CS Semiar-Dr. Danny Silver

Jodrey School of Computer Science

SEMINAR PRESENTATION


Friday, November 20, 2015

2:30 PM

Carnegie Hall 113


Lifelong Machine Learning and Reasoning

 

Dr. Danny Silver

 

Abstract

Lifelong Machine Learning (LML) considers intelligent systems that learn many tasks over a lifetime, accurately and efficiently retaining the knowledge they have learned and using that knowledge to more quickly and accurately learn new tasks. In this tutorial we will review a framework for LML, define its requirements, and present solutions for the key problems that involve knowledge consolidation and transfer learning using multiple task learning methods. Opportunities for advances in artificial intelligence lie at the locus of machine learning and knowledge representation; specifically, knowledge consolidation can provide insights into common knowledge representation for use in learning and reasoning.  With this in mind, the final part of the talk will discuss recent work on extending LML to the learning of common background knowledge for the purposes of reasoning.  This extension we call Lifelong Machine Learning and Reasoning, or LMLR.

 

About the Presenter

Dr. Danny Silver is the Director of the Acadia Institute for Data Analytics. He is also a professor in and the former Director of the Jodrey School of Computer Science at Acadia University. His areas of research and development are machine learning, data mining, and adaptive systems. He has published over 60 scientific papers, edited special journal editions, and has co-chaired or been part of the program committee for a number of national and international conferences, seminars and workshops. He is on the editorial board for the Journals of Artificial General Intelligence and Brain Informatics and was the President of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (CAIAC) from 2007-2009. Danny held a NSERC Discovery Grant from 2000-2014, and most recently was awarded a Harrison McCain Foundation Award for research into advance machine learning methods. Since 1993, he has worked on machine learning and data mining projects in the private and public sector providing situation analysis and problem definition, project management and guidance, and predictive analytic services. 

 

Everyone is welcome to attend

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