FYI--
MIT Media Lab: Software Agents [pdf, Microsoft Word, QuickTime,
Macromedia Flash Player, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer]
http://agents.media.mit.edu/index.htmlThe Software Agents Group of the MIT Media Laboratory "investigates computer
systems to which one can delegate tasks." Software agents are different from
conventional software because they are "long-lived, semi-autonomous,
proactive, and adaptive." Software Agents Group focuses on creating software
that "acts as an assistant to the user rather than a tool, learning from
interaction and proactively anticipating the user's needs." The website
describes the group's various projects that use "common sense reasoning" to
Enable the Semantic Web, to improve video came design, or to Find Cultural
Differences in Text. Many of the descriptions include screenshots or video
footage demonstrating the group's work, along with related publications.
Various conference papers and journal article are also posted in the
Publications section of the website. The resources section provides links to
websites describing the Open Mind and ConceptNet projects, which form the
foundation of the group's work. This site is also reviewed in the April 8,
2005 _NSDL MET Report_. [VF]
-tj
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