Using the past to solve the problems of today
Published 20 November 2012
Event 29 November 2012
Computers are moving a step closer to replicating human intelligence by looking to the past to help solve problems of the present.
University of Brighton's Professor of Computer Science, Miltos Petridis, will be explaining 'Remembering to think and thinking to remember' in his inaugural lecture later this month.
Professor Petridis will focus on how computers can use case-based reasoning (CBR) to solve new problems by referring to solutions to similar issues that occurred in the past. He will illustrate the use of CBR by presenting case studies that he has worked on over the past 20 years.
Applications, he said, include software engineering knowledge in the design of complex software systems, business management knowledge in the monitoring of business workflows, and social network analysis knowledge for microfinance lending to communities in developing countries.
Professor Petridis will expand on the opportunities, challenges and complexities of applying CBR techniques to engineering, business and societal problems today. By reusing the knowledge and data gained from the past he will share insights into the future and the potential to bring radical changes to both business and society.
Big Data and Cloud technologies, he said, provide data for industry, business and society of immense size and complexity. He said: "While creating both opportunities and challenges in terms of the structural and semantic complexity, integration and quality of the data, the wide availability of such data also raises issues of privacy, ownership, sustainability and ethics.
"The lecture concentrates on the use of CBR to solve real world industrial and business problems by retrieving, adapting and applying knowledge from past experience."
Professor Petridis will share insights into the future of reasoning through data and he intends to illustrate memory retrieval and reuse of knowledge by both humans and machines.
The inaugural lecture will be in the lecture theatre of the university's Huxley Building in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, at 6.30pm on 29 November. If you wish to attend the lecture please complete the booking form.
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