Monthly Archives: November 2007

John Goldsmith and Jerry Sadock Elected Honorary Fellows by the LSA

John Goldsmith and Jerry Sadock were elected Fellows of the Linguistics Society of America. The Fellows program was established in 2005 to recognize extraordinary contributions and service to the discipline and the Society. There will be a recognition ceremony for the 2008 Fellows immediately before the Presidential Address at the LSA meeting on Saturday, January 5 at the Palmer House in Chicago. Congratulations, Jerry and John! This is a well-deserved recognition!

Interdisciplinary Panel on Artificial Intelligence

Are you interested in – What are intelligence and thought, and how can they be emulated? Where is current AI research heading? Will computers ever be able to truly model the mind? Will robots become our new overlords?

The UofC ACM presents:

An Interdisciplinary Panel on Artificial Intelligence and Related Fields
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 5:00pm
Eckhart 133

Featuring Panelists:

  • David McAllester, Professor, Toyota Technological Institute, University of Chicago
  • John Goldsmith, Professor, Dept. of Linguistics and Dept. Computer Science, University of Chicago
  • Philip Ulinski, Professor, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago
  • Terry Regier from Psychology, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago

This panel will be an undergraduate-oriented exploration of topics ranging from the history of AI, to various prospectives on current research, to the technological and philosophical implications of future research.

For more information, contact Karl Norby<knorby@uchicago.edu> or Cord Melton <scmelton@uchicago.edu> <http://acm.cs.uchicago.edu/uploads/Events/ai_panel_flyer.pdf>