CS Distinguished Lecture Series

Prof. Martha Pollack
University of MichiganTitle: Intelligent Assistive Technology: The Present and the FutureAbstract: Recent advances in two areas of computer sciencewireless sensor networks and AI inference strategies have made it possible to envision a wide range of technologies that can improve the lives of people with people with physical, cognitive, and/or psycho-social impairments. Indeed, some of these same "assistive technologies" can also be a boon for people without impairments. This talk will survey current projects aimed at the development of intelligent assistive technology and will speculate about future design challenges and opportunities.Biography: Martha E. Pollack is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, where she also chairs the Computer Science and Engineering Division. A Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Pollack has conducted research in the areas of automated planning and execution monitoring, temporal reasoning and constraint satisfaction, and natural language processing, as well as on assistive technology for cognitively impaired people. In April of 2004 she testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging about the potential value of assistive technology in an aging world.Hosted by: Prof. Maja Mataric

Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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