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Subject: Interfacing CLIPS to C/OO/Expert Systems Courses March 6 - 10
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Organization: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 20:18:55 GMT
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Hi!  We expect to hold our two expert systems courses on March 6 - 10 in
Greensboro, NC.  The first of these two courses is introductory, and teaches
the participant (1) the business decisions relevant in making expert systems 
and (2) how to code systems in CLIPs.  The second course teaches the 
participant how to (1) build object-oriented knowledge-based systems and (2)
how to interface CLIPS to existing C programs.  This includes embedding CLIPS
in other applications as well as incorporating C routines into CLIPS.

Below is a longer description of the courses.  Thanks!

Dr David Goldstein


Building Expert Systems

This course will teach the theoretic fundamentals of knowledge-based systems,
the design techniques of knowledge-based systems, and will present how to
implement knowledge-based systems using NASA's "C" Language Integrated
Production System (CLIPS). Students will attain a working knowledge of
terminology, techniques, and tools, and will be given hands-on
experience using CLIPS and a copy of CLIPS to take with them. Students will
also build several small systems. 



Developing Object-Oriented Knowledge-Based Systems

This course presents how to implement sophisticated intelligent systems.
Students will be given hands-on experience using CLIPS (NASA's "C" Language
Integrated Production System) by building several small systems.  Students 
will be given a copy of CLIPS to take with them.

Course topics include: truth-maintenance; probabilistic reasoning; 
object-oriented knowledge-based systems; using CLIPS for intelligent 
database queries; embedding CLIPS for knowledge-based control systems. 
A discussion of research around the world on knowledge-based systems,
including real-time systems and distributed artificial intelligence 
(cooperative systems) will occur.


Instructor: David Goldstein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Computer Science   
	Dr. Goldstein as chair of the 1993 American Association for 	
	Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) workshop in Intelligent 
	Manufacturing Technology, and is an officer of AAAI's Special Interest 
	Group in Manufacturing.  He has over 50 papers published in the fields
	of knowledge-based systems, simulations, and object-oriented analysis.






-- 
Dr. David Goldstein, Asst Prof, North Carolina A&T State University
910-334-7245 (voice), 910-334-7244 (fax)
Researches & offers training in Object-Oriented Analysis, Expert Systems
