1.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 1 CS 7850 Fall 2004 Learning Agents Center and Computer Science Department George Mason University Gheorghe Tecuci tecuci@gmu.edu http://lac.gmu.edu/

2.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 2 Identify a potential PhD advisor for Bob Artificial Intelligence Identify a potential PhD advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence What is a research area of interest to Bob? Preliminary modeling and ontology specification I need to Therefore I need to John Doe Determine whether John Doe is an appropriate PhD advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence. Who is a professor who is an expert in Artificial Intelligence? Therefore I need to continues Dan Smith Information security … … Artificial IntelligenceInformation Security PhD research area Computer Science John Doe Dan Smith professorPhD advisor PhD student Bob is_expert_in student is_interested_in instance_of subconcept_of instance_of subconcept_of

3.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 3 Ontology specification guideline Concepts and instances may have properties with constant values, such as numbers (e.g. 5), strings (e.g. “yes”), or instances. The value cannot be another concept. Whenever possible, it is recommended to use instances rather than strings, to represent knowledge in the object ontology. Concept names are in black. Instance names are in blue.

4.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 4 Preliminary modeling and ontology specification Yes because John Doe has a tenured position Is John Doe likely to stay on the faculty of George Mason University for the duration of Bob’s dissertation? Yes because Jill Knox has a tenure-track position and is likely to get tenure No because Dan Smith is likely to retire in the near future Therefore I need to Other possible answers No because Amanda Rice is on a visiting position Assess whether John Doe is an appropriate PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence … Determine whether John Doe is an appropriate PhD advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence I need to John Doe is a potential PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence tenured_position tenure_track_position visiting_position faculty_position subconcept_of long_term_positionshort_term_position subconcept_of instance_of position retired_position instance_of subconcept_of

5.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 5 Ontology specification PhD_student person faculty_member tenured_position tenure_track_position visiting_position full professor associate_professor assistant_professor faculty_position ranked_professor studentstaff_member subconcept_of PhD_advisor John Doe instance_of long_term_positionshort_term_position has_as_position subconcept_of instance_of position staff_position subconcept_of George Mason University has_as_employer university University of Virginia instance_of employer subconcept_of retired_position instance_of Yes because John Doe has a tenured position Is John Doe likely to stay on the faculty of George Mason University for the duration of Bob’s dissertation? school subconcept_of

6.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 6 Ontology specification tenured_position tenure_track_position assistant_professor Jill Knox instance_of has_as_position George Mason University has_as_employer is_likely_to_obtain_position retired_position full_professor Dan Smith instance_of has_as_position has_as_employer is_likely_to_obtain_position Yes because Jill Knox has a tenure- track position and is likely to get tenure No because Dan Smith is likely to retire in the near future No because Amanda Rice is on a visiting position associate_professor Amanda Rice instance_of visiting_position has_as_position Is XXX likely to stay on the faculty of George Mason University for the duration of Bob’s dissertation?

7.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 7 Ontology specification: features is_interested_in domain range PhD_research_area person is_expert_in domain range PhD_research_area person has_as_employer domain range employer person has_as_position domain range position person is_likely_to_obtain_position domain range position person

8.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 8 Assess John Doe with respect to his professional reputation in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to the general personality and work compatibility with Bob Assess John Doe with respect to the expected learning experience Assess John Doe with respect to the expected quality of student’s work Assess John Doe with respect to the support offered to students Assess John Doe with respect to the responsiveness to students Assess whether John Doe is an appropriate PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence Professional reputation, general personality and work compatibility, learning experience, responsiveness to the student, support, and quality of results. Which are the main criteria to consider in assessing John Doe? Keep the following as constants used in task names, and not as elements in the ontology: Professional reputation, general personality and work compatibility, learning experience, responsiveness to the student, support, and quality of results.

9.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 9 Reputation among peers, expertise in Artificial Intelligence, research group status, research funding, reputation of former students, quality of PhD dissertation Which are the main criteria to consider in judging the professional reputation of John Doe? I need to Assess John Doe with respect to his reputation among peers in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to his expertise in Artificial Intelligence Therefore I need to Assess John Doe with respect to the status of his research group in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to the type and level of funding of his research in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to the reputation of his former students in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to the expected quality of the PhD dissertation in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to his professional reputation in Artificial Intelligence. Preliminary modeling: reputation Keep the following as constants used in task names, and not as elements in the ontology: Reputation among peers, expertise in Artificial Intelligence, research group status, research funding, reputation of former students, quality of PhD dissertation

10.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 10 I need to Assess John Doe with respect to his publications in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to his membership in professional societies and committees related to Artificial Intelligence Therefore I need to Assess John Doe with respect to his research contributions in Artificial Intelligence Research contributions, publications, and membership Which are the main aspects that characterize reputation among peers? Assess John Doe with respect to his reputation among peers in Artificial Intelligence Preliminary modeling: reputation among peers Keep the following as constants used in task names, and not as elements in the ontology: Research contributions, publications, and membership

11.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 11 I need to Therefore I need to Assess John Doe with respect to his research contributions in Artificial Intelligence Doe methods for truth maintenance systems What is a main research contribution of John Doe? Preliminary modeling and ontology specification Assess the significance of Doe methods for truth maintenance systems research contribution John Doe instance_of Doe methods for truth_maintenance_systems has_as_research_contribution contribution subconcept_of

12.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 12 Preliminary modeling: reputation among peers Therefore I need to citations and use in university courses What aspects characterize the significance of a research contribution? Assess wheather Doe methods for truth maintenance systems are cited Assess wheather Doe methods for truth maintenance systems are used in university courses Therefore I need to Assess the significance of Doe methods for truth maintenance systems Keep the following as constants used in task names, and not as elements in the ontology: citations and use in university courses

13.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 13 I need to Artificial Intelligence Magazine Which is a publication that cites Doe methods for truth maintenance systems? Preliminary modeling and ontology specification Assess wheather Doe methods for truth maintenance systems are cited Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are cited in Artificial Intelligence Magazine Automated Reasoning Journal Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are cited in Automated Reasoning Journal Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are cited in: Artificial Intelligence Magazine, Automated Reasoning Journal Therefore I conclude that research contribution John Doe instance_of Doe methods for truth_maintenance_systems has_as_research_contribution Automated Reasoning Journal cited_in Artificial Intelligence Magazine cited_in research journal instance_of

14.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 14 I need to University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Which is a university where Doe methods for truth maintenance systems are taught? Preliminary modeling: reputation among peers Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are taught at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign University of Calgary Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are taught at University of Calgary Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are taught at: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Calgary, University of Montreal Assess wheather Doe methods for truth maintenance systems are used in university courses University of Montreal Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are taught at University of Montreal Therefore I conclude that Doe methods for truth_maintenance_systems Univerity of Montreal taught_at Univerity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign taught_at Univerity of Calgary taught_at

15.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 15 Ontology specifications research contribution John Doe instance_of Doe methods for truth_maintenance_systems has_as_research_contribution Automated Reasoning Journal cited_in Univerity of Montreal taught_at Artificial Intelligence Magazine cited_in Univerity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign taught_at Univerity of Calgary taught_at research journal journal publication instance_of subconcept_of proceedingsbook contribution subconcept_of

16.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 16 Ontology specifications: features has_as_research_contribution domain range research_contribution person cited_in domain range publication contribution taught_at domain range school contribution

17.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 17 Preliminary modeling: reputation among peers Therefore I need to citations and use in university courses What aspects characterize the significance of a research contribution? Assess wheather Doe methods for truth maintenance systems are cited Assess wheather Doe methods for truth maintenance systems are used in university courses Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are cited in: Artificial Intelligence Magazine, Automated Reasoning Journal Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are taught at: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Calgary, University of Montreal Very significant How significant are Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems? Therefore I need to Assess the significance of Doe methods for truth maintenance systems Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems represent are very significant research contribution, cited in Artificial Intelligence Magazine, Automated Reasoning Journal, and taught at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Calgary, University of Montreal. I conclude that Therefore I conclude that

18.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 18 I need to Therefore I need to Assess John Doe with respect to his research contributions in Artificial Intelligence Doe methods for truth maintenance systems What is a main research contribution of John Doe? Preliminary modeling: reputation among peers Assess the significance of Doe methods for truth maintenance systems Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems represent are very significant research contribution, cited in Artificial Intelligence Magazine, Automated Reasoning Journal, and taught at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Calgary, University of Montreal. John Doe is known and appreciated for his contributions in Artificial Intelligence. Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are cited in Artificial Intelligence Magazine, Automated Reasoning Journal, and taught at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Calgary, University of Montreal. Yes Is John Doe known and appreciated for his research contributions in the area of Artificial Intelligence? Therefore I conclude that I conclude that

19.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 19 I need to Assess John Doe with respect to his publications in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to his membership in professional societies and committees related to Artificial Intelligence Therefore I need to Assess John Doe with respect to his research contributions in Artificial Intelligence Research contributions, publications, membership Which are the main aspects that characterize reputation among peers? Assess John Doe with respect to his reputation among peers in Artificial Intelligence Preliminary modeling: reputation among peers John Doe … …… John Doe is known and appreciated for his contributions in Artificial Intelligence. Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are cited in Artificial Intelligence Magazine, Automated Reasoning Journal, and taught at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Calgary, University of Montreal.

20.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 20 I need to Assess John Doe with respect to his publications in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to his membership in professional societies and committees related to Artificial Intelligence Therefore I need to Assess John Doe with respect to his research contributions in Artificial Intelligence Research contributions, publications, membership Which are the main aspects that characterize reputation among peers? Assess John Doe with respect to his reputation among peers in Artificial Intelligence Preliminary modeling: reputation among peers John Doe … …… John Doe is known and appreciated for his contributions in Artificial Intelligence. Doe methods for thruth maintenance systems are cited in Artificial Intelligence Magazine, Automated Reasoning Journal, and taught at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Calgary, University of Montreal. John Doe has an excellent reputation How good is the reputation of John Doe among his peers? I determined that John Doe has an excellent reputation among peers in Artificial Intelligence. I conclude that

21.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 21 Reputation among peers, expertise in Artificial Intelligence, research group status, research funding, reputation of former students, quality of PhD dissertation Which are the main criteria to consider in judging the professional reputation of John Doe? I need to Assess John Doe with respect to his reputation among peers in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to his expertise in Artificial Intelligence Therefore I need to Assess John Doe with respect to the status of his research group in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to the type and level of funding of his research in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to the reputation of his former students in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to the expected quality of the PhD dissertation in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to his professional reputation in Artificial Intelligence. Preliminary modeling: reputation John Doe has an excellent reputation How good is the reputation of John Doe in Artificial Intelligence? John Doe … I determined that John Doe … John Doe has an excellent reputation in Artificial Intelligence. I conclude that John Doe has an excellent reputation among peers...

22.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 22 John Doe would be a very good PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence. Assess John Doe with respect to his professional reputation in Artificial Intelligence Assess John Doe with respect to the general personality and work compatibility with Bob Assess John Doe with respect to the expected learning experience John Doe … Assess John Doe with respect to the expected quality of student’s work Assess John Doe with respect to the support offered to students Assess John Doe with respect to the responsiveness to students Assess whether John Doe is an appropriate PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence How good a PhD Advisor would John Doe be for Bob in Artificial Intelligence? Very good Professional reputation, general personality and work compatibility, learning experience, responsiveness to the student, support, and quality of results. Which are the main criteria to consider in assessing John Doe? John Doe has an excellent reputation in Artificial Intelligence. John Doe …

23.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 23 Preliminary modeling: necessary conditions Yes because John Doe is a tenured faculty Is John Doe likely to stay on the faculty for the duration of Bob’s dissertation? Yes because X has a very good record and is very likely to get tenure No because X is likely to retire in the near future Therefore I need to Other possible answers No because X is a visiting faculty that will leave next year … Determine whether John Doe is an appropriate PhD advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence I need to John Doe would be a very good PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence. John Doe is a potential PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence. John Doe would be a very good PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence. Assess whether John Doe is an appropriate PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence John Doe is a potential PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence

24.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 24 Identify a potential PhD advisor for Bob Artificial Intelligence Identify a potential PhD advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence What is a research area of interest to Bob? Preliminary modeling I need to Therefore I need to John Doe Determine whether John Doe is an appropriate PhD advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence. Who is a professor who is an expert in Artificial Intelligence? Therefore I need to continues Dan Smith Information security … … John Doe would be a very good PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence. John Doe would be a very good PhD Advisor for Bob. John Doe would be a very good PhD Advisor for Bob in Artificial Intelligence.

25.  2004, G.Tecuci, Learning Agents Center 25 Individual assignment Install Disciple-RKF on your computer. Introduce the folder “PhD-Adv” (received by email from the instructor) in the folder “\Disciple-RKF\Repository” Define the ontology specified in these notes by using the ontology development tools of Disciple. Introduce the modeling specified in these notes (the viewgraphs 2 to12 only) by using the modeling assistant of Disciple. Due date: October 28 th, 2004