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From: walt@aimmi.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Conceptual Information Research
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Date: Mon, 25-May-87 12:51:04 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 25 12:51:04 1987
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Reply-To: walt@hci.hw.ac.uk (Walter Bunch)
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I'm interested in researching knowledge representation as part of a PhD
program.

What universities are supporting research in the use and properties of
conceptual information, e.g. in light of Sowa's "Conceptual Structures"
(1984)?

I've read about some work going on at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Inst Tech).
I suppose that anyone grappling with frames/schemas/etc. could say they
are exploring the use of conceptual information, in a broad sense.

My interest is less in the application of schema-like data structures to 
specific problems than in the manipulation of the structures themselves,
e.g. in generic conceptual recognition and generalization.

As an aside: Is there anyone working with conceptual structures on
connectionist machines?

Thanks in advance,
Walt
-- 
Walter Bunch, Scottish HCI Centre, Ben Line Building, Edinburgh, EH1 1TN
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