CSCE 781: KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS

Fall 2000

 

In this course you will learn about modern knowledge management, i.e., systems and techniques for capturing expertise and making it available at Internet or intranet web portals.

 

Time:  MW 11:00 a.m.- 12:15 p.m. in Swearingen 2A31

 

Instructor:      Professor Michael N. Huhns

                        Department of Computer Science and Engineering

                        University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC  29208

                        (803) 777-5921 (Office)     (803) 786-2686 (Home)

                        fax: (803) 777-8045            huhns@sc.edu

 

Office Hours:  M through F 4:00 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. in Swearingen 3A41

 

Text:  Mark Stefik, Introduction to Knowledge Systems, San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 1995.  The text will be supplemented with papers and notes.

 

Prerequisite:  An introduction to artificial intelligence.

 

Grading Policy:

 

Outline:

·        Epistemology

·        Overview of Knowledge Systems

·        Technology for Web Portal Development

·        Architecture for Knowledge Systems

·        Knowledge Representation

·        Reasoning Techniques

·        Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge Systems

·        Knowledge System Software Methodology

·        Internet Knowledge Portals

·        Real-Time Knowledge Systems

·        Knowledge Systems for Design

 

Required Software: You will need the software packages JESS and Java.  These can be downloaded for free from the following sites:

·        JESS: http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov/jess

·        Java: http://www.javasoft.com