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James F. Allen (computer scientist)

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PLOW agent is a system that learns executable task models from a single collaborative learning session, which integrates wide AI technologies including deep natural language understanding,
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The TRIPS project is a long-term research to build generic technology for dialogue (both spoken and 'chat') systems, which includes
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Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
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from 1983–1993. Since 2006 he has also been associate director of the
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modeling. This is contrast with the data driven approaches by
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TRIPS (An Integrated Intelligent Problem-Solving Assistant)
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TRIPS: An Integrated Intelligent Problem-Solving Assistant
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Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
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TRIPS: An Integrated Intelligent Problem-Solving Assistant
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Review by Mitchell Marks and Kristian J. Hammond (1993),
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Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition people
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American computer scientist and linguist (born 1950)
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Dessaurer Professor of 393:In 1991 he was elected as a fellow of the 320:(Benjamin-Cummings, 1987; 2nd ed., 1995). 60:PLOW (A Collaborative Task Learning Agent) 597:PLOW: A Collaborative Task Learning Agent 342:PLOW: A Collaborative Task Learning Agent 327:, Richard Pelavin, and Josh Tenenberg of 781:Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society 786:Natural language processing researchers 427: 718: 574:Profile at IHMC, retrieved 2011-01-06. 297:knowledge representation and reasoning 761:Computational linguistics researchers 519: 517: 515: 513: 511: 434:James F. Allen homepage on Rochester 388: 316:Allen is the author of the textbook 200:recognized for his contributions to 473: 13: 492: 457: 344:. (with Nathanael Chambers et al) 244:in 1979, under the supervision of 240:Allen received his Ph.D. from the 14: 797: 694: 508: 306: 746:Linguists from the United States 266: 261: 771:University of Rochester faculty 669: 645: 630: 602: 590: 578: 567: 548: 536: 438: 323:He is also the co-author with 318:Natural Language Understanding 218:natural language understanding 19:For the U.S. businessman, see 1: 503:Mathematics Genealogy Project 407: 290: 277:collaborative problem solving 776:University of Toronto alumni 741:American computer scientists 363:Biomedical informatics 39(5) 361:. (with N. Blaylock, et al) 235: 21:James F. Allen (businessman) 7: 334: 273:natural language processing 196:(born 1950) is an American 39:1950 (age 73–74) 10: 802: 701:James F. Allen's Home Page 281:context-sensitive language 18: 621:Computational Linguistics 555:Computational Linguistics 543:Some Notes on ACL History 464:ACM Digital Library entry 397:(1990, founding fellow). 371:. (with George Ferguson) 331:(Morgan Kaufmann, 1991). 251:Computational Linguistics 169: 165: 147: 137: 119: 105: 100:Computational Linguistics 82: 75: 64: 54: 43: 35: 28: 311: 210:knowledge representation 206:Allen's interval algebra 71:Fellow (1990, Founding) 533:, retrieved 2011-01-05. 489:, retrieved 2011-01-05. 470:, retrieved 2011-01-05. 230:University of Rochester 110:University of Rochester 87:Artificial Intelligence 664:10.1145/152941.1064726 208:. He is interested in 198:computational linguist 639:ACM Computing Reviews 609:Review by Michael Kac 329:Reasoning About Plans 242:University of Toronto 214:commonsense reasoning 194:James Frederick Allen 48:University of Toronto 30:James Frederick Allen 480:AI Genealogy Project 466:for Allen's thesis, 383:CACM 26, 11, 832-843 653:ACM SIGART Bulletin 499:James Francis Allen 246:C. Raymond Perrault 142:C. Raymond Perrault 751:American logicians 614:2011-06-29 at the 560:2011-05-27 at the 529:2006-09-06 at the 485:2011-07-20 at the 450:2010-06-25 at the 389:Awards and honors 220:, believing that 191: 190: 152:Garrison Cottrell 138:Academic advisors 90:Natural Language 77:Scientific career 793: 689: 688: 687:(4): 13–14, 1990 673: 667: 649: 643: 634: 628: 606: 600: 594: 588: 582: 576: 571: 565: 552: 546: 540: 534: 524:Curriculum vitae 521: 506: 496: 490: 477: 471: 461: 455: 442: 436: 431: 425: 420: 301:machine learning 285:machine learning 226:Computer Science 204:, in particular 187: 184: 182: 180: 178: 176: 148:Notable students 133: 26: 25: 801: 800: 796: 795: 794: 792: 791: 790: 716: 715: 697: 692: 675: 674: 670: 650: 646: 635: 631: 616:Wayback Machine 607: 603: 595: 591: 583: 579: 572: 568: 562:Wayback Machine 553: 549: 541: 537: 531:Wayback Machine 522: 509: 497: 493: 487:Wayback Machine 478: 474: 462: 458: 452:Wayback Machine 445:Faculty listing 443: 439: 432: 428: 421: 414: 410: 391: 337: 314: 309: 293: 269: 264: 238: 173: 158: 154: 131: 112: 98: 89: 59: 44:Alma mater 31: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 799: 789: 788: 783: 778: 773: 768: 763: 758: 753: 748: 743: 738: 733: 728: 714: 713: 706:Google Scholar 703: 696: 695:External links 693: 691: 690: 668: 644: 629: 601: 589: 577: 566: 547: 535: 507: 491: 472: 456: 437: 426: 411: 409: 406: 390: 387: 386: 385: 375: 365: 354: 353: 349: 348: 336: 333: 313: 310: 308: 307:Selected works 305: 292: 289: 279:, and dynamic 268: 265: 263: 260: 237: 234: 202:temporal logic 189: 188: 171: 167: 166: 163: 162: 149: 145: 144: 139: 135: 134: 123: 117: 116: 107: 103: 102: 84: 80: 79: 73: 72: 66: 62: 61: 56: 55:Known for 52: 51: 45: 41: 40: 37: 33: 32: 29: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 798: 787: 784: 782: 779: 777: 774: 772: 769: 767: 764: 762: 759: 757: 754: 752: 749: 747: 744: 742: 739: 737: 734: 732: 731:Living people 729: 727: 724: 723: 721: 711: 707: 704: 702: 699: 698: 686: 682: 678: 672: 665: 661: 657: 654: 648: 641: 640: 633: 626: 623: 622: 617: 613: 610: 605: 598: 593: 586: 581: 575: 570: 563: 559: 556: 551: 544: 539: 532: 528: 525: 520: 518: 516: 514: 512: 504: 500: 495: 488: 484: 481: 476: 469: 465: 460: 453: 449: 446: 441: 435: 430: 424: 419: 417: 412: 405: 403: 398: 396: 384: 380: 376: 374: 370: 366: 364: 360: 356: 355: 351: 350: 347: 343: 339: 338: 332: 330: 326: 321: 319: 304: 302: 298: 288: 286: 282: 278: 274: 267:TRIPS project 262:Academic life 259: 257: 253: 252: 247: 243: 233: 231: 227: 223: 219: 215: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 186: 172: 168: 164: 161: 157: 153: 150: 146: 143: 140: 136: 129: 128: 124: 122: 118: 115: 111: 108: 104: 101: 97: 96:Understanding 93: 88: 85: 81: 78: 74: 70: 67: 63: 57: 53: 50:(Ph.D., 1979) 49: 46: 42: 38: 34: 27: 22: 684: 680: 671: 655: 652: 647: 637: 632: 624: 620: 604: 592: 580: 569: 550: 538: 494: 475: 467: 459: 440: 429: 423:AAAI FELLOWS 399: 392: 378: 368: 358: 341: 328: 322: 317: 315: 294: 270: 250: 239: 221: 193: 192: 160:Diane Litman 125: 106:Institutions 76: 736:1950 births 681:AI Magazine 658:(2): 8–11, 627:(4): 96–97. 325:Henry Kautz 156:Henry Kautz 720:Categories 408:References 291:PLOW agent 179:.rochester 92:Processing 599:, AAAI'07 587:, AAAI'98 402:Rochester 236:Biography 636:(1996), 618:(1988), 612:Archived 558:Archived 527:Archived 483:Archived 448:Archived 335:Articles 710:h-index 501:at the 373:AAAI'98 346:AAAI'07 228:at the 183:/~james 170:Website 712:is 59. 377:1983. 367:1998. 357:2006. 340:2007. 216:, and 132:(1979) 130:  121:Thesis 94:& 83:Fields 65:Awards 312:Books 181:.edu 114:IHMC 69:AAAI 36:Born 660:doi 177:.cs 175:www 722:: 708:, 685:11 683:, 679:, 625:14 510:^ 415:^ 404:. 381:. 275:, 258:. 232:. 212:, 666:. 662:: 656:4 642:. 505:. 185:/ 23:.

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James F. Allen (businessman)
University of Toronto
AAAI
Artificial Intelligence
Processing
Understanding
Computational Linguistics
University of Rochester
IHMC
Thesis
A plan-based approach to speech act recognition
C. Raymond Perrault
Garrison Cottrell
Henry Kautz
Diane Litman
www.cs.rochester.edu/~james/
computational linguist
temporal logic
Allen's interval algebra
knowledge representation
commonsense reasoning
natural language understanding
Computer Science
University of Rochester
University of Toronto
C. Raymond Perrault
Computational Linguistics
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
natural language processing
collaborative problem solving

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