Pages that are tagged with: systemsandlanguages

• MIT Model Helps Computers Think Like Humans.
  In a development that will extend the eternal quest of creating computers that think like humans, two researchers working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a model that helps computers recognize patterns in the same way as humans do. The two researchers, associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences Josh Tenenbaum and recent MIT PhD recipient Charles Kemp, produced a broad algorithm that examines several different approaches of looking at data that is similar to the way humans typically size up different situations. "Instead of looking for a particular kind of structure, we came up with a broader algorithm that is able to look for all of these structures and weigh them against each other," said Tenenbaum, the senior author of the paper. August 27, 2008. (more)
• Children using Computers to Learn.
  Seymor Papert trying to show how kids can use computers to learn. Various shots of fourth grade kids giving mathematical orders to a computer in order to control a HP display, or to create songs. 1968-1969? (more)
• Computers in Education.
  Stewart Cheifet is joined by guest co-host Herb Lechner [SRI International] for this 1984 broadcast about computers in education with in-studio guests: Professor Patrick Suppes [Stanford University], Nancy Palmer [ Computer Education Coordinator, Palo Alto School District], and Glenn Kleiman [Teaching Tools Microcomputer Services], author of 'Brave New Schools'. . 1984. (more)
• SIAI Interview Series: Barney Pell, Powerset CEO.
  Dr. Barney Pell is an SIAI Advisor and co-founder and CEO of Powerset, a San Francisco company working to build a transformative consumer search engine. In this interview, Pell talks about advanced AI, progress in the AI field, Powerset, his involvement with SIAI, his robotics work at NASA Ames, the dangers of AI, the importance of foresight, and more. May 30, 2007. (more)
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Video Lectures by Hal Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman - Lecture #1a (of 20): Overview and Introduction to Lisp..
  "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs has been MIT's introductory pre-professional computer science subject since 1981. It emphasizes the role of computer languages as vehicles for expressing knowledge and it presents basic principles of abstraction and modularity, together with essential techniques for designing and implementing computer languages. This course has had a worldwide impact on computer science curricula over the past two decades." 1986. (more)
• University Video Communications Distinguished Lecture Series: Daniel G. Bobrow - Common LISP Object Standard (CLOS).
  Daniel Bobrow, Chairman of the Common LISP Object Specification Committee, characterized this lecture as "a snapshot of history in action." After discussing the history of object systems and the current state of the art, he explores the process of developing this new standard. . October 27, 1987. (more)