Artificial Intelligence An International Perspective An Internationa
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing inter-disciplinary field with a long and distinguished history that involves many countries and considerably pre-dates the development of computers. It can be traced back at least as far as Ancient Greece
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Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science
5640
Max Bramer (Ed.)
Artificial Intelligence An International Perspective
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Series Editors Randy Goebel, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Jörg Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany Wolfgang Wahlster, DFKI and University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany Volume Editor Max Bramer University of Portsmouth, School of Computing Lion Terrace, Portsmouth, Hants PO1 3HE, UK E-mail: [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009931480
CR Subject Classification (1998): I.2.3, I.2.6, I.2, D.1.6, F.4.1, J.3, J.4 LNCS Sublibrary: SL 7 – Artificial Intelligence ISSN ISBN-10 ISBN-13
0302-9743 3-642-03225-7 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York 978-3-642-03225-7 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Preface
This edited collection of papers entitled Artificial Intelligence: An International Perspective originated with a proposal by the President of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Professor Basie von Solms, for the IFIP Technical Committees to publish ‘position papers’ on their technical areas. Each Technical Committee has members nominated by national computer societies worldwide as their representatives. In the case of the Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence, which I chair, the committee has members from over 35 countries and organizes a program of events on a worldwide basis through its six working groups. Like all IFIP Technical Committees, it is well placed to give an international perspective on its specialist area. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing inter-disciplinary field with a long and distinguished history that involves many countries and considerably predates the development of computers. It can be traced back at least as far as ancient Greece, where Homer’s Iliad (ca. 850 BC) told the story of how Hephaestus, the god of fire, having been cast out of Olympus creates artificial attendants to assist in his forge. The text states: “They are golden, and in appearance like living young women. There is intelligence in their hearts, and there is speech in them and strength, and from the immortal gods they have learned how to do things.” Modern te
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