Prof. Dr. Herbert Stoyan
Contact
Email: stoyaninformatik.uni-erlangen.de
Phone: (09131) 85-29906
Fax: (09131) 85-29905
Address: Am Weichselgarten 9,91058 Erlangen/Tennenlohe
Room: 201
Teaching
Professor and head at the
IMMD VIII.
Academic Interests
I teach the following courses:
AI problems. I try to compile a list of basic AI problems
like: Frame problem, Qualification problem, ...
AI methods. AI methods are programming methods, and as
those, methods to implement AI programming languages.
Expert Systems. A course through all stages of expert
system development.
Logical foundations of AI and Knowledge Representation.
What is knowledge? What is formalization? Criteria of adequacy
(ontological, epistemological, heuristical). Representation
languages and their applicability areas. Ask, Tell and Forget
Research Interests
Knowledge Acquisition. How to find the right ontology, to
formalize a domain which is expressed in clear scientific
terms.
Application of AI to Mathematics. How to prove like a
mathematician, how to support him with information which
interests him.
AI programming languages. How to implement known languages
more efficient, to define new expressive languages.
Look at my book (in german): Kapitel1
Kapitel2 LISP history.
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Look at my book (in german): Kapitel1
Kapitel2
Kapitel3
Kapitel4
Kapitel5
Kapitel6
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