KB Bio 101: Conceptual Modeling Challenges in Creating a Biology Knowledge Base
Distinguished Speaker Series in Data Science and AI
October 9, 2020
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Location
Zoom link to be provided to those who RSVP
Address
Chicago, IL 60612
Calendar
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Vinay K. Chaudhri
Dr. Vinay K. Chaudhri was formerly a Program Director in the Artificial
Intelligence Center of SRI International. His research focuses on the science
and engineering of large knowledge base systems and spans knowledge representation and
reasoning, deductive question answering, knowledge acquisition, and
innovative applications. His work on intelligent textbooks won the best video
award at AAAI, and the best demonstration award at the European Knowledge
Acquisition Conference. His work at SRI on ontologies and query manager for
intelligent assistants was part of a spinoff that later became Apple's SIRI.
He is currently collaborating with Stanford University and Rice University for
creating an Intelligent Textbook product. He is also involved in promoting Logic
Education for high schools, in formulating new projects on computable contracts,
and in advising the financial services industry. He has co-authored a textbook
on Logic Programming, and has taught courses on knowledge graphs, logic programming,
and knowledge representation. Dr. Chaudhri holds a Ph.D. from University of
Toronto (Canada), an MS from IIT Kanpur (India), and a BS from NIT Kurukshetra (India).
Abstract:
KB_Bio_101 contains knowledge from an introductory college level
biology textbook, and has been used as the basis of an Intelligent
Textbook that helps students in learning better. In this presentation, I will
begin with a demonstration of the Intelligent Textbook, briefly introduce
the knowledge representation used for creating the KB_Bio_101, and spend
bulk of the time describing the design of an ontology for structure and
function and the knowledge encoding process. I will conclude the presentation
with a discussion on challenges in bringing this innovation to the real-world,
and how we are addressing them.
Series Overview:
This Fall 2020 speaker series will showcase exciting and innovative research in data science. Join your fellow UIC researchers to hear the following speakers share the latest in their research and in the field.
Host: Isabel Cruz, Department of Computer Science
RSVP to join the October 9 event. Zoom link will be emailed to you prior to the meeting.
Date posted
Oct 1, 2020
Date updated
Oct 1, 2020