Following its tradition of bringing truly distinguished scientists and researchers from industry and academia to HICSS, Dr. Raj Reddy, of Carnegie Mellon University presented the 13th lecutre in the Distinguished Lecturer Series.
January 5 To Dream the Possible Dream
Raj Reddy, Carnegie Mellon University
This talk consists of retrospective and prospective remarks on the role of artificial intelligence within computer science and in society. It includes comments on questions such as: Can artificial intelligence equal human intelligence? Isn't artificial intelligence just a special class of algorithms? Isn't artificial intelligence and computer science research? What is next for artificial intelligence?; and so on. The main theme is that artificial intelligence continues to be a possible dream worthy of dreaming.
Dr. Raj Reddy is Dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and the Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics. Dr. Reddy joined Carnegie Mellon's Department of Computer Science in 1969 and served as Director of the Robotics Institute from 1979 to 1992. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Standard University from 1966 to 1969, and served as an applied Science Representative for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in Australia from 1960 to 1963.
His research interests include the study of human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence. His current research projects include speech recognition and understanding systems; collaborative writing, design and planning; JIT Learning Technologies; and the Automated Machine Shop project.
His professional honors include: Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Fellow of the Acoustcal Society of America; Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, 1987-89; recipient of the IBM Research Ralph Gomory Fellow Award in 1991, and the Turing Award in 1995. Dr. Reddy was presented the Legion of Honor by President Mitterand of France in 1984.
1984
HICSS-17
Maurice V. Wilkes, Digital Equipment Corporation, Some Personal Reflexions
on a Career in Computer Science Research
1985
HICSS-18
Professor Hideo Aiso, Keio University, Research Topics in Japan National
Project For Information Technology
1986
HICSS-19
John Cocke, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, High Performance
Scalar Scientific Architectures
1987
HICSS-20
C.A.R. Hoare, Oxford University, Laws of Programming
1988
HICSS-21
A. Nico Habermann, Carnegie-Mellon University, Recent Developments
In Programming Environments Research
1989
HICSS-22
Harlan D. Mills, University of Florida and Information Systems Institute,
The Human Frontier in Softward Engineering
1990
HICSS-23
A. Nico Habermann, Carnegie-Mellon University, Computing Research:
Science or Engineering?
1991
HICSS-24
Terrence J. Sejnowski, The Salk Institute and University of California
at San Diego, Perspectives on Neural Computation
1992
HICSS-25
Barbara Liskov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Replication
Algorithms
1993
HICSS-26
Douglas C. Engelbart, Bootstrap Institute, Organizational IQ and
Paradigm Shiftlessness
1994
HICSS-27
Niklaus Wirth, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, The Growth
of Software
1995
HICSS-28
Ralph E. Gomery, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Computers and National
Productivity
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