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	On the Auto-Randomization of Knowledge A U.S. Navy team at SSC, San Diego is currently realizing aspects of this theory by constructing a learning natural language interface for command and control systems. This new type of intelligent system promises to be more user friendly and practically intelligent than any system to date for the same level of investment. Read more... ---- by Stuart H. Rubin
	Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Ever been in a situation where none of the alternatives look promising? In English, the idiom describing that situation is “caught between a rock and a hard place.” Now, Guinness, MU’s spatially-aware mobile robot, knows that feeling. Well, not exactly, but he knows when he’s there. Read more... ---- by James Keller
	Adaptivity and User Modeling Research at the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus Adaptivity is a very important feature for the effectiveness and user friendliness of complex software. Adaptivity provides automatic customisation of software to the users’ needs based on user modeling techniques. It may also provide intelligent help, which is more flexible than traditional on-line help. Read more... ---- by Maria Virvou
	Application of Fuzzy Logic to Performance Evaluation in Parallel Processing Systems Performance is one of the key factors that need to be taken into account in the design, development, configuration, and tuning of a computer system. Hence, the quantitative evaluation of computer performance (CP) is needed during the entire life cycle of a computer system. Read more...
	---- by Hassan B. Diab
	Multimedia @ Brunel
	Research in the Multimedia group of Brunel University’s School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics is concerned with multi-modal communication of value-added multimedia content for concurrent multi-use. Read more... ---- by George Ghinea
Features
	What Makes a University Great Nancy Lusk, a Member of the Board of Trustees at the University of California at Berkeley, gave an interesting speech on the above topic at the banquet held at the International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics on August 28, 2004, in Shanghai, China. Read Nancy's speech... ---- by Nancy Lusk