Professor Bart Selman, the Joseph C. Ford Professor of Engineering and Computer Science at Cornell University, presented a lecture at Zhiyuan College as part of Zhiyuan’s Global Wisdom Talk series on Nov. 21.
His talk, titled "Mathematical and Scientific Discovery: A New Frontier for AI," discussed how key advances in automated reasoning technology can complement data-driven deep learning methods
Prof. Selman is a a Fellow of the American Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He is also past-President of the AAAI. His research interests include artificial intelligence, computational sustainability, efficient reasoning procedures, machine learning, deep learning, deep reinforcement learning, planning, knowledge representation, and connections between computer science and statistical physics.
On November 21, 2024, Zhiyuan College had the distinguished honor of hosting Professor Bart Selman, a globally recognized expert in the field of artificial intelligence from Cornell University, for an academic lecture titled "Mathematical and Scientific Discovery: A New Frontier for AI." The event, held from 16:00 to 17:30 in the first-floor lecture hall of Zhiyuan Academy, attracted a significant number of students and faculty.
Following the lecture, a group of students continued their discussions with Prof. Selman during a dinner meeting.
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