ockerbloom ... He remains the editor of the pages...." Portable AI Laboratory. "The Portable AI Lab is a computing environment containing a collection of state-of-the-art AI tools, examples, and documentation. It is aimed at those involved in AI courses (i.e. in both teaching and learning) at university level or equivalent. It has been developed under Swiss National Research Programme PNR 23 on AI and Robotics by IDSIA Lugano in collaboration with IFI, University of Zurich and the Laboratoire d'IA at the EPFL, Lausanne. The system is available free of charge." "The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired scientific accomplishments. It was created by Carnegie Mellon University in April 2003 to call attention to the increasing contributions of robots to human endeavors." Robotics: Sensing, Thinking, Acting. An exhibition from The Tech Museum of Innovation. Robots and Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence @ MIT Museum. "A multimedia excursion into the world of artificial intelligence, Robots and Beyond throws open the doors of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, where scientists have been probing the mysteries of A.I. for five decades." ThinkQuest Library of Entries- Artificial Intelligence. An amazing collection of high school AI projects. [ThinkQuest is an international competition where student teams engage in collaborative, project-based learning to create educational websites. The winning entries form the ThinkQuest online library.] Avoiding Rejection. A Letter from the Editor, James Hendler. IEEE Intelligent Systems, September/October 2005 (Volume 20, Number 5, pages 2 - 4). "I realized recently that I was repeating the same advice to multiple authors,so I thought that putting it in this column might be of use to those writing for this magazine (and other technical publications). This advice might also be useful to share with your graduate students or the junior colleagues you mentor -- I learned it through a lot of reviews of a lot of rejected papers,and I sure wish someone had shared more of this with me earlier in my career!" Help on how to conduct a computer science research project. From Michael Schillo. Very thorough. "A collection of advice about how to do research and how to communicate effectively (primarily for computer scientists)." From Mark Leone. There's even a section lisiting humorous how-to's !!! How to Choose Successful Research for your PhD or Master's Degree. By Naomi Rockler-Gladen. Suite 101 (March 26, 2007). "Choosing a meaningful research topic for your dissertation or master's thesis can be a challenge. Here are some criteria to help you decide."
How to Cite Electronic Sources. A Learning Page from the Library of Congress. "Materials available on the Library of Congress web site include: films; legal; maps; recorded sound; photographs and drawings; special presentations; and texts. Selections from the digitized historical collections are used to illustrate the citation examples that follow." (Also see the related resources in the Responsible Scholarship section below.) How to Conduct an Informational Interview. Created and maintained by S. Marques, Kentridge High School Library Online. (Also see the related resources mentioned in our response to student letter #7.) How to design a poster for the AAAI Student Abstract and Poster Program (with examples). From Sven Koenig, associate professor in computer science at the University of Southern California and former chair of the program. "A good poster allows someone to grasp quickly what your research is all about, and allows you to explain your ideas to them in more detail in case they are interested. It works like this: ... " How to do Research. Collection of resources from Jocelyn Paine. AI Expert Newsletter (May 2006). How to do Research At the MIT AI Lab. "By a whole bunch of current, former, and honorary MIT AI Lab graduate students. David Chapman, Editor. (A 1988 Working Paper.) "This document presumptuously purports to explain how to do research. We give heuristics that may be useful in picking up the specific skills needed for research (reading, writing, programming) and for understanding and enjoying the process itself (methodology, topic and advisor selection, and emotional factors)." How to get that first grant: A Young Scientist's Guide to (AI) Funding in America. Jim Hendler's slides from a tutorial presented at the Fifteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-98), Madison, Wisconsin, July, 1998.
How to give a talk. By Bruce Randall Donald, Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. "So you've been asked to give a talk in front of a seminar--or possibly in front of a much larger audience. Or maybe you've been giving lots of talks, but you wonder about how you can make your talks more effective? The purpose of this page is to present some ideas about presentation style." How to Find an Internship. From CollegeBoard.com. "Internships come in all shapes and sizes. Some are paid and some are unpaid. Some last for a summer while others continue through the school year. ... Many people think internships are for college students, but opportunities for high school students exist as well."
How to start Exploring AI on the Web - Web sites to visit to learn the latest about AI. By Mary Kroening. PC AI Magazine (January/February 2002), 16.1. How to Study: A Brief Guide. By William J. Rapaport, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Department of Philosophy,and Center for Cognitive Science,State University of New York at Buffalo. (You might also want to explore his research interests.) How to Succeed in Graduate School: A Guide for Students and Advisors. By Marie desJardins. (1994). ACM Crossroads. "The goals of this article are to raise awareness of the need for a healthy and interactive graduate student-advisor relationship, to provide pointers and guidance for both advisors and graduate students in navigating the maze of a doctoral degree, and to give references and resources for those who hope to learn more." How to write an article for AI Magazine: see the AI Magazine Author Guidelines for sound advice about aspects such as Selection Criteria - Some Suggestions, How to Organize Your Article, References, and Article Style. How to Write a Research Paper. From LibrarySpot. Covers the basics from grammar to how to evaluate what you find on the Web. How to Write (How to Prepare Technical Reports). By William J. Rapaport, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Philosophy, and Center for Cognitive Science, State University of New York at Buffalo. (You might also want to explore his research interests.) Tips for Writing Technical Papers - notes from a presentation I gave at the Stanford InfoLab Friday lunch, 1/27/06. From Professor Jennifer Widom, Departments of Computer Science and EE, Stanford University. AI-related Newsgroups and News Sources. From Artificial Intelligence FAQ's, maintained by Amit Dubey and Ric Crabbe; written by Ric Crabbe, Amit Dubey, and Mark Kantrowitz. AIWiki. Maintained by the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Information Technology, University of Zürich. "This is a collaboratively created and edited area dedicated to all facets of Artificial Intelligence. We hope that AIWiki will become a valuable resource and meeting point for minds interested in Artificial Intelligence and related topics. The project is just getting started; we aim for a level of detail much greater than what is currently on most of the pages." ("Anyone can edit any page and is encouraged to do so." - from About Wiki.) aboutAI.net Forum. "Welcome to the aboutAI.net general discussion forum! Here you can post all questions and comments related to Artificial Intelligence and similar topics. Please note that we are also listing all new threads from related forums around the Web. Hope that this resource will prove valuable to all AI researchers and enthisiasts. Best regards, Denis Susac aboutAI.net Webmaster." Artificial Intelligence Community at msn. Chat room, message boards, and much more. BBC's 16+ School talk about forums. Topics include Information Technology and Choices. Generation5 Forums. Categories include: "Beginner/Novice - We all start somewhere, why not start in this forum! All questions will gladly be answered in this forum," "Philosophy - Discuss philosophy and artificial intelligence, what it means to be conscious, self-aware and anything else interesting," and "Robotics - Discuss the ins-and-outs of various robots, their hardware, software, operation or engineering." Game AI discussion forum. International Game Developers Association. "The main purpose of the Game AI SIG is to talk about Artificial Intelligence in games -- its implementation, problems, purpose, technology, etc. We want to talk about what developers are doing, what technical problems they face, what games they think have great AI, what tools they're using to build the AIs for their next games." Google comp.ai Groups. "Google Groups contains the entire archive of Usenet discussion groups dating back to 1981. These discussions cover the full range of human discourse and provide a fascinating look at evolving viewpoints, debate and advice on every subject from politics to technology." AI groups include: .edu; .fuzzy; .games; .nat-lang; .neural-nets; .philosophy; and .vision. machines and man: ethics and robotics in the 21st century. From the Tech Museum of Innovation. "This section contains four questions examining robotics and ethics. Each question contains audio responses collected from researchers, scientists, labor leaders, artists, and others. In addition, an online discussion area is provided to allow you to post your own comments or respond to the questions." Serendip's Forum: Brain Matters. "This is the beginning of a site where pre-college students can post questions about the brain and we will respond to the best of our ability. Please feel free to use it at any time." Be sure to check out the other forums and resources at the Bryn Mawr College based Serendip site. "Soap Box Online is a discussion forum that continues the conversation sparked by the world-class scientists and engineers of the Soap Box event series at MIT Museum. Ask a question, leave a comment, join the debate." Be sure to see: January 2006: Space Exploration and Robotics. theSpoke: "a online community for students around the world to discuss, use, and share ideas on technology." Created and sponsored by Microsoft. Ubiquity Forums. Hosted by Ubiquity, an ACM Magazine & Forum. Evaluating Information Found on the Internet. By Elizabeth E. Kirk, The Sheridan Libraries of the John Hopkins University. Evaluating Resources and Evaluating Web Pages, by Kelley Lawton and Steve Cramer, respectively, of the Duke University Libraries. "There's also an ongoing debate about the reliability of data found on the Internet; kids need to be taught how to evaluate it." Encyclopedias gather dust as research moves online. By May Wong. Associated Press / available from CNN.com (March 11, 2004.) Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask. UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops. Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools. From Michael Engle, Olin and Uris Libraries, Cornell University. ICYouSee: T is for Thinking. A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web. By John R. Henderson, Ithaca College Library. Citing Electronic Resources. From The Internet Public Library (IPL), a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information. "Many people want to know how to cite information that they find on the Internet in school papers, theses, reports, etc. There is no definitive answer, but many people have made suggestions. Here are some places to go for recommended electronic information citation guides." Citing Electronic Resources. From The Roger Williams University Library. "It can be challenging to identify the information you need to cite a Web page properly and completely. More often than not, you cannot identify the author or creator or the date of page creation. The general rule is to include as much information as you can that will help others identify and get to the Web page. There are more types of Web pages than can be covered in this overview, but we'll provide the forms and examples for three common types: Professional, Scholarly Project, and Personal." Some of the other resource collections you'll find here are: Links to Citation Style Sheets on the Web, Avoiding Plagiarism, and Copyright Information. Citing Internet Sources. Prepared by Patti S. Caravello, Reference & Instructional Services, UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library. "These sources provide formats and examples for citing Internet sources, articles on the Web, Web sites, etc. in a bibliography or footnote. It is best to be consistent with the bibliographic style you are using to cite books and journals." How to Cite Electronic Sources. A Learning Page from the Library of Congress. "Materials available on the Library of Congress web site include: films; legal; maps; recorded sound; photographs and drawings; special presentations; and texts. Selections from the digitized historical collections are used to illustrate the citation examples that follow." How do I document sources from the Web in my works-cited list? A very helpful FAQ from the Modern Language Association [MLA]. Internet Citation Guides - Citing Electronic Sources in Research Papers and Bibliographies. Compiled by Susan Barribeau, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Memorial Library. "Many research resources are available from the Internet in various electronic formats. Formally citing such resources, as with any research resource, is a necessary part of the completed work. Citation formats for Internet resources are still in development but there are many Internet sites that offer acceptable interpretations of guidelines in several styles such as APA, CBE, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. A selection of these sites is listed below, organized by style. Most (but not all) of the sites include formats and/or examples of citations." (Updated: April 2, 2004) FAQ: I'm doing a report for school. What is the correct way to cite AI TOPICS as an electronic resource, internet source, or WWW page? See our response. Plagiarism and the internet. By Robert Jaques. vnunet.com (October 17, 2003). "The vast amount of information on offer at the click of a mouse button is a tempting prospect for some schoolchildren. Our feature on the use of computers in schools set out the many benefits that technology brings to teachers and pupils. Now we speak to some teachers and pupils to discover what is being done to make sure that students get the credit only for work they have done themselves. Plagiarism isn't just unethical, it's an infringement of copyright law too, although most people don't consider this when they copy someone else's work." Research Resources "developed by Turnitin and Plagiarism.org to teach pre-emptive plagiarism education and help students develop quality writing and research skills." With rampant Internet plagiarism and file sharing, is technology making students less ethical? I don't think technology makes people less ethical. It does remove people one step from their personal world. When they come across places to trade schoolwork, they see it as interacting with a machine, something not human. They don't always see that the ethics that they have in their personal world apply to technology. We need to educate students that the ethics they would use when interacting with a person still apply. Responsible Research Conduct from TheOnline Ethics Center for Engineering and Science "The mission of the Ethics Center is to provide engineers, scientists and science and engineering students with resources useful for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work life." Why Copyright Web Documents? by Peter Suber, Philosophy Department, Earlham College, in which he states: "I apologize for this copyright notice. I wish it were not necessary. I relied entirely on trust when I started putting documents on the web, and was forced to attach this copyright notice by hard experience with a handful of plagiarists. I hope this notice suffices to protect me so that I can return as far as possible to the attitude of trust." On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research. The National Academy of Sciences (1994). "The scientific research enterprise, like other human activities, is built on a foundation of trust. ... In the past, young scientists learned the ethics of research largely through informal means -- by working with senior scientists and watching how they dealt with ethical questions. That tradition is still vitally important. But science has become so complex and so closely intertwined with society's needs that a more formal introduction to research ethics and the responsibilities that these commitments imply is also needed -- an introduction that can supplement the informal lessons provided by research supervisors and mentors." - from thePreface. Ethical and Legal Use of Software from Copyright at Purdue University North Central: "Unauthorized copying of software is illegal. Copyright law protects software authors and publishers, just as patent law protects inventors. ..." Using Software: A Guide to the Ethical and Legal Use of Software for Members of the Academic Community from The Pennsylvania State University computer-related policies, guidelines, and laws. Examples of Plagiarism . . . The second set of examples demonstrates plagiarism of a computer program. From the online booklet, Academic Integrity at Princeton University. United States Copyright Office Homepage. Be sure to check out Copyright Basics and the circular, Reproductions of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians. Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers) about Copyright and Fair Use. Maintained by George Washington University Law School and available from the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse (a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, University of Maine, George Washington School of Law, and Santa Clara University School of Law clinics). Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center. From SULAIR, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources. Additional copyright resources from AAAI.
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