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"Widespread interest in AI resulted in the need for an online library filled with basic, understandable information on the topic. In this article, the authors explain the thinking behind a site that organizes knowledge sources in an effective and comprehensive way."
"The debut of the AI in the News column elsewhere in this issue of AI Magazine created a good opportunity to introduce the professional community to the AI Topics web site, home of the AI in the news virtual page. Although AI Topics is designed for the lay public, it serves a much larger audience." By others"As I write my columns and answer your e-mail, I find myself returning repeatedly to the same websites. I thought you might also benefit from knowing where I go to find out about ... Learning About AI: The first site, AAAI's AI Topics contains over 20 AI disciplines including natural language...." "The AAAI organization (www.aaai.org) currently maintains an AI in the news page. The December installment contained news on AI related people, events, books, articles and clubs. Each entry also has links to related topics within the AAAI site." Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, JSAI, 2002/5, pages 372 - 373. National Science Digital Library Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, July 5, 2002. " ... Robots page | Suitable for: KS3/4/5 pupils & teachers | This is the site for pretty much everything to do with robots, artificial intelligence (AI) news, applications of robotics, its history, various games, how robots work, useful books on the subject, and much more. If there is not a reference to something here, then it probably will not be found anywhere. A superb source." Also of interestNew survey reveals Europeans' views on science in the media. CORDIS News (December 4, 2007). "A majority of Europeans are interested in science, and well over half are satisfied with the way science is presented in the media, according to a Eurobarometer survey on scientific research in the media. The survey was launched at the First European Forum on Science Journalism in Barcelona, Spain, along with two additional studies which canvassed the opinions of researchers and media professionals on their experiences and opinions of science communication and the media. 'There is so much science being done that has a direct impact on our daily lives, and it is important that the public is able to find out about it and engage with scientists,' said European Science and Research Commissioner, Janez Potocnik. 'The media has an immensely important role to play here, both in keeping people informed about scientific developments and in shaping how society perceives scientists and the work they do. I hope this first European Forum on Science Journalism will be the start of a renewal of the dialogue between scientists and the media.'"
Online video is transforming perceptions of science. By Matthew Busse. New Scientist (Issue 2612: July 11, 2007). "TV is already the dominant format for communicating science. In November 2006, the Pew Internet and American Life project based in Washington DC found that it is the general public's number one portal for science information, with the internet a close second. However, with the rise of broadband internet connections, people are increasingly getting their video fix, and that means science communicators have to keep up."
Weird Science - Why editors must dare to be dumb. By K.C. Cole. Columbia Journalism Review (July / August 2006). "Translating the behavior of retroviruses or superconductors into words takes a lot of interpreting -- even for scientists. There may be more than one correct answer. Or no description in lay language may be able to do justice to the subject at hand. For all these reasons and more, good science journalists know that if they’re not dealing with subject matter that makes them dizzy, they’re probably not doing their jobs." Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. By Chip Heath and Dan Heath. Random House (January 2, 2007).
Interview: Hot link to a Nobel prize. By Amanda Gefter. New Scientist (September 3, 2005; Issue 2515: subscription req'd.). "Gerard 't Hooft is a Nobel prize-winning theoretical physicist and he's building a website to encourage budding physicists to follow in his footsteps. ...Everyone, he says, should have access to the kind of information that started him on his career as a Nobel prize-winning theoretical physicist. Now he is building a website with this goal in mind. All you need to follow in his footsteps is an internet connection, a budding intellect and the desire to study hard."
The Web aided my homework: Internet offers scholars' links -- but they won't do everything. The Associated Press / available from CNN.com (August 18, 2005). "[Robert] Stewart is one of scores of experts from academia, government and elsewhere offering free advice to students needing homework help -- as long as they're motivated by curiosity and aren't merely lazy.'I find a lot of very curious students out there who really have an interest and are trying to find out something to arouse their curiosity,' said Stewart, who gets a $100,000 a year grant from NASA to run the service and his OceanWorld Web site. ... The common complaint from those running such services relate to students who see them as shortcuts to doing the work." Pentagon's New Goal: Put Science Into Scripts. By David M. Halbfinger. The New York Times (August 4, 2005; subscription req'd.). "Fewer and fewer students are pursuing science and engineering. While immigrants are taking up the slack in many areas, defense laboratories and industries generally require American citizenship or permanent residency. So a crisis is looming, unless careers in science and engineering suddenly become hugely popular, said Robert J. Barker, an Air Force program manager who approved the grant. And what better way to get a lot of young people interested in science than by producing movies and television shows that depict scientists in flattering ways?Teaching screenwriting to scientists was the brainstorm of Martin Gundersen, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California and sometime Hollywood technical adviser...." Science is this man's cup of tea. Science is more than a subject – it is everything that is around us, British science presenter Quentin Cooper says. By Colin Patterson. Stuff (February 19, 2005). "'Science is shaping your everyday life. It's your food, it's your mobile phone, it's a cup of tea and a biscuit.' Every week more than a million people tune in to Cooper's Radio 4 show Material World, in which he discusses in layman's terms the latest developments in science. ... He believes some of the biggest problems with science are the scientists who make it happen. Many are unable to talk in everyday language, so the ordinary person has no idea what they do. 'Most people think of scientists as people who go into a lab in the morning, invent a chemical, go out for lunch, come back and discover a planet in the afternoon. But science is not like that. There are lots of failures, setbacks and dead ends. Scientists need to talk about that.' Cooper believes scientists should come out from behind their barrier of jargon and science-speak and show they are real people. 'Scientists do have a human side. They follow soap operas and watch football like the rest of us.'" Related AI Topics Pages
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