DM: UCLA short course on "Intelligent Software Agents"

[Goodin, Bill]

> On November 11-13, 1998, UCLA Extension will present the short 
>course,
> "Intelligent Software Agents", on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles.
> 
> The instructors are Cindy Mason, PhD, Research Scientist, UC 
>Berkeley;
> 
> Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, PhD, Visiting Associate Professor, University 
>of 
West Florida; and Henry Lieberman, PhD, Research Scientist, MIT Media 
> Laboratory.
> 
> Each participant receives the text, "Software Agents", by Jeffrey M.
> Bradshaw (AAAI/MIT Press, 1997).
> 
Agents are at the center of software design for the 21st century,
providing 
both the technology and the perspective for constructing and 
maintaining

complex information systems. This course explores basic software 
constructs, designs, and tools for engineering and organizing 
software 
agent processes. Basic concepts include the relation between objects 
and agents, agent communication and coordination, agent 
architectures, 
agent intelligence, agent programming languages and learning. These 
are 
examined in terms of industrial applications and prototypes in which
they 
have been applied and developed. The course material is divided into 
two

main sections: technologies for agent-agent software processes 
(agents 
organized as teams, networks and technologies for agent-human 
software 
processes); and agents that facilitate human-machine interactions. 
The 
course also looks at a variety of advanced concepts in software 
agents 
such as lifelike characters, multi-modal interfaces, and global 
business

enterprises. No programming is involved in the course, although 
programming examples and languages are presented.

> UCLA Extension has presented this highly successful short course 
> since 1996.
> 
> The course fee is $1495, which includes course materials and the
> course
> text.  The course materials are for participants only, and are not 
>for
> sale.
> 
> For additional information and a complete course description, please
> contact Marcus Hennessy at:
> 
> (310) 825-1047
> (310) 206-2815  fax
> mhenness@unex.ucla.edu
> http://www.unex.ucla.edu/shortcourses/
> 
> This course may also be presented on-site at company locations.